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Gareth Vaughan Jones Papers
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Diary of service with Lloyd George,

Diary of service with Lloyd George,

Contains detailed entries, 31 December 1929-13 November 1930, mainly recounting his experiences while Gareth Jones was a researcher in the employ of David Lloyd George.

Appointment and Engagement Diary,

Appointment and Engagement Diary,

Contains brief notes of appointments and engagements and other points to jog the memory. For part of the year Gareth Jones was in the United States, later at London.

'Hitler Diary'

'Hitler Diary'

Diary describing Gareth Jones's visit to Germany in February 1933 and his meeting with Hitler and Goebbels. The notebook gives Gareth Jones's view of contemporary events in Germany in some detail and gives Jones's reactions to the impact and nature of the Nazi regime in the country. See also file 36; pocketbook from a visit to Germany in January 1933.

'Round the World Tour Diaries',

Diaries containing fairly detailed descriptions of Gareth Jones's travels and experiences during his 'world tour' between February and June 1935 (prior to his death in the following August) The 'tour' comprised Europe, North America and the Far East. They include much detailed comment on the countries which he visited and their peoples. This group of diaries covers Gareth Jones's travels in Japan, the Phillippes, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, Siam, Cambodia, French Indo China, China, Hong Kong and Canton. Other diaries in the series can be found in files 37 (volume 1), file B3/16 (volume 2), file 38 (volume 3), file 40 (volume 4).

Student and travel notebooks;

The notebooks contain notes made by Gareth Jones. The earliest ones were kept while he was a student at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Trinity College, Cambridge, and are mainly linguistic in character. Later notes are often political commentaries and observations on international developments - in Europe, America and Russia. There are also many travel notes commenting on the countries where he travels and the people whom he meets. Some were kept while Gareth Jones was in the employ of David Lloyd George, based at Churt, and acting as a researcher for the compilation of Lloyd George's War Memoirs.

Political notes,

Political notes,

Notebook labelled 'LG at Churt', kept while Gareth Jones worked as a researcher in the employ of David Lloyd George, based mainly at his Churt home. It contains notes on the economy, war debts, disarmament, and the stock exchange. It also contains notes on contemporary developments in Germany. There are also entries on visitors to Lloyd George at Churt and their comments there.

Impressions of Germany

Impressions of Germany

Diary of a trip to Cologne to gather information about the Schleicher government on behalf of Ivy Lee, later drafted into a report titled "Impressions of Germany, 1932."

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