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Davies, Gwilym, 1879-1955.
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David Davies: General Correspondence,

Includes letters from F. P. Crozier (5 letters), (together with replies from David Davies), Rev. Gwilym Davies, Maud E. Gladstone, Hawarden, Sir Thomas Artemus Jones, and Professor Charles Webster, Aberystwyth. There are also several letters from David Davies to Monsieur Paul-Boncour, Chambre des Deputes, Paris.

Crozier, F. P. (Frank Percy), 1879-1937.

League of Nations Union,

Correspondence and papers relating mainly to the work of the Welsh Council of the League of Nations Union. There are a large number of letters between Lord Davies and the Revd Gwilym Davies. Other correspondents include Ifan ab Owen Edwards, 1934, William George, Criccieth, 1934, and Major Edgar Jones, Barry, 1935 (2 letters).

League of Nations Union. Welsh National Council

Lord Davies: General Correspondence,

Some of the correspondents congratulate David Davies upon the receipt of a peerage. Includes letters from Major Charles E. Breese, J. Davies Bryan, Clement Davies MP, Rev. Gwilym Davies, Henry Neville Gladstone, Hawarden Castle, F. E. Hamer (2 letters), J. Tywi Jones, Y Darian, Sir Thomas Artemus Jones, Principal J. F. Rees, Sir John Herbert Roberts, Lord Clwyd, and Wickham Steed. There is also a draft or a copy of a letter, 5 June 1932, from Lord Davies to Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, expressing gratitude for the receipt of the earldom.

Breese, Charles Edward, Major, 1867-1932.

Major Edgar Jones,

Stray items relating to Major Edgar Jones (1868-1953), father of Gareth Vaughan Jones, and headmaster of the Barry Boys' County School from 1899 until his retirement in 1933. They include a small quantity of correspondence on a wide range of subjects, including letters from Gwilym Davies, undated; Sir Owen M. Edwards, 1916; W. Goscombe John, 1952; Dr Thomas Jones CH, 1925, 1947, 1950, 1951 and 1952 (many referring to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth); and Sir John Edward Lloyd, 1929 (relating to the Welsh Language Society). Many of the letters refer to educational themes. There are also two letters, both dated 1953, from Major Edgar Jones to his daughter Eirian Lewis, mother of Dr Siriol Colley. There are also some tributes to Major Jones upon his death in 1953.

Jones, Edgar William, 1868-1953.

Out-going Letters from Lord Davies,

Includes copies of letters to the following recipients: Lord Addison (3 letters), Brendan Bracken, Lord Colwyn (2 letters), Rev. Gwilym Davies, Joseph E. Davies, Sir William Llewelyn Davies (3 letters), Garbett Edwards (numerous letters), Will John MP, Sir Thomas Artemus Jones (3 letters), George Lerry, Wrexham, Lord Lothian, Kingsley Martin, Lord Melchett, Herbert Morrison (3 letters), Malcolm MacDonald (2 letters), Lord Reith (2 letters), Sir Archibald Sinclair, Thomas Waterhouse (2 letters) and Sir Robert Webber, the Western Mail (2 letters).

Addison, Christopher, 1869-1951.

Political and Montgomeryshire Constituency Papers,

Includes correspondence and papers relating to the political dispute between Clement Davies and Lord Davies in 1938-39, and Lord Davies's attitudes towards national politics. There are several references to the 1943 by-election in the University of Wales parliamentary division. Includes letters from the Rev. Gwilym Davies, 1942, and Ifan ab Owen Edwards, 1942 (2 letters).

Davies, Clement, 1884-1962.