Comprises letters to David Davies, from 1932 the first Baron Davies of Llandinam, 1901-44, mainly on domestic political matters and international issues. Some of the early letters are from David Davies while he travelled extensively abroad, 1901-05. From 1932 onwards some concern the affairs and the running of the New Commonwealth Society set up by Davies himself in that year, mainly the proceedings of its British Section. Some letters also relate to Davies's researches and many publications in the form of monographs and journal articles. There are also references to the role and activities of the League of Nations Union and to the publication of the periodical the Welsh Outlook. There are also significant files of copies of letters sent out by Davies's various secretaries on a wide range of subjects. The group also comprises correspondence and papers, 1916-43, relating mainly to the Montgomeryshire County Liberal Association and political life within the county, including the circumstances leading to David Davies resolving to retire from parliament in 1926-1927. There are also some interesting memoranda, 1918-44, deriving from the Liberal Party nationally during a crucial period in its history. There is also correspondence and papers, 1945-50, concerning E. H. Garner-Evans MP.
General correspondence, 1901-29, to David Davies, together with copies of his replies in some cases. They cover a wide range of subjects and issues, mostly political. The important letters penned by prominent politicians and public figures have been noted at file level. Many of the letters from the period 1901-05 were written by David Davies to his relatives and associates while he travelled extensively abroad. Some of the letters from 1917-18 discuss demobilisation or reconstruction in the wake of the First World War.
Includes letters from T. Huws Davies and D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda. Many of the letters from 1917 and 1918 discuss various aspects of the war effort. Some later letters refer to demobilisation and reconstruction, and there are a few references to the coal industry. There is also a group of letters, 1917-18, from George M. Ll. Davies to David Davies, together with a few letters from David Davies to George M. Ll. Davies. These letters discuss the war effort, George Davies's contributions to the Welsh Outlook, and conditions in prison. There are detailed comments on contemporary political life and world events.
There are copies of several letters and notes from David Davies amonst the correspondence. The correspondents include Lord Plymouth and Professor Harold Temperley.
Plymouth, Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of, 1857-1923.
Some of the letters relate to the purchase of an estate at Coulin in Scotland by David Davies. Includes letters from Rev. Gwilym Davies, Principal J. H. Davies, Cwrt Mawr, Mrs Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths, Colonel D. Watts Morgan MP, and Frances Stevenson (writing on behalf of D. Lloyd George).
Letters to David Davies, 1930-31, on a wide range of subjects, mainly political, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Individual correspondents are noted at file level.
Includes letters from Gareth Vaughan Jones, together with a typescript article by him entitled 'The Dresden Congress on the Revision of Treaties', dated 22 June 1931; and from Wickham Steed.
Includes letters from Gareth Vaughan Jones and Sir John Herbert Lewis. There is also a group of letters, November 1931-January 1932, between David Davies and Sir John Herbert Lewis concerning the former's campaign to secure a peerage.
Letters to David Davies, 1932, on a wide range of subjects, mainly political, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Individual correspondents are noted at file level. Several of the letters congratulate David Davies on his elevation to the peerage at the beginning of the year. File A3/5 comprises correspondence 1930-33, to, from and about J. Vyrnwy Lewis of Caradog Road, Aberystwyth, whom David Davies employed as a research assistant and aide.
Correspondence to, from and about Vyrnwy J. Lewis of Caradog Road, Aberystwyth, whom David Davies employed as a research assistant and aide, especially in connection with his own researches and publications and preparations of issues of The New Commonwealth and other journal publications. Some concern articles written by Vyrnwy Lewis himself. The letters refer mainly to international politics and international relations.
General letters, 1933-34, to Lord Davies, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Many of the letters relate to political themes and international affairs. Some concern the New Commonwealth Society, mainly its British Section, and Lord Davies's many publications in the form of volumes and articles. Some of the correspondents sympathise with Lord Davies on his successive bouts of illness during this period. Files A4/9-A4/10 consist of correspondence, 1933-35, between Lord Davies and Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell.
Includes letters from C. R. Chapple, Gareth Vaughan Jones, Sir John Herbert Lewis (together with a reply from Lord Davies), and Professor Charles Webster.
