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Gareth Vaughan Jones aged about five with his father in a garden. GVJ is on his fathers knee looking at the camera. His father is crouching looking at Gareth.

A selection of photographs of Gareth Vaughan Jones connected with his work including studio portraits (by Hugo, 1929) of himself and unidentified other persons, relaxing in the Mojave Desert, also two Trinity College, Cambridge groups. Some are annotated on the reverse.

Various photographs, mainly informal, of Gareth Vaughan Jones from age of eight or so up until the year of his death. Many are 'snapshots' of him with family & friends. Some are annotated. Nos. 4552955/337-352 are contact sheets of negatives 4552957 prepared at NLW, jan 2011.

Includes views in Wales, England, France etc

A number of negatives in different formats but mostly c. 45 x 38 mm. Earlier, larger format negatives appear to be family snapshots, whilst the majority are views of the Far East in the early - mid 1930s. Some further identification may be possible by reference to the processing envelopes used to store the negatives.

Photographs believed to have been taken by Gareth Vaughan Jones in summer 1935. Most are of Mongolia, many being of The Great Mongolian Festival of the Princes at the Court of Prince Teh Wang. These show many of the tribesmen and their lifestyles. Included are a number of Prince Teh Wang (aka Prince Demchugdongrub), Mongolian military leader and his family; also Chinese General Tsai Ting Kai (aka Cai Tingkai). Some are annotated on the reverse. Included are pictures of monks, sacrificing of sheep, inside and outside yurts, wrestling etc.

A variety of modern photographs connected with Gareth Vaughan Jones. These include a trip by Edward David to the place of GVJ's assassination ca.2005; copies of old postcards and family photographs; Chinese artefacts; Soviet propoganda posters from the 1930s brought home by GVJ.

A series of untitled lantern slides seemingly of Russia and the Ukraine in the early 1930s. Some seemed to have been prepared using officially sanctioned photographs, such as those of industrial projects, whilst others appear to have been produced from clandestine photographs, eg those of people sleeping on the streets.

An album containing mainly family photographs including some of Eryl, the childhood home of Gareth Vaughan Jones. Also a series showing Eirian working as a landgirl on Dole farm near Lampeter during the First World War. some of this latter series correspond to negatives catalogued with the accession number 4552957.

An album containing snapshots, most trimmed at the corners to give a lozenge shape. Most are group photos, presumably of staff and pupils at the County School, Barry. Included are sporting activities and amateur dramatic productions. There are also photos of the family.

Correspondence and papers, 1999-2003, commemorating the life of Gareth Jones, including print-outs of reports in press columns, correspondence concerning the award of the Gareth Jones Travelling Scholarship, and print-outs from various websites concerning Gareth Jones, especially concerning the Ukranian manmade famine of 1932-1933.

Miscellaneous printed items, many associated with Gareth Jones, including many press cuttings commemorating his life and work, articles by Dr Siriol Colley on her uncle, and material on the famine, the 'Holodomor' in Russia.

Miscellaneous press cuttings, including a long series of articles by David Lloyd George, dated 1938, on the 'Coupn' general election of December 1918, the Peace of Versailles and Germany; and tributes to Lloyd George following his death in March 1945.

Items assembled by Dr Siriol Colley associated with her uncle Gareth Jones. These include the typescript address of Rev. Gwilym Davies at the Memorial Hall, Barry, 25 August 1935; press cuttings, 1935, recording the death of Gareth Jones and paying tribute to him, and noting the establishment of memorial scholarships; papers relating to the publication of the memorial volume In Search of News; a brochure advertising Gareth Jones's lecture tour in the United States; a list of subscriptions, undated, to the Gareth Jones Memorial Fund; letters, 1988, from A. J. Sylvester to David Morley relating to investigations into the death of Gareth Jones; an account by Baron von Plessen, entitled 'Ill-fated Journey', of the circumstances leading up to Gareth Jones's death; a biographical note on Dr Herbert Mueller; and correspondence, 2001-02, concerning the award of the Gareth Jones Travelling Scholarship.

Includes a photograph of Lloyd George, Dame Margaret and Megan, c. 1930; brochures, c. 1930-1933, advertising Gareth Jones's lecture tours in the United States; and miscellaneous stray items concerning his travels.

Photocopies of documents taken from the holdings of the National Archives at Kew relating to the murder of Gareth Jones on 12 August 1935 and to subsequent investigations into his tragic fate before the end of 1935. These include official Foreign Office reports, statements, newspaper cuttings, and a map.