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Press cuttings from national newspapers reporting and reflecting on Gareth Jones's capture and murder. Some are tributes to his life and work.

Press cuttings from national newspapers reporting and reflecting on Gareth Jones's death, together with a few stray related press cuttings.

Typescript copies of letters from Gareth Jones during the last weeks of his life describing his travels and experiences and the people he met in China and Inner Mongolia. Some of the originals survive in other files in the archive.

Photcopies of documents taken from a Japaese archive relating to the murder of Gareth Vaughan Jones.

A typescript account prepared by Dr Siriol Colley, niece of Gareth Vaughan Jones, entitled 'A Short Account of the Life and Murder of Gareth Jones', focussing in some detail mainly on the situation in Inner Mongolia in 1935 and the circumstances and events which led up to the capture and murder of Gareth Vaughan Jones in August 1935.

Most of the letters are from A. J. Sylvester, Principal Private Secretary to Lloyd George, to Major Edgar Jones, father of Gareth Jones. There also photocopies of the journal The Critic for 24 August 1935 which contains a tribute to Gareth Jones.

The volume is labelled 'Scrapbook compiled by Joan Naunton Harding (nee Price) (1919-1999)', containing press cuttings of a few of the newspaper articles published by Gareth Jones during 1933-1935 and some of the columns published in the press casting doubt of the accuracy and veracity of his claims and accusations. Later cuttings relate to his capture by 'bandits' in Mongolia and their ransom demands, and his subsequent murder by shooting. Others pay tribute to his life and work and reflect on his career or list the contributions to the Gareth Jones Memorial Fund. There are reflections on the circumstances of his death, comments on investigations to discover more information, and discussions on how best to commemorate his life.

Papers relating to the capture of Gareth Jones in Inner Mongolia in July 1935 and his susequent murder on 12 August 1935. These include copies of some of the last letters which he wrote to his family, and large numbers of press reports on these events and paying tribute to his memory. There are also memorial cards, and papers deriving from subsequent investigations into his death.

Stray, undated press cuttings of articles by Gareth Jones.

There is also a cutting giving a list of the subscribers to the Gareth Vaughan Jones Memorial Fund in 1935.

The folder is marked 'American articles', and many of the cuttings are of articles written by Gareth Jones during his 'Round the World' tour in the spring of 1935. There are also a few cuttings during previous years written on Russia and Germany.

Press articles written by Gareth Jones in national newspapers on Russia, Germany (mainly on the impact of Hitler), the situation in Ireland, the United States, and a few on central Europe.

Most of the cuttings are of articles by Gareth Jones describing conditions in Russia following his visits to the country, many of them on the Five Year Plan of economic recovery introduced by Stalin and the terrible famine in the country the holodomor). There are also a few cuttings on the United States and Hitler's Germany.

Press cuttings mainly of articles by Gareth Jones, many on Welsh matters from the Western Mail, some published there as a series entitled 'Craftsmen of Wales', and a few on international matters from national newspapers.

Picture postcards deriving from members of the Jones family, mainly cards sent by Gareth Jones to his family while on his travels. Most are addressed to his parents, his two sisters, or to his niece Siriol [later Dr Siriol Colley]. Some are addressed to people outside the family. They originate from several countries including France, Germany, Switzermand, Poland, the USA, the USSR, Siam, Hong Kong, and China. They comprise brief comments on his travels. A few of the stray postcards are addressed to Gareth Jones, and a small number are from other members of the Jones family.

Stray letters to Gareth Jones. The correspondents include Sir John Herbert Lewis, 1933 (relating to Gareth Jones's articles on the Five Year plan published in The Times), and Sir John Edward Lloyd, 1930 (2 letters) (relating to the Archaelological Committee). There are also copies of a reference about Gareth Jones, October 1934, written by Sir Bernard Pares of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of the University of London, giving important information about Gareth Jones's career.