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Gareth Vaughan Jones Papers Ukraine -- History -- Famine, 1932-1933.
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Commemorating Gareth Jones,

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.

Press cuttings: the USSR,

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.

Journal of a Tour in Russia

Contains fairly detailed notes on Gareth Jones's journey to Russia, his lengthy conversations with the crew, mainly on Communism and capitalism, life in Russia and conversations with Russian people, mainly at Leningrad and Moscow, on religion, the economy, social life etc. Includes comments on the impact of the Holodomor on the Ukraine.

Russia,

Press cuttings, 1933, of articles and notes for publication by Gareth Jones on the situation in Russia, together with copies of photographs taken in the Ukraine; a typescript of a chapter entitled 'Why do we suffer so much', an account of the famine in Russia known as the Holodomor, presumably the work of Dr Siriol Colley; and a few items, dated 1935, associated with commemorating Gareth Jones's life following his death.

Russian diary,

Describes his experiences in USSR - his travels, the people whom he meets and their comments and observations, economic problems and the chronic unemployment and the onset of famine. This is diary 2 of 3 detailing the famine in Ukraine. See also B1/15 and B1/13.