The Gay mss. II, 1945-1977, consist of letters written to Kenneth Charles Gay, 1912-1995, librarian and curator of the Poetry Collection at SUNY Buffalo until his retirement in 1978.
The Nicholson mss., 1929-1973, consist primarily of letters from writer Robert Graves, 1895-1985, to his first wife, artist Nancy Nicholson, 1900-1977, and to his children by that marriage.