The Shakespear family mss., 1825-1944, consists of the correspondence and papers of the families of Olivia Tucker Shakespear, 1863-1938, and her daughter, Dorothy Shakespear Pound, 1886-1973.
The Sassoon mss., 1928-1959, consists of letters from author Robert Gathorne-Hardy, 1902-1973, to poet Siegfried Sassoon, 1886-1967, and materials concerning Sassoon's book Common Chords (Mill House Press, 1951).
The Ogden mss., 1935, consist of correspondence between editor Philip Mairet, 1886-1975, of The New English Weekly and Charles Kay Ogden, 1889-1957, originator of Basic English.
The Pound mss. III, 1910-1972, consist of letters between Dorothy Shakespear Pound, 1886-1973, and Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, from the time of their first meeting until his death.
The Pound mss., 1919-1924, consist primarily of letters to Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, poet, from various literary associates and friends. Some of the correspondence concerns the legal troubles of James Joyce and his difficulties with the publication of his novel Ulysses.