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 Giovannini mss., 1952-1972, consist primarily of correspondence between Professor of English language and literature Giovanni Giovannini, 1906-1985, and poet Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972.
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.