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Letters by Rossetti to various parties, including James Jackson Jarves and Eric Sutherland Robertson; two manuscript pieces: a "brief critique of British artists exhibiting in a British exhibition touring America," and an essay on Ruskin; and a signature clipped from a letter.

Contains letters from Gosse to various people, including Grant Allen and Clinton Scollard. There is also a menu of a breakfast given for Gosse, signed by the attendees, and a holograph version of Gosse's poem, "Yew-Berries."

Correspondence, writings, documents, printed material, and photographs by or about Alfred Tennyson and his family. The correspondence is primarily that of Alfred Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, and Emily Sellwood Tennyson, and correspondents include such prominent writers as Charlotte Brontë, Thomas Carlyle, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Ruskin. There are miscellaneous autograph manuscript poems by Alfred as well as page and galley proofs. Also present are materials gathered for a life of Alfred Tennyson by Hallam Tennyson, annotations in the London 1906 edition of Hallam Tennyson's Memoir, by Hallam and Mary Emily Prinsep Tennyson, including extracts from printed works, Emily Sellwood Tennyson's diary, and copies of letters to, from and about Alfred Tennyson.
Other papers present include photographs, funeral programs, an autograph manuscript schedule by Edward Lear of drawings illustrating Tennyson's poems, and two pen and ink self-portraits by Alfred Tennyson.

Letters addressed to Higham regarding fund raising for various churches in Great Britain and his donations to them.

The collection consists of letters and writings by Southey. Included are letters to James Ballantyne, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John May, James Montgomery, and Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. Writings include manuscripts of Amadis de Gaula; The Curse of Kehama; Roderick, the Last of the Goths; and of Robin Hood, written with his wife, Caroline Southey.

Writings and correspondence by Arnold Bennett. Correspondence consists of letters by Bennett to others, including 70 to Frank Vernon, and 5 letters to Bennett from John Van Druten, accompanied by carbon typescript copies of Bennett's replies. The Writings include drafts of novels, essays, reviews, and playscripts by Bennett, production notes for the play "Cupid and Commonsense," and a memorandum of agreement concerning the production of the play "The Love Match."

The collection contains letters to and from David Conner, third party correspondence, and proclamations of the Mexican government, concerning the war between Mexico and the United States, particularly about the Yucatan.

Contains letters from Porter to various people, including Sir James Bland Burges, Dominic Paul Colnaghi, Mrs. S. C. Hall, James Justinian Morier, Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, and Owen Rees; holograph version of Porter's "The Pastor's Fire Side"; and proofs for Porter's "Thaddeus of Warsaw."

Comprised of letters from Crabbe to various people, including Bernard Barton, Edmund Burke, George Crabbe (his son), Thomas Crofton Croker, and Alethea Lewis (concerning Crabbe's fiancee, Sarah Elmy); manuscripts of two poems ("Belinda Waters" and "Note Our Manor Lord..."); a manuscript notebook of poems; notes for a sermon; a fragment of a printed form ordering the removal of William Merchant from the Parish of Trowbridge to the Parish of East Knoyle (signed by Crabbe); and a scrapbook (1819-1932) of material about Crabbe, including engravings and clippings.

Contains letters from Moore to various people, including Jacques-Emile Blanche, Edouard Dujardin, and Edmund Gosse; manuscripts of writings by Moore, including "Esther Waters", "Heloise and Abelard", "The Nineness in the Oneness", and "The Peacock's Feathers."