Comprises four notebooks containing: notes for and drafts of poems eventually published in The Lost Leader; notes on Dr Wortle's School; notes on S.R. Crockett; notes for reviews (fiction, non-fiction, verse and television/film); draft verse including 'October 27', 'Greek Tragedy', '1860', 'Wings' and 'Begging'; notes on cricket/rugby; notes on crosswords and quiz answers.

Some loose inserts. One notebook [closed] slightly damaged.