Comprises:

Folder 1: 'Douce Exhibit[ion] Papers', correspondence and papers, mainly relating to research for an exhibition, ['The Douce Legacy'], in Oxford University's Divinity School, 1984, 1970-1984

Folder 2: 'Correspondence', letters received and related papers, 1965-1984, including requests for assistance with research, and invitations

Folder 3: 'Lyell Electors', correspondence and papers relating to de la Mare's role as an elector to the James P.R. Lyell Readership in Bibliography, Oxford University, 1978-1980

Folder 4: 'Scriptorium', correspondence and papers relating to de la Mare's role as a collaborator with Bulletin codicologique, 1963-1969

Folder 5: 'Butrica', correspondence with Jim Butrica, Totonto, concerning manuscripts including Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 3908, 1978

Folder 6: draft typescript 'Directory of Rare Book Collections' entry for Holkham Hall, 1979; and notes by de la Mare on 'Nicolas Barker, Origins of Italic type', n.d. [c.1980]