Comprises:

'War', papers relating to Rose's military training and service in the Welsh Guards, including certificates and official and personal letters received, 1942-1979 and n.d. [c.1945-1950]

'Italy', papers relating to Rose's work with the British Council in Rome, including materials relating to lectures given by him, cultural visits, and printed ephemera, 1949-1951

letters received by Rose relating to possible employment at The Times, The Daily Express and Collins Publishers, and related papers, 1951-1952