The Home correspondence of the Fabian Colonial Bureau for the years 1943-1966 is contained in eleven boxes, arranged in chronological order. There is no material for the years 1940-1942, and for the period 1943-1947 the section A-F only. However, from 1948 onwards the sequence is complete, though it appears that certain sections were at some point reorganised and the material reduced.

Much of the correspondence is concerned with office work, the renewal of subscriptions, and similar routine matters. Topics cover a wide field and illustrate many aspects of the Bureau's activities, including research, the education of public opinion (including the organisation of conferences), and personal assistance to people from the colonies, especially the African countries.

The earlier files contain many letters from immigrants asking for help in such matters as finding accommodation and work and making contacts in Great Britain. There are constant requests that specific problems and grievances should be aired through Parliamentary Questions. Many student organisations were in contact with the Bureau, and enquiries about the nature of its work and requests for membership, especially from colonial students in Britain, increase with the years. There are frequent requests for speakers to address meetings, conferences, and discussion groups.

There is much correspondence with writers and publishers, officials of the BBC and other organisations including research groups and political, cultural, and religious bodies. Those that recur most often in the files are the Africa Bureau, the British Council, the Church Missionary Society, the Institute of Race Relations, and the Trades Union Congress. There is also considerable correspondence with officers of the Colonial Service, and others, on home leave, often concerned with arrangements for them to visit the office of the Bureau or meet members of the Advisory Committee in order to discuss problems of their particular spheres of interest.