Correspondence regarding Nicholson's acceptance of an invitation to the Annual General Meeting, Dec 1999, including copies of earlier correspondence (1946-1947), chiefly between Nicholson and A. Wetmore, which refers to the Society; 3pp untitled manuscript draft of Nicholson's short address at the aforementioned AGM; brief further papers regarding general business.

Various papers including Nicholson's manuscript and typescript notes on visits in 1984 and 1985 and a management plan for the wood.

A few manuscript bird lists and records in Nicholson's hand chiefly regarding the Oxford Bird Census, with brief related correspondence and other papers. Included is a manuscript 'Memorandum on the Oxford Bird Census', 1930, and copy of a letter from W.B. Alexander, 1930.

Papers and correspondence regarding general business. Included is brief correspondence regarding Nicholson's acceptance of an invitation to give the Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture, 25 Nov 1986.

Correspondence etc regarding Nicholson's election as President and matters arising during his first year in office.

RSPB members weekend, York, 26-28 Mar 1982. The Duke of Edinburgh attended the event. Letter and programme; 3pp manuscript draft of speech given by Nicholson at the event.

Correspondence and papers regarding various topics and business during Nicholson's Presidency. Included is 1p typescript, possibly incomplete, of his welcoming speech to the AGM, 8 Oct 1983, and 3pp undated typescript of his opening speech at another AGM.

Papers and correspondence regarding general business, excluding the period of Nicholson's Presidency. Included is 1p typescript draft of short address by Nicholson delivered at the AGM, 5 Oct 1991.

Contents of an envelope inscribed as 'RSPB correspondence with PM '84'. Correspondence between Nicholson, as RSPB President, and the Prime Minister (Margaret Thatcher) regarding the RSPB's complaint about the shooting licencing practice of the Scottish Office.

Various papers regarding Committee business, with brief correspondence. Included are manuscript and typescript notes by Nicholson.

Brief correspondence chiefly regarding Nicholson's resignation from the Council (one letter concerns arrangements for the Society's 1970 Conference at which Nicholson gave a talk); incomplete typescript inscribed in Nicholson's hand 'SPNR History author & publ unknown date after 1980', with his revisions and annotations. On the backs of two pages of the latter is a manuscript draft of a letter by Nicholson to Hans-Rudolf Kuhn (C.G. Jung Institute), apparently unrelated to the SPNR,…

Various manuscript notes: 3pp headed 'Geogram development - trials on Tresco 4/6/71'; notes on bird habitats and bird lists etc.

The condition of the wood and observations of vegetation and birds are the details typically recorded by Nicholson.