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Letter from Kate O’Brien, Minerva[ Club, 28a Brunswick Square, London WC1] to Anne O’Mara. Kate has managed to secure a piece of journalism, which will necessitate her being in Belgium between 11 and 16 June. She therefore needs to shorten her planned trip to Limerick to two weeks.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Minerva Club, 28a Brunswick Square, [London WC1] to Anne O’Mara. Kate discusses Tom and Janet O’Brien’s wedding, which Anne did not attend. She reveals her plan to go to Avila for some weeks. She is forced to economise as Batsford has disappointed her with their decision to bring out My Ireland in April and not in November, as she had been banking on making money out of Christmas sales. She also expresses her dislike of the title. She is sorry to relate that the Minerva Club will close for good in mid-November.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Minerva Club, [28a Brunswick Square, London WC1] to Anne O’Mara. Kate asks Anne to forward her a pair of gloves from her suitcase, which will come in useful in Avila. She is trying to find space for her things during her absence in Spain. She finds it wearisome to drift from address to address, but hopes to put an end to it when she returns from Spain. She expects to depart for Spain on 26 October.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel Jardin, Avila, [Spain] to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her offer to wire her a present of money for her birthday. She hopes that soon enough her finances will balance out and she no longer needs to be a worry to the rest of the family. She asks Anne not to worry about not finding any gloves in her suitcase and asks her to send any sturdy gloves that are lined with wool. She describes her lodgings and life in Avila. Lacking last page(s).

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel Jardine, Avila, [Spain] to Anne O’Mara. Kate tells Anne of parcels of Spanish sweetmeats she has sent to Anne, May, Peter and Gerry. She gives an account of her brief stay in Madrid. She has sent an article about life in Avila to the Irish Times and received a request for another five or six articles as soon as possible. Radio Éireann has also been in touch and wants her to record some talks for them in Madrid.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Avila, [Spain] to Anne O’Mara. Kate is glad that her old friend Rose Macauley has had some pleasant things to say about her, since all she has seen are snobbish and insolent remarks about Mary Lavelle. She discusses the recordings she must do for Radio Éireann.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 47 Wellington Square, Oxford to Anne O’Mara. Kate encloses dolls’ house items for Peter and Mary O’Mara’s daughters.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Oxford to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives a circumspect explanation for her sudden departure for Oxford. She regrets not being able to stay longer, but she is lunching with Willie Moloney on Saturday, a date which he would not allow her to shift.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 24A Steele’s Road, [London] NW3 to Anne O’Mara. Kate is anxious about Mary O’Neill, who is overworked, overtired and in storms of grief over the death of her brother. She gives an account of Bill’s funeral.

Letter from Kate O’Brien in Moscow to Anne O’Mara. Kate outlines her impressions of Leningrad and Moscow and the Russian people. With an envelope.