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Mostly notes on scraps of paper containing names, addresses and telephone numbers of friends and other contacts at home and abroad, including Creation Property & Printing Limited, the International Copyright Bureau Limited, journalists from the Kent Messenger, Michael and Mollie Hardwick, Oksana Kuugeusky of Writers Union, Moscow, and Guy and Sylvia Chilver, Kent. In addition, a serviette with details of Valladolid University in Spain. Also includes invitations, letters, a telephone message in connection with the visit to Valladolid University, Spain, and a bill from Hotel Suecia, Madrid, Spain.

This sub-series contains correspondence mainly concerning Kate O'Brien's departure from Roundstone, county Galway and her attempts to purchase a property in Boughton under Blean near Faversham in Kent.

Letter from [Friede] Harris, 3634 Upton Street NW, Washington DC, United States of America, to Kate O’Brien, The Fort, Roundstone, county Galway, with address amended to read 24A Steele’s Road, London, NW 3, enquiring about the rental of The Fort.

Two letters written by Blacket Gill & Small, Solicitors, 9 Staple Inn, Holborn, London, W.C. 1, to Burrows & Company, Solicitor, 39/41 Bank street, Ashford, Kent, regarding the purchase of the Boughton property noting an offer by their client, Kate O’Brien, for £1100, subject to Burrows & Company being able to arrange a mortgage of £900 and a satisfactory report from Rentokil.

Account statement from M.K. Kendall (Travel) Limited, Travel Agents, 15 Fetter Lane, London, E.C. 4, in the name of Kate O’Brien care of The Sunday Telegraph, Fleet Street, E.C. 4, noting overdue sum of £42.10.7.

Letter from Terence de Vere White, Mc Cann, White & Fitzgerald, Solicitors, 72 St. Stephen’s Green, South, Dublin, to Kate O’Brien, Minerva Club, 28a Brunswick Square, London W.C.1, regarding her financial affairs, ‘It was awfully good of you to send me your cheque so promptly. I was miserable about it because I might have anticipated and provided for it. The Bank let us deduct the scale fee of the sale and that fully discharges all your liabilities. Anything done in the past was done for love. I hear very good reports about you from various friends and am hoping that with this burden off your shoulders you will have one of your great successes’.

National Bank Limited cheque from Whitehall Branch, London, made out to Millar’s Connemara Tweeds Limited for sum of £22-1-0, signed by Kate O’Brien.

Account statement from S. H. Webb, Commission Agent, 104a King Henry’s Road, Hampstead, N.W.3, with date, amount invested, name of horse, amount won and lost.

This sub-series contains material relating to travelogues written by Kate O'Brien.

This sub-series contains drafts and some printed versions of Kate O'Brien's articles published in the 'Long Distance' series with the Irish Times.