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Letters, 3 Dec. 1922 (postmark)-27 July 1927 (school report), usually from Brean House School during term time. The more juvenile letters are almost invariably undated, although a few have been kept with their envelopes. Also includes a number of fortnightly school reports and a few letters from Geoffrey's brother Keith.

Letters from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time.

Letters, usually from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time (gap 2 April-23 Sept. inclusive). Also a letter from the World Scout Jamboree, Hungary (15 Aug.).

Letters, usually from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time, 2 Jan.-29 July (gap 2 April-3 May inclusive). Also two telegrams, 1 May and 13 Oct.

Letters and cards from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, from a [school?] trip to France and Germany, April 1934, with letters from Lille, visiting Vimy Ridge and Arras, then Freiburg, Titisee, Feldberg and Konstanz. Also a card from Suffolk (7 Aug.), and letters from a skiing trip to Ober-gurgl in the Austrian Tirol, 24 Dec. 1934-6 Jan. 1935. A page of an account of the journey from Lille to Freiburg, the remains of a letter or a diary, has been added.

Original file of letters from Woolley, serving with the 125th O.C.T.U. RA, D Troop, at Ilkley, co. York, (July-Sept. 1940), with the 75th A.T. Regiment, RA, at Huyton, co. Lancs (Nov.-Dec.), Llanberis, co. Caern (Jan.-Feb. 1941), Guiseley, co. York., (March-June), and with Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces (June-Sept.), plus letters sent from short postings and courses. A notebook recording correspondence received and sent, 30 Nov. 1940-31 July 1941, has been added.

Letters, unnumbered and with a gap Sept.-Nov., from Geoffrey Woolley, initially of H.Q.R.A., 11th Armoured Division, Home Forces (Jan.-May), later of 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, stationed in the Patrington / Withernsea area, co. York. (June-Dec.).

Letters, unnumbered, from Major Geoffrey Woolley RA of Q Branch, HQ, 8 Corps District, B.A.O.R., all with army or field post office postmarks, Jan. 1946, mainly relating to a visit on leave to Copenhagen, and en route to demobilization at Tournai, "Came the Ruhr way, - Hamm, Duisburg, Essen, Munchen-Gladbach, - an appalling mess, though I think Hamburg is the worst of the bigger cities". Also a letter from Bayeux, Normandy, visiting his old battlefields, July 1947.
1 bundle (7 items).

Letters, numbered 40-43 (2-23 Jan.), from Geoffrey Woolley, from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper, and five postcards (3-19 June). The letters include the Queen Mary running aground at Cherbourg, President Truman's inauguration, and UK sterling devaluation.

Letters, numbered 150-155, 158-160, 184-191, plus one unnumbered (28 Nov.), from Geoffrey Woolley, usually from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper. Also a postcard from Bermuda (11 June), besides which there are no letters June-Oct.

Letters from his mother, comprising a postcard to Geoffrey at Dakyns' House, Clifton College, 2[-] May 1934 (postmark), and letters, April 1941-March 1942, usually written weekly on Mondays from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, with occasional postscripts from his father. Gap June 1934-March 1941 inclusive.

Letters from his mother, usually at Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, often written weekly, with occasional postscripts from his father.

Letters from his mother, Jan.-Aug. 1945, usually from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, usually written weekly, with occasional postscripts from his father. Also three loose letters, dated 5 Oct. 1947, 11 March 1951, and 'Friday night'.

Original bundle of letters from Robert Moore, 11 June 1951-1956. The writer only dates the letters, when dated at all, with the day of the week; the only dates are those on postmarks, or Woolley's note of receiving a letter. Also a letter from Woolley to Peter Storrs, that if he die Robert Moore is to have all his possessions 'here', and any credit at Riggs Bank.

Loose leaves of manuscript and typescript diary entries.

Loose leaves of a manuscript diary extracted from a ring binder (discarded), with the 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, part of 11th Armoured Division, 6 June-17 Sept. 1944, including notes on landing in Normandy (18 June), crossing the Belgian frontier (3 Sept.), and the start of Operation Garden (17 Sept.). Also the loose leaves of a narrative diary, 9 May-11 June, 15-16 Sept., 9 Oct.-20 Nov. 1944, 20 Jan.-10 Feb. 1945, found loose in the same ring binder.

Volume containing a narrative diary, 18 Sept.-20 Nov. 1945. Also contains further loose diary entries, 6 May-15 July 1945, covering the German surrender, probably comprising the pages torn out of the front of the volume.

Loose leaves of a mainly manuscript diary, with a gap, 13 April-23 Oct. 1946 inclusive.

Appointments diaries for 1965-1970.

Bundle of appointments diaries for 2001-2010. The entry for 17 Feb. 2010 includes "Geoffrey died 13.30 pm".