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Four volumes of offprints of published articles by Cyril Fox, some in collaboration with Aileen Fox and others, and copies of chapters he contributed to books, including The early cultures of north west Europe (H. M Chadwick memorial studies), which he edited. Some of the volumes are indexed, and they also contain notes by Fox and related press cuttings and letters from other archaeologists. The periodicals in which the articles were published include: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Archaeological Journal, The Antiquaries' Journal, Cambridge Antiquarian Society Communications, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Report of the Friends of Exeter Cathedral, Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, Antiquity, Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, The Cambridge Chronicle, and Records of Buckinghamshire. Also included are correspondence and notes of Charles Scott-Fox, as well as photocopied articles collected by him, relating to his biography of Cyril Fox, and particularly matters concerning publication and permission to use images, together with a copy-edited typescript proof of the work.

Six volumes of offprints of published archaeological articles and papers, almost all of them by Cyril Fox (some in collaboration with others), with some by Aileen Fox, as well as notes, comments, reviews and letters by Cyril Fox, all taken from archaeological periodicals and other publications. Most of the volumes have been indexed and annotated by Fox, and also include related photographs and press cuttings, as well as letters to him from other archaeologists and historians about the offprints. The periodicals in which the articles were published include: Archaeologia Cambrensis, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Cambridge Antiquarian Society Communications, Archaeologia, Man, Antiquity, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, The Antiquaries' Journal, Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, The Archaeological Journal, The Museums Journal, Hampshire Field Club Papers and Proceedings, The Journal of Roman Studies, Proceedings of the British Academy, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, Records of Buckinghamshire, The Cambridge Chronicle, The Publications of the Bedford Historical Record Society, Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, Yorkshire Celtic Studies, Welsh Housing and Development Yearbook, The Listener and The Western Mail.

Copies and offprints of published archaeological books and pamphlets by Cyril Fox (some in collaboration with others), most of them annotated by him, and including reviews and other related cuttings from the press and academic journals, as well as related photographs, offprints, and letters from archaeologists, historians and others involved in archaeological finds and reports. The works include: Offa's Dyke; Monmouthshire houses; Pattern and purpose: a survey of Early Celtic art in Britain; The personality of Britain: its influence on inhabitant and invader in prehistoric and early historic times; A country house of the Elizabethan period in Wales: Six Wells, Llantwit Major; A find of the early Iron Age from Llyn Cerrig Bach, Anglesey; Ancient monuments: South Wales; and Houses of outstanding historic or architectural interest. Also included are offprints of articles and addresses by Fox, most of which were were published in Antiquity and The Antiquaries' Journal, as well as offprints of articles by Mortimer Wheeler and other archaeologists, together with a menu card from a dinner held by the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, copies of Stuart Piggott's obituary for Fox in the Proceedings of the British Academy, the address given by Piggott at Fox's memorial service, and letters to Fox from his family.

A notebook of archaeological and historical lecture notes ('Chadwick and other notes') kept by Cyril Fox while an undergraduate student at Cambridge, and a 2004 edition of some of his previously unpublished later notebooks and papers, with correspondence between Charles Scott-Fox and the editors and publishers. Also included are offprints of published articles, books, pamphlets and addresses by Cyril Fox, some written in collaboration with others, and a copy of Culture and environment: essays in honour of Sir Cyril Fox, together with other archaeological publications collected by Fox; most of these works are annotated by him, and some contain related press cuttings and letters from publishers and other archaeologists. The books by Fox include: Life and death in the Bronze Age, The archaeology of the Cambridge region, and Monmouthshire houses; the periodicals in which his articles appeared include: Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Antiquity, The Cambridge Historical Journal, The Antiquaries' Journal, Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society, and Archaeologia Cambrensis.

Photographs of Cyril Fox and his family, friends and associates, notably in academia and the Army, and also of archaeological and other subjects of personal and professional interest to Fox, taken throughout his life, and including a number of nineteenth-century portraits, together with a few related letters. Also included are: drawings, mostly of archaeological subjects, by Fox [?and others]; photocopies of cartoons by him in the style of the Bayeux tapestry depicting trips to Wales, Brittany, Sweden, Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey and Kent; a printed copy of the genealogy of the Fox family of Southampton; offprints of articles by Cyril Fox; copies of publications relating to archaeology and museums in Wales, mostly dating from after his death; photocopies of articles from archaeological journals; and a copy of a Peanuts cartoon mentioning Cyril Fox, intended for use in Charles Scott-Fox's biography.

Correspondence, notes, reports, certificates, press cuttings and other papers relating to Cyril Fox's professional and personal life, including material collected for his biography and proposed autobiography, comprising: academic and professional correspondence and notes of Cyril Fox, with letters from archaeologists to Aileen Fox, and some family correspondence, 1903-1994; correspondence and notes relating to Cyril Fox's appointments to posts at Magdalene College, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Museum of Wales, 1924; correspondence between Cyril Fox and Methuen publishers concerning archaeological books written by him for them, 1929-1935; correspondence between Cyril Fox, Wilfrid Hemp and others concerning the work of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, with particular reference to archaeological fieldwork, as well as the appointment and pay of senior staff at the Commission, 1927-1952; copies of reports and minutes of meetings at the National Museum of Wales relating to curatorial matters, finances, education, staff members and the new building, and press cuttings and photocopies of articles relating to the Museum and its work, 1926-1990; correspondence between Olive Fox, Cyril Fox and other members of the family, with notes and press cuttings relating to her death, 1931-1933; obituaries and memorials for Cyril Fox and other archaeologists, 1967-1979; photocopies of letters from Cyril Fox to his family, 1951-1961; autobiographical notes by Cyril Fox relating to his working life, with notes and press cuttings relating to The Personality of Britain, [?1930s]-1962; school, Army and university reports, certificates and associated letters relating to Cyril Fox's school life, Army commission, academic qualifications, and honours, 1894-1953; essays on history, literature, art, politics and ideas, some of them in diary form, by Cyril Fox, 1907-1908; poems composed by Cyril Fox, 1903-1909; a diary of an archaeological cruise undertaken by Cyril Fox from Italy through the Adriatic to Greece, together with letters relating to his early life and the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, as well as family history and publishing contracts, 1903-1981; and correspondence, notes and interviews accumulated by Charles Scott-Fox in the course of preparing his biography of Cyril Fox, including the personal and professional reminiscences of archaeologists, some of them concentrating on Fox's involvement in the Vernacular Architecture Group, 1985-2003.

Papers of Sir Cyril Fox, including archaeological correspondence, notebooks, reports, photographs, drawings, and heavily annotated copies of publications and offprints of articles and related press cuttings, together with personal material including letters, essays, poems, certificates, autobiographical notes, and genealogical papers. Also included are papers accumulated by Cyril Fox's son, Charles Scott-Fox, during the preparation of his published biography of his father.

A printed copy of Cyril Fox's 'Archaeology of the Cambridge region', with manuscript notes on errata, a number of proof sheets, and press cuttings containing reviews of the volume.