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Diaries, 1970 - 1979, of Siân Phillips, some of the diaries having been printed for that purpose, others being notebooks used as diaries. The contents largely relate to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. Some entries, including one insert, made in what appears to be the hand of Siân Phillips' second husband, Peter O'Toole. One diary has the initials 'P.O.' embossed at lower right-hand corner of cover (most likely relating to Peter O'Toole, although there is no evidence of his hand within that particular volume).

Diaries, 1980 - 1989, of Siân Phillips, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. Some entries are in what appears to be the hand of Siân Phillips' third husband, Robin Sachs.

Diaries, 1990 - 1999, and calendar, 1997, of Siân Phillips, most of the diaries having been printed for that purpose, with one or two being notebooks used as diaries. The contents largely relate to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. One notebook (used as a diary) contains a draft piece about Sally Phillips (née Thomas), possibly in preparation for inclusion in Siân Phillips' first volume of autobiography, Private Faces (1999) (see under Published books). Two items contain inserts of correspondence, notes, etc.

Diaries, 2000 - 2009, and calendars, 2007, 2008, of Siân Phillips, some of the diaries having been printed for that purpose, others being notebooks used as diaries. The contents largely relate to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. A few items contain inserts such as press cuttings, correspondence and notes.

Diaries, 2010 - 2019, and calendars, 2011, 2012, of Siân Phillips, some of the diaries having been printed for that purpose, others being notebooks used as diaries. The contents largely relate to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. At least one item includes at least one (unidentified) hand other than that of Siân Phillips'. Some items contain inserts such as press cuttings, correspondence and notes.

Diaries, 2020 - 2021, and calendar, 2021, of Siân Phillips, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life.

Filofax-style diary with noted dates ranging from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life.

Three notebooks used as diaries by Siân Phillips. One volume is titled 'Mexico' (where the film Dune (1984), in which Siân Phillips played Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, was filmed), another titled 'People' (possibly a reference to a 2013 stage production of that title - see Stage productions: 2010s & 2020s), both in Siân Phillips' hand. One volume cover references the musical Pal Joey, in which Siân Phillips starred in its 1980 production (for which see Stage productions: 1980s). Two pages of one volume are annotated in a child's hand. As far as can be discerned, the only date noted is 2013.

Letters, cards and telegrams, [1946]-2021, to Siân Phillips (with some correspondence addressed to Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs) from family members and from friends and colleagues in the theatrical world and the media; also correspondence addressed to family members of Siân Phillips.

Correspondence not addressed to Siân Phillips nor to members of her family circle, a portion of the letters discussing potential theatrical rôles via Siân Phillips' agent Sara Randall. Of interest is a letter, 1950, from schoolteacher, dramatist and radio broadcaster Isaac (Eic) Davies to 'Huw, [?Gwenda] [and] Branwen', which is annotated in Siân Phillips' hand: 'From Eic Davies (Dir[ector] of Blodeuwedd) my Welsh master', the reference being to Saunders Lewis' 1948 play Blodeuwedd (for Saunders Lewis, see, for example, under Letters to Siân Phillips - undated correspondence, Media productions and General miscellany).

Letters, cards and telegrams, [1951]-2016, to Siân Phillips (with some correspondence addressed to Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs) from family members; correspondence from Peter O'Toole and Robin Sachs; correspondence addressed to family members of Siân Phillips, including Peter O'Toole, and a letter from Siân Phillips to her school and university friend Audrey Watkins.

Three letters (one no more than a note), all undated, and two telegrams, only one of which is dated, to Sián Phillips from her second husband, stage and screen actor Peter O'Toole (one telegram and one letter annotated in Siân Phillips' hand); telegram dated 1969, signed 'Pete', assumed to be from Peter O'Toole; untitled sonnet [?1975/6], written by Peter O'Toole for Siân Phillips (copy of sonnet also enclosed with one of the letters) and sonnet titled 'The Harp of Wales' written by Tennessee Williams for Siân Phillips and signed 'TW (for Sian [sic] from Tennessee)'; and somewhat chaotic manuscript and typescript notes written by Peter O'Toole, one of which appears to be a suicide note (annotations in Siân Phillips' hand note 'O'T. DRUNK' on one folio and a comment on their eventual separation on another). Together with postcard, postmark 1977, from Peter O'Toole to his younger daughter, Patricia.

Letters and gift tag, all undated (day and month only noted), to Siân Phillips and to Siân Phillips and Peter O'Toole from Sally Phillips, mother of Siân Phillips, mostly discussing family matters. One letter and the gift tag are annotated, respectively, 'From my Mother' and 'My mother' in Siân Phillips' hand.

Undated poem in Welsh addressed to Siân Phillips' mother Sally Phillips on the family's removing from Alltwen in the Swansea Valley to Cwmllynfell, a village now situated within Neath Port Talbot county borough (note in Siân Phillips' hand reads 'To my mother - Sally Phillips a poem written by ? in Alltwen village and given to her when she left Alltwen to go to live in Cwmllynfell'); letter (incomplete), 1962, to Siân Phillips' mother Sally Phillips from Joan Inkin, a former schoolmistress of Siân Phillips, sending condolences on the death of Sally Phillips' husband David Phillips, father of Siân Phillips (letter annotated by Siân Phillips: 'Joan Inkin after Daddy's Death'); and an undated poem in Welsh by J. Meirion Evans, signed 'Meirion', addressed to Sally Phillips on what appears to have been her eightieth birthday (l. 12 reads: 'Aeth pedwar ugain mlynedd, do, yn rhwydd' (= Eighty years have easily slipped by), which would date the poem to around 1983).

Letters, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2016 and undated (one letter incomplete), to Sian Phillips from her cousins Gethin Lewis and Gwyn Lewis and their families, and one letter in the hand of Jennifer Lewis, (?) wife of Gethin, but written as though from Siân Phillips' cat Rudi, who had gone to live with Gethin and Jennifer Lewis.

Undated letters to Siân Phillips from Patricia Coombs (née O'Toole), sister of Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole. One letter congratulates Siân Phillips on the birth of her first daughter, Kate O'Toole, born in 1960; another (fax transmission) congratulates Siân Phillips on being awarded the CBE in 2000. One letter annotated in Siân Phillips' hand.

Undated letter (photocopy) from Siân Phillips while at University College Cardiff, where she read English and Philosophy, to her school and university friend Audrey Watkins.

Letters and postcard, 1969, 1977, 1978 and 1983 (postmark), to Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole. The material comprises: telegram [incomplete] (?possibly from director Herbert Ross) to Peter O'Toole relating to the successful preview of the film Goodbye Mr Chips (1969), in which O'Toole played the title rôle; letter from Robert Powell, headmaster of Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset during the filming there of Goodbye Mr Chips; letter from novelist Alun Richards; letter from US film producer Jules Buck; letter from a correspondent signing herself 'M. [treble clef] O.' (most likely a Mexican woman named Anna, who became O'Toole's mistress and was renamed by him 'Malinche'); postcard from a woman named 'Kate', possibly another mistress of O'Toole's; and letter from Siân Phillips' mother Sally Phillips. The letters signed 'M. [treble clef] O.' and 'Kate' are annotated by Siân Phillips.

Undated note from Peter O'Toole to 'John', most likely actor and theatre director John Gielgud, with whom O'Toole starred in the 1979 film adaptation of Gore Vidal's original screenplay 'Caligula', the media response to which is referenced in O'Toole's note.

Postcard, 1977, from Peter O'Toole to his younger daughter, Pat (Patricia) O'Toole.

Letters, cards and telegram, all but one of which (1991) are undated, to Siân Phillips from her third husband, stage and screen actor Robin Sachs. Some of the cards from Sachs are purportedly partly 'written' by Siân Phillips' cats. Three of the letters annotated in Sian Phillips' hand.

Letter (assumedly) to Robin Sachs ('Dearest R') from author William (Bill) Corlett.