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Bundle of appointments diaries for 1972-1980.

Bundle of appointments diaries for 1981-1990.

Bundle of appointments diaries for 1991-2000.

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

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.

Original bundle of mainly carbon copies of letters from Geoffrey Woolley to family, friends and booksellers , mainly 1941-1942, 1947-1950. Also an account of his correspondence, Aug. 1942-April 1943.

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, numbered 168-174, from Captain Geoffrey Woolley RA, from Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces, based somewhere near York.

Letters, numbered 175-175a, 176-180, 190-193, 195-230, 223a, from Captain Geoffrey Woolley RA, initially from Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces, based somewhere near York (Jan.-May), later H.Q.R.A., 11th Armoured Division, Home Forces (May-Dec.). Includes 'A great Edward Thomas find that afternoon, - 45 letters of his, written to W. H. Hudson [William Henry Hudson, 1841-1922], the nature writer. Lucky I haven't got to use my Dress allowance on clothes!' (9 July).

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, numbered 231-232, 234-255, 255a, 256-264, from Geoffrey Woolley of 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, apparently stationed at Grimston near Withernsea on the Holderness coast, co. York (see no. 231).

Original file of letters, numbered 1-136, from 151385 Lieut, later Captain, Geoffrey Woolley, RA, 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Reg. (June 1944-May 1945), later 151385 Captain Geoffrey Woolley, RA, Q Branch, HQ 8 Corps, BLA (May-Oct. 1945; gap 27 Aug.-26 Oct. inclusive), mainly from France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Includes descriptions of the welcome in liberated areas of France and 'A-' [Antwerp?] (July-Sept. 1944); mention of Maurice Turnbull's death (22 Aug.); in the Netherlands, including billets in Dutch farmhouses and houses (Sept. 1944-Jan. 1945), and "an excellent house ... The owner, who is now in prison, was chief local collaborator with the Germans" (2 Feb.); implied invasion of Germany, "no nice baths or friendly people at the moment" (25 Feb.), "all the civilians I have seen are certainly better nourished than people we've seen in several other countries" (27 Feb.); meeting the Friends' Ambulance Unit (6 March); Rhine crossing (7 April); "Yesterday my battery found close on 600 British prisoners in a small village, & gathered them in ... the Arnheim boys full of life, but some of the 1940 prisoners almost skeletons. All said the Red Cross parcels kept them alive" (19 April); Hitler's death, "Yes, Donitz is a surprise successor - probably chosen to raise morale in Hamburg, Keil, Lubech etc" (2 May); VE Day (8 May); transfer to staff job as PA to the Administrative & Quartering Brigadier in the Schleswig-Holstein District (17 May); and "Well, another war over, - in fact, no wars at all at the moment" (16 Aug.). Also several field service post cards; copies of printed messages from Dwight Eisenhower, SHAEF, and Montgomery, commander-in-chief of 21 Army Group, and a five-franc "occupation franc" note, sent home 23 June 1944.

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. In August he was stationed at Plön Castle.

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 minus 1, 0-11, 13-37, 37a, 38-39, from Geoffrey Woolley, usually from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper, and postcards and telegrams. The letters include embarking on the Queen Elizabeth at Southampton (6 April), and arrival in Washington DC (15 April); taking rooms in Dr Hendry's house in Washington (20 April), later taking rooms at The Anchorage, Connecticut Avenue (8 July), and a trip around the USA via Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans (Oct.-Nov.). Letter no. 32 encloses a tourist booklet on Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The postcards include two from Gander, Newfoundland, 21 Aug. and 6 Sept., on leaving and returning to North America.

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

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 101-112, and two postcards from Geoffrey Woolley, postmarked Washington DC and New York, before embarking on the Britannic for Britain (14 March-31 May). Also a letter from Habana, Cuba (20 Dec.).