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Letters and cards, 1986-2015 and undated, from personal, business and development coach Pat O'Toole to her mother Siân Phillips and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs. One item shows a child's paint-smeared handprint, with, on reverse, in Pat O'Toole's hand, a note purporting to be from Jessica (Jessica Shayle O'Toole, daugher of Pat and granddaughter of Siân Phillips), then aged two and a half.

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.

Material relating to the writing of Siân Phillips' two volumes of autobiography, Private Faces (1999) and Public Places (2001), and to a book entitled Siân Phillips' Needlepoint, published in 1987.

Printed book by Siân Phillips entitled Siân Phillips' Needlepoint, published in 1987.

Certificates awarding Siân Phillips the Honorary Fellowship of the Polytechnic of Wales (1988); the Fellowship of the Welsh College of Music & Drama (1991), together with invitation, 1991, to become a member of the college's Board of Governors; the Honorary Fellowship of the University of Wales Swansea (1998); and the Honorary Fellowship of Trinity College Carmarthen (1998).

Material relating to the audiobook productions in which Siân Phillips has participated during the course of her career. The items comprise: The Camomile Lawn (1989); An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (1997); Public Places (2001); Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (2010); Kiss and Kin (2012)

Material, including press articles and reviews, original texts, scripts and theatrical programmes, relating to stage productions in which Siân Phillips appeared during the 1990s. The items comprise: Vanilla (1990); The Manchurian Candidate (1991); Painting Churches (1992); Ghosts (1993); The Lion in Winter (1994); In Bed With Magritte (1994-5); An Inspector Calls (1995); Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards (1995); A Little Night Music (1996); And No Birds Sing (1996); Marlene (1996-9); Froggy Style (1998).

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.

Letters and cards to Siân Phillips from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include actor Bryn Ellis and his partner, author William (Bill) Corlett (sixteen letters); novelist and journalist Shirley Conran (eight letters); poet Laurence Cotterell (six letters); US playwright Tina Howe (six letters); US author, playwright and screenwriter Jane Stanton Hitchcock (four letters); US political novelist Richard Condon (four letters); Welsh landscape painter Kyffin Williams (three letters); Welsh stage and screen actor Keith Baxter (two letters); stage and screen actor Ian McKellen (two letters); US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (one letter); and Czech and US film director, screenwriter, actor and professor Miloš Forman (one letter). One postcard (in French, from actor Edward Duke) is addressed to Siân Phillips' cats Rupert and Barnaby. A few items are annotated by Siân Phillips.

Letters and cards sent to Siân Phillips on her separation from her third husband Robin Sachs in 1991 from family, friends and colleagues, including her cousin Gethin Lewis and actor friends Ken Parry, Patricia Lawrence, Eileen Atkins, Marion Rosenberg, Martin Smith, Robert Styles, Brian Rawlinson, Richenda Carey and Annette Bening. An envelope in which the correspondence was originally kept is annotated by Siân Phillips with a comment on her separation from Sachs.

Material relating to the writing of Siân Phillips' two- volume autobiography, Private Faces (1999) and Public Places (2001), mainly comprising manuscript and printed drafts of the text, together with printed copies of both volumes. Letters sent to Siân Phillips in response to both volumes are kept in a separate envelope, correspondents including Gwynn Pritchard, then Head of Welsh Broadcasting at BBC Cymru/Wales; novelist and journalist Shirley Conran; novelist Alun Richards; Welsh stage and screen actor Keith Baxter; Dafydd Wigley, then Member of the Welsh Assembly and Member of Parliament for Caernarfon; and Siân Phillips' sister-in-law Pat O'Toole.

Delivery note, dated 9 June 1995, addressed to Siân Phillips' and Peter O'Toole's eldest daughter, actress, producer, film attachée and reviewer Kate O'Toole; undated note of expenses paid on behalf of Kate O'Toole, presumably by Siân Phillips, while Kate was living in New York (note written on card with heading 'Robin & Sian [sic] Sachs').

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.

Material relating to an art exhibition in which Siân Phillips participated titled Changing Faces (1997).

Award certificate of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), conferred upon Siân Phillips on 17 June 2000; together with letter, dated 16 May 2000, from William Chapman, Secretary for Appointments at 10 Downing Street, London, informing Siân Phillips that she is under consideration for the CBE award.

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.

Letters, cards and telegram to Siân Phillips from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include Expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley (eight letters); radio drama producer Enyd Williams (five letters); actor Rodney Archer (five letters); actor and director Thierry Harcourt and his partner, osteopath, Pilates instructor and performance coach Fabi Waisbort (four letters); theatre actor and director Frith Banbury (three letters); novelist and journalist Shirley Conran (two letters); stage and screen actress Eileen Atkins (two letters); Welsh landscape artist Kyffin Williams (one letter); US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (one letter); film director and screenwriter Ken Loach (one letter); and stage and screen actor Ian McKellen (one letter). Some items annotated by Siân Phillips. Two letters incomplete. A number of items kept separately in an envelope reference Siân Phillips' CBE award, suggesting they were dated 2000.

Cards, most of which are undated juvenalia, from Jessica O'Toole to her grandmother Siân Phillips, with addresses and one note written in the hand of Jessica's mother, Pat O'Toole.

Material, including press articles and reviews, original texts, scripts and theatrical programmes, relating to stage productions in which Siân Phillips appeared during the 2010s and 2020s. The items comprise: Juliet and her Romeo (2010); Love Song (2011); Bitter Sweet (2011); Cabaret (2012); Little Dogs (2012); My Fair Lady (2012-3); This Is My Family (2013); People (2013); Don't Even Joke (2014); The Wolfit Lecture (2014); Cyngerdd Gala Dylan Thomas/Dylan Thomas Gala Concert (2014); The Old Ladies (2014); The Importance of Being Earnest (2015); Playing for Time (2015); Bristol Old Vic 250th Gala (2016); Cyngerdd Nadolig/Christmas Concert (2016); Driving Miss Daisy (2017); All The President's Men? (2017); Pygmalion (2017); Hannah Cohen (2018); Les Blancs (2020); Dream Horse (2020-1); Under Milk Wood (2021); Footfalls (2021); Rockaby (2021); Savage Beauty (2021); Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022); The Chalk Garden (2022).

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.