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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).

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.

Telegram to Siân Phillips and Robin Sachs on the occasion of their marriage on Christmas Eve 1979 from Robin Sachs' parents, actors Leonard Sachs and Eleanor Summerfield; and wedding greetings card to Siân Phillips and Robin Sachs signed 'Barry'.

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.

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).

Certificate (two copies), printed invitation, order of proceedings, correspondence and associated material relating to Siân Phillips' award of an Honorary D. Litt. by the University of Wales in July 1984.

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

Copy of death certificate of Siân Phillips' mother Sally Phillips, 11 February 1985; and printed order of Sally Phillips' funeral service, 19 February 1985.

Press articles directly relating to Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole and one article directly relating to their daughter Kate O'Toole.

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

Material, including press articles and reviews, original texts, scripts and theatrical programmes, relating to stage productions in which Siân Phillips appeared during the 1980s. The items comprise: Crime and Punishment (1980); Pal Joey (1980); Dear Liar (1982); Major Barbara (1982); A Night of 100 Stars (1984); Love Affair (1984); Peg (1984); Gigi (1985); Thursday's Ladies (1987); Brel (1987); Paris Match (1989); The Glass Menagerie (1989).

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.

Letters and cards to Siân Phillips and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include US-born Venetian cook, author and theatre afficionado Herbert F. (Buzz) Bruning, Jr and his then wife Leslie (fourteen letters); actor Bryn Ellis and his partner, author William (Bill) Corlett (including one 'spoof' letter addressed to 'Ms Marchal') (ten letters), together with one letter (annotated by Siân Phillips) solely from William Corlett; novelist Alun Richards (five letters); US screenwriter and author George Baxt (five letters); poet Laurence Cotterell (four letters); ballet dancer and choreographer Anton Dolin (three letters); academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest Moelwyn Merchant (three letters); US actress Annette Bening (three letters); Welsh stage and screen actor Keith Baxter (three letters); theatre actor and director Frith Banbury (two letters); US playwright Mart Crowley (two letters); Welsh writer, dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams (two letters); author and screenwriter Lynda la Plante (two letters); novelist and journalist Shirley Conran (two letters); George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (two letters); child model and actress and interior designer Joyce Buck (two letters); Welsh writer, dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams (one letter); and Professor Gwyn Jones, University College Cardiff (one letter). Some letters annotated in Siân Phillips' hand. One letter incomplete.

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.

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.

Miscellaneous items relating to Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole, her mother Sally Phillips and her eldest daughter Kate O'Toole.

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).

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').

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

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).