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The file is composed of a substantial number of printed items, letters, reports and press cuttings relating mainly to British universities, and higher education more generally. The file includes letters from David Eccles, 1960, and E. D. Jones, 1961.

The section consists of papers, 1928-1997, relating to educational life, mainly higher and university education, the University of Wales, the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, and Coleg Harlech.

The file consists of a run of letters, mainly to or from Eirene White, together with enclosures, relating to Labour Party policies and attitudes on higher education. There are also fairly detailed manuscript notes by Eirene White on visits to Leicestershire, 17 February 1961, and to Coventry, 3 March 1961, to discuss educational policy and the 'Leicestershire plan'.

The file comprises letters, reports, memoranda and draft policy documents concerning Labour Party policy on secondary education, mainly in relation to public and independent schools, the supply of teachers and entrance examinations to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The file includes letters from Shirley Williams, 1963-1964.

The file consists of letters, press releases, memoranda and reports relating to discussions on Labour Party policy on higher education, mainly education. The file includes a letter, 1962, from Dick Taverne.

The file comprises papers relating to higher education policy in the United Kingdom, mainly the proceedings of the University Grants Committee, the attitudes of successive governments towards university education, and the affairs and development of the University of Wales.

The letters within the file reflect the wide and expanding range of Lady White's public activities, committees served, functions attended etc. Many relate to educational matters, mainly higher and university education, some to Welsh affairs. A number of letters concern the award of the degree of Ll.D. honoris causa by the University of Wales to Lady White in July 1979. The correspondents include Anthony, Lord Lytton (3), 1978-1979, Principal Robert Steel, 1978, and Dame Shirley Williams, 1979.