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Thirty-three letters and cards, 1990-1993, from Philip Burton to David Arthur Callard, initially relating to the latter's study of the writer Rhys Davies but increasingly concerned with the publication of Richard and Philip: The Burtons (1992) and possible publication of other works of Philip Burton; together with three letters, 1991-1992, relating to the foreword by Elizabeth Taylor to the published memoirs.

Six letters and three telegrams, [?1963]-1972, from Richard Burton (in some instances jointly with wife Elizabeth), to his childhood friend and actor Dennis Burgess, containing personal and professional news, but mainly concerned with acting roles secured by Burton for Burgess in the films Bluebeard (1972) and Massacre in Rome (1973).
The letters were sent from the Dorchester Hotel, London, [?1963] (ff. 1-2), Sardinia, 1967 (ff. 3-4), Budapest, 1972 (ff. 5-10), and Munich, 1972 (ff. 11-12). Also included are letters to Burgess from Lord Snowdon, 18 May 1973 (f. 13), and Sir John Gielgud, 15 October 1979 (f. 15), and a photocopy of a telegram from Elizabeth Burton, 4 November 1975 (f. 14), inviting Burgess and his wife to Richard Burton's fiftieth birthday party. There are references to the films Becket (1964) (ff. 1-2), Doctor Faustus (1967) (ff. 3-4), Where Eagles Dare (1968) (f. 7), Bluebeard (ff. 5-10) and Massacre in Rome (ff. 11-12), and to the actor Hugh Griffith (f. 8)