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'.

A contemporary copy of the foundation instrument (1489) of the chantry of Nicholas Cowley in the parish church of Swynford, established by the executors of his will; notes of deliveries of sheep in Swynford and elsewhere in Leicestershire.

Transcripts and notes on the Cowley document (NLW MS 5226B) by G. T. Clark; and a transcript of a grant of land (1594) in Ullesthorpe.