The file comprises a typescript draft and proof copy of Working Dogs of the World, proposed for publication by Sidgwick and Jackson, but for which no details have been traced.

The series comprises whole issues, individual pages, scrap books and loose cuttings of newspapers and magazines, 1816-1993, covering the biology of breeding, breed types, care, welfare, training, dog-loving celebrities, showing, clubs, animal photography, dogs and the law, working dogs, terriers, spaniels, anecdotes and a few, non-canine topics.