The papers consist of:

(i) Unaddressed letters, 1881-1882, of, and papers, undated, concerning Lady (Jane Francisca) Wilde (folio 1);

(ii) Description, 1912, by Archibald Kirk Dickson of his entrance interview for Osborne (folio 17);

(iii) Photographs, 1912, 1916, of Robert Kirk Dickson and Archibald Kirk Dickson (folio 20);

(iv) Miscellaneous press cuttings concerning the First World War (folio 25);

(v) Letter, 7 January 1915, of Lord Guthrie to William Kirk Dickson enclosing a typescript copy of a letter, 2 January 1915, of Lloyd Osbourne to Guthrie (folio 47);

(vi) Pass permits, 1916, in favour of William Kirk Dickson and his wife (folio 50);

(vii) Typescript copy, made by William Kirk Dickson in 1927, of a letter, 4 January 1806, of John Clerk, advocate, to William Adam of Blair Adam (folio 80);

(viii) Letter, 10 December 1931, of Henry William Meikle to William Kirk Dickson returning the latter's manuscript of 'John Chisholm's letters from Maryland, 1751-64' (folio 84);

(ix) Letter, 10 October 1941, of Lord Keyes to Robert Kirk Dickson (folio 104);

(x) Letter, 20 February 1950, of Colin H Perkins, solicitor, Hobart, Tasmania, to Robert Kirk Dickson recalling an experience of the First World War (folio 109);

(xi) Letters, 1950, of Joyce Mary Dickson to her husband, Robert Kirk Dickson (folio 111);

(xii) Letters, 1952, of Robert Kirk Dickson to his mother, Kathleen Dickson (folio 141).