The collection consists of: Barker's correspondence (1934-1964); news clippings (1933-1968); sketches (1963-1965); holographs and transcripts of essays (1937-1969); notebooks; holographs and typescripts of poetry (1954-1970); contracts (1933-1964); marked proofs; a heavily annotated copy of Elizabeth Smart's A Bonus (1977), and an annotated copy of Aristotle's Poetics etc., which Barker used for reviewing Ezra Pound's XXX Cantos.
Letts Desk Diary, 1968, 25x20 cm. Approx.500 words of entries by Barker Enclosures: 1 page tls to GB from Rev. E. J. Pryke, March 13, 1968; 3 p. letter to GB from David Shewell, April, 15, [1968]; 2 p. draft letter from Barker to Stan[?] n. d. (Acc. 1991-072)