This collection contains both the personal and professional papers of Edith Simon, documenting her career as an artist and writer. The papers contain both personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, research material, and news cuttings concerning her writing; alongside photographs, news cuttings, art diaries and ephemera documenting her artistic work. The broad scope of the material may be summarised as follows:

Boxes 1-6.

Personal and family correspondence.

Boxes 7-17.

General correspondence and publisher correspondence concerning Edith Simon's writing and artistic careers

Boxes 18-36.

Papers concerning Edith's writing career. These files include notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, and research material and associated correspondence, all relating to her books, plays, film scripts, and critical essays. Both published and unpublished work is represented.

Boxes 37-38.

Mixed papers, embracing personal ephemera, administrative papers, and art-related papers

Boxes 39-40.

Press books, with media coverage documenting Edith Simon's writing and artistic careers

Boxes 41-42.

Art Diaries

Box 43.

Mixed papers embracing ephemera, art and book-related papers, and photographs

Box 44.

Press books, with media coverage documenting Edith's art career

Boxes 45-47.

Photograph albums of artworks, listed by exhibition

Box 48.

Press books, with media coverage documenting exhibitions

Boxes 49-50.

Photograph albums and portfolios concerning artworks

Box 51.

Press cuttings album, documenting Edith's art career

Boxes 52-67.

Loose photographs documenting Edith Simon's family life