The contents are as follows: (i) Loose scraps of correspondence, 1897, between William and Ottilie Wallace, and letters, August-September 1925, of William to Ottilie, with one letter of June 1926 (folio 1); (ii) Letters, 1880, 1885-1886, of Dr James Wallace, medical officer of health in Greenock, to his son William, many of them concerning medical matters in Glasgow hospitals (folio 40); (iii) Letters, 1882, 1885-1886, to William Wallace from his mother and sisters (folio 92).