This section contains papers relating to P D James’ membership of, work for and donations to a wide variety of organisations, including: the Dorothy L Sayers Society; the Royal Society of Arts; the Royal Society of Literature; the Whitbread Book of the Year; the British Council; the Crime Writers’ Association; Downing College, Cambridge; the Jane Austen Society; the Royal Society; the Detection Club; the University of Portsmouth; the Wilkie Collins Society; and the Athenaeum.