Comprises:
- annotated Congregation agendas, 1861-67;
- drafts of letters from the College to the Visitor, copies of his replies, letters and manuscript notes from Provost Okes to Whitting, and a letter from Law to Brocklebank about Thomas Bendyshe's complaint and Fellows' dividends, 1869-71;
- Council and Governing Body papers and reports mostly concerning new statutes and Scholarships, including 'Reasons for Protesting against the final clause of recommendation VIII.3' by R A F Barrett, printed letters to and from the University Commissioners, 'Remarks on a Statement Relative to Financial Matters in King's College, Cambridge, 1860' by John Halsey Law, manuscript note 'Reasons for Opening the College', 1857-67 and 1895;
- 'Sequelae, or the Results of an Examination', poems by H M B, 1898 with autograph manuscript letter to Whitting from H[enry] Montagu Butler;
- mimeographed letter from Sir George Gilbert Scott (1873) about his sons' taking over his work, and mimeographed letter from his sons (1878);
- manuscript draft Governing Body minutes 'by the clock';
- manuscript notes including extracts and printed poems in English, French, Greek and Latin;
- printed 'Letter to the Provost of King's College concerning Two Votes given in Congregation' 1856;
- printed 'Supplementary Statement of the Copyhold Property of King's College, Cambridge' by George Williams, 1857;
- printed 'Remarks on College Reform...' by Henry John Roby, 1858;
- letters and circulars about a memorial to Provost Okes, 1880-1;
- 'The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal' newspaper from February 29, 1772;
- printed epitaphs for William Stuart Stirling-Crawfurd, 1883 and for 'F C' 1873;
- manuscript list of 'Alumni Etonienses' 1800-63;
- printed 'The Universities and College Estates Acts 1858 to 1880...' by Charles L Shadwell, 1898;
- printed forms of prayer for the Queen's 50th anniversary (1887) and for the coronation (1902);
- printed statutes and draft statutes for King's College, St John's College, and Trinity College;
- printed report of the University Commissioners on proposed Eton statutes, 1860;
- legal papers published by Trinity College regarding the benefaction of Dr Whewell, 1867;
- autograph manuscript letter from T G Jackson about painting the Hall ceiling, 1902;
- printed 'Instructions to Students' 1889.