Correspondence on JEP's deposit of archive material at the Public Record Office (Northern Ireland) and Staffordshire Record Office, with correspondents including: Michael Portillo, Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities on the place of local record offices in local government; [William] John Biffen; representatives of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (9); representatives of Staffordshire County Record Office (17); [Charles] Patrick Jenkin, Secretary of State for the Environment, on the future of archive services in London; David Butler; Philip Larkin, Librarian of the Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull (2); representatives of Lloyds Bank Limited on holding JEP's papers (6).

Also includes original lists and index of JEP's archives, including material deposited by JEP at the Public Record Office (Northern Ireland) and Staffordshire Record Office.