Manuscript texts and drafts on subjects including: the Chicago prison system; ELS’s impressions of Chicago; New York harbour; Wall Street; selling time.

Also includes: a letter from ELS to Nancy Maurice [later Nancy, Lady Spears] on ELS’s view of Communism being preferable to American capitalism, and his own visit to the United States; a diary from John Drury (Chicago Daily News) on his and ELS’s sightseeing trips in Chicago.