| Description | Includes:
-fourteen letters exchanged between Simpson, Glady Scott Thomson, Historian, and Flora Russell, dated 20 March 1947-16 January 1951, concerning the collection of the Duke of Bedford
-black and white photograph and four photocopy letters exchanged between Patricia Barnden, Photographic Archivist, The Paul Mellon Centre, Edward Nygren, Yale Center for British Art, and Mrs Draper, Archivist, Bedford Estates, dated 25 October-18 November 1974, concerning the attribution of a wall painting at 29a Montagu Street, London, WC1
-letter from Draper to Simpson, dated 28 May 1975, enclosing photocopies of pages from an inventory of the 5th Duke of Bedford's papers (10pp)
-annotated photocopy of a letter from Draper to J.H. Brandler, dated 15 January 1976, concerning a work of art by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli given to St. Paul's School in 1921
-annotated Christie's catalogue of 'Pictures by Old Masters sold on the instructions of His Grace The Duke of Bedford on Friday, January 19, 1951'
-handwritten lists of works of art in the Duke of Bedford's collection, undated (3pp)
-typed documents describing works of art bought by the Duke and Duchess of Bedford in 1746 and 1748, undated (2pp)
-photocopy of a list of works of art bought by the Duke of Bedford between 1741-1759, undated (2pp)
-four black and white photographs of works of art |