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Personal papers 1918-65; personal correspondence 1916-76; family papers 1788-1956; official papers 1904-68; official correspondence files 1933-66; general political files 1929 76; Conservative Party material 1933-64; constituency papers 1918-64; speeches and articles 1929-79; press cuttings 1926 76; photographs 1868-1964

In addition to numerous files items L98-117 are scrapbooks. These bound volumes of press cuttings, photographs, menus etc. cover RAB's entire political career and contain much material duplicated elsewhere in section L. They were compiled by RAB's mother, Ann Butler, until her death in 1953, when Peggy Bridge, the secretary at Stanstead Hall, took over the task. Later volumes, particularly after 1965, were probably the work of Mollie Butler. Early volumes are not strictly chronological in their arrangement. Two additional volumes kept by Ann Butler about family matters have been placed at the end of the series

Folder labelled 'India', containing general background material for Round Table Conference. Translation of article from Frankfurter Zeitung entitled 'India! The swaying bridge - England's greatest problem', [1929]. Statement of Policy by the Indian Empire Society [1931]. Booklet entitled 'The Daily Mail Blue Book on the Indian Crisis' 1931. Booklet entitled 'Mahatma Gandhi's movement from both sides' by Equity, 1931. Pamphlet entitled 'India. A restatement of Conservative Policy', by Sir Samuel Hoare, 1931. Speech on India given by Sir John Simon in House of Commons, 1931. 'Appreciation of the Indian Situation' by R[obert] J[emmett] S[topford], private secretary to Chairman of Indian Statutory Commission 1928-1930, 1931. Note by G.H. Baxter on Indian financial position, 1931. Letter to RAB from Eleanor Rathbone, enclosing her article in child marriage in India and memo on questions affecting status and welfare of Indian Women, 1931. Note on 'The present situation' in India by Robert Jemmett Stopford, with covering letter to RAB, 1931. Appeal by the Taluqdars of Oudh, [1931]. Note on 'The Indian situation after the second session of the India Round Table Conference' by D. Madhava Rao, [1931]. 'A forecast of the Indian situation next year: Gandhi's attitude on his arrival in India and other consequent developments' by D. Madhara Rao, [1931].

Press releases, Rhodesian newspaper cuttings, copy telegrams from January visit and Victoria Falls Conference, draft note on future of Federation

From the start of the National Government. August 1931'. Photographs of RAB and Richard Clive Butler (3 docs), press cuttings about farmers and petrol tax, Marketing Bill and rural towns, RAB's review of parliamentary session, General Election, election posters and itinerary, National Government, original letters of congratulation etc. (3 docs), RAB's visit to India, Indian Franchise Committee, Essex drainage and water schemes, RAB's appointment to India Office, Round Table Conference, Joint Select Committee, India White Paper, tithe dispute, Japanese textiles, Assam dinner, World Economic Conference, Anglo-Indians, Wheat Act, Cambridge Union 1924, Milk Reorganisation Scheme, Indian Reform, Essex politics, Christmas card from Sir Samuel and Lady Hoare, obituary of Hon. Mary Pickford, original letter from Lord Bingley, RAB's travel documents for France and Italy, Butlers' move from Broxted to Halstead, Nicobar Islands, Poona Pact, menu for Farmers' Club annual dinner, 1930, Fitzwilliam Museum's Courtauld Galleries 1931, article by RAB in The Dalhousie Review on 'Canadian impressions' and galley proofs of his 'World wheat and the British farmer. A reply' 1930

'Correspondence and papers Aug-Dec 1962'. General files as above, plus report of Nyasaland constitutional conference

Reports of meetings, correspondence re RAB's attendance to discuss compensation for British victims of Nazi persecution, Cyprus, the Yemen etc

Local and national press cuttings for period of prospective candidature for Saffron Walden to end of parliamentary session July 1931, including political meetings, 1929 General Election, House of Commons speeches re agriculture, letter to The Times suggesting Harold Macmillan should quit politics; typescript scheme for move of Butlers to Church Hall, Broxted, Essex, drafts of constituency letters and original 'gems' from constituents concerning summer time, mistaken gender, verses on RAB, printed letters to supporters and constituents, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Debating Society programme on motion 'That life's pleasures never cloy', political posters, menu etc.; photographs of Butlers and Foot Mitchells at Quendon Park, Essex, 1928, Sydney Butler speaking at local function, declaration of Poll at Saffron Walden 1929, Church Hall, Broxted

'Correspondence and papers Mary-July 1962'. General file re Central Africa, including correspondence, copy telegrams, statements and memos

Correspondence re RAB's attendance at meetings, report of meeting on Cyprus and East Africa