The sub-series consists of alphabetically arranged nominal correspondence files created by Marigold Charlesworth interfiled with general alphabetical files created at the National Archives from unfiled material. In some cases, the letters are addressed to both Charlesworth and Jean Roberts. Some of the files contain notes on the identity of correspondents prepared by Charlesworth or Roberts.
The nominal files include ones on Kay and John Snow, Edward Atienza, Ruth Barratt, Paddy Croft, Timothy Findley and William Whitehead, Herb Foster, Wayne Gott, Keith Green, Margaret Halford, Amelia Hall, Margaret (Alflatt) Hilder, Tom Hooker, Jan Kudelka, Mark Negin, Jean Roberts, Bena Shuster, Campbell Smith, Benedicta (Leigh) Vernon, among others.
The general alphabetical files include the following correspondents: Sheila Burnford, Mervyn Blake, Jo and David Cormack, Esmé Crampton, Michael Dobbin, Jimmy Edwards, James W. Farrell, Celia Franca, John Gielgud, Lynn Gorman, Maxine Graham, Tyrone Guthrie, Nonnie Griffin, Desmond Heeley, Roland Hewgill, Harry Horner, Brian Jackson, Clare Jeffrey, Rachel Kempson, Araby Lockhart, Irena Mayeska, Janet (Williamson) McGregor-Smith, Stephan Meldegg, Louise Nicol, Alan Nunn, Doris Petrie, Jennifer Phipps, James Reaney, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Rutherford, Mary Savidge, Joseph Shaw, Peter Streuli, Dennis Sweeting, Thomas Powys, Terry Tweed, among others.
The series includes extensive correspondence with Charlesworth's family, most importantly her own letters to her parents, beginning before the Second World War in England. Then during the 1939-1945 period when her letters describe her experiences as a child sent away from England for safety, studying at Trafalgar School and the High School of Montreal, spending her summers at a camp in the Laurentians, and starting her acting career with the Montreal Repertory Theatre. The letters carry on after her immigration to Canada in 1956, describing her trip with Jean Roberts and Ruth Barratt to Calgary, her subsequent founding of the Red Barn Theatre with Roberts, and the other events and experiences in her life in Canada. The series includes letters to Charlesworth from old family friends, from family retainers, and from Jean Roberts' mother.
Note : some files contain photographs and small personal objects.
