- Ron Mitchell (fl1960s), site manager for Longleys and worker on the construction of the University of Sussex campus: collection of photographs with some presscuttings and a digital copy of film taken by Ron in c.1966, rel to the construction of the University, particularly the construction of the Meeting House c1960 (SxMs213)
- Steve and Joy Weller (fl1945-1946): collection of love letters. During the Second World War, Steve had been a prisoner of war in in Austria. He later struck up a correspondence with Joy and discusses his discharge from the army 1945-1946 (SxMOA99/176)
- Margaret Ann Boden (b1936), OBE FBA, Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex: articles, incl drafts and related corresp, covering AI, computer creativity, cognitive science, computer art and other subjects in her field. Also incl notes and slides from talks and workshops and some material rel to her time at Sussex University, as well as corresp with various institutions about work events and trips 1970s-2000s (SxMs215)
- Dora Cymer (orginally Cymerspitz) (b1879), from Poland: mainly corresp from her daughter, Renee, and her son-in-law, Paul Herzog, dating from 1939-1941, which offers a comprehensive account of life during the war, and documents the struggles of Jewish life during the period. Paul and Renee were deported to Auschwitz in 1942 and murdered there. Also incl a collection of misc papers incl identity documents, financial accounts and corresp c1904-2010 (SxMs212)
- Faith Henderson (1889-1979), economics graduate and part of the Bloomsbury Group: corresp with Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, Vanessa Bell, and Noel Carrington, mainly rel to domestic matters, the weather, gossip, descriptions of Lytton’s illnesses and the books he is reading; Carrington's letters also contain pen and ink drawings c1910-1960 (SxMs201)
- Susi Bechhofer (fl1930-1990), Kindertransport evacuee: mostly research notes and some original documentation rel to her family history comprising photocopies, cuttings and correspondence with family members; papers rel to Bechhofer's work with the Holocaust Memorial Trust and letters (3) from W.G. Sebald rel to his novel 'Austerlitz' c1990-2000 (SxMs211)
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