The papers consist of correspondence, a handwritten manuscript, and ephemera written by and concerning Maurice Baring. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Baring to the writer Enid Bagnold, otherwise known as Lady Jones, between 1931 and 1943. There are also letters from Baring to Gerald Gould, James Pond, Edward Shanks, S. K. Ratcliffe, and Leslie Chaundy. The letters from 1963 are between Bagnold and Julian Jeffs concerning Baring's letters to Bagnold. Of particular note are letters mentioning meetings with Noel Coward, Desmond MacCarthy, Hilaire Belloc, and Virginia Woolf (a few weeks before her suicide). The handwritten letters are mostly in a secretarial hand, as Baring was crippled with arthritis. There is also a letter from Enid Bagnold to Baring.

The remainder of the collection consists of a short handwritten manuscript in French by Baring entitled Three Minutes, or the Death of Caesar, his copy of The Order for the Burial of the Dead and a typed storage list of items belonging to Baring stored in a library at North End House. The list is seemingly typed by Bagnold, as it concludes with a short letter to Baring listing the books Bagnold is borrowing and an offer to send him any of his things at any time.