Philip Caraman, SJ Papers contain correspondence; manuscripts and typescripts of novels, essays, articles, sermons and book reviews; genealogical information; clippings; photographs; and research materials, reflecting the pastoral, professional and personal life of Philip Caraman, SJ.

Notable correspondents represented in the papers include John W. Gran, of Oslo, Norway; Francis Sweeney, SJ of Boston College; and authors John Betjeman, Peter Levi, André Malraux, Norman Sherry, and Muriel Spark. The papers also include correspondence, photographs, and other materials documenting Caraman's relationships with his mentor Martin Cyril D'Arcy, SJ, Catherine Walston, Graham Greene, Edith Sitwell, and Evelyn Waugh.

Of significance among the manuscripts and typescripts are articles composed by Caraman for the 1985 Jesuit Encyclopedia and Caraman's published and unpublished books: Henry Morse, Priest of the Plague (1956-1958), The Recusants (unpublished circa 1964-1966), Norway (1967), The Lost Paradise (1975), Sweden (unpublished, 1976), The Lost Empire (1985), The Jesuits in Australia (1987), and Ignatius Loyola (1990-1991).