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Correspondence of Nora Beloff to her family covering January to December of 1951 although there are few letters for the period January to April. The letters begin from America but the correspondence from March onwards is mostly from Paris indicating that at this point Beloff moved from being The Observer's Washington correspondent to their Paris correspondent. Letters from June give details of a trip around more remote areas of France during which Beloff covered local elections. Letters from September give details of a working trip to Luxembourg in which talks took place between France, Germany and Israel. Letters and postcards from October give details of a trip made by Beloff to Rome to visit her sister, Anne Beloff, and her husband, Sir Ernst Chain. A reference to some of Beloff's controversial journalism is made in one of the December letters when she appears to have criticised failures over British disarmament. Several references are made to Darsie Gillie, the Guardian's French correspondent, with whom Beloff had previously worked.

Correspondence of Nora Beloff to her family. The files do not cover the whole of 1959 but centre upon Beloff's travels abroad. The letters do indicate that for at least the first six months of 1959 Beloff's main base continued to be Paris. The first letters are written in January and begin with details of a skiing holiday in France followed by details of a visit to her sister, Anne Beloff, in Rome. Letters and postcards from May and June provide details of a working visit made by Beloff for The Observer to Spain. Destinations in Spain include, Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga.

Series of letters and postcards written by Nora Beloff's family, mostly to Beloff's parents. The file includes correspondence from Nora's siblings: John Beloff, Anne Beloff-Chain, Renee Soskin and Max Beloff; John's wife Halla; Max's wife helen and son Jeremy. The file contains press cuttings of articles written by Max Beloff for the Spectator and The Times, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1995. Also included in the file are some academic essays by John Beloff.

Subjects covered include:the scientific careers of John, Halla and Anne Beloff and Anne's husband Ernst Boris Chain, including experiences in Rome, Illinois and Israel; Jewish culture; and family matters.

Series of correspondence containing letters sent to and from Nora Beloff including:
Letter from Archduke Rudolph of Austria, 1985;
Correspondence between Beloff and the historian Michael Howard, 1985;
Correspondence between Beloff and Philip Howard from The Times, 1985;
Documentation relating to conferences and correspondence between Beloff and John K Andrews, President of the International Commission on Moral Equivalence, 1986-1987;
Correspondence from David Astor to Beloff, 1986, 1987, 1992;
Letter from Francis Fukuyama to Beloff, 1987;
Correspondence and documentation relating to a conference on European Cultural Identity, 1987;
Correspondence between Beloff and Isaiah Berlin, 1987;
Correspondence between Beloff and Ashford Press Publishing, 1987;
Correspondence between Beloff and Richard Abraham, 1988;
Letter from Jonathan Aitken to Beloff, 1988
Correspondence between Beloff and David Howell, MP, 1989;
Letter from Michael Heseltine, MP, to Beloff, 1989;
Typescript of Beloff's will, 1990;
Correspondence between Beloff and Alexander Fedoravski concerning a visit to Moscow, 1990;
Letter from John Beloff to Beloff, 1994, 1995;
Correspondence between Beloff and Michael Beloff, 1995;
Correspondence between Beloff and Anne Beloff, 1995.
At the end of the file are letters without specific dates and some that are incomplete.

Photographs of Nora Beloff and her family. For most photographs details of the exact date or identity of those photographed are unknown.
Those thought to be in photographs include the following Beloffs: Nora, Helen, Jeremy, Max, John, Halla, Anne, Simon, Michael, Mary [Marie], and Renee and Ernst Chain.