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Correspondence from Nora Beloff to her family covering January to November of 1948. The letters provide an account of Beloff's life as French correspondent for the Observer and her continued work for the Economist. In her letters she describes the working conditions of a Paris correspondent and in particular the practicalities of using the offices of the French newspaper 'Le Monde' as her base. Her letters from February include a detailed account of a working visit to Brussels. A letter from August makes a reference to writing a book about France for Hutchinson publishers. In Beloff's letters from November she discusses how her contract with The Observer will develop and the decision that she should take on the position of Washington correspondent. At the end of this file are some letters without dates and a letter which is incomplete.

Correspondence of Nora Beloff to her family covering January to December of 1948. The letters are written from Washington where Beloff was working as Washington correspondent to the Observer. The letters from January give details of her voyage to America and her arrival. They describe her first impressions of America and her working environment there. The letters from the following months continue to discuss both her living and working arrangements in Washington. Details of her social life and how her circle of acquaintances builds up as her time in Washington progresses are provided. The letters also contain details of Beloff's trips to New York which usually involved a mix of work and socialising. Two letters from May, dated the 14 and 30 give detailed descriptions of a trip made by Beloff to a number of cities including: Detroit, which involved visits to the Ford and Chrysler factories; Chicago; Milwaukee, Minneapolis; Des Moines and Kansas City. At the end of this file are some letters without dates and also some letters which are incomplete. Amongst the undated letters are some which discuss the trial of Alger Hiss and Beloff's role in covering it.

Correspondence from Nora Beloff to her family covering the January to December of 1950. The letters are written from Washington where Beloff was working as Washington correspondent to The Observer. The letters provide detailed accounts of her social life and working environment in the US. As well as various trips further a field details of her work in Washington centre around the White House, the office, the state department and the Senate. In some of her letters Beloff does comment on her position as a female correspondent. Another feature of the letters are concerns about heightening tensions between America and Russia and the possible nuclear threat. In letters from as early as February Beloff discusses the possibility of her moving back to Paris but remaining as an Observer correspondent. For April there is a large body of correspondence and not all of it from Beloff. This correspondence gives an account of an accident involving Beloff on 8 April where Beloff's car was involved in a collision with a taxi. She was injured but sustained no serious permanent damage. Included in the letters is correspondence from Beloff's friends explaining the incident and giving reassurance to Beloff's family. The final letters from April give details of her convalescence at friends in California. Interesting is Beloff's continued concern with her work at this time, she plans her departure from California back to Washington on the presidential train so it can be timed it with Harry Truman's visit to the East Coast. From October in her letters Beloff appears to be finalising her plans to leave Washington and take up the position of Paris correspondent for The Observer early in 1951. However, the correspondence from late November indicates that Beloff's plans were altered due to the threat of war between the US and China for which it was felt necessary to have an experienced Washington correspondent such as Beloff in place. The initial plans were, therefore, adapted, with Beloff expecting to remain in Washington until the summer of 1951 when she would then take up the position of Paris correspondent.

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 covering the period January to December of 1952. Most of the letters are written from Paris and are from the period when Beloff was Paris correspondent for The Observer. The letters from January give details of a visit to Paris by David Astor, Sebastian Haffner, and William Clark. Letters from early April give details of a visit made by Beloff to Algeria, including Algiers and Tangiers. A letter from the end of April is written from Tunis and included amongst the letters is a typescript of Beloff's impressions of Tunis. At the end of the file are letters which do not have specific dates. Also included within the file is an invitation for cocktails.

Correspondence of Nora Beloff to her family covering January to December of 1953. Most of the letters are from Paris and are from the period when Beloff was working as Paris correspondent for The Observer. The letters from January are written from Strasbourg from where Beloff was reporting on the sessions. Also included in the file are letters from Brussels. Correspondence from March and April include correspondence from Rome and Athens. Letters from the end of April from Paris provide a detailed description of Beloff's trip to and work in Greece. At the back of the file letters are included which do not have specific dates. Also included in the file is a letter from Beloff refusing an offer to write a book on France.

Correspondence of Nora Beloff to her family covering the period January to December of 1954. The correspondence from January, February and March is written from Paris. From April to June the letters are written from Geneva where Beloff reports on an international conference for The Observer. Several references are made to meetings with Anthony Eden in the Geneva correspondence. Correspondence from October and November is from New York and Beloff appears to have done some work for The Observer in the US at this point. The letters from December are from Paris suggesting that her permanent position at The Observer was still that of Paris correspondent. At the end of the file are descriptions of 'Red Hills Farm' and 'Dyers' Hall'. It is not clear why they are found amongst these papers but Red Hills Farm was owned by Beloff's parents and is often referred to in her letters.
At the end of the file is one letter from 1955, October. Joined with this is a letter from Tristan Jones, a manager at The Observer, offering Beloff the chance to become a full member of The Observer staff rather then 'contributor'.

Correspondence of Nora Beloff to her family covering January to December of 1956. Most of the letters are written from Paris and describe Beloff's work as Paris correspondent for The Observer. One of the letters from January describe meeting John Gielgud. The letters from February include a letter from Fred Tomlinson of The Observer, discussing the possibility of Beloff spending several months in the London office during the summer. A letter from March refers to Beloff being invited to the British Embassy for a reception held for the Queen Mother's visit to Paris. A letter from June is written from Algiers and Beloff discusses the current situation between France and Algeria. There is a break in the correspondence between June and November and this is likely to be due to Beloff spending this period at the London office as discussed in letter referred to above from Fred Tomlinson. The letters from November and December are written from Paris where Beloff resumed her position as The Observer's correspondent. At the end of the file are some letters which are undated.

Correspondence from Nora Beloff to her family from 1957. The letters are mostly written from Paris where Beloff was working as Paris correspondent for The Observer. Correspondence from January includes postcards from a skiing holiday Beloff took with her family in the Alps. In her letters from February Beloff discusses work she has done with Philip Toynbee concerning Albert Camus. Included with the February correspondence is a typescript of several articles Beloff had written for The Observer and in the March correspondence is a typescript of an article detailing the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Paris. Also included in the letters from March is a postcard detailing a visit to Germany for work purposes. Letters from May give details of a trip to Strasbourg where Beloff prepared a profile of Paul-Henri Spaak, Lord Ismay's successor at NATO. Letters from June detail Beloff relationship with The Observer's staff including the visit of The Observer's business manager to Paris. Included in the letters throughout the year are comments about the situation between France and Algeria, high prices in France and crises in the French government. At the back of the file are letters without specific dates and letters that are incomplete. Also found at the end of the file is a typescript of an article written by Beloff, 'Can French democracy survive?' which describes the tensions in French politics.