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Articles, notes and press cuttings relating to psychiatry and psychology, chiefly in the context of care for the terminally ill, including: 'Psychology applied to nursing', by Doreen Weddell, Nursing Times, 1954-1955; 'The dying patient's grief' by C Knight Aldrich, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, May 1963; 'Psychiatric management of operative syndromes: 1. the therapeutic consultation and the effect of noninterpretive Intervention' by Thomas P Hackett and Avery D Wiseman, published in Psychosomatic Medicine, July-August 1960.

Reports, articles and transcripts of sermons and lectures concerning religion and healing, including 'Non-religious participation in Salvation within the clinical event' by Dr R A Lambourne, (undated), and a report by the Archbishops' Commission, 'The Church's Ministry of Healing', 1958.

Articles and reports relating to the surgical treatment of pain, including '4 years' pain clinic experience' by Mark Swerdow, published in Anaesthia, October 1967, and report, 'Psychological factors influencing the amount of pain after operations' by L D Egbert, S J Lamdin and T P Hackett, (undated).

Notes, articles and correspondence relating to the role of spirituality and religion in the care of the terminally ill, collected in preparation for a 1985 conference, 'The Church's ministry of healing to the dying'. File includes: Cicely Saunders' article 'The working of St Christopher's', published in Medical care of the dying patient (Foundation of Thanatology, New York, 1974); a newsletter of the Assembly of Episcopal Chaplains, reporting on lectures on bereavement, March 1974, by Saunders, Dr Samuel Klagsbrun and Rev Carleton Sweetser; a seminar paper, 'Thoughts on the spiritual component in care of the terminally ill', by Florence Wald, 1985; requests from Saunders for information on the spiritual origins of the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation and the Sue Ryder Foundation, 1985.

Background research material for Cicely Saunders' article, 'What's in a name?', published in Palliative Medicine, 1986, including a typescript copy of Saunders' paper, Hospice Evolution, 1985, and an address by Bishop John Taylor, 'Growth and loss', c 1980.

Medals, badges and awards presented to Cicely Saunders throughout her career, including: her Nightingale badge received upon qualifying as a nurse, Nightingale Training School, St Thomas' Hospital, 1944; a British Medical Association (BMA) gold medal, 1986; a medal awarded by Polskie Towarzystwo Opieki Paliatywnej Oddział We Włocławku (a society for palliative care, Wloclawek, Poland); a medal awarded by the International Association for the Study of Pain, 2000. Nightingale badge and medal commemorating a visit to Poland by Pope John Paul II in 1987 ON LOAN AT ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPICE (from 12 JUNE 2015).

Personal business cards collected by Cicely Saunders, chiefly for doctors and journalists.

Card index of St Christopher's Hospice members of staff, arranged by their starting date, used by Cicely Saunders to send annual 'Coming Day' congratulations on their length of service.

Certificates and other papers relating to Cicely Saunders' degree in Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London. Also later correspondence, including correspondence with Professor Harold Stewart, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, regarding Saunders' postdoctoral role, 1957; correspondence with medical and professional societies, including the British Medical Association; correspondence with medical professionals on pain management and the treatment of patients with advanced cancer. File also contains her 'O' level certificate, Roedean School, 1934, and her General Medical Council certificate of full registration as a medical practitioner, 1958.

Case notes and statistical tables relating to patients with cancers of the head and neck, St Christopher's Hospice, including details of specific locations of tumours, gender, age and name of patient. Also some copy case summaries and reports by R L Carter, Consultant Pathologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2064.

Detailed personal files on patients cared for by Cicely Saunders, St Joseph's Hospice, including medical histories, correspondence with patients' relatives and medical professionals, some transcripts of conversations with patients on topics including their symptoms, their pain, and their experiences of hospice care. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2048.

Case notes on cancer patients who had received medical care at St Christopher's Hospice, including summary records, nurse records, patient histories, examination charts, some copy correspondence and some photographs of patients. The file is CLOSED for review 2036.

Christmas cards and letters from friends and former colleagues in the UK and elsewhere. Also annual newsletters to the staff of St Christopher's Hospice, 1999-2004, and an address list of correspondents. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review in 2069.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Dr Gillian Ford, health administrator, member of St Christopher's Hospice Council, 1969-2000, and a Vice President, 2000-. File relates chiefly to Ford's nomination as a Justice of the Peace (JP), for which Saunders gave a character reference. File includes personal data and is CLOSED during Ford's lifetime.

Correspondence with Sister Mary Eleanor of the Society of the Sacred Cross, Tymawr Convent, Monmouth, Wales, on topics including: the early development and construction of St Christopher's Hospice; Cicely Saunders' patients; visits to St Christopher's; pain management; prayers for patients; personal news and news from the convent. File includes leaflets about the Society of the Sacred Cross, newsletters, cards and drawings. File also includes sensitive third-party personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2064.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and staff of Pennsylvania Hospital, principally relating to Saunders' visit, 1970, and her lecture, 'The care of the dying'. Other topics include meetings, useful nursing contacts for Saunders, and requests for transcripts of her lecture. File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2038.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Dr Dorothy Sutherland, civil servant, archivist and early supporter of Saunders' work, on topics including: the development of St Christopher's Hospice; Saunders' visits to the US and Sutherland's visits to the UK; personal and family news; Sutherland's research on the history of St Christopher's, including a draft typescript text, 'The light of many candles: St Christopher's Hospice, the first five years', 1972, with manuscript notes by Saunders. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2065.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Prof Leonard Pearson, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on topics including Saunders' 1966 lecture at Western Reserve University, 'Moment of truth – care of the dying person', with the draft text of her lecture, subsequently published in Death and dying: current issues in the treatment of the dying person, edited by Pearson (Cleveland, The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1969). File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2040.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Dr Melvin Joel Krant, of Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, chiefly relating to Krant's research for a documentary film, 'Dying', broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), USA, 1976. Also production notes and photographs relating to the documentary. File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2061.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and her friend, US photographer and medical historian Grace Goldin (d 1995), on topics including images supplied by Goldin as illustrations for Saunders' lectures, medical history, personal news and Goldin's article, 'British hospices', published in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1980. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2063.