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A quest for the spiritual components of care, papers given at a 1986 Yale University conference, 'The secular and non-secular spiritual issues of death and dying', edited by Florence Wald (New Haven, Yale University, 1986), including Cicely Saunders' paper, 'The modern hospice'. This edition, in a case decorated with an image of the painting 'White dove' by Prof Marian Bohusz-Szyszko, was presented to Saunders on her birthday, 1986.

35mm colour photographic slides showing the construction of St Christopher's Hospice, Sydenham, south London, including the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone, 1964, the main construction work, furnished interiors, official opening by Princess Alexandra, 1967. Also images of a sculpture of a praying woman (possibly by sculptor Witold Gracjan Kawalec, creator of the statue of St Christopher and Christ over the hospice's entrance).

Typescript texts of addresses given by Cicely Saunders at Christmas Eve carol services, St Christopher's Hospice.

Annual reports for St Christopher's Hospice Ltd, 1961-1965, 1969-1980, 1982-1987, 1993-1996, 1998-1999, 2001 and 2003. Files also include: the text of Cicely Saunders' speech at a 1966 annual general meeting; a report on the official opening of St Christopher's Hospice, July 1967; a research report by the Department of Palliative Care, GKT School of Medicine, c 1999, a draft speech by Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, May 1973.

Annual statistics and details of admissions and discharges, 1976-1986 (excluding 1977-1978, 1980-1981), including symptoms, diagnoses, lengths of stay, age range, and examples of anonymised case histories.

Draft and published text of an article, 'The caring world of Dr Cicely Saunders', published in Women's Realm magazine.

Published articles and book chapters, including: article, 'Chronicle of a pilgrimage to St Christopher's Hospice', 1980, and manuscript notes, 'Story of St Christopher's', c. 1981 and published letter, 'Evaluation of Hospice Activities' by Cicely Saunders, published in Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1984.

Recorded interview with Dame Cicely Saunders, in St Christopher's Hospice, conducted for the Second World War Experience Centre, Leeds, on subjects including: Saunders' nursing training, St Thomas' Hospital, 1940-1944; her family background; education; Oxford University; Christian beliefs; work as an almoner; David Tasma. Duration: 30 mins.

Recorded interview with Dame Cicely Saunders conducted in her office at St Christopher's Hospice by American psychologist John Liebeskind, of the University of California, Los Angeles, for an oral history project on the history of pain. Subjects include: Saunders' family background and education; her early work with the terminally ill; the establishment and expansion of St Christopher's Hospice; palliative care as a medical discipline in the UK and worldwide; current issues in end of life care.

Plaques, sculptures, statuettes, paperweights and other items presented to Cicely Saunders, including: a plate presented by Mercy Hospital, New York, 1979; a plaque from the National Hospice Organisation, 1992; a vase and stand from Sigma Theta International, 1996; a glass statuette (the 'Spirit of Hospice') from the National Association for Home Care, 1997; a plaque from the National Hospice Movement, Croatia, 2004. SPIRIT OF HOSPICE AWARD- ON LOAN AT ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPICE (12 JUNE 2015).

Notes, articles and related papers concerning medical ethics, chiefly in relation to the care of the dying. File includes: notes by Cicely Saunders for talks on ethics, 1988-1989, including slides for use in an overhead projector; papers on a training course at St Christopher's Hospice, June 1989, for medical professionals, social workers and clergy; press cuttings and quotations; article by Rev J S Habgood, 'Medical ethics: a Christian view', published in Journal of Medical Ethics, 1985; a speech by the Bishop of Durham, 'Moral problems facing the medical profession at the present time', given at the British Medical Association, 1972; article by Ian Kennedy, 'The law relating to the treatment of the terminally ill', published in The management of terminal disease, edited by Saunders (London, Edwin Arnold, 1983).

Articles, press cuttings, pamphlets and notes relating to theological and philosophical attitudes to death and dying. File includes sermons, notes on published texts and seminar papers, including 'Concerning ministerial service to the dying' by Alfred Worcester, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, 1925, and 'A course entitled 'The medical attitude': an orientation in the foundations of medical thought' by Otto E Guttentag, published in The Journal of Medical Education, October 1960.

Reports, articles and booklets on geriatric care, including a booklet, 'Caring for the elderly' by Thomas Rudd (London, Catholic Truth Society, 1956), and 'Mental health problems of aging and the aged: sixth report of the expert committee on mental health', produced by the World Health Organization, 1959.

Published articles and notes on clinical trials, assessments and use of tranquilisers and sedatives, including articles 'Pharmacology of tranquilising drugs' by Marthe Vogt, British Medical Journal, October 1958, and 'Trials of perphenazine in the prevention of post-operative vomiting' by C F Scurr and D S Robbie, British Medical Journal, April 1958.

Published articles, press cuttings and related papers on religion and medicine, including: manuscript notes by Saunders; typescript text of lecture, 'Healing and religion', given by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the National Hospital, Queen Square, 1964; article, 'Church and doctor in the welfare state' by H Wallace Bird, published in Nursing Times, 1959; issue of Methodist journal Contact, entitled 'Pastoral encounter', 1964.

Background notes, correspondence, articles and publicity material relating to charitable trusts, foundations and religious communities, including: correspondence with other UK charitable trusts; text by Cicely Saunders on her sources of inspiration, both religious texts and individual patients, for the development of the hospice, 1959-1964; notes on funding application discussions, 1964; correspondence with the Sister Superior of the Hostel of God (now Trinity Hospice), Clapham, south London, 1964, concerning the history of the hospice, with extracts from its 1922 annual report.

Correspondence, notes, lists and press cuttings relating to charitable trusts in the UK and elsewhere as potential funding sources. File includes correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Hooker Craigmyle & Co Ltd, fund raising consultants, April-May 1967, and a poster advertising a BBC television appeal for St Christopher's Hospice, September 1970.

Manuscript and typescript notes, published articles and press cuttings relating to religious writing about death, including: extracts from the works of metaphysical poet John Donne (1572-1631); pamphlet, 'The relief of pain' by Pope Pius XII (London, Catholic Truth Society, 1957); notes on the religious foundation and work of the chaplain at St Christopher's Hospice; notes on St Luke's House annual reports for 1893-1907.