The subjects of these letters include Veitch's studies in Paris, his applications for various posts, his work and publications and arrangements for teaching in the History School of Liverpool, and Muir's work in India, his publications, his disillusionment with the University of Liverpool (1928) and his activities within the Liberal Party.

Includes Ramsay Muir's notes on the course being taken by the students in the History Honours School Part II 1913-1914, his report on F. Jackson's M.A. thesis on the Hundred of Leyland, and a copy of the printed Report of the Conference upon the Study and Teaching of History held at the University of the Punjab, Dec. 1913 (this conference was arranged by Ramsay Muir).