The first part of this series (Pt C 1-105) includes correspondence that can be divided into two sections. The first (Pt C 1-26) is correspondence between Coventry Patmore, his friends and acquaintances 1850-1895. The other (Pt C 27-105) is between Patmoreans including Frederick Page, Osbert Burdett and Professor Hewitt as well as the poet's friends Alice Meynell, Basil Champneys and Edmund Goose. Several pieces of the correspondence of his widow Harriet G. Patmore are also present.
Items numbered Pt C 106-108 have been arranged into three series: correspondence from Coventry Patmore (Pt C 106); correspondence to Coventry Patmore (Pt C 107); and miscellaneous items (Pt C 108).