The records in this series comprise the material inserted into the Country House Guides bequeathed by Colvin to the Paul Mellon Centre Library. The Guides have been catalogued separately as part of the Library collection, the inserts removed and catalogued as part of the Archive. The relationship between library and archive material (ie. from which publication the insert was removed) is clearly visible in the relevant catalogue entries.
The phrase: 'available in the Paul Mellon Centre Library' indicates that the actual publication bequeathed by Colvin has been retained by the Library. The phrase: 'a copy is available in the Paul Mellon Centre Library' indicates that the actual publication bequeathed by Colvin was not retained by the Library (normally because it was a duplicate of existing holdings), and that an alternative copy is available.
The material in this series includes includes correspondence; research notes; post cards; copies of published and unpublished articles.