Correspondents include his parents A.J. Nicholson and Mary Cleghorn Nicholson, his children and grandchildren, George Alfred Kolkhorst, Leonard Smith, Alex Lawson, James Ramsay, Roger Kynaston, Noel Stevens and other various relatives and friends. Topics are largely personal and social in nature, though there may be some research or business-related correspondence as well.

For the correspondence between Jaqueline and Hedley Hope-Nicholson, please see Subseries 2.1.1. above.

Notebooks, address book, Nicholson & Cleghorne genealogy, copies of periodicals, notes from grandchildren

This subseries contains financial, legal and official business related to Hedley Hope-Nicholson, including account notebooks, estate documents, correspondence with solicitors at Hastie's, and other official documentation, such as school certificates and marriage announcements.

This subseries contains diaries, notebooks, photographs, juvenilia, address books and other related material created by Hedley Hope-Nicholson. This includes 76 notebooks and diaries written between 1897 and 1967. Many photographs are unidentified but include a large number of images of friends. Research and reference material related to genealogy and travel locations are also included here.

This subseries contains diaries, notebooks, photographs, juvenilia, address books and other related material created by Hedley Hope-Nicholson. This includes 76 notebooks and diaries written between 1897 and 1967. Many photographs are unidentified but include a large number of images of friends. Research and reference material related to genealogy and travel locations are also included here.

This subseries contains diaries, notebooks, photographs, juvenilia, address books and other related material created by Hedley Hope-Nicholson. This includes 76 notebooks and diaries written between 1897 and 1967. Many photographs are unidentified but include a large number of images of friends. Research and reference material related to genealogy and travel locations are also included here.

clippings (esp. Mary Troubridge Otter marriage [1916]), notes, letters, family portraits (original and reproductions), funeral cards

This subseries contains material related to or created by other members of the Troubridge and Gurney families, particularly Daniel Gurney, Anna Maria Cochrane Troubridge and Charlotte Troubridge (Aunt Chatty). Items include photographs, correspondence, calling cards, clippings, locks of hair and genealogy research materials.

This subseries contains material related to or created by other members of the Troubridge and Gurney families, particularly Daniel Gurney, Anna Maria Cochrane Troubridge and Charlotte Troubridge (Aunt Chatty). Items include photographs, correspondence, calling cards, clippings, locks of hair and genealogy research materials.

This subseries contains documents related to or created by various members of the Hope family, including Lauretta Hope-Nicholson, Jessie Graham Hope, Henrietta Hope, Lt-Col. W. Hope, Madge Hope Napier, Jean Hugo, Mrs. Greville-Nugent, Robert Bontine Cunninghame-Graham, and others. Materials include correspondence, photographs, clippings, historical and research documentation, genealogical papers, pamphlets and ephemera (especially concerning Hopetoun House and the Earl of Hopetoun).