This collection consists of 12 pieces of correspondence, almost entirely letters written by legendary science fiction author Clarke to Baird Searles, owner of the well-known Science Fiction Bookshop in New York City, NY. Clarke, who lived in Sri Lanka, frequently ordered books from Searles.

There is also one letter from Clarke to Martin Last, Searles' writing collaborator and domestic partner.

1/1: Clarke to Searles. Typed letter, unsigned. August 29, 1978.

1/2: Clarke to Searles. Typed letter, signed. December 7, 1978.

1/3: Clarke to Searles. Typed letter, signed. December 16, 1978.

1/4: Clarke to Searles. Autograph letter, signed. April 10, 1979.

1/5: Clarke to Last. Autograph letter, signed. June 1, 1979.

1/6: Clarke to Searles. Autograph letter, signed. February 25, 1980.

1/7: Clarke to Searles. Typed letter, signed. April 28, 1980.

1/8: Clarke to Searles. Autograph letter, signed. December 18, 1981.

1/9: Clarke to Searles. Autograph letter, signed. April 5, 1982.

1/10: Clarke to Searles. Autograph letter, signed. June 28, 1982.

1/11: Clarke to Searles. Autograph letter, signed. April 16, 1986.

1/12: Miscellaneous material:
-A three-page, stapled flyer for a group in Chicago called "The World Power Foundation." Has a handwritten annotation on the side: "Rec.’d in the mail. Are these people? Or refugees from Jonestown??", Undated
-A one-page typescript article, "Marconi Fellowship Awarded to Arthur Clarke," Undated