Newscuttings relating to de Cobain, his brother Edward Samuel Wesley (M.P.) and other members of the de Cobain family; mainly from the Belfast Newsletter, the Northern Whig, the Goole Times (Yorkshire); c.1880-1920.

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• Letters to de Cobain from his sister Laura in Belfast; mainly of a personal nature; with references to the activities of their brothers Edward S. Wesley (M.P.) and St. Laurence; c.1880-1900.
• Family correspondence, mainly letters to de Cobain and his wife Dora from their children, Aimée, Annesley, Gwynneth, Herbert, Queenie; letters to these and a few personal letters to Mrs. de Cobain; c.1880-1930.
• Letters to de Cobain from his brother St. Laurence; mainly of a personal nature and relating to the management of family property in Belfast; with many references to the affairs of their brother Edward S. Wesley (M.P.): 1880-1900.
• Four letters from the editor of The Yorkshire Post to de Cobain re his allegations of misrepresentation by the paper of the political activities of his brother Edward Samuel Wesley (M.P.), Jan. 1888; also drafts of letter by de Cobain to the paper criticising its reporting of motion in the House of Commons for suspension or expulsion of his brother; n.d, 1891.
• Letters to de Cobain relating to Swinefleet National School, Yorkshire; mainly from teachers at the school and re vacancies for teachers; with some letters re subscriptions to the school; 1884-99.