Correspondence chiefly concerns Beale's research for his and John Preer's book on Paramecium. Also present is an arrangement with the John Innes Centre for an oral history interview, and some correspondence with Beale's family regarding travel and visits.

Correspondence is in printed email form.

Also contains the Memorandum of Agreement between Taylor and Francis and Geoffrey Beale, referee's reports on the book's synopsis, a draft version of the first chapter and some correspondence with John Preer Jr. about the order and contents of the book.

File also includes offprints by W. John Haynes and collaborators, email correspondence with Haynes and John Preer Jr. and a notebook containing Beale's notes relating to reading materials, experiments and some addresses of colleagues.

The file also contains Beale's notes concerning the paper and letters to John Preer Jr. from the editor of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Also includes a draft typescript of 'Does rDNA Get Out of the Micronucleus by a Rolling Circle in Paramecium?' by Louise B. Preer, Bertina Rudman, Sidney Pollack and John R. Preer Jr, with Beale's annotations and some accompanying notes.

Contains papers by Yvonne Capdeville, James Forney, Charles L. Leeck, John Preer and Bertina Rudman.

Also contains some email printout correspondence between Beale, Eric Meyer, John Preer Jr. and Bertina Rudman.

Contains drafts of abstracts and articles by Sadaaki Koizumi, John Preer Jr., Tracy Sonneborn, Sodsri Thaithong and others, as well as drafts of books or chapters by Beale titled 'Science and Society', 'Genetics and Development of Ciliate Protozoa' and 'Paramecium: Genetics and Epigenetics'.

Drafts are in both typescript and handwritten forms.