This collection contains lectures, speeches and writings; reprints; book manuscripts; and the conference papers of John G. A. Pocock. It spans the years of 1962 to 2017. The majority of the papers in the collection date from Pocock's time at Johns Hopkins University, including time as professor emeritus. There are a few items dating from the 1960s and early 1970s that precede his Hopkins career. Writings make up the bulk of this collection. Professor Pocock did much of his writing by hand, and the detailed notes on some of his manuscripts afford a glimpse into the process of editing historiographical text. The collection also provides an overview of the evolution of Pocock's theories on political science, British history and historiography as well as the changing trends in the historical field. This holding notably includes his handwritten manuscripts of Barbarism and Religion (1999).