One thousand and fifty two (1,052) 35mm colour slides and original bound manuscript relating to Trotter's publication Cities in the Sun, which were taken while he undertook his Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Sisalkraft Travel Scholarship in 1963. An additional 147 35mm colour slides are included, which relate to architecture and design in Australia and the Torres Strait.

Two albums of 1052 35mm colour slides taken by Stephen Trotter during his Sisalkraft Travel Scholarship. The scholarship of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) was awarded to Trotter in 1963. The publication that was a required outcome of the scholarship was Cities in the Sun, a travelogue documenting the relationship between architecture and climate.

Album 1: Singapore (31 slides), Kuala Lumpur (41 slides), Hong Kong (40 slides), Bangkok (22 slides), India (83 slides), Agra (9 slides), Tehran and Istanbul (32 slides), Athens (29 slides), Rome and Milan (43 slides), Venice and Switzerland (44 slides), Hamburg and Copenhagen (28 slides), Malmo and Paris (34 slides), London and Fareham (38 slides), Salisbury to Wells (18 slides), Stratford-upon-Avon and Coventry (3 slides), Wells to Maryport, West England, Eireland (30 slides), Scotland (27 slides).

Album 2: Oxford and Cambridge (22 slides), Madrid and Toledo (33 slides), Lisbon (43 slides), New York (29 slides), Miami (5 slides), Kingston (3 slides), Caracus (35 slides), Brasilia (11 slides), Rio (4 slides), Sao Paulo (25 slides), Lima (13 slides), Mexico (33 slides), USA (23 slides), Los Angeles (19 slides), San Francisco (11 slides), Honolulu (3 slides), Tahiti (8 slides), Unidentified (180 slides).

Manuscript book of paste-ups for Cities in the Sun, which was published as a book in 1964. This was the result of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Sisalkraft Research Scholarship awarded in 1963, in which Trotter spent three months in subtropical regions of the world to develop knowledge relevant for Brisbane architecture and climate.