Daphne Mayo and Vida Lahley were mentors, teachers and friends to Mim Shaw. After the death of Daphne Mayo in 1982, Mim was one of the organisers of the 'Friends of Daphne Mayo' group, and her address was used in correspondence for the group. This group was the publisher of Judith McKay’s memorial booklet Daphne Mayo : a tribute to her work for art in Queensland, published in 1983. Mim wrote and/or drafted correspondence regarding the booklet, promoting it and sending it to people and libraries as required. Mim also wrote an account of Vida Lahey, as suggested to her by Daphne Mayo. Mim assisted with Vida Lahey's afternoon painting and drawing classes for children in the 1940s in Brisbane. Material for all three artists are in this collection.

Papers relating to Charles Bateson, Ronald Campbell, Catherine Bateson (previously known as Helen Campbell), Ernestine Hill, Sam Fullbrook, Lloyds Bookshop (Brisbane), Paul Knobel, Billy Jones, and Hollie Charlton. Includes correspondence between Charles Bateson, Sir Robert Helpmann, and Ernestine Hill, about a proposed film based on Ernestine Hill's book, 'Kabbarli : a personal memoir of Daisy Bates'. Also includes 3 boxes of material by Charles Bateson on the history of crime.
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper cuttings, photocopied articles, audiotapes, films, slides, invitations, art exhibition catalogues. Collection includes explanatory notes by Louise Campbell.
Bulk of material from 1970s and 1980s.

This collections consists of Australian art exhibition ephemera which includes invitations, flyers and price list; Australian and European bookplates; and four framed artworks by Fred Leist, Lionel Lindsay, Percy Lindsay, and Rose Lindsay. There are over 1500 bookplates in this collection. Bookplate artists include Lionel Lindsay, D. H. Souter and Pixie O'Harris.