Research notes relating to Brisbane literary societies and writers in the 1880s and 1890s. The majority of the collection consists of photocopies of 19th century newspaper articles and other publications that relate to a particular society or person. Some correspondence, notes and drafts of material written as part of the author's PhD dissertation 'Civilising the city : literary societies and clubs in Brisbane during the 1880s and 1890s' (Griffith University, 2005) are included throughout.

Photocopies of pages relating to Lennon's Hotel from Leon Erckmann's scrapbook.