Daphne Mayo's Sydney Studio at 231 George Street was reclaimed by the Sydney Cove Development Authority in 1981. Queensland Trustees Limited, who had power of attorney for Mayo, engaged Judith McKay to direct the sorting and dispersal of the Sydney Studio from 29 June to 8 July 1981. Mayo had been a tenant of the building since 1940 and retained this studio after her move back to Brisbane. She was the last tenant to leave the building. Photographs by Jacqueline Macnaughtan and Tim Collis-Bird.
From volume 1: "These albums were compiled for preservation with the sculptor's papers as a record of the studio and, in particular, to document sculpture and models which were not retrieved from the studio".

Newspaper and magazine cuttings collected by Daphne Mayo. Based on correspondence, friends and relatives also sent her cuttings and these may form part of this series.

[Item 1] Newspaper cuttings, undated. -- [Item 2] Newspaper cuttings, 1914, 1920s. -- [Item 3] Newspaper cuttings, 1930s. -- [Item 4] Newspaper cuttings,1940s. -- [Item 5] Newspaper cuttings,1950s. -- [Item 6] Newspaper cuttings, 1960. -- [Item 7] Newspaper cuttings, 1970s.

Artworks includes paintings, sketches, and drawings. Artwork in folders has not been counted.

Correspondence from Daphne Mayo to her parents, Bill and Lila Mayo. General correspondence, personal papers, and publications. The material in this series is presumed to be from the estate of Daphne Mayo's mother, Lila Mayo.

Correspondence and records relating to works of art, both commissioned and uncommissioned, from 1918 to 1976.

Draft letters, handwritten on note paper, scraps of paper, and envelopes relating to personal, business and professional activities.

Financial records, correspondence, notes, bank records, tax records relating to the finances of Daphne Mayo relating to her artistic works, property investments, investments in bonds and shares.

Writings, notes, and lists by Daphne Mayo on her professional and personal activities and interests. Includes some address books, calendars, ephemera, permits, library cards, and other miscellaneous material she retained in her life.

This series comprises: 48 tools ; a leather box with ties, titled Solid block of oil sketching paper, Winsor & Newton Artists' colour markers ; small leather box, engraved 'R.G. Rivers', with purple lining, protractor set [?] ; [File 1]: Folder with Sculptor's tool catalogues, technical information on techniques used in sculpture.