Typescript drafts, notes, story outlines for the short story The chance, on yellow paper, with emendations. One draft has handwritten date 20 Mar 1977.

Typescript draft for 'The pleasure bird' (Exotic pleasures), yellow paper, with emendations including note of back of page 19 'Exotic pleasures 1st complete draft' and on the back of page 20 'The pleasure bird 1st complete draft'. Typescript draft for notes on Exotic pleasures, yellow paper, with emendations, and on first page is the title 'Notes for 2nd draft'. Undated. Exotic pleasures was published as The pleasure bird in Australian Playboy in September 1979.

Typescript notes and drafts for the short story He found her in late summer, yellow paper, with emendations, undated.

The series includes manuscript and typescript drafts, notes, research material, and some related correspondence Carey's screenplays, of which Bliss and Until the end of the world were produced.

Unpublished play script titled 'A schoolboy prank by Peter Carey. An adaptation for the stage', 9 leaves, undated. The short story A schoolboy prank was published in Carey's short story collections War Crimes (University of Queensland Press) in 1979 and Collected stories (University of Queensland Press) in 1994.

Story board and 25 scenes with illustrations in 49 loose leaves with Window Productions at the bottom of each page and 7 unnumbered pages with layouts for various rooms. Based on the short story by Carey 'Happy story' written in 1973 which was in The fat man in history : short stories (1974).

Screenplay by Peter Carey and Wim Wenders. After an original story by Wim Wenders and Solveig Dommartin,1990. Movie directed by Wim Wenders. Released by Argos Films, Road Movies and Village Roadshow Pictures, 1991.

Two colour photographs that accompanied the index cards of the Australian outback.

Faxes (thermal paper and photocopied), dated August 1988. Printout of Peter Carey's first (incomplete) draft on continuous computer paper, September 1988. This material was in an envelope (now discarded) which had handwritten on front: 'Until the end of the world - note all dates on computer printouts are American style Month/Day/Year'.

Correspondence relating to and partial drafts of 'Till the end of the world' (Until the end of the world) This material was in an envelope (now discarded) which had written on the front: 'Until the end of the world - correspondence + fading faxes', 1988 to 1989.