Correspondence with Queensland Dept. of Public Instruction concerning Kenna's appointment etc. as pupil teacher at Maryborough. Also correspondence between Nancy Bonnin, Fryer Librarian, and Kenna's son Vernon, 1968-69. Accompanied by two newspaper cuttings with obituaries of Francis Kenna.

Includes photograph of Cecil Henry Foott, Thomas a Kempis' 'The Imitation of Christ', 'The Psalms and Church Hymnary', notebook, and 'Book of Common Prayer'.
Also a letter 1917 May 23 from Arthur Patrick Foott, donated by Patricia Foott.
Also includes correspondence between Nancy Bonnin and a number of people re: Mary Hannay Foott, 1968-1971. Includes photo showing Mary Hannay Foott with family in Bundaberg in 1915, with negative.
Also copy of obituary in News Mail, 1918 Oct 13.

Research notes, books, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to Nancy Bonnin's introduction to the 1975 University of Queensland Press edition of David Hennessey's The dis-honourable and to her 1985 book "Katie Hume on the Darling Downs." Also included is an essay on Hennessey's The Outlaw entitled "The Australian Bushranger : Cultural Catalyst."

Includes a letter from Mrs. N. Bonnin (Fryer Librarian) to Fryer Library staff.

Handwitten and typed letters re Miss Alice Raine and her association with, and impressions of, E.G. Theodore, and the possibility of persuading her to record them. Correspondence includes 2 letters from J. B. Gadson to Fryer Librarian, and typed statement (2 l.) by A. E. Pearse regarding Miss Alice Raine, 7 Jan 1974.

Letter 2 November 1976 to Nancy Bonnin, personal.

Sadie Herbert, wife of Xavier Herbert, is interviewed by Fryer Librarian Nancy Bonnin while Xavier is Writer-in-Residence at the University of Queensland English Department. Audiovisual Librarian Marjorie Roe and Librarian Marianne Ehrhardt contribute. Sadie talks about various aspects of Xavier's work, life and family; about her own life; and their shared experiences in Australia and abroad.

File of material collected for preparation of entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography, inward correspondence, outward correspondence, drafts of entry, notes, and copies of primary materials including family correspondence.