Six letters and one card from Shirley Hazzard to John Beston:
• typescript letter, dated 21 Apr 1980, thanks Bestons for his letter and praise;
• typescript letter, dated 29 Apr 1980 regarding regarding her book The Transit of Venus which is accompanied by letter from John Beston to Marianne Ehrhardt where he discusses Shirley Hazzard, 23 Dec [1980] (1 leaf, handwritten);
• handwritten letter, dated 4 Sep 1980;
• Christmas card, 1981, with handwritten message, two newspaper cuttings (one written by Shirley), and accompanying envelope;
• typescript letter, dated 22 Jan 1982, 4 pages, mentioning PW, with duplicate newspaper cuttings to ones in card, and accompanying envelope;
• typescript letter, dated 31 Mar 1982, 2 pages, 1 envelope;
• typescript letter, dated 3 February 1984, 2 pages, 1 envelope.

4 letters (photocopies) dated 5 July 1972, 17 Sept 1972, 20 Nov 1972 and 20 May 1973. Accompanied by typescript pages (2 l.) entitled 'The family background and literary career of Patrick White'.

Birth and death certificates, notes, family tree, correspondence concerning Patrick White and the Withycombe and Lipscomb families.