Includes photographs of Noah, Dick (Daphne's brother) and Billie (their son); Richard Mayo; William Mayo; and Nora Mayo.

This file includes: baptismal certificate of Lilian Daphne Mayo, 1897; Ministry of Food, Chelsea Food Office of Issue, Rationing Order 1918 N. 86. (to register for meat, butter and sugar), issued 25 Nov 1919, one in the name of Mayo and one in the name of Isabella Scott; Certificate of qualification from the Royal Academy of Arts, 1921; ten Italian permits from 1924; Learner's permit license, 1931; World War Two Identity Card, numbered, signed by Daphne Mayo, witnessed by Vida Lahey, postmarked 14 Apr 1942; Travel permit, 1943; Commonwealth of Australia Food Ration Book 1945-1946 issued to Lilian D Mayo; Workers' Education Association Club and Library membership card, 1945; two Sydney Municpal Library Cards, 1946-47; City of Sydney Public Library Card, 1952-53; photocopy of artistic biography from 1924 to 1972; several wills: 31 Jan 1956, 5 Aug 1942, 10 Dec 1963; Brisbane Women's Club Membership Card for year ending 30 Nov 1929; References from: May MacFarlane (formerly Hon. Sec. of the Mutual Serivce Club) 18 Sep 1925, Queensland Wattle League 1922?, and two from the Australian Red Cross 1925.

Pen on paper. Bundle of pen studies with notes.

Mostly pen and pencil drawings from Mayo’s Sydney studio from 1940s to 1950s. Includes a window mounted pen drawing of Susannah which formed part of the Queensland Art Gallery Exhibition Daphne Mayo : let there be sculpture, Nov 2011 to Jan 2012.

1 long painted mural, double sided, 2 smaller murals. Most likely done by children and used in an Exhibition at Queensland Art Reference Library run by Mayo and Lahey. Smallest picture has a name and school class number on bottom right hand side.

Handwritten notes, scribbles, and lists.

Handwritten notes, in pencil, on painting techniques, use of colour, and the essentials of picture making. From handwritting determined to be the work of Vida Lahey.

Handwritten notes, in pencil. At top of first page 'Notes from 'The Artist" March 1933 to Aug 1933. by Jan Gordan'. From handwritting determined to be the work of Vida Lahey.

Handwritten notes for the biography of Vida Lahey by Daphne Mayo. The notes are written on scraps of paper, envelopes (addressed to Daphne Mayo), and paper. It includes 6 pages of typescript, with handwritten emendations, entitled 'The development of Art in Queensland'. Vida Lahey wrote this article for the Exhibition of Queensland art : catalogue : Queensland National Art Gallery, Brisbane, 10th September to 7th October, 1951. On one envelope there is a draft of a letter by Mayo to Mavis asking her to read and criticise her article on Vida which isn't finished and was not typed (a requirement for submission). There is one sheet of paper with a brief account of Daphne Mayo's life: mentioning her studies; travels; the Godfrey Rivers Bequest (and the purchase of 'The Cypriot' by Dobell); the Queensland Art Fund; and the raising of funds to match the Darnell bequest and the impacts of that task.

Handwritten and typescript notes on sculpture, artistic techniques, saving Anzac Square, history of the Godfrey Rivers Bequest, Queensland Art Fund, Queensland National Gallery, stories, lists of glazes, commentaries. Written on notepaper, scraps of paper and envelopes.