Drafts, correspondence and other papers relating to 'He died with a felafel in his hand', 'Off one's tits', 'Dopeland', and 'Weapons of choice'.

Drafts, correspondence, research material for the Witches of Eileanan series.

Contains manuscripts of works by Charles Ladds and Dulcie Dunlop Ladds, and includes playscripts, a family scrapbook, correspondence, and magazines including "New Idea" in which Dulcie Dunlop Ladds' articles were published.

Manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, photographs, correspondence.

Literary drafts, proofs, research notes, newspaper cuttings.

Letters, chiefly to Vivienne Rae-Ellis, related to "Queen Trucanini"; incoming correspondence; manuscript drafts of "Brown sugar", "Queen Trucanini", "Nin and the Scribblies", and "The heart of the continent"; notes and research material.

Drafts of A Long Time Dying, Amy's Children, Loving Daughters, The Home Girls, A Working Man's Castle, and other short stories. Also correspondence, reviews, newspaper clippings, articles, audiocassettes, family photographs and documents.

This collection contains poetry, prose, speeches, and reports; correspondence; photographs, newspaper cuttings; press releases; invitations; programmes; research material; and plans.

Typescript drafts of The Copper Crucible (1963 draft, and 1994 drafts revised by Ian Syson); newspaper cuttings and copies of Women's Realm containing articles and stories by Betty Collins; 2 poems (typescript) by Betty Collins. The Copper Crucible was originally published in 1966. Not all of the 1963 draft for the novel was used in this publication. In 1996, a new edition revised by Ian Syson was published. This new edition restores the 1963 draft, and also incorporates some passages from the 1966 version.

Correspondence Xavier Herbert to Sadie Herbert, Xavier, 1901-1984 Herbert & Sadie Herbert to Laurie Hergenhan; manuscripts, papers, and audiotapes relating to "Poor fellow my country".

Series A: Correspondence, 1963-1981
Box 1
Letters Xavier Herbert to Sadie Herbert, from Atherton Hospital 1964-1965.
Letters Xavier Herbert to Sadie Herbert from Maryborough 1963-1966.
Boxes 8-9
Letters Xavier Herbert to Laurie Hergenhan, 1970-1981.
Box 10
Letters Sadie Herbert to Laurie Hergenhan, 1971-1974.

Series B: Drafts of Poor fellow my country
Boxes 2-6
Drafts of Poor fellow my country.
Boxes 14-15
Manuscript of Poor fellow my country

Series C: Diaries and logbooks
Box 7
Diaries and logbooks, mostly relating to Poor fellow my country

Series D: Audio recordings
Box 13
Tapes 1-23: Audio recordings, mostly of Xavier Herbert talking to Laurie Hergenhan and Xavier Herbert discussing Poor fellow my country. Three are offair recording from ABC.
Tapes 24-43: Xavier Herbert discusses the composition of Poor fellow my country. In addition to reviewing chapters, sections and drafts of the book, Xavier discusses the writing process, comments on Australian society, Australian literature and various other topics extraneous to the reviewing of the book. Sadie comments in background. Xavier often asks for Sadie's input.
Tape 44 is blank.
[Tapes 45-55]: Audio recordings (11 cassettes) of interviews by Laurie Hergenhan with Xavier Herbert.

Series E: Photographic material, 1975
Box 13
Twenty black and white photographs. Three are of the Xavier and Sadie at the dinner table with two others; and the rest of, possibly, 90 Broughan Street, Woolloomooloo. Accompanied by twenty black and white 35 mm negatives (on five strips), a handwritten note and the packet that held the prints which has a handwritten note "Xavier Herbert: room in Wooloomooloo Sydney, where he began writing".