Collection of correspondence from friends and fellow writers, mostly poets, editors and critics, discussing poetry, literary journals in Australia, personal news. Also copies of poems enclosed with letters or included in them. The earliest letter is dated 31 Nov. 1933. The great bulk of letters was written in the 1960s and 1970s. In all there are over 900 letters and a large number of unsorted postcard communications. The collection also includes some of Gwen Harwood's outgoing correspondence, and mss of her poems, with some biographical material and photographs. Correspondents include: Bruce Beaver; Peter Bennie; John Beston; Kevin Bowden; Vincent Buckley; Nancy Cato; Alexander Craig; Margaret Diesendorf; R.D. Fitzgerald; Frank Green; Rodney Hall; Rex Hobcroft; A.D. Hope; Evan Jones; Frank Kellaway; James McAuley; Roger McDonald; James Penberthy; Craig Powell; Thomas Riddell; Keith Russell; Thomas Shapcott; Larry Sitsky; Vivian Smith; Norman Talbot. Includes folder of letters, with some poems, to Ann Jennings, 1959-1988. There are also some photographs and audio recordings.

This collection comprises four audio cassettes containing interviews conduction by Kerry Kilner with playwrights Betty Roland, Oriel Gray and Mona Brand; and one video cassette (VHS) containing a production of 'Fee of Clay' by Betty Roland. :
Tape 1: Mona Brand interviewed by Kerry Kilner and Iris O’Loughlin, 1992, 00:32:45, Sides 1 & 2
Tape 2: Oriel Gray interviewed by Kerry Kilner, 1992, 01:10:16, Sides 1 & 2
Tape 3-4: Betty Roland interviewed by Kerry Kilner, Iris O’Loughlin in 1992; 01:13:48; Tapes 3 Sides 1 and 2, Tape 4 Side 1; Recording starts ¾ way into side 1 of tape 4. Kerry Kilner mentions there was trouble with recording.
Video cassette: 'Feet of clay : a play in one act' by Betty Roland; 34:08; Recording of live play from Monash University, Victoria.

Administrative records, production files, personal papers of Carolyn Howard, promotional material, photographs, posters, audio-visual recordings.

Material relating to Australian and international playwrights, including correspondence, subject files, newspaper cuttings and interviews.