Carmel McCarthy selected eighteen letters for transcribing from the collection. Seventeen of the letters were written from Clonburrin House near the village of Fenagh in Co Carlow by various members of the Fryer family.

Letters from Henry Fryer
• Henry Fryer, Fraser’s Paddock to Liz, 12 May 1916
• Henry Fryer to his Mother, 24 May 1916
• Henry Fryer, Chermside, to Liz, 25 May 1916
• Henry Fryer, [At Sea], to Liz, 1916
• Henry Fryer, At Sea to Liz, 1916
• Henry Fryer, At Sea, to Liz, 1916
• Henry Fryer, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to his Mother, 8 Aug 1916
• Henry Fryer, On Active Service, to his Mother, Sep 1916
• Henry Fryer, Codford, to Liz, 23 Dec 1916
• Henry Fryer, Codford to Liz, 3 Jan 1917
• Henry Fryer, Codford to Liz, 15 Jan 1917
• Henry Fryer, France, to his Mother, 24 Jan 1917
• Henry Fryer, Dartford, to Liz, 23 Jul 1917
• Henry Fryer, Clonburrin, [County Carlow, Ireland], to his Mother, 31 Jul 1917
• Henry Fryer, Monte Video, No. 2 Com. Depot, Weymouth to Will, 18 Aug 1917
• Henry Fryer, Weymouth to his mother, 21 Aug 1917
• Henry Fryer, Weymouth, to Liz, 27 Aug 1917
• Henry Fryer, A Group, [?] Citadel, Portland to Liz, 17 Sep 1917
• Henry Fryer, Folkestone, to Will, 23 Jan 1917
• Henry Fryer, [London], to Liz, 3 Jun 1917
• Henry Fryer, Westham Comp., Weymouth, to Liz, 1 Oct 1917

Accounts of John D Fryer’s Life and Obituaries
• ‘The Death of A Friend’, Galmahra, May 1923, author P. R. S. (Inky) Stephenson [photocopy].
• An Old Boy, an ode to John D Fryer by H.A. Kellow Headmaster, Rockhampton Grammar School. Published in the Rockhampton School Magazine, Jun 1923
• Copy of letter sent from Reverend Stevenson, Warden of St John’s College, Tasmania to Mr and Mrs Charles G Fryer, circa 1923
• ‘John Denis (“Chut”) Fryer, 1895-1923’, Colin Bingham, 11 May 1931
• An account of the Early Life of John Denis Fryer by Elizabeth Gilmour [née Fryer]. Nineteen pages typed
• Photocopy of Elizabeth Gilmour [née Fryer] biography, An account of the Early Life of John Denis Fryer
• Additions to Elizabeth Gilmour’s biography of John D Fryer
• Letter from FW Patterson recounting his friendship with John D Fryer, [197?]
• ‘JD Fryer at the University of Queensland’, [author possibly Lord Robert Hall]
• ‘Student Soldier Remembered’. Newspaper cutting and one photocopy of same
• Handwritten notes on the life of John D Fryer, seven pages
• Handwritten note from Mrs Macmillan re three Rhodes Scholarship recipients and early reading of John D Fryer
• Note from Dr. Cecil Hadgraft re John D Fryer’s nickname of “Chut”, 16 Jun 1966

Mementos and keepsakes of war experience
• Three postcards: ‘Souvenir of Voyage of H.M.A.T “Warilda” carrying officers and troops’. Will and John D Fryer sailed from Sydney to Egypt in 1915.
• Post card of T.S.S “Star of Victoria”, ‘Ship on which one of the Fryer’s sailed to war’
• Christmas card unsent: ‘Christmas Wishes from Springsure. To My Dear Boy on Active Service’.
• Card: ‘Tell her that I love her’.
• Prayer card: ‘The Angel at the War’. CG and Rosina Fryer and Elizabeth S Gilmour
• Booklet: ‘What a British Soldier wants to say in French and how to pronounce it. An EnglishFrench booklet for the use of the expeditionary Force’
• Booklet: Poems ‘composed by Mrs L. Cameron whose husband is one of the 6th Field Engineers, Queensland Section , for the purpose of cheering those who are serving our country, also to assist funds to provide comfort for our wounded.’
• Booklet [?] Front image embroidered village centre, ‘Albert 1914’. Inside mounted Banque de France Cinq Franc note
• Cotton Bag
• Post card from [?] to Auntie [?], 30 Nov 1916
• Card: ‘From the Mayoress of Exeter and Committee’
• Army Form W3083: Transport tag accompanying Will Fryer from France to Dover aboard the Anglo-American Hospital Ship St. David. Tag describes type of wound and condition.
• Postcard: ‘Bishop’s Knoll Red Cross Hospital, Bristol’. Hospital in which Will Fryer recovered from injuries in 1916.
• Program: Bristol District Cornish Association, Entertainment to Wounded Soldiers from Bishop’s Knoll Hospital, Bristol, 24 Nov 1916
• Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force Certificate of Discharge: William Thomas Fryer, Brisbane, 21 Aug 1917
• Post card: (“M.C”) K.C.S ‘At Weymouth, Doing His Bit’ From the boys and girls of the old brigade, 1919
• Xmas Greetings, 6th Aust. C.C.S. A.A.M.C. A.I.F., 1942 [Two Cards]
• Seasons Greetings, 1943 to 1944, from Private S.R. Gerrard
• Seasons Greetings, 106 Aust. C.C.S. A.I.F., from Pte. S. R. Gerrard to Mum, Hazel and Fred, 1944

Cards from William Fryer
• Will Fryer to Elizabeth S Fryer, seven cards, 1915 to 1916
• Will Fryer to his mother, five cards, 1915 to 1916
• Will Fryer to Kitty (Brown), one card [circa 1916]
• Will Fryer to Walter, one card [nd.]
• Will Fryer to Richard, one card [nd.]
• Will Fryer, Field Service Post Card to Mr CG Fryer, Springsure, 25 May 1916
• Post card of Bishop’s Knoll Red Cross Hospital, Bristol
• Hammock tag issued to Will Fryer, Weymouth, 28 Apr 1917

Letters to Mr Charles G Fryer
• National Bank of Kilkenny, Ireland, 5 Feb 1876 to Mr. Fryer
• Tom Fryer, [brother to Charles G Fryer] Clonburrin, Garryhill, Ireland, to Charles Fryer, [Orion Downs sheep station, Central Queensland], May 1880
• Kitty Fryer, [sister to Charles G Fryer] Clonburrin, to Charles Fryer, [Springsure], 25 [Jan] 1882
• William Fryer [brother to Charles G Fryer], S.S. Clan Sinclair, Indian Ocean, near Colombo, to Charles G Fryer, 20 Dec 1882
• Dr William F Fryer to Charles G Fryer, 14 Sep 1882
• William Fryer [brother to Charles G Fryer], Monkton House, Acton, London, to Charles G Fryer, 26 Mar 1884
• Dr William F Fryer to Charles G Fryer, [John D Fryer’s father], 20 May 1884
• Dr William F Fryer to Charles G Fryer, 12 Jun 1884
• Dr William F Fryer, Clonburrin, Bagnalstown to Charles G Fryer, 29 Oct 1885
• William Fryer [brother to Charles G Fryer], Suffolk, England, to Charles G Fryer, 25 Mar 1888
• Mrs. Elizabeth S Fryer [Charles G Fryer’s mother], Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Charles G Fryer, 26 Sep 1891
• Mrs Elizabeth S Fryer [Charles G Fryer’s mother], Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Charles G Fryer, 20 Sep [nd]
• Mrs Elizabeth S Fryer [Charles G Fryer’s mother], Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Charles G Fryer, 20 Feb 1894
• William Fryer [brother to Charles G Fryer], Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Charles G Fryer, 22 Aug 1894
• Birthday card from Elizabeth S Fryer to ‘Dad’ [Charles G Fryer], 19 Jul 1917
• William Fryer [brother to Charles G Fryer], Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Charles G Fryer, 30 Oct 1928
• Harry Fryer [brother to Charles G Fryer], Clonburrin, Bagnalstown to Charles Fryer, 19 Oct 1930

Letters to Mrs Rosina Fryer
• Mrs. Elizabeth S Fryer [mother-in-law], to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 1891
• Mrs Elizabeth S Fryer, Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 16 Jun [nd]
• Mrs Elizabeth S Fryer, Clonburrin, Bagnalstown, to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 30 Jul [nd]
• Mrs W. Faragher to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 8 Dec 1915
• Major JM Lean, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne to Mrs R Fryer, Springsure re slight wounding of CG [Charlie] Fryer, 26 Mar 1917
• Lilly F Fryer [sister-in-law] to Mrs Rosina Fryer, 15 Apr 1923
• Professor Frederick W Robinson to Mrs CG Fryer acknowledging the donation of a book to the Fryer Memorial Library, 31 Mar 1949. [See similar reference re acknowledgement letter from Professor Robinson to Mr JS Gilmour 31 Mar 1949]

Correspondence, photographs, in memoriam notices relating to Mary Alexis Macmillan, some dated 1969 and the rest undated.

Fryer Memorial Library Papers
• Colin Bingham, editor, Galmahra, obituary for John D Fryer, ‘St. John’s College Notes’, Galmahra, (May 1923)
• Extracts from Minutes of the Student Benefactions Committee of the University of Queensland Union, Galmahra, etc. relative to the foundation of the Fryer Library, 1927 to 1929, three copies
• Student Benefactions. Extract from Galmahra, Fryer Memorial Library (April 1927)
• Memorandum to Commander Drake re: Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature
• Letter from Professor Robertson, Lecturer in English, University of Queensland, Chairman of the Student Benefactions Committee of the University of Queensland to Dr. F. P. Keppel, President Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York re: application for funding grant, 29 Mar 1933
• ‘The Fryer Memorial library of Australian Literature’, Galmahra, (October 1929), two copies
• ‘University News and Notes’, Courier – Mail, [nd]
• Letter from John M. Russel, Carnegie Foundation, New York to Dr. Frederick W Robinson, 4 May 1933
• Carnegie Corporation of New York Survey of Australian Libraries – survey form
• Carnegie Corporation of New York Survey of Australian Libraries. Particulars of the Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature, a student benefaction to the English Department within the University of Queensland, 28 May 1934
• Letter from Mr S. F. Markham, The Museums Association, London, Secretary (Empire Survey) to Miss Pauline L. Joice, Clayfield, Brisbane re report to Carnegie Foundation, 1 Aug 1934
• ‘Varsity Benefits from Donation of Retired Publisher’, 10 Jun 1938
• Darnell Library Fund. Suggested uses, 2 Apr 1940
• Memorandum on the Fryer Library of Australian Literature, attached to the English Faculty, 23 Jul 1942 [page(s) missing]
• Associate Professor Frederick W. Robinson to Mr J. S. Gilmour, 31 Mar 1949
• The Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature: Two copies of an article written by Dr. Frederick W. Robinson on the history of the Fryer Memorial Library and published in Galmahra (November 1952)
• One copy of Galmahra, (November 1952)
• Letter from Daphne Harrison to Professor [Frederick W] Robinson, 28 Nov 1952
• Invitation to Professor and Mrs FW Robinson to the laying of the foundation stone of the new St. John’s College, 1954
• Draft speech on the Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature. A Brief Historical Explanation: Foundation and Purpose - delivered to the Queensland Branch, Library Association of Australia during 1961
• Letter from Mr Harrison Bryan, Librarian, Main Library, University of Queensland to Mr Stapleton, the State Librarian, Public Library of Queensland, Brisbane – copy to Fryer re ‘possible union catalogue of Australiana in major Brisbane libraries’, 2 Feb 1961
• Draft article by Mrs JM Merrell, Fryer Librarian, 1958 to 1961, on the history and function of Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature for the literary journal Quill, Jun 1962 [two copies of article]
• Letter from AC Cawley, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, to Miss E Harrington, Fryer Library re enclosed questionnaire on the University Library, 1 May 1963
• Letter from the ‘Librarian, Fryer Memorial Library’, listing books the Fryer Memorial Library was interested in acquiring, pre 1965
• ‘Browsing in the Fryer Library’ by Old Crab, Queensland Teachers Journal, Sep 1966 [two copies of article]
• Photocopy of letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour to Mrs N Bonnin, Fryer Memorial Library, re biography of John D Fryer by Mrs Gilmour and attendant information, 22 Sep 1966
• The University of Queensland Institute of Modern Languages course brochure, enrolment guide and university fee payment slip, 1966
• Newspaper article re the first purchase of books from the Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial fund for the Fryer Library. Mary Macmillan was Jack Fryer’s fiancée at the time of his death, [nd]
• Memorandum to Mr Fielding from N Bonnin, Fryer Library, re Father Leo Hayes collection
• Photocopied page from Bookweek, Vol. 4, No. 2, re the Fryer Memorial Library index of Australian Literary periodicals, 1970
• Memorandum to Marianne from Don re vacation hours – Robinson Room, 23 Nov 1970
• Letter from FDO. Fielding, University Librarian to Professor Zelman Cowen, Vice Chancellor, University of Queensland, re forthcoming luncheon for Dr. FW Robinson, 16 Jul 1970
• ‘The Raison D’Etre of the Fryer Library’ [1970]
• Address delivered on the growth of Fryer and the new Robinson reading room – four copies bundled as one
• Description of Fryer Memorial Library, its history and its holdings, two typed pages, dated 15 Jul 1970
• Handwritten note from Elizabeth S Gilmour re Mrs Annie Wheeler
• Memorandum to Ric Moore re information on Fred Paterson
• Handwritten note re ‘Fryer article should cost $20’
• Handwritten note re correspondence ‘in the Fryer Brochure’
• Hardboard with typed biography of John D Fryer. Handwritten note explains ‘This card was originally exhibited with the photograph of JD Fryer in the Fryer Lib. display case’
• Pro forma acknowledgement letter used in the Fryer Library circa 1970
• List of Galmahra articles relevant to John D Fryer/the Fryer Memorial Library
• Bookplates used by the University of Queensland Library; Army Memorial Library bookplate, blank bookplate to acknowledge donated item, University of Queensland bookplate, The John Caffery Memorial bookplate, Thomas Llewellyn Jones Memorial Library bookplate, The Roles Gift bookplate, and bookplate devised for items donated to the library by Archbishop James Duhig
• Letter from M. A. Macmillan to Mrs Harrison re founding of Fryer Memorial Library and contemporaries of John D Fryer

Fryer Library Correspondence re John D Fryer
• Letter from Elizabeth Gilmour to Dr [later Professor] Frederick W Robinson, Townsville, 25 Sep 1953
• Letter from Elizabeth Gilmour to Dr. Frederick W Robinson, 5 May 1954
• Letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour [née Fryer], to Miss Lee, the Librarian, Fryer Library, University of Queensland re donation of money and brief account of Fryer siblings, 27 Oct 1960 [original and two copies]
• Letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour to The Librarian, Fryer Memorial Library, 27 Mar 1963
• Letter from F. Jardine, The Rockhampton Grammar School to Miss E. Harrington, Librarian, Fryer Memorial Library, 3 Aug 1963
• Letter from Elizabeth Gilmour to Elizabeth [Harrington], 17 Sep 1963
• Letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour to Betty [Miss E Harrington], 8 Oct 1963
• Letter from EN Dimmock to Miss Harrington, 4 December1963
• Letter from EN Dimmock to Miss Harrington, 4 Dec 1963
• Letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour to Betty [Harrington], 3 Dec 1963
• Letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour to Mrs Bonnin [Fryer Library], 22 Sep 1966
• Letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour to Mrs Bonnin, 9 Nov 1966
• Letter from Elizabeth S Gilmour to Miss McCreath, 11 Dec 1970
• Letter from Lord Roberthall [Robert Lowe], London, to Mrs Bonnin, 8 Mar 1973
• Letter from Fred Patterson to Mr Len Fisher, Alumni Office, University of Queensland, 15 Jul 1973
• Letter from Eric Partridge to John L. Cummings, Deputy University Librarian, 6 Mar 1975
• Letter from Lex Lear née Gilmour, Townsville to Fryer Librarian, 20 Nov 1979