2 volumes of newspaper cuttings, mostly from the Courier-Mail, about Queensland Premier T.J. Ryan pasted onto pages. One volume contains cuttings dated 1915 - 1916, the other dated 1917. Some handwritten notes and annotations on inside covers of one volume.

This file has three items:

1. Carbon copy typescript, 4 leaves, of a letter to the editor [of The Daily Mail] by Archibald Meston where he comments on Randolph Bedford being on the Queensland Legislative Council, dated 16 May 1917.
2. Typescript of two leaves, of an extract from Archibald Meston's book 'Geographic history of Queensland - page 175', titled 'Charles Fraser'. The book was published in 1895. This extract described the activities of Charles Fraser, a botanist who was sent to Brisbane in 1828. [This material contains culturally sensitive depictions of Indigenous people.]
3. Poem by Archibald Meston When Murphy comes : Advance of Kuropatkin Murphy to the relief of Port Arthur Morgan, 2 leaves handwritten, signed and 2 leaves typescript, both have footer Daily Mail, 1904 June 14.

Three typescripts by J. J. C. Bradfield, presented as part of the John Thomson Memorial Lectures at the University of Queensland in 1918. The first lecture, on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme, was delivered in two parts on 26 July 1918 and 2 August 1918 respectively. The first part is titled 'Burrinjuck Dam, weirs and regulators, main canals'. The second part is titled 'Water system on the irrigation areas, irrigation settlements and townships; the development of the farming, dairying, and fruit growing industries on the areas, with establishment of factories for the treatment of farm produce'. The second lecture, undated except for the year 1918, is titled 'Principles governing the location and design of the Sydney city (underground) railway'. Three typescripts originally held together with metal fasteners in a bound binder folder. Lectures separated by linen paper inserts and original typed title pages that state the lectures were delivered at 'Brisbane University'.

Seventy-six glass slides (8 cm x 8 cm) and 5 prints. The photographs appear to have been taken in the mid- to late-19th century and early 20th century, and imprints include Alinari, Edizioni Brogi, Edizione Inalterabile, ND Phot, X Phot, and Phototypie Labouche Freres Toulouse. The photographs were collected by Romeo Lahey during a visit to Europe after the first World War.
Each box has handwritten contents listing attached, with references to reproductions in 'Historic bridge photographs : the Lahey collection' by Colin O'Connor.
Glass slides originally contained in 9 boxes labelled 'Austral Nepera Gaslight Lantern Plates....Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd.'

Typescript report, 1 leaf, signed by H. Selkvik, the Under Secretary for Lands, dated 14 July 1920, regarding the two accompanying sketches of two Aboriginal bora grounds in the Moreton Bay by Surveyor General Oxley. Sketch no. "1": Copy of a drawing in field book no.216 Department of Lands containing original field notes by John Oxley Surveyor General in connection with survey of Moreton Bay dated 9th to 11th October 1824. Sketch no. "2": Copy of drawings in field book no.217 Department of Lands containing John Oxley's original field notes of his survey of Moreton Bay dated 11th September to 12th October 1824.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

This file is comprised six items. There are three typescripts: 'My first ten years - some memories of party life' which is about participation in Communist Party activities in the 1940s (7 leaves, typescript, with handwritten emendations); 'Val', which is about Val Fraser (colleague in the Communist Party) (4 leaves, typescript, with handwritten emendations); and four typescript leaves recalling her early childhood years at Wynnum and Lindum with a handwritten note on the first page 'written a good few years back'. All are undated. There are two newspapers cuttings of Kath Watson in Somerville House Sports Teams from 1925 and 1927; and an 'Where is it book?' (Ancol notebook) listing women to include in the 1978 Woman and Labor papers, undated but possibly from 1978.

Handwritten letter from James O'Neil Mayne to 'My dear Mr Mayor', William Alfred Jolly, thanking him for a photograph of St Lucia and discussing his aspirations for the University site. Double sided letter on 1 sheet, 16 cm, on 'Moorlands. Toowong' letterhead. Signed by James Mayne. Dated 22 Nov 1927. Accompanied by press cuttings about the donation of the letter to the Fryer Library by Redland Museum.

Two handwritten letters with the address of Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, dated 1 Dec 1927 and 4 Feb 1928 to Edith Mary England, literary and personal. Letter of 1927 contains some biographical details.