Personal papers, correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notes, photos, slides, taped lectures (C.L.F.), maps, plans, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous publications, as well as a stamp collection.

Architectural drawings of residential and commercial buildings, job files, incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs and research material for his book on Walter Burley Griffin. Includes plans by Scorer and Scorer which Birrell obtained when he purchased the firm in 1966. The architectural drawings in this collection include those from his student days, his time with the Commonwealth Department of Works, the Brisbane City Council, the University of Queensland (as University Architect), and his private practices. Drawings for buildings not constructed are also in this collection.

Biographical material, school records, war service papers, family photographs, travel diaries and photographs, travel ephemera. Records relating to the Boyce Gardens at 6 Range Street, Toowoomba, and the bequest of the gardens to the University of Queensland. Records relating to the administration of the Gardens. Photographic slides.

Correspondence, photographs, newsletters, newspaper cuttings, songbooks, reports, membership lists, financial records, posters, minutes, and performance programs.

Papers relating to Professor Prentice's research, as well as Department of Engineering exams, laboratory proposals, reports, minutes, invoices and accounts, staffing and correspondence. Bound and unbound papers/reports 1933-1974 relating to public commissions, academic seminars and academic teaching 1933-1974. Also photograph albums, medals and certificates.

Correspondence, publications, compact discs, research papers and conference papers, book reviews relating to Clive Moore’s work on Indigenous Australians, Pacific Islanders and the Queensland sugar factory history.

Correspondence, reports and diaries for the University of Queensland Bushwalking Club (UQBWC). There are thirteen Annual reports, including the the first annual report from 1950 which records the formation of the club. There are documents, correspondence, and reports relating to the Mt Barney Hut that the Club constructed. Two diaries of outings and activies for 1994 and 1995 are present. There is a photograph album of activities of the club from the 1950s, comprising 147 black and white photographs, some yellowing with age, and 4 colour photographs. Most photographs have been pasted onto the pages, with captions.

The collection comprises 1109 photographs, 1 album (with 39 photographs), and 10 digital images relating to the University of Queensland. It also includes real photo postcards.

The collection contains correspondence, school and university records, photographs; papers, commissions and badges relating from military service in the First World War for Jack Fryer and his brothers who served in World War One. There are papers relating to the Fryer Family and the establishment of the Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature.

Meeting papers, minutes, addresses, broadcasts, typescripts, correspondence, published material, subject files, submissions, articles, lectures, notes and drafts. The collection includes papers relating to the Committee on Future of Tertiary Educations, Standing Committee of Professional Board, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australian Universities Commission and AVCC.