The Agriculture and Entomology Building was built in three stages. This file comprises drawings for Stage 1 which had the job number of B7. All drawings in this file are working drawings, ink line drawings on tracing paper. From the title block the client is The University of Queensland, St. Lucia for the Co-ordinator General of Public Works. Almost all are dated July 1967 (one is August 1967 and one is undated), with a running sequential drawing number from 1 to 42. Architect is James Birrell and Partners. Consultants: Structural is Antony Tod and Partners; Electrical & Mechanical is P.R. Scott and Associates; and Quantity surveyor is Herbert R. Mitchell and Son. Drawings are:
[Item 1] 'Site plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W1, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.35);
[Item 2] 'Basement', Job/drawing no. B7/W2, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.38);
[Item 3] 'Lower ground floor plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W3, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.41);
[Item 4] 'Ground floor plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W4, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.43);
[Item 5] 'First floor plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W5, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.44);
[Item 6] 'Drainage plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W6, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.45);
[Item 7] 'Drainage plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W7, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.46);
[Item 8] 'Drainage plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W8, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.47);
[Item 9] 'Drainage plan', Job/drawing no. B7/W9, 76 x 131 cm (previously numbered A16.48);
[Item 10] 'Elevations', Job/drawing no. B7/W10, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.49);
[Item 11] 'Elevations', Job/drawing no. B7/W11, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.50);
[Item 12] 'Elevations', Job/drawing no. B7/W12, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.51);
[Item 13] 'Sections', Job/drawing no. B7/W13, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.52);
[Item 14] 'Roof details', Job/drawing no. B7/W14, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.53);
[Item 15] 'Roof details/Site works', Job/drawing no. B7/W15, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.54);
[Item 16] 'Roof details', Job/drawing no. B7/W16, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.55);
[Item 17] 'Site works', Job/drawing no. B7/W17, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.56);
[Item 18] 'Detail section/Sun control', Job/drawing no. B7/W18, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.57);
[Item 19] 'Detail section/Window details', Job/drawing no. B7/W19, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.58);
[Item 20] 'Window details', Job/drawing no. B7/W20, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.59);
[Item 21] 'Toilet details', Job/drawing no. B7/W21, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.61);
[Item 22] 'Stairs and toilet details', Job/drawing no. B7/W22, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.60);
[Item 23] 'Stairs details', Job/drawing no. B7/W23, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.62);
[Item 24] 'Brickwork details', Job/drawing no. B7/W24, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.63);
[Item 25] 'Fume duct details', Job/drawing no. B7/W25, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.64);
[Item 26] 'Fume duct roof details', Job/drawing no. B7/W26, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.65);
[Item 27] 'Brick grilles', Job/drawing no. B7/W27, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.66);
[Item 28] 'Brick grilles', Job/drawing no. B7/W28, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.67);
[Item 29] 'Furniture details', Job/drawing no. B7/W29, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.68);
[Item 30] 'Furniture details', Job/drawing no. B7/W30, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.69);
[Item 31] 'Furniture details', Job/drawing no. B7/W31, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.70);
[Item 32] 'Furniture details', Job/drawing no. B7/W32, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.71);
[Item 33] 'Fume cupboards', Job/drawing no. B7/W33, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.72);
[Item 34] 'Seminar Rooms', Job/drawing no. B7/W34, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.73);
[Item 35] 'Teaching room', Job/drawing no. B7/W35, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.74);
[Item 36] 'Administrative rooms', Job/drawing no. B7/W36, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.75);
[Item 37] 'Staff room details', Job/drawing no. B7/W37, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.76);
[Item 38] 'Cold, dark and compactus rooms', Job/drawing no. B7/W38, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.77);
[Item 39] 'Student rooms and details', Job/drawing no. B7/W39, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.78);
[Item 40] 'Door schedule', Job/drawing no. B7/W40, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.79);
[Item 41] 'Door schedule', Job/drawing no. B7/W41, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.80); and
[Item 42] 'Door schedule', Job/drawing no. B7/W42, 75 x 99 cm (previously numbered A16.81)

Job no. MF.2 has two sketch plans for Proposed Preventative Medicine Laboratory: drawings are ink line drawings on tracing paper; have the University of Queensland title block with J. P. Birrell as University Architect; dated 22 Jun 1964; Sheet no. 16 and 17.

Job MF.1.80 Animal Husbandry Student Research Laboratory and Animal Breeding Centre consists of 11 working drawings; ink line drawings on tracing paper; sheets are numbered sequentially 1 to 11; dated Sep/Oct 1965; title block has the University of Queensland with J. P. Birrell as University Architect.

Correspondence relating to the construction of the Union College, University of Queensland St Lucia, dated from 30 Jun 1964 to 27 Mar 1968.

Correspondence (incoming and outgoing) related to the Master Plan for Townsville University (known as James Cook University) and for the First Hall of Residence, University College of Townsville, University of Queensland. These designs began when James Birrell was University Architect for the University of Queensland and continued when he went into private practice as James Birrell and Partners. The bulk of the correspondence is from the firm James Birrell and Partners. There are eight folders in this file spanning years 1962 to 1968.

5 folders of incoming and outgoing personal correspondence, some on business letterhead or written as University Architect. This file includes notes, architectural drawings, handwritten architectural table of works Birrell was involved in, photographs, reports, school results, itineraries, blueprints, taxation and medical correspondence. Most likely professional or business material in these folders has been retained as they have been regarded as more personal in nature. Decanted from large folders. Colour postcard of Centenary Pool is in first folder.

The bulk of the slides and photographs in these albums relate to the book Walter Burley Griffin by James Birrell. There are a few photographs of works by James Birrell. These photographs or copies of photographs may date from before Birrell began researching for his book but were collated by Birrell in the 1960s.

University Institution, Mount Gravatt drawings include: Land slope diagram (1966) ; Landscape elements ; Adjoining land uses and main approaches ; Traffic scheme ; Main service routes ; Geological structure (1966) ; Topographical sections ; Land use pattern ; Immediate development (1966) ; Aerial photograph of site for second University Institution ; Site plan ; Immediate development plan (1966) ; Adjoining land uses and main approaches (colour) ; Landscape elements ; Main service routes ; Topographical sections ; Contour map ; Proposed Mt. Gravatt University and Technical College sites / prepared by the Topographic Branch, Survey Office, Brisbane (1965).

Job E1 Schematic set-out of Extensions to Dental School, Sheet numbers 40-42, ink line drawings on tracing paper, dated May 1963: [Item 1] First stage of 13 storey non-clinical block; [Item 2] Floor plan First stage of 13 storey non-clinical block; [Item 3] Diagrammatic sections showing proposed relative floor levels.

Drawings drawn by Birrell: [Item 1] New Post Office, Scotsdale, Tasmania 1948 ; [Item 2] Royal Visit 1952 Decorations ; [Item 3] Project No. 582. Section Office Bld. No. 61 ; [Item 4] Commonwealth Serum Laboratory, Parkville, Victoria 1954.