Two folders of undated letters, incomplete letters and letter fragments and 1 folder of postcards and cards. Correspondents include: Dr Christine Rivett, Kathleen, Mim Shaw, Godfrey Rivers (1 letters), Ina Rivers, Leonard Shillams.

There are 96 letters and 10 postcards dating from 3 Aug 1919 to 22 Oct 1977, but also including many undated letters and some fragments.

Lloyd Rees and Daphne Mayo knew each other from their studies at the Brisbane Technical College. Rees and Mayo corresponded before Mayo left for London. When Mayo left on the ship, the Ormonde in Sydney in 1920, Rees was there to farewell her. They continued to correspond while Mayo was overseas and became engaged, by mail, in 1922. At this time Rees was living in Paramatta at a guest house called 'Bondo'. This address appears in several of his letters to Mayo. After their engagement, Mayo asked Rees to join her in England. Rees wrote several letters to Mayo while onboard the Esperance Bay. During their time in London and later in Italy they would spend their days pursuing their own studies and interests. Mayo gave Rees the nickname "Georgie". Many of his letters are addressed to "Mary" (his nickname for her) and signed "Georgie". In 1923 Daphne Mayo won the Rome Prize, a travelling scholarship to Rome, and the Royal Academy School of Art gold medal for sculpture. Despite Mayo offering to pay for Rees to stay on and travel with her, at her expense, Rees returned home to Australia, arriving in March 1925. Not long after his return, Mayo's brother Richard Mayo died. Before she returned to Australia, Mayo broke off her engagement to Rees via mail. After a short time in Sydney, she returned to live in Brisbane. They continued to write to each other for years to come. There is also some correspondence from Marjorie Rees, nee Pollard, who married Lloyd Rees in 1931.

There are some small drawings by Rees: Folder 1 - One letter from 6 May 1923 has a hand drawn stamp by Rees; Letter from 27 Jul 1923 has two b&w photographs and a sprig of wattle (or some other plant) -- Folder 2 - Undated letter with hand drawn colour picture of his "garret" at 'Bondo'.

Foolscap book (cover missing) with dates from 30 Jun 1976 to 20 Mar 1977. Includes diary style notes on financial activities, property work done and work to be done, dividends received in 1976 and 1977, cheques for sale of furniture.

The subseries has the drafts, notes and typescript of Vida Lahey :artist written by Daphne Mayo under the pseudonym of Lilian Macarthur; permits; identiifcation documents; ephemera; personal documents; handwritten notes, writings, scribblings and copious lists for all areas of her life.

This file includes: invitations to Art Exhibitions; Queensland Wattle Day League Scholarship Agreement, 12 Aug 1919; Form 1a. of the Royal College of Art, 15 Nov 1919; British School at Rome, House Rules, March 1923; Description of Rotating Exhibitions for 1939-140; The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship, Aug 1962; notification of competitions, prizes, and exhibitions.

Includes: short stories; articles; a typescript titled "An impression of the Pediment at the front of Brisbane's Town Hall" (1 leaf); poem, "The Birds"; 2 leaves titled "Notes on sculpture for children" by Anita Aarons; 4 page article "Fine arts at the University of Queensland"; article by Dr F.W. Whitehouse titled "The assets and the vulnerability of the Cooloola Sands"; carbon copy of address by W. Forgan Smith at the 26th Annual Federal Congress of the Returned Sailor's Soldier's Airmen's Imperial League (RSSAILA), 14 Nov 1941; and information on Cooloola National Park.

Correspondence and records relating to works of art, both commissioned and uncommissioned, from 1918 to 1976.

Correspondence and notes relating to requests for commissioned and uncommissioned works; and material relating to her studios, especially the one in Sydney.

Letters and telegrams (approximately 10) from 8 Apr 1970 to 4 Mar 1976. Correspondents include: D.M. Cameron (Member for Griffith) with copies of letters from the Attorney-General, Canberra, regarding copyright of sculptures in public places; Macquarie Galleries; Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature regarding acquiring a donation of a sculputure by Mayo; and Judith McKay.

Writings, notes, and lists by Daphne Mayo on her professional and personal activities and interests. Includes some address books, calendars, ephemera, permits, library cards, and other miscellaneous material she retained in her life.