Diaries, correspondence, reports and photographs, relating to Murphy's service in the Australian administration of Papua New Guinea in a number of official positions between 1936 and 1969. Includes material relating to John J. Murphy's book, The book of Pidgin English; also a small amount of family history papers relating to the Campbell, Boyd and Pratt families, including letters from Austin Pratt written after his evacuation from Gallipoli.

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.

Playscripts of plays (and accompanying musical scores) performed by the Twelfth Night Theatre Company. Most are typescript, many are annotated. Some correspondence; a print library catalogue.

First draft.

Typescript compiled by Peter Gray and John Stanwell. Includes interviews with Jim Beatson, Alan Knight, John Stanwell, Robyn Bardon, Lilla Watson, Betty Hounslow, Peter Wertheim, and timeline of political activity in Brisbane.

Compiled by Peter Gray and John Stanwell. Photocopied typescript. "Research project for a film proposal." Includes interviews with Jim Beatson, Alan Knight, John Stanwell, Robyn Bardon, Lilla Watson, Betty Hounslow, Peter Wertheim, and timeline of political activity in Brisbane.

Account of how One Nation came about and why it collapsed.
Includes signed letter to Ian Ward.
Bound with copy of letter to Ian Ward, Reader in Government, University of Queensland.

Leaflets, newsletters, invitations, bumper stickers, conference publicity, posters, reports, song lyrics, and event notices. Some of the organisations may only have one item. Also includes leaflets with no organisation named. Organisations include Ananda Marga Women's Spiritual Community, Brisbane Women's Club, Brisbane Women's Health Club, Brisbane Women's Union, Children by Choice, Coalition of Australian Participating Organisations of Women, Domestic Violence Resource Centre, Emma Miller Women's Group and Grass Roots Resource Centre, Human Rights Commission, International Women's Year Australian national Advisory Committee, Jobs for Women Action Committee, Joint Women's Action, Leichardt Women's Community Health Centre, Liverpool Women's Health Centre Collective, Migrants on the March, Mothers on the March, National Women's Consultative Council, Office of Equal Opportunitiy, Older Women's Network, Queensland Nurses Union, Socialist Feminist Forum, South Australian Health Commission, Survivors, Sydney Women's Liberation Group, UNAA Status of Women's Committee, UNIFEM Australia, Women and Children First, University of Queensland Women's Club, Women and Labour Conference, Women Working for Development, Women's Commission of the AUS Council, Women's Creative Arts Centre, Women's Embassy, Women's Infolink, Women's Information and Support Association Sunshine Coast, Women's Information Service, Women's International Democratic Federation Council, Women's Network, Women's Policy Branch, Dept of the Premier, Women's Policy Unit Office of Cabinet Queensland, Women's Rights University of Queensland Union, Women's Shelter Cairns, Women's Studies Network, Working Women's Centre, Zig Zag, Pro Choice Action Collective, SALIG, Words for Women. Also includes material on the anniversary of women's suffrage in Queensland.

Foco Membership card, newspaper cuttings (original and photocopies) of articles relating to the Foco Club, opening night circular, 'Foco Lives' poster. Also includes material related to the 1985 Foco event: poster for reunion of Foco Club in February 1985, newspaper cuttings, workbook, and notes related to the 1985 event.

Letter, handwritten, on Government House letterhead, from Queensland Governor John Goodwin to Miss Roe, praising her bird booklet (A back-answer), dated 19 Dec 1981; accompanied by card wishing the best for Christmas and the New Year with an etching (of birds) done by Goodwin.

Photocopy of typescript of 'Pharming : stories of life on a Brisbane River dairy farm inthe years 1910 to 1917, by one of the farmers' by Annie Margaret ("Madge") Rose, compiled by Charles Roe (Madge's eldest nephew), 107 leaves, 30 cm.

Four handwritten and colour illustrated manuscripts:

1. Untitled handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of a play, with foxing and insect damage; on the last page "The play written, produce, directed, managed, caste & more or less acted by Sarah, Audrey, Blanche (1 & 2), Meg, Buck & Samuel. Prologue by Blanche 1.", 28 pages, 16 x 25 cm, 1936.

2. Handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of 'Immortality : a tale from Egypt retold by E.E. Kellett', cover has come away and split on spine, [8] pages, 21 x 14 cm, 1930.

3. Handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of 'A song of the old men by Will. Ogilvie', [2] pages, 23 x 18 cm, undated.

4. Handwritten and colour illustrated manuscript of 'El Dorado : Virginibus Puerisque. Robert Louis Stevenson', 'Roe' is on the last page, 'El Dorado R.L.S.' is on the front cover, [10] pages, 32 x 22 cm, undated.