These papers are comprised of correspondence, diaries, battalion association ephemera, typescript memoirs and postcards.
The correspondence consists of Harold Shapcott's family correspondence, including while on active service in World War I (1915 - 1919), correspondence with Returned Soldiers and Battalion Re-Union commitees, 1919 - 1943, as well as other personal correspondence received between 1919 and 1972.
There are also eight war service diaries kept between 1915 and 1919, three semi-autobiographical typescript memoirs, 17 group of ephemeral publications relating to service in World War I and battalion re-unions, as well as a collection of unused postcards.

Lantern slides, 35mm slides, negatives, glass plate negatives, and indexes to slides. Also one box of 5 unexposed AGFA-Gevaert brand negatives. Wooden cabinet originally used to house lantern slides retained separately.

A combination of original and published sets of slides. Initially glass lantern slides, later additions were acquired in 35mm slide format with some lantern slides then reformatted. The collection also appears to include some slides obtained from other Departments.

In 1950, the St Lucia campus Parnell Building lecture theatres were designed specifically without windows to facilitate the use of slide projectors.

Unless otherwise noted, all date ranges applied to this collection are approximations based on format and content.

Daphne Mayo and Vida Lahley were mentors, teachers and friends to Mim Shaw. After the death of Daphne Mayo in 1982, Mim was one of the organisers of the 'Friends of Daphne Mayo' group, and her address was used in correspondence for the group. This group was the publisher of Judith McKay’s memorial booklet Daphne Mayo : a tribute to her work for art in Queensland, published in 1983. Mim wrote and/or drafted correspondence regarding the booklet, promoting it and sending it to people and libraries as required. Mim also wrote an account of Vida Lahey, as suggested to her by Daphne Mayo. Mim assisted with Vida Lahey's afternoon painting and drawing classes for children in the 1940s in Brisbane. Material for all three artists are in this collection.

Collection contains material documenting Rosanne Fitzgibbons' career as an editor and includes correspondence, reports, drafts, notes, teaching notes, and research material relating to editing and publishing. Fitzgibbon won the inaugural Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship Award in 1992 enabling her to spend two months working in Norton Publishing in New York. As well as freelancing editing before, during and after her years spent working at University of Queensland Press, Fitzgibbon also lectured , presented and ran editing workshops around Australia. She was a founding member of the Society of Editors (Queensland). The Institute of Professional Editors initiated in 2017 the biennial award 'The Rosie' ( (the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Award for Editorial Excellence) in her honor.

Draft of Mullumbimby, published by University of Queensland Press in 2013 and manuscript drafts, notes, and plot point cards for Too much lip, published by University of Queensland Press in 2018. Too much lip won the Miles Franklin Literary award in 2019.

Books presented by Fanny Kingsley to her youngest son Grenville Kingsley. Extra-illustrated with photographs, including portrait photographs of Charles and Fanny Kingsley as well as their four children Rose, Maurice, Mary and Grenville.

Lecture material; correspondence; typescripts of ethnological surveys and anthropological research reports; research field notes; typescript of a translation from English to a Bahasa dialect; annual reports on Netherlands New Guinea by the Netherlands Government, and other papers, many in Dutch.

Drafts, notes and research materials relating to Race Relations in Australia (Methuen, 1982).

Lecture notes, manuscripts of published and unpublished works, reports written as a consultant to Asian and Southeast Asian countries (Colombo Plan, Baghdad Pact). Also research material on tropical animal production, and photos.

Minute books, correspondence, annual reports, financial records including cash books, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, scrapbooks. Includes records of:

1. Newspapers in which the Andrew Dunn acquired a controlling interest, 1887 - 1973.
2. Dunn Family businesses, 1929 - 1968.
3. Associated Press of Queensland, 1910 - 1916.
4. Queensland Provincial Newspapers, 1937 - 1953
5. Queensland Country Press Association 1910 - 1943.
6. Queensland Country Press Ltd. 1914 - 1975.
7. Regional Dailies of Australia (Qld Div.), previously Australian Provincial Daily Press Ltd (Qld Division) and Associated Dailies Information Service, 1953 - 1983.
8. Provincial Newspapers (Qld) Ltd, 1968 - 1989.
9. Newspapers acquired by PNQ, 1958 - 1975.
10. Regional News Service, 1975 - 1982.
11. Historical research papers, 1956 - ca. 1980.

The collection contains material relating to Queensland Country Press and in particular the Dunn family of Maryborough, Rockhampton and Toowoomba who initially traded as A. Dunn and Family and were incorporated in 1957 as A. Dunn and Company Pty. Ltd. They were substantial shareholders in Provincial Newspapers (Qld.) Ltd. which controlled nine regional daily newspapers.