Ian Macdonald's Collins midget diary for the year 1916, completed in pencil.

Includes photograph of Cecil Henry Foott, Thomas a Kempis' 'The Imitation of Christ', 'The Psalms and Church Hymnary', notebook, and 'Book of Common Prayer'.
Also a letter 1917 May 23 from Arthur Patrick Foott, donated by Patricia Foott.
Also includes correspondence between Nancy Bonnin and a number of people re: Mary Hannay Foott, 1968-1971. Includes photo showing Mary Hannay Foott with family in Bundaberg in 1915, with negative.
Also copy of obituary in News Mail, 1918 Oct 13.

Signed photocopy of diary kept by W.J. Saunders during military service in France during World War 1, Mar 16 1916 - Feb 2 1917.
Accompanied by photograph of Walter Saunders in uniform (sepia ; 10x15 cm).

2 volumes of newspaper cuttings, mostly from the Courier-Mail, about Queensland Premier T.J. Ryan pasted onto pages. One volume contains cuttings dated 1915 - 1916, the other dated 1917. Some handwritten notes and annotations on inside covers of one volume.

Letters from William Fryer
• William (Will, Bill or Billy) Fryer, Brisbane to Liz, 17 Jun 1915
• Will Fryer, Sydney to his mother, 7 Oct 1915
• Will Fryer, A69 Warilda, to Liz 12 Oct 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to Liz, 19 Nov 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to his Mother, 19 Nov 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to his Mother, 2 Dec 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to Kitty, 2 Dec 1915
• Will Fryer, Polygon Camp, Abassia, Cairo, to his Mother, 21 Dec 1915
• Will Fryer, [Egypt], to Liz, 10 Feb 1916
• Will Fryer, Tel-el-Kebir, to Liz, 27 Mar 1916
• Will Fryer, OAS, Egypt, to his mother, 13 Apr 1916
• Will Fryer, postcard reading ‘Miss Edith Cavell, Murdered, Oct 12 1915 Remember!’ [nd.]
• Will Fryer, [France] to his mother, 7 Jul 1916
• Will Fryer, France, to Liz, 30 Jun 1916
• Will Fryer, France, to his mother, [nd.]
• Will Fryer, In the Field, to Liz, 20 Jul 1916
• Will Fryer, France, postcard to his mother, 18 Aug 1916
• Will Fryer, No. 5 Red Cross Hospital, France to his father, 22 Sep 1916
• Will Fryer, Bishops Knoll, No. 5 Red Cross Hospital, [France] to Liz, 26 Sep 1916
• Will Fryer, Bishops Knoll [Hospital], to Liz, 5 Oct 1916
• Fryer, Bishops Knoll, to Miss E. S. Fryer, State School, Springsure, Queensland, 14 Oct 1916
• Will Fryer, Bishop’s Knoll, to Liz, 26 Sep 1916
• Walter Fryer, circa 1916
• Will Fryer, Dorset to Liz, 15 Feb 1917
• Will Fryer, No. 1, Command Depot, Pesham Downs, Salisbury Plains, [1917]
• Will Fryer, Brisbane to Liz, 18 Aug 1917
• Will Fryer to Richard, postcard, n.d.

Letters and Cards from Charles Fryer [John D Fryer’s brother]
• Charles (Charlie) Fryer, Exhibition Grd. [Brisbane], to Liz, 2 Nov 1915
• Charles Fryer, Eton Ground, [Brisbane], to Liz, 20 Nov 1915
• Charles Fryer, Exhibition [Grounds, Brisbane], to Liz, 30 Nov 1915
• Charles Fryer, Exhibition Grd., to Liz, 3 Jan 1916
• Charles Fryer, Exhibition, to Liz, Jan 1916
• Charles Fryer, Brisbane, to Liz, 7 Feb 1916
• Charles Fryer, Exhibition Ground, to Liz, 3 Mar 1916
• Charles Fryer, postcard, Egypt, to his mother, 1916
• Charles Fryer, France, to his mother, 30 Jul 1916
• Charles Fryer, France, to Liz, 13 Sep 1916
• Charles Fryer, France, to Billy, 18 Sep 1916
• Charles Fryer, France, to his mother, 26 Sep 1916
• Charles Fryer, France, postcard to his mother, 30 Sep 1916
• Charles Fryer, France, to his mother, [possibly censored by military censor], [13?] Oct 1916
• Charles Fryer, France, to his mother, 16 Dec 1916
• Charles Fryer, postcard to his mother, ‘A Happy New Year 1917’
• Charles Fryer, postcard to Liz, 6 Mar 1917
• Charles Fryer, France, to his mother, 17 Mar 1917
• Charles Fryer, four postcards to his mother, undated
• Charles Fryer, four postcards to Elizabeth S Fryer, undated

Letters written to family by Frederick (Fred) William Scott Martin while Martin was serving with the Australian Imperial Force in Australia, Egypt, Gallipoli, the United Kingdom and finally the Western Front from 1915 to 1917. Martin was Anne McCosker's uncle. The letters were published by McCosker in Lieutenant Martin's Letters (2013).

As short account of life in the Australian army in WWI in response to a London 'Evening News' newspaper competition offering 100 Guineas for the 'best article'.

Holograph sheet, part only of a letter. One side of the letter is by Jelka Delius. On the reverse are four lines of greeting by Frederick Delius. The letter is possibly to Eric Fenby. Penciled date Feb 1917.