On paper. Drawings done in Europe as a travelling scholar of the Royal Academy

Pastel and pencil on paper: Life and head studies (from Brisbane flat), possibly done as a Royal Academy student. Hand study (63 x 48 cm), window mounted (86 x 63 cm), formed part of the Queensland Art Gallery Exhibition Daphne Mayo : let there be sculpture, Nov 2011 to Jan 2012.

Mostly pen and pencil. Head, figure and horse studies.

Sketches and studies. From Brisbane flat. 24 pieces of art: loose; in pencil, pen, oil; on paper, card, envelope. Incomplete sketch book with 24 pages (double sided) of drawings, mostly in pencil. 1 cardboard cutout stencil of a group of three figures.

Drawings from Mayo’s Sydney studio (second set)

Architectural drawings relating to Brisbane Central Technical College.

12 sketch, note or memo books with writings, notes relating to her art; sketches; glaze recipes; colour. Most sketch books have not been fully used. Six are spiral sketch books.

1 album with slots for art reproduction prints (some have prints inserted) and notes, 22 x 28 cm. 14 sketch, note or memo books with writings, notes relating to her art; sketches; glaze recipes; colour. Most sketch books have not been fully used. Three have names of towns written on the cover and associated sketches: Bolonga/Venice ; Assisi; and Siena. One notebook has notes on motifs and newspaper cuttings inserted at the end. Another notes on dynamic symetry. Another, lined notebook, has notes on State Schools free education and at the other end of the notebook a list of letters to write and bills to pay for Jan 1956. Some have scales for sculptures such as 'Little black baby', 'S. Paterson', and 'Prof. Waterhouse'.

Folder containing drawings, sketches, paint on paper works. Includes: Henry Mayo Bateman pencil on paper sketch with note: Tenderest Memories. Little Daphne by Cousin Binks (HM Baateman), ca. 1922; and scale layout for sculpute of a "baby".

Will of Agnes Emma Saxelby, Lila Mayo's mother. Newsletters for: Bird Observers Club, Brisbane (1953); Queensland Naturalists Club (Oct 1956 - Aug 1957); Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union (Jun 1955 - Dec 1957). These papers are presumed to be from the estate of her mother, Lila Mayo.