Correspondence, diaries (1969-1975); typescript drafts of Courier-Mail "Medical Mother" column (1951-1979); Australian Home Journal (1965-1973); articles for the Newcastle Sun (1974-1979); drafts of broadcasts for 4BK "Medical Mother" programme; drafts of books; miscellaneous writings; lecture notes; speeches; newspaper cuttings, subject files; journals; books and pamphlets; scrapbook on Mothercraft Association of Queensland; photographs.

Minutes of general and executive committee meetings; Constitution; Correspondence; Lists of members, Circulars and reports from other branches; Lists of members; Financial records; Correspondence and papers concerning public lectures; Publications.

Manuscripts, typescripts, photocopies, photographs and painting. Correspondence, essays and articles; material associated with Drake’s publishing activities; invitations, programmes and commemorative souvenirs, etc. newspaper cuttings and cuttings books, notebook and miscellaneous material.

Manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, research notes, literary awards, publishing contracts, diaries, drafts of speeches, some Astley family history material. Includes two portable Hermes typewriters: green, in case 7 x 29 x 31 cm; and cream, in case 8 x 31 x 32 cm.

Papers on the history of dental education in Queensland, dental health and fluoridation of public water supplies.

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.