Sketches, biographical material, artwork, photographs, and short stories related to Rosemary Opala's nursing career and her career as a writer of popular magazine fiction. There are 48 original artworks, some framed, primarily of plants and 830 x 35mm colour slides.

Papers relate to the writing of the book, Oodgeroo, by Kathie Cochrane.

Literary drafts, correspondence, research notes, audio and video recordings, ephemera.

Photographs, notebooks, correspondence, invitations, paintings and documents created by or about Margot Hutcheson.

Letter 13 Feb 1961 to J. Sirovs re: talk on 'Australian writers I have known.'
Four letters to the Fryer Librarian re: his literary career, Dame Mary Gilmore, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Llywelyn Lucas, and collectors of literary correspondence (dated: 4 Sep 1965, 3 Apr 1970, 7 Oct 1970, and 1 Dec 1971).

Draft of "Who killed my Sadie" (25 l., typescript photocopy) and letter (5 l. holograph) from Xavier Herbert.

Letter 23 Sept. 1973 to Olive White thanking her for her part in having his Jubilee lecture for the English Association of Queensland ('English and the nations') printed.

Letter 28 Oct 1970 to Miss McCreath, Acting Fryer Librarian, re: his pleasure in a recent visit to the Fryer Library, enclosing 3 poems shortly to be published in limited edition, for the Fryer manuscript collection.

Transcript of an interview with Ken Wilder, former Chairman and Managing Director of the publishing company William Collins, on the occasion of his presentation of a painting by Ray Crooke (for the cover of Xavier Herbert's "Poor fellow my country") and various other related papers to the Fryer Library , University of Queensland, in memory of his son, Christopher, 25th October 2001.
Includes audio cassette recording of interview.

Drafts of plays and books by Ian Callinan.