Correspondence; newspaper cuttings, notes, Commonwealth lectures, photocopies of photographs and articles, research notes, transcripts, diaries, biographical notes, family photographs, sketches, short stories, card file indexes.
Bulk of papers 1951-1979.
Includes 16 diaries written by Jessie Hadgraft (nee Hartley) from 1952 to 1965.

Signed, typescript letter to Cecil Hadgraft, accompanying presentation copy of The other meaning.

Biographical notes on Barcroft Boake, with notes on A.G. Stephens' biography of Boake.

Typescript file on David Henry Harries, with covering letter to Cecil Hadgraft, 5 Oct 1972.

Includes correspondence with Edinburgh schools, National Library of Scotland, Mitchell Library, Lloyds of London and other sources. Included are photocopies of a number of letters relating to Stephens.
Also copy of the entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography, by Cecil Hadgraft.

Photocopies of correspondence 1849-1851 with Charles Sturt and South Australian officials on exploration and surveying of new areas. Letters, documents, cuttings of biographical interest compiled 1963-1967 by C. Hadgraft. Letters from V. Sinnett on family matters. Letter 1963 from Hans Mincham to Hadgraft.

Material compiled by Cecil Hadgraft when editing Savery's: Quintus Servinton. Includes photocopies of letters from Savery to Edward Dumaresq, press clippings ; letter 21 Nov. 1963 from William Crowther to Cecil Hadgraft re dedication of new edition.

Letters, photocopied records, and other papers relating to Cecil Hadgraft's research into Charles Rowcroft, for entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography.

Portion of Chapter 1 of a projected autobiography. Story of author's enlistment in army at outset of World War 1. Chapter sent to Cecil Hadgraft with covering letter (1 leaf ) by W. Carew, 1967 March 1, Sydney.