Eighty one letters in total are in this series, fifty-six by Dick Roughsey.

Box 1
Folder 1
Letters from Dick Roughsey, 1956 to 1965 (22 items)

Folder 2
Letters from Dick Roughsey, 1965 to 1979 (21 items)

Folder 3
Letters from Dick Roughsey, undated (13 items)

Folder 4
Letters from Elsie Roughsey, 1963 to 1975 (9 items)

Folder 5
Letters from Lindsay Roughsey, 1964 to 1967 (7 items)

Folder 6
Miscellaneous, 1964 to [1994] (9 items)

Ephemera, newspaper cuttings, miscellaneous items relating to radical politics, labour movements, and student activities, including some theatre productions.

This series contains drafts, notes, newspaper cuttings, and correspondence. Something in the blood was published by University of Queensland Press (UQP) in 1979. Consisting of fifteen (15) short stories set in Papua New Guinea before its Independence. The short story Drowning was first published in the New Guinea Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, 1975-76. Some stories contain short passages in Pidgin. The stories deal with the themes of local customs, attitudes, acts of aggression, missionaries, loneliness, and racism. Includes drafts, cuttings of reviews from journals and magazine, scripts of radio plays adapted from the stories, and related correspondence.

Recordings of interviews with World War One Light Horse veterans Ronald Ellwood and A.H. (Harry) Tones. The interview with Ellwood was conducted in Kingaroy by Paul Turnbull. Ellwood speaks about his enlistment and service in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, and his return to civilian life in Queensland and the challenges of reintegration. The interview with Harry Tones was conducted in Townsville by Paul Turnbull and C. Edmondson. Tones recounts aspects of his military service in the 11th Light Horse 4th Brigade, and of his return to civilian life in North Queensland.

Architectural drawings by John Kershaw when in private practice, from 1948 to 1977.

File 1: First workshop, UQ, 1 Sep 1982
File 2: Material from Barbara Van Den Broek, incl Melbourne Association of Women in Architecture
File 3: Women in Architecture meeting minutes, 1983-1988 [includes some newsletters]
File 4: Women in Architecture distributed material, constitution
File 5: Replies to Women in Architecture questionnaire
File 6: Women in Architecture [Womens Winter School 1984]
File 7: RAIA Convention 1984, Renathi Kamath
File 8: Women in Architecture Exhibition, 13 Jun 1984
File 9: [Women in Architecture Exhibition and RAIA Convention photographs]
File 10: Press clippings
File 11: Correspondence
File 12: Material newsletter
File 13: Material for future newsletters
File 14: Typing file
File 15: Press/media info
File 16: Material Sydney Constructive Women
File 17: Periodical references
File 18: Periodical references

Records of Heart of a Nation, the Gold Coast-based organisation founded and chaired by Bruce Whiteside to oppose Japanese investment and land ownership in Australia. The series includes a diary, correspondence, membership cards, publicity ephemera, material collected by Whiteside as part of his research on foreign investment and land ownership in Australia, and original pages of a petition against foreign ownership of Australian land.

Correspondents include Gregory Alcock, Peter Atkins and Dana Atkins, Lincoln Austin, Bart [?], Peter Besley, Leonard, Brown, A M Brustead, Chris Capper, Milton Cater, Elizabeth W Colton, Greg Colwill, Arthur Creedy, Mary Creedy (nee Fraser), Malcolm Enright, Joe Felber, Jill Godfrey, Kathryn Gow, Brother Gregory of the St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, Jon Haigh, Nigel Hall, Miles Hall, Rosemary Heritage, Margaret Hockey, Martyn Hope, Warwick Hunter, Ian [Friend?], Leonie Sue Johnson, Kevin King, Ildiko Kovacs, James Lecesne, Dalky L’Estrange, Carlson Loke, Rick Loveridge, lan Matthews, John McPhee, Jacques Montredon and Denise Montredon Dromard, Bernadette O’Shea, Sean Phillips, Gwyn Pigott (Gwyn Hanssen Pigott), Diana Post, Luke Roberts, Etienne Roy, Elvis Seman, Brendan Smith, Madonna Staunton, Margaret Summerville, Lida Zannier.

Architectural drawings by James Birrell from his time as a student at Melbourne University, as a fourth year student in 1950 and fifth year in 1951. Drawings from work with the Commonwealth Department of Works in Melbourne (1948-1951, and 1954), Canberra (1952-1953); and Darwin (1954-1955). Drawings of buildings designed by Birrell while employed as an Architect in charge of the drawing office at the Brisbane City Council (1955-1961). Drawings designed by Birrell while employed as the University Architect for the University of Queensland (1 July 1961 to approx. 30 March 1966). Drawings done for buildings which were private commissions (1948-1966). Drawings while practicing in his firm, James Birrell and Partners (1966-1970) as well as drawings for buildings that were not built.

From his book A life in Architecture : Beyond the ugliness, James Birrell notes on pages 71-72 "The University was vested as property of the State Government and came under the control of the Co-Ordinator General of Public Works. The university was thus a tenant of the Co-Ordinator General who had control over all work".

Material consists mostly of correspondence from Father Hayes to his sister Mary (Mrs Ambrose Brown) and his niece Jean Brown. Other correspondence includes letters from Daniel Augustine O'Brien.