Correspondence from friends and fellow writers, editors and critics; mainly concerned with literary interests and personal news. The earliest letter is dated 29 Sep 1923 and the latest 6 Jan 1980. The bulk of the letters were written in the 1950's and 1960's. In all there are over 1700 items. Periodicals to which reference is made include: The Advocate; The Catholic Leader; The Catholic Weekly; Contact; Crosscurrents; Expression; Makar; Meanjin Papers; Poetry Australia; Poetry Magazine; 20th Century; Vista. Associations: Catholic Writers' and Readers' Association; Catholic Poetry Society; Poetry Society of Australia.
Included in the correspondents are: Thea Astley; Vincent Buckley; Emily Bulcock; Edna Carroll; C.B. Christesen; Delia Craig Antoine Denat; James Devaney (163) Margaret Diesendorf; Tom Dimes; Rosemary Dobson, R.D. Fitzgerald (48); Maureen Freer, John Gartner; Dame Mary Gilmore; Paul Grano; A.D. Hope (42); R.G. Howarth (47); Rex Ingamells (13); Kevin Kelly; Pat Lawler (55); David Little; David Locher; Llewelyn Lucas (22); Frederick Macartney (51); James McAuley (32); Ian Mudie; Walter Murdoch; Frank Murphy (243); J. Jarvis Nye; Grace Perry; Margaret (June) Saunders (20); Henry Schoenheimer; Thomas Shapcott; Walter Stone; Imogen Whyse (29). This list does not include correspondents with only one or two letters, or purely personal correspondence.

Correspondence, meeting minutes, memos, brochures, page proofs for Feeding baby and child : a guide for Australian parents. Material relates to Virginia Thorley's involvement with Queensland Lactation Consultants, Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia, and Queensland Lactation College. Some early material relates to her research on Martin Haley and includes correspondence from him.

Letter requests Hadgraft to address two meetings, one of the Fellowship of Australian Writers and the other the Catholic Readers & Writers Society. Letter includes two short poems.

Titles: Translation [from] Catullus; Disillusionment; To Althea; Monkey Glands; Charles II; A Latin Name; Statius: To Sleep (A Translation); two short poems, untitled.

Letters contain mainly personal news, some literary.
Includes 3 letters from David Locher to Martin Haley.