Research materials collected by Colin Brumby: correspondence, press clippings, photographs, programmes.

Includes: manuscripts of composition for voices, instruments & orchestras and other published works by Robert Dalley-Scarlett; papers relating to the Robert Dalley-Scarlett Memorial Scholarship and his collection held at the Sydney University Library; biographical material; correspondence. Records of the Brisbane Handel Society including minutes books, correspondence, programmes. Other material includes photographs and newspaper clippings.

Diaries, newspaper clippings 1892-1934, official and private correspondence, photographs, records, Prizewinners' list from Ipswich Grammar School, financial papers, invitations and programmes; inter-departmental memoranda from period as Under-Secretary for Home Affairs and Protector of Aborigines; manager and inspector list from Bank of New South Wales, mining and share prospectuses, reports and circulars; notes on Queensland and Australian history.
Bulk of papers 1880-1938.

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: Personal, pastoral, business; financial records, sermon notes, notebooks, diaries, Christmas cards, postcards, religious cards, printed prayers,travelling desk.

Correspondence dealing with the history of the mineral sands industry (1976-1980) and with University of Queensland Press (1980-1981); general correspondence, typescript drafts and galley proofs of "Black sands"; transcripts of talks given by Ian Morley (1977-1978); photographs, sound recordings, transcripts of sound recordings, mineral samples; newspaper cuttings; card file; personal papers including curriculum vitae 1975, 1979, 1982; research material for Black sands: a history of the minerals and mining industry in eastern Australia.

Press cuttings, typescript articles, reports, pamphlets, periodicals. 10 boxes contain material relating to the development of self-government in Papua New Guinea. 3 boxes contain material relating to left-wing politics and the student protest movement in Brisbane in the early 1970's.

Minutes, union publications, subject files, correspondence, financial records, student benefaction records 1920s-1940s, membership files, photographs, architectural plans, and some records of radio station 4ZZZ.

Includes production files (including typescripts, proof copies, galley proofs), correspondence, and minutes of publishing meetings.

Papers include material of Lawrie, Australian Country Party, National Country Party of Australia and Young Country Party. Minutes, correspondence, federal and senate election campaigns, referendum campaigns, federal secretariat and ministerial releases, meeting notices and agendas, conferences, media releases, resolutions, circulars, speeches, programmes, policies, pamphlets, financial and accounts records, reports, transcripts, typescripts, diaries, photographs, press cuttings, constituents requests, submissions.