Note on title page: 'A Commonwealth Literary Fund lecture at Queensland University, 19th June, 1962.'

23 photographs of Artists for Labor function, mostly photographs of Patrick White at the microphone, but also Gough Whitlam.
Includes photographs of dancers and a view of the audience and interior of the hall.

Notes, typescript articles, speeches, correspondence, photographs, cards, invitations, programmes. Includes material relating to : Sir Raphael Cilento; University of Queensland events, including Sir Raphael Cilento Oration; Ron Edwards, Jack Lindsay, Patrick White, Douglas Gordon, Percy Trezise. There is also some biographical material about Len and Fedora Fisher.

This series includes: newspaper cuttings relating to Shirley Hazzard; manuscripts (handwritten and typescript) by John Beston, including the manuscript for 'Patrick White : The search for a life value'.

This series comprises seven publications by or relating to Patrick White that have been annotated by John Beston while undertaking his research. The publications are:
Marr, D. (1992). Patrick White : a life. Alfred A. Knopf.
Morley, P. A. (1972). The mystery of unity : theme and technique in the novels of Patrick White. University of Queensland Press.
White, P. (1967). Four plays. Sun Books.
White, P. (1961). Riders in the chariot. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
White, P. (1956). The tree of man. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
White, P. (1970). The vivisector. Viking Press. [Inserted: Typescript and handwritten page with title 'Keneally interview']
White. P. (1957). Voss. Viking Press. [Covers have come away]