Bound volume detailing the bulk of the works of James Peter Birrell while he worked for the Brisbane City Council from 1955 to 1961. Mackee conducted this research with a grant by the University of Queensland's Department of Architecture Vacation Scholarship, with additional assistance by Peter Powell of the Brisbane City Council's Architecture Branch and Don Watson from UQ Department of Architecture. Not all buildings Birrell was associated with during his tenure at the Brisbane City Council are in this work. Each building (new or an addition) includes details of the client, the architect, builder, and construction material. References for this information are also detailed. There are 296 black and white images have been pasted in including: architectural plans from the BCC; models, construction photographs, and completed building. Not all buildings have images.

Architectural plans and drawings, photographs, display boards, publications.

Correspondence, specifications, photographs, architectural drawings. Jack (known as Henry) and Sylvia (née Goldman) Eshensky contracted with architect Vitaly Gzell to design and construct several residences in Brisbane. Gzell worked with many members of the extended Goldman family; plans for properties owned by Ellis and Adele Goldman, and Cyril and Sylvia Quintner, are held in UQFL227 Vitaly Gzell Papers.

This collection has architectural drawings for: Pearl Assurance House (Queen and Eagle Street Brisbane), Bank of New South Wales (Barcaldine), Guardian Assurance Company, Malleys Limited, South Brisbane United Insurance Building, Eagle House Office Building, Crest International Hotel, ATVIC, Gold Coast City Council Civic Centre, Eagle Star Insurance, and others.