Bound copies and loose typed drafts of original unpublished poetry. Many corrected and extensively annotated.

Contains postcards, greeting cards and letters,1991-1995 from Gwen Harwood to Gregory Kratzmann; draft typescript introduction, typescript and computer disk with manuscript for A Steady Storm of Correspondence published by UQP in 2001; notes by Normal Talbot on transcripts of letters from Gwen Harwood; and draft of talk on Gwen Harwood to VCE students in 2012.

Drafts, poetry and handwritten notes for verse novella 'Second-hand attack dog', originally titled ‘First things first’.

Poetry drafts, correspondence, reviews, work journals, sketches and artworks.

Letters, postcards and photographs sent by Gwen Harwood to her friend Helen Mills.

Mainly cards and letters from Gwen Harwood to Father Alan Farrell. Includes some letters from Father Farrell to Gwen Harwood, and some cards from Gwen Harwood to other correspondents.

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.

Anthology compiled for Contemporary Poetry 1973.

11 poems.
Titles: Requiem for a truckie; Growing crystals; Soliloquy: Old man; On hearing the muse; Sonnet to Artemis; The take-over; R.S.L. dance; A kind of reward; Disclaimers; [Untitled]; Apology for unborn children.