Contains play scripts, musical revues, stand-up comedy material, song lyrics, published musical scores, silent film scripts, radio play scripts, theatre programmes, running orders, stage directions and set design drawings, theatre management papers, musicians' union papers, and photographs.

This collection is comprised mostly of papers relating to Dorothy Blewett including: drafts of playscripts, novels, short stories, and articles for published and published works; a small amount of incoming and outgoing correspondence; photographs; personal documents; documents relating to her professional activities; and theatre programs and travel ephemera relating to her time spent in the 1950s in England and Europe. There are also some papers relating to the activities of her sisters, Elizabeth Melville Blewett (born Elsie Melville Blewett, also referred to as 'Bill') and Rowena Sarah May Blewett.

3 volumes of newspaper clippings, theatre programmes, photographs, fliers, relating to theatrical career of Barbara Stellmach.

Correspondence, playscripts, programs and handbills for plays by Mona Brand and some other New Theatre playwrights. Includes research material on Mona Brand and New Theatre (Sydney).

Correspondence, personal papers, ephemera. Political publications, video and letters related to the 2001 Ryan by-election. Papers relating to Australian theatre productions, 1970s-1980s: includes photocopied newspaper clippings, sound cassettes, and slides. Also reports of Popular Theatre Troupe, Brisbane, 1976-1978.

Research material on people connected with Australian theatre, newspaper cuttings, drafts of books and articles, correspondence.

Submissions, correspondence, minutes, compendiums, working papers, public hearings, reports, draft reports, publications, periodicals, newspaper clippings, newsletters, meeting agendas, articles, applications, inquiries, pamphlets/booklets, program reviews, financial statements/reports, notebooks, meeting calendars, poems/prose, theatre programmes (Australian and overseas). Material includes items from Committee of Review of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the Australia Council, and the Australian Bicentennial Authority’s 200 Unsung Heroes and Heroines Program.

Ephemera relating to the work of Ken Campbell-Dobbie. Includes leaflets for: 'The playbox - burnt but boyant' with The Playbox Progress, Feb 1984; 'Metamorphosis : a classic workshop theatre company'; 'Brecht on Brecht' at The Hole in the Wall Theatre (1982); 'Phaedra'; 'My name is Pablo Picasso', performance schedule (1982); 'My name is Pablo Picasso' (1984); 'Uncle Vanya' at The Hole in the Wall Theatre (1981); 'Ring round the moon' (1981?); 'Spring awakening' (1980); two different flyers for 'Commission : a theatrical anthology of poetry' ; photocopied article from Artlook, June 1980; and one leaf with two photocopied newspaper cuttings.

Babette Stephens talks with Rodney Lumer and Marguerit Millis and about her life and work. The Fryer Library arranged the interviews which were conducted in the Language Laboratory at the University of Queensland. Tape 1 was recorded 12 Mar 1991, Tape 2 was recorded 2 Apr 1991.

Eric Irvin talks with Alrene Sykes about his life and work.