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.

Incoming correspondence 1932-1976, two diaries; manuscripts of dramas, poetry, prose, an unpublished novel, and a film/television script; notes; personal papers; programmes of productions of his plays; scrapbooks; newspaper clippings; photographs.

Typescript novels, short stories, published articles, playscripts; notes and outlines for stories, plays and articles; diaries, photographs, correspondence (including letters to his wife Anne Moloney), newspaper cuttings, books on film and writing.

Play scripts, poems, songs, essays, articles, lectures, memorabilia, photographs and a dissertation.

Works by or adapted by Dunn including radio series, radio plays, radio documentaries, publicity booklets, synopses, sample scripts, audition episodes, script ideas, quiz game, and comic strip ideas.

Correspondence, addresses, lectures, essays concerning Australian theatre, photographs. Includes small number of letters from Judith Wright and Jack McKinney. Also correspondence, committee minutes, and other papers relating to establishment of J.J. Stable Memorial Tree Theatre.

Notebook containing a list of playscripts on loan 1956-1959; playscripts from the library collection.

Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, literary drafts, playscripts, photographs, publications, realia.

Accompanied by: 'An opera is born' (4 leaves; 26 cm.--Typescript).
Poems for the opera by Thomas W. Shapcott. Music by Colin Brumby.

The file comprises:

1. Dux exercise book with choreography for the opera "7 deadly sins" by Merly E. Hughes. The opera was based on the book by Thomas Shapcott. Hand drawn figure drawings for choreography movements glued and attached. Additional handwritten notes inserted. Undated.
2. Typescript; lettercard; addressed: Miss Meryl Hughes, Bray Road, Lawton, post-dated 23 Apr 1970; from Colin [Brumby].
3. Typescript, memorandum to Meryl, subject line is 'Tape of ballet music for "7 deadly sins"', from CB [Colin Brumby], undated.
4. Flyer the seven deadly sins, "A new concept in musical theatre by Colin Brumby, Thomas Shapcott and Mervyn Moriarty." Presented by the Queensland Opera Company at SGIO Theatre, Sep., undated.
5. Program for the seven deadly sins present by the Queensland Opera Co., book by Thomas Shapcott, music by Colin Brumby. 3 fold program: 32 x 48 cm folded to 32 x 16 cm. Lists performers and staff, including Meryl Hughes as choreographer.