Preselection submissions to Queensland Central Executive of the Australian Labor Party.

Letter to Margaret Connah, Editor of 'Scope' re his work continuing the family genealogy and history begun by his farther Henry Tardent. Also mentions many old friends from Brisbane in the 1920s and later. Accompanied by newspaper article on him from the gold Coast Bulletin, 10 November 1978 about his life, his time as a soldier during World War 1 and his theory on the death of the 'Red Baron' and various cuttings on the Tardent family.

Diary written at Nudgee and is mainly concerned with vineyard records and procedures at his Toombul Vineyard, Nudgee, Brisbane. Further material can be found in the Kennedy collection UQFL171.

Letter to his wife Lucy written from Adelaide describing visits to vineyards and wineries.

Pages from a commonplace book containing transcripts of poems and metric versions of the psalms apparently the work of Childs. The original from which these sheets were photocopied, contains some hundreds of pages of verse. These leaves were selected at random as illustrating a general level of taste in latter 19th century in Australia.

Sermon delivered at the Scots Church, Elgin, Scotland, 7 June 1840. Accompanied by transcript, (7 l.), made by John Sutherland for the Fryer Library, 1974. Includes biographical note and letter 1862 August 25 from Alexander Munro from Littleton, New Zealand introducing Frank Gordon McKean (son of F. S. McKean) to his brother resident in Australia.

Letters (3) 19 May 1942 - 20 Oct 1942 to E.M. England, mostly personal, with some literary comment.
3rd letter encloses a letter from Mary Gilmore, q.v.

Letter dated 9 Oct 1927 from Miss D. Cameron to Mrs. Bertie [Edith Mary England] congratulating her on publication of 'The Happy Monarch', discussing her short stories in magazines, etc. Written from Glen Innes. Note by E.M. England: 'A writer'. Contributor to magazines.