Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and concert programmes relating to musical societies in Brisbane and Ipswich 1870's-1890's; notes on Brisbane Musical Union; family financial statements.
Photograph is of R.T. Jefferies's headstone and correspondence between Jefferies's great-grandson and Prof. Malcolm Gillies, University of Queensland, relates to provenance of scrapbook and gives details of family history.

Newspaper clippings, mostly from Brisbane/Queensland in the 1940s, relating to music, especially municipal bands, and Brisbane history. Includes a handwritten note entitled 'Kaeser family in Australia', listing the names and dates of family members.
Ledger book with initials A.K. on front cover.

Includes: manuscripts of composition for voices, instruments & orchestras and other published works by Robert Dalley-Scarlett; papers relating to the Robert Dalley-Scarlett Memorial Scholarship and his collection held at the Sydney University Library; biographical material; correspondence. Records of the Brisbane Handel Society including minutes books, correspondence, programmes. Other material includes photographs and newspaper clippings.