Folk songs of Australia and the men and women who sang them by John Meredith and Hugh Anderson was first published by Ure Smith in 1968 and reprinted by them in 1973 and 1979. Another reprint was done by New South Wales University Press in 1985 and they also published a second volume in 1987. The file consists mainly of correspondence, royalty statements and some notes. The correspondence ranges from 1959-1985. The earlier correspondence is between Hugh Anderson and John Meredith and relates to the writing of the work and its content. The later correspondence is with Ure Smith and then the New South Wales University Press, although other publishers such as Pan Books were approached for expressions of interest in publication of the work.