"Alaya - a comic opera in 3 acts, libretto by Erskine Urquhart, lyrics by Richard Lomas" - undated, unpublished typescript; 2 copies in spring folder; second copy title page reads "Alaya - a comic opera in three acts, libretto by Erskine Urquhart, lyrics by Cecil Edwards, music by Edith Harrhy, copyright 1924 by Erskine Wyse and Cecil Edwards"., 1924 Box 4 Unit ID: 1 Date: 1924
Correspondence and other documents about Frank Anstey (1865-1940), Australian Labor Party MP during the parliamentary career of Lord Bruce. Discussion with Hec Tonkin, a parliamentary journalist, concerns the possible development of a biography of Anstey, and the search for Anstey's own papers. Also includes invitations to formal dinners for PM Bruce in 1923 and 1926, signed by those present, including Tonkin and others. Plus extract from Overland, Dec. 1965, "As I knew Anstey" by E. W. Peters., 1923-1965 Box 2 Unit ID: 2 Date: 1923/1965
Correspondence between Cecil Edwards and Viscount Bruce during the writing of "Bruce of Melbourne" - 148 indexed letters, 28/11/1962-23/8/1967; also photocopy of article in Canberra Times re Edwards and his research on Bruce (incl. the letters), 26/10/1972, 1962-1967, 1972 Box 3 Unit ID: 4 Date: 1962-1967, 1972
Description by Edwards of content of proposed publication of The Bruce papers. 33pp. typescript, 2 copies, one containing letter from the Literature Board suggesting an application for assistance., 1974 Box 2 Unit ID: 3 Date: 1974
Draft of The Bruce papers, prelims marked BPI-BPIV, text marked BP1-BP420; lacks pp.BP216-BP365; contains corrections and amendments. Box 2 Unit ID: 4
Folder "War notes, 1939-40" - 104pp. foolscap typescript, containing Edwards' reaction (as an avowed pacifist) to the beginning of WWII, 3 ½ weeks before, and then an ongoing wide-ranging account and commentary. Dated sections follow, up to 25/11/40. All pages contain handwritten amendments, corrections and other markings. Also some references to material he used in the Melbourne Herald, of which he was editor., 1939-1940 Box 1 Unit ID: 1 Date: 1939/1940
Folder "War notes, 1941 (1)" - pp. 105-268 of foolscap typescript, 1/1/41 to 12/9/41. All pages contain handwritten amendments, corrections and other markings. Also a small page of pencilled notes, partly in short-hand., 1941 Box 1 Unit ID: 2 Date: 1941
Folder "War notes, 1941 (2)" - pp. 269-375 of foolscap typescript, [1/1/41] to 29/12/41. All pages contain handwritten amendments, corrections and other markings. Also Copy of The peacemaker, Jan. 1967; and typescript letter dated 14/6/1941, "Dear old boy…", relating the experience of Angus Henry McLachlan [pseudonym?] at his medical examination for army recruits"., 1941, 1967 Box 1 Unit ID: 3 Date: 1941, 1967
Folder "War notes, 1942" - pp.376-437 of foolscap typescript, 4/1/42 to 5/3/42, plus 1 loose double-sided sheet pp.183/184., 1942 Box 1 Unit ID: 4 Date: 1942
Loose-leaf, 400pp. of quarto [?]combined ms (closely written), typescript, and short-hand commentary about WWII, 2/9/41 to 20/10/43, held together with cotton tape, some pages loose. Lacks pp. 375-378. Separate 6pp.typescript, numbered 370-375, presumably of the missing short-hand pages from the above., 1941-1943 Box 1 Unit ID: 5 Date: 1941/1943