The papers comprise correspondence (family, general and business correspondence), drafts, notes, cuttings, card indexes and printed material. The major correspondents are Dorothy Green, C.B. Christesen, Beatrice Davis, W. Cowan, P. Ryan, J. La Nauze, Beatrice Wines, Judith Fisher, G. Ferguson, A.R. Chisholm, C.E.W. Bean, A.P. Elkin, G. Long, J. Passmore, L. Scott, L. Triebel and C. Waldren.