The papers of Kenneth Slessor comprise: correspondence; family papers; literary drafts, manuscripts and typescripts; diaries; despatches; notes and notebooks; newspaper cuttings; publications; business, financial and legal papers; and photographs. They document Slessor's professional life as a journalist, newspaper and journal editor, official war correspondent, writer of poetry and prose, and his membership of professional associations, the Advisory Board of the Commonwealth Literary Fund and the National Literature Review Board. His personal life is represented by family documents and correspondence, photographs and legal papers relating to family property and his divorce.