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This substantial archive documents Anne Deveson's career, writings and activities towards bringing discussions about social issues into the public domain, notably mental health (particularly schizophrenia), aging, homosexuality, abortion, women's rights, trauma recovery and the experiences of refugees. Types of material include research notes, photocopied articles and press cutting relating to Deveson's writings and television broadcasts; interview transcripts; manuscripts of publications, including Coming of Age, Waging Peace and Tell Me I'm Here; notebooks and appointment diaries; radio scripts and teleplays; personal and professional correspondence; correspondence, minutes and other documentation relating to her Directorship of the Australian Film Television and Radio School; audiovisual material, including cassette tapes of unpublished interviews; and photographs documenting family life, functions and events, and Deveson's travels as a journalist to both Africa (primarily Kenya) and Cambodia.

The collection comprises notebooks, journals and papers written by Anne Edgeworth including published and unpublished poems; correspondence with literary figures, and members of the Edgeworth David family; reviews of theatre productions; university revue scripts and ephemera plus ; a script, with handwritten production notes for 'Born of Fire' the Judith Wright 80th birthday tribute.

This collection comprises interviews with women MPs in Australia (State and Federal) and New Zealand, conducted for Anne Henderson's book Getting even : women MPs on life, power and politics (HarperCollins 1999). There were 121 women in total interviewed including Julie Bishop, Julia Gillard, Tanya Plibersek, and Bronwyn Bishop, among others. Interviews are recorded on 72 cassette tapes, and transcripts of the interviews are included in this collection.

MS 7073 comprises manuscripts, research notes, typescript drafts, galley proofs, draft notes and correspondence concerning writing and publication of Summers' book Damned whores and God's police, and her autobiography Ducks on the pond. Correspondents include Henry Mayer, Melanie Beresford, Ann Curthoys and staff of Penguin Books. The collection includes a cuttings book containing press cuttings about Summers and Damned whores and God's police; files of research notes; cuttings; and, correspondence on a wide range of topics including women and poverty, single parents, family, Caroline Chisholm, child care, Aboriginal Australians, rape reform proposals, suicide, women unionists, education, prostitution, racism, Womens' Electoral Lobby, Adela Pankhurst Walsh, women and the media. The collection also includes material relating to the journal Refractory girl and the publication of Her story: Australian women in print 1788-1975. There are papers and material relating to Gamble for power; papers relating to the "free Sandra Willson" campaign and Ms and Sassy magazines; transcripts and video tapes relating to the ABC TV program "Anne Summers in conversation with six Aussie men" (1994); and, various papers relating to women's issues (66 boxes, 7 fol. boxes).The Acc07.177 instalment includes a wide range of correspondence; files on various publishers and projects; and, material relating to The end of equality, Ms and Sassy magazines, Good weekend and Greenpeace International (19 boxes).

The collection comprises papers relating to Annette Bezor née Bateman, an Australian contemporary painter and includes: diaries, work notebooks, drawings, photographs, slides and negatives, and correspondence from family and friends including her husband Pablo, artists George Aldridge, Anton Hart and photographer Rick Martin. The photographs contain images of source material used for her paintings, artist models, residency in Paris, plus personal and family photographs.

MS 9154 comprises a Native Title application and a copy of Ann's thesis: The Death and Resurrection of the Ngunnawal; a living history.

MS 9673 includes correspondence, drafts, printed and research material, interview transcripts and other papers, relating to Ann Moyal's writings and research interests (3 boxes).

MS 8861 comprises correspondence with Lloyd Ross, 1977-1982, about research into trade union history, including William Paisley Earsman, Robert Samuel Ross, the Victorian Socialist Party and the Victorian Labor College. There is a copy of a letter from Lloyd Ross to Harry Pollitt about Tom Mann and the Victorian Socialist Party, 19 March 1936 (1 folder).

The bulk of the papers relate to Hill's published works, forming a comprehensive record of his literary career. There is research material, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, galley and page proofs, correspondence and letters from readers. Major correspondents are Rosemary Creswell (Hill's agent), Max Harris and the numerous publishers with whom Hill dealt. There is a small group of drafts of unpublished short stories, plays and poems and cutting books containing copies of newspaper and journal articles by and about Hill, including reviews of his books.MS Acc12.120 comprises typescript manuscripts, proofs, drafts, outlines, story files, research notes, diaries, ephemera, posters and correspondence relating to Anthony Hill's publications, primarily "Animal Heroes", "Captain Cook's Apprentice" and "The Story of Billy Young".

The papers include correspondence, notes, essays, addresses and publications relating to Vroland's educational reforms and teaching materials such as class notes, teaching aids and exam papers. The collection also contains a large amount of correspondence, reports, notes and photographs pertaining to Vroland and his wife's fight for the rights of Aboriginal people. Also included are papers concerned with the Australian Church, the New Education Fellowship, the United Nation's role in education, and the economic situation in the 1930s and 1940s in Australia.