The collection comprises hard copies and digitised copies (PDF) of the complete run of Crafts Arts International magazine from Issue No 1, October 1984 to issue No 96, May 2016. The magazine was produced by husband and wife team Ken Lockwood (editorial director) and Jenie Thomas (advertising director) and included articles on a wide range of Australian and international art themes and topics, both contemporary and historical, promoted the work of practitioners to a wide audience and provided a platform for commercial galleries to advertise exhibitions.
The collection primarily comprises correspondence received by Martin Gascoigne from his parents Rosalie and Ben Gascoigne, his brother Toss and his sister Hester. This family correspondence covers an important period of the Gascoigne family's lives and careers and was a critical source for Martin Gascoigne's Catalogue Raisonné of Rosalie's work published by the ANU Press in 2019. There is also a small amount of other personal and business correspondence written and received by Martin. The collection includes transcripts of many of the letters written to Martin Gascoigne, with annotations by Martin regarding references to Rosalie Gascoigne's art.
This collection of portraits show Olga Varona at various points throughout her career as an aerialist and include photographs of her performing on the trapeze and in aerial rope acts on stage in Australia, London, England and in the United Kingdom. It also includes portraits of Olga Varona with Archie Collins, her husband and manager, and with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, whom she performed with. Some photographs are stamped with photographers reproduction stamp and refer to contemporary copies ordered by Olga Varona for publicity purposes, dated approximately 1940s-1950s.