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One typescript children's story titled "The Sweet-Pea Family" by Alice D Baker

Photograph of a group of Australian Labor Party members on top of Mt Wellington, Hobart. Undated J.J. Barnett mounted photograph.

Correspondence from Richard Dry undated.

Plain/Clear plastic envelope marked 'Collector's Items' containing a list titled 'Clive Sansom Letters Index'. This is an incomplete alphabetical list of people with whom Sansom corresponded during his life.

Twenty-three scripts of ABC 'Spoken English' radio broadcasts for schools, written by Sansom, sometimes with Ruth Sansom's assistance. Sansom recorded most of these with the assistance of his colleagues from the Speech Education Centre.

Fifteen scripts of ABC 'Communication' radio broadcasts for schools, written by Sansom, sometimes with Ruth Sansom's assistance. Sansom recorded most of these with the assistance of his colleagues from the Speech Education Centre.

Ten scripts of ABC 'Once upon a time' radio broadcasts for schools, written by Sansom, sometimes with Ruth Sansom's assistance. Sansom recorded most of these with the assistance of his colleagues from the Speech Education Centre.

Sansom's notes on listening skills and a range of other material either collected or written by him.

Notes, newspaper clippings, copies of poems all relating to pronunciation either collected or written by Sansom.

Ruth Sansom's handwritten autobiography written from the perspective of the age of 85. This includes memories of her childhood in Tasmania and details of her family's history, associations with the Soundy family and Walter and Sylvia Stiasny, Diana Large, Nan Chauney, W.H.Perkins and Roy Chappell. It mentions the regular poetry reading sessions at the Sansom home in Mount Stuart, and includes her notes and thoughts on mysticism.

Brown manila folder headed 'Some late letters to Clive from Ruth after he died'. There are five handwritten letters which reflect on past events, work, habits, relationships, etc, mentioning people such as Marjorie Gullan, Gertrude Kerby, Mona Swan, Martin Miles and Robert Gittings. One of the letters describes Ruth Sansom's religious beliefs and concludes with her poem 'Sweet song of Eden ... '. Another reflects on the Sansoms' 1937 holiday in the Austrian Tyrol. Another mentions Hilary Spurling' s biography of Paul Scott.

Photograph of the Union Chapel, Bathurst Street, Hobart. View of the interior (looking down over the pews towards dais and railed chancel, hanging lamp and windows (which are overexposed and faint). Now "The Playhouse"

Photograph of bush scenes round Mt Wellington, Fern Tree and Cascade

Photograph of bush scenes round Mt Wellington, Fern Tree and Cascade

Photograph of bush scenes round Mt Wellington, Fern Tree and Cascade

Photograph of the new Waterworks, Hobart showing water channel through bush.

Photograph taken "On the Huon Road, Hobarton". Man standing by rough fence looking at bush (faded).

Photograph of People's Park Strahan, initialed "J M W". Glossy print, amateurishly mounted

Photograph of Huon Road, Hobart showing wide, graded dirt road, fence, and gum tree. Glossy print, amateurishly mounted.

Photograph of ferns and small waterfall, Hobart. Glossy print, amateurishly mounted.

Mounted photograph of a view of Hobart from West Hobart, showing the tower of old St. David's Cathedral

Photograph of taken around Cascades, Mount Wellington, Fern Tree Bower.

Collection of 3 photographs. A young man, wearing high collar and lilies of the valley in buttonhole; young lady with long hair, sailor type hat with flower and feather, white collar; young lady with hair combed back from face, white front on dark dress with bunched shoulders, tucked sleeves and bodice.

Photograph of Joan and Ursula Walker, daughters of John Ridley Walker (1847-1915) and Adah Caroline Giblin. Ursula seated at garden table, Joan standing behind, with cat.

Photographs of Maatsuyker Island located 5.5 kilometres off the south coast of Tasmania. The island comprises part of the Southwest National Park and is a Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. The Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, the southernmost Australian lighthouse, is located on the southern tip of the island

Photographs of Lake St. Clair at the southern end of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. Is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair area was declared a scenic reserve in 1922, a wildlife reserve in 1927, a national park in 1947 and a world heritage area from 1982.

Miscellaneous papers of Edward Octavius Cotton. Includes: incomplete letter headed "Brock's Buildings" addressed "Dear
Edward" from Quaker woman, ?relative: Harry, many condemned her, many afraid to side with her for fear of grieving Ma, young man looking for job in Melbourne but might go to New Zealand after writing to Uncle Thomas Lidbetter, Arthur had called at Uncle A.G. Pollard's (11.3.81 }; incomplete letter from "Earlham": E.0.C. could not have made better choice [of bride], Helen Grueber had been "one of my patients" when others despaired of her, Lincoln and Duke broken in for ploughing, foster care for Ruby and foal, 3.6.1881 (letter incomplete from ? Edith c. daughter of John and Mary Ann (Wills) Cotton); notes for obituary of Francis Cotton 1883; draft letters
or articles, including: "national recreation grounds", "Quakerism"; typed article for the Courier, "The Schoutens" by E.0.C. 1905; poem, "Meredith Fishery Bay 1879"; note about income: "just manage to keep out of debt and provide my family with the bare necessaries of life ... more than 99 out of 100 farmers can say" 1895; New Year card: "Edward with Helen's love"; notebook containing miscellaneous memoranda in pencil, including "metallic shingles", paints needed, expenses, shorthand notes, verse on "passing of the sweetest soul", etc. (no name but probably by E.O. Cotton ). Also printed book transferred to Library: "Curfew must not ring tonight" (verse and illustrations, John Walker & Co. London, printed in Holland} inscribed ms: "with Helen's love to Edward" 1888 .

Undated letter from Mary Spencer (nee Grueber) to her sister Helen

Undated music: ms extracts from "Lilli Lilli" and "Auld lang syne", marked ms. W.Barlow

Letters from Mabel Mary Cotton to A.T & E.F Cotton dated c 1949-1967. Includes letters from Sydney where she was nursing, letters from Kelvedon (including mention of bush fires 1967) while Mr and Mrs Cotton were over seas and some letters from Fiji. Most letters were addressed "Dear Olds", some "Dear
Nern", a few to "Frances" and one or two, c 1949, to "Dad" or "Dad & Mern". In a letter of 27 February [1967] she mentions that Doug. and Joan are letting her live in "the Doctor's old rooms" made into a flat, Doug. & Joan's son Crispin Pip just started at Hutchins School.

Coloured lantern slides. Painted pictures of flowers, views etc (or painted on photographic view): From the series "The sunflower and the sun, from life models".

Oil painting by Olive Pink of Cobbity near Camden, NSW.

McCarthy, F.D.
Australian Aboriginal Decorative Art, Australian Museum Sydney,1938

• signed by Olive Pink and annotated text by Olive Pink

Wright, Tom, New Deal for the Aborigines, Sydney
no publication date

• Two A4 display booklets with black & white photographs, Hobart & surrounds, buildings & boats
• A4 display booklet with collection of cuttings etc collected by CD in relation to books written by him and Mercury features “Echoes of the Past”
• Two Boxes of 35mm slides- Zinc Works -late 1960’s early 1970’s
• One box 35mm Slides – Ferntree pre & post 1967 bush fires
• Small black & white photos of Myrtle Gully ( South Hobart ) taken late 1950’s
• Three small (A5) photo albums – unidentified subjects - some photos Hobart
• B/W printed booklet by CJD “Tour to Port Arthur”
• Newspapers – Mercury Jan 1 2000, September 11 attach, Aug 16 1945 – VP day, 660 years of Norske Skog, 1901 Commonwealth of Australia - Day of Inauguration Jan 1 1901

Slides taken by Greg Dickenson of Tall Ships in Hobart in 1988, Tasmanian maritime craft , Tasmanian railway stations, Tasmanian scenes and buildings

Glass plates – Boxed glass plates & celluloid – most unnamed, box of unexposed plates. Glass plates of the West Coast – some named

Collection of 35mm slides taken by Hal Wyatt of Tasmanian scenes South West , Mt Field, Barn bluff etc