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The collection comprises a biography of Dudley George Tong (1887-1973), an Australian of Chinese heritage, who served in World War I, 21 Battalion AIF and was later committed to Mayday Hills Asylum in Beechworth for over 40 years. The biography was created by Eileen Clark on behalf of the Beechworth Cemetery Trust, who sought an application to the Department of Veteran Affairs for Tong's grave to be marked to commemorate his war service. The biography includes details of Tong's family and medical history and his military service plus a photograph of his headstone.
MS 4809 comprises personal and business correspondence, cuttings, notes, diaries, photographs, notebooks and reviews of some of Humphrey McQueen's books. There is also research material, drafts and typescripts relating to A new Britannia (1975), Social sketches of Australia, 1888-1975 (1978), The black swan of trespass (1979), Gone tomorrow (1982), Social sketches (1991), Tokyo world (1991), Japan to the rescue (1991), Tom Roberts (1996), Suspect history (1997), Temper democratic (1998) and The essence of capitalism (2002). The collection also includes papers relating to McQueen's activities as a visiting lecturer and to the 1998 exhibition and conference "Typically? Australian" held at the Brisbane City Gallery.The major correspondents include Neil Beckhaus, Ruth Blair, Clem Christesen, Peter Curtis, Jenny Darling (McQueen's agent), Tom Fitzgerald, Dorothy Green, Nick Jose, Joan Kerr, Henry Mayer, Brian Laver, Kathy Lette, Caroline Lurie, Stephen McDonald, Ben McGuire, Judy McQueen, Nicholas Pounder, Graham Rowlands and Walter Struve. The subjects of the correspondence include McQueen's work as a freelance writer, book reviewer, art critic and independent scholar, his travels, comments on politics, operas, concerts, art exhibitions, books he read and personal news (101 boxes, 1 fol. item).The Acc10.152 instalment consists of typescripts (some annotated), correspondence, newspaper clippings and ephemera. Significant projects include Hiding to nothing (collaboration with Tony Twigg, Sarah de Jong and Euan Upston); Only joking: a play in two acts; A framework of flesh: Builders' Labourers battle for health and safety; A new Britannia; Social sketches of Australia; and, the Socialist Alliance. Significant correspondents include Bernard Smith, Judy McQueen, Walter Struve, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Christos Tsiolkas, Kathy Lette, Caroline Lurie, Jack Mundey, Lindsay Fraser, Kathy Bail, Greg Mackie and Ruth Blair (6 boxes).The Acc16.001 instalment consists of an unpublished novel typescript on Tom Roberts, appointments diaries, and correspondence.The Acc18.097 instalment consists of personal and work correspondence between Humphrey McQueen and others, drafts of papers to be published, and radio scripts.The Acc21.016 instalment consists of correspondence with Bruce McFarlane (weekly exchanges), Ted Reithmuller, Peter Lyssiotis. General correspondence including with the ABC. Copies of speeches and a living obituary for Bruce McFarlane.
The Status for Women in the Philosophy Profession (SWiPP) of the Australasian Association of Philosophy offered their historical records of women's struggle for inclusion in the philosophy profession. The collection of documents consists of reports from SWiPP regarding the extreme difficulties women in the industry face, correspondence regarding the implementation of active measures to include and champion both women doing philosophy and feminist philosophy as a sub-discipline, as well as conference pamphlets dating back to 1982. There are 149 A4 pages of text, and the remaining 54 are printed in booklet format. All are printed on standard white paper, excluding the covers of 2/3 booklets, which are red and orange/pink respectively.