Ms Clarke speaks about Melbourne society in the early 1900s; her early memories of her grandfather Alfred Deakin (Australia's 2nd Prime Minister); her travels to America in the 1920s with her family when her father Herbert Brooks was appointed Commissioner-General to the U.S.A.; her interests in music; her work as a social worker in Port Melbourne, Vic.

Comprises personal and family documents, and records of organisations concerned with health, welfare and aged care, e.g., Nappie Wash, Abbeyfield Society, Melbourne-South Yarra Group, Broadmeadows Community Health Centre, Melbourne District Health Council.