This collection of papers has been arranged into the following series: I. Correspondence, 1905-1961, business and personal. Major correspondents include Larry Chaplin, Joan Hendry, Enid Morton (Acting Secretary Mary Gilmore Awards), Hilda Brotherton (President Brisbane Writers Guild), Marjorie Hancock (Deputy Librarian Mitchell Library, Sydney), Dame Sybil Thorndike and Walter J. Hucker (Director Air Programs Australia). II. Dame Mary Gilmore's writings. This includes manuscripts and draft typescript of addresses, articles, letters to editors, poetry and other writings. III. Newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed material, publications and miscellaneous papers, 1902-1962. Included is a copy of a guide to the Mitchell Library's holding of Gilmore papers.

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