Inwards correspondents include Vivian Jantons (?); H.W. Crittenden - with reply from Jane Marshall on behalf of AJM; E.R. Long - with reply from Jane Marshall; Brian Haire (?); George (?); Meanjin Papers; G. Stuart Watts; V. Crowley; Sidney Baker; G.W. Marsh - with reply from Jane Marshall. Outwards correspondence from AJM to Capt. H.W. Liebert 16 February 1942 - 27 May 1943. Newspaper clippings and book reviews from: The Herald , 28 February 1942; Bulletin of the Australian Association of Scientific Workers , (?) February 1943; The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 March 1942; Bendigo Advertiser , 25 February 1942; Melbourne Weekly Times , 1 April 1942; Radio 3DB Melbourne - J.G.Shain , n.d.; Newcastle Morning Herald , 23 March 1942; Sydney Country Life , 27 February 1942; Sydney Bulletin , 22 April 1942; Man , April 1942 ; Daily Mirror, 23 February 1942; The Telegraph, 28 February 1942.Also includes single page publisher's note (?) on potentially libellous passages in text of Australia Limited - with annotations (n.d.).

Includes correspondence with Clarendon Press Ltd.; Queensland Museum 8 March - 17 June 1954. Photographic reproductions of figures, maps, illustrations and pictures and some original photographs of bower-birds and environments.

Typescript and newspaper clippings of book reviews from: La Terre et la Vie , October-December 1955; Journal für Ornithologie Vol. 96 , 1955; Endeavour , July 1955; The West Australian, 4 June 1955; Biology, June 1955; Nature Vol.175 , 2 April 1955; The Ibis Vol.97 , 1 April 1955; The Countryman , Spring 1955; Oryx, March 1955 ; British Birds Vol.XLVIII , March 1955; The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 February 1955; The Times , 14 January 1955; Country Life, 30 December 1954; Adelaide News , n.d. (1954); Le Gerfant, No. 2 vol.45. Inludes reviews in typescript form from: F. Bourlière; D. Lack; Vincent Serventy; L.H. Matthews; A.H. Chisholm et al.

Copy of complete typescript; illustrations and working papers. Includes publications and journal extracts: 'Julian Huxley on T.H. Huxley' - 1945, London. (Reproduction of a BBC Broadcast); Editorial Biology and Human Affairs vol.15 October 1949.

Original typescript with annotations - including annotations from its posthumous publication c.1970.

Galley proofs and editors notes.

Newspaper clippings and Reviews from: Times Literary Supplement, 2 July 1971; The Age, 23 January 1971; The Herald, 23 January 1971; Canberra Times, 20 February 1971; Australian Church Record, 8 April 1971; The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 May 1971; The Herald, 1 May 1971; Sydney Telegraph, 5 December 1970; Western Australian News, 5 December 1970; Sunday Review, 6 December 1970; The Independent, 20 May 1971; Sun-Herald, 20 December 1970; Sunday Australian, 6 June 1971; Australian Book Review, 1 December 1970; Royal Australian Historical Society Newsletter, April 1971; The Herald, 14 January 1971.

Correspondence concerning requests for reproductions; inwards and outwards correspondence to: The Australian Museum; S. Breeden; L.J. Webb; Walkabout; Division of Wildlife Research, CSIRO. Includes annotated newspaper clippings of pictures: The Age; March (29 or 30?) 1963 and Walkabout 1 May 1949.

Inwards and outwards correspondence with: J.S. Turner; Wm. Heinemann Ltd.; L.J. Webb; T.D. Scott; W.McLaren; Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau; M. Jacobs; E. Worrell. Includes several typescript pages of radio broadcast transcript 'An Island and a Bird' 3UZ 2 June 1963; newspaper clippings from The Age 10 August 1963; and photocopies of the article 'An Account of some Peculiarities in the Anatomical Structure of the Wombat with Observations on the Female Organs of Generation' by E. Home, Philospohical Transactions of the Royal Society 1808 p.304-312.

Inwards and Outwards correspondence with: D. Wren; L.J. Webb; Wm. Heinemann Ltd.; E. Worrell; D. Fleay; The Australian; Mr Farmer; J. Turner; E. Guiler; T.D. Scott; B. Marlow; Forests Commission of Victoria; Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO; The Australian Museum; D.L. Serventy; Daily Mirror; D.H. Ashton; Walkabout; A.H. Chisholm; Country Roads Board; J.S. Turner; Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, CSIRO; J.M. Thomson; M. Marsh and John (?) - 1980 letters. Includes photocopy and press cutting: 'Save the Native Bears' The Brisbane Courier Mail 20 July 1927; Letter to editor The Herald 26 July 1964. Includes typescript: 'Mammals in the Green Belt of Sydney' (1964) by M. Marsh.

Inwards and outwards correspondence with: Wm. Heineman Ltd.; L.J. Webb; J. Turner; D.L. Serventy; S. Murray-Smith; B. Marlow; D. Fleay; S. Breeden; E. Slater; H.J. Frith. H.J. Pollock; G. Pizzey; J. Goode; Walkabout; Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO; J.W. Evans; V. Ryder; H. Hughes; J. Rhodes; Victorian Public Library; K. Hindwood; B. Morton; E. Worrell; L.M. Smith; et al.

Page proofs of plates; pp.1-32.

Page proofs for pp.1-70, 29 January 1965.

Page proofs of plates pp.1-40, 14 September 1965.

Proofs of pages 1-74; 205-211 and index.

Original photographs and reproductions. Most labelled with sources identified.

Original photographs and reproductions. Most labelled with sources identified.

Original photographs of wombat. Includes photographs of Jane and Michelle Marshall with wombat.

Original photographs; annotated and sources indicated. Includes reprinted pages from Walkabout and photographic reproductions of artwork.

Photographs omitted from original paperback edition. 10 August 1967.

Undated animal photographs.

Annotated typescripts of chapters by AJM: Ch.1 'The World of Hopkins Sibthorpe' Ch.2 'On the Disadvantages of Wearing Fur' Ch.3 'Of the Plume Trade and Emu Oil' Ch.9 'The Way Ahead'. n.d.. Includes early draft of Chapter 3.

Photocopied typescripts of chapters by AJM: Chapters 1; 2; 5 and postscript.

Annotated typescripts from other contributors: Ch.4 'The Unpopular Ones' by E. Worrell Ch.5 'River and Reef' by D. Pollard and T.G. [should be T.D.] Scott Ch.7 'The Decline of the Plants' by J.S. Turner Ch.8 'The Rape of the Forests' by L.J. Webb.

Annotated typescripts of texts to plates and illustrations: plates 1-58. Includes earlier drafts of texts to plates 1-59.

Inwards and outwards correspondence with: C. Holmes; L.J. Webb; M.L. Woods; I.S. Macphail; P.A. Wright; I. Adler; Ernst Mayr; Primary Industries Branch; Northern Territory Administration; R. Strahan; A. Jacobs; Mrs N. McCarthy; J.M. Guest; Wildlife Research Foundation; Fauna Preservation Society; Julian Huxley; Victorian National Parks Association; V. Ryder; J. McNally; M. Day et al. Book reviews and press clippings from: The Age, 28 May 1966; The Herald, 27 May 1966; The Sun, 26 May 1966; The Age, 26 May 1966; The Sun, 21 May 1966; Advertiser, 4 June 1966; The Age, 30 May 1966; Albany Advertiser, 17 June 1966; Canberra Times, 11 June 1966; The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June 1966; The Australian, 2 July 1966; Lot's Wife, 12 July 1966; Melbourne University Gazette , September 1966; Times Literary Supplement, February-March(?) 1967; The Australian, 18 November 1966; The Australian, 7 December 1966; Overlander No. 36 , May 1967

Includes inwards correspondence from M.P. Kahl; D.L. Serventy; Albert Wolfson; 29 November 1960 - 24 October, 1962. Draft manuscript (no title) on breeding habits of the Mallee Fowl; and working papers. Also contains copies of M.J.D. White 'Genetic Adaptation' - Presidential Address to Section D of ANZAAS, 20 August 1962; Albert Wolfson; 'Regulation of Annual Periodicity in the Migration and Reproduction of Birds' - Typescript; n.d. (1960).

Inwards correspondence from J.E.S. Stevens; Gavin Long; C.E.W. Bean; 8 April 1946 - 6 May 1946. Press clippings from: The Herald, 3 April 1946; Sydney Sunday Sun, 11 April 1946(?); The Sun, 21 March 1946; Daily Mirror, 18 March 1946.

Complete manuscript by AJM; dated 1946, with illustrations done in 1955 by Jane Marshall, as sent to Angus & Robertson Ltd.; 25 March 1955.

Illustrations and reproductions of artwork.

Two complete typescript manuscripts by AJM; with illustrations by Jane Marshall and corrections.

Includes extensively annotated copy of early typescript (1946); letter from County of Lanark and reprint of 'Historical Sketch' by Arthur C. Marshall; material relating to history of Mosman.