Collection includes correspondence, incoming and outgoing, public speeches, letters to the press, election campaign material, press clippings; also material relating to W.A. Russell, chiefly biographical clippings, and election campaign material. Both men were active in local agricultural interests. A major correspondent was Colin R. Chapman, P.R. and Research Consultant, who was active in C.W. Russell's election campaigns, and also in the interests of the A.D.U., Basic Industries Group, Aust. Growers' Wool Marketing Committee, and other pastoral and political groups. The collection includes some bulletins and handout material issued by such groups. W.A. Russell in 1923 bought and restored Jimbour House, Dalby, previously owned by Sir Joshua Bell, and now a National Trust home.
