The collection includes correspondence, drafts, notes, notebooks, research material and photographs. The papers provide an extensive record of Miller's works, dating from his poetry and prose writings at University in the 1960s. Early papers in the collection reflect Miller's interest in and involvement with the performing arts, particularly the Melbourne theatre scene in the 1970s to early 1980s. The collection includes correspondence, drafts and working papers for the dramas Kitty Howard (1978), Exiles (1981) 'Armageddon is next Wednesday' [1984], and 'Getting back to what' [1984]. There is also comprehensive documentation regarding the development and publication of the novels Watching the climbers on the mountain (1988), The Tivington Nott (1989), The ancestor game (1992) and The sitters (1995).
