"The Lawson Family Portraits and Views", ca. 1866-1920
Comprises photographs, drawings, and cuttings, with ms. captions and annotations by Charles William Lawson, T.D. Mutch, Gertrude O'Connor (nee Lawson), and one other.

Includes: photographs of Henry Lawson, Louisa Lawson, and other family members, some signed by Henry, and places in and around Eurunderee, Mudgee, and Yanco. Pen and ink sketches by Charles Lawson of family members' residences, schools, and other buildings in Eurunderee and Golden Gully. Also includes sketch by Percy Leason for "Selected Poems of Henry Lawson".

Contents:
Title page
2a. John Albury (Henry Lawson's great-grandfather)
2b. Henry Albury (Henry Lawson's grandfather)
2c. Henry Albury
2d. Grandfather Albury at 70
2e. Grandmother Albury at 60
3a. Henry Lawson's father and mother after marriage
3b. Peter Lawson (Henry's father)
3c. Four Norwegian aunts of Henry Lawson
3d. Mrs Louisa Lawson (Henry's mother) and her daughter Gertie
4a. Mrs Louisa Lawson in 1878
4b. Mrs Louisa Lawson in 1893
4c. Mrs Louisa Lawson aged 60
4d. Charles Lawson (C.W. Lawson, brother of Henry)
5a. Gertie Lawson (Henry's sister, later Gertrude O'Connor)
5b. Gertie Lawson aged 21
5c. Peter Lawson (Henry's brother) aged 21
5d. Peter Lawson aged 40
6a. Unidentified baby, incorrectly captioned "Henry Lawson"
6b. Unidentitifed boy, possibly Joe Falconer, incorrectly captioned "Henry Lawson"
6c. Henry Lawson aged 21
7a. Henry Lawson in 1902
7b. Snapshot of Henry Lawson
8a. Eight snapshots of Henry Lawson
8b. Four snapshots of Henry Lawson with J.F. Archibald, inscribed in Lawson's hand "G.R. from Henry Lawson"
9a. Henry Lawson and his cottage at Yanco, 1916-1917
9b. Dorrington and Lawson
10a. Jim Lawson (Henry's son) aged 18 months
10b. Snapshot of Henry Lawson
10c. Snapshot of Henry Lawson
10d. Jim Lawson aged 2 years
11a. Joe Falconer, the original of "Joe Wilson"
11b. Joseph Simpson, friend of Henry Lawson
12. Drawing by Percy Leason of Eurunderee
13. Eurunderee, early home of Henry Lawson
15a. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of residence, post office and store at Eurunderee
15b. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of Peter Lawson's first hut at Eurunderee in Golden Gully
15c. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of residence, post office and store at Eurunderee
16a. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of old bark provisional school at Eurunderee attended by Henry Lawson
16b. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of old bark provisional school at Eurunderee
16c. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of Peter Lawson's first hut at Golden Gully
17a. Untitled drawing by C.W. Lawson
17b. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of residence, post office and store at Eurunderee
17c. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of residence, post office and store at Eurunderee
18a. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of Peter Lawson's first hut at Golden Gully
18b. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of Peter Lawson's first hut at Golden Gully
18c. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of old bark provisional school at Eurunderee
19a. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of another Lawson residence at Eurunderee, the kitchen of Jack Johnson's Old Public House
19b. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of Lawson residence, the kitchen of Jack Johnson's Old Public House at Eurunderee
19c. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of Lawson residence, the kitchen of Jack Johnson's Old Public House at Eurunderee
20a. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of old bark provisional school at Eurunderee
20b. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of Lawson residence, the kitchen of Jack Johnson's Old Public House at Eurunderee
20c. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of 138 Phillip Street, Sydney
20d. Drawing by C.W. Lawson of "Charles William Lawson going for the cows"
21a. Right-hand back view of Lawson residence, the kitchen of Jack Johnson's Old Public House at Eurunderee
21b. Right-hand back view of Lawson residence, the kitchen of Jack Johnson's Old Public House at Eurunderee
21c. View from Post Office towards Lawson residence
22a. Mudgee saleyards
22b. [Indecipherable name] Old Shop where the Lawsons sold all their produce
22c. The Lonely Crossing
23a. Left-hand view of the house
23b. Front of cottage
24a. Cottage where the Lawson children were reared
24b. Cottage where the Lawson children were reared
24c. Cottage where the Lawson children were reared
24d. Cottage where the Lawson children were reared
24e. Cottage where the Lawson children were reared
24f. Cottage where the Lawson children were reared
24g. Cottage where the Lawson children were reared
25a. The spot in Golden Gully where Peter Lawson (Henry's father) proposed marriage to Louisa Albury
25b. The only building left in Golden Gully
25c. Golden Gully
25d. Golden Gully
26a. Eurunderee Public School, built by Peter Lawson
26b. Name plate of Eurunderee Public School
26c. Another view of Eurunderee Public School
26d. Shed on the grounds of Eurunderee Public School
26e. News cutting about plans to build Eurunderee Public School, undated
27a. Mudgee river flats
27b. Road across the Mudgee river flats towards Eurunderee
27c. Mudgee river flats
27d. Mudgee river flats
27e. Mudgee river flats
27f. Mudgee river flats
28a. Henry Lawson's favourite view from Cox's verandah
28b. Eurunderee School of Arts and Public Hall [?]
28c. View from road close to Lawson home [?]
28d. Eurunderee School of Arts and Public Hall [?]
28e. View from road close to Lawson home [?]
29a. Two Mudgee farmers
29b. Two Mudgee farmers
29c. Eurunderee Post Office
29d. Eurunderee Post Office
30a. View of the Mudgee River close to the old Lawson home
30b. View of the Mudgee River close to the old Lawson home
30c. View of the Mudgee River close to the old Lawson home
30d. View of the Mudgee River close to the old Lawson home
30e. View of the Mudgee River close to the old Lawson home
31a. The old gaol at Mudgee
31b. A few doors down from Albury Cottage
31c. The Miners Arms, an old inn at Mudgee
31d. House where Henry Albury reared his family
32a. Public School, Mudgee
32b. St Mary's Church, Mudgee
32c. St John's Church, Mudgee
33a. Holyoak Bridge, Mudgee
33b. Market Street, Mudgee, and St John's Church, Mudgee
33c. Mudgee Hospital, and view of Mudgee looking east
33d. Church Street, Mudgee, and Holyoak Bridge, Mudgee

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Volume 255a: Angus & Robertson pictorial material - The Lawson Family Portraits and Views, ca. 1866-1920, compiled ca. 1920

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