The four binders contain carbon copies of letters and cables sent by EH Clark, the Administrative officer to December 1951, then R Mathews the Administrative Officer to January 1953, and then Joan Morrish, Secretary. The correspondence is mainly to ANU staff in Canberra particularly the Registrar RA Hohnen and the Assistant Accountant l Bellingham, members of the Academic Advisory Council located in the United Kingdom, and staff recruited there, and relates to recruitment of staff, accommodation, payment of salaries and allowances, and the purchase of equipment for the University. There is a short history of the London Office at the front of the first binder dated 30 November 1960.