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Between 1989 and 1991 Macpherson drew the cartoons anonymously for the Samoa Observer. While working for the Department of Education, Western Samoa he created and edited Our World Too, a newsletter for young people in Samoa.

Part 1 - These papers mainly relate to Gunther’s time as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), and include some papers relating to Gunther’s time as the Director of Public Health and Assistant Administrator in Papua New Guinea. The main subject categories are:

1. Political papers dealing with the period before independence in Papua New Guinea (folders 1-13)
2. Political papers pertaining to independence (folders 14-17)
3. Economic papers – Waigani papers (folders 18-20)
4. Economic papers – Bougainville papers (folders 32-34)
5. Education papers (folders 35-110)
6. Personal papers (folders 112-118)
7. Administrative papers (folders 119-136)

Part 2 - These papers document many aspects of Gunther’s administration of public health in Papua New Guinea (folders 137-239). They include Gunther’s files on various health issues, including malaria, leprosy, scrub typhus, nutrition, kuru and tuberculosis. Also includes papers on medical education, the Mount Lamington volcanic eruption and the South Pacific Commission.

This collection was held by many years by Archaeology and Natural History, and listed and given numerical designations at least twice. Materials have been received from many individuals associated with the department over the years, and within those materials there may be the work of more scholars, as it seems academics shared their work widely. The list below is not meant to be exhaustive, but based on a preliminary survey of the materials, seems to be a list of those who gave their records to the department for safekeeping which are now at the archives:
Allen, Harry
Allen, Jim
Ambrose, Wallace R.
Antcliff, Peter
Anderson, Adholl
Baker, Richard
Barnett, Gary
Beaton, Jim
Beck, Wendy
Burton, John
Christensen, Ole
Clarke, Goeffrey R. [sic]
Coates, D.
Crosby, E.
Dunnett, Gary
Fredericksen, Clayton
Gillieson, D.
Glover, I.
Golland, Klim
Golson, Jack
Gooder, D. A.
Gosden, Chris
Gorecki, P.
Green, Mike
Groube, Les
Harris, J. B.
Hope, J.
Horton, David
Hughes, Philip
Irwin, Geoff
Isaac, Glynn
Johnson, Ian
Jones, Rhys
Lilley, Ian
Luebbers, Roger
Lampert, Ron
McArthur, Norma
McEldonwney, Holly
McElroy, S.
Mulvaney, D. J.
Packard, Paul
Penhold, M.
Poulsen, Jens
O'Connell, J.
Ottino, P.
Ranson, D.
Rhoads, J.
Roe, David
Rye, Owen
Specht, Jim
Spennemann, Dirk H. R.
Stockton, Jim
Thompson, J.
Thorne, A. G.
Vanderwal, Ron
Wahome, Ephraim
Webb, Stephen
White, J. P.
Williams, E.
Witter, Dan
Wurm, Stephen A.
Yen, Doug