The fonds consists of synopses of lectures about Australian literature prepared by critic and poet Tom Inglis Moore. The notes were obtained by Scott in 1954-55 when he took Tom Inglis Moore's course in literature at the Canberra University College, Australia (now part of the Australian National University). Tom Inglis Moore pioneered the study of Australian literature as a subject, and 1954-55 was the first year any Australian university or college offered such a course.