Series AA 52/1 includes Campbell's diaries and field notes relating to his archaeological and anthropological fieldwork in South Australia and interstate. These are filed in chronological order in a ring-back folder (AA 52/1/1):

1. Handwritten diary by Campbell of his 1920 trip to Cooper Creek. Campbell and his companions Prof Frederick Wood Jones (AA 379) and Prof TGB Osborn (AA 796) travelled via train to Marree and then via horse and camel buggies to Clayton Bore, Dulkaninna, Blaze's Well, Dead Man's Hole (on Cooper Creek) and Killalpaninna Station. The diary includes brief descriptions of artefact scatters and other Aboriginal sites investigated by Campbell, and references to two Aboriginal men, Camel Dick, who was living on Cooper Creek, and Herman, who was living near Killalpaninna.
   
   
2. Black notebook labeled '1st trip Cooper Creek Diary and notes on implements'. This notebook includes a handwritten copy of Campbell's diary for the 1920 trip to Cooper Creek, his handwritten observations relating to stone artefact typology in the Cooper Creek area, and notes on stone implements transcribed from George Horne & George (Poddy) Aiston (1879 - 1943) book Savage life in Central Australia (1924) and other published sources.
   
   
3. Handwritten diary by Campbell of his expedition to Millers Creek in August 1921 with Professor Wood Jones (AA 379) and Dr Pulleine.They travelled to Kingoonya by train on 11 August and then continued by car via Bon Bon and Mt Eba to Millers Creek, where they arrived on the following day. Campbell and his colleagues, accompanied by an Aboriginal man from the station, George Mitchell, collected some stone artefacts from sites near the homestead and others from a waterhole on Woodchopper Creek, about 10 km from the homestead. Notes accompanying some of the photographs taken on this expedition (see Series 6) identify George Mitchell as the 'son of the last king of the Kukata tribe' (Kokatha). The party moved on 15 August to Woolnomulla Waterhole on Millers Creek where they camped for several days. George Mitchell camped with them and showed them a number of Aboriginal campsites nearby where they collected additional artefacts. On 19 August they returned to Millers Creek homestead via Bamboo Swamp and stayed there for several days. The diary finishes abruptly on 22 August - the subsequent pages appear to be missing. Campbell and his colleagues evidently left Millers Creek on 22 August and travelled by car eastwards to visit some of the mound springs, including Coward Springs, The Bubbler and Blanche Cup, and then travelled by train back to Adelaide (see photos in Series 6). On the last few pages of the diary, Campbell records a number of Aboriginal words for stone artefacts, presumably obtained from George Mitchell, and some brief notes on tooth avulsion and Aboriginal food sources.
   
   
4. Handwritten diary by Campbell of his expedition to Stuart Range in August 1923 with Frederick Wood Jones and his wife and Gordon Jacobs. They left Adelaide by train on 16 August and travelled to Kingoonya and then by car via Mt Eba to the Stuart Range opal field, where they arrived on 18 August. Over the next few days they made a number of short trips out from the opal field, collecting Aboriginal stone artefacts, insects and fauna specimens and samples of opal for the Museum. During these trips they visited Brumby Creek and Carringallana Waterhole where they met some Aboriginal people, including George Mitchell. They departed Stuart Range on 21 August and camped for several days at 20 Mile Waterhole on Carringallana Creek, where they collected some artefacts from nearby sites. Campbell and his party then returned to Stuart Range and spent several days collecting in that area. They then travelled back to Mt Eba via Mt Sandy and The Twins. They arrived at Mt Eba on 28 August where they obtained some anthropometric data on two of the Aboriginal men there, George Mitchell and Sugar Billy, and collected stone artefacts from campsites near the homestead and others near Lookout Sandhills. Campbell and Wood Jones also obtained anthropometric data on other Aboriginal people there, including Long Fred and Dorothy, and some of the 'Tarcoola blacks' who were camped there, Jenny, Edie and Charlie. They departed for Kingoonya on 31 August and travelled from there by train back to Adelaide, where they arrived the following day.
   
   
5. Handwritten diary by Campbell of his trip to Flinders Island in January 1924, accompanied by Edgar Ravenswood Waite (AA 356), Wood Jones, Eldridge and others. The diary includes observations of the geology and natural history of the island and includes references to collecting insects, lizards and other faunal specimens for the South Australian Museum.
   
   
   
6. Handwritten notes by Campbell on the return trip from Pandie-Pandie (1926), via Goyder Lagoon, Mt Gason, Mungerannie, New Well, Kopperamanna, Dulkaninna, Clayton Bore and Marree.
   
   
7. Campbell's brief typescript diary of trip to western South Australia with Sir Aubrey Julian Lewis (1900 - 1975) in 1926. The two men left Adelaide on 7 May and travelled by train to Wilgena. From there they travelled to Kingoonya and recorded some vocabulary from Aboriginal people at a camp at Mullamulla. They then continued on to Ooldea, where they arrived on 12 May. At Ooldea Siding they met Miss Brown (a missionary attached to the Bush Church Aid Society) and Daisy Bates (AA 23). Olive Pink, described as 'an artist', was visiting Daisy Bates at that time. At the siding, Campbell and Lewis obtained some anthopometric data from some of the Aboriginal people present, recorded ethnographic data and also did some cine-filming and recording of songs. They also visited Ooldea Soak and collected some stone artefacts there. They left Ooldea by train on 20 May and arrived back in Adelaide the following day.
   
   
8. 'Notes of 1926 Ooldea trip with A. Lewis'. This item comprises handwritten notes recorded by Campbell from Aboriginal people at Wilgena and Ooldea, including notes on the songs recorded during the trip and details of cine-filming, notes on Aboriginal diet, tooth avulsion, fire-making and other customs. The notes include references to an Aboriginal man, Tommy Ridge, at Wilgena and other Aboriginal people at Ooldea who sang songs for Campbell and Lewis, including Tommy, Billy, Sonny, Long Jimmy, Dingy, Jackie, Charlie and Maudie.
   
   
9. Handwritten notes by Campbell on the return trip from the Board for Anthropological Research's (AA 436) Diamantina Expedition (1934).
   
   
10. Handwritten diary in a black notebook, 'A brief account of the two weeks trip of the South Australian Govt Leichhardt Search Party, August 1938'. The party included TD Campbell, Charles Percy Mountford (AA 228), Sir Archibald Grenfell Price (1892 - 1977) and the Oodnadatta policeman, JA Francis. Rex Lowe, the lessee of Mt Dare Station, who had reported the discovery of human skeletons thought to be those of Ludwig Leichhardt (1813 - 1845) and his companions on the edge of the Simpson Desert, also accompanied the expedition. Campbell and his companions from Adelaide travelled to Abminga Siding by train and then by vehicle to Bloods Creek Station and Mt Dare Station, where they arrived on 20 August. There Campbell and Mountford talked to some of the local Aboriginal people, including Old Carbine, while waiting for other members of the party to arrive. Three Aboriginal men from Mt Dare, Jack, Drummer and Jacko, accompanied the expedition as guides. They travelled east along the Finke River via Artillera Waterhole and Moorilperinna Waterhole and then on to Mt Alinerta, Weelina Waterhole and Mukarina Waterhole. From there the party continued eastwards to reach, on 23 August, the site of the skeletal material discovered by Lowe, about 10 km north-east of Ewillinna Waterhole. There they retrieved a number of human tooth fragments and other bone material, as well as several coins dating to the early 19th century and other European items. They left the site on 27 August and returned to Mt Dare, and then to Adelaide.
    
    
11. Handwritten diary by Campbell of his trip to south-east South Australia and Victoria in April 1947. The diary includes references to Aboriginal archaeological sites at Cave Range and Hood's Drift in SA, and sites in Victoria including Lake Lonsdale. In Melbourne Campbell met up with Stanley Robert Mitchell (1881 - 1963) who took Campbell to some sites in the Point Cook area, and showed him around his laboratory and collection of artefacts. During Campbell's return trip to Adelaide he collected a number of stone artefacts from sites in the Mt Gambier area. This diary was evidently compiled from the brief diary notes below.
    
    
12. Brief diary notes on trip to south-east South Australia and Victoria in April 1947.
    
    
13. Handwritten diary by Campbell of his trip with Stan Mitchell and others to collect artefacts in the Arcoona area, December 1950 to January 1951'. Includes references to sites at Bellamy Sandhills (near Wirrappa), Engine Well, Roxby Downs, Giles Hut, Lake Koolymilka, Young Lagoon, Hardy's Lagoon and Elizabeth Creek.
    
    
14. Typescript report (15 pages) entitled 'A daily record of a trip to the land of Arcoona, May-June 1950'. This report provides an account of a trip to Arcoona by Campbell and Paul Hossfeld to investigate Aboriginal campsites and artefacts in the area. On the drive up to Arcoona, Campbell and Hossfeld (AA 140) collected artefacts from a number of sites including Dempsey's Swamp (near Port Augusta) and the Bellamy Sandhills. The two men stayed with Mr Mudie, the owner of Arcoona Station, who was a keen collector of artefacts and who took them out to some of the campsites he had discovered, including sites at Lake Richardson, Elizabeth Creek, Engine Well and Winjabie Swamp. The report includes a number of photographs of landscape scenes as well as Aboriginal campsites and stone arrangements. Heavy rain during this trip necessitated Campbell and Hossfeld leaving their car at Arcoona and returning to Adelaide by train.
    
    
15. Typescript paper (6 pages) entitled 'Arcoona - a return trip, June16-20'. This paper provides a brief account of the subsequent trip by Campbell and Hossfeld to retrieve the car from Arcoona. During their brief stay at Arcoona, Campbell investigated some Aboriginal campsites at Engine Well and Paradise Well, and during the return trip to Port Augusta, Campbell and Hossfeld did some further collecting of artefacts from the Bellamy Sandhills.
    
    
16. Typescript paper (13 pages) entitled 'Another visit to the land of Arcoona, 1950 Dec-Jan 1951'. On this trip Campbell was accompanied by Stan Mitchell, 'MJB' (?) and 'GDW' (?). On the drive up to Arcoona they collected some artefacts from Dempsey's Lagoon and the Bellamy Sandhills. During their stay at Arcoona Campbell and his colleagues collected more artefacts from Aboriginal sites in the area, including Engine Well, Roxby Downs, Giles Hut, Lake Koolymilka, Young's Lagoon, Hardy's Rockhole and Hardy's Lagoon. The paper is illustrated with a number of b/w photographs of landscape scenes and Aboriginal campsites, and accompanied by a map showing the location of some of the sites examined during this and previous trips.
    
    
17. Handwritten notes on trip to Brisbane, May 1953.
    
    
18. Handwritten diary of Yuendumu trip, 1956.
    
    
19. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia with Hossfeld, January 1957.
    
    
20. Handwritten diary of Yuendumu trip, August 1957.
    
    
21. Typescript diary of Yuendumu trip, January 1958.
    
    
22. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia with Hossfeld and others, December 1958.
    
    
23. Handwritten diary of trip to Koonibba Mission, May-June 1958. During this trip Campbell recorded ethnographic and anthropometric data from Aboriginal people resident at Koonibba including Mick Chamberlain, Pompey and Sam Yarri, and visited some sites in the area including Davenport Creek.
    
    
24. Typescript diary of trip to the Grampians (Victoria) in October-November, 1959.
    
    
25. Typescript itinerary for trip to Millicent Arts Festival, March 1961.
    
    
26. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia with Hossfeld in October, 1961. Includes brief references to Aboriginal campsites at Belt Site, Bevilaqua Cliff, Kongorong, Lake Bonney and other sites.
    
    
27. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia in December, 1961. Includes brief references to Aboriginal campsites at Belt Site, Mayurra and other sites.
    
    
28. Typescript diary by Campbell entitled 'Government Party inspection visit to Millicent. May 16, 17, 18 1962'. The diary provides details of the trip, which included visits to Bevilaqua Cliff, Canunda Sandhills, Mayurra and other archaeological sites.
    
    
29. Typescript diary of trip to Giles Meteorological Station, July-August 1962. Campbell and his companions travelled via Port Augusta and Woomera to Granite Downs and then on via Mulga Park, Mt Davies and Wingellina to Giles, in the Rawlinson Range. From there, they continued on to the Walter James Range and Cummings Gorge. Campbell's diary includes some observations of Aboriginal people in the Giles area, and some references to archaeological sites. The party left Giles and travelled south to Mt Lindsay in the southern part of South Australia's North-West Aboriginal Reserve. On the way there, they met some Aboriginal people, including Tommy Dodd, near Mt Davies and the party then continued on to Mt Lindsay. Campbell and Hossfeld investigated an Aboriginal painting site there and the whole party then travelled back to the Mann Range, and then eastwards through the Musgrave Range to Cave Hill, Mt Woodroofe, Mitchell's Knob, Musgrave Park and Ernabella. From there they returned to Adelaide via Kenmore Park, Coober Pedy, Mt Eba and Woomera.
    
    
30. Handwritten diary of 1962 expedition to Giles Meteorological Station, covering the period from 9-15 August.
    
    
31. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia with Robert Edwards (AA 83) in December, 1962. Includes references to Aboriginal campsites at Belt Site, Mayurra, Blackfellows' Caves and other sites.
    
    
32. Typescript diary of trip to Millicent Arts Festival, March 1963, with Hossfeld. Includes references to archaeological sites at Bevilaqua Cliff, Blackfellows' Caves, the Belt Site and Cape Martin.
    
    
33. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia, in April 1963, with Hossfeld and Bob Edwards. Includes references to archaeological excavation at Mt Burr rockshelter.
    
    
34. Typescript diary of Yuendumu filming expedition, May-June 1963.
    
    
35. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia, in July 1963, with Hossfeld. Includes brief references to archaeological excavation at Mt Burr rockshelter.
    
    
36. Typescript diary of trip to Victoria in October 1963 to attend a conference in Melbourne.
    
    
37. Typescript diary of trip to Hermannsburg Mission (Northern Territory) in October-November 1963.
    
    
38. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia, in December 1963, with Hossfeld and Edwards, to continue excavation of the Mt Burr rockshelter site. Also includes brief references to other sites including Bevilaqua Cliff.
    
    
39. Typescript diary of trip to Pitcairn Station, east of Peterborough, in January 1964 with Edwards. Includes brief references to Aboriginal rock engraving sites and campsites at Nackara Springs and Winninninnie.
    
    
40. Typescript diary of trip to Arcoona in February 1964 with Edwards and Dermot Casey (AA 54). Includes brief references to Aboriginal campsites at Bluff Paddock, Roxby Downs, Young's Lagoon, Diamond Dam and Engine Well.
    
    
41. Handwritten diary of trip to south-east South Australia in March-April 1964, with Hossfeld, to continue excavation of the Mt Burr rock shelter site. Also includes brief references to archaeological excavation at Bevilaqua Cliff.
    
    
42. Brief typescript diary of trip to Tallaringa Well in the Great Victoria Desert in April-May 1964.
    
    
43. Brief typescript diary of trip to Florina Station (near Olary) with Edwards and G Lawton (AA 672) in June 1964, including references to Aboriginal engraving sites at 'D. D. Paddock', Snake Hill and Oulina Park and Aboriginal campsite at Canewood Station.
    
    
44. Brief typescript diary of trip to Arcoona with Prof. Robertson in June 1964. Includes references to Aboriginal campsites at Arcoona, Roxby Downs, Diamond Dam, Oak Dam and Elizabeth Creek.
    
    
45. Typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia in April 1965. Includes brief references to the Mt Burr rockshelter site and other sites at Mayurra, Cape Banks and Bevilaqua Cliff.
    
    
46. Brief typescript diary of trip to Leigh Creek (Flinders Ranges) in February-March 1966 with Lawton (University of Adelaide Geography Department), Crowcroft and Bob Edwards to record rock engraving sites at Sandy Creek, Deception Creek and other sites in the Flinders Ranges.
    
    
47. Brief typescript diaries of trips to Melbourne in April, May and July 1966 to work on cine-films.
    
    
48. Brief typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia in April 1966 with Hossfeld and Edwards. Includes references to Mt Burr excavation, Cape Banks, Bevilaqua Cliff and other sites.
    
    
49. Brief typescript diary of fieldtrip by Anthropological Society of South Australia in June 1966 to Panaramittee.
    
    
50. Brief typescript diary of trip to south-east South Australia in July 1966 with staff and students from University of Adelaide Geography Department. Includes references to Mt Burr excavation, Bevilaqua Cliff, Belt Site and other sites.
    
    
51. Typescript diary of 'Yuendumu Filming Expedition', August 1966. Also includes handwritten diary on loose pages, and transcription of diary in exercise book.