The collection contains the family papers of the Neame family, namely Graham, Peter, Jennifer and Sylvia Neame, and their parents Elliott Elwin (also called 'Bobby') and Primrose Neame, as well as Maude Barlow, their maternal grandmother and mother of Primrose Neame (nee Barlow). The family historical documents and photographs also extend to the wider Barlow and Smit families.

The items in these family papers were to a large extent compiled and collected by Maude Barlow (nee Smit), and the collection was therefor arranged accordingly, even though it was subsequently deposited at Historical Paper by Graham and Sylvia Neame in 2016.

A professional singer in her youth in London (she studied under Sir Henry Wood), she returned to South Africa after the outbreak of World War I, where she opened a singing studio in Bloemfontein. Later in 1939, then living in Port Elizabeth, she started studying art, painted and modelled in clay and carved in gypsum, and exhibited widely.

A number of these photographs originate from the scrapbooks, see section C, and were either removed of got detached from the scrapbook.

Containing letters, clips, business cards, photos, concert programmes and flyers relating to Maude Barlow's singing career in the UK (Brighton) and South Africa with various orchestras; concerts for the WWI war fund; autograph by violinist Mischa Elman; family tree of the Solomon family in South Africa; letter of condolence on the death of Primrose Neame, by Arthur Barlow, dated 10 May 1956; events for the National War Fund; concert programme and clips re Mimi Coertse; photos and news clips about Mrs Henry Smit, mother of Maude Barlow, and Smit family; family photographs of Bobby Neame and his family; portrait photographs of Maude Barlow during her life; artist Dorothee Kay; Bobby and Primrose, their children and academic achievements; news magazine pages of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' for theatre, directed by Ronald Neame, (British) film maker; photograph of the Stead family, and related news clips about the Titanic; news clips of Winston Churchill's funeral, January 1965; letters of reply to Maude Barlow from the offices of Winston Churchill and General Smuts; news clips relating to Ian Smith, meetings in South Africa 1967, an the independence of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Stored in oversize folder.

Family tree, loose notes and typescripts with family history relating to the Barlow, Smit and Neame families.

Various news cuttings of Indian philosophers; the role and history of the Anglican Church in South Africa; Maude Barlow's artistic work and sculptures; family history relating to the family of Earl of Minto Viceroy of India, the Elliot and the Neame families; drawings by Maude Barlow; photos and clips relating to Graham Neame attending St Andrew's College; WWI War Memorial and photographs; publications in medical journals by Peter Neame; news clips relating to the death of W.A. Campbell and his wife Killie Campbell's collection of Africana at Muckleneuk in Durban; news clips covering the implementation of separate development (Apartheid) by the National Party, October 1961; the death of Winston Churchill; death of Killie Campbell, September 1963; new book publication by Arthur Barlow; photos and letter of admission of Peter Neame to the New York Academy of Sciences; life and work of Sophy Gray, wife of Robert Gray, the first Anglican Bishop in South Africa; photos and news clips covering the life and death of the Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII). Stored in oversize folder. Stored in oversize folder.

Relating to her artistic career, also including her inclusion in The South African Music Encyclopaedia.

Profusely illustrated.