A box of index cards used by Winston Burchett to record his basic research on East Melbourne. There are 1,954 cards containing handwritten and typed notes as well as photographs taken by Burchett. There are some panoramic photographs taken from the top of the Hilton Hotel and the Mercy Hospital. Otherwise the cards are specific to individual houses, buildings, or terraces. They are ordered by street and house number.

The cards have been catalogued here by suburb, street and street number or number range. In most cases there are several cards pertaining to an individual catalogue item.