Historical information
A valuable insight into the genesis of Melbourne Legacy, as well as the life and work of the founder of Melbourne Legacy, Lieut Gen Sir Stanley George Savige KBE, CB, DSO, MC, ED (1890 - 1954).
The notation H5 in red pen shows that it was part of the archive project that was trying to capture the history of Legacy (late 1960s/early 1970s by Frank Doolan and Brian Armstrong- see item at 00456). A lot of other documents relating to the History file of the original archive are stored from 01475 onwards.
Significance
Earliest extant Constitution of Melbourne Legacy, identified by J.H.B. Armstrong (Brian) who organised to obtain it from the Savige archives kept by his daughter, Mrs Gwen Walters.
Physical description
Letter dated 22 March 1968 blue letterhead, blue handwritten ink
Faded white foolscap copy paper, purple carbon imprint, black ink or pencil handwritten annotations. Unsigned, undated.
Inscriptions & markings
00473.1 Signed Legatee Brian Armstrong
00473.2 Annotations by Sir Stanley Savige in ink.