Historical information

Letter dated 1 Nov 1957 from W.B. Russell to Mr Cooper (Chair of Biography Committee) reporting on his progress with the writing of "There Goes a Man". The work so far involved research and writing a draft of the first few chapters, and he notes that despite the 50 hours per week he is allocating to his Departmental duties, he has been able to keep fairly close to his target of spending 36 hours a week on the book.

Significance

Part of the story of how the book 'There goes a Man' came to be created.

Physical description

White paper with black type of a letter from WB Russell to Legacy about the progress of the biography he was writing about Stanley Savige.

Inscriptions & markings

Signed W.B. Russell in blue ink, annotated in pencil: 'Shown to J.G. Gillespie 30.11.57'