Letters

Containers:

Box 5

Component identifier:

Series 11

Content Summary:

Preserved in this Series are a number of complimentary letters from colleagues, readers and contacts, principally written in response to his retirement in 1978. Also included is a short signed recommendation for one of his books from Barry Humphries; a brief letter from John Passmore, containing some thoughts on morality; and three letters from his sister, Shirley, written in the early-mid 1970s.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The National Library of Australia received the papers of well-known Australian journalist and humourist Ross Campbell as a donation from his widow Ruth in May 1989.

Names:

Ross Campbell

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