The needy and the greedy, (1974)

Containers:

Box 88-90 (MS 4887)

Component identifier:

Series 15

Content Summary:

The needy and the greedy: humorous stories of the racetrack by Hardy and jockey George Athol Mulley was published in 1975 by Libra Books, Canberra.

The papers contain a typescript copy of the manuscript, Hardy's extensive handwritten notes, and a small number of letters containing anecdotes on racing. Hardy received these from readers during 1970-1971 after his articles, under the by-line of Athol Mulley were published in Sydney newspapers, The Sun (1970) and The Daily Mirror (1971) and in Racetrack and international breeding review (1972). The series also contains a copy of the agreement dated 11 April 1968 between Mulley and Hardy, and The Sun newspaper, and Hardy's correspondence with his solicitors Murphy and Moloney, and Roy F. Turner, Jones and Co. during 1972-1973 concerning his alleged overpayment by Mirror Newspapers Limited. A xerox copy of the counter claim Hardy and Mulley v. Mirror Newspapers Limited is included.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of the writer Frank Hardy were purchased by the Library in seven consignments between 1975 and 1988.

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