15.15 metres(51 ms boxes + 14 map folios + 3 index boxes + 5 phase boxes + 3 large folio boxes + 1 medium folio box + 24 sound/av carriers + 1 digital carrier)
Abstract Or Scope
Contains scripts, correspondence and ephemera for numerous theatre, film, television and radio projects written or co-written by Michael Boddy, including The Legend of King O'Malley, Number 96, Hamlet on Ice, The Broken Years, Biggles, and the Cradle of Hercules, some with related art by Janet Dawson-Boddy. Also contains draft and published forms of Michael Boddy's books, newsletters and newspaper columns, many with art by Janet Dawson-Boddy, including Surviving in the Eighties, the Smallest Frog in the World, Annie's House, Beware the Squiggly Squish, Kitchen Talk Newsletter, and the Binalong Bugle; portraits of Michael Boddy by Janet Dawson-Boddy; letters from readers; material relating to Binalong history and residents including research, writing and oral history tapes created by Michael Boddy, and portraits by Janet Dawson-Boddy; diaries; Michael Boddy's index cards recording ideas and inspiration for writing; research files; and photographs, including a series taken in the Boddy's home, Scribble Rock, by Ben Walton.