Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500313Scope and ContentReports, correspondence and supporting material concerning pre publication libel research and legal advice on The Whole Woman, prepared by Martin Soames, Biddle & Co, with responses and comments by GG. Detailed responses by GG are included in letter to Marianne Velmans, 6 November 1998. Folder contains copies of lawyer's reports: [A]: typescript titled "Libel Report: the Whole Woman" by Germaine Greer, 24 August 1998, and 2 photocopies of [A], labelled [B] and [C] (title page is missing from [B] and [C]), all annotated with GG comments; laser print of typescript titled "The Whole Woman Lawyers' queries AKA 'comments' Author' s Response", undated, appears to be final version of draft responses; subsequent Soames' queries with GG responses and supporting documentation, mainly press clippings. At front of folder is a continuous facsimile sheet (6 pages) containing request from Emma Boam to photograph GG for a photographic study on women achievers to be published in The Independent and queries from Connie Hallam her work on copyright permissions. Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Marianne Velmans, Doubleday; Martin Soames, Biddle & Co; Emma Boam; Simon Kelner, The Independent; Connie Hallam, Bookworks. Subjects: The Whole Woman; Libel and slander; Publishers and publishing; Authors and publishers; CopyrightAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0029
Greer, Germaine, The Whole Woman - Biddle & Co (24 August 1998-20 November 1998), [UMA-ITE-2014004500313]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344283
