Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500470Scope and ContentCorrespondence concerning commissioning, editing and publication of The Boy. Includes Memorandum of Agreement, 11 December 2001, between Thames and Hudson Ltd and Germaine Greer, annotated by GG, unsigned; subsequent correspondence on editing and publication of The Boy. Many emails and letters concerning picture selection and captioning, including laser print of 16 page typescript by GG, 4 December 2002, containing "List of pictures with scores out of ten and suggested dropees". Folder also includes laser print of 2 page typescript of exhibition proposal by GG, "The Boy: an exhibition" and related correspondence; proofs of proposed jacket cover (2 versions); correspondence re publicity and overseas editions. Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Jamie Camplin, Thames & Hudson; Ayesha Karim-Khan, Gillon Aitken, Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); John Eley; Helen Farr, Thames & Hudson; Lesley Shaw, Gillon Aitken; Jenny Wilson, Thames & Hudson; Alessandra Sauven, Thames & Hudson; Wendy Gay, Thames & Hudson; Michelle Brasington, Thames & Hudson (Australia); Johanna Neurath, Thames & Hudson. Subjects: The Boy; The Beautiful Boy; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Young men in art; Copy editing; Authors and publishers; Publishing contracts; Publicity; ExhibitionsAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0041
Greer, Germaine, The Boy - Jacket and Production (19 November 2001-22 July 2004), [UMA-ITE-2014004500470]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344440
