Ian Heads research, personal papers and photographs relating to sports

fonds

1918-2021, predominant 1980-2019

Textual Records, Clippings, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Posters, Ephemera, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

9675807

4.36 metres of textual material (22 boxes and 2 outsize boxes), includes photographs
2221 photographic prints - chiefly black & white
195 negatives - colour - 35 mm
117 slides - colour - 35 mm
5 transparencies - chiefly colour
31 audiocassettes (39 hr. 32 min.)
1 audio disc (1 hr.) - CD - 12 cm

Ian Heads OAM (1943- ) is an historian, journalist, commentator, and author. He has covered Australian sport since the early 1960s as a sportswriter for newspapers and magazines such as Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, Rugby League Week, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun-Herald and was editor of Rugby League Week from 1981-1987. He has authored or co-authored over 50 books covering Rugby League, Tennis, Cricket, and the Olympic Games. As a cadet journalist Heads was mentored by Phil Tressider, Ernie Christensen, Mike Gibson, and Tom Goodman (a good friend of Sir Donald Bradman).

Reference:
Library correspondence file

SERIES 1
Ian Heads research and personal papers

SERIES 2
Ian Heads sports photographs

SERIES 3
Oral history interviews with leading figures in Australian sport, conducted by Ian Heads

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