MS Acc05.103 comprises papers relating to Legge's publications on Indonesia, Sukarno and the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and to Legge's professional engagements and role on various boards and committees (2 boxes, 7 cartons).
The Acc07.139 instalment comprises correspondence, 1948-1999, general files on the Rockefeller Foundation, Singapore Foundation of South East Asia, and the Asian Studies Association of Australia, and Legge's Indonesian diaries from 1956 (20 boxes).
The Acc11.084 instalment comprises research notes and papers pertaining to Legge's early studies, his role in the development of Australian academia in the area of Asian studies at various universities and his work on the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board. It includes substantial correspondence files covering the period 2000-2010. Also of note: papers pertaining to the State Library/Museum of Victoria Building Advisory Committee, notes relating to the symposium on Max Crawford's School of History and notes on the formation of the Herb Feith Foundation (11 boxes).
The Acc13.162 instalment comprises papers relating to Monash University's Centre of Southeast Asian Studies publications, University of Sydney Advisory Committee, the formation of the Herb Feith Foundation, Victorian State Library Advisory Committee, "Democracy in Indonesia" Conference 1992, lecture notes and personal references (2 boxes).
Historian and academic. Professor John Legge (AO) was foundation Chair of History at Monash University in 1960 and served in that position until 1977. From 1978 to 1986 he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and from 1964 until 1986 he chaired the Monash Centre of Southeast Asian Studies. In 1987-1993 he was an executive member on the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board. Legge's main area of interest has been Indonesian history. His published works include, Central authority and regional autonomy in Indonesia: a study in local administration, 1950-1960 (1961), Sukarno: a political biography (1972, 1985 and 2003), and, Intellectuals and nationalism in Indonesia: a study of the following recruited by Sutan Sjahrir in Occupation Jakarta (1988). The John Legge Prize for Research Excellence was established in 2002, with funds donated by alumni of the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, in honour of John Legge, Emeritus Professor of History and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, 1978-1986, at Monash University.
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