Description

Unpublished typecript of the Macmillan Brown lecture series (3 lectures) on the topic of Joyce Cary, delivered at Victoria University of Wellington, 11, 12 and 13 March, 1959. Donated by Ian Gordon..

Scope and Contents Papers held include:1. 'French literature: Professor Rankine Brown's lectures 1901, period 1500-1600'. Manuscript lecture notes in exercise book, [2], 78 p. First of two books, second not held.2. 'Spike, and other Victoria College affairs 1903-1949'. 21 items. Letters from S. Eichelbaum, J. C. Beaglehole, H. H. Ostler and others, also newspaper clippings; chiefly concerning 1903, 1924 and 1933 issues of 'The Spike'.3. 'Academic freedom in New Zealand,...

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This collection consists of copies of recordings made by Koro Dewes. Recorded from the 1950s to 1970s in Te Reo Māori, with some English, it contains whaikōrero, tikanga, whakapapa, waiata, hui, and oral histories. Though previously primarily associated with Ngāti Porou this collection contains recordings from across the motu.

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This collection comprises bookplates attached to volumes in the Special Materials collections, plus a small number of bookplates which have been donated or collected as separate material items.

Description

Unbound typescript in 3 parts of papers delivered at the 1974 symposium in Hamilton, Ontario. Published in 1979 as 'Exploring the visual art of Oceania', held in the Library at N7410 E96.

Scope and Contents [Folder titles] 1. Extrav 1954 (includes programme, Salient issues, annotated script, photograph titled Botanical Garden Rakes. Extravaganza 1954' [Tony Ferrers and Derek Homewood]) 2. 1955 Extravaganza radio preview - 4 pp. typescript pasted onto manilla folder 3. Extravaganza 1955 (includes programme, annotated script) 4. Extravaganza 1956 (includes programme, clippings, annotated script) 5. Extravaganza 1957 (lacks cover, includes programme, photographs, annotated script) 6. Extrav...

Abstract

The papers of Wellington book collector and historian Horace Edwards Manners Fildes, 1875-1937, including correspondence, clippings indexes and research notes, and collected manuscripts and other items.

This collection covers over forty years of Fildes' interest in New Zealand history and historical resources, and a corresponding period of indexing and scrapbooking.

Scope and Contents Box contains folders holding information on the following: 1. Newsletters of Free Mind Foundation (FMF); 2. Newspaper clippings, various newsletters, flyers, correspondence, and publicity for organisation FMF were monitoring. This includes; Centrepoint; Rajneesh; Divine Light Mission; Scientology, The family (Brotherhood); The family (prior conncetion to Children of God); Unification Church; Zenith Applied Philosophy; Christian Fundamentalists; Transcendental Meditation; Hare Krishna;...

Description

Manila folder containing 8 typed leaves of poems: 9 poems in all, two of which have handwritten correcttions. The inscription on the cover - 'Eigentum von Maria' - suggests it may have come from Maria Dronke, who was an associate of Peggy Garland during her time in Wellington.

Nature of the collection

The collection was donated by Professor Geering in May 2017. The dates covered are from 1938 to 2017. The material covers records (sermons, scrapbooks, correspondence, typescripts, recordings, digital files) from his long and distinguished career as a Presbyterian minister and theologian and includes correspondence, addresses and recordings related to his trial before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1967.

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This collection was deposited on her retirement by Gillian Ruthven, former Librarian of the John Bradley Library in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences. It consists of material from her office, mostly photographs, including many ID shots used for departmental photo-boards. There are some drawings, clippings and scrapbooks included.

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1. Letters from Ralph Bodle on collecting Swiss Family Robinson 2. Bibliography by Rowan Gibbs of Rosemary Rees 3. Note on pseudonym