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Access is freely available in the J.C.Beaglehole Room for research and private study. For any use beyond this, please contact the J.C.Beaglehole Room (jcbeaglehole.room@vuw.ac.nz) in the first instance.

Description of collection

The Pat Lawlor collection consists of published books, which can be found catalogued on Te Waharoa (Z992 L418), ephemera relating to books, writing and publishing in New Zealand, sample copies of 'The Artist's Annual', which he published, and correspondence with writers.

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Extravaganza scripts and ephemera.

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Library holds published copy at *Q143 E13 M143 T

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Professor Mann wrote a number of science fiction novels. This is one of an alternative time-line series set essentially in his native Yorkshire.

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Includes mostly rule books, constitutions and information leaflets.

Brief description

Two items: A carbon copy of typed transcriptions headed 'Extracts from "Diary" (autobiography) of Mrs Felton Mathews; a carbon copy of a typed transcript of a letter, dated 18th July 1940, from Mrs Mathews to her sister Margaret.

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Copy of a circular letter to Rev. Father McCarthy’s relatives in various parts of the world. 6 p. in folder

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The bulk of Prof. McKenzie's papers are held elsewhere, chiefly at the Alexander Turnbull Library; the Library holds papers to do with his interests while at the University and records from the Wai-te-ata Press which he founded in 1962.

Scope and Contents "James McNeish is a well-known novelist and biographer. He has received critical attention in New Zealand and overseas; many of his works have appeared in London and New York. His novels include Mackenzie (1970) and Lovelock, nominated for the 1986 Booker Prize. His non-fiction encompasses social history, memoir, a psychological study of a young chorister convicted of multiple murder, The Mask...

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Accounts of two journeys made in 1853 to Otaki, and in 1854 to Auckland, recounted in later life. Leaves embossed with official Government House seal and written on both sides (J.C. Beaglehole Room Card Catalogue entry)