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Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
- Date
- 1921-1987
- By
- Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987
- Reference
- MS-Group-0051
- Description
The collection relates to the full range of Scrimgeour's interests and activities throughout his life. These cover his work as a Methodist City Missioner, his Friendly Road broadcasts and his career as Controller of the National Commercial Broadcasting Service; his work in China (including correspondence with and material about Rewi Alley), for the International Protein Organization and for the Associated Network Group which unsuccessfully applied to operate a second television channel in 1969, and his private interests in aviation, open-heart surgery and current affairs; there are also a number of autobiographical and philosophical jottings scattered through the collection.
Source of title - Supplied title
Arrangement: Folders arranged into series
Quantity: 136 folder(s). 11 volume(s). 3.30 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holgraphs, mss, typescripts, printed matter
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Transfers: To Oral History Collection - 22 cassette and reel to reel tapes - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Two cartoons.
Processing information: Access restrictions removed from Series 1, and 3-11, March 2023.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Access to Series 2 Correspondence requires permission of the Chief Librarian. No permission required for the rest of the collection.
- Format
- 136 folder(s), 11 volume(s), 3.30 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Scrapbooks, Office files, Clippings, Photographs, Sketches, Autobiographies, Manuscripts, Holgraphs, mss, typescripts, printed matter
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Copyright
Unknown
Correspondence - C
Date: 1971-1983
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-010
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Photographs
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-129
Description: Consists of photos and two negatives of Scrim. Photos relating to radio productions in Australia, UK and USA Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Associated TV Ltd - Reports, memos, financial statements and application for TV licences
Date: 1953-1955
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-038
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence and pamphlet on Long Yeng Tung garden, Guangzhou
Date: 1959-1971
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-060
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Inward and outward correspondence - Rudall and Ramai Hayward
Date: 1968-1974, 1967-1974, 1972
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-065
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Diary - A trip to China by Fred Turnovsky
Date: [1980]
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-088
Description: Diary addressed to Harold and Gladys, not to be published Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Invitation to reception at Government House
Date: 1921, 1935, 1978
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-128
Description: Also includes membership ticket, NZ Freezing works and related trades (1921) and Receipt for one hundred pounds, loan to Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (1934) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letterbook
Date: Nov 1974-Mar 1977
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-007
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Cuttings - China, John A Lee, TV and colonial medicine
Date: 1977-1987
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-120
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence - B
Date: 1968-1983
From: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4104-009
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.