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McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
- Date
- 1767-1993
- By
- McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995
- Reference
- MS-Group-0380
- Description
Research notes and drafts for lectures, exhibitions and literary works, including biographies of Frances Hodgkins, Omai and Charles Armitage Brown and, Alexander Turnbull; reviews, correspondence and miscellaneous personal papers. See series descriptions for further information.
Also letters between McCormick and Dan Davin (1956-1986). They give details of family, health and work matters, with discussion of ongoing literary projects being undertaken by Davin and McCormick. Also some correspondence between Davin, McCormick and A G Bagnall and Margaret Scott concerning the proposed Oxford book on Katherine Mansfield's papers.
Source of title - Supplied
Quantity: 519 folder(s). 1 box(es). 17 volume(s). 6.80 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
Transfers: To Photographic Archive - One folder of photographs (MS-Papers-5292-147) transferred to Photographic Archive - Held as PA1-o-760.
Processing information: Not all child records have been attached to collection series. Reference numbers 5292-072-074 have not been allocated.
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Access to correspondence of living persons may require their permission
- Format
- 519 folder(s), 1 box(es), 17 volume(s), 6.80 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Research notes, Ephemera, Clippings, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Correspondence - S
Date: 1960-1991
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5292-058
Description: Includes drafts of outward correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Correspondence - G
Date: 1964-1990
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5292-023
Description: Includes drafts of outward correspondence by McCormick. Included with letters from Brian Gregory are `Cicada moon'(poems); `For the company' (three short stories); `Thanks to Picasso' (eight drawings) by Gregory Other Titles - For the company; three short stories by Brian Gregory (Lyric Press, 1978) Other Titles - Cicada moon; poems by Brian Gregory (Lyric Press, 1979) Other Titles - Thanks to Picasso; eight drawings by Brian Gregory (1977) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Correspondence - Inwards
Date: [1931-1994] nd
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5484-01
Description: Includes letters from W B Sutch (and comment), Patricia Bawden, Gerda Bell, Jonathan Bennett, David Brynley, John Caselberg, Grace Coyle, Charles Doyle, Tim Garrity, J ?Fagan, Linda Gill, Brian Gregory (with Van Gogh poem), Stephen Hunter, Norma Jenkin, Philip Jones, Jan Kemp, Avenal McKinnon, Malcolm McKinnon, Phoebe Meikle, Alan Mulgan, Sara Tun-Pascoe, NZ journal of geology and geophysics, Margaret Scott, Keith Sinclair, Kendrick Smithyman (with poem for McCormick to comment on, `Te Kopuru'), Karl Stead, Joan Stevens and John Summers; letters from John Cordy Ltd, Peter Keeton Publications, Fine Art Services and Minories Art Gallery re Frances Hodgkins Other Titles - Te Kopuru (poem) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence - I
Date: 1974-1989
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5292-036
Description: Inward and outward correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Printed matter
Date: [ca 1960-1980] nd
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5484-10
Description: Comprises `Home groan' with contributions by David Eggleton; fragments on the University Art Museum (?Berkeley); `The 1990 Blockhouse Bay settlers' handbook' by Annette Brown, Lorraine Wilson and Rona Walker (1990); `Captain James Cook and his times' Simon Fraser University, British Columbia...April 26-30 1978; and shipping booklets `Information for passengers, Orient & Pacific Lines'; P & O Ports of call, Trinidad and Panama Canal; P & O Orient Lines, Suez Canal and Port Said, Penang, Acapulco, Honolulu and Lisbon; Orient Line, Fiji Other Titles - Home groan (comic) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Norman Trevor Moar - The origins of Taihape
Date: [197-]
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MSX-4266
Description: Precis of `The Origins of Taihape. A Study in secondary pioneering', a thesis presented for the degree of Master of Arts Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Correspondence - McCormick family
Date: 1931-1932
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5598-41
Description: Letters to parents and sister, Myra, describing voyage to England aboard the `Oronsay', 1931 and subsequent life as a student at Clare College, Cambridge Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs
Maps and miscellaneous items
Date: 1962 1989 nd
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-5484
Description: Comprises map of Manukau Harbour for fishermen, yachtsmen and boating enthusiasts (1958); photograph of Auckland showing motorway and location of McCormick's house (1962); maps of Rome and Turin (nd); articles re Karl Sim/CF Goldie's Frances Hodgkins' fake paintings (1989) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Cairo - Invoices and photographs
Date: 1941-1944
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5599-28
Description: Ephemera, postcards, invoices etc collected by McCormick while serving in Egypt with the 2nd NZEF Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter and photographs
Beginnings
Date: [1980-1994]
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5598-30
Description: Autobiographical writings by McCormick mainly relating to his early years growing up in Taihape, includes text of talk `Three Pacific utopias' which describes the founding of Taihape. Also copies of `Child as mother' and `School days' by Phoebe Meikle (printed copies) with covering letter from Meikle. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter