Paul's Book Arcade Ltd

Date: 1940-1974

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-06/04

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; identified correspondents entered under Name below. Also includes letters from Roger, Higden Cottage, Hughden Valley, Bucks; Henry, Suva; telegram from Queen; reader's comments on novel by K Sutherland; letter from John to Vivienne from Brisbane; memorandum for Vivienne Ballantyne on microfilming project; literary notes and jottings; reviews of `Till human voices wake us' by Ian Hamilton and `April the first' by D W Shirley; play outline, `Goodnight Mark'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1926]

By: Daniell, Charles Edward, 1856-1939; Jenkinson, George F, active 1900s-1920s; Watson, Alexander James, -1920; Causley, Frederick J, active 1910s

Reference: PAColl-0327

Description: Loose photographs from the collection donated by C E Daniell via the Waikato Art Museum in 1973. The images are: the shop front of Hetherington's Ltd, drapers, showing the unsealed road in front of it, probably in Thames (taken by F J Causley); the New Zealand Dairy Association Ltd factory at Matangi (taken by G F Jenkinson); men working on the construction of Messrs Carr, Pountney & Co's wool stores in "Mitchell" reinforce concrete blocks, 1910; shop front of Paul's Book Arcade in Victoria Street, Hamilton, showing books and toys for sale; a house with a woman on the verandah; a wooden building; six men moving a wooden building down a steep slope; scaffolding above The Cosey Corner during the construction of Wesley Chambers, showing omnibuses in the street alongside, one of which has a pram tied to the radiator; a large group of men, women and children outside the Waihou Valley Co-op ca 1914 (taken by A J Watson); and a building with a painted advertisement for the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company Ltd on it and a wooden building being constructed next to it. A number of the prints have a WAM (Waikato Art Museum) Negative Number on the reverse too. Collection also includes four albums Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-077109 to 077111, 077125, 077127, 077131 to 077133 and 1/2-077948 Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Papers-3763 : Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers.

Date: [1940-1976]

From: Glover, Denis James Matthews, 1912-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0418-039

Description: Includes letter to Lieut-Cmdr Glanville re liquor on HMNZS `Pegasus' (1954); joke police report from F Glass re Glover; letters from Granvilles in England; letter from Auntie Tat; poems by Brian Gregory; circular letter from Rita Harris from Ibadan, Nigeria; Save Open Country publicity. Identified persons entered under Name. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1946-1971

By: Paul's Book Arcade Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-1502

Description: The collection centres round Blackwwod Paul, his concern for highest standards of bookselling in New Zealand and involvement in issues affecting the service provided by booksellers to the New Zealand public. Includes correspondence, reports, etc of D Blackwood Paul, bookseller and publisher, reflecting activities in Associated Booksellers of New Zealand (1946-1965), book selling courses (1946-1947), Indecent Publication Act (1954-1963), Trade Practises (1962-1963) etc; papers of Paul's Book Arcade, including New Zealand books in print, booklists (1946-1970), office procedures, and newspaper clippings; personal papers of D B Paul; articles, correspondence, notes, etc. Paul's Book Arcade was founded in Hamilton in 1901 by William Henry Paul (1879-1962) and in 1933 his son D Blackwood Paul took over the management. The book shop covered a wide range of bookselling with a considerable interest in the field of educational books. In 1955 Paul's Book Arcade opened in Auckland taking over a well-known second-hand bookshop, Keeleys, on Shortland Street and the second shop there in High Street, as in Victoria Street, Hamilton, was designed by Ernst Plischke, later to become Professor of Architecture in Vienna. In 1970 Paul's Junior Book Centre was opened in Hamilton as was a Penguin Bookshop, one of only three in New Zealand at the time. In 1949 Sir Stanley Unwin named Paul's as one of the two best in New Zealand and among the best in the world. Blackwood Paul's `thorough training of staff and his vision of the function of a good bookshop... continued to sustain Paul's Book Arcade'. In 1945 Blackwood and Janet Paul entered the publishing field and at the time of his death in 1965 more than 100 works by New Zealand writers had been published under the imprint of Blackwood and Janet Paul Ltd and continued under the direction of Mrs Janet Paul until 1968 when the Longman group of publishers joined the enterprise under the imprint of Longman Paul. Quantity: 36 folder(s). 0.36 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory previously available in the reading room was removed on 1 December 2014, as it contained no further information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: [ca 1954-1978]

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-220

Description: Includes correspondence, press cuttings and photographs relating to the period Lee-Johnson was resident in Hokianga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1951-1958

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-015

Description: Mainly correspondence with Eric McCormick and Blackwood Paul; also correspondence relating to Arts Year Book business Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 2 Dec 2003 - 02 Dec 2003

From: An oral history of New Zealand publishing

By: Ross, Robert Matheson, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0843-03

Description: Interview with Bob (Robert Matheson) Ross, born Lower Hutt in 1939. Talks about being a school teacher but needing more income and getting a job running the educational department of Paul's Book Arcade in Auckland. Comments on the manual nature of the clerical work at the time. Discusses how this job led him to an interest in publishing and being employed by A H & A W Reed Publishers in Wellington in 1964 where he formed a close working relationship with Ray Richards and contributed to starting their educational publishing programme. Talks about other key staff at Reeds and comments that it was a sophisticated company with good decision-making at a time that was ripe for expansion. Refers to moving to Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Wellington in 1968, a company with a list that was largely educational and academic but also had a general range of books and was an important publisher of bibles. Describes his role as largely marketing to schools and universities. Mentions that in 1970 a decision was made in the UK for CUP and Macmillan to share facilities in New Zealand, and he began selling books to booksellers as well. Explains that at that time they marketed to individual bookshops, and that all stock was imported. Refers to several mainly British companies setting up publishing arms in New Zealand in the 1970s, rather than just sales outposts, at a time when Reeds were publishing New Zealand memoirs and autobiographies that were capturing the imagination. Refers to his international travel with CUP, and leaving the company in 1980. Discusses setting up Benton Ross Publishers in 1981 with his wife Helen and how they built up their own list, financing their early publishing by importing books. Describes Benton Ross being bought by Random House after nine years, with agreement that Bob and Helen were to manage the new Random House New Zealand business, but that arrangement did not work out. Outlines how they set up a new publishing business in New Zealand (Tandem Press), with "Once Were Warriors" by Alan Duff as their first title. Comments that Tandem Press had agencies for small US publishers until 1998 as well as its New Zealand list. Discusses his work since 1980 in promoting the export of New Zealand books and how this has become an important part of many publishers' business particularly for educational and children's books. Refers to numerous trips to the Frankfurt Book Fair. Discusses his involvement with book trade organisations beginning with the New Zealand Book Trade Organisation and later the Booksellers Association of New Zealand (now called Booksellers New Zealand, and includes both publishers and booksellers). Refers to the publishers' association, the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand, and the issues it dealt with including copyright, export, training, and points of disagreement with retailers. Comments on parallel importing which made copyright and territorial agreements meaningless and threatened Tandem Press. Interviewer(s) - Linda Cassells Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015771 - OHC-015772 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.06 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5644. Search dates: 1939 - 2003

Date: 1966 - Date unknown

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Auckland University Students' Association; Paul's Book Arcade Ltd

Reference: EPH-A-DECEMBER-2020/5

Description: Comprises one book token from Paul's Bookshop and one "immunity ticket" from University of Auckland Stucdents Association Capping Day charity appeal, 5 May 1966. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 2 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1946-1984

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-020

Description: Comprises correspondence with Robert (Bob) Lowry, Lincoln Lee, Kemble Welch, together with a few letters from others. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1948-1960

From: Shaw, Helen Lilian, 1913-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7642-064

Description: Includes notes on the contributors and correspondence with various librarys relating to purchase of the book. Only publishers have been indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [ca 1954], 1963

From: MacKay, Ian Keith, 1907-1986 : Papers relating to broadcasting

Reference: 83-001-1/07

Description: Inside cover: `When I wrote this in the early 1950s I foolishly thought it was publishable but I was soon put right on that point'. Inserted are two letters: Rejection letter from Paul's Book Arcade Ltd, and letter from Randal M Burdon of Karori, Wellington, 1963 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (bound)

Date: 1964

From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers of and relating to David Blackwood Paul

Reference: MS-Papers-5523-35

Description: Letters largely concerning the management of Paul's Book Arcade exchanged during Blackwood Paul's visit to England in 1964 Includes some financial records Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript (some carbon copies), and printed matter

Date: 1947-1981

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-01/07A

Description: Includes notes and clippings; identified correspondents entered under Name below. Also includes letters to Charles; Mr Willis re salary; Frank; and letters from Eric, Auckland Star; Frank, Auckland Star; Philip, `NZ listener'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1953-1980

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-159

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts

Date: 1956-1959

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-114

Description: Mainly correspondence relating to `Eric Lee-Johnson', by Eric McCormick, 1966 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1952-1958

From: Joseph, Michael Kennedy, 1914-1981 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6678-106

Description: Includes correspondence re the manuscript of Joseph's first novel, `Nightfall and morning', 1949; Commonwealth of Australia Jubilee Literary Competition, 1951; `I'll soldier no more'; New Zealand Broadcasting Service re Joseph reading extracts of `I'll soldier no more', 1958 and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation re possible purchase of film rights to `I'll soldier no more,' 1958 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1967

From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4175-004

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes Marjorie of Wellington and Julian of Atiamuri [probably Julian Dickon], clippings and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s) (74 pieces). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1942-1944

From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers of and relating to David Blackwood Paul

Reference: MS-Papers-5523-22

Description: Notes made by Janet Paul towards a short history of the Progressive Publishing Society including a list of books taken over from the PPS by Paul's Book Arcade Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1965-1982

From: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6634-132

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1949-1980

From: Shaw, Helen Lilian, 1913-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7642-155

Description: Literary correspondence; also some with publishers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts