A journalist who became a partner in the `Feilding star' (1907-1936) and lived in Feilding in the 1940s and 1950s. Active in community and national affairs. Arrived in New Zealand in 1874 and lived at `Kilmarnock', Island Bay, Wellington for a time. (WWNZ 5th ed)
Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955
Katherine Mansfield file
Date: [1930-1976]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers
Reference: 77-067-8/14
Description: Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield, in particular the memorial garden in Thorndon, Wellington; includes photographs of houses the Beauchamp family lived in or places associated with them such as a zig-zag path and entrance to Katherine Avenue Also includes copy of letter from Katherine at Menton to Anne, edited by Owen Leeming; `A Condensation of the mystery of Maata; a Katherine Mansfield novel' by Lawlor; poem by E J Brady, `Katherine Mansfield'; Tom Lawlor's visit to the Trowells (1932); clippings; copy of article on Mansfield from `La Nacion', Buenos Aires, and of article by Tom L Mills in `Aussie (1923); account of exhibition by E K Robison and associated with Maata (1969); and article by Merrill Moore from `NZ national review' (1 Aug 1949' on Mansfield; article by G N Morris `The Early work of Katherine Mansfield' (NZ magazine, Nov-Dec 1943); and `A Notable biography; Miss Mantz and Mr Murry on Katherine Mansfield' by C R Allen (NZ magazine, Jan-Feb 1934) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Photographs of Beauchamp houses and related sites
Recollections of Katherine Mansfield by Tom Mills, Jeanne Renshaw and Eva Butts
Date: 1954 - 01 Jan 1954
From: Stout Research Centre Oral Literary Archive
Reference: OHInt-0013-262
Description: Tape 1. Recollections of Katherine Mansfield. Side 1:- Journalist Tom Mills. Side 2:- her sister, Mrs Jeanne Renshaw and her school mistress, Eva Butts. (More a record of her early life and life in New Zealand) Tape 2:- Recollections of Katherine Mansfield by her school mistress Eva Butts. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003424 - OHC-003425 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.
Memories of Katherine Mansfield : Interviews with Tom Mills, Jeanne Renshaw and Eva Butts
From: Mayne, Steve, 1928- : Recordings relating to Katherine Mansfield
By: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955; Renshaw, Jeanne Worthington, 1892-1989; Butts, Eva Mary, 1875?-1961
Reference: OHInt-0511/6
Description: Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.
Letter from Tom Mills of The Feilding Star
Date: 7 Jan 1923
From: Murry family : Literary and personal papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11326-066
Description: A letter addressed to `My dear Kathleen', written two days before her death by Tom L Mills, editor of `The Feilding Star'. Includes remarks on the Beauchamp family [which] `is ever and always achieving - and it has long been held in esteem by me for that very quality', and news of his own family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
P A Lawlor - Katherine Mansfield file on The Mystery of Maata
Date: [1946-1956]
From: Norwood, Hugh, fl 1978-1999 : Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield and other matters
Reference: MS-Papers-7293-13
Description: File collected by Lawlor relating to Mansfield's missing novel, `Maata', about which he wrote `The Mystery of Maata' (1946); includes correspondence, clippings etc and letters from Betty, Lower Hutt Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Letters from G N Morris and Harold Beauchamp
Date: 1923, 1937, 1938
By: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955
Reference: MS-Papers-4007
Description: Contains: (1) Dear Sir [T L Mills], from G N Morris, Whangarei, re collecting Mansfield material (17 Feb 1937); (2) My dear Tom Mills, from Harold Beauchamp, Wellington, recognising his early help and comments on Mansfield's health (5 Jan 1923); (3) My dear Tom Mills, from Harold Beauchamp, Wellington, re reviewing `Reminiscences and Recollections' (14 Sep 1937); (4) My dear Tom Mills, from Harold Beauchamp, Wellington, re reputation of Katherine Mansfield and the Melbourne enthusiast Irving Benson (17 Mar 1938). Source of title - Supplied title Mills was the editor of the `Feilding Star' and had given criticisms of Mansfield's early works. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 items). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased at the Churchill Action Wellington, 1942. (see the Churchill Action catalogue (Pam 1942) ) Processing information: Formerly Misc Mss 372 & 373. Removed from MS Papers 119 : 80.
Correspondence
Date: 1951
From: PEN (New Zealand Centre) : Records
Reference: 73-161-2/14
Description: Includes a copy of `PEN news' for July 1951, and ms copy of `How I became a writer' by Tom L Mills Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by W H Pearson, May 1966, with additional material donated by Ray Grover in 1971
Correspondence relating to Confessions of a journalist
Date: 1935-1936
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers
Reference: 86-105-057
Description: Original file of letters received re Lawlor's `Confessions of a journalist'; identified persons entered under Name. A letter from Robin Hyde (Iris Wilkinson) is meant to be in the folder and it may be the pencilled one with unidentifiable initials or one sent from Hastings. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers - David Macmillan, Christchurch and others
Date: 1949-1952
From: Burdon, Randal Matthews, 1896-1965 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0275-13
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence - Tom L Mills
Date: 1937-1948
From: Morris, Maude Ethel, 1888-1977 : Morris collection of Mansfieldiana and personal papers / Guy and Maude Morris
Reference: MS-Papers-3981-013
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Letters
Date: 1897-1899
By: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955
Reference: MS-Papers-0896
Description: Three letters from Mills to W A Woods (nee Head), 18 Nov 1897, 29 Apr 1899, and 3 Jul 1899 about journalists and journalism, including a reference to Harry Lawson Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (photocopies)
Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Papers
Date: [1930-1955]
By: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955
Reference: MS-Group-0969
Description: The collection includes family material, correspondence, drafts of articles and contributions by Mills, clippings of his work and of others, material on Katherine Mansfield and Alexander H Turnbull, personal reminiscences and other papers Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 26 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: It is not known where the material has been since Mills's death in 1955 Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Smith's Bookshop per Mr Rowan Gibbs, Jan 2001 Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - One ink drawing.
Correspondence
Date: 1936-1947
From: Morris, Maude Ethel, 1888-1977 : Morris collection of Mansfieldiana and personal papers / Guy and Maude Morris
Reference: MS-Papers-3981-009
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Papers
Date: [1900-1967]
By: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955
Reference: MS-Papers-7291
Description: Papers of journalist, Thomas L Mills including published material, drafts, essays, correspondence, a scrapbook of his writings and other papers Source of title - Supplied Mills was a journalist with an interest in literary matters; he owned and worked on the `Feilding star' from 1907 to 1936 Quantity: 11 folder(s). 1 volume(s) (in phase box). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter
Katherine Mansfield aspects of Old Wellington days (b)
Date: [1900-1977]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers
Reference: 77-067-8/25
Description: Typescript copies of letters, many duplicated in 77-067-8/24, with note by Lawlor, `Thes letters from famous wrwiters should [...] their light on KM's personality and the scene in general; also miscellanea' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Various papers relating to Mansfield
Date: [1942-1988]
From: Norwood, Hugh, fl 1978-1999 : Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield and other matters
Reference: MS-Papers-7293-32
Description: Crorespondence, clippings, notes and other papers collected by Lawlor and Rodewald Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes - Milligan-Mitchell
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: MS-Papers-6164-067
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
The Churchill Auctions (b)
Date: [1941-1943]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers
Reference: 86-105-031
Description: Correspondence, report by Lawlor, financial statement and other papers relating to the auctions The Churchill Auctions were a fund-raising scheme devised by Lawlor to raise funds for the National Patriotic Funds Board; they were held in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and some other centres Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Harding, Robert Coupland, 1849-1916 : Correspondence
Date: 1880-1911
By: Harding, Robert Coupland, 1849-1916
Reference: MS-Papers-1267
Description: Primarly concerned with printing matters and Harding's paper `Typo', a monthly newspaper and literary review devoted to the advancement of the typographic aret; some comment on religious theories Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from the estate of Mr K A Webster, London, May 1970
Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 :Photographs of Australian travel writer, Frank Clune
Date: ca1938
By: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955; Burston, Ethel, active 2001
Reference: PAColl-7445
Description: Two photographs of Australian travel writer, Frank Clune taken in the late 1930s. One shows Clune with a Short flying boat of Imperial Airways at Bangkok. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MSZ-0948 - Transfer from MS-Papers-7291: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955, papers.