Salesman, of Napier. Lost his business in the 1931 earthquake. Horace subsequently joined the Daily Telegraph in Napier and Waipukurau and then the Land and Income Tax Department in Wellington. Keen member of the New Zealand Native Bird Society and Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute. Husband of Violet May Cottrell (1887-1971).
Cottrell, Horace Spence, -1960
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).
Cottrell, Violet May, 1887?-1971 : Papers
Date: 1921-1953
By: Cottrell, Violet May, 1887-1971
Reference: MS-Papers-0168
Description: Mainly recordings of clairvoyant experiences with the dead, including Conan Doyle. Also articles, stories and poems, including some by H S Cottrell, newspaper clippings of their published work, and printing samples Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 68 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available.