A writer, of Hamilton and Auckland; employee of Paul's Book Arcade. Formerly married to H Ferrabee.
Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010
Ferrabee, Phyl, 1922-2010, Ferrabee, Phylis, 1922-2010, Ferrabee, Phyllis, 1922-2010, Hill, Phyllis, 1922-2010
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Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: 1976
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-008
Description: Correspondence with Dr Reuel Lochore and Phyllis Gant; interview transcript prior to leaving for Menton with Bute Hewes; letters to his family and others from Britain and France while on the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship; extracts from French newspapers; papers from the International PEN Congress; letters to Dan Davin, with a detailed description of Davin's daily life at Oxford, and his character. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: 1977
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-009
Description: Papers re the publication of the Te Puea biography and the controversy over the question of biography of and by Maori; correspondence with Syd Jackson and `Mana' periodical; correspondence with Frank Sargeson; report on his experiences at Menton; letters to Dan Davin, Phyllis Gant and Maurice Shadbolt. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Europe - Correspondence
Date: 1975-1976
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-079
Description: Inward letters, postcards and greeting cards to Michael King while on the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship and travelling in Europe. Not all indexed. Includes some printed matter and rough notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: 1975
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-007
Description: Papers re Te Puea biography, Feltex Television Award, correspondence with Dr Lochore and Phyllis Gant, the launch of `Te Ao hurihuri, the world moves on' and the awarding of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship at Menton. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence and documents (G-K)
Date: 1976
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: 85-080-01/19
Description: Includes letter from Auntie Dot Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Phyllis Gant - Recollections of working at Paul's Book Arcade
Date: 1939-1950
From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers of and relating to David Blackwood Paul
By: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010
Reference: MS-Papers-5523-17
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (includes photocopies)
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: 1968-1971
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-003
Description: Correspondence re employment at the Waikato Times, testimonials; annual report as President of the Waikato University-Teachers' College Historical Society (1968); notes of a talk by him on New Zealand prehistory, testimonials from St John's College; papers re teacher training; employment as a tutor in journalism at Wellington Polytechnic. Includes copies of numerous letters to 'Phyl'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Audio
Interview with Phyllis Gant on Blackwood Paul
Date: 13 Sept 1992
From: Blackwood and Janet Paul recordings
By: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010
Reference: OHInt-0547/08
Description: Interviewer(s) - J M Thomson Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 45 Minutes Duration.
Image
Photographs of James K Baxter
Date: 1956-1970
From: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010: Collection
By: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010
Reference: PAColl-6046
Description: Portraits of Baxter from 1956 to 1970. These portraits are part of a larger collection comprising Gant's personal and literary correspondence, drafts of novels, short stories, newspaper contributions and related material, scrapbooks and other papers. The literary correspondence includes James K Baxter and Michael King, and correspondence with editors includes Robin Dudding and the `Listener'. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: 1973
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-005
Description: Letters to `Phyl'; re application to University of Canterbury for a postion in the School of Journalism; testimonial from Christine Cole Catley; informal nomination as New Zealand Man of the Year from Maurice Shadbolt; all written from Wellington Polytech. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: Jul-Aug 2002
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-050
Description: Re proposed history of Waikato University; history of Jewish people in New Zealand; obituaries; proposed biography of Eric McCormick; further re Janet Frame film; trusteeship of National Library of New Zealand; East Southland Gallery at Gore, and John Money; Correspondence with family, friends and colleagues. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: 1974
From: PEN (New Zealand Centre) : Records
Reference: 73-161-6/12
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by W H Pearson, May 1966, with additional material donated by Ray Grover in 1971
Manuscript
Correspondence (A-Z) (some unidentified)
Date: [1969-1975]
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: 85-080-01/14
Description: Letters and cards from various friends of King; identified persons entered under Name. Includes notes, postcards, `The Great invocation', King's first marae greeting in Maori Maori and clippings about awards, competitions etc; card from R; letter from Pat, Karori, Wellington; Judy Williams or Wright, Wellington; Fay; card from writers' workshop participants. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: 1996
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-031
Description: Papers cover material relating to the Chatham Islands Moriori; the abandonment of the biography of Peter Fraser; progress on the Janet Frame biography; reviews and other papers relating to the publication of the Frank Sargeson biography; the history of Catholics in New Zealand; the need for funding by fellowships etc; speech notes at various functions; correspondence with family, friends and colleagues; re health. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence - G
Date: 1960-1966
From: Dudding, Robin Nelson, 1935-2008 : Literary papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8988-009
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Names have been selectively indexed. Record edited on 12 September 2023 to remove previous requirement to obtain Chief Librarian permission before access.
Manuscript
Correspondence - G
Date: 1993-2004
From: Gee, Maurice Gough, 1931- : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8732-015
Description: Identified correspondents listed in name index Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Manuscript
Correspondence - G
Date: 1990-1996
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: 97-042-01/07
Description: Includes list of Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award winners, 1968-1991 Other Titles - ASA; the newsletter of the Australian Society of Authors (n6, Sep/Oct 1993) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: 1974
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-006
Description: Letters to `Phyl' and other papers, all concerned with events at Wellington Polytechnic, which led him to resign his position. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: [1984]
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: 85-080-01/20
Description: Inward letters, cards, postcards etc, clippings and other papers; identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letters from R, Judith of the University of Auckland, printing samples of the Melissa Press, London, and photograph of unidentified man. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Manuscript
Personal papers
Date: Jan-May 1999
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8752-036
Description: Publication and reviews of the book on Catholics in New Zealand; re Janet Frame biography; Sargeson biography; reviews; publicity tours and talks; proposed re-issue of `Being Pakeha'; correspondence with family, friends, colleagues and publisher Quantity: 1 folder(s).