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Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
- Date
- [1943]-2009
- By
- Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009Campbell, Aline Margaret, 1937-2007
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00086
- Description
The collection comprises papers relating to Campbell's personal life and life and work as a writer, including diaries, correspondence, drafts and final versions of poems; recordings of musical works set to his poems; drafts of radio and television plays and scripts; stories and autobiographical material; correspondence and diaries relating to his work with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research work; financial papers; photographs; audio recordings of radio interviews with Alistair and Meg Campbell; poetry readings with Alistair Campbell and various others; and a video recording from Alistair's 70th birthday celebration.
Title supplied by Library
Arrangement: Papers have been arranged into thematic series and folders by the Library. Where possible the arrangement of folders follows the original arrangement by the creator.
Quantity: 149 folder(s). 56 volume(s). 7 audiocassette(s). 2 compact disc(s). 6 box(es) (including 9 volumes in 3 boxes). 15 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album(s) containing 115 digital prints. 11 C60 cassette(s). 2 audiocassette(s). 2 C62 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s).
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings
Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Four photographs.
Processing information: The original reference number assigned to the collection, MS-Group-1232, was changed to ATL-Group-00086 in August 2016, when further papers and photographs were added to the collection.
- Use/Reproduction
- Copyright: Please check copyright
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Access restrictions to the original collection were lifted in May 2016. Eight diaries and one file of letters donated in 2016 still have a donor restriction. Access to these papers is by the written permission of the estate trustee, Mr A Campbell.
- Format
- 149 folder(s), 56 volume(s), 7 audiocassette(s), 2 compact disc(s), 6 box(es) (including 9 volumes in 3 boxes), 15 b&w original photographic print(s), 16 b&w original photographic print(s), 1 album(s) containing 115 digital prints, 11 C60 cassette(s), 2 audiocassette(s), 2 C62 cassette(s), 1 C90 cassette(s), 1 videocassette(s), Clippings, Diaries, Drafts (Documents), Drama, Essays, Leaflets, Manuscripts, Notebooks, Passports, Personal correspondence, Personal narratives, Poetry, Proofs, Publications (Documents), Scores, Scrapbooks, Sound recordings, Speeches, Tax returns, Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings
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Business correspondence
Date: [1976-2003]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7885-25
Description: Inward and some outward correspondence with Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand Book Council; includes some financial papers Arrangement: The material in this folder remains in the order in which it was received by the Library Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Teaching work book
Date: 1954
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MSX-6794
Description: Teaching work book for Campbell's time at Newtown School in 1954 Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Articles, speeches, scripts and letters
Date: [1959-1990]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: 91-046-2/02
Description: Articles, speeches and scripts: `Te Rauparaha', `Maori village', `Poetry programme', `An Island of spirits' (script), `Influence of childhood on my writing', `Speech for launching of Island to Island', `Influence and independence', notes on personal poetry, 5th ACLALS conference introduction, `Island of spirits' notes and extracts, address to Glendining Homes Old Boys and Girls association, copies of letters to Simon, Frances, Mr Singh, Bill, Margaret and Marjorie, report on `Puha Western' script, `NZ poetry since WWII', `All that blue can be, poems by Brian Turner', NZBC talks on poetry, `Where are the NZ children's authors?', `The Dark lord of Savaiki', `On the road' with Pat Wilson, letter re family benefit capitalisation; flyer, Pacific Writers Series Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diaries
Date: Mar-Apr 1982, Apr 1983
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MSX-3127
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letters from Bill Campbell and other papers
Date: [1948-1989]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: 91-046-1/09
Description: Letters from Bill Campbell to Alistair, Alistair and Fleur, Alistair and Meg, and Margaret, written from Singapore, Japan, Australia, Malaysia and various army situations; also clippings and articles about the Cook Islands. Also letter from Bill Campbell to Ray Richards, and from Karen Campbell to Alistair. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1.60 Linear Metres. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Four photographs.
Kapiti notebook
Date: [1970s]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MSX-6797
Description: Note on cover of Kapiti notebook, `Te waewae Kapiti o Tara raua ko Rangitane, "the meeting place of the [?] of Tara and Rangitane"'. The volume includes notices on the history of Kapiti, drafts of commentary for `Island of spirits', botany, important dates, whaling, Te Rauparaha etc, possibly for a television documentary. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (1 piece).
A Tongareva diary (Book I)
Date: 1981-1982
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MSX-3125
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Bottle Creek poems
Date: [1967-1991]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7885-02
Description: Published items relating to Bottle Creek, the Bottle Press, Sam Hunt and others associated with Bottle Creek; titles entered in Other Titles field. Most covers designed by Robin White. Other Titles - Sam Hunt - From Bottle Creek; selected poems 1967-69 Other Titles - Bottle Creek exhibition catalogue Other Titles - Postcards of a cabbage tree by sam Hunt Other Titles - Bottle Creek Blues by Sam Hunt Other Titles - A letter to Jerusalem by Sam Hunt Other Titles - Poems from Bottle Creek (one); a flat fat blues by Sam Hunt Other Titles - Beward the man by sam Hunt Other Titles - Poems from Bottle Creek (two), A song about her by Sam Hunt Other Titles - Three poems of separation by sam Hunt Other Titles - Jerusalem blues 2 by James K Baxter Other Titles - Drinking horn by Alistair Campbell Other Titles - Over Makara by Jack Lasenby Other Titles - Walk the black path by Alistair Campbell Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters and reminiscences from Margarita Campbell
Date: [ca 1950-1989]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: 91-046-1/08
Description: Letters from Margarita Campbell to Alistair Campbell and Gregory Campbell; and reminiscences of life in Rarotonga Margarita Campbell is Alistair Campbell's sister Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1.60 Linear Metres.
Meg Campbell - Arlin (a memoir)
Date: 1999
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MSX-6789
Description: Memoir completed by Meg Campbell in 1999 in which she describes her early life, family, marriage to Alistair, her experiences with mental illness and with original writing throughout the text. Also included is a great deal of family background material, both her own Andersen family, her mother's family and the Campbell family; card from Cushla and Joce thanking her for reading at the Women's Book Festival (1991) and reviews by Bill Sewell which include on for Meg's `Orpheus' (1990). Quantity: 1 volume(s).