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Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
- Date
- 1810-1981
- By
- Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996Verry family
- Reference
- MS-Group-0902
- Description
Includes family correspondence, drafts and final copies of plays, draft short stories, poems, feature articles, clippings and other papers
Source of title - Supplied
H L Verry was a journalist who became general manager of the NZPA from 1964 to 1975
Quantity: 16 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms C Verry, Lilyfield, NSW, Australia, Apr 2000
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 16 folder(s), 0.30 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Drafts (Documents), Drama, Poetry, Clippings, Programmes, Transcriptions (Documents), Personal narratives, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Accounts of travel in Europe
Date: 1938-1939
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-02
Description: An account of events around Mukachevo (now Mukacs) (Sep 1938-Jan 1939); notes on Istanbul city walls (Antiquity, Sep 1937), notes, and account, `London-Istanbul & return, june-july 1939' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
On board S S Tairoa
Date: [1938]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-04
Description: Account by Verry in which he describes his voyage to England on SS 'Tairoa' as a steward, travels in England, staying in youth hostels, discovering London, encounters with various people including relatives and other activities and events Also includes further account with descriptions of meeting the Keall family, Nelle Scanlan and New Zealanders in Great Britain, travelling through other parts of England and other experiences Quantity: 1 folder(s).
The Precious years, a play by Winston Davis and Leslie Verry
Date: 1937
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-06
Description: Corrected photocopied typescript of `The Precious years', a play in two parts by Winston Davis and Leslie Verry; it is set in Palmerston North and the Manawatu and West Coast Railway is one of the subjects it deals with Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from Verry to his family
Date: [1962-1968]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-01
Description: Letters written by Verry to his family, some specifically to his wife, while he was travelling in Europe and based in London (1962) and travelling through the United States in 1968 (Washington, Hawaii, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Daytona Beach, Florida, New Orleans, San Atnonio, Phoenix and Chicago). He wrote of family concerns, his experiences and work in the various places he was based in, the people he met and contemporary events. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Newspaper articles
Date: [1938-1981]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-6811
Description: Clippings of articles, many probably by Verry while in Europe between 1938 and 1939; articles by him from other newspapers, and about him as managing editor of the NZPA Accompanying material - Death notice and obituary for Verry (1996) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Weatherbound (play)
Date: [1937-1939]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-11
Description: Various parts of drafts of `Weatherbound' and first synopsis of play Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Poems
Date: [1937-1945]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-10
Description: Typescript copies of poems by Verry, many with a New Zealand content Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Weatherbound (play)
Date: [1937-1939]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-07
Description: Holograph draft of `Weatherbound', a play by Verry set in the Kahikatea Plains (an imaginery location) and the neighbouring mountains, possibly the Ruahine or Tararua Ranges Quantity: 1 folder(s).
William Keall - Reminiscences of my life and family
Date: [1892]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-05
Description: Transcription of William Keall's `Reminiscences of my life and family' begun in 1892 but never finished, in which he describes the birth and family of Robert Keall, the birth and family of Robert Hogg, the Purcell family and the Cross family (many other names mentioned); also list of births of Purcell family members Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Articles and press releases
Date: [1938-1962]
From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6811-12
Description: Holograph and typescript articles, press releases and reviews by Verry. Review of `A Man and his wife' by Sargeson; articles, `Something that could easily be trite'; `Premier pulled grand piano up river' by David Crossley (pseud); `The Golden penny'; `Christmas day' (for travel column); `A Westland pilgrimage' describing hitchhiking to the West Coast; `A Southern Samarkand'; two columns on a visit to Germany (1962);`Baptism of fire'; `The Meat safe'; and lecture notes on a variety of subjects Quantity: 1 folder(s).