Photographer, journalist and artist. Born in London; served with Royal Flying Corps in World War I; trained as an artist; came to New Zealand in 1947, where he worked as a photographer, journalist and broadcaster. With his wife, Celia, helped set up the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship.
Manson, Cecil Murray, 1896-1987
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Manson, Cecil Murray, 1896-1981 : Papers re service in Royal Flying Corps
Date: 1914-1918, 1950
By: Manson, Cecil Murray, 1896-1987
Reference: 90-410
Description: Comprise two notebooks containing notes taken while training, two flight logs for his service in Palestine, a pictorial representation of the Dardanelles campaign, an album of photographs taken while in Egypt and Palestine, also including tipped in passage from flight logs, a Royal Flying Corps Training Transfer Card, and a booklet of personal service details. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.70 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, printed matter, photographs Processing information: Not yet listed
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Correspondence (L-O)
Date: 1975-1976
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: 85-080-02/01
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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[Ephemera of octavo size relating to books and new book titles. 1940-1969]
Date: 1940-1969
From: [Ephemera of octavo size promoting the publication of books and new book titles]
Reference: Eph-A-BOOK-1940/1969
Description: Includes: 1940: F L Combs. "Little Ann & what to do with her" [1940]. Order form 1941: Wellington Club of Printing House Craftsmen. "History of printing in New Zealand"; the most beautiful book ever produced in this country 1946: M H Holcroft. "The deepening stream" [1946]. Flier 1948: G L Adkin. "Horowhenua; its Maori place-names and their topographic and historical background" [1948]. Order form Janet C Cowan. "Down the years in the Maniototo". Otago Centennial publications [1948]. Order form B J Garnier. "The face of Otago". Otago Centennial publications [1948]. Order form H F von Haast. "The life and times of Sir Julius von Haast, explorer, geologist, museum builder. 1948. Prospectus / order form Margaret S Shaw and E D Farrant. "The Taieri Plain". Otago Centennial publications [1948]. Order form 1949: Johannes C Andersen. "Old Christchurch". 1949. Order form (2 copies) Minhinnick. "From N to Z'. "A manufacturer lapses again. South's Book Depot Limited [1949]. Flier "Pamir; the story of a sailing ship", by Sydney D Waters. Display card (2 copies) and order form 1950s?: New Zealand Co-Operative Book Society Limited (in process of formation). Membership application form [1950s?] 1950: A book to keep! Canterbury celebrates; the official pictorial record ... Order form G V Hudson. "Fragments of New Zealand entomology" [1950]. Prospectus 1951: C R H Taylor. "A Pacific bibliography". Polynesian Society [1951]. Order form 1952: Elsdon Best. "The Maori as he was". Pamphlet / order form A R D Fairburn. "Three poems". Flier 1954: New Zealand books; an exhibition by the High Commissioner for New Zealand in collaboration with the New Zealand Literary Fund Advisory Committee. 28 April - 4 June 1954. Catalogue 1955: Dominion Museum Wellington. Publications for sale and exchange. 1955. Catalogue 1956: J C Beaglehole (Editor). "The journals of Captain James Cook in his voyages of discovery". Hakluyt Society [1956]. Prospectus Cecil and Celia Manson. "Tides of Hokianga" [1956]. Order form 1957: "Catalogue of Government publications. Section 1 - Botany". Booklet with order form S J Lambourne. "School certificate general science. Whitcombe & Tombs [1957]. Order form E Mervyn Taylor. "Engravings on wood" Mermaid Press [1957]. Order form 1958: James Milburn. "Speak easy". Published by Hugh Price. Cover illustration by R Brockie. Promotional flier 1959: Dr J D Freeman. "Anthropology in the South Seas" [for Dr H D Skinner's 70th birthday]. Prospectus / subscription form R Strang Miller. "Blue banner; the life story of the Rev T D Nicholson". [1959]. Order form (2 copies) 1960: Barry Crump. "A good keen man". [1960. Cropped book cover] "The new international illustrated encyclopaedia". Gordon and Gotch (N.Z.) Limited. order card Vladimir Nabokov. "Lolita" Corgi Books. Card 1965: Nancy Steen. "The charm of old roses". 1965. Order form 1966: "An encyclopaedia of New Zealand. R E Owen, Government Printer [1966][Prospectus] Let it pour; I've got books galore! Picture books for a wet weekend [1966]. Catalogue Shirley Maddock & Don Whyte. "Islands of the Gulf". [1966]. Book cover 1969: The remarkable books of Margaret Mahy. J M Dent & Sons [1969]. Pamphlet / order form (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on forms and pamphlets, sizes up to 240 mm.
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Woollaston, Mountford Tosswill (Sir), 1910-1998 :M T Woollaston. Exhibition at Manson's...
Date: 1948
Reference: ArtEph-1948-W-03
Description: Catalogue lists 102 works "from 15 years of the artist's working life". Mr C M Manson is said to have taken over the studio of Rosaline Frank (q.v.) in Nelson in 1947. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Cyclostyled typescript on 2 stapled sheets, 343 x 215 mm.
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Clippings relating to Mansfield
Date: [1950-1990]
From: Norwood, Hugh, fl 1978-1999 : Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield and other matters
Reference: fMS-Papers-6604-1
Description: Clippings and copies of articles relating to Mansfield from a variety of newspapers and published sources Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Miscellaneous material on artists
Date: 1971-1985
From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918- 2016: Records of Elva Bett Gallery and papers relating to her publications
Reference: 89-026-061
Description: Exhibition catalogues, invitations and related material. Most of the artists names are entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Manson, Cecil Murray, 1896-1987 : I take up my pen
Date: 1971
By: Manson, Cecil Murray, 1896-1987
Reference: qMS-1290
Description: Literary programme performed for the New Zealand Women Writers' Society and which was the basis for: I take up my pen [by] Cecil and Celia Manson, Auckland, Pigeon Press [1971] Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (47 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (36 cm; blue buckram)
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Inward correspondence, reviews and other papers
Date: [1925-1973]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers
Reference: 77-067-3/5
Description: Persons entered under Name; many of the files include letters about the subject from other people. The Jane Mander file has a large collection of letters from her to Lawlor, and contributions. The file on Frank Morton includes a cartoon by Dick Harris. Also included is a file on Maori writers with clippings on Maori culture and letters from Johannes Andersen. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Correspondence - Cecil and Celia Manson
Date: 1954-1975
From: Davin, Daniel Marcus, 1913-1990 : Literary papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5079-095
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Processing information: Record updated 3 November 2023 when requirement to obtain permission for access was removed.
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Members of the Air force alongside a Vickers Vildebeest biplane at Wigram, Christchurch
Date: [1936?]
From: Evatt, G S: Photographs, chiefly regarding the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II
Reference: 1/2-106391-F
Description: Members of the New Zealand Air force by a Vickers Vildebeest bomber biplane, at Wigram Air Base, Christchurch, in (1936?). From left, back row: Pulson?, unidentified, Gilkinson, Manhire, unidentified, Parsons, Crichton, Gibson. Middle row: Dr Reeks, C Manson, Ken Hall, G Buckley, unidentified, A B Greenaway, (Gerrard?), Nesbitt, (Duffy Duthie ?), ("Doggy"?) White, Ken (Browntorn?). Behind front row: R J Cowan, F R Dix. Front row: Burrell, Ron Sinclair, T Wilkes, Findlay, Olsen. RNZAF photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative