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Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
- Date
- 1908-1983
- By
- Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950; University of New Zealand; New Zealand. Royal Commission on Dairying; New Zealand. War Pensions Commission 1922; New Zealand. Royal Commission on Native Affairs 1934; New Zealand. Royal Commission on Licensing 1945-1946; New Zealand. Royal Commission on Confiscated Lands, 1927
- Reference
- MS-Group-1991
- Description
The papers mainly relate to Smith's public, legal and university life. In addition there is a small collection of the papers of The Reverend John Gibson Smith (David Smith's father), of Margaret Elizabeth Smith, nee Gibbs (Smith's second wife) and of May Ives, who worked for the Smith family for almost 40 years.
Source of title - Supplied title
Other - Some materials in Russian
Arrangement: The papers have been arranged into fourteen series
Smith, a law graduate from Victoria University built up a large Maori land practice. In 1928 he was appointed to the Supreme Court, finally retiring in 1950. In 1927 he represented the Natives during the Confiscation Commission and in 1934 chaired the Royal Commission to Investigate Maori Affairs which involved the resignation of Sir Apirana Ngata as Native Minister. From 1935 to 1936 Smith was on the Senate of the University of New Zealand, and in 1956 as Chancellor he visited universities in the USSR. He chaired the Royal Licencing Commission 1945-1946. From 1950 he was involved in a large amount of public service and pro bono publico work
Quantity: 533 folder(s). 16 box(es). 6.50 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Japanese book of drawings and paintings from the Nanga school, reference number E-944. - To Oral History Collection - Audio cassette: Sir David Smith recalls Thorndon; interview made by Bill Saunders in 1977, reference number OHColl-1056-1. - To Photographic Archive - Mainly black and white photographic prints, many of which are portraits of Sir David Smith, reference number PA-Group-00748..
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 533 folder(s), 16 box(es), 6.50 Linear Metres, Clippings, Office files, Diaries, Address books, Personal correspondence, Business correspondence, Research notes, Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)
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Finance
Date: 1946-1947
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-1/2/32B
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Staffing - Native Department
Date: 1928-1934
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-4/2/14
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Reports of Government Departments and Licensing Committee - Vol 44 (pages 6442-6595)
Date: Sep 1945
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-2/1/44
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
University - General
Date: 1971
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-1/1/36
Reports of Government Departments and Licensing Committee - Vol 39 (pages 5859-5995)
Date: Aug 1945
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-2/1/40
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Publications relating to the USSR - Problems of Communism, vol 6 no 2
Date: Mar-Apr 1957
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-1/8/1D
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
General papers
Date: 1966-1974
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-7/15A
Address of Counsel
Date: 1934
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-4/1/5
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Senate addresses
Date: 1945-1959
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3776-1/2/16B
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript cartoon re Maori financial problems
Date: n d
From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-3776-7/21