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Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
- Date
- [ca 1919-2008]
- By
- Thwaite, Ann Barbara, 1932-Valentine, James Archibald, 1863-1948; Valentine, Winifred Annie, 1886-1968; Harrop, Angus John Neville, 1900-1963; Harrop, Hilda Mary Florence, 1900-1990; Harrop, David Neville, 1931-; Todd, Moyra, -1986; Harrop, Arthur Neville, 1869-1919
- Reference
- MS-Group-1967
- Description
The papers comprise both working notes for Passageways, and family papers. The papers for Passageways include drafts and notes. There are also other unpublished writing by Thwaite. Some of the family papers are interspersed with Thwaites working papers, but most are separate. The family papers comprise the papers of Ann Thwaite's parents, Angus John Neville Harrop and Hilda Mary Florence Harrop (Valentine), and their families. Includes unpublished memoirs, AJ Harrop's scrapbooks, Hilda Harrop's letters and diaries, including her letters from New Zealand during World War 2. Also photographs and ephemera.
Source of title - Supplied by Library
Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-4476
Ann Thwaite is a respected biographer, children's author and family historian who has published extensively. She is a descendant of the Harrop and Valentine familes who emigrated to New Zealand from England 1858-1868. Their stories have been published in her non-fiction work `Passageways: the story of a New Zealand family'.
Quantity: 49 folder(s). 2 box(es). 1.20 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 49 folder(s), 2 box(es), 1.20 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Autobiographies, Diaries, Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts, printed matter
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Miscellaneous notes and correspondence relating to `Passageways'
Date: 2007-2009
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-20
Description: Folder contains mostly correspondence (faxes and letters) between Ann Thwaite and Harry Ricketts (of the English Department of Victoria University), David Harrop and Karl Stead, relating to the publication of `Passageways'. Includes correspondence between the author and Otago University Press, and papers relating to a promotional tour in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed material (including some photocopies)
Miscellaneous notes relating to `Passageways'
Date: [ca 2000-2008]
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-17
Description: Folder contains notes for additions to the Afternote, bibliography and illustrations for the book, possible titles, and annotated drafts of a table showing 8 grandparents and the ships they came on to New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed material (including some photocopies)
Research material and drafts for chapters 10 and 11 of `Passageways'
Date: 1940-1945, 2004-2005
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-14
Description: Folder contains research material, notes and drafts for chapters 10 and 11, `Out of harm's way' and `The last lap'. Includes family and business letters, newspaper cuttings, scripts by A J Harrop for two radio programmes, papers relating to Erich Baume including photocopy of a section of his autobiography, and writings by a cousin of Ann Thwaite, about their childhood years. Also includes plans, notes and drafts of Chapters 10 and 11, and a letter and comments by the editor Hilary Tulloch. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (including some photocopies), printed material
Research material and drafts for chapter 9 of `Passageways'
Date: 1934-1940, 2000-2005
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-12
Description: Folder contains research material, notes and drafts for chapter 9, `A strenuous pair', including family letters, postcards, papers relating to the Coronation of George VI in Westminster Abbey (1937), and to A J Harrop's time at the League of Nations in Geneva. Also includes Ann Thwaite's notes, articles by other writers, and drafts for this chapter. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (including some photocopies), printed material
Faxes and letters
Date: [2005-2009]
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-19
Description: Folder contains faxes between Ann Thwaite and David and Margaret Harrop (her brother and his wife), and the professional writers who read her manuscripts - Karl Stead, Hilary Tulloch and Michael Millgate. The faxes relate to research on the family histories, and to accuracy, clarity and style. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograms, typescripts
Research material and drafts for chapter 10 of `Passageways'
Date: 1937-1945, [ca 1996-2005]
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-13
Description: Folder contains research material, notes and drafts for chapter 10, `Out of harm's way'. Includes letters written between A J Harrop and his wife Hilda during the time of their separation (when Hilda took her two children to New Zealand in 1940), and letters between Hilda and her friend Moyra Todd. Also includes newspaper cuttings, notes, transcriptions of Hilda's diary, and drafts for this chapter. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (including some photocopies), printed material
Parts of first printout of `Passageways'
Date: [ca 2005-2008]
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-16
Description: Folder contains scripts with annotations by C K Stead and David Harrop (brother of Ann Thwaite). Includes the rejected cover for `Passageways'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts with mss annotations, printed material
Faxes and letters
Date: [2004-2009]
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-18
Description: Folder contains correspondence, mainly between Ann Thwaite and David and Margaret Harrop (her brother and his wife), and C K Stead, relating to research into family history, the publication of `Passageways', and Ann's visit to New Zealand for a South Island Family History Tour in October-November 2004 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts (including some photocopies)
Research material and drafts for chapter 11 of `Passageways'
Date: 1942-1944, 2001-2005
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-15
Description: Folder contains research material, notes and drafts for chapter 11, `The last lap', and includes papers relating to Ann Thwaite's years at Samuel Marsden School for Girls in Karori, Wellington, a bookplate commissioned by her father to mark her three and a half years at the school, and family letters. Also includes letters with memories from school friends, notes from letters and diaries, and drafts for Chapter 11. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (including some photocopies), printed material Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 negative, black and white photographs, and colour prints.
Manuscript of chapters 10 to 11, and end material of `Passageways'
Date: 2004-2009
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- : Papers relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: MS-Papers-10818-02
Description: Folder includes manuscript (mostly handwritten with numerous alterations and annotations) for chapters 10 and 11, and end material (notes and bibliography) for `Passageways' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts