Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Date
[ca 1886-1977]
By
Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993
Reference
77-221
Description

Comprises research material compiled by Barr for a biography of Joseph Gordon Coates and includes correspondence with W B Sutch, letters, miscellaneous material and an illuminated address given to Coates

Includes notebook by Barr, `Notes of the memories of various people who were associated with late Hon J G Coates'; clippings on the opening of the Coates Memorial Church at Matakohe; correspondence between Barr and W B Sutch (1969-1975); miscellaneous correspondence (1969-1975); correspondence with R M Campbell with notes (1968-1973); notes (pp 5-30) including Maori friends of the Coates family, Douglas Hill, Edward and Thomas Coates, Charles H Porritt, Des Coates, William Betts, W B Souter, T E Coates, P I Wilkinson, J P Hare Crispe, Ian Cameron, R A Hill, W R Fee and others; further miscellaneous correspondence; `Reminiscences of....Coates' by M H Harding (1954); photocopies of correspondence and diaries (1886-1890)

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Relationship complexity - See further material relating to Barr and J G Coates on TAPUHI

Barr planned to write a biography of Joseph Gordon Coates

Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.13 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Album of photographs probably taken by Mrs Marjorie Coates as she accompanied her husband through various parts of NZ; also photograph of Coates and Sir Francis Bell outside 10 Downing St (1926).

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11 folder(s), 0.13 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Research notes, Essays, Diaries, Illuminated manuscripts, Autobiographies, Manuscripts, Mss and typescripts
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Manuscript

The Opening of the Coates Memorial Church at Matakohe (file)

Date: 1929, 1950

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-04

Description: Set of newspaper clippings about the opening of the church; includes some extra clippings for 1929 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Documentation relating to collection

Date: 1977

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-02

Description: Deposit record forms detailing depositing of material Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Diaries and various papers (photocopies)

Date: [1886-1890]

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-10

Description: Photocopies of diaries kept by Edward Coates Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Came in for copy and return on Deposit Record form D1458

Manuscript

Inward correspondence from William Ball Sutch

Date: 1969-1975

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-05

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Deposited on Deposit Record form D1459

Manuscript

Reminiscences of the parliamentary career of Coates by M H Harding

Date: 1954

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-08

Description: Reminiscences by Harding with notes about it by Barr and notes from Coates's notebook Mrs Harding was a member of the electoral political committee for Coates and a close personal friend of the family Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Deposited on Deposit Record form D1460

Manuscript

Notes made by Barr relating to biography

Date: [1966-1972]

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-07

Description: Notes on topics including Maori friends of the Coates family, Mr Douglas Hill, Mr Coates's constant attention to his constituents, coffee evenings in Wellington, his severe and forbidding manner, Edward and Thomas Coates, property at Dargaville side of Ruawai, Charles H Porritt, by ministerial car to Frankton, Des Coates, Wm Betts, W B Souter, T E Coates, P I Wilkinson, Ruatuna Hereford stud, J P Hare Crispe, Ian Cameron, R A Hall, Margery Clapham (nee Totich), W H Linden, Sir James Fletcher, W R Fee Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Came in on Deposit Record form D1459

Manuscript

Inward correspondence relating to biography of Coates

Date: 1969-1975

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-06

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Came in on Deposit Record Form D1523 26 Sep 1977

Manuscript

Notes of the memories of various people who were associated with late Hon J C Coates

Date: [1970-1979]

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-01

Description: Comprises research material compiled by Barr for a biography of Joseph Gordon Coates and includes correspondence with W B Sutch, letters, miscellaneous material and an illuminated address given to Coates Includes notebook by Barr, `Notes of the memories of various people who were associated with late Hon J G Coates'; clippings on the opening of the Coates Memorial Church at Matakohe; correspondence between Barr and W B Sutch (1969-1975); miscellaneous correspondence (1969-1975); correspondence with R M Campbell with notes (1968-1973); notes (pp 5-30) including Maori friends of the Coates family, Douglas Hill, Edward and Thomas Coates, Charles H Porritt, Des Coates, William Betts, W B Souter, T E Coates, P I Wilkinson, J P Hare Crispe, Ian Cameron, R A Hill, W R Fee and others; further miscellaneous correspondence; `Reminiscences of....Coates' by M H Harding (1954); photocopies of correspondence and diaries (1886-1890) Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: Deposited on Deposit Record form D1459

Manuscript

Inward correspondence from R M Campbell

Date: [1968-1973]

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-11

Description: Inward letters from R M Campbell to Barr relating to the Coates biography; includes notes on Campbell's letters by Barr Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Came in on Deposit Record form D1459

Manuscript

Diaries and various papers (photocopies)

Date: [1886-1938]

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 : Papers re Joseph Gordon Coates

Reference: 77-221-09

Description: Photocopies of diaries and correspondenceb between Coates and his mother, and illuminated address signed by constituents Quantity: 1 folder(s).