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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)
Source of title - Supplied
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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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 11 folder(s), 0.13 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Research notes, Essays, Diaries, Illuminated manuscripts, Autobiographies, Manuscripts, Mss and typescripts
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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).
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).
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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).