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Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
- Date
- [ca 1970-2009]
- By
- Secker, Alma Williamina Morrison Langslow, 1923-2009
- Reference
- MS-Group-1830
- Description
Comprise draft stories, autobiography, articles and other papers. Also correspondence and diaries, and printed material. Much of the material relates to her interests in Scottish country dancing, writing and ornithology and natural history
Source of title - Supplied by Library
Relationship complexity - See also Ms-Group-1082 Hallam Secker papers
Alma Secker, who was of Scots extraction, was the widow of the amateur ornithologist, Hallam Secker. As an aspiring writer, she kept a diary of her life in the Wairarapa
Quantity: 10 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Estate of Alma Secker, 2010
Transfers: Photographs have been transferred to the Photograph Collection, where they are held as PA-Coll-00640. Ephemera and books have been transferred to the relevant sections of the Library - To Book Collections - Printed matter.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 10 folder(s), 1 Linear Metres, Drafts (Documents), Personal correspondence, Diaries, Publications (Documents), Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter
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Copyright
UnknownLaughing is a luxury, an autobiography
Date: 1983-1989
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9578-8
Description: Copies of drafts and correspondence relating to Alma's autobiography. She writes under the name of Kate Dalrymple, with her husband, Hallam, being called Mac Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters and other papers
Date: 1980-2004
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: 2010-064-5
Description: Quantity: 1 box(es).
Newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous writings
Date: 1970-1997
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9578-6
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diaries
Date: 2009
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9578-3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diaries
Date: 1991-1998
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: 2010-064-3
Description: Quantity: 1 box(es).
Copies of articles, published and unpublished
Date: [ca 1979-2003]
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9578-9
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diaries
Date: 1967-1982
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: 2010-064-1
Description: Quantity: 1 box(es).
Diaries
Date: 2005-2006
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9578-1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diaries
Date: 1999-2004
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: 2010-064-4
Description: Quantity: 1 box(es).
Diaries
Date: 2007-2008
From: Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9578-2
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).