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Secker, Alma, 1923-2009 : Papers

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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

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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.

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10 folder(s), 1 Linear Metres, Drafts (Documents), Personal correspondence, Diaries, Publications (Documents), Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter

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Manuscript

Laughing 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).