Christchurch journalist. Son of William Atack, a painter and brother of Walter Garwood Atack. Arrived in Canterbury with his parents on the `Cresswell' in Sep 1859. Brilliant academically, he joined the staff of the `Lyttelton Times' in 1875 and left in 1885. Active in local cricket clubs. Became Manager of the United Press Association in Wellington and married in 1886. [GR MacDonald biogs, CMu]. See also www.nzedge.com.
Atack, William Harrington, 1857-1945
Atack, William Harrington, 1857-1945 : Scrapbook
Date: [ca 1885-1921]
By: Atack, William Harrington, 1857-1945
Reference: MS-0108
Description: Newspaper clippings, pasted in an 1885 diary and running from that year to 1921, relating chiefly to cricket scores, but with some references to football matches, murder trials, libel suits and financial matters. Source of title - Supplied title Variations in title - Spine title has 1885-1912 Relationship complexity - A set of very similar scrapbooks compiled by his brother, Walter Garwood Atack, also a journalist, are held by the Canterbury Museum Archives. Christchurch journalist who worked for the Lyttelton Times and later managed the New Zealand Press Association in Wellington. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (106 pages). Physical Description: Printed matter with ms annotations (25 cm; green buckram)
William Harrington Atack - Diary
Date: [1924]-1945
From: Castle family : Papers
Reference: MSX-4954
Description: Diary kept by Atack. Also includes typescript biographical note. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
A H & A W Reed: Photographs of eminent New Zealand men used in publications
Date: ca 1860s - 1900s
Reference: PAColl-6538
Description: Images used by A H and A W Reed in the Cyclopaedia of New Zealand and other publications. Some of the images are marked to show which part is required for publication and some were also copied by the National Publicity Studios. A number of them are composite images or pages from a book with a number of images on it. The names are as follows: Sir Charles Gifford, Sir David Monro, Sir F Dillon Bell, Sir Maurice O'Rorke, Sir William Steward, Sir Arthur Guiness, Sir Julius Vogel, Sir John Hall, Hon D Pollen, Sir Robert Stout, A J Cadman, W Barron, J C Brown, S Shrimski, D McMillan, T Melly, J W Thomson, A McDonald, J Dargaville, H Feldwick, J S Brown, F A Whitaker, W H Watt, J Rutherford, E Mitchelson, W Hutchison, Sutter, A Munro, J Wilson, Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, S George, R Seddon, Iness, O'Callaghan, C Hamlin, R Allwright, Bracken, J Buchanan, R Trimble, H Driver, M Buchanan, T Duncan, R Dodson, R S Fish, E G Fitzgerald, J F Joyce, J Petrie, J Seatoun, Alfred Domett, William Judd, E W Udy, Mr and Mrs Richard Wakelin, J Wood and Mr Morrison. Photographer(s) unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at: 1/4-009987 and 014945 to 014962 Quantity: 18 prints and negatives. Physical Description: Prints and negatives
Williams, Havelock Arthur, 1884-1968 :Directors of the United Press Association. Jubile...
Date: 1929
By: Williams, Havelock Arthur, 1884-1968
Reference: PAColl-D-0757
Description: Group photograph of seven of the directors of the United Press Association taken by Havelock Ellis in his studio in Timaru in 1929. Absent is W Cecil Leys. Names of all those in the photograph are indexed in Name Field Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 395 x 565 mm with mount
Williams, Havelock Arthur, 1884-1968 :Jubilee Meeting of United Press Association, Tima...
Date: 1930
By: Williams, Havelock Arthur, 1884-1968
Reference: PAColl-D-0756
Description: Group photograph of members of the United Press Association taken by Havelock Ellis in 1930. In the background are the premises of the Timaru Herald (established in 1864). All names indexed in Name Field Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 395 x 565 mm with mount
Members of the Board of the New Zealand Press Association
Date: 1902
Reference: 1/4-014957-F
Description: Members of the Board of the New Zealand Press Association at the annual conference in Auckland in 1902. In the back row are (L-R): L Blundell, W H Atack, E W Knowles and J C Wilkins. In the front row are (L-R): George Fenwick, J L Wilson and H Brett. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1879?-1964 :Members of the Board of the New Zealand Press...
Date: 1902
By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964
Reference: PAColl-D-0744
Description: Members of the Board of the New Zealand Press Association taken outdoors during the annual conference in Auckland in 1902. In the back row are (L-R): J C Wilkin, W H Atack (Manager), E W Knowles and L P Blundell. In the front row are (L-R): Sir Henry Brett, J L Wilson (Chairman) and Sir George Fenwick. Taken by S P Andrew Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - S P Andrew Copy NZ; Mount recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 272 x 407 mm mounted on card 440 x 600 mm