Page, Alfred William, 1899-1930

Page, Fred, 1899-1930

Pacifist and teacher. Page (generally known as Fred). Son of Samuel Page and Sarah Page (née Saunders). Brother of Robert (aka Robin) was born and educated in Christchurch at Christchurch Boys' High School and Canterbury University College (graduated MA). The family had strong socialist and religious beliefs; his brother was imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War I and Page was secretary of the No More War Movement in the 1920s. He became an assistant teacher at Christchurch Boys' High School but lost his job when he refused to sign the oath of allegiance, without amendment. Page left New Zealand on SS Herminius in Feb 1930 to travel and further his peace advocacy work in Europe; he died accidentally of carbon monoxide poisoning in Paris, 7 Jul 1930. See Ellen and Ann Saunders' biographical study on him "He's for the morning: his journal, also some recollections of his life" (Christchurch: A Wildey, 1939).

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Manuscript

Pacifism in New Zealand

Date: 1924-1939

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 82-213-07

Description: Papers relating to conscientious objectors, pacifism and the No More War Movement. Other Titles - Cosmos (Periodical) Other Titles - The International Sunbeam (Periodical) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter

Manuscript

Brown, Dorothy Fay, 1929-2011: Inward correspondence

Date: 1984, 1988

By: Brown, Dorothy Fay, 1929-2011

Reference: MS-Papers-9544

Description: Collection comprises correspondence from Evelyn Page to Brown advising Brown of Fred Page's death (1984) and correspondence from Arthur Lewis to Brown regarding Rewi Alley in China (1988). Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms & typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms R Brown, Wellington, Dec 2009

Manuscript

Papers

Date: [ca 1840s-1940s]

From: Saunders family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11036-2

Description: Papers mainly relating to Samuel Saunders; obituaries and cuttings about his career as a journalist; letters to his daughter Alice on his death, 1943. Family tree showing descendants of Alfred Saunders and Rhoda Flower; transcription from Johnston family Bible giving descendants of John Robert Johnston and Marion Jamieson Cargill; notes by Alice Saunders on her brother Edward; notes and cuttings re the family of Captain Cargill of Dunedin; two letters to Ida Rule from her parents; obituaries for Dr Robert Owen Page and Fred Page. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Portrait of Professor Frederich Page

Date: 12 December 1970

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-NZ Obits-PA-02-F

Description: Portrait of Professor Frederich Page photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on 12 December 1970. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin Print, 18 x 19 cm