Climber and forestry researcher. Born Te Karaka, Poverty Bay, daughter of Thomas James and Dagmar Martha Melville Gedye (née Hansen). Studied at Victoria University College 1940, served in WWII; graduated as MSc, 1950. Specialised in forestry and deer ecology with the New Zealand Forest Service (NZ Who's who, Aotearoa, 2001; Dominion Post Obituaries Thur, 10 Jun 2004, B9).
Davidson, Mavis Melville, 1910-2004
Gedye, Mavis Melville, 1910-2004
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Letter from Mavis Davidson to Rosemary Riddiford
Date: 15 January 1998
From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance
Reference: MS-Papers-12631-35
Description: Contains inward correspondence to Rosemary Riddiford from mountaineer Mavis Davidson regarding a television documentary about Edmund Hillary that aired in circa January 1998. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "4" in a clear plastic sleeve with a typed note reading "Letter from Mavis Davidson, skilled and respected mountaineer, photographer, author and scientist, to Rosemary Riddiford, January 1998, after TV documentary on Sir Edmund Hillary". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter
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Photographic Christmas cards from Mavis Davidson to Harold Earle and Rosemary Riddiford
Date: [ca 1996-2001]
From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance
Reference: MS-Papers-12631-38
Description: Contains Mavis Davidson's Chrismas cards to the Riddiford. Also a Christmas card from Norman Hardie in 1983 and from Tararua Tramping Club President Dan Viggers (undated). Title taken from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "4". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter
Manuscript
Personal and mountain correspondence file
Date: 1964
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers
By: Harrington, Hilary James (Dr), 1924-2015
Reference: MS-Papers-8179-74
Description: Inward and outward correspondence and papers relating to mountains; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letter to Mrs Dobbs. Other Titles - Canterbury Mountaineering Club newsletter (May 1964) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Women scientists in forestry and medicine
Date: [1993-2002]
From: Thomson, Andrew David, 1930-2002 : Papers relating to women in science in New Zealand
Reference: MS-Papers-7617-03
Description: Essays on women in the fields of forestry and medicine Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Annotated copy of Arawata Bill / by Denis Glover
Date: [ca 1953-1986]
From: Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6047
Description: Consists of a photocopy of `Arawata Bill; a sequence of poems', by Denis Glover. Annotations by the author on page 12 identify the characters referred to, and two additional, pasted in, poems, one by Denis Glover to J D Pascoe and one by J D Pascoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: The book was given to Sheila Natusch by Mavis Davidson. Inside the front cover it is inscribed with Davidson's name and dated 1953. There is also an inscription from Davidson to Natusch dated 1986.
Manuscript
Obituary for Elder
Date: 1974
From: Elder, Norman Lascelles, 1896-1974 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0699-46
Description: Obituary for Elder describing his life, work, tramping and ecological interests from `Wellington Botanical Society bulletin' (n39 Oct 1976) by Mavis M Davidson Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Album (Adams-Herriott)
From: Thomson, Andrew David, 1930-2002 :Photographs relating to women in science in New Zealand
Reference: PA1-q-1057
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 245 x 310 mm