Historian, poet, musician and broadcaster. Born Wellington 17 Jun 1914, her schooling developed early interests in music, prose and poetry. She married in 1949 and lived with her husband, who worked for Civil Aviation, on Norfolk Island for much of her life, working as a correspondent for Pacific Islands Monthly and writing about the history of the island. The Australian government awarded her an MBE in 1983. She died at Lismore, NSW, 8 Dec 2001. Obituary, The Press, 19 Jan 2002.
Hoare, Merval Hannah, 1914-2001
Connelly, Merval Hannah, 1914-2001, Hoare, Ray (Mrs), 1914-2001
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Connelly, Michael Aynsley, 1916- : Papers relating to Merval Hannah Hoare
Date: [1940]-2001
By: Connelly, Michael Aynsley, 1916-2003
Reference: MS-Papers-7316
Description: Copy of typescript and published obituary for Hoare, and copies of various clippings relating to her professional life as a poet, broadcaster and writer; also includes copies of her death notice, photographs, coloured laser photograph, family member details and list of her publications Source of title - Supplied Merval Hoare was a poet, author and broadcaster; she lived on Norfolk Island from ca 1949 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Hon Michael Connelly, Christchurch, Jan 2002 Colour laser photographic portrait of Merval Hoare
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Norfolk Island file
Date: [1950]-1974
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers
Reference: 77-067-6/15
Description: Correspondence with Merval Hoare, clippings and printed matter relating to Norfolk Island Other Titles - Paradise in the Pacific, Norfolk Island, by W H Tustin (Kingston, Stainforth & Co, Auckland, Brett Printing & Publishing Co, 1928) Other Titles - Rambler's guide to Norfolk Island, by Merval Hoare (Sydney, Pacific Publications, 1965) Other Titles - The Discovery of Norfolk Island, by Merval Hoare (Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1974) Other Titles - Norfolk Island Centenary Celebrations, 1856-1956 (Sydney, Minister for Territories, 1956) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Letters from noted Australian writers
Date: [1912-1975]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers
Reference: 77-067-7/03
Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letter, possibly from Marjorie Irwin, Enfield, to Will Lawson; letter to Harry from Hal, with covering note, `Hal Gye, "James Hackston", to go into your Dennis Books'; letter from [?] G H Napier, Sydney Mail (1937); and poem by Mary Gilmore Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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New Zealand writers, A - L.
Date: 1920-1965
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 :Photographs of New Zealand writers, and Lawlor's offices
Reference: PAColl-6260-1
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Correspondence with Merval Hoare
Date: 1949-1965
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers
Reference: 77-067-8/21
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Dalton, Muriel, fl 1967-1999 : Collection of letters
Date: [1927-1983]
By: Dalton, Muriel, active 1975-1999
Reference: MS-Papers-6541
Description: Comprises a collection of letters given to Dalton in 1967, to which further letters were added in 1968; draft letter from Dalton to Lawlor and reply; and letter from Turnbull Library following Dalton's donation of a Robin Hyde letter to the Library (1983). Includes list of correspondents. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further collections of Lawlor literary correspondence Dalton received the letters as a prize from Pat Lawlor for winning a song of Wellington competition under the auspices of the New Zealand Women Writers' Society in 1967 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms M Dalton, Upper Hutt, Apr 1999
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Inward correspondence and other papers
Date: [1930-1970]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers
Reference: 77-067-1/7
Description: Persons identified entered under Name; includes some unidentified persons including Arnold C? writing from Wainui House, Nelson (1939); Una C[owrie]? writing from the `Sun', Auckland (1929); the author of `Flyin' blind', possibly Percy Cogga Quantity: 1 folder(s).