Bell, Marie, 1922-2012

Date: 2007-2008

By: Bell, Marie, 1922-2012; Campion, Richard Meckiff, 1923-2013; Evison, Helen June Patricia (Dame), 1924-2010; Fry, Robin, active 1960s-2000s; Hawthorne, Patricia, 1928-; Hay, Mary-Annette, 1925-2024; McKegg, Dorothy Anne, 1928-2008; McRae, Elizabeth, active 1970-2002; Norton, John, active 1955; Priestley, Dinah, 1938-; Vere-Jones, David, 1936-

Reference: OHColl-1468

Description: Comprises recordings of interviews with students and associates of the actor Minnie Maria Dronke, conducted for the research project 'Art Uprooted: Maria Dronke and the New Zealand Stage'. The interviewees are Patricia Hawthorne, Marie Bell, Janice Fraser, Laurie Atkinson, Richard Campion, Pat Evison, Joyce Campbell, Dorothy McKegg, Elizabeth McRae, Robin Fry, Pamela James, Mary-Annette Hay, Dinah Priestley, John Norton, David Vere-Jones and Natasha Templeton. The 'Art Uprooted' research project was undertaken to gather information for a biography. Title supplied by library. Interviewer - Monica Tempian. Maria Dronke, an established in German actor, came to New Zealand as a war refugee in 1939 and significantly influenced the develpment of theatre in New Zealand 1940-1987 as a teacher, director and actor. Quantity: 15 Interview(s). 15 printed abstract(s). 18 compact disc(s). Search dates: 2007 - 2008 Processing information: Abstracts have not yet been processed.

Date: 18 December 1969

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

Reference: EP/1969/5772-F

Description: Children at Matauranga School, Wellington, and Headmistress, Marie Bell. Marie Bell is wearing the dress made and presented to her by the children. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 18th of December 1969. The 39 children, aged from four-and-a-half to 12, made the dress under the direction of the sewing teacher, Mrs M Kernick. They did all the work except for the hem, which was done by the infant mistress, Mrs H Sotiri. The project took four weeks. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1975-1978, 1985, 1988-1989

From: Burns, Valerie, 1937- : Papers relating to early childhood education

Reference: MS-Papers-11649-17

Description: Contains a mixture of reports, case studies, guides and articles about the management of kindergartens Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1979-1980

From: Burns, Valerie, 1937- : Papers relating to early childhood education

Reference: MS-Papers-11649-22

Description: Contains correspondence, drafts and commentary relating to review of education personnel released by Treasury, 18 Mar 1980. A copy of the review is included. Also copies of articles on the effects of different class sizes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some photocopies)

Date: 1958-1960

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-154

Description: Contains papers relating to the 1960 report `Maternity services in New Zealand' by the Wellington branch of the National Council of Women. Includes correspondence between Catley and Professor Harvey Carey, and others. Also interview notes, transcripts, and statements from doctors and nurses, many relating to changes in the nursing curriculum relating to maternity services. Includes some draft sections of the report. Relationship complexity - For a full copy of the report, see MS-Papers-11651-158 The sub-committee which prepared the report consisted of Helen Brew, Marie Bell, Christine Cole-Catley and Laurie Salas Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 2001-2002, 2009

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-157

Description: Contains papers mainly relating to Parents' Centre administration in the 2001-2002 period. Includes correspondence (letters and printed emails), issue of `Kiwi parent' magazine, Parents' Centre annual report (2001-2002) and strategic plan, conference programme and notes, and meeting minutes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1957, 1959, 1960

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-158

Description: Contains copy of the 1960 report `Maternity services in New Zealand' by the Wellington branch of the National Council of Women. Also includes correspondence, summaries of interviews and loose notes. Includes two 1957 letters from Helen Brew to Catley. The sub-committee which prepared the report consisted of Helen Brew, Marie Bell, Christine Cole-Catley and Laurie Salas Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1963, 1964, 1981-2009

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-159

Description: Contains correspondence (letters and printed emails), draft articles, speech notes, a partial film script, clippings and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 2003-2010

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-443

Description: Not all correspondent names indexed Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1978-1980

From: Brunton, Jeanette Winifred, 1942- : Papers relating to Management Skills Programme

Reference: MS-Papers-11822-3

Description: Comprises handouts and notes for course content used in national and head office 'women in management' training courses held between 1978 and 1980. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2003-2005

From: Brunton, Jeanette Winifred, 1942- : Papers relating to Management Skills Programme

Reference: MS-Papers-11822-8

Description: Comprises notes from research conducted at Archvies New Zealand into the women in management training courses 1978-1980. Also contains papers related to a reunion of course attendees held in 2005. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2011-2012

By: Bell, Marie, 1922-2012; Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014; Logan, Daphne Mavis, 1924-2021

Reference: OHColl-1228

Description: Interviews with Marie Bell, Daphne Logan, and Jean Watson. Interviews by Heather Gray. Quantity: 3 Interview(s). Search dates: 2011 - 2012 Processing information: Digital files attached at the interview level.

Date: 1965-2013

Reference: MS-Group-2248

Description: Collection comprises a research archive by and about Bell's career in education and pre-schooling. Includes a draft of Bell's unfinished manuscript `Standing against the wind'; folder of published citations for Bell's educational work; transcripts of Bell's interviews with the Pioneers of Parents' Centre for Bell's PhD thesis; copies of papers and articles written by Bell; folder of tributes to Bell; notes on Marie Bell Scholarship in Early Childhood Education, 2013-2014, Victoria University of Wellington. Copy of `Matauranga, a radical experience in education' by Jeremy Rose. Source of title - Transcribed from item Research archive compiled by Bell's friends, including Pamela Cubey and Pat Hawthorne, after Bell's death in 2013. Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. 1 compact disc(s). 4 digital video disc(s). 1 digital sound recording(s). Physical Description: Mss,typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1960-1990

From: Matauranga School (Wellington) : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-6341-22

Description: Part of paper by Marie Bell on founding, growth and development of the school; description of policies of the school; profile of the school by Lisl Prendergast; and copies of photographs and captions for the history for the history of the school Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0584

Description: Shows scenes inside Matauranga School while in Karori, Wellington, in 1971, including children making art, playing the guitar, spinning and reading. Educator Marie Bell is seen in frame 12. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0587

Description: Shows scenes at Matauranga School while it was still in Karori, Wellington, in 1971, including children reading, playing, spinning and doing art. Educator Marie Bell is seen in frames 1 to 3, 6, & 12. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0588

Description: Shows scenes at Karori Normal School, Karori, Wellington, in 1971, including children singing with a guitar, making art and playing outside. Educator Marie Bell is seen in frames 1 & 2. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 23 August 2011, 25 January 2012

From: Women of substance oral history project

By: Bell, Marie, 1922-2012

Reference: OHInt-1228-01

Description: Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s). 2 digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2011 - 2012

Date: 2004

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-152

Description: Copy of Marie Bell's PhD thesis `The pioneers of Parents' Centre: movers and shakers for change in the philosophies and practices of childbirth and parent education in New Zealand'. Also cover note from Bell to Catley. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms and typescript