Somerset, Hugh Crawford Dixon, 1895-1968

Date: [ca 1894-1984]

By: Somerset family

Reference: 84-181

Description: Family papers and research notes of Hugh Crawford Dixon Somerset and Gwendolen Lucy Somerset (Alley) relating to adult and child education; diaries, 1930s; visit to Great Britain and Germany; files relating to H C D Somerset's `Littledene' and files of New Zealand Playcentre Federation. Also papers concerning Gwendolen's brother, Rewi Alley, including correspondence, transcript of play `Lord of creation', articles, newspaper clippings and photographs re Alley and copies of `Indusco news'. Quantity: 7 box(es). 1.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs G L Somerset, Wellington, 1984

Date: [ca 1860-1980]

From: Pearce, Millicent Clare Susan, 1898-1996 :Photographs relating to the Pearce and Crabb families

Reference: PAColl-10056-2

Description: Photographs relating to the Kennedy family of Franklin, Tasmania, and the Crabb family of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Included are A N Kennedy and his wife, parents of Priscilla Crabb. Also Harold and Waldo Kennedy, Priscilla's brothers, and the family home at Franklin in the River Huon, Tasmania. Also included are - Earnest Hugh Crabb as a young and middle aged man. Priscilla Crabb as a child, and in the 1920s when the family lived in a house in College Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Ernest and Priscilla Crabb's children include - Marjorie (or Margery) Doris Crabb, who married agricultural research scientist Campbell Percy McMeekan in 1932. Helen Priscilla Crabb, also called Barc, who became an artist working mostly in Sydney. Millicent Clare (or Constance) Crabb who married Eric Pearce in 1931. Lillian Laura Crabb who worked as a school teacher. Houlton Hugh Ernest Crabb. The collection also includes friends and other people such as Edward Prince of Wales in Wellington in 1920, Hugh crawford Somerset, Edward Edinburgh Chamberlain, and an interior view of a World War One military cafeteria. Quantity: 98 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [1946-1984]

From: Vogt, Herlof Anton Herlofsen, 1914-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5201-100

Description: Includes postcard from and clippings re Philip Temple removed from `Beak of the moon', by Temple; note from James McAuley, n d, removed from `Quadrant', 1962/2; various clippings and notes removed from `New Zealand: gift from the sea' by Maurice Shadbolt and Brake; two letters from Crawford Somerset, 1946, 1947; petition re suspension of `How things began' broadcast, 1947 and clippings re Bill Renwick, removed from `Natiional education', 1947-1948 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1920-1932

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-077

Description: Names of correspondents not entered in Name Field include: Social Science Research Council (Columbia University, New York); La Societe des Etudes Oceaniennes (Papeete); Society de l'histoire des colonies francaise; Society for the Promotion of Health of Women and Children; Sociological Publications Ltd (London); H Sotheran & Co (London); Geo W Wheatley & Co Ltd; Dorothy Souter; Royal Geographical Society (South Australia Branch); South Canterbury Patriotic War Relief Society; Spectator Publishing Company; The Spectator (London); Spence, Rutherfurd, Macalister & Coleman (Legal firm, Hawera) re copy of Casaubon's Commentary Part 1 (1921); A H Spencer Pty Ltd (Melbourne); Spencer & Hodge (Melbourne); The Spike (Victoria College); Wesley Spragg; Mr Spurdle. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1925-1973]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers

Reference: 77-067-5/4

Description: Persons entered under Name; many of the files include letters about the subject from other people. The file on Cecil H Winter (`Riverina') includes a humorous letter with ink drawings, and a long letter from Frank Devine to Lawlor. The file on the Literary Fund includes its annual reports (1948-1955). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Illustrated letter from Cecil H (Bill) Winter (`Riverina')

Date: 1946-1978

From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7995-112

Description: Inward letters from ca 1936. Not all names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 10 Oct 1941-23 May 1955

From: Heenan, Joseph William Allan (Sir), 1888-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1132-152

Description: Literary matters: centennial surveys; M's own writing: Includes letter from H C D Somerset re `Littledene' 23 October 1941 Other Titles - Littledene Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-029886-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: [ca 1949-1964]

From: Campbell, Arnold Everitt, 1906-1980 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9490-12

Description: Testimonials, retirement speeches and other papers relating to: D R Wills; C I C Scollay; A Grey; A S Prime; E R Duncan; M R McG Turnbull; J L Ewing; A J Waghorn; E G Jacoby; H C D Somerset; Ralph Hogg; Max Riske; A T Campbell; J V Burton; Dr A E Fieldhouse; Enid Wilson; Miss Thelma Maurais; Alan Thom; W R Edwards; E S Andrews; Roy Parsons; T M Archer; H A Heron; John Lithgow Ewing; Moira Gallagher; Mary Frances Gallagher; Londsay Marquis Graham; C E Peek; C N Wilson; J G Green; W J Scott; P Martin Smith; Dr F G Spurdle; Dr J T Campbell; Arnold Hely; Mirams vs Holcroft; Sir Thomas Hunter; Ivan Sutherland; J C Beaglehole; Maurice Banks; Norm Banks; George Ashbridge; P O S Skoglund; C Beeby; Len Le F Ensor; John E Watson; Prof C C Aikman; Ralph Winterbourn; George Parkyn; Aleck Hunter Forbes; D G Shouler; Rev K J Mackie; R Chapman-Taylor; Miss A K Caughley; Mr C J Williams; Michael Turnbull; A G Green; Frederick Richard George Aitken; S M Mead; S W Slater; A G Tovey; Walter Bernard Harris; John Melser; J F Johnson. Most names indexed in Name Field Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Access statement "Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" and the requirement to gain permisison of the Chief Librarain before access was removed on 12 April 2023.