Born in England. Chief Librarian of Canterbury Public Library 1913-1951. President of the NZ Library Association 1937-1938.
Bell, Ernest John, 1885-1971
Letters from former colleagues and from America
Date: 1934-1943
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7995-090
Description: Letters from colleagues at the Canterbury Public Library, from Archibald Dunningham, Dunedin Public Library, and from colleagues and friends in the United States. Sorted and labelled, they cover a number of topics, ranging from librarianship to tourist attraction in America and social life in Gisborne in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence re New Zealand Authors Week - Ba-Bl
Date: 1936
From: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0148-029B
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: For full description of the contents of this folder see Inventory.
Pat Lawlor - Mansfield material
Date: [1907-1951]
From: Norwood, Hugh, fl 1978-1999 : Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield and other matters
Reference: MS-Papers-7293-01
Description: Two folders of material with labelling in various hands (1) report of PEN (New Zealand Centre Katherine Mansfield evening (5 Mar 1946) with notes for the chairman of the evening; and (2) letter relating to Mansfield, publicity brochures and review of Middleton Murry's edition of `Katherine Mansfield's letters'; review of `God' by Middleton Murry by Constance Juhan; and part of diary entry by Lawlor 15 Jul with no year; transcript of `Vignettes' and `Silhouettes' by Mansfield from the `Native companion' (1907) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence (Surnames B)
Date: 1937-1950, nd
From: Howitt, William King, 1869-1956 : Correspondence
Reference: MS-Papers-0018-02
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.