Book collector, Palmerston North. Collector of autographed books by celebrities. Had a private book collection called 'Greengables'. Her letter to W K Howitt dated Feb 1948 has attached a list of those who have autographed books
Thomas, Minnie Sabrina, 1898-1974
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Manuscript
Thomas, Minnie Sabrina, 1898-1974: Tributes to Rt Hon Joseph Gordon Coates
Date: [ca 1944-1945]
By: Thomas, Minnie Sabrina, 1898-1974
Reference: MS-Papers-12023
Description: Collection comprises six tributes to The Rt Hon Joseph Gordon Coates. The tributes are by General Sir A. H. Russell, Sir William Perry, The Hon Ewen William Alison, Sir Charles J. B. Norwood, T. Clifton Webb, and one unidentified author (name is not discernible from signature). Only two of the tributes are dated; one is dated 24 April 1944 and the other 7 June 1945. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: 1 folder containing 6 typescript and handwritten signed tributes on 7 sheets of A5-sized paper. Provenance: Minnie Thomas had earlier donated her collection to the Palmerston North City Library. The archivist felt these manuscripts were outside the collecting policy of the Palmerston North City Library and transferred them to the Turnbull Library on appraisal.
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Various artists :[New Zealand bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with...
Date: 1862 - 1955
From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]
By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; Brown, Elizabeth, active 1954; Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989; Manchester, Nan, active 1952; Mills, Marjory Hinemoa, 1896-1987; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Percy, William Stratford, 1872-1946; Praetorius, Charles William James, 1868-1956; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Smith, Doris R M, active 1940s?; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Sutton, William Alexander, 1917-2000; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Tilsley, Lydia Louise, 1898-1983; Tornquist, Herbert Richard, 1897-1969; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982
Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-T
Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: C M T (engraving, n.d.) Douglas S Tait (by Nan Manchester, 1952) John Tattersall (by E Mervyn Taylor) Tauhara Book Club (by John Moore, Eastbourne) Tawa Flat School Library (1941) C R H Taylor (n.d.) E Mervyn Taylor (by himself, 1949) Joye Taylor (by Elizabeth Brown, 1954) Terence Taylor (by E Mervyn Taylor) T J Taylor (by W A Sutton, 1951) Hugh B Tennent (heraldic, n.d.) D E Theomin (by Mabel Hill, 1925) Minnie Thomas (by Marjorie H Mills, n.d.) W H Preston Thomas (by E. M., 1947) Annie Sinclair Thomson 1862-1940 (Printed by J Wilkie Dunedin) Miss Monique Thorpe (by Louise Tilsley 1935-36) Timaru Boys' High School Library (by Percy Watts Rule, 1934) Charmion Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) NZ Government Tourist Bureau (by George Bridgman, 1945) James Treloar (by Doris R M Smith) H J Trembath (n.d.) Walt Whitman Library collected by W H Trimble donated [to Hocken Library] by his daughter D H Stewart (by H Towse?, 1927) Tripp (heraldic, n.d.) H & E Tuck (by Hilda Wiseman, 1940) Alexander Turnbull Library (four by unknown artist, plus plates by Walter Crane, D H Souter (2), and C Praetorius) Robert Turnbull (by W S Percy) R G Turnidge (by N Lonsdale, 1936) I H Twentyman (heraldic, n.d.) Quantity: 38 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.
Manuscript
Inward correspondence (Surnames T-W)
Date: 1948-1951
From: Howitt, William King, 1869-1956 : Correspondence
Reference: MS-Papers-0018-08
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Scrapbook relating to book collecting
Date: [ca 1943]-1979
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers
Reference: MSY-4798
Description: The scrapbook includes correspondence, clippings, cards, drawings and cartoons, reports, photographs, poems and letters from Innes Simonsen, illustration by ML, `Book worm rampant; the story of Silas Quarto', all related to book collecting, book collectors, stories about collectors, and some diary extracts. Includes `A Bookman's journal No IV, 14 8 1941' by T J Lawlor, Lawlor's first bookplate and one of Minnie Thomas's, and drawing by `My Margaret'. Letters from identified persons entered under Name. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence relating to Books and bookmen
Date: [1952-1959]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers
Reference: 86-105-061
Description: Described as file of the original letters received from writers and others regarding Lawlor's `Books and bookmen'; identified persons entered under Name. Also includes clippings, royalty account, cover of `Books and bookmen', letters from Oliver of Marton, [?] J Williams of Hastings, [?] J W Kenton of Shortland Street, John of the Hawthorn Press, Melbourne and Anna [?] Gross of Stoke, Nelson. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: 2 Jan-30 Mar 1948
From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0196-201
Description: Consists of literary, business and personal correspondence to Ramsden Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Manuscript
Inward letters - Parkinson, Charles to Wilson, Robert A
Date: 1931-1971
From: Seddon family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1619-161
Description: Some of the identifiable correspondents entered in name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Manuscript
Papers relating to the New Zealand Folklore Society (a)
Date: [1960-1975]
From: Annabell, Angela, 1929-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2000-199-1/01
Description: File of correspondence, minutes, words to songs, music, clippings, reviews and other papers relating to the New Zealand Folklore Society; includes letters from Frank of Lyall Bay, Wellington and words and music to `Dug-out in the true', `Mill', `The Three young sons of Naylor' by Bev Altey, and sheet with `Ballads O!', `Fill ev'ry glass' `Come sweet lass', `Ah, how sweet it is to love', `Why should a foolish marriage vow', and `To little or no purpose' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Journalism (typescripts)
Date: [1900-1950]
From: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7291-03
Description: Various articles etc by Mills; `A Pioneer's bookplate' produced by Jessie S Jackson; scene breakdown for `The Sultan's adventure; an Arabian night' by V Pantin and Mills; Li and the Chinese peril, the career of an English officer in the colonies', about Lionel Terry; `Unique idea in collecting, the library of Minnie Thomas'; `Bland Holt, a notable of the New Zealand and Australian stage'; extract from report of Labour Bills Committee (1896); typescript of Employers' Leave to Inspect Their Own Premises Bill (1900); obituary, Frank W Reed; poem or song, `On seeking courage to face the inevitable'; `Minor poets, New Zealand's legion' Three New Zealand women who succeeded in journalism; `Rescued out of the Bay of Biscay'; Dugald Ferguson; Henry Lawson; and `Rangi's squeeze box' by T Nga Kara Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Inward correspondence (G)
Date: [1970-1979]
From: Sargeson, Frank, 1903-1982 : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4261-075
Description: Includes poem by Lyndahl Chapple Gee Quantity: 1 folder(s) 21 leaves.