GirlGuiding New Zealand : Records

Contains the Association's records including minutes, correspondence, subject files, historical papers, newsletters and other publications, and recordings from the Guides New Zealand centennial oral history project.

Source of title - Supplied title

In 1907 Lieutenant-Colonel Cossgrove formed a Peace Scouts Group for girls in Christchurch and similar groups were formed in Dunedin, Auckland and in a number of smaller centres. The Peace Scouts continued until 1922, when it was decided to combine with the newly formed Girl Guides groups. In 1923 a Girl Guide company from Southland registered with the London Headquarters and from this date there was a steady increase in both the number of Girl Guide companies formed and the number of members.

Quantity: 40 box(es). 13.50 Linear Metres. 5 C60 cassette(s). 3 printed abstract(s). 3 Interview(s).

Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, audiocassettes and printed matter

Provenance: Although most of the collection originates from the Association, some material from private donors found in their vault, is also included.

Transfers: Collection as a whole received into manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Photographic Archive - Albums and loose photographs - To Oral History Collection - In 1985 4 cassettes (MSC 1714-1717) & 1 reel to reel tape (MST5 856) - To Serials Collection - The Dominion Girl Guide, Vol 1 & 2 1924, Vol 2 No 13 Aug 1926; Te Rama 1936-1956 (see PR-09-0283 for complete list); Rangatahi News Nos 1-4 1971 - To Ephemera Collection - Various [Eph-A-ASSOCIATION-GG and Eph-C-ASSOCIATION-GG] - To Cartographic Collection - Maps of the Cook Islands. Survey Dept, Rarotonga, 1961 - To Book Collections - Various [PR-08-0360, PR-08-0361].