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Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
- Date
- [ca 1925-1987]
- By
- Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995
- Reference
- 89-119
- Description
Papers deal with the Seaman's, Building Labourers', and the Local Body Officers' unions, and also with a wide variety of topics relating to the union movement, the Federation of Labour and various union personalities; included is an incomplete autobiography, and various papers relating to his personal life.
Source of title - Supplied title
Prominent New Zealand trade unionist, identified mainly with the Wellington Labourers' Union, the Wellington Local Body Officers' Union and the New Zealand Federation of Labour.
Quantity: 6 box(es). 2 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter
Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.
Transfers: To Book Collections - 3 monographs. See PR-04-0447 (List available in back file).
Includes photographs
Processing information: Archivists notes - Preliminary list inputted, Oct 2004
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 6 box(es), 2 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Minutes (Records), Fliers (Printed matter), Business correspondence, Autobiographies, Pamphlets, Clippings, Administrative reports, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, Illustration: Includes photographs
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Papers relating to Northern Ireland
Date: 1950s
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-6/10
Description: Includes newspaper cuttings; correspondence; statements; and related papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to Brigidine Sisters Cottage Fund
Date: 1951
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-3/11
Description: Papers relating to fund to purchase a cottage at Paraparaumu for the Sisters of the Brigidine Order. Includes list of subscribers. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to International Labour Organisation Regional Conference in India
Date: 1957-1958
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-6/09
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes several photographs
Wellington Builders and General Labourers' Union - Papers
Date: 1930
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-3/02
Description: Includes papers relating to the formation of the Labourers' Union; replies to questionnaire; list of members of Wellington Builders' and Contractors' Union; list of employees of the Eketahuna County Council who wish to be struck off the list of parties to the Wellington Industrial District General Labourers' Award; and related papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
FOL National Executive - Minutes
Date: 1949-1951
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-6/05
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1950s-1960s
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-5/06
Description: Includes poems; papers relating to Baxter's book; travel documents; financial papers; newspaper clippings; copies of unsent correspondence; paper (with corrections and annotations) re Industrial Labour Movement; Report on interviews with representatives of the Waterside Workers Union concerning 1951 dispute; and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Autobiography (incomplete)
Date: [ca 1915-1970s]
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-1/1/3
Description: Arrangement: Unsorted Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Photographs
Date: [19--]
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-5/13
Description: Includes two photographs of Butler; Mr Hayward (Southern cross); and three packets of negatives Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notebooks
Date: 1930-1936
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-1/4
Description: Notebooks titled - Complaints, jobs, interviews (5 Aug 1935-5 May 1936), interviews (from 6 May 1936), and a fifth notebook containing miscellaneous notes Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces).
Papers relating to 1951 Waterfront Dispute
Date: 1951
From: Butler, Peter Michael, 1901-1995 : Papers
Reference: 89-119-4/11
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).