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White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
- Date
- 1925-1995
- By
- White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995
- Reference
- MS-Group-1262
- Description
Comprises diaries and notebooks, correspondence and draft articles on children's reading, librarianship and literature in general. Also included are papers and letters on her study at Canterbury University College, her early library work and her time with the Carnegie School of Librarianship in Pittsburgh (1937-1939). Her personal papers contain family and personal letters, memoranda and housekeeping details, which give a detailed picture of Dunedin middle class life in the 1950s. There also papers relating to her first husband, Dick White, the Dunedin bookseller and actor. She collected brochures, printed material and newspaper cuttings on a wide variety of topics, especially on children's literature and on the Otago Branch of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, of which she was a keen supporter. A committed lay member of the Anglican communion in Dunedin, she also kept papers relating to church work and to St Paul's Cathedral.
Finding aid updated with information provided by reseacher, February 2016.
Source of title - Supplied
Arrangement: Divided into series by format and subject.
Dorothy Neal White, a noted librarian specialising in children's literature, radio broadcaster and writer, had studied at the Carnegie School of Librarianship in the 1930s and worked from the 1940s at the Dunedin Public Library. The Dorothy Neal White Collection of children's literature at the Nastional Library of New Zealand was named in her honour.
Quantity: 243 folder(s). 85 volume(s). 3 box(es). 5.27 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms V Feltham, Wellington, 2004
Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Several pamphlets - To Photographic Archive - 42 black and white, 4 colour original photographic prints from A2004-056 (PAColl-7953).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Written permission of living correspondents required for access to their letters held in the correspondence folders.
- Format
- 243 folder(s), 85 volume(s), 3 box(es), 5.27 Linear Metres, Diaries, Address books, Personal correspondence, Speeches, Scrapbooks, Drafts (Documents), Clippings, Publications (Documents), Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Loose papers from a scrapbook
Date: 1936-1937
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7995-161
Description: Cuttings, invitations, programmes, letters and other material relating to the visit of Dorothy Neal White to the United States. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Travel book
Date: 1937
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MSX-6968
Description: Combined notebook, address book and diary, kept while travelling in the United States. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes on South Africa
Date: 1948
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7995-157
Description: Notes and newspaper cuttings on South Africa, particularly with regard to its literature and literary scene. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: Dec 1935-Jun 1936
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MSX-6956
Description: Personal diary, detailed, describing activities and impressions of work in the Canterbury Public Library and at Canterbury College as well as her social life. The diary stops at May 1936, and the remainder of the volume contains clippings and extracts relating to her library examinations, testimonials and her application for the Carnegie Fellowship. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Malthouse at Queenstown - Correspondence with Ombudsman
Date: 1978-1979
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7995-008
Description: Correspondence with the Ombudsman over the possible demolition of the old malthouse at Queenstown. Dorothy Neal White was representing the Otago Historic Places Trust. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Scripts for radio talks
Date: 1939
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7995-156
Description: Scripts for talks on her experiences in the United States while on the Carnegie fellowship, together with contract details made with the NZBS. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Pamphlets and brochures from the United States
Date: 1936-1937
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2004-056-04/10
Description: Tourist pamphlets and brochures collected by Dorothy Neal White while in the United States on the Carnegie Scholarship in Librarianship. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Scrapbook
Date: 1936
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MSX-6965
Description: Cuttings, menus, progammes and other material collected by Dorothy Neal White while in the United States on the Carnegie Fellowship. Includes some Fellowship papers. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and other papers relating to Janet Frame
Date: [ca 1975-1993]
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7995-062
Description: Papers relating to conferences on Janet Frame, the Oamaru connection with Janet Frame, letters from critics and researchers on the work of Janet Frame, and newspaper cuttings. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: Jan-May 1935
From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers
Reference: MSX-6954
Description: Personal diary, detailed, describing activities and impressions of work in the Canterbury Public Library and at Canterbury College as well as her social life. Pasted in are clippings and other tickets, exam papers etc. Quantity: 1 folder(s).