Fiction

Date: 1941-1990

By: Garland, Margaret, 1903-1998

Reference: 91-181

Description: Includes letters from prominent New Zealanders and manuscripts of a novel and autobiography. Many of these letters and extracts from her memoirs have been published in: Dear Peggy: Letters to Margaret Garland from her New Zealand Friends / edited by Peter and Diane Beatson (Palmerston North: Massey University, 1997) held at 920 GAR. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 39 folder(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 26 Aug 2000

Reference: OHColl-0582/1

Description: The following papers were given at the sixth annual History of Print Culture in New Zealand Conference held at the National Library of New Zealand. `Australian periodicals and book history', a paper given by Elizabeth Webby outlining the progress of the Australian `History of print culture' project, which is called `A history of the book' in Australia. `...was, and is, the book': Alan Loney, Ted Jenner and `Ibykos', a paper given by Peter Hughes backgrounding private press printer Alan Loney who has operated Hawk Press, Black Light Press and Holloway Press. Focuses on Loney's production of Ted Jenner's work. `The New Zealand dairy exporter', a paper given by Maria O'Connor looking at the monthly essay competition in the women's pages of the Dairy exporter between 1927 and 1940. `Edmonds cookery book: from marketing tool to national icon', a paper given by Nadine Burnett describing how a functional cook book has become a nostalgic symbol of New Zealand traditions and values. `Fiction, libraries and the reading public in colonial New Zealand : report on progress', a paper given by Jim Traue examining the enthusiasm for reading in colonial New Zealand, based on a statistical analysis of the nature of public libraries, readers and their collections between 1840 and 1938. `grace': who's got it?' a paper given by Sarah Jones exploring the reception of `grace' (periodical) in the New Zealand market as evidence of New Zealand women wanting `mindfood' from their monthly magazine purchase. `Man Sing Times', a paper given by Nigel Murphy examining the first Chinese language periodical published in New Zealand . `Taiki E', a paper given by Stephanie Pohe describing a new Maori magazine for school children. `The work of Raureti Te Huia (1885-1950); and the speaker's role as kaitiaki of his writings'/taonga', a paper given by Rovina Maniapoto-Anderson. `Power and the scandal of editing : the case for a brief history of the whole world', a paper given by Alan Loney describing the establishment of a literary magazine in 1995. Summing up by Brian Opie Venue - National Library, Wellington Quantity: 5 C90 cassette(s). 1 folder(s). 1 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available Brief descriptions of the papers given in conference programme.

Date: 1952-2000

By: Billing, Graham John, 1936-2001

Reference: ATL-Group-00886

Description: The collection includes the drafts and notes to most of Billing's works, published and unpublished, the major exception being those relating to his novel, `Forbush and the penguins'. These include novels, short stories, poems, scripts for radio plays and film screenplays. Also, correspondence with publishers and friends; official, occupational and school papers; personal notes, diaries and other papers reflecting his interest in psychology and mythology; reviews and other printed material. Includes a recording of a television interview of Billing for Caterbury Television. Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: The papers have been listed four series; however, owing to Billing's method of work, the division cannot be watertight. Correspondence is often inserted and forms part of drafts, while the reverse occurs among the correspondence series. Quantity: 203 folder(s). 4.40 Linear Metres. 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, VHS, audiocassette, photos Provenance: Papers purchased from Mr Billing between 1983 and 2000. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase from Mr G Billing, 1983, 1985, 1989 and 2000. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Small collection of photographs.

Date: 1970

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978

Reference: MS-Papers-4017

Description: Talk prepared for British Council exhibition on Katherine Mansfield which was displayed in Rome in January 1970, and subsequently in other European cities. Accompanied by explanation by McIntosh and memo about Mansfield Exhibition by R R Cunninghame, Ambassador in the Hague. Referred to in `Katherine Mansfield: Manuscripts in the Alexander Turnbull Library' Source of title - Transcribed title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (37 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: [1950?]

Reference: qMS-1647

Description: Comprises draft of a novel by an anonymous writer describing the life of a northern Southland runholder, John Bryce Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (117 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm, red linen)

Date: [1928]

By: Walpole, Hugh Seymour (Sir), 1884-1941

Reference: MS-2221-2222

Description: Proof sheets of the novel with comments on the corrections and text by Walpole Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Rogue Herries Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with mss annotations (27cm, navy buckram)

Date: 1851

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-035/036-3

Description: An eight-page ship's newspaper. The editorial by Pearse suggests this will be the last issue, for lack of interest. A story called 'The dilemma' is continued from the last issue on page 2-3; page three continues with a satirical letter to the editor about borrowing a pair of candle snuffers; p 3, 4 and 5 continue an article about Mexico, signed by Juan; p. 5 continues with references to the philosopher Thales and to poetry, and other snippets of information, followed by a covering note from 'The emigrant' on p 6. Page 6 continues with 'Six years in the colonies' by a 'near relation' of Rear Admiral Dacres about his ship voyage in 1842 from England to Madeira and Rio di Janeiro - to be continued. On p 7, the ship's doctor advertises the loss of his snuff-box; p. 7-8 tells of the attempt of passengers to catch a shark from the ship. The final page, page 8 recounts the story of a man overboard, rapidly rescued. Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Ink on 2 sheets of blue paper, 318 x 402 mm (unfolded)

Date: 9 Aug 1907-12 May 1908

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-07/07

Description: At back of volume is a draft of short story by Ernest Whittaker Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 item).

Date: [ca 1930-1959]

By: Tracy, Mona Innis, 1892-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-0157

Description: Typescripts of articles, talks, ms notes, notebooks, correspondence, printed story, newspaper clippings Quantity: 34 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 18 December 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 21 photographs deposited 25 Jan 1961.

Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-027/046

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. National Party leader, Jenny Shipley expresses hurt over the medias reporting of her retirement announcement. Comment on the New Zealand Cricket team getting into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) through the backdoor. Shows a tertiary student weighed down by a huge student debt. Helen Clark walks with Titewhai Harawira on Waitangi Marae unrecognised by local Maori. Shows Finance Minister, Michael Cullen at the controls of Air New Zealand trying to reassure the flying public. Shows big banks slashing interest rates as a response to the fledgling Kiwi Bank. Comment on the Greens response to environmental disasters as long as there is a media presence. Helen Clark and Bill English outline their versions of closing-the-gaps strategies. Shows film director, Peter Jackson as Lord of the Oscars for Lord of the Ring's 13 nominations Australian Prime Minister, John Howard receives a box of bleeding heart chocolates from Helen Clark. Shows Ian Fraser about to assume his new position as head of TVNZ. Obituary to actor Kevin Smith with a Shakespearean quote. Comment on the Privacy Law that exposes a Judge for viewing pornography yet won't reveal if your flatmate is a homicidal maniac with a history of mental illness. Comment on the Alliance Party dealing with dissension in its ranks. A soldier is about to shoot his own foot. Two young men wonder where it all went wrong when women can talk openly about their vaginas yet a male judge can't look at vagina's in private. Shows Nandor Tanczos with his new Maori Sovereignty flay, a cross between a dope plant and unfurling koru. Comment on the poor season the Wellington Super 12 team, the Hurricanes have had. Michael Cullen and the Listeners, Gordon Campbell receive the award for getting something so wrong. They predicted that Lord of the Rings would be a huge drain on the NZ taxpayer. Bill English brings Helen Clark his own head on a plate as Labour surges in the polls. Obituary to Goon and poet, Spike Milligan along with a piece of poetry. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-135/152

Description: Political cartoons from the end of the ministry of Peter Fraser, the lead up to the 1949 election (in which he was defeated by Sidney Holland), and the first year of Holland's ministry. These cartoons mainly address Holland's link to the British conservatives (which McNamara had a very negative view of), and cuts he made to wages, pensions and allowances when he came into power. Other cartoons relate the post-war political situation in Britain and the United State's aid of the country. Some illustrations of animals are also included. Quantity: 17 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary

Date: 30 Aug-19 Sep 1923

From: Murry family : Literary and personal papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11327-056

Description: Five letters written from D H Lawrence to his wife Frieda from the United States (one from a train between Chicago and Los Angeles, one from Santa Monica, and three from Los Angeles). In addition to discussing personal affairs (Frieda's travels, money, and his own travel ambitions) and literary matters (working on an essay, Melville and 'Moby Dick', and the novel `The boy in the bush', which he co-wrote with Mollie Skinner) he writes about his impressions of America, both the landscape and the people. The animals and performers in Barnum & Bailey circus feature in one letter. Names mentioned include painters Knut Merrild and Kai Gotzsche Samuel, Will Levington Comfort, Solomonovich Koteliansky, and Prince Bibesco. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 29 Aug 1999

From: Virtue, Noel M, 1947-: Sound and video recordings

By: Virtue, Noel M, 1947-

Reference: OHInt-0575-09

Description: Interview with Noel Virtue on National Radio's 'Bookmarks' programme on his book 'Losing Alice'. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1975 - 1999

Date: 01 Sep 1999

From: Virtue, Noel M, 1947-: Sound and video recordings

By: Virtue, Noel M, 1947-; Hill, Kim, 1955-; Radio New Zealand National

Reference: OHInt-0575-10

Description: Book review of Noel Virtue's novel 'Losing Alice' on National Radio's Kim Hill show. Interviewer(s) - Kim Hill Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 30 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1975 - 1999

Date: 1924-1952

By: Emery, James Inman, 1879-1953

Reference: MS-Group-2350

Description: Comprises autobigraphical accounts of Emery's experiences living in India in the early 20th Century, travel diaries of trips to North and South America and Tahiti, drafts of unpublished adventure novels set in India and annotated copies of his two published novels, `Tiger of Baragunda' and `The luck of Udaipurl'; poetry and non fiction works on the origins and development of the peoples of Asia and Polynesia and on the history of religion Source of title - Supplied by Library Emery was born in India and spent most of his early adult life there. He lived for a period in New Zealand in the 1920s and again after World War Two. He returned to England in 1952 and died in Cheltenham the following year. Quantity: 12 volume(s). 10 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Smith's Bookshop Ltd, Wellington, Sep 2014

Date: 2002

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper); Crimp, Daryl, 1958-

Reference: H-663-006/008

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Contents cover heavy rainfall causing commodity shortfalls, the success of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film, the efforts made by the NZ Defence Forces to develop a multifuctional ship. Quantity: 3 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 3 cartoon photocopies by Crimp, ink on paper.

Date: [1968-1969]

By: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004

Reference: MSX-4681

Description: Proof copy of `This summer's dolphin' by Shadbolt (London, Cassell, 1969) Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Check TAPUHI for further Shadbolt holdings Quantity: 1 volume(s) (166 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Stack, Michael William, active 1920s

Reference: MS-2043

Description: Unpublished novel written in Melbourne Other Titles - Under Cupid's banner Quantity: 1 volume(s) (433 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (22 cm; blue buckram hinged lid box)

Date: [ca 1901-1902]

From: Gordon-Hall, Ruth d 1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5053-7

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1869-1879, 1963]

By: Schweiters, Franz Joseph, 1886-

Reference: MS-1858

Description: A historical romance of pioneer life in Taranaki in the 1870s, based partly on the author's experiences on a farm near Inglewood Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (239 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (Photocopy, 35cm, green buckram) Illustrated