Gained MSc in 1937, worked in the Botany Department at the Dominion Museum in 1939, at the Wallaceville Animal Research Station from 1940-1943, and 1954-1959; gained her Diploma of the New Zealand Library School in 1939. Worked then at Victoria University Library, rising to the position of Head of the Periodicals Department as an Associate Librarian. Wrote letter from Wellington in 1944. Married to A J D Barker. See Who's Who in New Zealand Libraries (1975).
Barker, Amy Shirley, 1913-2001
Barker, Shirley, 1913-2001
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James Beard and Company :Barker house, 45 Imlay Cres., Ngaio [Job no.] 4179. March 1986.
Date: 1986
From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]
Reference: Plans-2009-082-4179-001/002
Description: Includes section and elevation of a fireplace. Other Titles - Crescent Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on draughting paper, 297 x 420 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: 1944
From: Wellington Cooperative Book Society Ltd: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1122-07
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for description of contents of this folder.
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Barker, Amy Shirley, 1913-2001 :Photograph of Susan Hoggard and her son Thomas
Date: [186-?]
By: Barker, Amy Shirley, 1913-2001
Reference: 1/2-137723-F
Description: Studio portrait of Susan Hoggard and her son Thomas, taken ca 1860s by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative