Paul, David Blackwood, 1908-1965

Date: [ca 1959-1963]

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-27

Description: Most correspondents identified but also includes letter from J G [?] Brown, Blockhouse Bay Road, Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1981-1992

By: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999

Reference: OHColl-0547

Description: J.M. Thomson interviews Archie Dunningham, Phyllis Gant, Eric McCormick, Bill Pearson, Dorothea Turner and Janet Paul on Blackwood Paul and Paul's Book Arcade which was run by Blackwood and Janet Paul. Includes tapes of a seminar on Blackwood Paul in 1991. Other interviews are with Gabrielle and Paul Day, Jeanette Wood and Barbara Rogers, Jean Alison, Eleanor Spragge, Molly Leathem, Dennis McEldowney, Lois Luke, Gerd and Ian Free, Evelyn Page, Challis Hooper and Elsie Beaglehole. Interviews and talks about art by Janet Paul, who was Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Interviewer(s) - Janet Paul Interviewer(s) - John M. Thomson Quantity: 31 C60 cassette(s). 19 interview(s). 5 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 1934-1981

From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5640-014

Description: Letters from J A W Bennett to Janet Paul; a letter from Bennett to Blackwood Paul dated 28 April 1934; and `Times' of London obituary of Bennett (5.2.81). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Date: 1924-1959

By: Paul family

Reference: MS-Papers-0580

Description: Material, including correspondence, relating to the Paul book publishing business and to typography. Also papers on New Zealand Writers' Conference 1951 and Waterfront Strike 1951. Newspaper articles, some by D Blackwood Paul, on Waikato history. Items on social services in New Zealand and on proposals for University of Waikato Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: [ca 1960-1969]

From: Glover, Denis James Matthews, 1912-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0418-121

Description: Includes clippings and photocopies of published poems, some of which appear to have been assembled with typescript drafts for publication as `Sharp edge up; verses and satires' (Blackwood & Janet Paul, Auckland, 1968). Also includes correspondence regarding `Quaffers gazette' (Waikato Breweries, Hamilton), an untitled radio play script featuring Prof Mergatroyd and his anti-gravity formula, and other material. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript (some carbon copies) and printed matter

Date: 8 July 1995 - 08 Jul 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004

Reference: OHInt-0576-22

Description: Janet Paul met Denis Glover through her publishing business with her husband Blackwood Paul. She became friends again with Glover after her husband and Glover's wife Khura died. Talks about Glover staying with her to convalesce after his wife Khura's death, mentions how he related to Janet Paul's daughters, and a letter daughter Charlotte wrote to Glover about his relationship with Paul. Mentions how Glover met Khura, talks about Mary Glover, mentions Glover's likeable qualities. Talks about taking the advice of Sir Charles Burns and her friends not to marry Glover, because of his drinking. Mentions that shortly after her decision not to marry Glover he married Lyn. Talks about how Glover came to publish a volume of love poems he wrote to Paul. Mentions Glover's less likeable characteristics, and paintings she made of Glover. Talks about Glover's lack of contact with his father, Harry, and a visit Glover and Paul made to his father. Describes her recollection of Lyn Glover and a conversation they had about being involved with Glover. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008806, 8807 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 60 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2819.

Date: 1946-1971

By: Paul's Book Arcade Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-1502

Description: The collection centres round Blackwwod Paul, his concern for highest standards of bookselling in New Zealand and involvement in issues affecting the service provided by booksellers to the New Zealand public. Includes correspondence, reports, etc of D Blackwood Paul, bookseller and publisher, reflecting activities in Associated Booksellers of New Zealand (1946-1965), book selling courses (1946-1947), Indecent Publication Act (1954-1963), Trade Practises (1962-1963) etc; papers of Paul's Book Arcade, including New Zealand books in print, booklists (1946-1970), office procedures, and newspaper clippings; personal papers of D B Paul; articles, correspondence, notes, etc. Paul's Book Arcade was founded in Hamilton in 1901 by William Henry Paul (1879-1962) and in 1933 his son D Blackwood Paul took over the management. The book shop covered a wide range of bookselling with a considerable interest in the field of educational books. In 1955 Paul's Book Arcade opened in Auckland taking over a well-known second-hand bookshop, Keeleys, on Shortland Street and the second shop there in High Street, as in Victoria Street, Hamilton, was designed by Ernst Plischke, later to become Professor of Architecture in Vienna. In 1970 Paul's Junior Book Centre was opened in Hamilton as was a Penguin Bookshop, one of only three in New Zealand at the time. In 1949 Sir Stanley Unwin named Paul's as one of the two best in New Zealand and among the best in the world. Blackwood Paul's `thorough training of staff and his vision of the function of a good bookshop... continued to sustain Paul's Book Arcade'. In 1945 Blackwood and Janet Paul entered the publishing field and at the time of his death in 1965 more than 100 works by New Zealand writers had been published under the imprint of Blackwood and Janet Paul Ltd and continued under the direction of Mrs Janet Paul until 1968 when the Longman group of publishers joined the enterprise under the imprint of Longman Paul. Quantity: 36 folder(s). 0.36 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory previously available in the reading room was removed on 1 December 2014, as it contained no further information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1964-1966

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8179-75

Description: Letters to mountain people, mostly general correspondence (1964-1966); most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters to Wynette and Garry; Mr Pearce; and to and from David, Opoho; and Andy Anderson, Christchurch. Other Titles - NZ National Park news (v7, n1 Feb-Apr 1975) Other Titles - FMC bulletin (n20, Nov 1964) Other Titles - NZAC Wellington newsletter (n243, 28 May 1965) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1951-1958

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-015

Description: Mainly correspondence with Eric McCormick and Blackwood Paul; also correspondence relating to Arts Year Book business Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [ca.1947], 1950-1989, [ca.2010]

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-430

Description: Contains correspondence between John Cole and Christine Cole, and other correspondents (not all names have been indexed). Includes clippings, articles, loose notes, royalty statements, playbill and newsletter. Also photographs of John Van Druten, Martin Cole and John Reece Cole. Arrangement: The papers in this folder were found in box with other material related to John Reece Cole, when they arrived at the Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photos and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1950-1951

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-096

Description: Includes correspondence with contributors, editorial correspondence and costings; copies of reviews. Letter from Roger Duff, Jun 1951. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1964-1966

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: 75-241-116

Description: Copy of text of a proposed book by Pascoe for slow readers in school and related correspondence. Includes correspondence about an obituary Pascoe wrote for Blackwood Paul. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1964-1966

From: Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter (Professor), 1911-1981 : Correspondence and papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2377-19

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947-1948

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-01/07B

Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below; also includes letters from Philip, NZ Listener, Auckland representative; Sandy, sports room to Davidov; Frank; Allen, Laingholm, Auckland; John, Wellington; Pearl, Lyall Bay, Wellington; Jack, c/- Charles Haines Advertising; and from person who had been with the `Star', travelling with Bryan Reid in Otago in 1949; Norman, on a trip to Sydney; and Hugh, a painter? and cartoonist; letters to Pearl, Lyall Bay, Wellington; Frank; and Mr Burnes. Includes, invitations, notes and other papers; telegram from Bob; postcard from Mrs? Henry, Hamilton. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1949-1955]

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-063

Description: Mainly correspondence, letters to editors of newspapers and notes relating to the perceived mediocre design of New Zealand, in particular coronation stamps, and suggestions for improvements in their design Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1964

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

By: Harrington, Hilary James (Dr), 1924-2015

Reference: MS-Papers-8179-74

Description: Inward and outward correspondence and papers relating to mountains; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letter to Mrs Dobbs. Other Titles - Canterbury Mountaineering Club newsletter (May 1964) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1953-1980

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-159

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts

Date: 1948-1967

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-016

Description: Chiefly correspondence with, and biographical information prepared for Eric McCormick for his publication `Eric Lee-Johnson', 1956 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [ca 1930-1965]

By: Paul, David Blackwood, 1908-1965

Reference: MS-Papers-5523

Description: Includes biographical material, his early and later correspondence, talks and reviews, letters from Hector Munro, letters after he died from close friends and others. It is an archive of the man and his circle rather than the firm. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - For further Janet Paul papers see MS-Group-496 Compiled as an archive by Janet Paul. Quantity: 36 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1936-1955

From: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7995-110

Description: Inward letters from ca 1936. Not all names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).