Simmons, Beverley
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Beverley Simmons research papers.
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-FA 2009/01
Scope and Contents
This collection represents a professional art critic and writer’s accumulation of research materials on various artists and aspects of New Zealand art and the artistic community, focusing mainly on the Auckland region during the 1960s and early 1970s.
It includes draft notes, correspondence, press clippings, exhibition catalogues and invitations, and photographs. Many local artists feature in the files such as Milan Mrkusich, Para Matchitt, Stanley and Noelle Palmer, Barry...
Dates:
1957 - 1993
Catherine Bryant papers.
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-284
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of educational certificates, exercise books, work plans and correspondence mainly concerning Bryant's forthcoming retirement.
Dates:
1889 - 1931
Orakei Marae collection.
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-240
Scope and Contents
In 1950 the Ngati Whatua people were removed from their homes at Okahu Bay, Auckland, to state houses on Bastion Point, the land on the flat at Okahu Bay having been compulsorily acquired by the Government under the Public Works Act. The Orakei Marae Trust Board was formed in 1959 with the object of providing a marae so that the Ngati Whatua could re-establish their tribal life and customs. In 1971 the Orakei Marae Development Council was established and a more ambitious programme of...
Dates:
1971 - 1976