Lyon, William John

Scope and Contents This collection comprises drafts, research notes, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings and files relating to the building industry in New Zealand accumulated by Wilfred (Bill) McAra during the period 1935 to 1946.The papers in this collection are rather a mixed bag, some items relate more to material held in MSS & Archives D-10: Papers relating to the Building Investigations Committee of the Wellington Branch of the Carpenters Union, and MSS & Archives D-6: Records of the...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with J.T. Head, a friend and NZ Labour Party official in Waitemata, relates to the activities of the Democratic Labour Party and the New Zealand Labour Party annual conference of 1940 (the year of John A. Lee's expulsion) and also to the war.The collection consists of seven letters by William John Lyon, one letter by J.T. Head and a memo about the letters from J.T. head. The letters were given to Dr Michael Bassett of the Department of History, University of...