Correspondence

The records received from the Otahuhu Branch in this deposit date from 1932 to 1986, though minutes of meetings extend only to 1980 and are lacking between September 1964 and May 1968.

The collection includes correspondence files containing inward and outward correspondence, miscellaneous reports, leaflets, circulars etc., dating from 1938 (though mainly from 1950) to 1986. These files were arranged in the Union office, in principle, by subject and have been retained, arranged alphabetically, under the titles given them.

The correspondence files organised by subject, however, were accompanied by a quantity of material, covering the same period, but which had never been sorted systematically, though much of it was in folders, some marked Closed File. To make a logical sequence, this material has been arranged roughly chronologically in a separate sub series, with a folder or folders for each year. The subject files may be consulted first on a particular topic, but it is important to remember that the annual files may also contain items relating to that topic.