Papers of Maurice J. Wilsie, relating to the Beeville Community, 1964-1977
Scope and Contents
These papers relate to Maurice J. Wilsie, the husband of Diana Wilsie who died in 1977. Maurice Wilsie was born in Muskegon, Michigan on 26 November 1907. Leaving home at 14 Wilsie worked his way through high school and university, graduating with an M.A from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. A Unitarian minister with a degree in psychology, Wilsie worked as a lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union and as a psychologist at the San Quentin Jail in California before moving to New Zealand in 1954.
From 1962 until his death in 1977 Wilsie was a member of the Beeville Community; a commune dating from the 1940s which produced honey and kept orchards near Taupiri in the Waikato region. The Community was started by the Hansen family, but operated as a charitable trust with a board of management during the years represented here, Maurice Wilsie was Secretary of the Trust.
The papers include a mix of material related to the day to day running of Beeville and notes and correspondence which reflect Maurice Wilsie’s personal experiences of living at Beeville. Among these papers there are also a number of items that relate to Wilderland - a community founded by Dan Hansen after leaving Beeville in 1964.
Dates
- 1929 - 1988
Creator
- From the Collection: Lawrence, W. E. (Bill) (Person)
- From the Collection: Ley, Mike (Person)
- From the Collection: Gould, Nat (Person)
- From the Collection: Hogarth, George (Person)
- From the Collection: Glass, W. I. (William Ivan) (Person)
- From the Collection: Gordon, Carl B. (Person)
- From the Collection: Roth, Bert (Person)
- From the Collection: Durning, Bill (Person)
- From the Collection: Anderson, G.H. (Gordon Harold) (Person)
- From the Collection: Ayo, Dick (Person)
- From the Collection: Campbell, Rob (Person)
- From the Collection: Carroll, George (Person)
- From the Collection: Consedine, Jim (Person)
- From the Collection: Corney, Kevin (Person)
- From the Collection: Cowie, J. (Person)
- From the Collection: Devereux, Selwyn (Person)
- From the Collection: New Zealand-China Society (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Labour Party. Thames Labour Representation Committee (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Federation of Labour. Conference (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Democratic People's Republic of Korea Society (Organization)
- From the Collection: Peace for Vietnam Committee (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Socialist Publishing and Distribution Company (Organization)
- From the Collection: W.I.S.E. (Auckland, N.Z.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Waihi Strike Commemoration Committee (Organization)
- From the Collection: Thames-Coromandel District (N.Z.). District Council (Organization)
- From the Collection: South Auckland Marxist-Leninist Group (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand. Department of Labour (Title of a work--Our Maori population and the labour force) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Youth Carnival of Peace and Friendship ((1952 : Sydney)) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Pioneer Publishers (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Federation of Labour (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Carpenters and Related Trades' Industrial Union of Workers (Organization)
- From the Collection: Northern (except Gisborne) Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants' Industrial Union of Workers (N.Z.). Auckland Branch (Organization)
- From the Collection: E.S.P.A.L. Society (Organization)
- From the Collection: McAra, W (Wilfred) (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilsie, Diana Mariam (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilsie, Maurice J. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilcox, V. G. (Title of a work--On the pamphlet "Class struggle in New Zealand".; ) (Person)
- From the Collection: Woods, Leo (Person)
- From the Collection: Communist Party of Aotearoa (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Building Trades Federation (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand. Army. Home Guard (Organization)
- From the Collection: Owens, Robert (Person)
- From the Collection: Locke, J. (Person)
- From the Collection: Rosenberg, Wolfgang (Person)
- From the Collection: Richmond, N. M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wall, Maurice (Person)
- From the Collection: Waring, Marilyn (Person)
- From the Collection: Ware, Alan (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Not restricted
Extent
From the Collection: 5.5 metres (49 boxes + outsized)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz