Speeches, articles, and essays by G. F., handwritten and typescript, 1878-1919, 1". (Includes A Sensible Labour Policy
, What the Unted Labour Party stands For
, The Land Question
, The Empire's Return to Sanity
, The Prussian Spirit
, Almanak Making
, and The official opening of Massey Agricultural College...
), 1878 - 1919
Scope and Contents
This series contains an extensive collection of handwritten and typescript notes and drafts of speeches, sermons, addresses, articles, and reminiscences that Sir George produced in the course of a long public life. The material ranges from his first literary efforts in Scotland and South Africa to the work of the accomplished speaker, debater, and publicist of later years. It also includes a number of works that appear to be by other writers. The physical types include speech notes (brief pencilled headings on narrow slips of paper); handwritten and typewritten drafts; the original articles and the revised text for the work that was first referred to as the Matthew Fowlds Memorial Volume
and published as Matthew Fowlds, Centenarian Weaver, 1806-1907, and Other Fenwick Worthies; and the original manuscript and the typescript of Sir George's South African Reminiscences
, which was not published. Literary rights to this and other unpublished works are the property of the legal heirs.
Except for record items 7, 8, and 9, the material in the series has been sorted and arranged by the archivist. It is possible that many of the speeches and articles may be found in their published form amongst the newspaper clippings in Series 3, for example in the bound volume Speeches
, or amongst the printed works in Series 8. The importance of the series lies not only in the fact that it reveals Sir George's ideas upon a wide variety of topics, social, economic, political and religious, but also because it gives a clear indication of the temper of his mind. In addition, it demonstrates the methods he used to work up his material; his ability to speak form the briefest of notes; and the proressive development over a long period of his command of language and his capacity to marshal an impressive array of facts and figures.
Dates
- 1878 - 1919
Creator
- From the Collection: Grey, George, Sir (Person)
- From the Collection: Yates, C. C. (Person)
- From the Collection: Withy, Arthur (Person)
- From the Collection: Young, J. A. (Person)
- From the Collection: Valintine, Thomas Harcourt (Person)
- From the Collection: Turnbull, Alexander (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilson, James (Person)
- From the Collection: Ward, Joseph, Sir (Person)
- From the Collection: Rutherford, A. W. (Person)
- From the Collection: Spragg, Wesley (Person)
- From the Collection: Taylor, T.E. (Person)
- From the Collection: Tobacco Producers' Trust Ltd (Organization)
- From the Collection: Porangi (Person)
- From the Collection: Renown Clothing Company Ltd (Organization)
- From the Collection: Riddet, W (William) (Person)
- From the Collection: Rotary International. New Zealand (Organization)
- From the Collection: Parenga Tung Oil Ltd (Organization)
- From the Collection: Payne, J. (Person)
- From the Collection: Peren, G.S. (Geoffrey Sylvester) (Person)
- From the Collection: Plunket, William Lee, Sir (Person)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Red Cross Society (Organization)
- From the Collection: St John (Organization : N.Z.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: O'Regan, P.J. (Patrick Joseph) (Person)
- From the Collection: Orr, Thomas W. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bengough, J.W. (John Wilson) (Person)
- From the Collection: Barclay, Alfred Richard (Person)
- From the Collection: Cleary, Henry W. (Henry William) (Title of a work--Child in the home and the school .; ) (Person)
- From the Collection: Blomfield, J.C. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cumberworth, F.H. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cohen, Mark (Person)
- From the Collection: Flurscheim, Margaret (Person)
- From the Collection: Eden District Cricket Club (Organization)
- From the Collection: Low, David (Person)
- From the Collection: Mackenzie, Beryl (Person)
- From the Collection: Jenkin, John (Person)
- From the Collection: Jubilee Institute for the Blind (Organization)
- From the Collection: Higgins, George (Person)
- From the Collection: Fowlds, G.M. (George Matthew), 1886-1974 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hiscocks, E.F. (Ercildoune Frederick) (Person)
- From the Collection: Flurscheim, Michael (Person)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Export Traders Corporation (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Land Values League (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic (Organization)
- From the Collection: New Zealand Anti-Opium Association (Organization)
- From the Collection: Meiklejohn, A. W. (Person)
- From the Collection: Mt Tokatea Mineral Fertiliser Company (Organization)
- From the Collection: Manson, William (Person)
- From the Collection: McNab, Robert (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Not restricted
Extent
From the Collection: 8.9 metres
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