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Box 18

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

File of material concerning Sir George Grey. Includes a character study by JR, correspondence with G.M. Fowlds and an essay by Fowlds entitled The three Georges: fundamental land reformers. Cyclostyled supplement to Liberal Leader of New Zealand, Aug 1950, containing copies of letters from Grey to Henry George, American author on political economy, and other assorted papers. Manuscript and typescript, 8 items.

 Item — Box: 18, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS. Archives. A-42. Series E
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Lecture notes; typescripts of books and articles; research notes; transcripts of early family and personal papers; inventories and transcripts of Colonial Office despatches. The more important papers are: (a) Auckland Provincial Centennial Council. Historical Research Committee. Records, 1936-1939. 30 cms. A collection of minutes, correspondence and working papers, collected by Rutherford who was a member. (b) Clendon, James Reddy, 1801-72. Papers, 1840-72. 30 items. Includes Clendon's...
Dates: 1926 - 1963

Centenary Conference, held in Wellington, 2 Mar 1936. Address by chairman, the Minister of Internal Affairs, W.E. Parry. Invites delegates to discuss centennial. Cyclostyled, 9 pages., 1936 - 1936

 Item — Box: 18, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS. Archives. A-42. Series F
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Centennial Act of 1938 set up numerous committees to organise and publicise the celebration of New Zealand's centennial in 1940. One of these was the National Historical Committee, which was responsible for the publication of books and surveys, including the Dictionary of New Zealand biography (published 1940), the Centennial Surveys and a proposed comprehensive historical atlas of NZ, to be called the Centennial Atlas. The Government appealed to the...
Dates: 1936 - 1936