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George McCall Smith papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2004/13
Scope and Contents

Mostly clippings of reviews and correspondence re his publications: "Medical advice from a backblock hospital". Christchurch : The Caxton Press, 1942. "Later notes from a backblocks hospital." Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed, [1949].

Dates: 1938 - ca.1949

Greg Gatenby collection of New Zealand literary correspondence.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2015/13
Scope and Contents Correspondence with New Zealand authors. Some written in a personal capacity, and others relating to contributions to Gatenby's books, especially Whales : a celebration, Boston : Little, Brown, 1983, and works exploring the responses of foreign authors to Canada. Includes some original poems.The following authors are represented:Fleur Adcock Allen Curnow Lauris Edmond Riemke Ensing Kevin Ireland Jan Kemp Bill Manhire Ron Riddell Elizabeth...
Dates: 1977 - 1994

Jill Beytagh manuscript.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2004/1
Scope and Contents

Student essay titled, 'A small three weeks' which retraces a three-week journey by Robin Hyde to Totara North in Northland, relating this to the author's work. Includes illustrations and maps.

Dates: 2003

Macky family papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-320
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence; club records; manuscripts of poetry and prose; clippings; diaries; photographs; genealogies. There is a small file about Macky's husband John Victor Macky, principally clippings about his sporting and business career, and photographs from his military service in World War I. His brother Eric Spencer Macky is also represented in a file of clippings about his work as art teacher and president of the California College of Arts and Crafts, Berkeley. The...
Dates: 1909 - 1976

Oxford University Press (NZ) records.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-94/1
Scope and Contents Collection consists of the publishing records of the New Zealand agency of Oxford University Press covering the period 1956 to 1995 although the bulk of the material dates from the 1970s and 1980s.The Oxford University Press kept a number of types of files labelled as follows: ED 1 – ideas and proposals (before contract). ED 2 – editorial matters (e.g. letters to author, queries, contracts, etc.). ED 3 – production matters (type specifications and grid, bills, costings, quotes,...
Dates: 1956 - 1992

Pat Lawlor papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-158
Scope and Contents

Miscellany, mainly correspondence and published booklets. Includes 'Harry Rountree's annual', 1907.

Dates: 1907 - 1970

Sidney Scott papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-276
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, copies of articles and speeches; newspaper clippings and an unpublished novel The last gift.

Dates: 1953 - 1970