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Mahy, Margaret

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1936 - 2012

Biography

Librarian Margaret Mahy's first stories for children were published in the New Zealand School Journal, from 1961. In 1966 the first of her many very popular books for children were accepted for publication in both Britain and the United States.

Found in 606 Collections and/or Records:

'Magician in the Tower', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/77
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'Magician in the Tower'. Note says page 12 is missing. Two copies

Dates: Date unknown

'Mahy Madness' , 2001

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/11/26
Scope and Contents

'Mahy Madness' by Jo Randerson, a play for Capital E Youth Theatre, Final draft September 2001. Includes email correspondence between Margaret Mahy and Prue Langbein regarding the play.

Dates: 2001

Making Friends, 1990

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/12/15
Scope and Contents

Making Friends. Illustrated by Wendy Smith Picture puffin book

Dates: 1990

'Making Friends', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/128
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'Making Friends'

Dates: Date unknown

Manuscript of an untitled poem, Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/18/5
Scope and Contents

Manuscript of an untitled poem with two stanzas - "Mrs Brown made a dinner with chicken and wine… " and "Mrs Black made a pudding with peaches and cream…"

Dates: Date unknown

Margaret Mahy papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0429
Scope and Contents Manuscript of stories and poems for children, written in a coverless 1960 diary, with some border illustrations, by the author Margaret Mahy. These stories and poems were later published either as picture books or in anthologies. Includes two biographical articles about the author, one from the New Zealand woman's weekly, Nov. 15 1976, and the other from a woman's diary. The diary includes lists of authors and titles, on the last 3 pages. Children's short...
Dates: 1960-1985

'Marilyn Raspberry's Crocodile'., Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/176
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'Marilyn Raspberry's Crocodile'. Three copies, some annotations. Contains some reused paper with some notes by Margaret about her life as a writer on reverse.

Dates: Date unknown

'Marilyn Raspberry's Crocodile', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/114
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'Marilyn Raspberry's Crocodile' with annotations.

Dates: Date unknown

'Memory', Circa 1980s

 File
Identifier: Arch 0429/21/17
Scope and Contents

Four proofs of 'Memory' some with handwritten annotations including on post it notes. One proof is in the form a book block/ mock up of the book.

Dates: Circa 1980s

'Memory', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/8
Scope and Contents

Orange Pacific Lecture Notebook labelled "Bits and pieces of short stories. Early bits of "Memory" "

Dates: Date unknown

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