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Mahy, Margaret (1936-2012)

 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 1969 the first of her many very popular books for children were accepted for publication in both Britain and the United States.

Found in 719 Collections and/or Records:

A Summery Saturday Morning, 2010

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/12/48
Scope and Contents

Children's picture book 'A Summery Saturday Morning'. Illustrated by Selina Young.

Dates: 2010

'A tale of a tail', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/62
Scope and Contents

File with part of proofs for 'A tale of a tail'. Central character is Tom with some narration by "the dog".

Dates: Date unknown

'A Very Happy Birthday', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/64
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'A Very Happy Birthday'

Dates: Date unknown

'A Work of Art, Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/196
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'A Work of Art'

Dates: Date unknown

'A Writer at Work', Date unknown

 File
Identifier: Arch 0429/21/48
Scope and Contents

Proof of 'A Writer at Work' with annotations for 'Write this Way - Teachers Book' / Richard Rossiter and Rae Savage published in 1987.

Dates: Date unknown

Acceptance speech for the Carnegie Medal, 1984

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/8/40
Scope and Contents

Acceptance speech given by Margaret Mahy in 1984 on being awarded the Carnegie Medal for the second time.

Dates: 1984

Acceptance speech on wining the Observer Teenage Fiction Award for 'Memory' in 1987., 1987

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/15/13
Scope and Contents

Margaret Mahy's acceptance speech on wining the Observer Teenage Fiction Award for 'Memory' in 1987. It begins "This is a truly remarkable thing to be doing, sitting on the balcony of my house and directing comments to the air with the idea that sooner or later, by the magic of modern technology they will be heard on the other side of the world..." Typescript with some handwritten annotations.

Dates: 1987

Address book, 1998 - 2010

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/19/16
Scope and Contents

Edward Gorey address book. Many loose items inserted, cards, notes etc.

Dates: 1998 - 2010

Address book, 1986 - 2011

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/19/17
Scope and Contents

Abbeville Press Address book. Many loose items inserted, cards, notes etc.

Dates: 1986 - 2011

Address to the New Zealand Skeptics by Margaret Mahy, 1993

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/5/10
Scope and Contents

Address to the New Zealand Skeptics by Margaret Mahy in September 1993, reproduced in the "New Zealand Humanist", Number 120, December 1993.

Dates: 1993

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Archival Object 718
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