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A letter from an older student Linda Jury to Margaret Mahy. Includes a photocopy of Linda's School assignment about Margaret entitled "A Famous New Zealander Margaret Mahy".

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Typescript of a short story titled 'School Lunches'

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Typescript of a short story titled 'Sensible Questions'. May be a song or poem.

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Spiral bound plastic covered volume letters and drawings from Shanghai American School (SAS) in Shanghai China. Compiled by the children in preparation for a visit from Margaret Mahy. Includes brochures made by the children featuring tourist attractions in Shanghai.

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This series marks the beginning of the description of the last deposit of Margaret's papers made by the family after her death. This series has multiple copies of some of Margaret's work. Many duplicates or apparently duplicates. Some files are extremely disorganised. Some files have multiple manuscripts within them Some files have portions of manuscripts interfiled within the file. Some files also have portions of proofs interfiled.

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Various short stories not written by Margaret Mahy, Authors unknown. Series of stories as exemplars of what the publisher, Shortland Publications, is looking for. Includes letter to Margaret from Janine Scott of Shortland Publications.

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Short story 'As Luck Would Have It'.

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A collection of typescript stories with annotations and a letter from Margaret Mahy's editor Vanessa Hamilton on 3 November 1998. Stories include 'The Snapper Street Ghost', Quizzybeak', 'The Horror at the Back of the Fridge'. Q

Scope and Contents Snapper Street stories Typescripts and correspondence with publisher Vanessa Hamilton Books Ltd. These appear to be a collection of stories based set on "Snapper Street". Most of these do not appear to have been published. "The Snapper Street Ghost" Multiple copies "The Horror at the Back of the Fridge" multiple copies "A Word from Behind the Curtains" "The High-Flyer" multiple copies "The Quizzybeak" multiple copies "Saving the Hat" Poem Extract of an unnamed story featuring...

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A word processed letter from Sir William Southgate asking Margaret Mahy for confirmation of her permission for him to set her poem 'Bubble Trouble' to music. Also included as the finished score, published in 1994.