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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:

'Alchemy', 2001

 File
Identifier: Arch 0429/21/51
Scope and Contents

Corrections to 'Alchemy' with some sections of the text edited in green pen.

Dates: 2001

'Aliens in the Family', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/202
Scope and Contents

Hard cover Pacific Lecture note book Containing typescripts of 'Aliens in the Family'. Mostly typescript with manuscript annotations.

Dates: Date unknown

'Aliens in the Family', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/218
Scope and Contents

Hard cover Pacific lecture notebook containing typescript of "Aliens in the family"

Dates: Date unknown

'Aliens in the family ', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/46
Scope and Contents

Manuscript of Aliens in the family Annotations by hand Part of the contents of this folder in a Pacific School exercise book 8B8 blue.

Dates: Date unknown

An undated talk titled 'Over Their Heads? Adult Generalisation & the Individual Reader'., Unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/15/6
Scope and Contents

A partial undated talk titled 'Over Their Heads? Adult Generalisation & the Individual Reader'. Typescript with some annotations.

Dates: Unknown

An untitled earthquake poem, 2010 - 2012

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/18/4
Scope and Contents

Manuscript drift of a poem which begins "Gliding and colliding books leap outwards into space…". Context indicates it is about the Canterbury Earthquakes and the September 4th 2010 Earthquake that began the sequence.

Dates: 2010 - 2012

An untitled, undated talk about Antarctica and Literature, Unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/15/10
Scope and Contents

An untitled, undated talk about Antarctica and Literature beginning "well, once again I'm to talk about the Antarctic and Literature..."

Dates: Unknown

An untitled, undated talk about humour, Unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/15/4
Scope and Contents

An untitled, undated talk about humour beginning "On one occasion I found myself at an afternoon party…" Five typescript copies with various annotations.

Dates: Unknown

An untitled, undated talk about stories., Unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/15/17
Scope and Contents

An untitled, undated talk about stories. A incomplete typescript with handwritten annotations which begins "It is a great pleasure to me to talk to people from the reading world here in Bahrain..."

Dates: Unknown

An untitled, undated talk about the use and merits of first and third person narration in children's stories., Unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/15/1
Scope and Contents

Untitled, undated talk about the use and merits of first and third person narration in children's stories. The talk begins "I don't think I will ever forget the impact of first hearing a story written in the first person..."

Dates: Unknown

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