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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:

'The Girl who loved Cars', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/144
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'The Girl who loved Cars'

Dates: Date unknown

'The Girl Who Washed in Moonlight', Date unknown

 File
Identifier: Arch 0429/21/50
Scope and Contents

Photocopied proof of 'The Girl Who Washed in Moonlight' with annotations.

Dates: Date unknown

'The Girl who Washed in Moonlight', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/234
Scope and Contents

Short Story, 'The Girl who Washed in Moonlight'

Dates: Date unknown

'The Girl with the Green Ear', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/123
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a short story titled 'The Girl with the Green Ear' with annotations.

Dates: Date unknown

'The Great Millonaire Kidnap' Act II, Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/11/36
Scope and Contents

Script of the the play 'The Great Millonaire Kidnap' Act II by Margaret Mahy.

Dates: Date unknown

The Great Pirate Party', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/230
Scope and Contents

Short story 'The Great Pirate Party'

Dates: Date unknown

'The Great Piratical Rumbustification', 1978

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/21/12
Scope and Contents

Proofs of 'The Great Piratical Rumbustification', two copies, one with and one without illustrations. The text only proof has a compliments slip from J M Dent & Sones Ltd London dated "6.3.78".

Dates: 1978

'The Great Piratical Rumbustification', Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/228
Scope and Contents

Short story title 'The Great Piratical Rumbustification'

Dates: Date unknown

'The Great Piratical Rumbustification' and other stories, Date unknown

 Item
Identifier: Arch 0429/10/205
Scope and Contents

Olympic school note book containing manuscripts of several short stories including 'The Great Piratical Rumbustification'. One story begins: "Some men would have thought "I'll buy a new chimney with this money". Mr Trebellino was not such a man...". The next begins "A dragon had arrived in the King's very own Kingdom..."

Dates: Date unknown

'The Greatest Show on Earth', Date unknown

 File
Identifier: Arch 0429/21/43
Scope and Contents

Proof of 'The Greatest Show on Earth' with annotations.

Dates: Date unknown

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