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Samuel Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0375

Scope and Contents

The papers of Samuel Butler

  1. Bound handwritten manuscript French translation of Erewhon, by Valery Larbaud (1915)
  2. Butler's unbound handwritten manuscript of The Fair Haven, 2nd. edition (1873)
  3. Press clippings on Butler, his writing, and Mesopotamia Station (1955-1972), mostly photocopies
  4. Two modern copies and 35mm negative of a photograph of Mesopotamia in Butler's day (ca. 1860-1864)
  5. Photocopy of Butler's licence to depasture stock (1862 and later)
  6. A photocopy of an article about Samuel Butler in New Zealand, by Roger Robinson titled Samuel Butler: Exploration and Imagination (no date).

Dates

  • Creation: 1862-1972

Creator

Extent

2 Boxes (2 Volumes, 1 Folders and 2 Photographic Prints)

Language of Materials

English

French

Physical Location

Shelf TU F 1e, Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives

Former identifier

Formerly Ms 181

Title
Samuel Butler papers
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Repository

Contact:
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand