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Crewe murder scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0491

Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, compiled by John Allison, relating to the Christchurch crime, the Crewe murders. Jeanette and Harvey Crewe were murdered in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970. Arthur Allan Thomas was imprisoned for their murder, but later acquitted after a retrial. These newspaper clippings follow the press representation of the murder, the trial and retrial.

Dates

  • Creation: 1973-1980

Creator

Extent

6 Volumes

1 Folders ; Oversize

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives

Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives, Outsize

Former identifier

Formerly Ms 297

Title
Crewe murder scrapbooks
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 Collection Repository

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