Country Library Service
(Organisation)
Mentioned in
- Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life & Work
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Chapter 4 — Parnassus on Wheels
- Chapter 6 — Demonstrations And The Government
- Chapter 7 — Anni Mirabiles: Country Library Service
- Chapter 8 — Anni Mirabiles: National Library Service
- Chapter 9 — Climate Change
- Chapter 10 — Aiming for a National Library
- Chapter 13 — Heading for a National Library
- Chapter 14 — National Librarian
- Chapter 15 — National Library of New Zealand
- Chapter 17 — Life in the Old Dog
- Chapter 18 — Thou Thy Worldly Task Hast Done
- Chapter 3 — Shelley's Rural Schemes
- Chapter 6 — Demonstrations and the Government
- Chapter 9 — Climate Change
- Books, Theses, and Selected Articles
- The Home Front Volume II
Image Gallery
.jpg "Country Library Service staff in 1940. H.J. Lorimer, G.T. Alley, W.A. Lindsay, J.W. Rawson, J.S. Wright, and J. Lawrence. In front: R. Fogo and N. Barker. Alexander Turnbull Library, B-K 711-7")
.jpg "Official inauguration of the Country Library Service, May 1938. G.T. Alley is in the front row between Peter Fraser and Prime Minister Savage. Alexander Turnbull Library, F-135959-1/2")
.jpg "Peter Fraser, Minister of Education when the Country Library Service was established. S.P. Andrew Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, F-20106-1/4, PAColl-3739")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Country Library Service":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.