Bill Pearson
1922–2002
(Person)
Also known as: William Harrison Pearson.
Writer, essayist, and critic. Formerly Associate Professor of English at the University of Auckland.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- Beginnings and Endings in Sport 5: Spring 1990
- A Confessional Letter in Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number Two
- Coal Flat
- Henry Lawson Among Maoris
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- Baling the Golden Fleece: Baxter's Jason
- Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number Two
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number One
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number Two
- Kōtare 2007, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series One: ‘Women Prose Writers to World War I’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Sport 10: Autumn 1993
- Sport 11: Spring 1993
- Sport 14: Autumn 1995
- Sport 3: Spring 1989
- Sport 5: Spring 1990
- Sport 7: Winter 1991
- Sport 8: Autumn 1992
- Sport 9: Spring 1992
Cited in
- Island Stories
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number One
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number Two
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Sport 5: Spring 1990
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Bill Pearson":
- 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.

