Jean Devanny
7 January 1894–8 March 1962
(Person)
Also known as: Jane Crook.
Novelist, communist.
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Introduction: "A land mild and bold, diffident and pertinent"
- Island Stories
- Journalese
- Kōtare 1998, Volume One, 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
Cited in
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Kōtare 1998, Volume One, 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’
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Jean Devanny":
- 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.
