Ruth Dallas
29 September 1919–18 March 2008
(Person)
Also known as: Ruth Minnie Mumford.
Poet, children's author, and short story writer.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- Autumn. in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 3 (June 1, 1936)
- Evening. in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
- “Sunshine.” in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 4 (July 1, 1938.)
- Destruction in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 12 (March 1, 1937)
- The Weather Clock in Experiment 13
Mentioned in
- Indirections: A Memoir 1909-1947
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 4
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Recollecting Mansfield
- The Woman Problem & other prose
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Ruth Dallas":
- 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.