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Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life & Work

Chapter 9 — Climate Change

Chapter 9
Climate Change

1 J.C. Beaglehole, 'New Zealand Since the War', Landfall, no.58, June 1961, p.140.

3 Sir Jack Hunn, p.c. 4 Sept. 1991.

4 Alley to Shepardson, 24 Feb. 1950, Columbia University Libraries, MS Coll., CCNY.

5 H. Templeton, 'Algie, Ronald Macmillan, 1888-1978', DNZB, v.4, pp.7-9.

6 McIntosh to Berendsen, 1 Feb. 1950, in C.A. Berendsen, Undiplomatic Dialogue, p.207.

7 C.E. Beeby, The Biography of an Idea, p.293.

8 NZLA Proc. 1950, p.9.

9 T.B. O'Neill, p.c. 25 June 1991.

10 NZL, v.15, July-Aug. 1952, p.141.

11 Report in NZL, v.13, Dec. 1950, pp.266-7. The reporter (probably W.J. McEldowney) was a little unfair to Algie in noting what he said.

12 NZL, v.15, Dec. 1952, p.232.

13 Sir Jack Hunn, p.c. 4 Sept. 1991.

14 AJHR, 1950, H-32A, p.5; full text reprinted in NZL, v.13, Dec. 1950, pp.264-5.

15 M. Bassett, 'The Political Context of the Prime-Ministerial Years', in M. Clark, ed., Peter Fraser, p.54.

16 J.W. Kealy to C.W. Collins (President NZLA), 2 Mar. 1950, CU, file: NZLA Miscellaneous 1940-1965.

17 J. Barr, 'Peter Fraser, Patron NZLA 1938-1950', NZL, v.14, Jan.-Feb. 1951, pp.1-4.

18 G.T. Alley, 'Country Library Service 1930-1955', NZL, v.19, Aug. 1956, p.143.

19 NZL, v.15, Mar. 1952, p.27.

20 Ibid., p.28.

21 McEldowney NZLA, p.73.

22 See, for instance, 'Library Service in America: two-year survey proposed', NZL v.10, June 1947, pp.110-11. The inquiry is described, with a list of its publications, in M.D. Tompkins, 'The Public Library Inquiry in the U.S.A.', NZLA Proc. 1950, pp.29-40.

page 463

23 NZL, v.12, Mar. 1949, p.53.

24 'Library Survey Next Year', NZL, v.12, Nov. 1949, p.260.

25 CCNY, Library Program, 1911-1961, p.18.

26 T.B. O'Neill, 'Miss Miriam D. Tomkins [sic]', NZL, v.17, July 1954, p.138-9.

27 Alley to Shepardson, 24 Feb. 1950, Columbia University Libraries, MS Coll., CCNY.

28 T.B. O'Neill, op. cit.

29 T.B. O'Neill, p.c. 12 Aug. 1992.

30 'Branch Notes: Wellington', NZL, v.13, Oct. 1950, p.229; see also M.A. Ronnie, Books to the People, p.56.

31 'Branch Notes: Otago', NZL, v.13, Aug. 1950, p.172.

32 Otago Daily Times, 17 July 1950,

33 T.B. O'Neill, op. cit.

34 H.B. Sullivan, p.c. 9 Sept. 1994.

35 G.T. Alley, 'The "Chance to Read" in New Zealand', in R.F. Vollans, ed., Libraries for the People, pp.151-63.

36 G.T. Alley, 'Lucie Heine, 1910-1955', NZL, v.19, Jan. 1956, pp.12-13.

37 A.E. Mercer and H.J. Lorimer, 'CLS Bookvans', NZL, v.13, Nov. 1950, pp.234-5.

38 Ibid., p.233.

39 Ibid., pp.233-4.

40 I.R.V. Hudson, p.c. 2 Sept. 1999.

41 AJHR, 1953, H-32A, p.5.

42 A schedule of services available to post-primary schools was published in NZL, v.13, Jan.-Feb. 1950, p.24.

43 R.N. O'Reilly, 'The Libraries of the Justice Department', Wellington, 1951. Copy in NL, Gracefield records, Box 105.

44 G. Cochrane, 'Prison Libraries in New Zealand', p.68.

45 J.C. Dakin, Focus for Lifelong Learning, p.36.

46 D.O.W. Hall, New Zealand Adult Education, pp.125-6.

47 J.C. Dakin, op. cit., p.36.

48 'Branch Notes: Wellington', NZL, v.14, Aug. 1951, p.191.

49 NZLA, Standards Committee, 'Adult Education and the Public Library', NZL, v.14, Nov. 1951, pp.276-80.

50 Alley to Minister of Education, 30 July 1953, Alley papers.

51 NZLA, Palmerston North Branch, Report, 21 Sept. 1950, NZLA 1950/34, ATL, Acc. 79-042-14.

52 AJHR, 1912, H-32, General Assembly Library, p.2.

53 Munn–Barr Report, p.59.

54 Hall to Norrie, 4 Apr. 1936, WP, Perry NL file.

55 NZLA, Council, minutes, 23 Aug. 1950, NZL, v.13, Sept. 1950, p.196.

56 See n. 51.

57 NZLA, Council, minutes, 1 May 1951, NZL, v.14, June 1951, pp.123- 4.

58 'Co-operation among Wellington Libraries', NZL, v.14, Oct. 1951, pp.239-44.

59 NZLA, Council, minutes, 23 Aug. 1951, NZL, v.14, Sept. 1951, pp.212- 16 (quote on p.214).

60 Perry to W.B. Sutch, 15 Dec. 1969, CU, file: Wellington Public Libraries.

61 NZLA, Council, minutes, 15 Aug. 1952, NZLA 1952/29; NZL, v.15, Sept. 1952, pp.159-64 (reference on p.163).

62 NZLA, Council, Standing Executive Committee, minutes, 30 Sept. 1952, NZLA 1952/33; NZL, v.15, Nov. 1952, pp.208-12 (quote on p.208).

63 'A National Library Building for New Zealand?', Evening Post, 13 Sept. 1952; reprinted (still anonymously) in NZL, v.15, Oct. 1952, pp.176-7.

64 Tompkins to Alley, 2 Mar. 1951, Alley papers.

65 Alley to Tompkins, 16 Mar. 1951, ibid.

66 L.M. Gooding to Bibby, 3 Oct. 1954, ATL, Acc. 79-042-14.

67 R.N. O'Reilly, letter to secretary NZLA, printed in NZL, v.17. July 1954, pp.139-40.

68 Ibid.

69 Ibid.

70 R.M. Wylie, p.c. 15 Aug. 1989.

71 T.B. O'Neill, p.c. 25 June 1991.

72 T.B. O'Neill, p.c. 12 Aug. 1992.

73 M.A. Ronnie, p.c. 26 Jan. 1990.

74 Alley PGC (Bateson).

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75 'Farewell to Miss Bateson', NZL, v.16, June 1953, p.115.

76 NZL, v.16, July-Aug. 1953, p.136.

77 Bateson to Alley, 12 May 1953, Alley papers.

78 D.M. Wylie, 'Miss Nora Bateson', NZL, v.19, Oct. 1956, pp.196-7.

79 Alley to Shepardson (CCNY), 2 March 1952, Alley papers.

80 From 1953 until 1980, when it was superseded by new schools at Victoria University and the Wellington College of Education, the NZ Library School was directed by New Zealand citizens whose names read like a roll call of the kind of Englishmen who made the Empire great: Macaskill, McEldowney, O'Neill, McIntosh (David), O'Reilly, Podstolski.

81 M.A. Ronnie, Education for Librarianship, p.31.

82 McEldowney NZLA, p.58.

83 D.M. Wylie, 'Library School: Where the Graduates Go', NZL, v.15, Nov. 1952, pp.203-6.

84 W.J. McEldowney, 'New Zealand Trained Librarians and the NZLA 1952', NZL, v.15, Dec. 1952, pp.226- 7.

85 AJHR, 1958, H-32A, pp.6, 9.

86 A.P. Taylor, Librarian, Tauranga Public Library 1943-46; Organizing Librarian, CLS, 1946-58 (with overseas breaks); Senior Librarian, Brooklyn, NY, 1958-62; Colombo Plan Expert and Director, Singapore National Library, 1962-64; Library Adviser to the Government of Nigeria, 1964-66; married John Harris of Ibadan in 1965 and was later Director of Midwest Library Services in Nigeria until shortly before her death in 1974. She was accorded a state funeral in Benin, where she died.

87 H.B. Sullivan, p.c. 1 Feb. 2000.

88 NZLA, 'Elementary Principles of Library Planning', NZL, v.12, Nov. 1949, pp.245-7.

89 NZLA, Standing Executive Committee, minutes, 30 Sept. 1952, NZL, v.15, Nov. 1952, p.208.

90 A.P. Taylor, 'Planning the New Library Building', NZL, v.19. Jan. 1956, pp.1- 6.

91 H.B. Sullivan, p.c. 6 Oct. 1989.

92 G.T. Alley, 'Priscilla Harris', NZL, v.37, June 1974, pp.136-7.

93 A.M.J. Jones, 'G.T. Alley: some recollections', copy supplied by author, 5 May 1991. An analysis of early issues of Books to Buy and of the experience of libraries in using them is to be found in W.J. McEldowney, 'Non-Fiction Book Lists, report on work done by NLS', NZL, v.16, June 1953, pp.97-103.

94 Much of what follows on the Gisborne operation has been derived from notes provided by H.B. Sullivan (née Cowey) on several occasions. Other sources are noted separately where appropriate.

95 C.D. Trudgeon and G.B. Bertram, 'Library Service in the Gisborne area', NZL, v.17, Jan.-Feb. 1954, pp.1-12.

96 Alley to Cowey, 16 and 28 July 1954, McEldowney papers (home).

97 See, for example, 'Public Libraries: annual reports 1953-54', NZL, v.17, Oct. 1954, pp.201-11 (Oamaru, pp.209-10).

98 Report of the meeting of the Cook County Council, Gisborne Herald, 26 Jan. 1956.

99 The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby, p.33.

100 R.S. Mackay, 'The H.B. Williams Memorial Library', NZL, v.30, Oct. 1967, pp.162-74.