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Barlow, Maida L. : Papers relating to Olga Sansom

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Reference NumberARC-0135CreatorBarlow, Maida L. (nee Sansom)DescriptionThe collection includes extensive newspaper clippings, photographs, sketches, a watercolour painting, sketch maps, notes and correspondence. The focus is on Stewart Island/Rakiura and nearby islands, their natural history, people, families and industries, ships and shipwrecks, ferries and Māori placenames. Also included are photographs and letters relating to Olga Sansom's Queen's Service Medal Award, and minutes of the Halfmoon Bay School Committee and school photographs.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyOlga Sansom was Director of the Southland Museum from 1952. She wrote about her areas of interest in radio broadcasts, book reviews, published books and articles and in answering the many inquiries that came to her. Botanical collecting, plant and insect identification, birds, teaching about the environment and how to protect it to pass it on to the next generation, and people and their histories, all especially in relation to Rakiura/Stewart Island were spread through her life.

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SubjectsAuthorsNew Zealand - HistoryFamily life

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Barlow, Maida L. : Papers relating to Olga Sansom

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