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Shore, Keith Haldane and Brenda Faulkner : Papers

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Reference NumberARC-0990Date1860-1993CreatorShore, Keith Haldane, 1907-2000Shore, Brenda Faulkner (née Slade), 1922-1993DescriptionThe collection includes papers of Keith Shore relating to McSkimming Industries, and Brenda Shore's work as an academic. There are two diaries of overseas travels, one attributed to Keith and the other to Brenda. Other papers include material relating to Reverend William Slade and Reverend William Gardner Slade, grandfather and father, respectively, of Brenda Shore (née Slade). Photographs in the collection mostly relate to Brenda Shore and the Slade and Faulkner families. A small number relate to Keith Shore and the Shore family.
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 / BiographyBrenda Faulkner Shore (née Slade) was a botanist and academic. Born in Auckland on 30 November 1922, her parents were Rev. Dr William Gardner Slade (a Methodist minister) and Mary Elizabeth Wilhelmina (Ina) Slade, née Faulkner. Brenda received primary school education in Napier, and secondary education at Wellington East Girls' College and Epsom Girls' Grammar School. She studied botany at Auckland University College and the University of Otago, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1945. She was appointed Assistant Lecturer in the Botany Department at the University of Otago in 1945, and in 1949 graduated with a M.Sc. in Botany. Brenda was an expert in leaf development and the breeding systems of New Zealand plants. Her doctoral studies were at Cambridge University, where she completed her PhD in plant anatomy in 1954. Returning to Otago, Dr Slade was promoted to lecturer in 1955, senior lecturer in 1960, and associate professor in 1971. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to study at Duke University, North Carolina, in 1961. Brenda Slade married Keith Haldane Shore in 1964. Brenda retired in 1983 and died suddenly in Dunedin Hospital on 18 June 1993, aged 70.
Keith Haldane Shore was born at The Cove, Otago Peninsula, on 28 February 1907. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and joined the pipe manufacturing company Lambert Brothers in 1929, working in the laboratory on 'spun' and earthenware pipes. His grandfather, James Halls Lambert, was one of the founders of the company. Keith served in the Pacific with Number 14 Fighter Squadron during World War II. After the war he took up a factory manager positions with Lambert Bros, and then later with its parent company, McSkimming Industries. In 1966 he was appointed manager of the Abbotsford/Fairfield combine. Keith Shore retired from full time duties in 1972 but continued part time work, including compiling company history, up to 1978. He died on 5 September 2000, aged 93.
Both Keith and Brenda Shore were amateur radio operators. Brenda was a skilled artist and sewist.ProvenanceDonated by Keith Shore in 1990 (MS-5541), the Estate of Keith and Brenda Shore in 2001 (MS-5537), and Ashburton Methodist Church in 2011 (MS-5538).

Shore, Keith Haldane and Brenda Faulkner : Papers

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NamesShore, Brenda Faulkner (née Slade), 1922-1993Shore, Keith Haldane, 1907-2000PlacesDunedinSubjectsBotanyManufacturing industriesBusiness enterprises - DunedinBrickmakers and brickmakingVoyages and travels

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