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Letter of Support, 26th March 1998
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September 18, 2017 posted by Unity Wellington

Letter of Support, 26th March 1998

A letter from Cecilia Johnson to The Readers & Writers committee expressing dismay that the chosen bookseller for the festival was Whitcoulls. She would have preferred it to be Unity…

Margaret Mahy & Big Al’s Tulip, 1990
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September 18, 2017 posted by Unity Wellington

Margaret Mahy & Big Al’s Tulip, 1990

International Criminal Mastermind and children’s author Margaret Mahy wrote this note on a scrap of envelope to let Unity staff know she’d stolen a copy of her book The Downhill…

Start of Library Supply, 11th June 1996
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September 18, 2017 posted by Unity Wellington

Start of Library Supply, 11th June 1996

A letter from Heather McKenzie to publishers, informing them of a new contract to supply Wellington City Libraries with books, and requesting their assistance in fulfilling their requirements. We still…

Hours Book, 1992
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September 18, 2017 posted by Unity Wellington

Hours Book, 1992

A selection of pages from the staff hours book from 1992.  

Mike Eager Postcard, 27th April 1992
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September 18, 2017 posted by Unity Wellington

Mike Eager Postcard, 27th April 1992

Postcard to Marion Castree; Tilly Lloyd and the rest of the Unity Staff from Mike Eager in India, where he is surreptitiously reading Salman Rushdie. He also reports on great…

Kate Kennedy Postcard, 1992
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September 18, 2017 posted by Unity Wellington

Kate Kennedy Postcard, 1992

Postcard to Unity from Kate Kennedy from Queenstown,  Her activities (socialising, sleeping, book-reading) are not accurately represented in the pictures.