James Keir Baxter
29 June 1926–22 October 1972
(Person)
Also known as: J. K. Baxter; Jim Baxter; James K. Baxter.
Poet, postman, teacher, dramatist, writer, social critic.
Genealogy
Ancestors: Archibald McColl Learmond Baxter
Siblings: Terence John Baxter
Descendants: Hilary Baxter
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- The Admonition in Experiment 5
- He Waiata o Hemi, quoted in ‘He Waiata o Hemi’: An Unpublished Poem — by James K. Baxter
- Blue Peter in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 3
- The Power of Mrs. Grundy in Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 3. 1964.
- Night in Tarras in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 2
- Sea Change in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 2
- Elegy 1944 in Arachne. No. 3
- The Private Conference of Harry Fat in Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 3. April 12, 1956
- Why Writers Stop Writing in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 2
- Shakespeare in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 1
- The Bridge in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 1
- The Climb in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 1
- Homecoming in November in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 1
- Wellington in Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 1
- Four Epigrams in Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 4. 1962.
- The Phoenix and the Crow in The Spike [or Victoria University College Review 1954]
- [poems by James K. Baxter] in The Spike [or Victoria University College Review 1954]
- Essay on the Higher Learning in The Spike [or Victoria University College Review 1961]
- [Three Blues] in The Spike [or Victoria University College Review 1961]
- Last Retreat Of A Senile Poet in Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Vol. 32. No. 25. October 9, 1969
- [untitled poem from Howrah Bridge by James K. Baxter] in Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 15. 1964.
- An Ode to the Reigning Monarch on the Occasion of her Majesty’s Visit to Pig Island in Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33, No. 3 18 March 1970
- ‘Its A Difficult World, David’ in Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 1. 1967.
- A View from the Port Hills, quoted in Baling the Golden Fleece: Baxter's Jason
- A View from the Port Hills [II], quoted in Baling the Golden Fleece: Baxter's Jason
- The Fleece, quoted in Baling the Golden Fleece: Baxter's Jason
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose. Volume 1
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose. Volume 2
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose. Volume 3
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose. Volume 4
Works by this Author in other Collections
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- A Book in the Hand: Essays on the History of the Book in New Zealand
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Baling the Golden Fleece: Baxter's Jason
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Collected Poems
- Design Review: Volume 3, Number 5 (March-April 1951)
- Fretful Sleepers and Other Essays
- Indirections: A Memoir 1909-1947
- Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number Two
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number One
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number Two
- Kōtare 2004, Volume Five, Number One
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Recollecting Mansfield
- Sport 11: Spring 1993
- Sport 21: Spring 1998
- Sport 22: Autumn 1999
- Sport 23: Spring 1999
- Sport 26: Autumn 2001
- Sport 28: Autumn 2002
- The New Zealand Novel 1860-1965
- The Spike [or Victoria University College Review 1961]
- The Woman Problem & other prose
- Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
Cited in
- Baling the Golden Fleece: Baxter's Jason
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 3
- Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number One
- Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number Two
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number One
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number Two
- Kōtare 2004, Volume Five, Number One
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Sport 22: Autumn 1999
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- 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.