1 For details of Lochore's bizarre career, see M. King, 'The Strange Story of Reuel Anson Lochore', Metro, no.117, Mar. 1991, pp.115-25.

2 'N.Z. Country Library Service: report submitted to the Hon. Minister of Education', NL, Basement records, Row 10, Box 20.

3 Fraser to Norrie, 16 Jan. 1939, NZLA files.

4 NZLA, Central Executive Committee, minutes, 18 May 1939, ATL, Acc. 79- 042-2.

5 Campbell to Norrie, 28 June 1939, NA, NLS 2, Box 9.

6 NZLA, Central Executive Committee, minutes, 24 July 1939, ATL, Acc. 79- 042-2.

7 'Liaison Officer', NZL, v.3, Jan. 1940, p.61.

8 M.K. Rochester, The Revolution in New Zealand Librarianship, p.75.

9 These points highlighted in letter of appreciation from the NZLA President to Carnell, 5 Sept. 1945, ATL, Acc. 79-042-22.

10 E.J. Carnell, 'Library Policy: Great Britain, United States, New Zealand', NZLA Proc., 1940, pp.43-53.

11 Alley PGC (Carnell).

12 AJHR, 1941, H-32A, Report of Liaison Officer, pp.5-7.

13 E.J. Carnell, 'It Seems Only Yesterday', NZL v.20, Aug. 1957, pp.133-6 (quote on p.136).

14 M. Jones, p.c. 5 May 1991.

15 NL, Basement records, Row 10, Box 19.

16 This group preserved in ATL, Acc. 84-142-64.

17 CLS Chch, file: Palmerston, Otago.

18 AJHR, 1943, H-32A.

19 See McEldowney, NZLA, pp.30-1.

20 NZPD, v.256, p.221 (20 Sept. 1939).

21 J. Tait tape.

22 A.E. Curnow, 'The Unhistoric Story'. Curnow was not thinking of libraries when he wrote it.

23 K. Sinclair, Walter Nash, p.180. Chapter XIV, on the exchange crisis, is essential background to the steps that were taken with regard to library purchases.

24 NL, Gracefield records, Box 127.

25 Alley PGC (McIntosh).

26 Alley to Minister of Education, 12 Dec. 1939, approved 15 Dec., NL, Gracefield records, Box 127.

27 Alley PGC (McIntosh).

28 NZLA Proc. 1940, pp.14-15.

29 Collins to Rector CUC, 8 Mar. 1940, CU, file: CBLBI.

30 Collins to Alley, 9 Mar. 1940, ibid.

31 Rutherford, Hunter, and Hight to Nash, 29 Apr. 1940, NL, Gracefield records, Box 127.

32 Morrell to Nash, 31 May 1940, ibid.

33 Alley to Comptroller of Customs, 14 June 1940, ibid.

34 Hunter to Hight, 7 Oct. 1940, CU, file: CBLBI. Report of successful outcome: Advisory Committee to the CBLBI, 11 Feb. 1941, NZLA 1941/4, ATL, Acc. 97-002-01/1.

35 NZL, v.25, Oct. 1962, p.262.

36 E.J. Carnell, 'It Seems Only Yesterday'. NZL, v.20, Aug. 1957, pp.133-6 (quote on p.135).

37 Hall to Director of Education, 4 May 1939; Form PSC 5/2793, Report on Officer as at 31–1-39, completed by T.D.H. Hall 28 Apr. 1939; NA, SSC 5, Acc. 1227, Alley.

38 Alley PGC (Mason).

39 Mason to Hall, 16 Dec. 1940, NL, Basement records, Row 10, Box 20.

40 Beeby, probation report for Public Service Commissioner, 3 Apr. 1941, NA, SSC 5, Acc. 1227, Alley.

41 Mason to Public Service Commissioner, 9 July 1941; reply, 21 July 1941, ibid.

42 Alley to NZLA Council, 16 Sept. 1940, NL, Gracefield records, Box 115. Subsequent action is recorded in the same files, and the bibliographical activities of the time are set out in McEldowney, NZLA, pp.38-44.

43 Miller to Norrie, 21 Oct. 1940, NL, Gracefield records, Box 115.

44 NZLA, Union Catalogue Committee, minutes, 10 July 1941, ibid.

45 Alley to Mason, 17 June 1941, ibid.

46 Mason to Hon. Sec. NZLA, 26 June 1941, ibid; full text in McEldowney, NZLA, p.41.

47 NZLA, Council, minutes, 10 July 1941, ATL, Acc. 97-002-01/1.

48 Norrie to Mason, 23 July 1941; reply, 2 Aug. 1941, NL, Gracefield records, Box 115.

49 NZL, v.5, Dec. 1941, pp.117-18.

50 E.J. Carnell, 'What the Book Resources Committee is Doing', NZL, v.5, Dec. 1941, pp.113-18.

51 Munn–Barr Report, pp.14, 43.

52 Ibid., pp.63, 67.

53 D.M. Neal, 'Developing Children's Service in Dunedin', NZL, v.2, June 1939, pp.109-10.

54 D.M. Ballantyne, p.c. 6 Aug. 1990.

55 Alley to White, 9 May 1938, lent by D. Ballantyne, 6 Aug. 1990.

56 Recommendations (undated) from E.J. Carnell, NL, Gracefield records, Box 439.

57 Alley PGC (Ballantyne).

58 Alley to Director of Education, 19 July 1940, NL, Gracefield records, Box 439.

59 Report of discussion between Minister of Education and Alley/Carnell, 3 Apr. 1941, ibid.

60 Alley to Minister of Education, 28 May 1941, ibid.

61 Beeby to Minister of Education, 30 July 1941, ibid.

62 NZL, v.5, Oct. 1941, pp.65-7.

63 Alley PGC (Ballantyne).

64 M.S. Sage, 'The School Library Service', Education, v.3, May 1950, pp.59-61.

65 Alley to NZLA, 12 Oct. 1939, NZLA files; see also McEldowney, NZLA, p.35.

66 NZL, v.3, Nov. 1939, p.37; Dec. 1939, pp.54-5.

67 J.S. Wright, p.c. 23 May 1991.

68 ATL, CLS Oral History Project 1989/221, J.S. Wright.

69 'Books for Camps and Troopships', NZ Free Lance, 8 May 1940, p.5.

70 AJHR, 1940, H-32A, p.4.

71 Barr to Alley, 4 Feb. 1942; Alley to Commissioner of Transport, 13 Feb. 1942, AP, War Library Service file.

72 N.M. Taylor, The Home Front, p.998. Taylor's chapter 19 (pp.886-1013), on 'Censorship', not only deals with a thorny war-time issue but is also interesting background to struggles over the censorship mind-set which persisted long after the war.

73 Norrie to Alley, 1 Oct. 1940, ATL, Acc. 79-042-14.

74 Alley to Norrie, 4 Oct. 1940, ibid.

75 Ellerm to Norrie, 10 Nov. 1942, WP, Correspondence files.

76 Fisher to Manning, 27 July 1935, CU, Canterbury WEA records, A.6.

77 Alley to E.S. Stubbs, 13 Feb. 1945, CLS Chch, file: Oamaru.

78 e.g., NZPD, v.259, p.721, 24 July 1940 (Boswell); v.260, pp.416 and 418, 29 Aug. 1941 (Cullen and Boswell); v.266, p.657, 3 Oct. 1944 (Lowry).

79 The Press, 10 Aug. 1943.

80 Evening Star, 22 Jan. 1944.

81 Munn–Barr Report, p.66.

82 Note for female readers: Perry's heart really was in the right place, but he was just a bit olde worlde.

83 Perry to Society of Otago Librarians, 26 Aug. 1936; report on library training in New Zealand, by the Society of Otago Librarians, ca. 1 Apr. 1937, ATL, Acc. 79-042-48.

84 See McEldowney NZLA, pp.45ff. and W.J. McEldowney, '[Education for Librarianship Abroad:] New Zealand,' Library Trends, v.12, Oct. 1963, pp.306ff., for fuller detail on these and later events than can be given here.

85 Alley PGC (Carnell). For the reading record, see W.J. McEldowney, 'The Reading Record', NZL, v.12, Oct. 1949, pp.207-14.

86 Alley to Dunningham, A.K. Elliot (Timaru Public Library), Harris, and Neal [i.e. White], 20 May 1942, ATL, Acc. 79-042-48.

87 Report on Library Training, 1943/44, ibid.

88 'Report of the Liaison Officer', NZL, v.5, Mar. 1942, pp.174-6.

89 Carnell to Dunningham, 2 Feb. 1942, ATL, Acc. 79-042-22.

90 Dunningham to Carnell, 14 Jan. [i.e. probably Feb.] 1942, ibid.

91 Alley to Bibby, 23 Mar. 1942, ibid.

92 Duff to Alley, 15 July 1938 (with memo to authors); Alley to Duff, 18 July 1938, Alley papers.

93 A.J. Booker, 'The Centennial Surveys of New Zealand, 1936-41', p.67.

94 Heenan to Secretary PSC, 8 Jan. 1941, NA, SSC 5, Acc. 1227, Alley.

95 NZ Listener, v.4, 2 May 1941, p.12. See also a longer review in NZ Free Lance, 12 Mar. 1941, p.14.

96 Rewi Alley to US Ambassador, Chungking, 18 Dec. 1941, informing him of the transaction, ATL, Acc. 74- 047-3/20.

97 W.T.G. Airey, A Learner in China, p.206; J. Bertram was also involved as an intermediary – see his Capes of China Slide Away, pp.268-70.

98 R. Alley to G.T. Alley, 15 Nov. 1944, ATL, Acc. 74-047-3/20.

99 J. Tait tape, for much of the Hataitai picture.

100 Alley PGC (McIntosh).

101 Beeby to Secretary PSC, 17 Dec. 1942, with schedule of 'Information asked for', NA, SSC 5, Acc. 1227, Alley.

102 Alley papers. No record of this service is held by the NZ Defence Force, but 'many Home Defence files were not retained', J.A. Corry, NZ Defence Force, 1 June 1993.

103 J. Tait tape.

104 N.M. Taylor, The Home Front, pp.1146-7.

105 Cabinet papers and Treasury report in Alley papers.

106 AJHR, 1946, B-7, Estimates of Expenditure, p.234.

107 See, for instance, 'The Soldier as Citizen: Libraries and the Armed Forces, AEWS Proposals', by C.S.P. (Perry), NZL, v.6, Apr. 1943, pp.127- 31.

108 Alley PGC (Dunningham).

109 M. Campbell, p.c. 23 Dec. 1989.

110 G.T. Alley, 'The Country Library Service', NZL, v.30, Dec. 1967, p.205.

111 AJHR, 1945-46, B-7, Estimates of Expenditure, p.151.

112 A.E. Mercer, 'Service to Country Libraries in New Zealand', NZL, v.4, Mar. 1941, pp.93-5.

113 ATL, CLS Oral History Project 1989/221.

114 CLS Chch, file: Staff Meetings 1939.

115 Alley PGC (Shelley).

116 ATL, CLS Oral History Project 1989/221.

117 J.L. Roberts, p.c. 6 Sept. 1990.

118 Alley to Librarian i/c CLS Chch, received 17 Dec. 1945, CLS Chch, file: CLS memos etc 1945.

119 AJHR, 1944, H-32A, p.4.

120 See A.G.W. Dunningham, 'Otago Branch 1936-1941', NZL, v.20, Aug. 1957, pp.130-3.

121 Supplementary Report, by A.G.W. Dunningham, to 'Country Libraries', by the Dunedin Branch of the NZLA (undated), ATL, Acc. 84-142-64.

122 Carnell to various librarians, 5 Oct. 1943, ATL, Acc. 79-042-3.

123 'Post-War Planning: a tentative symposium', NZL, v.6, Nov. 1943, pp.229-45.

124 C.S. Perry, Comments (undated) on 'Plan … prepared by Miss Carnell and Mr Robertson', on file: Planning Committee 1943-45, ATL, Acc. 79- 042-3.

125 Ibid.

126 'Post-War Planning', NZL, v.6, Nov. 1943, pp.238 (Barr), 240 (Harris).

127 Ibid., p.237.

128 NZLA, Interim Planning Committee, minutes 17 Mar. 1944, ATL, Acc. 79- 042-3.

129 NZLA Council, minutes, 14 Apr. 1944, ATL, Acc. 97-002-01/2.

130 Alley PGC (Carnell).

131 NZLA Proc. 1935, p.4.

132 Alley PGC (Carnell).

133 NZL, v.13, Dec. 1950, p.268.

134 G.T. Alley to J.A. Alley, 7 May 1962, J.A. Alley letters.

135 Scholefield to Collins, 13 Dec. 1943, ATL, MS-Papers-0212-35.

136 Scholefield to Alley, 21 Jan. 1944, Alley papers.

137 Various sources, including M.K. Rochester's works already cited; Alley PGC (Parsons); obituary, anonymous but probably by Dunningham, NZL, v.35, Feb. 1972, pp.45-6; K.D. Metcalf, p.c. 14 Apr. 1960.

138 NZLA, Library Training Committee, minutes, 15 Apr. 1944, ATL, Acc. 79- 042-48.

139 NZLA Proc. 1941, p.13.

140 G.T. Alley's file on Training, sighted in 1960 – present location unknown.

141 Harris to Collins, 24 Jan. 1944, CU, file: NZLA Training Committee 1943-1960.

142 NZLA, Library Training Committee, minutes, 15 Apr. 1944, ATL, Acc. 79- 042-48.

143 A.G.W. Dunningham, p.c. 21 Aug. 1990; and 'Mary Prescott Parsons', NZL, v.35, Feb. 1972, p.45.

144 A.G.W. Dunningham, 'Report to Training Committee on Library Training for Regional Service', received by the committee 3 Sept. 1944, ATL, Acc. 79-042-48.

145 M.L. Brown to members of the Training Committee, 18 Oct. 1944, ibid.; also, her 'Training for Special Librarianship', NZL, v.7, Dec. 1944, p.208.

146 NZLA, Library Training Committee, minutes, 19 Oct. 1944, ibid.

147 C.W. Collins, p.c. (verbal).

148 M.P. Parsons, 'Professional Library Schools', NZLA Proc. 1945, pp.28- 30.

149 Alley PGC (Parsons).

150 Nash to Pattison, 17 Apr. 1945; Pattison to Nash, 19 Apr. 1945, NA, NLS 2, Box 11.

151 Alley to Parsons, 30 Apr. 1945, acknowledged and accepted by Parsons, 2 May 1945, ibid.

152 'Library School: the Minister's statement to the press', NZL, v.8, May 1945, pp.53-4.

153 Alley PGC (Parsons).

154 I.D. Blair, The Seed They Sowed, p.120.

155 'Lincoln Agricultural College, Appointment of Lecturer in Rural Education, Application from G.T. Alley, Wellington', Alley papers.

156 Duff, 23 June 1944, attached to application.

157 Shelley, 24 June 1944, attached to application.

158 Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor, Lincoln University, letter 14 May 1992.

159 Alley PGC (Carnell).

160 Secretary, External Affairs, to High Commissioner, London, 5 July 1944, NA, NLS 2, Box 9.

161 Carnell to Alley, 23 May 1945, ibid.

162 Alley PGC (Carnell).

163 J.S. Wright, 15 Apr. 1989, ATL, CLS Oral History Project 1989/221. See also 'Tribute to E.J. Carnell, N.Z.L.A. Council Statement', NZL, v.8, Oct. 1945, pp.165-6.

164 NZL, v.7, Apr. 1944, p.52.

165 'Regional Development: N.Z.L.A. Planning Committee's report to Council – October 1944', NZL, v.7, Dec. 1944, pp.197-202.

166 Ibid.

167 J. Barr, 'Ellen Melville', NZL, v.9, Sept. 1946, pp.127-9.

168 'University and Research Libraries', NZL, v.7, Dec. 1944, pp.202-7.

169 NZL, v.8, Jan.-Feb. 1945, pp.3-5.

170 NZLA, Planning Committee, meeting 12/13 Dec. 1944, ATL, Acc. 79-042- 13; CU, file: NZLA Committee on NL 1944-1958.

171 NZL, v.8, Mar. 1945, p.18.

172 'Reports of Planning Committees', NZLA Proc. 1945, pp.8-14 (quote on p.14).

173 AJHR, 1945, H-32A, pp.4-8.

174 Registrar VUC to NZLA, 2 July 1945; NZLA to Registrar VUC, 17 July 1945; Registrar VUC to NZLA, 24 July 1945; NZLA to Registrar VUC, 25 Oct. 1945, CU, file: NZLA Committee on NL 1944-1958.

175 'Statement by the Minister of Education on the Establishment of a National Library Service', NZL, v.8, Oct. 1945, pp.161-4.

176 Mason to Public Service Commissioner, 21 Sept. 1945; PSC to Mason, 3 Oct. 1945, NA, SSC 5, Acc. 1227, Alley.

177 Dunningham to Alley, 9 Oct. 1945, Alley papers.

178 W.B. Sutch, 'Another Footnote to National Library History', NZL, v.32, Oct. 1969, pp.165- 8.

179 Perry to Sutch, 15 Dec. 1969, CU, file: Wellington Public Libraries.