tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post8116850303198802797..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-55568695102749105452009-03-08T12:06:00.000+13:002009-03-08T12:06:00.000+13:00At the NZETC, we have a lot more than 1934's "Jou...At the NZETC, we have a lot more than 1934's "Journalese." We have dozens of pieces (mainly relatively short articles) by Robin and dozens more that mention or cite Robin. See<BR/><BR/>http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-208310.html<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>stuartStuart Yeateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833845128949797120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-84199760223751283012009-03-01T16:21:00.000+13:002009-03-01T16:21:00.000+13:00a nice response to the event. minor point -- Hyde ...a nice response to the event. minor point -- Hyde was born 19 Jan 1906 in Cape Town, not Wellington; she came here with her family as a baby later that year.<BR/>in answer to Paul;s question, yes there are journals from the mid-1930s, and very good ones. the first is her 1934 Autobiography, written during her first full year of treatment in the Auckland Mental Hospital. the ms is in the Auckland Public Library. the second is her 1935 Journal, also <BR/>written in hospital and covering the later part of her treatment. that ms is among the papers now at Turnbull. there are other smaller bits of journal keeping that lead towards the moment of /A Home in This World/, written 1937 as she left hospital. the ms is at Turnbull and was published 1984 with an introduction by Derek Challis.There are plans to publish these 1934, 1935 and 1937 writings as a composite autobiography to complement Derek;s 2002 biography, /The Book of Iris./<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>Michele<BR/><BR/>PSI should also point to the ATL online catalogue of the RH <BR/>material at <BR/>http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus/FULL/ARCHIVESNR/OPHDR/142/1158533,12Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-82009418078967243532009-03-01T01:21:00.000+13:002009-03-01T01:21:00.000+13:00However, my big query is whether she kept any kind...However, my big query is whether she kept any kind of common place book or journal - and, if so, where it might be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-83541988082547579392009-02-28T21:34:00.000+13:002009-02-28T21:34:00.000+13:00Oh whoops - the anonymous post about the letter fr...Oh whoops - the anonymous post about the letter from the Turnbull is me, maggie@at-the-bay.com - I pushed the wrong button - and yes, Mary, I will remind you next time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-58076620966903812162009-02-28T20:54:00.000+13:002009-02-28T20:54:00.000+13:00A good question, and one I cannot answer, but poss...A good question, and one I cannot answer, but possibly Michele, Lydia, or Derek (or the Turnbull Library).<BR/><BR/>But I do have a photocopy of a very interesting letter (from the Turnbull) of a letter from Robyn to Reo Fortune (once married to Margaret Mead) and sent from China in 1938 in which she says "the bombing has been hellish.." and she is writing to ensure her insurance premiums are paid primarily because "I can't let the policy lapse because of Derek." - for all her faults as a mother, she redeems herself entirely with this sentence.<BR/><BR/>I have my sister Caroline Thomas to thank for a copy of this letter - she is an avid fan and scholar of the late Reo Fortune.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-82952239135481958242009-02-28T19:00:00.000+13:002009-02-28T19:00:00.000+13:00Oh I wish I'd gone to this - it sounds magic - ple...Oh I wish I'd gone to this - it sounds magic - please remind me next time, Maggie, there's something fab like this on ... I could keep you company on the car ride in...Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-65029031051236917032009-02-28T14:29:00.000+13:002009-02-28T14:29:00.000+13:00Did Robin Hyde keep a journal?I know the 1934 Jour...Did Robin Hyde keep a journal?<BR/><BR/><BR/>I know the 1934 Journalese has been put on line by the NZETC <BR/><BR/>http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-HydJour.html<BR/><BR/>However, my big query is whether she kept any kind of common place book or journal - and, if so, where it might be?Paul Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558887847347922330noreply@blogger.com