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Turnbull Library Record, Volume 30, 1 January 1997, Cover Page

The Friends of the Turnbull Library

The Friends of the Turnbull Library is an incorporated society established in 1939 to promote interest in the Alexander Turnbull Library, assist in the extension of its collections, and aid the interchange of information on all matters of concern to those interested in books generally as well as in the manuscripts, sketches, maps, photographs, and other materials which throw light on our history. The objectives of the Friends are: • To promote public interest in the Library. • To assist in the extension of its collections by purchases. • To encourage donations. • To facilitate the interchange of information about the specialised interests of the Library through meetings, seminars, lectures, and publications.

If you believe in the Library’s work and wish to safeguard its priceless collections, if you believe the Library to be a national asset with an exciting future, and if you believe that we should cherish what the Library does for New Zealand, then you will want to be a member of the Friends. As a Friend, you receive: • Copies of all the Friends’ publications, including the Turnbull Library Record and the Friends’ magazine, Off the Record. • Advance notice of publications issued by the Library. • Invitations to attend lectures to Friends by experts in various fields, and to Friends’ special events and social occasions. • A 10% discount at the National Library Shop on all items for sale: including T-shirts, books, posters, cards and prints published by the Friends and the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust. • The satisfaction of knowing that you are supporting a priceless heritage.

Membership of The Friends of the Turnbull Library costs $23 for non-waged individuals, S3O for waged individuals, S4O for universities, libraries, and similar institutions, and $l5O for corporate bodies. Membership applications should be sent to the Secretary, The Friends of the Turnbull Library, P O Box 12-186, Wellington, New Zealand. Please make cheques payable to ‘The Friends of the Turnbull Library’.

Back cover: Turnbull House, original home of the Alexander Turnbull Library, captured in monotone watercolour and ink by James Ell in 1973. From the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. ATL Picture ref.: 146449 1/2.

The Past Preserved The Alexander Tu rnbull Library Endowment Trust

The Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust aims to support the Library’s work of collecting, preserving, and improving the dissemination ofknowledge ofNew Zealand’s heritage. The Library needs additional funds for: • the acquisition of important historical items. Costs are rising dramatically, and the Library needs additional support if it is to compete; • the publication of manuscripts, maps, documents, photographs, paintings, prints, and other materials; • the continuation of its work in supporting research, publication, and exchanges among scholars. How you can help • The Endowment Trust is seeking financial bequests for the purchase of materials for the collections. • The Research Fund is seeking financial bequests to help make the collections available through research, publications, conferences, seminars, and lectures. • The Library itself is seeking bequests of books, documents, paintings, drawings, family papers, and photographs that may be of historical value. Let us help you preserve your family heritage. All bequests will be recorded and acknowledged. For further information, please contact Mr L.A. Cameron, CBE, Chairman, Endowment Trust Board, at the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library Building, P O Box 12-349, Wellington, New Zealand, phone (04) 474 3000.