Geoffrey Thomas Alley
4 February 1903–25 September 1986
(Person)
Farmer, rugby player, adult educator, librarian and library administrator.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- A Popular Vision: The Arts and the Left in New Zealand 1930-1950
- Creating a National Spirit: Celebrating New Zealand's Centennial
- Fretful Sleepers and Other Essays
- Island Stories
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number One
- The Farmer in New Zealand
Cited in
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Island Stories
Image Gallery
.jpg "A fascinating folly: the first architectural concept for a National Library building, in Hill Street, displayed by government architect F.G.F. Sheppard to Sir John Ilott and G.T. Alley. — Alexander Turnbull Library, PAColl-2893-1")
.jpg "Committee of Officers, National Library of New Zealand, 1967. This was taken for the record shortly before Alley's retirement. Front: P.E. Richardson, G.T. Alley. Back: J.O. Wilson, H. Macaskill, A.G. Bagnall, T.B. O'Neill. National Library Extension Service Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, PAColl-0522-1-15")
.jpg "Committee of Officers, National Library of New Zealand, after the implementation of the act in April 1966. J.O. Wilson, A.G. Bagnall, P.E. Richardson, G.T. Alley, H. Macaskill, T.B. O'Neill. Alexander Turnbull Library, PAColl-0522-1-1/4")
.jpg "Country Library Service staff in 1940. H.J. Lorimer, G.T. Alley, W.A. Lindsay, J.W. Rawson, J.S. Wright, and J. Lawrence. In front: R. Fogo and N. Barker. Alexander Turnbull Library, B-K 711-7")
.jpg "Euphan and Geoffrey Alley in the early 1960s. Alley family")
.jpg "G.T. Alley, All Black 1926 and 1928. — Alley family")
.jpg "Geoffrey Alley cuts the cake at a social function at the National Library. Paul E. Richardson Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, F-83273-35mm-17")
.jpg "Geoffrey T. Alley, Director, National Library Service. — Alexander Turnbull Library, F-30006-1/2, A5583")
.jpg "Geoffrey T. Alley, Officer in Charge — and Director Country Library Service 1937-1945, — Director National Library Service 1945-1964, — National Librarian 1964-1967")
.jpg "Geoffrey T. Alley, South Island rugby rep 1926 and 1927. Alley family")
.jpg "Official inauguration of the Country Library Service, May 1938. G.T. Alley is in the front row between Peter Fraser and Prime Minister Savage. Alexander Turnbull Library, F-135959-1/2")
.jpg "The WEA Library car with Professor J. Shelley, G.T. Alley, G. Worthington, and Joan Osborne, Christchurch, March 1930. The Press, 24 March 1930. — Hocken Library")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Geoffrey Thomas Alley":
- 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.