Eric Hall McCormick
1906–1995
(Person)
Teacher, critic, historian, university lecturer, biographer.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Editor of
Mentioned in
- 'Something of Them Is Here Recorded': Official History in New Zealand
- A Book in the Hand: Essays on the History of the Book in New Zealand
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Illustrations
- 2 — Childhood and Youth
- 3 — Victoria University College, 1919–26
- 4 — London, 1926–27
- 11 — The Scholar at Work: I — Editing the Endeavour Journals of James Cook and Joseph Banks
- 7 — 'Unemployed and Odd Jobs', 1933–35
- 8 — Victoria University College, — Family and Friends, 1936–49
- 9 — 'A Peculiar Sort of Non-Classifiable Part-Time Public Servant', 1 1938–51
- 10 — Public Life, Books, Music and Art 1936–50
- 12 — The Scholar at Work: II — The Journals of the Second and Third Voyages and the Biography of Cook
- 13 — Private Life and Public Causes
- 14 — The Price of Eminence
- Index
- Introduction
- 3 Victoria University College
- 4 London, 1926–27
- 8 Victoria University College, 1936– 49
- 9 'A Peculiar Sort of … Public Servant', 1939–52
- 10 Public Life, Books, Music and Art, 1936–50
- 12 The Scholar at Work: II
- 13 Private Life and Public Causes
- 14 The Price of Eminence
- 2. Manuscript Sources
- A Popular Vision: The Arts and the Left in New Zealand 1930-1950
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Creating a National Spirit: Celebrating New Zealand's Centennial
- Index
- 9: Auckland's Remembrance of Times Past
- 11: The Uncompleted Centennial Atlas
- 12: History and Romance: The Making of the Centennial Historical Surveys
- 13: Making New Zealand: Pictorial Surveys of a Century
- 14: 'Touching the Mind of the Country': J. C. Beaglehole and the Design of the Centennial Publications
- 15: Myth and Anti-myth in Literary Responses to the Centennial
- 16: Centennial Exhibitions of Art
- Design Review: Volume 3, Number 5 (March-April 1951)
- Eighteenth Century Science and the Voyages of Discovery
- Fretful Sleepers and Other Essays
- Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life & Work
- Island Stories
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 4
- Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number Two
- Kōtare 2001, Volume Four, Number One
- Kōtare 2006, Volume Six
- 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’
- Letters and Art in New Zealand
- Making New Zealand vol 01 no 02: The Maori
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- New Zealand Now
- New Zealand Studies: A Guide to Bibliographic Resources
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
- Recollecting Mansfield
- Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 4, No. 8. July 16, 1941
- Sport 17: Spring 1996
- The Discovery of New Zealand
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume Two]
- The Exploration of New Zealand
- The Home Front Volume II
- The New Zealand Centennial Publications
- The New Zealand Novel 1860-1965
- The Right Honourable Sir Francis H. D. Bell, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.,: His Life and Times
- The Women of New Zealand
- Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand
- ‘Only for yr. eyes’: The Publication of Ursula Bethell’s ‘Six Memorials’
Cited in
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life & Work
- Island Stories
- 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 17: Spring 1996
- Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
Image Gallery
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.jpg "Eric McCormick at work with Joe Heenan (holding a paper). McCormick proposed that the Centennial surveys should examine aspects of the general theme of adaptation. His Art and Letters in New Zealand explored that theme through the work of writers and artists. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ, Eric McCormick Collection, PAColl-5030-2-019")
.jpg "John Pascoe, Oliver Duff and Eric McCormick watch the first number of Making New Zealand roll of the printing press. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ, Eric McCormick Collection, PAColl-5030-2-018")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Eric Hall McCormick":
- 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.