Obituary for David Colquhoun

Archivist, historian, aesthete, sportsman, ‘leftie’, designer, carpenter, LHP member.

Authors

  • David Grant

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.10632

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David Colquhoun (1951-2018), Obituaries, Alexander Turnbull Library

Abstract

David Colquhoun, Curator of Manuscripts and Archives at the Alexander Turnbull Library for 25 years, and friend and help-mate to many, died suddenly in Masterton on 18 March 2018, aged 66. This obituary celebrates the life of Colquhoun, who was a close friend of the author since the pair's days studying post-graduate history at Auckland University.

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Author Biography

David Grant

David Grant, Wellington-based historian, has been a friend of David Colquhoun for more than 40 years. His many books include most recently: The Mighty Totara: The Life and Times of Norman Kirk; A Question
of Faith: A History of the New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society; Man For All Seasons: The life and times of Ken Douglas; The Big Blue: Snapshots of the 1951 waterfront lockout (as editor); Those Who Can Teach: A History of Secondary Education in New Zealand from the Union Perspective; Two Over Three on Goodtime Sugar: The New Zealand TAB turns 50; and Jagged Seas: The New Zealand Seamen’s Union 1879–2003.

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Published

2018-01-01

Issue

No. 1 (2018)

Section

Obituaries