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Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull (14 September 1868 – 28 June 1918) [1] was a New Zealand merchant, dandy [2] and book collector. [3] On his death, his collection became the nucleus of the Alexander Turnbull Collection, initially housed in his residence, Turnbull House, but as of 1987 housed with the collections of the National Library of New Zealand, a body formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of ...
The Alexander Turnbull Library was founded in 1919 by Alexander Turnbull (1868–1918), whose bequest to the nation included the 55,000 volume nucleus of the current collection. In later years, the library made its own acquisitions and his bequest was augmented with books from the General Assembly Library collections.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 ( Alexander Turnbull Whanganui Regional Museum , Whanganui
After Turnbull's death in 1918, the house was purchased by the government in 1920 and opened to the public as the Alexander Turnbull Library. The library stayed in the building until 1973 when the collection was incorporated into the National Library of New Zealand. [3] In 1994 the Department of Conservation conducted restoration work. [2]
The 102-minute film documents the five years of Ardern's tenure, [1] including both her political and private life. [2] It contains audio recordings of the Political Diaries project of the Alexander Turnbull Library and home videos recorded by Ardern's husband Clarke Gayford. [3]
Alexander Turnbull may refer to: Alexander Turnbull (lacrosse) (1872–1956), Canadian lacrosse player; Alexander Turnbull (bibliophile) (1868–1918), founder of the Alexander Turnbull Library, now held as part of the National Library of New Zealand; Alexander Douglas Turnbull (1903–1993), politician in British Columbia, Canada
Digitisation and e-publishing of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868–1961 (in cooperation with the National Library of New Zealand and the Alexander Turnbull Library) Learning Media (in cooperation with the Ministry of Education) La Trobe Journal (in cooperation with the Australian State Library of ...
The outbreak of World War I caused the construction to be delayed until late 1915, with Alexander Turnbull moving in the following year. Turnbull House was used as a library until 1973, and the collection formed the nucleus of the national library collection. [5] Turnbull House is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I heritage building ...