The H. E. Holland Memorial Library, also known as the Seddonville Community Library, is a community library located in Seddonville in the Buller District of the South Island of New Zealand.
| H. E. Holland Memorial Library | |
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 H.E. Holland Memorial Library in 2019 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Library |
| Location | Seddonville |
| Address | Queen Street, Seddonville |
| Coordinates | 41°33′01″S 171°59′11″E / 41.5503583°S 171.9863583°E |
| Opened | 1929 (this building) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Single storey |
History
editA library was first built in Seddonville in the early 1900s.[1] This library was destroyed and the collection lost during a flood that followed the 1929 Murchison earthquake.[2]
Harry Holland, leader of the Labour Party and MP for Buller, made a public appeal to replace the lost collection, and donations were received from libraries, booksellers and individuals around the country.[3] Donations were carried free of charge by the Post Office.[4] Cabinet approved 180 volumes from the General Assembly Library be donated, and altogether a collection of 2–3000 books had been acquired through donations from individuals and other libraries.[5][2] In the meantime, the local community had raised enough funds, together with a £50 donation from the Mines Department, to pay for the new building outright. The library was officially reopened by Holland on 9 December 1929. In recognition of his efforts, the reopened library was named the H. E. Holland Public Library and Mr Holland was presented with an inscribed silver-mounted walking stick.[2]
The library was renamed the H. E. Holland Memorial Library after Holland's death in 1933.
The building and collection were again extensively damaged by flooding on Boxing Day of 2010.[1]
Collection
editThe library is run by volunteers, and is supplied with a rotating collection from the Buller District Library.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b LIBRARY, BULLER DISTRICT. "Mines and books at Seddonville". ketewestcoast.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Seddonville". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Seddonville Library". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Untitled". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Earthquake restoration". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Buller District Libraries". Karamea.nz. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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