| 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″S171°59′11″E / 41.5503583°S 171.9863583°E |
| Opened | 1929 (this building) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Single storey |
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.
A 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]
The library is run by volunteers, and is supplied with a rotating collection from the Buller District Library. [6]
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