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Guardians of the NZ Cartoon Archive

Chaired by Ian F Grant, founder of the NZ Cartoon Archive, the Guardians meet once or twice a year with those ATL staff most involved with the Cartoon Archive. The primary role of the Guardians is to promote greater awareness of the Cartoon Archive and the educational and historical importance of editorial cartoons through publications, exhibitions, lectures, etc.

Current Guardians’ Committee

• Ian F Grant (Chair)
• Robert Brockie (cartoonist, National Business Review)
• Margaret Calder (former Chief Librarian, Alexander Turnbull Library (ATL))
• Pauline Hannah (former Research Librarian, Cartoon Archive, ATL)
• Rachel Macfarlane (former Cartoon Archive staff member)
• Rick Neville (Editorial Director, Newspaper Publishers’ Association)

Alexander Turnbull Library Staff in Attendance

• Hannah Benbow (Research Librarian Cartoons, ATL)
• Oliver Stead (Curator Drawings, Paintings and Prints, ATL)
• Chris Szekely (Chief Librarian, ATL)

Also in Attendance

• John Meads (Chair, ATL Endowment Fund)