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Date of Death: 20 August 1998



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Material deposited with Archives New Zealand, from the estate of Arthur Helm, comprises two items.  The first, a file of correspondence gathered by Helm while he was Secretary of the Ross Sea Committee Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).  The second, an early Government Department file dealing with Health Resorts in the Milford Sound.  The latter file was most probably obtained when Helm was working for the Tourist and Publicity Department (1961-1969), and compiling his book, Fiordland Place Names (1964).

The files were found amongst Mr Helm's papers after his death and transferred to Archives New Zealand by Mr John Atkinson, bookseller, acting on the instructions of Arthur Helm's widow.
                    [custom2] => · New Zealand Yearbook, 1958

· Who's Who in New Zealand, 1971, ed., G.C. Petersen. (Wellington: Reed, 1971)

· Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991, ed., Max Lambert 12th Edition. (Wellington: Reed, 1991)

· Who's Who in Aotearoa 1995, ed A Taylor and D Coddington (Auckland: NZ Who's Who, 1995)

· [Obituary, Arthur Helm] Peter Kitchin, 'Appetite for Travel led to 200 countries', Evening Post, 27 August 1998, p.5
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            [history] => Arthur Stanley Helm was born in Riverton on 25 February 1914. He received his education at Riverton School, Southland, Otago University (1946-1947), Dickinson College, Carlisle Pennsylvania, United States of America (1947-1949), and Victoria University College Wellington (1950-1951). Helm received his BA(Hons) from Dickinson College and his MA (Hons) from Victoria University. Helm joined the Post Office in 1930 and served with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Forces from 1939-45. He was secretary to the Ross Sea Committee Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), worked for the Department of Industries and Commerce (1958-1959), and became private secretary to the leader of the opposition (1959-1960). From 1960-1961 Arthur Helm served as private secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, then, from 1961-1969, he was employed by the Tourist and Publicity Department. From 1969-1972 Helm was general manager of the Cook Islands Tourist Authority. 

Arthur Helm was a member of numerous societies, holding many committee positions. He was New Zealand Director of the American Field Service International Scholarships (1949-1955); secretary of the New Zealand Antarctic Society (1953-1959); secretary of the New Zealand Antarctic Place Names Committee (1957-1964); Hon treasurer of the Friends of the Turnbull Library (1959-1963); Executive Committee member of the New Zealand Royal Philatelic Society (1960-1963); a member of the Polynesian Society; Vice President of PEN (International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists, 1966-1968), President of PEN (1969); and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1956. Helm Glacier and Helm Point in Antarctica are named after him. 

Helm authored a considerable number of books, including Fights and Furloughs in the Middle East (1944); Kiwis on Tour in Egypt and Italy (1945); Antarctic Manual (1956); Supplements to the New Zealand Gazetteer (1960, 1963); Man-Hauling Sledging (1957); Provisional Gazetteer of the Ross Dependency (1958); New Zealand Activities in the Antarctic (1956); Provisional Bibliography of the Tongariro National Park (1963); Egmont National Park: A Short History and Bibliography (1963); Fiordland Place Names (1964); and Antarctica (with J H Miller, 1964). 

In 1959 Helm was awarded the MBE for Antarctic services, and in 1992 the Greek Legion of Honour, for services to the Greek nation.
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