Findlay, John George (Sir), 1862-1929

Date: 1905

From: Various artists :[Addresses presented to R. J. Seddon and Mrs Seddon. 1891-ca.1906]

By: Bock, William Rose, 1847-1932

Reference: D-005-007

Description: Central text with illuminated heading and left border. Photographic head-and-shoulders portrait at top left. Other Titles - To the Right Honourable Richard John Seddon, P.C., LL.D. (Cantab. et Edin.), prime Minister of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Wellington, N.Z. / June 24th, 1905; Recto - top centre - To the Right Honourable / Richard John Seddon, P.C./ LL.D. (Cantab. et Edin.) / Prime Minister of New Zealand.; Recto - beneath image - (Signatures in ink): William E. Collins (Chairman); Frederic Wellington (Bishop), T. Kennedy McDonald, Harold Beauchamp, Edwin Arnold, J. H. B. Coates, Hamillton Gilmer, N. Reid, John G. Findlay, C. H. Revell, B. L. Thomas, P. H. Fairclough, W. J. Culver (Hon. Secretary).; Recto - bottom left - W.R.BOCK, WELLINGTON, DELT. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 653 x 482 mm, with photograph inset, 38 mm diameter. Provenance: Probably arrived with Seddon papers, from Seddon family.

Date: 1907-1910

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-083

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes correspondence on experimental station and dairy school of instruction, survey of cemetery at Mental Hospital, Porirua, sand-drift and native lands, and the New County Movement, notes on Mr Semple's career, letter from Byron Brown criticising Field's attitudes and `lies', request for employment help, and photograph of the Scenery Preservation Board Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1917

By: Findlay, John George (Sir), 1862-1929

Reference: Curios-006-011

Description: Ornate key, with a shield on the held end, inscribed to show the occasion of its use. Inscriptions: [Handle end]: [Title] Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver, 127 x 39 mm (irregular)

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-b

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on card, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1897

By: J H Bethune and Company Ltd; Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/[1897]/Acc.39074

Description: Cadastral map of sections 482 and 483, labelled A and B, between part of Wellington Terrace (The Terrace) and Lambton Quay. Parts of these sections are further subdivided prominently and include measurements in feet. One section includes the name of Dr. Findlay. Pencilled markings appear to be the sites of buildings. Stamp of J.H. Bethune, Wellington includes the date 2.2.[18]97 On recto: pencil calculations Title supplied by cataloguer Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Stamped J H Bethune & Co, Wellington Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, coloured, scale indeterminable, 25.5 x 20.2 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944. Papers. 73-128.

Date: 1906

By: New Zealand Times Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-POLITICS-1906-01

Description: A programme for the reception shows an oval head and shoulders portrait of the Hon J G Findlay, inside the front cover. The occasion included remarks by the Mayor, the Premier Sir J G Ward, the Hon J G Findlay and a vote of thanks by C M Luke (chairman of the Executive Committee). Musical items were performed by Misses Nellie Simpson and Van Staveren, Messrs D Kenny, Ernest Parkes, C J Hill, Macdonald and E J Hill. The Honorary Secretary was E Gallichan. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on folded sheet within booklet, 237 x 148 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2008.

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920; Wellington Savage Club Inc

Reference: C-093-005

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: Nov-Dec 1905

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-118

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes papers relating to the Government purchase of Kapiti Island; telegram from Muir re dance arrangements; letter re state of various schools in the Wellington Education Board region; letters re land transactions; letter re meeting of Karori electorate committee; summary of roading works, Waikanae to Paekakariki and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1929

By: Tongariro Park Tourist Company Ltd; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Tongariro-1929-01

Description: A company prospectus, including a memorandum of association signed by John George Findlay (King's Counsel, Wellington), Edward Alan Shrimpton (Electrical engineer, Wellington), Arthur A Paape (Hotel keeper, Dunedin), Frederick Villabois Lysaght (farmer, Geraldine) Extra sheets include an application for shares (administered by Eric Lawson, sharebroker), and a prospectus issued by Eric Lawson. Front cover shows a reproduction of a painting of Mt Ngauruhoe by Nugent Welch. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, with two sheets slipped in, 255 x 200 mm.

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-c

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on card, 410 x 545 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1903

From: Wellington Shakespeare Club :[Programmes for play readings. 1903-1905, 1912].

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-WSC-1903-01

Description: Programme for "Macbeth" and for a musical interlude performed by Miss Gill, Messrs C J Hill and A Grin, with a violin sonata by Miss Grace Kennedy. The protagonists in the play were: W D Gorham as Duncan, H E Nicholls as Macbeth, J W Joynt as Banquo, Mrs W Fell as Lady Macbeth. Quantity: 1 theatre programmes. Physical Description: Engraving on folded programme, 170 x 97 mm.

Date: 1909

By: Clouston, Robert Stewart, 1857-1911

Reference: G-444

Description: Three-quarter length standing portrait of J.G.Findlay in wig and gown. Clouston visited New Zealand in 1909. He was a Scottish portrait-painter and etcher. He painted a portrait of Alexander Turnbull while visiting Wellington in 1909 Findlay was a noted Wellington barrister and politician This oil was exhibited at the Wellington Society of Arts exhibition in September 1909. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Rob S Clouston. 09 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 40 x 28 inches

Date: [1978-1979]

From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11112-020

Description: Folder comprises a lecture - `Legal liberty' - delivered by the Hon Dr Findlay, K.C, Attorney-General of New Zealand, to the Philosophical Society, Palmerston North (21 April, 1910); a copy of a cutting from the Evening Post (3 March 1911) relating to a farewell to Dr Findlay on his departure for England (to represent New Zealand at the Imperial Conference); notes, and two drafts of a summary of Sir John Findlay's life, by Sir David Smith. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed material

Date: [ca 1911]

From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library: Research papers

By: Findlay, John George (Sir), 1862-1929

Reference: MSX-10078

Description: Bound typescript with manuscript annotations and corrections, title page: "-- The Imperial Conference of 1911 -- | -- From Within -- | by | Sir John G. Findlay, K.C.M.G. K.C. LL.D. | --- Attorney General of New Zealand --- | (A Representative of New Zealand at the Imperial Conference 1911)". Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound typescript with annotations, 202 numbered pages, 26.5 x 19.5 cm.

Date: 1895, 1898

From: Stout family: Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-11518-11

Description: Deed of covenant between John George Findlay and Sir Robert Stout (1895). Partnership agreements between Sit Robert Stout and John George Findlay (1898). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1900-1912]

By: Findlay, H R (Mrs), active 1952

Reference: PAColl-8742

Description: Collection comprises: Photograph of Sir John Findlay, taken 1912 by Elliott & Fry of London Photograph of Lady Josephine Findlay in court dress Photograph of Lady Josephine Findlay with her three sons, taken ca 1900 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1914-1908

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-099

Description: Letters from members of government, officials and a number of other writers. Includes proposals by Chapman for a national museum and other items connected with his interest in Maori ethnography. A signed menu to a dinner at the Dunedin Club, held on 19 Sep 1903, to honour Chapman's appointment as judge, is included. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910

From: Arnold, Edwin, 1845-1924 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7237-05

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1910-1912

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-113

Description: Letters from family and friends on a variety of topics, including the planting of native plants, correspondence of Henry Samuel Chapman with John Stuart Mill etc. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1921-1962

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2616

Description: Other Titles - Full employment in a free society Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).