Austin, William Semmens, 1915-1974

Austin, Bill, 1915-1974

New Zealand actor and commentator of Wellington. Head of drama, NZBC. [WWNZ 10th edition, 1971]

There are 26 related items to this topic
Manuscript

Correspondence and papers

Date: [ca 1959-1963]

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-27

Description: Most correspondents identified but also includes letter from J G [?] Brown, Blockhouse Bay Road, Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: 1940-1974

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-06/04

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; identified correspondents entered under Name below. Also includes letters from Roger, Higden Cottage, Hughden Valley, Bucks; Henry, Suva; telegram from Queen; reader's comments on novel by K Sutherland; letter from John to Vivienne from Brisbane; memorandum for Vivienne Ballantyne on microfilming project; literary notes and jottings; reviews of `Till human voices wake us' by Ian Hamilton and `April the first' by D W Shirley; play outline, `Goodnight Mark'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Victoria University of Wellington Drama Club :[Programmes. 1930-1999].

Date: 1936 - 1999

By: Whitehouse, Jocelyn A, active 1950-2000

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-VUDC-1900s

Description: Includes productions of the Victoria University College Drama Club and the VUWSA Drama Club. Includes: 1936: "Hay fever", by Noel Coward. Directed by Mr Ashley-Jones. College Gymnasium, 12-13 March 1936. Typescript flier / programme (2 copies) ca 1939: "Stage door", by Edna Ferber. Produced by Marie McWilliams. Typescript flier / programme One act play evening: "E and O.E.; a farce in one act", by E Crawshaw Williams, produced by Guy C Bliss; "An evening at the Rodways'; a low comedy in one spasm:, written and produced by Ronald L Meek' "The royal inn", by Ronald Elwy Mitchell, produced by J D Freeman". [ca 1939]. Programme. Three one-act plays: "Flickering light", by Ethel Madeley, produced by H M Williamson; "Where's that bomb?" by Roger Gullan and Buckley Roberts, produced by A B Gordon; "Danger", by Richard Hughes, produced by Miss June Cummins. [ca 1939]. Typescript programme / flier. 1940: "Harvest in the north", by James Lansdale Hodson, produced by A Donald Priestley. 14-16 March 1940. Typescript programme / flier. ca 1947?: V U C Drama Club presents "Mr Bolfry", by James Brodie [i.e. Bridie]. Produced by Pix Hurrell. Programme / flier 1950: "Coriolanus", by William Shakespeare, produced by Patricia Evison. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 21-25 March 1950. Programme (2 copies) 1951: "The typewriter", by Jean Cocteau. University Little Theatre, 26-28 April 1951. Flier announcement. Three one-act plays: "The corridors of the soul", by Evreinov [?], produced by Klaus Neuberg; "The dark lady of the sonnets", by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Elizabeth Oliver; "Lord Byron's love letter", by Tennessee Williams, produced by Robin King. Typescript flier / programme. 1952: "The rivals", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Produced by Ralph Hogg. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 18-22 March 1952. Programme (2 copies) 1953: "The circle", by Somerset Maugham. produced by Harold Baigent. Scenery constructed in the CAS workshop and painted by John Holmwood. North Island tour 1953. A Community Arts Service. Programme 1957: "I am a camera", by John van Druten. Produced by Ann Flannery. 7 August 1957. Typescript flier / programme (2 copies one with date in ink) 1960s: "The last half-crown; V.U.W. Drama Club's Christmas revue. Producer Roger Hall [1960s - ca 1967?]. Programme (2 copies) 1963: 1963 Inter University Drama Festival. Allen Hall, 19- and 21 August [1963]. Judge Patric Carey (Canterbury University "The respectable prostitute; Auckland University "The public eye"; Massey University "Electra"; Contemporary Arts Society "The sandbox"; Victoria University "Crawling Arnold"; Lincoln College "The eccentric"; Otago University "The rattle"). Programme (photocopy only) "Lysistrata", by Aristophanes, traslated by Dudley Fitts. produced by Owen Leeming. Victoria University Memorial Theatre, 22 June - 3 July 1963. Programme (2 copies) 1967: "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare, produced by William Austin. 14-21 April 1967. Programme. 1972: Shakespeare is alive and well and living in "The winter's tale", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Anthony Taylor. May/June 1972. Programme (2 copies) ca 1977-1979: "Doctor Faustus", by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Jeremy Jay; and "Everyman", directed by Judith Dale. [ca 1977-1979?]. Typescript programme 1979: "The marriage of Figaro", by Beaumarchais, directed by Adrian Kiernander. Victoria University of Wellington Drama Studies. Drama House, 7-14 Juiy [1979] Flier only. 1983: One act plays: "The stationary 6th form poetry trip", by Rachel McAlpine; "The pen of my aunt", by Gordon Daviot; "The end of the picnic", by David Compton; "The man who turned into a dog", by Dragun. Also "The ruffian on the stairs", by Joe Orton; "The man who turned into a dog", by Dragun. 16-18 August [1983] (2 different fliers) 1984: "Setting the table", by Renee. Drama House, 93 Kelburn Parade, 11-16 September [1984]. Flyer 1985: "Twelfth night, or what you will", by William Shakespeare. Director David Copeland. With new and beautiful scenery and effects by Mr Richard Till. Majestic Theatre, 6-16 February 1985. Flier only (2 copies) 1986: Victoria University Drama Studies production directed by John Downie. "Everyman", a contemporary version of the medieval play. Drama Studio, 93 Kelburn Parade, 30 April - 3 May [1986] "Whose life is it anyway?", by Brian Clark. VUW Union Hall, 6-13 September [1986]. Flyer only 1987: VUW Drama Studies presents "Promptings of the Devil"; scenes of temptation from Elizabethan drama [Marlowe, Webster, Shakespeare, Middleton]. Drama House Studio, 30 September - 3 October [1987]. Flyer 1988: Much ado about nothing; Summer Shakespeare Trust 1989. Auditions. 2-day audition/workshop for 1989 Victoria University Summer Shakespeare. Dance Room, University Recreation Centre, 8-9 October [1988]. Flyer 1990s?: Cocktail: wine, beer, vodka and ... blood. VUW Drama Department's composition class present the premiere of four original plays: "In", "Terrace", "Loaf" and "The red death". Studio 77, 77 Fairlie Tce, Wednesday 11th- Friday 13th [1990s?]. Green flyer only 1991: Victoria University Drama Club & Summer City present "A midsummer night's dream", by William Shakespeare, with original music composed by Ivan Patterson. Director David O'Donnell; asst director Jeremy Scrivener. [1991]. Programme 1992: Summer Shakespeare. "Richard III". Directed by David O'Donnell. The Dell, 1992. Programme (2 copies) 1995: "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare (Summer Shakepeare). Directed by Gabrielle Bishop. [February 1995]. Programme and two tickets (inside) 1996: Summer Shakespeare "As you like it" in Civic Square, Summer 1996. Programme VUWSA Drama Club. "A fish with 2 tales"; two plays: "To be a fish you must get wet", by Eliot Pryor and Virginia Fenton; "Eyepie", by Virginia Fenton. Directors Melinda Collie and Judy Dale. Bats Theatre, 3-9 March [1996]. Programme "Tall stories and short yarns"; 75th anniversary production. Circa Studio 5-14 September; Dionysus Ball, Boatshed 6 September; Archives alive - launching of Drama Club archives 14 September [1996]. Flier 1997: VUW Theatre and Film Department presents Bertolt Brecht's "The resistable rise of Arturo Ui", directed by Vanessa Byrnes. Studio 77, 16-19 April 1997. Programme. Quantity: 31 theatre programmes and fliers.. Physical Description: Offset print or typescript on programmes, sizes below 320 mm.

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Alex Lindsay String Orchestra :[Music concert programmes 1962].

Date: 1962

From: Alex Lindsay String Orchestra :[Music concert programmes 1948-1973].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-ALS-1962

Description: Includes: 14 March: Masterton Music Society presents Masterton's third prom concert given by the Alex Lindsay String Orchestra. Town Hall Masterton, 14 March 1962. Programme (2 copies) 8 April: St James's Church Lower Hutt. St Matthew Passion (J S Bach). Soloists John Thompson, Sybil Phillips, Donald Munro, Honor McKellar, assisted by members of the Alex Lindsay Orchestra. 8 April 1962. Programme 24 May: First subscription concert. Leader Ritchie Hanna, conductor Alex Lindsay, soloists Richard Giese (flute) and George Simpson (piano). Concert Chamber, Wellington Town Hall, 24 May 1962. Programme (Telemann, Bartok, Frank Hutchens, Vaughan Williams, Dag Wiren) (2 copies) 30 June: Second subscription concert. Leader Ritchie Hanna, conductor Alex Lindsay, soloist Guy Henderson (oboe). Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 30 June 1962. Programme (Rameau, Corelli, Ireland, Delius, Cimarosa, Skalkottas) (2 copies) 17 September: Third subscription concert. Leader Ritchie Hanna; soloists Elsa Jensen (violin) and Frank Gurr (clarinet). Concert Chamber, Wellington Town Hall, 17 September 1962. Programme (Vivaldi, Lilburn, Bach, Aaron Copland, Suk) (2 copies) 23 October and 22 November: Two concerts in ideal settings. Pamphlet (2 copies) 23 October: Fourth subscription concert. Leader Ritchie Hanna, narrator William Austin, soloist Lars Johansen (violoncello). Academy Room, National Art Gallery, 23 October 1962. Programme (Bach, Vivaldi, Douglas Lilburn, Purcell, Turina, Britten) (2 copies), and invitation card 22 November: Saint Cecilia's Day Concert. Leader Ritchie Hanna, conductor Alex Lindsay; soloists Pauline Prince (soprano), John McDonald (baritone), Eric Copperwheat (organ), The Orpheus Choir, with conductor Malcolm Rickard and organist Peter Averi. Cathedral Church of St Paul, Wellington, 22 November 1962. Programme (Mozart, Handel, Michael Tippett, Gabriel Faure) (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size. Provenance: Some items donated by the NZSO in 2014.

Manuscript

Correspondence (A-O)

Date: 1972-1973

From: Dryland, Gordon Boyce, 1926-1989 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4197-005

Description: Includes list of plays and other writing; list of associate writing programmes, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland; many letters to his brother, Roger, and family while travelling in the United States, Europe, England and Canada; contracts; correspondence with Margaret Ramsay, play agent and Oscar Lewinstein Plays Ltd, both of London; and diary extracts. Identified persons entered under Name. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Pukemanu

Date: [197-?]

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-03/2/09

Description: Notes and drafts of an episode for `Pukemanu, and notes on other productions including `Daley's comet', a six-part TV series, an invitation to Arthur K's wife is a Frupp gathering, Sumner, `Lilo' and others Other Titles - Tauranga Port information by Bay of Plenty Harbour Board Other Titles - Waipa sawmill - the home of statecraft by the New Zealand Forest Service Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service :[Ephemera and programmes Se...

Date: 1960

From: National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service :[Programmes 1947-1962].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-NO-1960-3

Description: Includes: 10 September: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Honor McKellar and members of the Hutt Valley Orpheus Society and the Phoenix Choir. Town Hall Wellington, 10 September 1960. Programme (2 copies) 1 October: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Rita Streich. Town Hall Wellington, 1 October 1960. Programme (2 copies) 11 October: Music of our time. Conductor John Hopkins; speaker William Austin. Wellington Town Hall, 11 October 1960. Programme 15 October: Music of our time concerts. Conductor John Hopkins; speaker William Austin. Second concert. Wellington Town Hall, 15 October 1960. Programme (2 copies) 19 October: Music of our time concerts. Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Francis Rosner. Third concert. Wellington Town Hall, 19 October 1960. Programme (2 copies) 26 October: Conductor John Hopkins. Auckland Town Hall, 26 October 1960. Programme 29 November: Lunchtime concert. Conductor Alex Lindsay. Wellington Town Hall, 29 November [1960?]; Lunchtime concert, conducted by Oswald Cheesman [5 December 1960?]. Double-sided flyer (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: Acquired from various sources, including donations from J Taylor in 1960, and the NZSO in 2014.

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Orpheus Choir of Wellington :[Ephemera and concert programmes. 1955-1959]

Date: 1955 - 1959

From: Orpheus Choir of Wellington :[Programmes. 1950s- ]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Orpheus-1950s

Description: Includes: 1955: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir present "The creation". Conductor Malcolm Rickard (With Dorothy Hopkins, John McDonald, Donald Munro, the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble, organist Peter Averi, pianiste Pauline Jacobs. St James Church Lower Hutt, 2 April [1955 or 1960?]. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir. Second concert for 1955. Conductor Ivan Hills, pianists Pauline Jacobs, Peter Averi; guest artist Sybil Phillips. Hutt Valley High School Assembly Hall, 24 September 1955. Programme (2 copies) The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir (conductor Malcolm Rickard) presents "Messiah" oratorio by Handel. Soloists Edna Boyd-Wilson, Rae Gibbons, Robin Gordon, Kenneth Macaulay with the Alex Lindsay Orchestra, organist Peter Averi, pianist Pauline Jacobs. De Luxe Theatre Lower hutt, 27 November 1955. Programme (2 copies) 1956: Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir, conductor Malcolm Rickard, accompaniste Pauline Jacobs, with the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble and Peter Averi solo organist. St james Anglican Church Lower Hutt. 30 June 1956. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir presents "The creation" by Haydn with guest conductor James Robertson, soloists Sybil Phillips, William Herbert, Donald McIntyre, leader Vincent Aspey, organist Peter Averi. De Luxe Theatre Lower Hutt, 27 September 1956. Programme 1957: Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir presents "Tom Jones" a comic opera; music by Edward German (With soloists Daphne Ellwood, Joan Vause, Thomas Hanna, Peter Nisbet, narrator Willian Austin, pianist Pauline Jacobs, with the Alex Lindsay Concert Orchestra). Lower Hutt Town Hall, 22 June 1957. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir. Soloists Gabrielle Phillips, Marion McMaster, Robin Gordon, Owen Bonifant, Martin Wilson, Donald McIntyre; guest conductor James Robertson; members of the National Orchestra, leader Francis Rosner. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 28 September 1957. Programme HVHS Parents' Association present the Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir in a Carol Concert. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, guest artists Margaret Hunt, Mary McKenzie, Donald Munro; pianiste Pauline Jacobs, organist Peter Averi. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 11 December 1957. Programme (2 copies) 1958: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir, conductor Malcolm Rickard; and Mary Pratt, contralto. Assisting soloists Betty Berry, Peter Baillie, Peter Nisbet, Peter Averi, the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble; choir accompanist Beverley Bell. St James Church Lower Hutt, 4 October 1958. Programme The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir with members of the Wellington Training College Choir. "Messiah" oratorio by Handel, conducted by Malcolm Rickard. Soloists Robon Bell, Treasure Spencer, Robin Gordon, Charles Naylor. Peter Averi at the organ; the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble with solo trumpeter. 7 December 1958. Programme 1959: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Society present "Messiah" oratorio by Handel. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, soloists Mary O/Brien, Mary Pratt, Peter Baillie, Donald Jack; the augmented Alex Lindsay String Ensemble with solo trumpeter Norman Goffin. Lower Hut Town Hall, 13 December 1959. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

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Downstage Theatre (Wellington): [Programmes and fliers for plays, drama productions in ...

Date: 1964 - 1965

By: Downstage Theatre Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1964/1965

Description: Includes: 1964: "Lady Audley's secret", from the celebrated novel by Miss Braddon. Produced by Bruce Mason. [Downstage Theatre Cafe, 19 December 1964]. Programme / flyer (2 copies) "The zoo story", by Edward Albee. Featuring Peter Bland and Martyn Sanderson. Produced by Owen Leeming. Downstage Theatre Cafe, from Saturday November 21 [1964]. Programme / flyer with attached application form for membershipof the Downstage Theatre Society 1965: "Bartholomew fayre", by Benjamin Jonson. Producer Roger Savage. University Memorial Theatre, 15-20 March 1965. Programme (2 copies) "The bed settee", a New Year revue by Peter Bland. Downstage Theatre Cafe [30.1.1965]. Programme / flyer (2 copies) "The diary of a madman", by Nicolai Gogol. Adapted and presented by Tom Eliott. Downstage Theatre Cafe, [6.2.1965]. Programme / flyer "The dock brief", by John Mortimer. Produced by Bruce Mason, with Martyn Sanderson as Morgenhall & Michael Woolf as Fowle. Stage management and design Ian Mune; lighting David Huggett [1965]. Programme / flyer "The dumb waiter", by Harold Pinter. Featuring Martyn Sanderson and Ian Mune. Produced by Tim Eliott; designed by Tim Eliott and Peter Coates [1965]. Programme / flyer (2 slightly different versions) "The end of the golden weather"; a voyage into a New Zealand childhood. Written and performed by Bruce Mason. Part I: 5 Mar; Part II: 6 Mar [1965]. Programme / flyer "Rent day", produced by Martyn Sanderson; and "Oh what a lovely war". Yellow flyer / survey / application form 1965 "La serva padrona", by Pergolesi. Producer William Austin; musical director Peter Zwartz; stage manager William Sheat; lighting David Huggett. [1965]. Programme / flyer "The zoo story", by Edward Albee. Featuring Peter Bland and Martyn Sanderson. Produced by Owen Leeming. Return season [January 1965]. Flyer / programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs or typescripts, size below 350 mm.

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Downstage Theatre (Wellington) :[Programmes and fliers for plays, drama productions in ...

Date: 1966 - 1967

By: Downstage Theatre Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1966/1967

Description: Includes: 1966: Downstage Theatre Society. [Brochure]. Printed by David F Jones Ltd [1966?] (2 copies) Arts Theatre School and Downstage present "The boy who wouldn't play Jesus", by Bernard Kops. Directed by Pauline McLean [1966]. Programme / flyer "My vote belongs to Daddy", by Jane Hewland. [Produced by Richard Campion and Dick Johnstone]. With extracts from the University revue "Stop me if you've heard it", produced by Richard Cathie. Programme / flyer "Oh Dad, poor Dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad", by Arthur L Kopit. Produced by Derek Nicholson [1966]. Programme / flyer (2 copies) "You'll come to love your sperm test", by John Antrobus. Produced by Martyn Sanderson; designed by David Graves. Carbon-copy typescript stand-in programme Schedule "A". Productions presented in the Theatre Restaurant for the year ending 30th September 1966 1967: Programme for the remainder of 1967 ... [subscription rates; members' concessions etc]. Mimeographed flyer (2 copies) "Green Julia", by Paul Ableman, produced for Downstage by William Austin; designed by Don Ramage. Season opens 15 August [1967]. Programme (2 copies), and mimeographed programme notes In this evening's programme, "The Lover" will be preceded by a new production "The stronger" by August Strindberg. Produced by Dick Johnstone [1967]. Mimeographed flyer Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs or typescripts, size below 350 mm.

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W Austin and B Mason; Brian Edwards; Robin Fry; family trip to Rotorua and Taupō

Date: [ca 1960s], 1974

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-3004

Description: Transparencies taken by Cyril Beavis circa 1960s showing William Austin of the NZBC and B (possibly Bruce) Mason working together at an office desk. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis circa 1960s showing portraits of radio broadcaster, Robin Fry in the Wellington Begionia House. Also includes a single transparency taken by Beavis in 1974 showing a portrait of broadcaster and radio and television personality, Brian Edwards. Also includes transparencies showing a family holiday, possibly at Rotorua and Taupō. Includes images of Wai-o-tapu Thermal Park, geysers, outdoor pools, and scenic views of lakes and mountains. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in July 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-48/PAColl-7715-49.

Manuscript

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers

Date: 1956-1973

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-04A/6

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; identified persons entered under Name below. Also includes letters from Kay to Viv, Hoon Hay, Christchurch; Roy [?] Costello, Lee Green, London; letters to Keith; and Sir re a job in New Zealand; from Frank to Stephen, re maths; clippings; personal financial papers and other material; also photo of woman, possibly pregnant. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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People associated with Downstage Theatre

Date: 1968-1982

From: Downstage Theatre Society: Photographs of performances and people associated with Downstage Theatre

Reference: PAColl-10277-1

Description: Contains head and shoulder portraits of people who were involved with Downstage Theatre as managers, directors, producers and advisers. Taken by unidentified photographers. Job titles and the dates they held the title for are printed below the image. These photographs are also available to view in the Artistic Director Gallery on the Downstage website (http://www.downstage.co.nz/about-us/historical-gallery/artistic-director-gallery/ at 25 Oct 2014) Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints framed and mounted on foam backing

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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand politic...

Date: 1987

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-145-732/753

Description: Includes cartoons about: Lange claiming National has stolen Labour's `Let's get N.Z. right' policy; debate between Lange and Bolger on T.V.; competition between Lange and Bolger; Bolger, the debate over capital punishment; anything can happen in an election; Lange saying to Moore, Douglas, Palmer and Hercus he wants to cancel the election; the election campaign heats up; Bolger finds a policy in youth; Bolger and Lange, so far the election campaign has been about persnal attacks; private thermal bores to be shut down in Rotorua; Jim Bolger looking at political books; Lange being troubled by inflation; Lange not doing very well for farmers and teachers; Bolger ahead of Muldoon in popularity race; viewers sick of political party broadcasts; things that happened elsewhere durinng the election; Bolger hoping for more votes; Bolger ready to cut Ruth Richardson from National; National will continue ties with traditional allies; new bells for parliament; Labour sends unemployment numbers straight up; Richard Prebble sells state assets. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged according to estimated dates. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Quantity: 22 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Manuscript

Correspondence (A-G and unidentified)

Date: 1981

From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4175-036

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes cards from Ken, Alison; telegrams from Elizabeth (New Plymouth), Mary and Robert (Morrinsville); letters from Joy (Khandallah, Wellington), Phillipa (Lynmore), Jack of Turangi Tourist Motel, Graeme (Glenfield, Auckland), Lydia D (Kelburn, Wellington), Barry (Christchurch), Nina (Remuera, Auckland), Vannessa (Havelock, Marlborough), Ken and Glenis (Moerewa), Cathie (Remuera, Auckland), Parliamentary prayer, letter to Kathy Two OUP posters of Maurice Gee and Keith Sinclair Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand politic...

Date: 1987

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-145-715/731

Description: Includes cartoons about: the Pencarrow electorate; Muldoon having shotdown Jack Marshall and Jim McLay is now aiming at Jim Bolger; Labour losing suporters; Roger Douglas passing the economy to David Lange; Labour in better shape than National, Lange, McLay and Sue Wood; Bolger claiming the Lange government is falling apart while Mclay, Jones, Luxton, Austin and Talbot leave National; Ann Hercus doing security checks at the Beehive; Bill Birch looking to cut the dole; Americans fear the spread of the New Zealand disease (anti-nukes); Ann Hercus open to job offers; Christian influx wanted in parliament; Jim Bolger trying to win a rundown New Zealand; the 3 year term of government cycle; National not ready for an August election; Bob Jones being party to many political parties, trying to oust Muldoon from the Tamaki seat; Bolger getting election ideas from Bob Hawke; N.Z. a sick country. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged according to estimated dates. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Quantity: 17 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Manuscript

Correspondence with NZBC and publishers

Date: [ca 1966-1969]

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-03/2/01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Section Seven - Scripts for two episodes

Date: 1970-1971

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-03/2/07

Description: Scripts for `Ours aren't always the bad ones', and `A Question of trust'. Also memorandum for writers and correspondence, 1970-1971 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence and other papers

Date: 1941-1972

From: Ballantyne, David Watt, 1924-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-012-05/08

Description: Includes correspondence, notes, personal papers, vaccination certificates etc and printed material (menus, passenger list, etc) relating to the voyage of the Ballantynes to England on RMS `Tamaroa', Nov 1954-Jan 1955; brochures for Leningrad, Chartwelll and the Hermitage Museum; identified correspondents entered under Name below Other Titles - Boomerang songster, n46 Other Titles - Temple Basin, poem by James K Baxter Other Titles - Pitcairn; a lonely island in the Pacific by Shaw Savill Line Other Titles - Curacao; Netherlands Antilles by Shaw Savill Line Other Titles - Shaw Savill Line, Information for passengers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence - Dukes Miracle and Looking at ourselves

Date: 1966, 1967

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-41

Description: Also includes correspondence re `Looking at ourselves' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.