New Zealand. Parliament. Emergency Precautions Scheme

Date: 1923-1951

By: Williams family

Reference: MS-Papers-1391

Description: Comprises the correspondence of C A Williams, mainly concerned with family matters (especially his son Eric and the estates of his parents Annie and W T Williams), the sheep stations and with the Church of England, station accounts and correspondence, records of National Patriotic Fund Social Committee, Primary Produce Council, and the Emergency Precautions Scheme Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 79-320 Charles Athol Williams, a descendant of Henry Williams, the missionary, farmed on the family sheep runs at Te Aute and Netherton stations in Hawke's Bay. Quantity: 113 folder(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Two posters of the National Patriotic Fund Social Committee - To Photographic Archive - Gallipoli campaign photographs.

Date: 29 Jun-3 Jul 1992 - 29 Jun 1992 - 03 Jul 1992

From: Women in World War II Part II

By: Crisp, Enid Elizabeth, 1919-2009

Reference: OHInt-0064/12

Description: Enid Crisp was born in Greytown on 28 March 1919. Her father was a barrister and solicitor who also stood as a National Party candidate. Her mother was Plunket Society president and a founding member of the Little Theatre. Describes their home life, her schooling and teenage activites such as Bible Class dances, ping pong and going to movies. Talks about living next door to Maata Asher, a good friend of Katherine Mansfield's, and describes Maata's style. Talks about doing a secretarial course at Masterton Technical College, boarding at Masterton, working at Wright Stephensons and then with an accountant's firm. Describes her first date with husband to be John (Jack) Crisp and a group of friends socialising in `jalopies' with some alcohol. Notes that Masterton was a `dry' area. Describes Jack joining up at the start of the war, being sent to Burnham and as an officer sent overseas on long range desert campaigns. Focuses on her wartime involvement with patriotic activities including playing the piano at the Anzac Club and organising dance performances. Recalls soldiers camps at Solway showgrounds, Tauherenikau and other locations, which became tent cities. Talks about the American troops. Describes her involvement in the Emergency Precautions Scheme (EPS) and talks at length about the 1942 Masterton earthquake. Notes that Jack Crisp was invalided home from the war. Venue - Greytown : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Dr Cathy Casey Venue - Greytown Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004768; OHC-004769; OHC-004770 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 851.

Date: 1941-1942

From: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0445-B/4

Description: Papers re Emergency Precautions Service (EPS); NZ Peace Pledge Union; notebook; etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1941-1942

From: Yaldwyn, John Bradley, 1900-1975 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1578-50

Description: Yaldwyn was chairman of the Eastern Bays EPS as well as Light controller on the Hutt County Council Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1940

By: E.V. Paul (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-WAR-WII-1940-03

Description: Poster appealing for New Zealanders to join groups of volunteers assisting the war effort with auxiliary roles on the home front. Shows at the lower edge, head and shoulders illustrations of a man with a Home Guard armband, and a woman wearing a nurse's cap. The man gestures towards the words of the text in the central panel, detailing eligibility and requirements to join the three auxiliary services. Discussed in "Display folk : Second World War posters at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa" / by Stephanie Gibson. Tuhinga, 2008; n.19:p.17 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint and photolithograph, 758 x 506 mm.