Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948

Date: 1914-1915, 1924-1926, 1935-1938

By: Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948

Reference: MS-Group-0047

Description: Papers relating to Smith's time spent in Samoa 1914-1915; material for inclusion in his book `The Samoa (NZ) Expeditionary "Force" 1914-1915'; comments and reviews of the book, 19124-1926; letters from Smith to his family from the Cook Islands while Secretary and some time Acting Resident Commissioner 1935-1938; official correspondence from Judge Ayson to Smith, 1936-1937 Publication - The Samoa (NZ) Expeditionary Force 1914-1915 [Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1924] Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.11 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 14 black & white photographs of Samoa, ca 1914-1915 - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Official stamp - Kaiserlicher Gouverneur von Samoa - Curios-006-022.

Date: [ca 1914-1938]

By: Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948; Hopkins, Sydney, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-1557

Description: Contains black and white photographs. Images chiefly taken by Stephen John Smith; also by Sydney Hopkins and unidentified photographer(s) between 1914 and 1938. Includes: -Photographs of New Zealand troops in Samoa during World War One, including two taken aboard a ship, possibly the Moeraki or the Monowai, and a picture of the nursing staff in Apia, Samoa. Also included is a picture of Samoan stamps, a meal with pineapples and an image of Samoan policemen which was published in Smith's book "The Samoa (N.Z.) expeditionary force, 1914-1915". There are inscriptions on the reverse of these prints. -Two photographs of New Zealand military camps in Samoa during World War One, possibly Vaea Camp. -Two landscape photographs of beaches in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. One of the lagoon at Ngatangiia, and the other near Avarua. The image of Avarua has the H.M.S. Dunedin in the background. -One photograph of the outside of a stone house in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland and two photographs of the inside of the old hall, Weycroft, near Axminster, England. These were possibly sent to Smith by Colonel Robert Logan. Publication - The Samoa (NZ) Expeditionary Force 1914-1915 [Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1924] Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Transfer form with item information filed in the PA14 folder in the staff backfile. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-0047. See also Curios-006-022 in Drawings, Paintings & Prints collection..

Date: 1910 - 1940

By: Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948

Reference: Curios-006-022

Description: Inscribed brass stamp for making a seal, with German eagle crest, and wooden handle. Housed with its impression in red sealing wax. Other Titles - Imperial Governor of Samoa Inscriptions: (Engraved on stamp): [Title] Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Brass seal, 40 mm diameter, on turned wooden handle 100 mm long. Provenance: Estate of Stephen John Smith, 1887-1948.

Date: 1910 - 1940

From: Artist unknown :Kaiserlicher Gouverneur von Samoa. 1900-1940.

By: Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948

Reference: Curios-006-022-verso

Description: Inscribed brass stamp for making a seal, with German eagle crest, and wooden handle. Other Titles - Imperial Governor of Samoa Inscriptions: (Engraved on stamp): [Title] Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Brass seal, 40 mm diameter, on turned wooden handle 100 mm long. Provenance: Estate of Stephen John Smith, 1887-1948.

Date: 1910 - 1940

From: Artist unknown :Kaiserlicher Gouverneur von Samoa. 1900-1940.

By: Smith, Stephen John, 1887-1948

Reference: Curios-006-022-recto

Description: Inscribed brass stamp for making a seal, with German eagle crest, and wooden handle. Other Titles - Imperial Governor of Samoa Inscriptions: (Engraved on stamp): [Title] Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Brass seal, 40 mm diameter, on turned wooden handle 100 mm long. Provenance: Estate of Stephen John Smith, 1887-1948.