Corner, Frank Henry, 1920-2014

Date: 1959-1961

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-254

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

Date: 2003

From: Being Pa'alagi oral archive

By: Corner, Frank Henry, 1920-2014; Hensley, Gerald Christopher, 1935-

Reference: OHInt-0911-02

Description: Interview with Frank Corner, a diplomat who worked on independence for Samoa in 1962, and Gerald Hensley, a junior diplomat at the time, who helped him. Interviewer(s) - Tony Haas Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHMD-0071 Quantity: 1 MiniDisc(s). 1 interview(s). 1.21 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available agreement form for Frank Corner only. Search dates: 2003

Date: 1978-1980

From: Crook, Gordon, 1921-2011: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11213-006

Description: Correspondence with the architect Miles Warren, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others regarding the design and construction of the banners to be installed at the New Zealand Chancery in Washington DC. Includes sample colours Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947

From: McKinnon, Malcolm A, 1950- : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7115-20

Description: Dissertation on New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War by O'Shea from Internal Affairs file IA 181/19/6 part II, with notes by A D McIntosh and F Corner Used by Prof F L Wood in the preparation of his `New Zealand people at war; politics and external affairs' (1958) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1969 - 1973

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Architectural plans for privately-owned Wellington buildings. ca 1960-1982]

By: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994; Corner, Frank Henry, 1920-2014

Reference: Plans-96-008-338/383

Description: Job No 651 - Floor plans, elevations, sections and details (some marked onsolete), 1969-1972 Quantity: 49 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, pencil, & blueprint, various sizes

Date: 2 Jul-3 Jul 1987

From: NZOHA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oral History Project, 1987

By: Larkin, Thomas Cedric, 1917-

Reference: OHInt-0176/02

Description: Tom Larkin was born in Wellington in 1917. Discusses his family background, which is Irish on both sides, and his paternal grandfather, James Larkin, who was responsible for building the Auckland-Thames railway lines and the first Grafton Bridge. Describes growing up in Auckland and New Plymouth, his mother's emphasis on the importance of education and his own education. Talks about his involvement in sport including representing Taranaki at cricket and being a New Zealand University cricket blue. Describes going to Victoria University, lecturing in the English Department and his love of literature. Briefly talks about being in the Navy in World War II before joining External Affairs in 1946. Notes that this was the time of preparation for peace treaties with the Axis countries. Describes the `top people' as Sir George Laking, Tom Davin, Frank Corner, Sir Alister McIntosh and Foss Shanahan. Mentions the formative influence of J.V. Wilson and working with Rex Cunningham and Charles Craw. Describes the atmosphere in the Department and `team spirit'. Details the influence of Sir Carl Berendsen on the New Zealand government and comments on his shaping of foreign policy under the Labour government including attitudes to Communism. Comments on Prime Minister Peter Fraser and his relationship with Berendsen. Compares Sir Walter Nash and Peter Fraser. Talks about Nash's views on South Africa, the USA, ANZUS and SEATO. Discusses the philosophy of the Department, its links with Britain and the development of the relationship with the USA. Comments on the emergence of a NZ style at the United Nations with Berendsen as articulator. Talks about the Paris Peace Conference in 1947 and the the Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference in 1948. Describes various international crises including the Czech frontier claim against Hungary, the Berlin Crisis in 1948, the Tunisia -Morocco issue in 1952, the Suez Crisis, Korean War, Hungarian crisis and the Vietnam War. Talks about Sir Leslie Munro who took over from Sir Carl Berendsen at the UN. Comments on the attitude of National Government to External Affairs who they saw as slightly `left of centre'. Describes the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom McDonald in the Suez Crisis. Describes the opening of an embassy in Tokyo, development of a trading relationship with Japan and diplomatic relations with Korea. Talks about the influence of Norman Kirk as prime minister on foreign affairs and Robert Muldoon's relationship with Japan and other nations when he was Prime Minister. Gives his views on the importance of the Pacific Basin. Notes his particular interest in Asian and Japanese affairs. Comments that his career was unusual in that he served continuously in Wellington except for a brief period in Australia and four years when he was Ambassador to Japan. Venue - Wellington : 1987 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Larkin's home in Wellington Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 230. Search dates: 1987

Date: 1962-1987

From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5292-012

Description: Includes notes of Philip Clairmont's funeral; review of Maria Tippett's book on Emily Carr Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1928, 1934-1971

From: Beaglehole, Timothy Holmes, 1933-2015: Papers of John Cawte Beaglehole and his family

Reference: MS-Papers-11535-161

Description: Contains letters from John L Abbott, W.F. Anderton, Peter Andrews, a writer from the Evening Star (Dunedin), George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (royalty statements), Guy Ace, Paul Adam, a writer from the Athenaeum and J Atkinson; Oswald L Brett, Francis J Bayldon, Barc, C E Beeby, Harry Batsford, A J Beckham, Harry Baines, Graham Bagnall, Charles Brasch and several writers in relation to a tribute to Randal Burdon (including Juliet Hobbs and Ian K Mackay); J R M Butler (of Trinity College Cambridge)W R Crocker, Peter J Coleman, Stella Campbell, Manning Clark, R M Crawford, J B Condliffe, N C L Chappell, a writer from the Nelson Historical Society, Hugh Cave, D J Croll (?), Frank Corner and C E Carrington; Jim Davidson, Bengt Danielsson, Esmond de Beer, Oliver Duff, J Dunmore and Charles Dollard. For more inward correspondence from Charles Brasch, see folders MS-Papers-11535-177 and MS-Papers-11535-178. Quantity: 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1965

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-258

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

Date: 1963

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-256

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

Date: 1966

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-259

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

Date: [ca 1968-1983]

From: Vogt, Herlof Anton Herlofsen, 1914-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5201-113

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

Date: Sep 1947

From: McKinnon, Malcolm A, 1950- : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7115-21

Description: File from Internal Affairs, PM 181/19/6 part III, foreign policy narrative, the topic being New Zealand's policy in relation to the reform of the League of Nations and the revision of the covenant, narrated by J D O'Shea with comments by F Corner Used by Prof F L Wood in the preparation of his `New Zealand people at war; politics and external affairs' (1958) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1952-1955

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-251

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

Date: 1962

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-255

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

Date: 1964

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-257

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

Date: 1956-1958

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald (Sir), 1906-1978 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6759-253

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

Date: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986

From: Bassett, Michael Edward Rainton (Dr), 1938- : Further papers

Reference: 2012-028-149

Description: Transcripts of interviews conducted by Michael King with Duncan McCormick, Frank Corner, Sir Arnold Nordmeyer, Sir Keith Holyoake, Sir Guy Powles, Sir Terence McCombs and E H McCormick about their relationships with Peter Fraser as part of research for a biography of Fraser. The interview with McCormick contains a lot of information about his life and work. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1153

Description: Frames 1 to 7, and 10 and 11 show the arrival and departure of Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka at Parliament in October 1974. New Zealand Prime Minister Bill Rowling is seen in frames 1 and 2, as is Frank Henry Corner, Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1973-1980. Frames 8 to 10 show a group of demonstrators protesting against Japan's killing of whales. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: April 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/1428/20A

Description: The top table at the opening of the Minsterial Council of Seato at Parliament Buildings, Wellington. From left: the Chief of Defence Staff (Lieutenant-General Sir Leonard Thornton), the Minister of Defence (Mr Thomson), the New Zealand Ambassador in Washington (Mr F H Corner), the Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) who was elected chairman of the council, the Secretary-General of Seato (General Jesus Vargas, of the Philippines), and the deputy Secretary-General (Mr D Wraight, of New Zealand). Photographed ca 1 April 1968 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip.