Birthdays

Date: 2001

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

By: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022; Fisher, Helen Wynfreda, 1942-; Clark, Ewan, active 2000; Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-189

Description: Cards, letters and pieces of music for McLeod's 60th birthday celebration include a piece that she wrote to invite people. There are pieces by Gillian Whitehead, Helen Fisher, Philip Knight, and Ewen Clark, and a poem by Roy Tankersley using lyrics from various of McLeod's songs. Other Titles - An invitation ; for voice and piano / by Jenny McLeod Other Titles - Ma te ariki ; a little waiata for Jenny McLeod / music by Helen Fisher Other Titles - A Declension ; for voice and piano / Gillian Whitehead Other Titles - Starflakes & snowfish ; for piano / for Jenny on her 60th birthday ; Ewan Clark Other Titles - [Acceptance of invitation] / Philip Knight Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter

Date: 2000

By: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-643-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Politicians response to digital television, matchfixing in cricket, community responsibility for child abuse, Maori support of disgraced Maori MP and lack of support for abused Maori children, Fiji - banana dictatorship, Middle East peace process, concern over disparity between NZ and Australian defence forces reimbursement for serving in East Timor, Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday, space exploration, world opinion swings againsgt Israel's heavy-handed tactics, ACC payouts in Australia, cost cutting measures in the NZ Police Force, silencing Dover Samuels and social policy critics, high cost of yachting's Viaduct Basin, state-owned enterprises over-spend on conferences, British royals have a go at the tabloid press, Mark Todd's chances of selection damaged following sex and drug scandal, South Africa's reluctance to comment on Zimbabwe, terrorism in NZ? or just plain violence, Human genetic secrets uncovered, 'closing the gaps' policy, May Day and workers' rights, Fiji embroiled in racism, the price of the American Presidential election and recounts, Prime Minister announces she not going to attend Waitangi on Waitangi Day. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies photocopies of computer print-outs, A4 size.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of computer print-outs.

Date: 2002

By: Calder, Margaret Anne, 1942-

Reference: Eph-A-PEOPLE-Simpson-2002-01

Description: An invitation to "An evening with Miria" Simpson, at about the time of her 80th birthday, "to acknowledge and celebrate her contribution to our Nation". The event was held at Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington, on 1 June 2002, at 6.15 pm. The theme of the evening was purple. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on handmade cream paper with gold fleck, tied with gold cord inside handmade purple paper cover, with purple envelope. Programme size (folded) 212 x 102 mm.

Date: 24 Feb-26 Apr 1937

From: MacGowan, Mary, fl 1936-1938 : Diary of a trip to New Zealand

Reference: MSX-5914

Description: Diary kept by MacGowan during her time in New Zealand; she writes of her activities with her relatives in Wellington, and all the people she meets through them, of going to the South Island, through Nelson, the West Coast including Franz Joseph Glacier and to Christchurch via Otira, before returning to Wellington where she celebrated her birthday Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-126

Description: People at an outdoor location, talking at a party for John Graham's 60th birthday. One man is wearing a shirt bearing the text "If music be the food of love" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: 1982

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-084

Description: Shows four scenes in which Muldoon is being interviewed by a journalist on his return from a trip to Dunedin. The journalist asks him if he is feeling as well as he did 10 years ago to which Muldoon replies "absolutely". Then the journalist reminds him that that was how he felt before loosing the 1972 general election. Muldoon's birthdate was 25 September 1921. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache, and crayon, 450 x 320 mm.

Date: 1995

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6129-16

Description: Includes correspondence with publishers, students, editors, family and friends Also group of papers including correspondence between Kidman and Ian Kidman; correspondence with other family members; invitations; books reviews by Kidman, `The House of Balthus' by David Brooks and `None to accompany me' by Nadine Gordimer; speeches' poem, `Writing home'; introduction to poetry volume; `Bring me an ambassador', about her experiences in Greece; birthday greetings from her family; letters to Mary and Rosamund; Kidman annual letter to friends Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1879

From: Thomas, E A C, 1825- :[Album of a visit to the Motueka area and North Canterbury]

Reference: E-305-q-009

Description: Shows a man, presumably E A C Thomas, seated in a garden, a book in his hands. A woman, possibly Mrs Jones, is looking through the open window of a house on the left, and a boy is in the garden, behind the man, with shrubbery in between. A water pump is visible in the neighbouring backyard. Other Titles - Motueka Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph with border of drawings in coloured pencil, 170 x 165 mm on sheet 295 x 245 mm.

Date: 1953 - 1999

By: Webb, Murray, 1947-

Reference: A-307-068

Description: Shows a smiling 80-year-old Sir Edmund Hillary in climbing boots and his well-known striped sunhat, seated on the side of a Mt Everest birthday cake, holding a wedge of cake and a mug of tea. The word congratulations shows on the cake frill at the bottom. Other Titles - 80 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (computer-generated print). Physical Description: Computer-generated cartoon, on paper 296 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by the cartoonist on 20 July 1999.

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7828

Description: Transparency slides of Wellington, Porirua, and various locations, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1953

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958- : Collection

By: Hays Ltd; J W Baty Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1953-03

Description: A greeting card from Hays Department store in Christchurch. The front cover shows a coloured photograph of one of the floats in the Canterbury Centennial floral procession (1950?), with a crown and orb on a red cushion, the whole float composed of flowers. The back cover shows a calendar for July 1953-June 1954. From the Te Ara website: “Canterbury's centennial celebrations in the summer of 1950–51 featured two celebratory processions. The first was '100 years of progress', which was a historical pageant. The second was a floral procession reflecting Canterbury's pride in the fertility of its soil and Christchurch's identity as the garden city. This was the float of Hay's department store, which expressed the province's continued loyalty to the British monarch” Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on greeting card, folded to 102 x 142 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 1988

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-363-128/156

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 29 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 2001

By: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014

Reference: J-052-001/010

Description: Cartoons of rural life. Quantity: 10 colour pages from calendar. Physical Description: Reproductions of watercolour and pen. Image sizes 280 x 390 mm.

Date: 1997

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-448-065/082

Description: Political cartoons. Jim Anderton, leader of the Alliance Party outlines their strategy to become a coalition partner with Labour in the next Government. Jenny Shipley is wooed by potential deputies. Extreme weather conditions around the world does little to persuade big business there is any link between industrial pollution and global climate change. Farmers win concession in Taranaki land grab. The Maori MP's sing a tribute to the departing Prime Minister, Jim Bolger. Jenny Shpley is invested as New Zealand's first woman Prime Minister. A talk-fest is held on Global warming in kyoto, Japan. Jenny Shipley is loath to share the credit for the first year of coalition government. Recently promoted front benchers Maurice Williamson and John Luxton speak out on the new right politics. Psychiatric patients are not given the care they need.(repeated from 3/11/97) Jenny Shipley outlines the message of her administration. Allan Bollard is primed to take over Treasury. A worker's Christmas wish is that his factory won't shut down. Comment on the paralells between Rogernomics and Jenny Shipley's economic approach. John Luxton outlines the pros and cons of tariff reduction on New Zealand industries. On one hand thousands will be out of work, and on the other the homeless will have a chance of sleeping in new cars. Paul Holmes and his wife separate, she seeks a settlement. The government is unable to come to grips with the dangerous levels of private sector overseas debt. After years of record profits and stupendous capital gain, Bell Ameritech decide to rid themselves of Telecom. Quantity: 18 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-128

Description: Writer John Graham dancing with a woman at his 60th birthday on Great Barrier Island Other Titles - John Graham Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: 2012

From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]

Reference: Eph-A-INTERNATIONAL-2012-01

Description: Folded programme showing photograph of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi (unveiled in 2007 near Wellington Railway Station). The 2012 ceremony was to be led by Shree Shreeman Naginbhai Neil Gelabhai Patel, and deputy mayor Ian McKinnon was the Master of Ceremonies. Other participants were Naliniben Naginbhai Patel, Mayr Celia Wade-Brown, High Commissioner Sanjay Verm, NZ First MP Asenati Lole-Taylor. The programme ends with the words "Ahimsa Parmo Dharmo" (Non-violence is the greatest religion). The back page gives background details of the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Other Titles - Gandhi's Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on sheet folded to 212 x 150 mm.

Date: 1919-1959

From: A H & A W Reed: Collection

By: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd; A H & A W Reed (Firm); Alfred and Isabel and Marian Reed Trust

Reference: Eph-A-PUBLISHING-Reed-Cards-2

Description: Includes booklet, cards, certificates and bookmarks with coloured illustrations, and text of prayers and poems. Most cards are published by A H Reed, but later ones are published by A H & A W Reed, and by the Alfred and Isabel and Marian Reed Trust (formed in 1938) Includes: How to make the Sunday School go and grow / A H Reed [ca 1919?] "My little book of prayer", published by A H & A W Reed, 182 Wakefield St., Wellington / Alfred, Isabel and Marian Reed Trust, 1955 Booklovers' bookmark [advertising strip] / A H Reed, Dunedin Books are friends; be a friend to them / A H Reed, 33 Jetty St., Dunedin (with tui - Keulemans illustration) A rule; Sunday School Rally Day (shows Red Admiral butterfly) / A H Reed, Dunedin and Wellington Rally Day souvenir bookmark [Shows kestrel] / A H Reed, Dunedin Rally Day; a message to you. Come and receive a souvenir bookmark / A H Reed Dunedin With the compliments and best thanks of A H Reed (shows kaka beak) To ... with greetings from .... C.S.S.M. Bookroom, Wellington (2 copies) "Keep climbing", "Progress" bookmark no. 2 / A H Reed, Dunedin "The teacher", "Progress" bookmark no. 3 / A H Reed, Dunedin (2 copies) "Good, better, best", "Living epistles". "Progress" bookmark no. 4 / A H Reed, Dunedin "Preparation; a resolve". "Progress" bookmark no. 5 / A H Reed, Dunedin "The teacher's target", "Progress" bookmark no. 9 / A H Reed, Dunedin The S.S. Bible bookmark. What can I do to help my school? S.S. Workers' book mark compiled by Mr Marion Lawrence, issued by A H Reed, Express Co Bldg Dunedin (2 copies) "The teacher's harvest" bookmark / A H Reed, Dunedin & Wellington (2 copies) A hymn for use in time of war. A H and A W Reed (Wellington and Dunedin) [1940s?] Most of the beautiful things in life come in twos and threes ... Kate Douglas Wiggin / A H Reed, Wellington . Single-sided card (2 copies) In quietness and confidence shall be your strength / A H Reed, Dunedin (Card with stand-up support) Cradle roll membership certificate / A H Reed , Dunedin (Shows huia) Promotion certificate for member of the Beginners' Department / A H Reed, Dunedin (Shows kiwi) Promotion certificate for member of the Primary Department / A H Reed, Dunedin (Shows kingfisher) Promotion certificate for member of the Junior Department / A H Reed, Dunedin (Shows fantail) Birthday greetings to ... a member of the Young Worshippers League / A H Reed, Dunedin If you don't attend any Sunday School, you are invited ... / A H Reed, Dunedin Dear ... We missed you last Sunday ... / A H Reed Wellington Princess Elizabeth to the children of the Empire. 13 October 1940 Cards with poems: "So little", with the compliments of A H Reed, Dunedin "The Sunday School is like the Gulf Stream ..." designed and printed in great Britain for A H Reed, Dunedin Mother's Day (with two tui - Keulemans design) / A H Reed Dunedin With all good wishes for a happy Christmas / A H Reed Dunedin & Wellington (Maori and whare) With the season's greetings (Small card showing illustration of house or church) "O loving Saviour of mankind" ... with the season's greetings / A H Reed, Dunedin and Wellington "And lo the star which they saw in the east ...". Folded card / A H Reed, Dunedin NZ (2 copies) The Angelus "O holy child of Bethlehem ; season's greetings / A H Reed, Dunedin & Wellington. Single-sided Christmas card "Cradled in a manger meanly ...". folded Christmas card for a Sunday School teacher / A H Reed, Dunedin "Cradled in a manger meanly ...". single-sided Christmas card (2 copies) A greeting; may the New Year be a happy one to you / A H Reed, Dunedin (2 copies) A message of peace and love and goodwill this glad Christmastide [Shows Mt Cook] / A H Reed, Dunedin and Wellington The upward road; a resolve. Single-sided Christmas card / A H Reed, Dunedin & Wellington (2 copies) A teacher's prayer [Manuka]. Single-sided Christmas card / A H Reed, Dunedin & Wellington A teacher's prayer [Pohutukawa]. Single-sided Christmas card / A H Reed, Dunedin & Wellington (2 slightly varying) A New Year Prayer / A H Reed, Dunedin and Wellington Also includes a flier; a message from Governor-General Bledisloe to Mr A H Reed, Dunedin, dated 29 September 1930 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithographs on cards, sizes varying

Date: 1906

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Richard John Seddon, Premier of New Zealand 1893-1906].

By: New Zealand Times Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PEOPLE-SeddonRJ-1906-02

Description: Invitation card with embossed border, to the Citizens' reception to the Premier in the Wellington Town Hall on the 61st anniversary of his birthday, and to welcome him home from Australia. The chairman for the event was to be Dr W E Collins, and the honorary secretary was W J Culver. Seddon died on 10 June 1906, and the planned Citizens' Reception did not take place. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on card with stippled border, 102 x 127 mm.

Date: [ca 1960-1990s]

From: Hitchcock family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10659-005

Description: Collected photographs of family and trips, many with annotations on the reverse, taken by unidentified photographers circa 1960 to 1990s. Some images also have related manuscript or photocopied notes or correspondence giving details about the photographs. Images show family Christmas and birthday celebrations, weddings, baptisms or christenings, holidays, and other family events. Identified people include: Henry Coleridge Hitchcock, Virginia, Ngaire, Nancy, Christine, André, Denise, Joan, Ned, Marilyn, Teresa, Auntie Rose, Barry, Rob, Lisa, and Christopher. Identified locations include: Palmerston North, Ngaio, Eastbourne, Raumatai, Zurich, Bolton Street Cemetery, and Sandspit Motor Camp, Warkworth. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: From box 6 in the donor listing. Many of the prints and some of the negatives arrived at the Library grouped together in commercial photographic print envelopes. Quantity: 124 colour original photographic print(s) Some may be copies. 11 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Colour photographic prints, manuscript, and holograph material. Transfers: 35mm-107838 to 35mm-107839 and 35mm-107880 to 35mm-107899 separated to facilitate appropriate storage.. Processing information: Many of the prints were received by the Library grouped together in commercial photographic print envelopes. This grouping has been retained with prints being rehoused by Library staff into acid-free enclosures that reflect their original order. Annotations from the original commercial print envelopes were transcribed onto the new Library enclosures. The original envelopes were retained when they included a large amount of metadata. Some prints were originally housed with negatives which were separated to facilitate appropriate storage.

Date: 1900

By: Johnstone, Mabelle, active 1900

Reference: MSX-4759

Description: `The Illustrated birthday book of quotations from the works of Sir Walter Scott for every day in the year', London. The birthday book of Mabelle Johnstone, 14 Gorrett Street (off Cuba Street), Wellington. Inscribed `To Mabelle, with love from Ellie. Wishing you a very happy Christmas, Dec 1900' Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (annotated in ms)