Hodder & Tolley Ltd

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: ICI New Zealand; Alexander, John Hood, 1916-1975; Dominion Breweries Ltd; United States Information Service; New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society; En-Zed Card & Calendar Company Ltd; Baptist, Miranda, active 2006

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1960s

Description: Includes calendars: 1960: Alexander Turnbull Library (with reproductions of artworks by George French Angas). Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. Early Wellington; a selection of engravings from the 1847 portfolio of S C Brees, esq. 1960 calendar. 1961: Harry H Tombs Limited. Printers and publishers at the Wingfield press. Calendar Dec 1960-Nov 1961. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Some early New Zealand churches associated with Bishop Selwyn. Original pen and wash drawings by John H Alexander. 1961 calendar. (2 copies) Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway enthusiasts' calendar 1961 United States Information Service. "Americans at work". Calendar 1961. 1962: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Early watercolours of the South Island of New Zealand 1845-51, by Sir William Fox KCMG, from the Hocken Library, University of Otago. 1962 calendar. (2 copies) Shell Oil New Zealand Ltd. 1962 calendar presenting a series of pen and wash illustrations of historical New Zealand buildings by John H Alexander. Evening Post Wellington. 1962 almanac (with reproduction of Peter McIntyre painting of Willis Street showing the Evening Post building) 1963: Trevor Strange (Waikanae Beach). Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1963 calendar. Harry H Tombs Ltd. Calendar 1963 (with reproduction of "A Christmas picnic in New Zealand" by K Airini Vane). 1964: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. Calendar 1964. 1965: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd (Auckland). [Gotgried Lindauer Maori portraits at Auckland City Art Gallery - includes portraits of Haora Tipa Koinaki, Julia Martin, Tokena te Kerehi, Sophia the Guide, Ratene, Renata Kawepo]. 1965. (2 copies) Bruce Calendar Co Ltd (Ashburton). King Dick Motor Wrecking Co. Ltd (Invercargill). Calendar 1965 (2 different images) 1966: Dominion Breweries Ltd. Waitemata House, Auckland New Zealand. Gold media award, Olympia, Great Britain. By courtesy of the Kelliher Art Trust, twelve reproductions of original oil paintings of New Zealand landscapes by a representative selection of English Australian and New Zealand artists. Calendar for 1966. (Artists include: William Dargie, John Loxton, Claude Muncaster, Douglas Badcock, Rubery Bennett, Douglas Pratt and Ernest Buckmaster) 1967: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd. The Milford track New Zealand; the world's finest walk. Illustrated calendar 1967. Hodder & Tolley Ltd, seed, grain, produce and fertilizer merchants. Calendar 1967 Waikanae Supermarket Ltd. Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1967. 1968: Four Square calendar 1968. 1969: Shell calendar. Bicentenary of the voyage of discovery by Captain James Cook 1769. (2 copies) Spa Road Four Square Store. Calendar 1969. Evening Post Wellington. 1969 almanac (with reproduction of painting of the Wellington Club by Rodger Harrison (winner of the Kelliher Prize 1968)) Wellington Teachers' College Students' Association Arts Council. Calendar 1969 (Reproductions of drawings of Fiordland National Park by Alan Howie) Centregraphic Limited. 1969 calendar of original illustrations from the books first published 1790 of Captain Cook's voyages of discovery 1768-1780. (2 copies, one in pieces) Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1951 - 1957

From: [Ephemera up to quarto size, relating to botany, botanical species and specimens, in New Zealand]

By: New Zealand. Department of Agriculture. Seed Testing Station; Moss, Geoffrey Robert, 1926-

Reference: Eph-B-BOTANY-1950s-01

Description: Includes an envelope for a seed sample, a pink record card, three certificates of analysis (for 1951, 1952 and 1957), a certificate of pedigree, classification sheets and working sheets, a chart of seed vitality, a list of crop seeds, and a grass seed price list from Hodder & Tolley dated May/June 1952. Seed testing was carried out by around 100 staff working at the Department of Agriculture in Palmerston North. Quantity: 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and typescript, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by Geoffrey Moss, Wellington, in 2007.

Date: 1983

From: Shelton, Lindsay, 1938-: Collection

By: Laurenson, Stanley, active 1935

Reference: MS-Papers-12763

Description: Comprises a typewritten eulogy for Norman Leslie Shelton, written by Stanley Laurenson in September 1983. The eulogy, which contains biographical information spanning Shelton's life, focusing in particular on his political career, was written three years after his passing in July 1980. The typescript has been housed in a manila folder labelled "NORMAN" and includes, interleaved within the eulogy, a photocopied image of Shelton taken from a newspaper article about his role as acting Prime Minister. The title page includes a quote from 'The Arrow and the Song' by H W Longfellow. Biography/history note source: MS-Papers-12763. Title trasncribed from item. Collection of material relating to Norman Leslie Shelton can be found at Library reference MS-Group-00261. Norman Shelton CBE (1905-1980) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and served in Norfolk Island, Egypt and Italy between 1943 and 1946 during World War Two. He was elected as National MP for Rangitikei 1954-1972, and held various ministerial portfolios between 1960 and 1972. Stanley G Laurenson met Norman Shelton in 1926 at the Feilding branch of Hodder and Tolley Ltd where both men worked. They remained lifelong friends. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Lindsay Shelton, the donor, is Norman Leslie Shelton's son.

Date: 1900s

From: [Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to fertilisers and manures]

Reference: Eph-A-FERTILISER-1900s

Description: Includes: 1917: Harola lime sulphur. Cut 90 per cent off your losses. 1917. Carter's Print, 377 Sussex Street, Sydney. Pamphlet 1927: White Island Products Ltd. White Island fertilizers. Proof!. Wilson & Horton Printers, Auckland [1927]. Booklet 1930: Dominions Potash Supply Co. Ltd (Australasian Office). Potash on your pasture will increase production, improve quality and lengthen the season [1930?]. Pamphlet 1935: Hodder & Tolley Ltd, Palmerston North. Autumn topdressing season 1935 ... Seychelles guano [1935]. Booklet 1936: Conserve the wealth of the Empire and purchase pure British basic slag "Albert brand". [ca 1936-1938]. Pamphlet (2 copies) 1939: N.Z. Farmers' Fertilizer Co. Ltd. Price list of Taranaki fertilizers and other lines. 1 July 1939 Wanganui Chemical Works. Price list of K.P. Westfield fertilizers for delivery Hawkes bay, Wellington and Taranaki provinces. 1 July 1939 1940: Heskett Slag Sales Organisation. On the question of manures; an ounce of practical experience is worth more than a ton of theoretical talk by Experts. [1940]. Booklet 1950s: Every shilling spent on Nodulaid dry powder inoculant can return you 10 [pounds sterling] in nitrogen. [1950s?]. pamphlet 1952: "GAFSA" North African phosphate. [ca 1952]. Pamphlet Hodder & Tolley Ltd. Keep abreast of the times with Gafsa (Phosphate). 1952. Booklet 1960: Belgian basic slag. To every New Zealand farmer, fertiliser facts that can mean [pounds] to you [ca 1960] 1975: Maxicrop liquid seaweed for biological balance and health in crops & livestock [1975]. Booklet 1977: Dominion Fertiliser Company Limited. Statement by directors ... in respect to the second take-over offer from Kempthorne Prosser & Co. Limited, 8 August 1977. Dunedin, 19 August 1977. Booklet Palmerston North Jaycee Fertilizer Drive. Delivery date 20th August [1977] 1979: [NZ Humic Compost Club]. The cycle of life. Soil is life [1979] 1981: N.Z. Farmers' Fertilizer Co. Ltd. Rural Wuxal, the proven plant booster! [ca 1981] 1996: [Plunket Society]. Fertiliser - free delivery, 20 July 1996. All proceeds go to help your local Plunket. Flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1937

By: Gibbs, Bruce, active 1937

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Hodder-1937-01

Description: Envelope shows an advertisement in red ink featuring a tui. The envelope is addressed to Mr B Gibbs, Utiku, and is rubber stamped as being posted at Palmerston North in 1937. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on envelope, 93 x 165 mm.

Date: 1986

From: Roberts, Rex, fl 1970-1990s (collector) :[Collection of art exhibition and dealers' catalogues, 1914-1999].

Reference: E-929-F-010

Description: Includes: New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts catalogues: BNZ art award 1986, Caltex art award 1986; IBM art award 1986; BP art award 1986. Auction catalogues: Dunbar Sloane & European Art Limited. Prospectus 1986. (Portraits and biographical notes about the directors: Trevor Beyer, Bruce Judge, Dunbar Sloane, Lance Crawford, David Hughes, Adrian Mibus, Andras Kalman) Elders Pastoral, Auction Division. Hamilton, 27 August 1986. Harnett and Wedde Ltd: 22 November & 9 December 1986 (in one catalogue) Hodder & Tolley Ltd. Palmerston North. 27 March 19856. John McCormack, auctioneers. 23 September 1986. Programme. Weyburne's. Michael Fowler Centre, 1 August 1986. Monographs (catalogues): "After nature; Gretchen Albrecht; a survey - 23 years". Sarjeant Gallery Wanganui25 October - 6 December 1986. Art Society of the International Monetary Fund. "New Zealand in Washington". 4-21 November 1986. "Pavilioned in splendour; George O'Brien's vision of colonial New Zealand", by Roger Collins and Peter Entwisle. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1986. "Evelyn Page; seven decades", by Janet Paul and Neil Roberts. Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1986. "H Linley Richardson, 1878-1947; painter, designer, illustrator and teacher". Manawatu Art Gallery, 1986. Wairoa Borough Council. [List of paintings held. 1986]. Quantity: 6 monographs, 6 auction catalogues, and 4 NZAFA catalogues. Physical Description: Booklets and monographs sizes varying. Provenance: Donated by Mr Rex Roberts in 2003.

Date: 1983 - 1985

From: Roberts, Rex, fl 1970-1990s (collector) :[Collection of art exhibition and dealers' catalogues, 1914-1999].

Reference: E-929-F-009

Description: Includes: Auction catalogues: Devereaux & Culley. Evening sale catalogue, August 1983. Hodder & Tolley Ltd. 25 July 1984. McGregor Wright 1985 collection of fine art for auction. 23 July 1985. Monographs (catalogues): Aigantighe Art Gallery. "Edmund Norman 1820-1875; drawings of early South Canterbury; an exhibition of works by Edmund Norman from public and private collections". 6-28 July 1985. Auckland City Art Gallery. Aspects of recent New Zealand art; the grid, lattice and network. 1983. Auckland City Art Gallery. "Aspects of recent New Zealand art; New image". 1983. Auckland City Art Gallery. "Milan Mrkusich; a decade further on, 1974-1983". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. William Mathew Hodgkins & his circle". 1984. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Michael Smither; an introduction". 1 November - 16 December 1984. National Art Gallery. "Aspects of New Zealand art 1890-1940". 1984. Robert McDougall Art Gallery. "The expatriates". April - May 1985. Robert McDougall Art Gallery. "Spare parts; the found object in New Zealand art". [1985]. Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui. "Fumpston; one decade". 1983. Skudder, Susan M. "The first fifty years, 1934-1984. Waikato Society of Arts". 1984. University of Auckland Art Collection. 1983. Victoria University of Wellington. Catalogue of the art collection. 1984. Wellington City Art Gallery. "Full circle; Melvin Day". 14 July - 12 August 1984. Quantity: 15 monographs, 3 auction catalogues. Physical Description: Booklets and monographs sizes varying. Provenance: Donated by Mr Rex Roberts in 2003.

Date: 1905

By: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: Eph-C-RECREATION-1905-01

Description: Arrangement of text. Lists 16 races as well as a pig race and a consolation race. Hodder and Tolley mentioned as contact address. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, black on green, 450 x 288 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1996.