Women athletes

Date: 1934-1978

From: Surf Life Saving New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1248

Description: Scrapbook of photographic prints with captions and newspaper clippings dated from 1934 to 1978, by unidentified photographers. Album features individual and group portraits of surf lifesavers in uniform, formal, and casual attire. Included are: - Mission Bay - photo in 'Observer' 1934 - Waitemata Ladies Milford Girls - 1934 - Original Waitemata Team - 1935 - March-past practice - 1935 - Piha 1936 - Mission Bay 1936 - First outing of restarted club 1956 - Western Springs - Christchurch Nationals 1958 - Waiheke Clubhouse - Waihi 1958 - Milford 1961 - New Plymouth Nationals - Wellington Champs 1962 - Gisborne 1962 - On patrol Takapuna - Auckland Champs 1971 - Waipu Cove Nats 1978 - Orewa Club 1978 - Clipping from 'The Gisborne Herald' 5 March 1977. - Opening of Raglan Clubhouse. Named individuals include: - Jean Harp - Charlie Benson - Marg. Black - Lionel Thompson - Mr Black - Mr Stanley - Abbie Day - Mu Brown - Nell Howell - Peggy Paterson - Abbie Marten - Eva Tilsley - Marlene Proctor - Joy McKenzie - Alison Watson - Elaine Proctor - Colleen Baldwin - Marilyn Wolf - Rosemary Medland - Barbara Waters - Lynn Borrack - Pat Shanahan - Bon Buchanan - Heather Middleton - Val Freeman - Yvonne Day - Ann Tomas - Rosemary Dempster - Helen Gillespie - Sandra Blewett - Roy Day And others. Waitemata Ladies Surf Life Saving Club was based at Takapuna Beach on the North Shore of Auckland. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Scrapbook of photographic prints and newspaper clippings, 31.5 x 25 cm.

Date: 6 Mar 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/0603a-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1974 and 1982

From: Surf Life Saving New Zealand : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-11392-08

Description: Reports on the New Zealand Ladies Surf Lifesaving team visits to Sri Lanka in 1974 and United Kingdom in 1982 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1967

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989:Ten cartoons by Lodge on the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Reference: A-349-023

Description: Four sporting images with women present. In one, a woman distracts runners by standing by the track in a miniskirt. The second has a woman urging her husband to get a gold medal to compete with another woman showing off her husband's silver medal. The third shows an Italian runner pursuing a New Zealand runner who has been kissing his wife. The fourth shows a woman in a boxing ring flirting with her husband's opponent, to encourage him to attack the rival. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on card, 458 x 315 mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-048

Description: Shows vinyl records competing in sport and piles of broken records. Text states that 'Two of our girls alone - Valerie and Marise, have covered Canterbury knee-deep in broken records!' Also mentions swimmer Shirley Nicholson Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 280 x 255 mm

From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings

By: Wrathall, Deslea Anne, active 1990s

Reference: OHInt-0937-0212

Description: Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT7-2116 Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 5 February 2009

From: Newspaper Publishers Association of New Zealand: Further records

Reference: PAColl-D-1511

Description: Comprises a large colour photograph of champion shot putter Valerie Vili holding her New Zealand Sportsman of the Year trophy at the Halberg Awards 2008, Auckland. Taken on 5 February 2009, [probably by photographer Michael Bradley, NZPA]. Mount is captioned 'Valerie Vili 2008 Halberg Award Winner Westpac Halberg Awards An Appreciation from the Halberg Trust'. A cropped version of this image was published with an article on the 'Otago Daily Times' website on 5 February 2009 and credited to Michael Bradley. Descriptive information taken from item. Quantity: 1 colour copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Colour photographic print, mounted on card Processing information: Not all names associated with this photograph are indexed.

Date: 24 July 1993 - 24 Jul 1993

From: Women in a Mining Town, Waihi 1883-1993, Oral History Project

By: Dillimore, Valerie Ailsa, 1943-

Reference: OHInt-0067/092

Description: Valerie Dillimore born Northcote, Auckland, where father worked for Auckland Harbour Board. In 1951 family moved to Waihi as family bought a farm at Franklin Road. Describes change from city to country lifestyle. Recalls leaving Waihi College and being apprenticed to a hairdresser - Connie Davis. Outlines achievements in athletics - participated at Rome Olympics at the age of 16. Recalls sporting background - father played rugby and represented New Zealand in League. Talks about marriage in 1967 to Tony Dillimore, a cabinet maker, and later buying Morton's garage which they have run together for the past 26 years. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Waihi Other - limited biographical information available Interviewer(s) - Rose MacBeth Venue - Waihi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005850B; OHV-0272G Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB-1703.

Date: 1974

From: Surf Life Saving New Zealand : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-11392-20

Description: Cloth patch bearing an embroidered insignia of a fern and the words 'New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Sri Lanka 1974'. The patch is in a cardboard frame which has 'New Zealand Ladies Surf Lifesaving team 1974' and 12 signatures on it. Also included is a piece of backing cardboard that has more names and dates on it in various hands, some but not all of the names identified. Other - Backing removed from frame by conservator The New Zealand Ladies Surf Lifesaving team visited Sri Lanka in 1974 for an educational and competitive tour Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 pieces.

Date: 1981

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-135-765

Description: The upper scene shows Muldoon applauding a sportswoman for bringing overseas funds to New Zealand and telling her that the country won't forget her efforts. The lower left scene shows the sportswoman taking a letter out of her letter box expecting it to be recognition of her efforts. In the lower right she is surprised that her letter is a tax bill. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 320 x 320 mm.

Date: [1920s-1990s]

From: Athletics New Zealand :Photographs

By: Photo News Ltd; Millard, Edward Arthur, -1933

Reference: PAColl-9435-2

Description: Photographs relating to Athletics New Zealand, including photographs given to ANZ by G W Jackman and photographs from the Reeve collection (scrapbook held in MSS). Photographs taken by various photographers. Quantity: 25 b&w original photographic print(s). 13 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1997 - 1998

Reference: Eph-D-WOMEN-1998-01/05

Description: The five posters each feature a different sportswoman. The following are featured: Jenny Newstead (paralympic gold medallist disabled swimming); Sarah Ulmer (Commonwealth Games silver medallist cycling); Louisa Wall (New Zealand women's rugby); Bernice Mene (Silver Ferns netball); Beatrice Faumuina (World champion discus). Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 420 x 590 mm. Provenance: Donated by the publisher in 2000.

Date: 1997 - 1998

By: New Zealand. Hillary Commission for Sport, Fitness and Leisure

Reference: Eph-D-HILLARY-COMMISSION-1998

Description: The five posters each feature a different sportswoman. The following are featured: Jenny Newstead (paralympic gold medallist disabled swimming); Sarah Ulmer (Commonwealth Games silver medallist cycling); Louisa Wall (New Zealand women's rugby); Bernice Mene (Silver Ferns netball); Beatrice Faumuina (World champion discus). Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 420 x 590 mm. Provenance: Donated by the publisher in 1998.

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/0625b-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/0625a-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1975

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/2-202048-F

Description: Photograph of the Wellington Ladies Surf Lifesaving Club, taken 1975 by Crown Studio Ltd of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 17 Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative

Date: 1975

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/2-202036-F

Description: Photograph of the Wellington Ladies Surf Lifesaving Club, taken 1975 by Crown Studio Ltd of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 15 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/2326-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 2009

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0012334

Description: Caricature of Caster Semenya, an 18-year-old from Limpopo, South Africa, who won the women's 800 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin in August but subsequent media reports have raised questions about her gender. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s). Processing information: Subject headings updated in 2022 as part of inclusive metadata work.

Date: 14 Jul 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/2332-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches