Gross, Richard Oliver, 1882-1964

Date: 1914 - 1929

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Memorial-1914/1929

Description: Includes: 1915-01: In memoriam service in His Majesty's Theatre Wanganui. Sunday June 13, 1915 ... in memory of the brave Boys from Wanganui fallen in the present Great European War. Chronicle Print 1915-02: Memorial service for those who have fallen in the War, held in Victoria Domain, Gisborne, Sept 19th 1915. Herald print. 1916: Unveiling of monument erected by the Returned Soldiers' Association, to the memory of their departed comrade, Corporal Edwin Hart. Waverley Cemetery [Sydney], 14 May 1916. Order of service 1918-01: Hut given to the YMCA by East London Jews, in memory of those of their faith in the district fallen in the War. Mile End Gardens, Mile End Road ... opening by Field-Marshal HRH the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ... June 21, 1918 [London] 1919-01: St Paul's Cathedral [London], June 13th 1919. memorial service for the Royal Navy. Order of service 1919-02: Ararata. Unveiling and dedication of memorial and roll of honour, erected in school grounds by the Settlers of Ararata, 8 December 1919. Order of service 1921-01: Order of service to be observed at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Kaikorai School Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Arch. 29 October 1921 1921-02: War memorial gates, Tauranga Domain. Opening ceremony by the Hon Sir William H Herries, 11 December 1921. Order of service 1922-01: [Levin Borough Council?]. Peace memorial to those who fought in the Great War 1914-1918, to be opened by the Right Hon W F Massey, P.C., Premier of New Zealand, on Wednesday, March 21st, at 11.30 a.m. [Printed by] Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Lambton Quay [1922] 1923-01: Hawkes' Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Order of Ceremony. Unveiling of cenotaph in Russell Street, Hastings, N.Z. on Armistice Day, Sunday 11th November 1923. 1st edition. Stickland & Bryant, printers. 1923-02: Te Aroha District War Memorial unveiling ceremony by Major-General Sir Edward Chaytor, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B, general officer commanding N.Z. Defence Forces, in memory of the men of this district who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918. 15th September 1923 (The anniversary of the capture of Flers in the Great Battle of the Somme, 1916). [Printed by] Te Aroha News [1923] 1923-03: Knox College Dunedin. Unveiling of war memorial window and brass tablet in Ross Chapel. Anzac Day, 25 April 1923. Order of service 1923-04: Levin and District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial. Unveiling ceremony. 14 March 1923. Order of service (Unveiling by Major-General Sir E W C Chaytor) 1923-05: "Lest we forget". Soldiers' Memorial on Sugar Loaf Hill, Brooklyn, Wellington NZ. Programme of unveiling ceremony, 22 September 1923. (Unveiling by Viscount Jellicoe) 1926-01: Borough of Northcote. Northcote War Memorial. Ceremony of the unveiling by the Hon F J Rolleston (Minister for Defence). Sunday 14th February 1926. Order of service 1929-01: Wellington Citizens' war memorial. Foundation stone laid by Gen Sir Charles Ferguson, 25 April 1929 ... sculptor Mr R O Gross. Souvenir with photograph, and poppy illustration (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Date: 1981-1990

From: Phillips, John Oliver Crompton, 1947- and Maclean, Chris Whitcome, 1952-: Photographs of New Zealand war memorials

Reference: Series-6621

Description: A set of photographs which relate to New Zealand war memorials which feature sculptures by William Trethewey or Richard Oliver Gross. Images are predominantly of New Zealand war memorials located throughout the country which commemorate events in World War I and II, or commemorate historic persons. Includes some copy photographs which relate to the war memorials. Also includes the original card dividers and a photocopy of the original ring binder labels. Many slides are annotated by an unidentified hand (probably Jock Phillips or Chris Mclean). Many of the photographs in this series were published in the book 'The Sorrow and the Pride new Zealand War Memorials' by Chris Mclean and Jock Phillips, Historical Branch, 1990, and in the book 'To The Memory New Zealand's War Memorials' by Jock Phillips. Potton and Burton, 2016. Record title is transcribed from the original ring binder. Arrangement: Photographs were delivered in a labelled ring binder. The photographs were then grouped within the ringbinder into sub categories by use of labelled card dividers and filed in plastic sleeves. The sleeves and/or individual slides are annotated with a title and and/or a location. Some slides are annotated with a number. The original order of the ringbinder, card dividers, and individual photographs in a sleeve has been preserved by the archivist. Quantity: 223 colour original transparency/ies. 1 folder(s). Physical Description: 35mm colour film transparencies in card or plastic slide mounts Processing information: The photographs were removed from the original ring binder for conservation reasons. The original housing of archival standard has not been retained.

Date: 1933 - 1937

Reference: Eph-A-PEOPLE-Holland-HE

Description: Includes: 1933: In memoriam pamphlet with portrait of Holland and reproduction of his poem "When I am dead". In memoriam booklet giving birth and death dates, details of the service at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral and at Bolton Street ceremony (Rt Rev Dr T H Sprott officiating), list of those who gave floral offerings, list of pall bearers, list of family members (parents, wife and children), Holland's own poem "When I am dead", quotations from poems by Whittier, Tennyson and Longfellow. E Morris jnr, funeral directors are listed on the back cover. 1937: H E Holland Memorial, unveiled by the Prime Minister Rt Hon M J Savage, P.C. Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington NZ, 9 October 1937. Programme (including message from D Wilson the National Secretary of the New Zealand Labour Party; the sculptor's name given as Mr R O Gross) (2 copies) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 217 x 140 mm, bound with white ribbon and with patterned transparent paper cover

Date: 1870 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986; Berry, Reginald George James, 1906-1979; Broekstra, Tom, active 1953; Coleridge, John Duke, active 1910; Donner, Tibor Karl, 1907-1993; Dwyer, Ella Margaret, 1887-1979; Goodwin, Arnold Frederick, 1890-1978; Graham, Jessie Sutherland, 1886-1954; Gross, Richard Oliver, 1882-1964; Harris, Sam, active 1950; Holloway, Ronald, 1909-2003; Lloyd, Constance Alice, 1895-1982; McLintock, Alexander Hare, 1903-1968; Nash, Paul, 1889-1946; Percy, William Stratford, 1872-1946; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Tilsley, Lydia Louise, 1898-1983; Tough, George Bannerman, 1901-1983; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982; Younghusband, Adela Mary, 1878-1969

Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-G

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: V. E. Galway (by A H McLintock, ca 1938) George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, Governor-General of New Zealand Briar Gardner (by Louise Tilsley, ca 1938) R. S. Garnett Collection (of Dumas books in the Auckland Public Library, by Tibor Karl Donner, date 1934) Alexander Geddes (by Hilda Wiseman, 1934) Ethelwyn Geddes (A F[?] Goodwin, no date) General Assembly Library (4 different, ca 1949?) A. W. Gibb (by Percy Watts Rule, 1935) John Gibson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1953) Reginald Gibson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1947) Augusta Carr Glasgow (d. 1822) Earl of Glasgow, David Boyle, Governor General of New Zealand 1892-97) John Glasgow (by Paul Nash, 1908) Denis Glover (by Leo Bensemann) Denis Glover (by unknown Auckland artist, 1933) Auckland Goethe Society Arthur Godley (by John Duke Coleridge, 2 different ca 1910) Betty Goldie (by Hilda Wiseman, 1932) Jack W Goodwin (Unicorn Press, 1935, for Wilson and Horton Journalism prize) Margaret Gordon (by W. S. Percy) Mona Gordon (by Connie Lloyd, 1932) E. K. Goulding (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Jeanne H. Goulding (by a commercial artist, 1940) David H Graham (by Ron Holloway, 1952 - two different) David H Graham (by James Berry, 1952) David H. Graham (by Tom Broekstra, 1953) David H. Graham (by Adele Younghusband, 1954) David H. Graham (by Jessie S Jackson, later Mrs David H Graham, 1951) David H. Graham (by Sam Harris, 1950) David H. Graham (by Ella Dwyer, 1950) David H. Graham (by Hilda Wiseman, 1952) Elsie D. Graham (by Hilda Wiseman, 1944) Rose Grainger Collection (by Ron Holloway, 1936) Ida D. Gray (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Gray's Inn Library (by G. B. Tough, 1948) Greenwood Richard O. Gross (by himself, 1951) W. H. Gummer (by Hilda Wiseman, 1930) Dorothy G. Gwynne (by Hilda Wiseman, 1937) F. J. Gwynne (by Hilda Wiseman, 1936) Quantity: 44 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 31 May 1951

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-134

Description: Letter relating to his poems Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca1934]

From: Sargeson, Frank, 1903-1982 : Collection

Reference: PAColl-1581-4-318

Description: Man examining the Harry Holland memorial sculpture in the Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1934. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 13.9 x 8.8 cm

Date: [ca November 1930]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-6303-33

Description: Richard Oliver Gross, circa November 1930. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - R O Gross, Sculptor of Wellington War Memorial Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 24 April 1948]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-85

Description: View of the bronze Maori statue (cast by Richard Gross), at the base of the monument on One Tree Hill (Mt Maungakiekie) in Auckland. Photograph taken after the unveiling of the obelisk on 24 April 1948, by an unidentified photographer for the Free Lance. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - The bronze statue after the unveiling; Verso - bottom right - Combo=right / 9 5/8 x 5 [?] / T6" gutter; Verso - bottom left - Staff photo / Auckland office Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.3 x 15.2 cm

Date: 24 April 1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-8163-08

Description: View of the ceremony for the unveiling of the obelisk on One Tree Hill (Mt Maungakiekie). Shows the bronze Maori statue (cast by Richard Gross) and plaque covered by cloak and flags, at the base of the stone monument. A crowd of people stand around the grave of Logan Campbell, listening to two men before a microphone. Photograph taken on 24 April 1948, by an unidentified photographer for the Free Lance. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - during the unveiling ceremony; Verso - bottom centre - Staff Photo / Auckland Office [stamp] The Obelisk was completed on the summit of One Tree Hill by 1940, the Centennial year of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, but unveiling was delayed until 24 April 1948, after World War II was over. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.4 x 15.2 cm