Communication in the family

Date: [ca 1910-1989]

By: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994

Reference: MS-Group-0182

Description: The papers relate to Luxford's career as an actress, 1920s-1930s, and later as a print and radio journalist, 1930s-1950s, as well as material on the ANZAC Club, the ANZAC Memorial Garden in New York, ANZAC Hour broadcasts, ANZAC Day commemorations and the British American Ambulance Corps, all of which she was involved with during WWII. Further material relates to Luxford's work with the fashion shows at Hotel Pierre, New York in the 1950s. There are also papers on her work with volunteer and charitable organisations from the 1940s, including certificates awarded to her. In 1996 Luxford's diaries and note books, and a collection of letters from the author Zane Grey, were added to the collection. In 1998, further diaries, newspaper cuttings and correspondence relating mainly to Nola's private and domestic life were donated by Ms Carole van Grondelle, who was using them as source material for her biography. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 83 volume(s). 52 folder(s). 57 box(es). 1 videotape(s). 16 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter and photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Nola Luxford Dolberg, 1991 (A91-297, A91-346), 1992 (A92-250), 1993 (A93-275) and estate of Nola Luxford Dolberg 1995 (A95-052), 1996 (A96-272), and 1998 (A98-343). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 8 boxes of albums and loose photographs - To Oral History Collection - Disc and tape recordings of broadcasts. - To New Zealand Film Archive - 6 reels of film - To New Zealand Film Archive - 2 film reels 16mm: `Maori Village - NZ Legation Washington', and `City of health - NZ legation Washington'. Also assorted sections of 16mm film reels in a film casing entitled `Native earth 77C'..

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-019

Description: The story of Clytie Curfew Howie, born Christchurch, the daughter of Robert Howie and Frances Eva nee Taylor. Her parents divorced after ten years of marriage and along with her mother she went to live with her grandfather James Taylor. She married George Dickinson in 1929, and the couple had three children before George's death by suicide. She remarried Jonathan Mann Includes a five generation family tree of Howie, Taylor and Grose families Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1862-1966

By: Richmond family

Reference: 84-056

Description: Papers comprise Mary Elizabeth and Emily Richmond's diaries 1893-1947, correspondence, mainly of Mary and Emily 1883-1947, speech notes of Mary, school exercises, scrapbooks, drafts of poems, Unitarian Church papers, League of Mothers papers, and various miscellaneous papers. Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: Includes 84-056-Q1007 and 84-056-B1041 Quantity: 7 box(es). 2 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 2.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, photos Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Pen & ink sketches, water colours and children's drawings - To Photographic Archive - Photograph album and loose photographs - To Serials Collection - Newspapers and periodicals - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Curios.

Date: 1868-1949

By: Rolleston family

Reference: 79-287

Description: Family and other personal correspondence. Includes some of William Rolleston, his wife Mary, but mainly their son Francis Joseph; also including other family members. There are some letters of political, social and community significance relating to the careers of William Rolleston, and his son F J Rolleston. Writers include Professor J B Condliffe, Sir Francis Bell, Sir James Parr. Added in 1980 to this accession were 11 letters 1891-1893 from J D Ormond, Harold Kemp, E J Watts etc; 15 letters of family to F Rolleston at school, 1881-1889; various records of F Rolleston's life at school; his `Parodies on Gilbert and Sullivan' etc. Later in same year further Rolleston letters, 1868-1949 were added, including letters relating to the political career of John Christopher Rolleston. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Rosamond Rolleston was the author of `William and Mary Rolleston; an informal biography' which was published in 1971 Relationship complexity - See also MS-Group-0377 (1971 accession) Arrangement: The bulk of the letters had been arranged chronologically before they were deposited. Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: When the papers were still with Rosamond Wilson, Steven Eldrid-Grigg listed those letters that seemed to him of chief interest, and this list is in a back file. These letters have been merged into the chronological sequence. Loose photographs

Date: 1852-1891, 1955

By: Watters, Bethlyn, active 1950-1987

Reference: MS-Papers-3932

Description: The papers largely consist of correspondence spanning four decades between Jane Oates and her sister, Margaret Morten, who lived in Derbyshire, England, but include letters written by Samuel, John Morten (husband of Margaret), various children of the Oates and Morten families, and by various other family friends and relatives. Letters give details about family matters, the concerns of stock and crop farming, adverse weather conditions, etc both in New Zealand and rural England. The collection includes photocopy of passenger contract ticket for and photograph of Jane Oates and children on their departure for New Zealand, as well as genealogical material, and a letter written by Watters to her family in New Zealand when she was visiting the family home and relatives at Monyash, England in 1955 Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - See MS-Papers-8236 for further letters from the Oates family in New Zealand to their family in England Accompanying material - Accompanied by copies of photographs (originals in Photographic Archive) and material relating to the Rev. William Ronaldson kept by Miss Annie Oates, an aunt of Mrs Watters'. Jane Oates emigrated to New Zealand with 5 children in 1856 on the `Oliver Laing'. She joined her husband, Samuel, who had come out earlier and begun farming at Taratahi Plains, north of Carterton in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-17

Description: Story of the children of Gilbert and Elizabeth Gilbert Mair (nee Puckey) who were all born in the Bay of Islands or Whangarei. Biographical details of their 12 children and off-spring: Caroline Elizabeth (1828-1917); Robert (1830-1920); William Gilbert (1832-1912); Marianne (1834-1893); Henry Abbott (1836-1880); Charlotte (1838-1891); Jessie Eliza (1840-1899); Gilbert (1843-1923); Matilda Helen (1845-1927); Emily Frances (1848-1902); Sophia Marella (1850-1884); Lavinia Laura (1852-1936) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (43 pages).

Date: 1923-1991

By: Cordery, Eric Leofwin, 1910-2004

Reference: MS-Group-0556

Description: The papers include letters written on active service describing Cordery's experiences during the war accompanied by a scrapbook containing related ephemera which illustrates the recreational activities of members of the 2nd NZEF; a scrapbook relating to the history of Ocean Bay School, Marlborough attended by Cordery in 1923-1924, and two scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings from Christchurch newspapers from the 1930s reflecting his interest in the arts and harrier road racing. Extracts from official sources of information for incorporation in NZOC/NZEME official war history and extracts from war-time letters of Major Harold Cordery, 1941-1945 Scrapbook relating to trip to Greece for unveiling of Athens Memorial to Commonwealth soldiers, 1961; and scrapbook relating to trip to London for 50th Anniversary of VE Day, 1995 Scrapbook relating to the Battle of Crete 50th Anniversary Commemeration Tour, 1991; `Craftsmen in uniform, an account of the Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' by Peter Cape (with contributions by Eric Cordery highlighted); `The School at Ocean Bay' by Jonathan Harlen. Tipped in are: letter from Helen Strang, 1987, letter from the publishers, 1987, book review, 1987, and Eric Cordery's reminiscences of his time at the school, written in 1983 Family letters to his father, siblings and two sons written over a period of 27 years, from the time of his move from Christchurch to Hamilton in 1964. Cordery, a Christchurch accountant, served as a warrant officer in an administrative capacity with ordnance workshops servicing vehicles of the 2nd NZEF in Greece, North Africa and Italy during the Second World War. In 1964 he moved to Hamilton and took up an administrative position at St Paul's Collegiate School. He retired from this position in 1977. Quantity: 21 volume(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr E Cordery, Wellington, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-16

Description: Story of four generations of women - Ellen Frogley (nee Taylor), 1847-1887; Teresa Mary Stubbs (nee Frogley), 1873-1946; Olive Beryl Clarke (nee Stubbs), 1907-1986; Marie Jeanette Grant (nee Clarke), born 1940. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Includes photographs of the 4 women

Date: 1998

By: Feeney family

Reference: MS-Papers-6348

Description: Two reminiscences, `Many are called but few are chosen' by Cecil Feeney in which he describes a crossing on a Cook Strait ferry; and `Ollie's last stand' by Peter Feeney, describing his family's preparation to move from Auckland to Wellington Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (two pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: [1828-1984]

By: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951

Reference: MS-Group-1565

Description: Three scrapbooks created by Archibald Duncan, comprising printed photographs, newspaper extracts, charts and other printed material relating to Australia and the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The material is dated between 1928 and 1951. A further three scrapbooks were donated in 2009. These were also created by Archibald Duncan and added to after his death by his children. They contain notes on his family and printed material relating to the Duncan and related families, including invitations, examination results, marriage notices, obituaries, etc. Also material relating to World War 1 & 2. Explanatory notes prepared by Gordon Duncan and Margaret Butler accompany these three scrapbooks. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 6 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with ms annotations Provenance: Three scrapbooks were donated by Margaret Butler in 2006 & a further three scrapbooks by Gordon Duncan in 2009. Formerly owned by Archibald Duncan, father of Gordon and grandfather of Margaret. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated, Margaret Butler, 2006 & Gordon Duncan, 2009 Transfers: Transferred from Photographic Archive; the main collection is with the Photographic Archive PH-2006-160 - From Photographic Archive - Three scrapbooks.

Date: [ca 1810-1884]

By: Swainson, William John, 1824-1887

Reference: 87-162

Description: Handwritten transcripts of letters, diaries and other papers relating to the Swainson and Parkes families. Most were copied between 1874 and 1884, but some of the volumes are contemporary copy letter books. Source of title - Supplied by Library. Many are indexed and illustrated with maps, plans, drawings, printed matter and photographs. Relationship complexity - See qMS-1962, MS-1759, MS-2106 and MSY-6859-6862, Micro-MS-0102 and Micro-MS-0064 for copies of extracts of the volumes William John Swainson 1824-1887, the eldest son of William John Swainson 1794-1855, the naturalist, undertook to transcribe the entirety of the Swainson and Parkes family papers. He included notes, contemporary newspaper cuttings, maps and other material. The location of the originals is unknown Quantity: 18 volume(s). 0.66 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: Volumes with an index included are noted as such.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-057

Description: The essay details the German origins of the Hessey family, lives of Nottinghamshire forebears of Joseph and Jane Hessey and family who immigrated to Australia in 1858 on the `Melbourne'. Jane died during the voyage and James married Caroline Stuart, a widow, in Melbourne in 1861. James and Caroline came onto Canterbury in 1862 and settled at Waikuku Creek near to James' daughter Mary and her husband John Ranby. The essay details the lives of all of Joseph Hessey's children who settled in Canterbury and Masterton areas. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs, one of which is wedding photograph of Grace Hessey and Frank Allsop, taken in Christchurch 1912

Date: 1811-1939

By: Crawford family

Reference: ATL-Group-0759

Description: The bulk of the collection comprises diaries, notebooks, correspondence and papers of James Coutts Crawford, 1817-1889 and correspondence with his sons H D, A D, C J, and J D Crawford who held a diplomatic post in China, and daughter Janet Willis. James Coutts Crawford's papers cover his naval career, sojourn in Australia, farming and development of land purchased at Miramar (Wellington) and service as Provincial Geologist. The papers reflect his interest in natural history, agriculture and mining. Early material was used in `Recollections of Travel in Australia and New Zealand' published in 1880. The papers of his sons deal with the development of the Miramar Estate and sheep farming. Arrangement: This collection is arranged so that the papers of James Coutts Crawford and each member of his family are self-contained as far as possible. The outward correspondence to members of the immediate family is collected under the writer while inward correspondence is confined to letters from extended family members and other writers. There is some overlapping of papers especially where the Miramar estate is concerned. Quantity: 406 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: See inventory for details Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph albums (25 Sep 1984) PA-Group-00149.

Date: April 1988

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0236

Description: Interviews a member from each of four generations of two families from the Wanganui region - the Stoneman family and the Mete Kingi family. Focuses on parent-child relationships, marriages, attitudes to alcohol and drugs and other social behaviour in the Stoneman family. Members of the Stoneman family interviewed are Cristal Stoneman, Sharon Stoneman, Ian Stoneman and Olive Olsen. Members of the Mete Kingi family talk about Maori culture, traditional life, loss of language and the relearning of it in the current generation, land disputes, attitudes to sex and Maori-Pakeha relations. Those interviewed are Aneka Erueti, Karen Erueti, Rangipo Mete Kingi and Wikitoria Mete Kingi. Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 8 printed abstract(s). 8 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 21 Oct 1999

From: Women's Studies Association feminist oral history project

By: McCallum, Janet Mary Candon, 1947-2015

Reference: OHInt-0556-07

Description: Janet Mary Candon McCallum was born in Calcutta, India, in 1947 of British descent. Describes parents' backgrounds, their arrival in New Zealand 1948 and childhood on a Wairarapa farm in the early 1950s. Talks about Catholic boarding school experiences in Wellington, winning fellowship to Paris, travel in Germany and England and post-graduate study at Victoria University, Wellington. Talks about teaching in Wairoa and studying te reo Maori. Describes Mckenzie research fellowship 1973 to study Maori children's use of English. Mentions family issues. Describes husband Chris, teaching English at Port Moresby University and involvement in feminist issues. Talks about New Guinean attitudes to women, and helping produce a newsletter for local women. Talks about travelling in Asia, returning to New Zealand, the birth of daughter 1979, and how creche enabled her to study journalism. Describes work as Press Officer for Tourism and Publicity Department, and attitudes to women within the department. Describes living in Whangarei, part time radio work, involvement in Whangarei Women's Centre's newsletter, the birth of twins and the family's return to Wellington in 1986. Mentions work experiences as press officer at Department of Health, researcher for Royal Commission of Social Policy, work for childcare association, and discusses own child care arrangements. Comments on books that she contributed to including 'Book of New Zealand women' and 'Wilderness women', and talks about influential feminist books. Describes what feminism has enabled her to achieve. Talks about the impact of childcare on women, and comments on the contemporary women's movement. Interviewer(s) - Jill Abigail Accompanying material - CV, Biographical information, chronology Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2655, OHDL-001004. One photocopied photo

Date: 19 July, 1995 - 19 Jul 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Harris, Elna Mavis, 1902-2005

Reference: OHInt-0576-11

Description: Ellie Harris was interviewed aged 92. Ellie Harris' father (Arthur) and Denis Glover's father (Harry) were brothers. Ellie Harris talks about their parents, George and Sophia Glover, who were Denis Glover's paternal grandparents and lived in Oriental Bay, Wellington. Talks about their lifestyle and attitudes, the family business, wealth and privilege. Describes her view that they were not a close family, talks about related factors. Talks about court case over a family member's estate. Mentions her memory of Harry Glover, describes Denis Glover's mother Lyla as talented and artistic. Comments on the relationship between Harry Glover and his mother, and how that may have affected his relationships with women. Comments on Denis Glover's sister Coreen, talks about her grandparents George and Sophia as Presbyterian church-goers, mentions her grandmother was part Spanish. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-8799, OHC-8813a Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2810.

Date: 12 Oct 1983

From: Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford

By: Lord, George Oscar, 1903-1986

Reference: OHInt-0470/17

Description: Oscar Lord was born in Auckland in 1903. Describes leaving the family farm at Taneatua and becoming a ganger on the railway line between Te Puke and Taneatua. Focuses on working on the gang. Gives details of living and working conditions on his next job on the Rotorua-Taupo railway line in 1928. Notes that 150 men were employed and the project stopped abruptly. Describes how the men were transferred to other jobs and he went to a road-building job near Opoutama. Recalls returning to the farm at Taneatua, hard work on the farm and conflict over the division of the land. Talks about his subsequent work reclaiming land at Whakatane, managing a dairy farm at Otakiri and working for his brother Frank at Rotorua. Interviewer(s) - Don Stafford Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2865.

Date: 15 07 1995 - 15 Jul 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Glover, Brian Guinness, 1914-2004

Reference: OHInt-0576-10

Description: Brian Glover was the youngest brother of Denis Glover. Brian Glover describes his family who, like his parents, went in different directions. Describes his sister Coreen, who married Douglas Neele in England and his brother Lawrence who joined the Royal Air Force (RAF). Describes in depth his work during World War II on RAF missions with the Pathfinders over Hanover, and flying an irreparable plane. Comments that the war upset Denis more than many people realised. Describes his parent's relationship, separation, and remarriage, and the minimal contact he had with his father. Describes looking after his father at the end of his life, mentions his father's second wife. Talks about Denis and Khura Glover caring for his mother during the last days of her life. Talks about Denis Glover being a sickly child but bright like his mother; his first marriage to Mary Glover and their son Rupert. Describes advice he gave to Lyn Glover about being Denis Glover's minder. Talks about his feelings towards his sister Coreen, talks about his mother and how she managed financially. Describes his mother's mother and his maternal aunt. Describes his lack of interest in his father's family history. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-8792a Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2805.

Date: 1874

By: Swain, William Henry, 1848-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-7265

Description: Typescripts and copies of the originals of letters from William Swain's brothers and sisters and grandparents in Kent, England, to him and his sister after they emigrated to New Zealand. The family, who worked the sailing barges around the Southern coast of England, relate family news, and the incidents and accidents of barge life. Source of title - Supplied William Swain emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 from Kent, England Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (Photocopies)

Date: 2003

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-

Reference: H-696-001/004

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Topics include new year resolutions and smoking withdrawal, extra-terrestrials, the threat made by the United States to make war on Iraq and the first day back at school. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.