Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Date: 1893 - 1895

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

By: Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal; Hunt, Albert Vyvyan, 1854-1929; Young, Henry William, 1840-1903; Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: A-313-5-001/021

Description: Cartoons collected by Ian F. Grant for his book "The Unauthorized Version" Quantity: 21 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies 420mm x 240mm.

Date: 1895-1897, 1903

From: Hay, Mary Stuart Carlton, 1874-1946 : Seddon family scrapbooks and letters

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSY-2028

Description: Includes mss poem to R J Seddon by Thomas Bracken on occasion of Seddon's 50th birthday, 1895; other poems (typescript and printed); article re poetry of Barcroft Henry Boake; article on Governors of NZ by Dr Hocken (Otago Witness, Dec 1896); silver wedding of Richard J Seddon; marriage of Jane Seddon to Rev W S Bean; mss poem by E H Clements entitled `Welcome', Jan 1869; photographs published in Canterbury Times, 4 Jul 1895 of R J Seddon, his wife and nine children; articles, invitation cards & menus relating to Seddon's visit to England in 1897; bill of fare on `Alameda' (Oceanic Steamship Co); article re British Navy; marriage of Phoebe Seddon to Frank Dyer, Jan 1897; Lord Charles Beresford; Chatham Islands (OW, Dec 1896); early Wellington; cartoons by Ashley Hunter entitled `Inspector's parade' and `Recent events' (from NZ Graphic, ca 1892); full description of Seddon's "At Home" - guest list and description of gowns worn; death of Mrs James Suisted; mining claim at St Bathans; Women's Liberal League; Women's Social and League; and various NZ, English and Australian newspaper cuttings relating to R J Seddon and his wife and other notables. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1900

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: J-065-034

Description: A chinese man threatens a number of animals representing various countries; the eagle represents America, the lion represents Great Britain, the cockerel represents France, the bear represents Russia and the kangaroo represents Australia. Extended Title - (Voice from the East) - "You savee. Me allesame oleKluger. Me going to give 'humanity' the 'staggers'". Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from newspaper (engraving)

Date: 1897-1898, 1934

From: Hay, Mary Stuart Carlton, 1874-1946 : Seddon family scrapbooks and letters

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSX-2583

Description: Mainly English, Australian and New Zealand newspaper cuttings. Includes cuttings relating to the Seddon's visit to England for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 1897; marriage of Louie Seddon to Dr Charles G F Morice, 1898 (includes long list of presents). Cartoons by Ashley Hunter entitled `Hands across the sea', and `Cartoonlets' (NZ Graphic, 3 Jul 1897) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1865-1915]

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: PA-Group-00974

Description: Contains four copy photographs. Two are of a family group (Hunter, Upfill, and Halyday) taken in circa 1890s by Ashley John Barsby Hunter and an Auckland portrait studio. Two are portraits of Ashley Hunter, one circa 1865 and another circa 1915, by unidentified photographers. Quantity: 4 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy photographic prints Provenance: The items are copies of copy prints sent to the donor's family at an unidentified time in the past. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MSX-9340: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932: Letters..

Date: 1871-1878

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSX-9340

Description: Letters of Ashley J. Hunter, written to his mother and younger brother Stanley. The first was written from aboard the ship 'Halcione' on his departure from London to Wellington, which arrived on 24 Aug 1871. Letters describe his arrival and early years in Wellington, the opening of his photography studio (Excelsior Studio) in Manners Street, Wellington, training as an engineering cadet in the Public Works Office, and subsequent employment in the Waikato Railways Office in 1874. Also includes descriptions of travel in the North Island, and his marriage in 1878 to Eliza Jane Halyday. Letters end with the arrival of his younger brother Stanley in Oct 1878. Publication - Hunter, Ashley J, 1854-1932, 'The letters of Ashley J. Hunter, 1871-1878' published by Marion Rolleston in February 2005 Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Original letters and newspaper cuttings have been tipped into a volume and arranged in chronological order. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: 23 x 18 cm, Mss and Newspaper cuttings Provenance: Donor inherited letters from grandfather, Stanley B. Hunter, brother of Ashley J. Hunter. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932: Photographs (PA-Group-00974).

Date: 1871-1878 (transcribed, 1971)

From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations

Reference: fMS-Papers-10250

Description: Transcription of letters to his mother and younger brother and sister, from a young immigrant. The first was written during the voyage of the`Halcione' which arrived in Wellington on 24 August 1871. Letters describe his arrival and early years in Wellington, the opening of his photography studio in Manners Street, his training as an engineering cadet in the Public Works Office, and subsequent employment in the Waikato Railways Office in 1874. Also includes descriptions of travel in the North Island, and his marriage. Letters end with the arrival of his younger brother Stanley in October 1878. Transcription made by Timothy A Hunter, a great-nephew of Ashley Hunter, in 1971 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1898

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: A-313-1-001

Description: Quarrelsome and name-calling women members of the National Council of Women dispute in front of the speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. Extended Title - Words, words, words - Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii.2.:The National Council of Women are determined to get a footing within the sacred precincts of the House, somehow or other. Having being refused the loan of the Legislative Council Chamber, they propose to hold their meetings in Bellamy's. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size microfilm printout

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: H-720-001/010

Description: Quantity: 10 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies

Date: 1887 - 1987

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; Angus, Don, active 1938; Paynter, William Henry, 1863-1946; Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; Waite, Keith, 1927-2014; Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940-

Reference: A-312

Description: Cartoons collected by Ian F. Grant for his book "The Unauthorized Version": W. Blomfield (A-312-1 and A-312-6), Angus (A-312-2), Paynter (A-312-3), Tom Scott (A-312-4), W. A. Bowring (A-312-5), Waite (A-312-7) and Ashley Hunter (A-312-8). Published in 'The Unauthorized Version: A Cartoon History of New Zealand' by Ian F. Grant, revised and updated edition published in 1987. Arrangement: This box contains one folder of cartoons by W. Blomfield from the "New Zealand Observer" and "Freelance" from 1890 to 1899 (A-312-1) and (A-312-6), one folder of cartoons by Angus from 1939 (A-312-2), one folder of cartoons by Bill Paynter (A-312-3), one folder of cartoons by Tom Scott (A-312-4), one folder of cartoons by W. A. Bowring (A-312-5), one folder of cartoons by Waite from the "Taranaki Daily Times" (1948 and 1949) and "Otago Daily Times" from 1949 (A-312-7) and one folder of cartoons by Ashley Hunter from the "New Zealand Graphic" and "Ladies Journal" (A-312-8). Quantity: 1 container(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, bromides and newsclippings. Sizes vary

Date: 1892 - 1899

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by various cartoonists

By: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940-; Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: A-312-8-001/033

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand political issues collected by Ian F. Grant for his book "The Unauthorized Version" Quantity: 33 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Photographs and photocopies, 202mm x 258mm and other sizes.

Date: 1895

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: J-040-007

Description: Exhibition and book caption reads - A draft [Australian] federal constitution drawn up in 1891 for the discussion and approval of colonial governments was not even tabled in the New Zealand Parliament and thre were no representatives at the final, bargaining conferences in the late 1890s. New Zealand Prime Minister Richard John Seddon, a popular figure on both sides of the Tasman, had little enthusiasm for weakening New Zealand's sovereignity, his political power, or his imperial ambitions for the South Pacific. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Extended Title - Chorus of Federalists - 'Don't you want to come aboard our ship?' Hon R. S. - 'What! Give up y position as skipper of this 'ere little craft to be bo'sun's mate along of you? No, thanks!' (Proceeds to paddle his own little canoe.) Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy.

Date: 1900

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: J-040-010

Description: Book caption reads - Very much at the last minute, the New Zealand government asked for three amendments to the [Australian] Commonwealth Bill - involving legal and defence matters and seeking the right [for New Zealand] to join the Commonwealth for another seven years on the same terms as the original states. William Pember Reeves, New Zealand's Agent-General in London, annoyed Australian colonies with his reported remarks that a further referendum might be needed. The Australians had held nine referenda in the previous two years and there was no intention of holding any more, particularly as the decision had been a close run thing in New South Wales. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Extended Title - The New Zealand Government wishes to secure certain amendments in the Australian Federation Bill, which will allow New Zealand joining the movement at any future time. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy.

Date: 1899

From: New Zealand Graphic. [Auckland, N.Z., 1890-1908]

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: PUBL-0126-001

Description: Notes under the image read: The Uniform System. The Public is beginning to realise the fact that our present methods of national education may not be absolutely perfect, and the question is being asked whether the educational clothing which a boy receives under the "Uniform Standard" system is that which best fits him for the practical work of life. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph

Date: 1898

From: New Zealand Graphic. [Auckland, N.Z., 1890-1908]

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: PUBL-0126-1898-001

Description: Richard John Seddon standing at a doorway in a dressing gown and flowered hat, an umbrella open, handing a sock marked 'Old age pension' across a welcome mat to a group of five sexagenarians, all men. The phrase Old men's refunds' can also be made out, written across the threshholdRefers to the reintroduction of an old age pension Extended Title - From New Zealand graphic, 1898 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Ashley Hunter 1898 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph

Date: 1899

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: J-040-001

Description: New Zealand is shown as a small boy in sailor costume riding on the tail of a kangaroo bounding across the Tasman sea from New Zealand to Australia. Exhibition and book captions read - New Zealand supporters of federation [with Australia] stressed the shared British stock, language, Queen, God and trade possibilities. New Zealand would progress by 'leaps and bounds' with an assured market for cereals, fruit and some manufactured goods. South Seas isolation was another reason for embracing federation. There was uneasiness about growing German power and French intentions in the Pacific. There was also fear, however, irrational, of the 'yellow peril'. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Extended Title - A contemporary prophesies that should New Zealand join the [Australian] Federation the colony would progress by "leaps and bounds". Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy.

Date: 1983

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: J-044-001

Description: A union boss is using a lever with a man representing "Labour" as the fulcrum to tip the apprehensive world over the edge of a cliff into "anarchy". Bromide made for book "The Unauthorized Version" held by Ian F. Grant. Exhibited in 'The Line-Up' exhibition of 36 cartoons by 36 cartoonists curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library auditorium foyer from 5 April 2002 to mark the tenth anniversary of establishment of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Extended Title - "Give me a fulcrum on which to rest and I will move the Earth". Anarchy. Labour. Strike. Union boss. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies photocopy from a bromide.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from a bromide.

Date: 1895

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: J-040-005

Description: Exhibition and book captions read - By the mid-1890s New Zealand's economy was picking up strongly to the discomfort of both the opposition press at home and the politicians in Victoria, who were staunch supporters of federation [with Australia]. The latter feared that New Zealand's growing prosperity and independence might slow progress towards federation. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Extended Title - Victoria - "Let's see if this will upset their improved credit and prosperity, confound them". N.Z. Opposition Press - "Go it my boy, I've tried to do it myself many a time, but hadn't the strength." Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy.

Date: 1898

From: New Zealand Graphic & Ladies Journal

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: PUBL-0163-1898-001

Description: New Zealand premier Richard John Seddon standing in suit and top hat to the right, a label marked 'Dog tax' in his right hand. Behind him, to the left, a Maori man makes threatening gestures, while a fierce chained dog leaps towards him, snarling. A fenced whare and cabbage tree are in the left background. Refers to strained relations between Maori and the New Zealamd government and to a proposal for a tax on dog ownership, which would affect many Maori. Item not sighted. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: 1899

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: H-711-002

Description: A woman turns the 'helm of the state' away from the direction in which Premier Richard Seddon endeavours to pull it. Exhibited in 'Harpies & Heroines: A cartoon history of the changing roles of women in New Zealand' Exhibition curated by Rachel Macfarlane and Cerridwyn Young of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at the National Library Gallery, 11 July - 26 October 2003. Published in 'Harpies & Heroines' book published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in 2003. Extended Title - At the opening of the National Council of Women in New Zealand held in Auckland, the President, in her address, gave various reasons why women should not only have a share in the Government of the colony, but also a seat in Parliament. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A5 size bromide.