Newcombe, Frank Lawrence, 1910-1998

Date: 1900-1984

By: Atkinson, Alice Blair Lauder, 1937-2015

Reference: PA1-o-1979

Description: Album containing photographs of the descendants of Stephen and Sarah Lancaster, particularly the Newcombe family, circa 1900 to 1984, collected or taken by the Newcombe family. Photographers are mostly unidentified but include Joseph Zachariah 'Zak' of Wellington (including a series of images of lawn bowls in Karori in 1910). Mostly includes portraits and group portraits of family members including images of weddings, holidays (including Rotorua, Kerikeri, Tauranga, and Australia), picnics, graduations, children playing, sporting activities, soldiers from World War One and World War Two, people posing in gardens and outside houses, and people at unidentified beaches. Many of the portraits are of Gwendoline (Gwen) Newcombe. Also includes historic streetscapes of Karori, early gardens, rural scenes, houses and buildings, including Karori School, and St Mary's Church; and some postcards of the Royal Family including Princess Elizabeth and King Edward VIII (dated 1920). Some photographs have been dated retrospectively by family members, and some are missing. Three items have come loose, including a passport for G G Newcombe, and Mr F Newcombe, valid 1930 to 1935. Title supplied by Library. Some of the photographs have annotations on the back, that are mostly inaccessible currently. The pages were numbered by the creator of the album. Some of the subjects of the photographs are named on this site: Amy Alice Lancaster, was the daughter of Stephen and Sarah Lancaster. She married William Fry Newcombe. Their children were Leo Archibald Newcombe, Gwendoline Newcombe, Raymond Newcombe, Henry Heal Newcombe, William Lancaster Newcombe, and Frank Lawrence Newcombe. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 614 black and white prints, and 34 colour prints. Physical Description: Black leather bound album, 18.5 x 26.5 cm. Provenance: The donor was the partner of Frank Lawrence Newcombe (died 1998) of Karori, Wellington, who was from the Lancaster and Newcombe families. Processing information: Some of the photographs had become loose so were removed and placed inside an enclosure.

Date: [1864-1985]

From: Karori Historical Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-8092-1

Description: Scrapbook of articles and clippings relating to Wellington history, and Karori in particular, compiled by Frank Newcombe; many are undated but the clippings are from circa 1864 to 1985. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 30 Apr 1940-29 Sep 1944

From: Heenan, Joseph William Allan (Sir), 1888-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1132-171

Description: Includes photos and clippings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1872-1927

From: Karori Historical Society: Records

By: Karori Historical Society

Reference: Series-6039

Description: Historical manuscripts collected by members of the Karori Historical Society, including a land deed for Maungatapu, near Morrinsville, dated 1872, diaries, and receipts from 1890s-1901. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Two volumes and two folders of holographs, printed matter, and typescripts

Date: 1888, 1975, 1977

From: Karori Historical Society: Records

By: Karori Historical Society

Reference: Series-6040

Description: One folder of manuscript material including correspondence and a newsletter. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One folder of manuscript material

Date: 1907-1909

From: Karori Historical Society: Records

By: Karori Historical Society

Reference: Series-6041

Description: Papers relating to the Karori Ratepayers' Association. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One folder of manuscript material

Date: 1961

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: 75-241-053

Description: Copies of memos for the period when Pascoe was Controller of the Wildlife Branch of Internal Affairs. Includes the memo informing his staff that an appeal against his holding the job has been successful by his opponent. Includes material on freshwater fisheries, acclimatisation societies, fauna protection, the Rotorua lakes, kakapo, tuatara and other species. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1953-1967

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: 87-208-102

Description: Many of the letters relate to ornithology. Includes `Report on specimen of pterodrama collected - Norfolk Island by Jack Hyett 10 Jun 1965'. A number of the letters congratulate Fleming on receiving the Hector Award. Letters are selectively indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1971-1984

From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5292-047

Description: Inward & outward correspondence Other Titles - New Zealand Who's Who Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1946-1968

From: Cunningham, John Melville, fl 1946-1953 : Papers

Reference: 2001-190-2/04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [1864-1985]

From: Karori Historical Society: Records

By: Karori Historical Society

Reference: Series-6038

Description: Scrapbook of articles and clippings relating to Wellington history, and Karori in particular, compiled by Frank Newcombe. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 7 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Karori Historical Society per Ms J Heynes, Aug 2004 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the opening of the cycling season, Wellington; now in PAColl-8104. Processing information: This was added to MS-Group-1406 in August 2016, as it comes from the same provenance of the Karori Historical Society.

By: Newcombe, Frank Lawrence, 1910-1998

Reference: Curios-017-005

Description: Small brown change purse with a single pocket with a domed flap. The exterior of the flap is covered with ornate patterning in gold, with an inlaid section in lighter leather. Possibly an Arabic design. The purse formerly belonged to author Robin Hyde (Iris Wilkinson) Mrs Beylah (Beulah?) Henry was a friend of Robin Hyde's. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Leather, 65 x 105 mm

Date: 1944-1960

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8179-54

Description: File relating to job applications, regrading of staff etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 23 Apr 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001131-F

Description: Frank Newcombe on Porter's Rock, Abel Tasman National Park, 23 April, 1944. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Original caption reads: "On a granite outcrop in a little known part of Nelson, Frank chews lunch and thinks about the untracked bush between him and the coast. For four years he served in a Field Ambulance Unit overseas with the 2nd NZEF. Now he gets material for a report on plant life and birds. Shortly he will return to the war." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative