Africa

Date: 1942 - 1949

By: Reeve, Alan Llewellyn, 1910-1962; Reeve, Elizabeth, -1990

Reference: E-411-q

Description: Covers the artist's visits to London 1942-1945; Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Zanzibar, Portuguese East Africa 1945-1946; Sweden and Denmark 1947; Paris, Cannes, Rome, Cassino 1948/49. Includes photo of sketch of Major Peter Matthews, King of Kigezi photos of "Treetops Hotel" Nyeri, Kenya, sketch of the Sultan of Zanzibar. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album, red buckram, 50 pages, 380 x 310 mm. Finding Aids: Inventory in front of album..

Date: 1830 - 1839

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Pencil drawings of birds. 1810s to 1830s]

Reference: E-160-q-036

Description: Drawing of a black weaver on a branch Other Titles - Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 220 x 175 mm

Date: 1837

By: Read, James (Rev), active 1800-1837

Reference: MS-Papers-2853

Description: Brief summary of the career of an LMS clergyman who was in Africa from 1800 to 1836 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1 Dec 1821-30 Jun 1822, 23 Jul 1842-18 Nov 1843, 30 Oct 1845-22 Nov 1846

By: Gambier, Robert Fitzgerald, 1803-1885

Reference: MS-Group-1554

Description: Contains a logbook kept by R F Gambier a midshipsman aboard the `HMS Dauntless', commanded by Captain George C Gambier. The log book records the voyage to the Pacific or `South Seas' in 1821-1822, with details of weather conditions encountered. There are also details of landings throughout the Pacific including Huahini, Tahiti. Also included is a night order book kept by RF Gambier while he was commander aboard the `HMS Satellite' and the `HMS Sappho' for voyages aimed at suppressing the slave trade around Africa during the 1840s. There is also a note book recording `general instructions' in regards to navy vessels. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1977-1997

By: Africa Information Centre (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-1279

Description: Minutes and reports, 1980-1996; correspondence files, 1978-1996; Conference reports; Pan Africa newsletters, 1978-1996; Serials including `ANC weekly news briefing', 1982-1986; Skills Exchange Programme material, 1991-1996; Subject files (include Toby Truell papers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Africa Lobby Group, African Studies Association of Australia and Pacific, Churches Action for Africa, Funding, Schools, Relations with NGOs, Cultural visits, Staff etc); visitors' book 1978-1996 Formed in 1978 and closed in its present form in 1996 Quantity: 40 box(es) file boxes. 3 volume(s). 25 folder(s). 5.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: [1790-1895]

From: Ethnological miscellanies scrapbooks

Reference: MSZ-1394

Description: Scrapbook for Africa and Europe ethnological miscellanies Quantity: 1 volume(s).

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: B-112-001

Description: Circular thatched roofed open sided dwellings on a palm-finged beach with canoes and people stanind on the beach, including the natives of the area and a European man, with a European man and woman sketched in on the left. Betty McFadgen, Museum of New Zealand does not believe that this is a Pacific scene. Could be Africa, West Indies?. Subsequently (mid 1970s) attributed by Library staff to George French Angas, then reattributed as an unknown artist, not a Solomon Islands scene and possibly not the Pacific. Other Titles - Angas, George French 1822-1886. Solomon Islands scene. British School. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil 251 x 361 mm

Date: 1959

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: J-047-001/004

Description: Cartoons on various social and political issues covering topics; safety in school play grounds, the morning after ANZAC Day celebrations, stock diversification among farmers, television attempts to get a closer view of rugby games. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 photocopies Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1915-1918

By: Clachan, William James, 1892?-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-0503

Description: The papers cover Capt Clachan's service in France including the battle of the Somme, with the Middlesex Regiment (1915-1917); service in Africa with the 1st Kings African Rifles (1917-1918). Also includes letters, news clippings, printed order and war information papers, identity papers and photographs, and a German song book. Relationship complexity - Photograph album available at Photograph Archives Quantity: 4 folder(s) (37 pieces). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph albums.

Date: 1978

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, August 1977 - December 1979.]

Reference: A-331-063

Description: The cartoon shows four men, representing Europe, Russia, the United States and Cuba. They are all sitting around a monopoly board. The game has been adapted to include Russian roulette. The Russian and the Cuban look happy but Europe and the United States are not. Refers to control of Africa. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 250 x 185mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-090/112

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the changes within coalition government as a genetic mutation where the Labour Alliance strands are repalaced with the Labour Greens strands. Comment on the plight of the refugee boat people. All Blacks coach John Mitchell calls for more excitement from the All Blacks. Jim Bolger promotes Kiwi Bank to other former world leaders. New Zealand horse Ethereal wins the Melbourne Cup. Helen Clark protects Turiana Turia from opposition accussations of political interference. President Bush attempts to calm and reassure the American people in the face of extreme threats from Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. John Howard wins another term as Australian Prime Minister on the backs of refugee boat people. Jim Anderton and Bill English look for ways to provide gaurded support for New Zealand SAS involvement in Afghanistan. Shows lions in a zoo with a sign 'Big Cat poisoning Times...' The new rule in Kabul Afghanistan, don't dare NOT to show yourself. Shows a man having his beard removed and a women removing her veil. Both regimes the now deposed Taleban instituted. A bin Laden supporter talks about the perfect weapon they have against the American led attack into Afghanistan. However they have some problems with detonating the nuclear bomb. Factions within the Alliance Party turn on each other and vow to fight to the death. Comment on the increase in alcohol consumption due to the lowering of the drinking age, and expectation that the same thing will happen when cannibis is legalised. Shows the maze of buildings that United States Air Force missiles are trying to penetrate in Afghanistan. The chance of striking a target is pretty low. The Prime Minister is swollowed by a giant snake during a visit to the Amazon. A reporter asks her how the Amazon compares with NZ eco-tourism. Jim Anderton pretends to fire a gatling gun every time the Alliance Party President, Matt McCarten appears on television. Helen Clark arrives home to find the house demolished. Refers to Alliance Party infighting. Shows Jim Anderton and Matt McCarten facing off over the breakfast table. A Black Caps cricket player thanks an African rain-man for helping the team by creating rain which washed out the second test. Jim Anderton reassures everyone that the crisis within the Alliance Party is now over and he and Matt McCarten are now pulling in the same direction. The Alliance boat is now however sinking. New Zealanders make love twice a week on average. A woman comments that it is decidedly average. Afghanistan Alliance soldiers run over Taliban prisoners in an armoured tank. They blame the prisioners for being in the way. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: [198-?]

From: Thomas, Allan Granville Beauchamp, 1942-2010 :Photographs relating to his research into music, particularly images of musicians, dancers and singers of Tokelau

Reference: PA12-8425

Description: (African?) men playing drums and (xylophone?) taken (in Africa?) circa 1980s. photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning sport (excluding rugby). Published in the Auckland Star, 1977 - 1988].

Reference: A-333-116

Description: The cartoon is in four parts and shows a man sitting on a desert island listening to the radio. Each part shows the radio broadcasting a different comment, which are things the man seems fairly indifferent to. The final two parts show the radio broadcasting that it may be losing the Pacific service, and the man seems fairly happy with that. Refers to Radio New Zealand, the 1982 Commonwealth games and sporting ties between New Zealand and South Africa. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Should our kiwi sportsmen go to South Africa? Will there be a black African boycott? What do Hayden, Muldoon, Bjelke-Peterson, HART, Ordia, etc, etc, think? This Radio New Zealand Pacific news service may be axed... Cheers! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 265 x 190mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1862 - 1863

From: Working Men's Educational Union :[Missionary wall pictures]. - London ; Working Men's Educational Union, [1850s?]

By: Working Men's Educational Union

Reference: D-010-007

Description: A dark-skinned man and two women at the entrance to a small shelter, with fishing nets draped on the roof. Curved sticks, or possibly elephant tusks, protrude from the ground in the distance Probably used as an illustration for lecture tours. The people may be African, rather than Pacific Islanders, especially if the curved objects are elephant tusks Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Printed calico (hand-col.), 895 x 1185 mm

Date: 1983 - 1985

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-036/054

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. English royals sell off surplus New Zealand gifted wedding presents. New economy-fare airlines hit the skys. People encouraged to talk to their plants. Vehicle license fees up by 93%. Claims that human water-births would contribute to world peace.. Father's Day now celebrated during school holidays. Public response to grocery price-freeze. Maori rugby tours avoid arguements over racially selected teams. Two men muse over the reason for burning Guy Fawkes. Protesting at Waitangi on Wantangi Day. New Zealand fear of nuclear warships accelerates. Airlines begin serving liquor on board flights. Test-tube baby experiments have been approved in Auckland. People consider the 1984 'end of the world' scenario. Marsden Refinery workers return to work after their strike. Marsden Refinery workers strike. The Muldoon National Government calls a snap election amidst the Marsden Refinery strike. New Zealand resistance against the a USA Navy warship. Patients in the hospital outpatients get their respective wounds dealt to following protests for and against rugby tours and gay rights. Quantity: 19 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

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: 1830 - 1839

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Pencil drawings of birds. 1810s to 1830s]

Reference: E-160-q-035

Description: Drawing of a bird on a branch. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 277 x 220 mm

Date: 1830 - 1837

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Watercolours of birds. 1828-1837.

Reference: E-256-q-108

Description: Drawing of a short billed shrike on a branch. The plumage is a greyish green with pale orange breast and greenish-yellow underparts. There is a greyish green mask surrounding the eye with a thin yellow stripe above the eye extending to the back of the head. The beak is grey and slightly hooked at the end; the legs are grey. Compare with drawing at E-158-q-007 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 210 x 138 mm

Date: 1940 - 1946

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010

Reference: A-433-026/032

Description: Includes: 026. Boat with two sails, manned by three African men 027. Boat with two sails, manned by three African men 028. Two sailing boats with men in fezes. 029. Portrait of an African man 030. Sailing boat with a triangular sail off a coast 031. Three pencil landscape sketches 032. Girl studying an African jar Quantity: 7 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil drawings, and one photograph, sizes varying

Date: [1851-1926]

From: King family : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-5641-2

Description: Comprises draft of grant on fulfilment of a contract by the NZ Company for land bounded by the Henui Stream (1851); report of public meeting in Wellington re MHRs attending General Legislature session in Auckland (nd); supplement, `The Battle of Waireka...' 19 Jun 1926; consipiracy case report against Thomas King and others (1886); Col Trimble's address to his constituents at Waitara (ca 1883); report of presentation to Thomas King (17 Jul 1878); Boer War clippings (ca 1900); `The Budget and Taranaki Weekly Herald' (2 Nov 1878) with letter by Thomas King on mission property; map of Stanley's route and official report (1890); report, O'Donnell v Walter and another (1888); `Daily news' jubilee no (31 Mar 1891); `Daily mail' (21 July 1904) Quantity: 1 folder(s).