Glasgow

Date: 1927-1930

From: Lovell-Smith, Hilda Kate, 1886-1973 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1376-02

Description: Contains correspondence between Miss Tancred, Miss England and Miss Zimmern relating to the subject of policewomen. Also contains a letter from the Assistant Chief Constable of Glasgow giving information on policewomen there. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1966

By: Munro, Colin, active 1966

Reference: PAColl-1648

Description: Original negatives deposited at HMNZS Philomel Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [c 1960s]

From: New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers :Photographs of ports, docks and shipping around the world.

Reference: PA12-8638

Description: 24 transparency slides relating to the New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers, taken in the early 1960s. Places identified: Hamburg, Glasgow, Liverpool, Le Harve and London. Hamburg: General views of ships and docks Glasgow: Storage Liverpool: General views of ships, storage, loading ships and wharf workers London: General Views of packing sheds ships, dock workers and cargo handling Le Havre (Slides with L.E H C.H written on them): General views of shipping yards, wharf workers preparing cargo (fruit exports/imports). Quantity: 24 colour copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slides

Date: ca 1913-1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to New Zealand's involvement in World War I

Reference: PA1-q-908

Description: Photographs of soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, taken ca 1913-1919, consisting mainly of studio portraits taken in New Zealand and Britain, and images of military training camps. Also includes photographs of unidentified Maori soliders, scenes on board troop ships, weddings, bands and training marches. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 14 Feb-3 Nov 1909

By: Coleman family

Reference: MS-Group-1299

Description: Photocopies of letters written by Frances Coleman to her parents while travelling in Britain in 1909 with her friend Mabel Morley; the letters are written from the `Mokoia', `Friedrich der Grosse' when she was in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Glasgow, Callender, Leeds, Keswick, Crewe, Great Bentley, Horsham, Paris, Dresden and Montreux These letters have been numbered and are part of a larger sequence of 42 letters; the numbers the Library has are 1-5 and 25-42 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs R Belton, Paraparaumu, Jun 2004

Date: 1832-1833

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1004

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume).

Date: Mar-May 1866

By: Campbell, Walter Lorne, 1845-1874

Reference: MS-0442

Description: This volume records his life in Scotland shortly before emigration to New Zealand Relationship complexity - Other volumes of journal, May 1866-Mar 1873, available on microfilm (Micro-MS-0001) Campbell owned Waimarama sheep station in Hawkes Bay Quantity: 1 volume(s) (39 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: 9 October 1967

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1657

Description: Presentation album of the launch of the merchant ship `Port Chalmers,' launched by Lady Porritt at Linthouse, Glasgow 9 October 1967. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009

Date: [1910s]

Reference: PA1-q-187

Description: Postcards from the 1910s, with one of the ship RMS Ormonde at the beginning. Most of the views are taken in Britain and Europe, with a few of Australia (inserted in an envelope in a pocket inside front cover, and at the end of the album), and one of the Invercargill water tower and water works (p 046). The British postcards are all tourist views of landscapes, university colleges (Cambridge), churches and other historical buildings, including Hampton Court Palace. Many of the European postcards are again of historical buildings and landscapes, but one sequence shows scenes of war damage in Belgium (pages 058-076). Many of the views show the environment before the first World War, with the same view at the end of the war. Examples of these are at Dixmunde [i.e. Diksmuide, or Dixmude], Ypres, and Ostende [i.e. Oostende]. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, stylised decoration of flowers in green and black, entitled `Post Card Album' in golden lettering; 28.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1978, 1997

From: Simmons, David Roy, 1930-2015: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5971

Description: Comprises catalogues compiled in 1997 of Maori material in Scots and Irish museums prepared by Simmons from records made in 1978 Simmons travelled to Europe and North America in 1978 to study holdings of Maori material in museums there; this catalogue represents his work in Great Britain and Ireland Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 20 Aug 1849

By: Nisbet, James, active 1849

Reference: MS-Papers-1498

Description: Letter from Nisbet in Glasgow to his brother, John, in Auckland re family matters, cholera epidemic in Glasgow, offer to pay for return visit to Glasgow; postscript from his wife, Sarah (1849) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1900 - 1914

From: [Postcard album of cards donated by Mrs Brabin. 1909-1920s].

By: M Wane & Company

Reference: Eph-F-POSTCARD-Vol-1-57-3

Description: Postcard shows a scene on the Clyde River at Glasgow, with a red-funnelled steamer departing, and another steamship tied up at the wharf on the right. Other Titles - Edinburgh Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard in album.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 89 x 139 mm.

Date: 1800-1816, 1835, 1869, 1896

From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-2

Description: Contains: a list of the children of Neil Small, 1800-1816; the marriage certificate for Frederick Small, wright, of Glasgow and Euphemia Carnachan, residing in Wigtown, on 14 Aug 1835 at Wigtown; copy of the register of marriage for Neil Small, farmer, and Margaret Sutherland, on 8 Oct 1969 at Lyall Bay, Wellington; copy of the register of marriage for Alexander Robert Small, farmer, of Upper Tutaenui, and Elizabeth Mary Ann Stewart, of Turakina, in the district of Marton Rangatikei, 16 Nov 1896 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts completed in ms

Date: 1938

By: Main, William, 1934-2023

Reference: PA1-f-149

Description: Album of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, held at Glasgow in 1938. Images in the album show the New Zealand, Canadian, British, and South African pavillions, and some of the displays housed in them. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [August to October 1947, June 1958 and June 1959

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-199

Description: Album in two sequences. The first 12 pages are contacts from 35mm film relating to a John Tenison Salmon's Carnegie Travelling Fellowship in 1958-1959; the second sequence (pages 13-41) contains prints relating to his trip to Australia to attend the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science Congress held in 1947. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: [1980-1984]

From: Dakin, James Campbell, 1908-2005 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8222

Description: Index cards compiled by Dakin during his research into his unpublished article, `The working-class pioneers' (also titled as `The background of the working-class pioneers'; the cards have notes of his records of emigrants from Britain entering Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson from 1840-1844, from Somerset, Kent, Cornwall, Sussex (Brede), Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire (mainly from Alton), Bath and environs, Birmingham, Glasgow and environs, Paisley, Dundee and hinterland including Perth, and miscellaneous places Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - See unpublished articles by Dakin at MS-Papers-2294 and references to their donation in `Turnbull Library record' (1983, p 129, 1984, p110) Quantity: 1 box(es) (A4 box). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J C Dakin, Thorndon, Wellington, Mar 2005

Date: 1847-1855

By: Bannerman, Jane, 1835?-1923

Reference: qMS-0131

Description: Undated reminiscences of emigrating to New Zealand with her family by Jane Bannerman. Jane was twelve at the time of the journey. Reminiscences describe voyage on the Philip Laing, parting with friends and relatives in Glasgow and life in Otago including a description of the house in Dunedin the family lived in and in particular the kitchen. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 17 Aug 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: McArthur, Violet, 1897-1992

Reference: OHInt-0006/51

Description: Describes childhood in Glasgow, work, outbreak of war, reaction of community to enlistment, conscription, Archie McArthur's enlistment, 'Kitchener's Army', Archie's war experiences at Gallipoli, malaria in Alexandria, did not return until after war, recalls Australian and New Zealand soldiers in Glasgow during war, relationships with soldiers, influenza epidemic, venereal disease, Erskine Hospital, Glasgow, marriage in 1922, death of husband in 1929, emigration of son and later herself to New Zealand, treatment of her husband by Earl of Haig Fund, compensation for his death, work for the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society, why she will not buy poppy on Anzac Day, reflects on the war and her life. Language - English (Glaswegian accent) Venue - Christchurch Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mrs McArthur's home at Flat 11, Palliser Place, Christchurch Accompanying material - Copy of newspaper clipping from the World War I Oral History Archive asking for participants for interviews, no source or date; copy of letter written by Minnie McArthur to Archive, 28/3/88. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 493. Black and white photographs:-. Violet McArthur, undated. Minnie McArthur and husband Archie, undated

Date: 08 Mar 1985

From: NZ News Ltd: Sound recordings

By: Upton, Geoffrey Thomson, 1912-1989

Reference: OHInt-0135-01

Description: Geoffrey Upton gives details of the amalgamation of the 'Lyttelton times' and 'Taranaki daily news' into NZ Newspapers Ltd in 1925. Discusses the Leys family, experiences as a student at Cambridge University in England and as a reporter in Glasgow, Christchurch and Auckland, mentions fellow students and newspaper staff. Describes his military experiences before, during and after World War II in Fiji, Auckland and the Solomon Islands with reference to the sinking of the 'Niagara'. Explains history of the acquisition of 'Waikato times', Hilton Keys' involvement, 'Northern advocate', 'Southland times', 'Hawkes bay herald-tribune' and Hawkes Bay Newspapers Ltd, 'Napier daily telegraph', Brierley involvement, 'Eve magazine', 'NZ home journal', 'NZ pictorial', details of editorial policy with reference to Korean war and Suez affair, editors Eric Dumbleton and others. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Ross Sayers Venue - Auckland Accompanying material - Copies of newspaper articles from the Auckland star about the passenger ship Niagara which was sunk by a mine. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002462 - OHC002463A Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 429. Search dates: 1912 - 1985

Date: 7 Sep 2009 - 07 Sep 2009

From: From memory oral history project

By: Beams, Peter Derek, 1929-2010

Reference: OHInt-0981-05

Description: Interview with Peter Beams, born in Clapham, London in 1929. Talks about his family background, early life and schooling in Glasgow and weekends at Loch Lomond. Recalls his father built an Anderson air raid shelter in their back garden. Comments on being evacuated to New Zealand with his two older brothers in 1940, and not bringing any personal items with them. Refers to sailing on the SS Ruahine and suffering from sea sickness. Recalls the ship being visited in Wellington by prime minister Peter Fraser. Talks about being taken with his brothers to a magnificant house (Tudor House) in Park Road, Belmont to stay with George and Ethel Seers. Mentions the history of the house which was owned by General Motors at the time. Describes their accomodation and mentions the cook Betty Verity and parlour maid Jean Hyde. Talks about food, eating mostly in the servants' quarters, tennis, billiards, entertainment and discipline. Comments on spending a lot of time walking the hills, walking the dog and playing war games with friends. Refers to being taught to wait on table. Reflects that he and his brothers were fairly self-sufficient because they were not used to closeness in their family. Refers to attending Hutt Central School and later Nelson College, and talks about life there as a boarder. Mentions that he was not really concerned with news of the war but kept up with it. Recalls hearing of Pearl Harbour, submarine sightings around New Zealand, and the Americans having ammunition dumps in the Western Hutt Hills. Recalls the 1942 earthquake. Comments that he was required to return to Britain at the end of the war but having "nowhere to go home for". Refers to sailing with one brother on the SS Rangitata via the Suez Canal and being met by their father who was a stranger to them. Comments that their parents were separated and he met his mother later. Refers to working on a farm until he was called up for National Service in 1947. Comments on serving in Egypt and Malaya, being demobbed in Sydney and returning to New Zealand in 1950 after recovering from malaria. Talks about going back to live with the Seers whom he had kept in contact with. Discusses working for Wright Stephenson & Co (stock and station agents) and his subsequent career including working at General Motors and finally starting his own sign company. Mentions marrying his wife Mona Cadwallader in 1953 and building their house. Refers to meeting his mother and brother Tony in England in 1985, and also meeting his father again once they located him. Comments on a memoir he was writing about his own experiences. Reflects being grateful for the experiences and opportunities he has had that would not otherwise have been available to him, but regrets the lack of a family life when young. Accompanying material - Partial memoir by Peter Beams written for his children, covering his life up to the 1970s (OHDL-001383) Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001380 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 digital photograph(s) - Tiff file. 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 9 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s) - Tiff files. 1 Electronic document(s) - word document (partial memoir). 1 interview(s). 3.47 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7242. Search dates: 1929 - 1939 - 2009 - 1945