Bethlehem

Date: 1993

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Editorial cartoons. 6 November - 21 December 1993

Reference: H-105-017

Description: Shows a 3-laned highway at the entrance to Bethlehem. Above it a sign marks the lanes out as "All ye faithful", "Joyful" and "Triumphant". Refers to the approach of Christmas Another copy at A-299-107 Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: [1917-1919]

By: Barnett, William John, active 1914-1919

Reference: PA1-o-033

Description: Photograph album of images taken during World War I by William John Barnett, trooper with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Includes views of Jerusalem, Bethany, and Bethlehem; the only bridge across the Suez Canal erected by Anzac troops and engineers, and a pontoon bridge across the River Jordan. Images of people include Bedouin families, General Allenby and staff at Jerusalem, photographs of various soldiers in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles including Eric Anderson, Spud Murphy, and Ernie Stevens. Views of King Solomon's wells (near Bethlehem); St Catherine's Cathedral, the Palace Hotel, and the New Zealand Convalescent Home are all at Heliopolis; New Zealand war graves at Gaza. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album 190 x 260 mm Provenance: Donated by Beulah Barnett, Fairfield, 1977

Date: 1993

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards

Reference: A-299-107

Description: Shows a 3-laned highway at the entrance to Bethlehem. Above it a sign marks the lanes out as "All ye faithful", "Joyful" and "Triumphant". Refers to the approach of Christmas. Another copy at H-105-017 Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1941

By: Thimbleby, Sandra, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-7124

Description: Photographs of scenes and buildings in Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Palestine, taken in 1941 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941? to 1943

By: McLean, Stuart, active 1941-1945

Reference: PA1-o-314

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by Corporal Stuart McLean when with the 2NZEF in the Middle East, 1941 to 1942. Photographs mostly of street scenes, monuments, and historic sites in Egypt, Libya and Israel. A few photographs show scenes associated with World War II, including group portraits of soldiers in Stuart McLean's company, war damage in Tripoli which fell to the 8th Army, 23rd January 1943, and war cemeteries in Jerusalem, Bagush and Takrouna. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue leather cover, coloured illustration in the centre, with an Egyptian scene including pyramids, palms and a camel; 21 x 28 cm

Date: Apr-Dec 1941

By: Thomas, Richard E, active 1941

Reference: MS-Papers-11548

Description: Folder comprises three typescript letters from Thomas who was based in the Middle East, back home to his family and friends in New Zealand. The first two letters describe Thomas' activites when he is on leave. This includes detailed accounts of the local Egyptian people and his sight-seeing trips. Thomas visits Luxor, the Nile, Cairo, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, Jordan, Dead Sea, Nazareth, Tiberias, Galilee, Haifa, Tel-Aviv and Jaffa. He relates sights visited, foods eaten, means of transport taken and people met. The third letter gives accounts of his position and involvement in the war in Libya. Source of title - Supplied by Library Lance Bombardier Richard E Thomas fought with the Artillery Training Regiment in the Middle East during World War Two. Serial Number: 28807 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Estate of Mr B J Lynch, Wellington, Sep 2013

Date: 1940-1942

From: Wilcox family: Papers and photographs relating to Norman Bramwell Wilcox

Reference: PA1-o-1974

Description: Photograph album containing 251 photographs, 250 of which are numbered, mainly taken by Norman Wilcox, between 1940 and 1942. The album is accompanied by a nine-page typescript index to the photographs. Photographs include pictures of Wilcox and comrades in various camps and off duty; scenery and street scenes in Greece, Cairo, and Palestine; and many photographs of biblical sites in Palestine and Jerusalem, including a series of the Via Dolorosa and the Stations of the Cross. Title supplied by Library. Wilcox was with the 24th Infantry Battalion in Greece, and later at officer training in Cairo. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 251 photographs. Physical Description: Photograph album, 24.5 x 39 cm, with a tooled leather cover inset with a beaten metal scene of David's Tower, fastened with a cord. Pages are interleaved with tissue paper. Three loose pages in the front of the album. Processing information: Not all place names in this collection have been indexed.

Date: [ca 1916-1919]

From: Jackson, Ynyr George, 1898-1961: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10623-2

Description: Photographs of landscapes, buildings, animals, and people, mostly in Palestine, by Ynyr George Jackson, from the period 1916-1919. Series of photographs with captions inscribed by Jackson verso, including: - "1 Near Zakariah" [Az-Zakariyya or Zakaria] - "2 Bedouin ploughing Richon Le Zion" [Rishon LeZion] - "3 Monastry on the 'Mount of Temptation' Jericho" - "4 Near Solomon's Pools Bethlehem" - "5 In the Wadi Kelt Jericho" - "6 On trek between Zakariah & Bethlehem" - "7 The Damascus Gate Jerusalem" - "8 Bethlehem" - "9 Watering Horses Auja" [Al-Auja or Yarkon River] - "10 Russian Church 'Garden of Gethsemene'" - "11 River Jordan" - "12 Armed Arabs" - "13 Street in New Jerusalem" - "14 Jordan River Near Ghoranieh [Ghoraniyeh]" - "15 Pontoon Bridge at Ghoranieh [Ghoraniyeh] Jericho" - "16 Bridge built by R E's Ghoranieh [Ghoraniyeh] Jericho" - "17 Pontoon bridge Ghorianieh" [Ghoraniyeh] - "18 Jaffa Gate Jerusalem" - "19 Jerusalem" - "20 Kasr el Nil Bridge Cairo" [Qasr El Nil Bridge] - "21 Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem" - "22 On Trek" - "23 In the Jordan Valley" - "24 Bethlehem" - "25 Jericho" - "26 Near Amman" - "27 Road between Bethlehem & Zahariah" - "28 Jerusalem" - "29 Mosque of Omar Jerusalem" And another series of images with captions: - "2 Tobacco patch Abu Hassan el Keber" - "3 Pits dug in front of Turk trenches at Weili Sheikh Nuran redoubt. The earth is carted away & they were almost impossible to cross on foot." - "4 Transport French Colonial Troops. Khan Yunis" - "5 Khan Yunis" - "6 This hill is supposed to have been built many centuries ago as a fortress. Its about 4 times as large as photo only shows one corner." - "7 Indian Troops" - "8 Khan Yunis" - "9 Arabs Khan Yunis" - "10 The Dump. Dier el Belah" - "11 Barley crop near Rafa" - "12 Orchards near Khan Yunis" - "13 Military Cemetery Khan Yunis" - "14 Water Troughs. Wadi Ghuzze [Ghuzee]" - "15 Ayrshire R. H. A." [Royal Horse Artillery] Another series of images most likely by an unidentified photographer with captions inscribed by Jackson: - "Jaffa Gate Jerusalem" - "Old Jerusalem" - "School of Instruction Zeitoun" - "St Davids Tower Jerusalem" Also four photographs without captions, all featuring horses. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints.

Date: 1940-1943

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: Pa1-f-121

Description: Album of photographs interspersed with postcards (coloured, and black & white), newspaper cuttings, and typescript inserts partially in the form of a diary, relating to the views. Album created, and chiefly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, while serving with the RAF in Ceylon, the Middle East, Pakistan and Asia. Quantity: 21 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled grey cover, 29 x 38 cm

Date: [Between 1941 and 1943]

From: Colville, Lionel Alfred Clarence, 1918-2004:Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-105

Description: Views of Palestine and Israel taken by Lionel Alfred Colville, circa 1941-1943, when he was attached to the Royal Greek Army. Chiefly scenes of everyday life and historical sites in the area; includes photographs of King George of Greece inspecting the troops; General Freyberg with Colonel Samson and Brigadier Falconer; and a number of identified soldiers. Other Titles - Palestine Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown patterned cover, entitled "Photographs", with additional title hand-written in white ink which reads "Palestine", 25 x 30 cm

Date: 1940-1945

From: Lewis, Lorrie Lionel, 1917-2001 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1610

Description: Photograph album compiled by Lorrie Lionel Lewis who served as a signalman during World War II. The album is dedicated to fellow signalman Laurie H Sweetman who died 23 October 1942. Includes photographs of the Lewis family in New Zealand, Lewis at Trentham camp, voyage on board the 'Aquitania', scenes in Ceylon and Egypt, on leave in Palestine, prisoner of war in Germany, scenes in London and Petone in 1945 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 24 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1940-1944

By: Crump, Douglas Ronald, 1919-1944; Crump, William, active 1950s; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-764

Description: Photographs taken and collected by 2nd Lieutenant Douglas Ronald Crump prior to his death at La Luna, Italy, 7 August 1944. Album comprises: Photographs of the grave of Douglas Ronald Crump at La Luna, Italy, with Brigadier S H Crump Scenes in Papakura Camp, 1940 Scenes of farewell parade for 5th reinforcements at Auckland Domain, 1941 Scenes on convoy to Middle East, showing ships Nieuw Amsterdan and Mauretania, and views of Sydney and Colombo. Scenes in camp at Maadi and Helwan, Egypt, June 1941; pyramids and sphinx; Divisional swimming sports; manoeuvres; Cairo; Alexandria; No 1 NZ Convalescent Depo, Alexandria; Sinai Desert; Syria; Palestine; Lebanon, Beirut; Damascus; Palmyra; Jerusalem, Bethlehem; Haifa; Tel Aviv Visits to ancient Egyptian sites, including Luxor, the temples at Karnak, the tomb of Tutankhamun, the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, and Thebes Scenes on the Nile, including the Assuan Dam, and a BOAC flying boat landing Sporting events, including a rugby match between 4th NZ Armoured Brigade and Welsh representatives at Maadi, 3 Feb 1943; Brigade athletics meet, Littoria Stadium, Cairo, 5 April 1943 Scenes at Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) Views of Bari, Rome and Florence Portraits of Douglas Ronald Crump Album consists of photographs taken and collected by Douglas Ronald Crump (1919-1944) prior to his death, and compiled into an album by his brother, William Crump. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound album with red morrocco spine and corners, 28.5 x 33.5 cm

Date: 1941

From: Parker, Raymond Walter :World War Two photograph albums compiled by R W Parker

Reference: PA1-o-981

Description: Photographs taken on leave in Palestine. Jerusalem, Churches, the Dome of the Rock Mosque, the British and New Zealand war ceneteries, biblical sites like the Garden of Gethsemane, Bethlehem, the Mount of Olives, the River Jordan, and the sea of Galilee, and swimming in the Dead Sea. There are views of the countryside around Jerusalem, some villages, and the coastal town, Haifa. The first group of photographs of Greece seem to have been taken on the move to the battle front, and on retreat. They are largly views of the countryside, Mount Olympus, and the Katarini Pass. There is a photograph of the Signals Division's last camp at Marathon where they spent the day hidden before marching to the beach from which they embarked on the Glengyle for Crete. The photographs cover the period 22 March to 25 April, 1941. The photographs of Crete were taken before the German invasion. Soldiers going to church, lining up for food, and general interaction with the Cretans. The towns photographed are Galatos and Carnia. Parker must have been wounded on Crete as the next group of photographs are of the military hospital, and Kiwi Club at Helwan, Egypt, and scenes and events at Maadi. Then there are photographs taken from the Maunganui on the way back to New Zealand. The rest of the photographs are of the Creek campaign and of army friends in Egypt, Syria, and Italy in 1943 and 1944 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1918-1919]

By: Lupton, Roger Deller, 1897-

Reference: PAColl-0401

Description: Photographs of Palestine, Egypt and the Middle East, probably taken by Roger Lupton who was on active service there. As there are captions relating to the AMR, it is assumed that he was with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment. They are mostly of places of interest in the area such as the Monastery of St George at Wadi Qelt; the Crusaders' Tower in Richon; the Mosque of Omar, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem; temple ruins at Luxor; the Agricultural College in Jaffa; the River Jordan; a Roman amphitheatre in Amman; the German Church in Bethlehem; the Church of Lazarus in Bethany; the inside of the Russian Church in Jaffa; and a man and a woman floating in the Dead Sea. However, there are others relating to the campaign: a pontoon bridge over the River Jordan; Kastal Railway Station on the Mecca line with a long goods train being loaded; the remains of the Turkish gun Jericho Jane (Turkish gun used in the Jordan Valley during the First World War so named as its range was long enough to hit Jericho from the opposite side of the vally, twelve miles away. The gun had an eighteen foot barrel); bombed houses in Jaffa; a cemetery; Algerian cavalry in Ismalia; railway lines at Tantah, Egypt; a stone Turkish bridge at Beersheba; the ruins of a Turkish patrol boat next to the Dead Sea; a railway engine destroyed by the retreating Turks; dead horses of the Auckland regiment in the Jordan Valley; a group of soldiers on board a troop ship; and three of men and horses, one showing the camp at Richon. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s) loose prints. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) post cards. 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

From: Davey family: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1538

Description: Photograph album relating to soldier's service during World War II in Italy and Egypt. Includes photographs of tanks, gunnery, cities and towns in Italy, Austria and Middle East, ruined buildings, and desert warfare. The image captioned as 'With Tiger tanks' on top left of page.3, actually shows a Panther tank on the road. Source of descriptive information - tank type identified by reader Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 185 x 285 mm

Date: Nov 1941-1944

From: Downes, Peter, 1928- : Photographs

By: Knowles, Alexander Hamilton, 1917-2014

Reference: PAColl-10161

Description: Consists of images relating to Alexander Hamilton Knowles's army service during World War II between 1941 and 1944. Photographers are unidentified, but several images appear to be commercial tourist prints. Most of the photographs were probably taken by Knowles. The majority of photographs are hand dated. Some also feature brief annotations giving locations or other details. Many images relate to Knowles's service as a truck driver, showing the depot at Maadi Camp, the other drivers and different kinds of work involved. This includes showing the loading and transportation of food supplies, firewood, bricks, armoured vehicles and other materials. Accidents, repair jobs and recreational breaks are also shown. Other images show street scenes and famous sights in Egypt, including in Cairo and Alexandria. There are also photographs of similar subjects in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. One print shows Knowles's unit on leave in Rome, 1944. Three images record a visit to the grave of Eddie Sapsford at the El Alamein Cemetery. For other images related to Knowles's army service, see PAColl-10169-2 and PA6-798. Arrangement: Prints have been arranged by the Library into chronological order, as near as can be ascertained. Undated prints are placed at the end of this sequence. Two large format group portraits (originally numbered PAColl-10161-001 and PAColl-10161-002) are now at PAColl-10169-2. Quantity: 201 b&w original photographic print(s). 22 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 2007

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0004740

Description: Shows a scene in Bethlehem with a baby Jesus Christ helping his mother Mary draw water from the well. A reporter interviews Joseph, the father, who tells him to just write 'mother and baby doing well'. Refers to the nativity and a corny pun on 'well'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0004725

Description: Shows a nativity scene with the Star of David shining above the manger in which the baby Jesus has been born. The proprietor of the inn tells Mary and Joseph that they can stay as long as they like because Bethlehem has no connection with the Capital and Coast Health Board. Refers to the short period when the Capital and Coast Health Board offered second time mothers vouchers if they left hospital within six hours of giving birth. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-002-160

Description: Shows the three wise men approaching modern-day Bethlehem. There is what they may mistake for star-bursts over the city, they are infact explosions. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2006

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0001560

Description: It is the night before Christmas in the Holy Land and the Star of Bethlehem shines in the sky. The Three Wise Men have been stopped and asked if they are weapons' inspectors. The reference is to America's war with Iraq and the insistence that there were nuclear weapons to be found. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).