Greeting cards
Personal papers
Date: [1941]-2002
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7349-128
Description: Comprises McLeod's birth certificate, educational reports and certificates, personal references, correspondence relating to the immigration of David Roupell, greeting card from Dorothy, discharge certificate, letter from Vera, Ohakune, appointment diary with addresses, correspondence and papers relating to change of ownership problems with car, computer malfunction, Radio Wards and US Information Agency certificates and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter (some photocopies)
60th birthday cards and music
Date: 2001
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
By: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022; Fisher, Helen Wynfreda, 1942-; Clark, Ewan, active 2000; Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-
Reference: MS-Papers-7349-189
Description: Cards, letters and pieces of music for McLeod's 60th birthday celebration include a piece that she wrote to invite people. There are pieces by Gillian Whitehead, Helen Fisher, Philip Knight, and Ewen Clark, and a poem by Roy Tankersley using lyrics from various of McLeod's songs. Other Titles - An invitation ; for voice and piano / by Jenny McLeod Other Titles - Ma te ariki ; a little waiata for Jenny McLeod / music by Helen Fisher Other Titles - A Declension ; for voice and piano / Gillian Whitehead Other Titles - Starflakes & snowfish ; for piano / for Jenny on her 60th birthday ; Ewan Clark Other Titles - [Acceptance of invitation] / Philip Knight Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter
Papers relating to music matters
Date: [1993-1997]
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7349-198
Description: Correspondence, programmes, clippings and other papers relating to William Dart's `Music in New Zealand', John Thornley's `Music in the air', and Waiteata Press. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Postcards etc
Date: [1985-2002]
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7355-1
Description: Collection of postcards and greeting cards from various friends of McLeod's; invitation to Douglas MacDiarmid opening (1992) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence (mostly unidentified)
Date: [1993-1996]
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7349-236
Description: Copies of letters to Diedre enclosing `Notes towards a new generation of music', Judith Clark, Dave and Trevor; card from McLeod's neighbour, Elizabeth; letter from Hilary and card from Anna W-J, Basel Quantity: 1 folder(s).
New Zealand towns and Hotels
Date: [ca 1904-ca 1940]
From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums
Reference: PA1-q-1018
Description: Postcards of hotels at - Roxburgh. Timaru. Wanganui. Onekeneke. Henley. Taupo. Kaikoura. Pembroke. Waitomo. Rotorua. Rakaia. Skippers. Winchester. Kamo. Queenstown. Napier. Hastings. Mount Cook. Riverton. Opunake. Tapanui. Paeroa. Wellington. Invercargill. Masterton. Te Aroha. Auckland. Whakarewarewa. Hanmer Springs. Hunterville. Dannevirke. Bluff. Orepuke. Portobello. Southbrook. Waiau. Nelson. Oamaru. Blenheim. Mount Egmont. General views and street views of cities and towns. Many of these include hotels, public gardens, and beaches. Places included are - Middlemarch. Nelson. Oamaru. Invercargill. Blenheim. Napier. Hastings. Gisborne. Taihape. Waimate. Waipukurau. Lower Hutt. Rangiora. Opotiki. Wellington. Pahiatua. Akaroa. Timaru. Wanganui. Kaikoura. Ashburton. Dunedin. Feilding. Leeston. Te Aroha. Geraldine. Gore. Dannevirke. Oponake. Hamilton. Havelock. Port Chalmers. Bluff. Hunterville. Rotorua. Opononi. Clinton. Havelock. Picton. Roxburgh. Tapanui. Auckland. Cromwell. Masterton. Hanmer. Waitara. Wairoa. New Plymouth. Westport. Havelock North. Some snow scenes. These include - The Tasman Glacier and Maltebrun Hutt. Muller Hut and glacier, Mount Cook. Skiers at Fairlie. Horses in snow at Naseby. Snow scene, Wanganui district. Snow scene, Upongaro. Other postcards include - A man on a horse-drawn cab beside a gas lamp. A Woman with a decorated bicycle. Pelorus Jack. Two women in a carriage. Charabanc full of women. Mansion House Kawau Island. There are five coloured novelty cards in the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :View looking down Hawkstone Street, Wellington, with...
Date: 1847
From: Friends of the Turnbull Library
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865
Reference: E-040-q-003
Description: Greetings card with a copy of an 1847 engraving Crested Greeting card Other Titles - View looking down Hawkestone Street Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on card, 124 x 178 mm
Inward correspondence
Date: [1950-1975]
From: de Castro, Ian Douglas, 1923-1999 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6577-1
Description: Letters and notes from the Bradley family of Mataura (1952); cards from Jim McClung; annual letters from Dora French and Clarence Emerson of Nebraska (1961-1962); letter from Niki and Ian to Yvonne and Steed (1985); and letter from Barbara Fell, niece of Ian de Castro re his new status as a diabetic (1972); and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Artist unknown] :[Greeting card from Sarah Greenwood. ca 1879]
Date: 1879
From: Thomas, E A C, 1825- :[Album of a visit to the Motueka area and North Canterbury]
Reference: E-305-q-064
Description: A greetings card with flowers on a black background and bearing the message `Compliments of the Season!' Beneath the card is the inscription, Mrs Greenwood senior. Mrs Greenwood senior was Sarah Greenwood, wife of John Danforth Greenworth Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 64 x 107 mm (glued to inside back cover of album)
Correspondence - W-Z
Date: 1946-1988
From: Davin, Daniel Marcus, 1913-1990 : Literary papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5079-057
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; letters from Keith West-Watson describe problems within the Catholic Church in Italy and correspondence with Sir John Waller includes a number of privately printed cartoons, drawings and greeting cards Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts Processing information: Record updated 3 November 2023 when the requirement to permission for access was removed.
Letters and cards
Date: [1949-1952]
From: Riekstins, Janis Roberts, 1915-1952 : Personal papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6647-02
Description: Letters and cards in Latvian. Correspondents include Arija (with variant spellings of Bruja, Hruja, Fcrija and Aruja); Zelma; Evalds; Vilma; L Lagai-is; Alfred S; Fauro (also spelt Janro, Fanro and Jauro). Also Latvian Legation registration card for Riekstins. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See Back file for further information about this collection.
Views of New Zealand cities and towns
Date: [ca 1904-ca 1970]
From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums
Reference: PA1-q-1013
Description: Most of the cards date from ca 1904 to ca 1930. Most depict New Zealand cities and towns, and many are organised into groups. Cities and towns include - Balclutha. Clyde. Cromwell. Mataura. Geraldine. Pigeon Bay. Taumaranui. Dargaville. Bluff. Arrowtown. Oturehua (or Rough Ridge). Alexandra. Port Chalmers. Middlemarch. Gisborne. Duvauchelles Bay. Springburn. Lawrence. Riverton. Ohinemutu. Port Molyneux. Kaitangata. French Pass. Rangiora. Otautau. Marton. Invercargill. Timaru. Napier. Oamaru. Te Aroha. Auckland. Petone. Hamilton. Milton. Waimate. Sawyers Bay. Gore. Opotiki. Winton. Waipukurau. Picton. Blenheim. Hunterville. Nelson. Hawera. Pahiatua. Wanganui. Tai Tapu. Queenstown. Hastings. Palmerston North. Whakatane. Foxton. Southbridge. Hanmer. Portobello. Kaikoura. New Plymouth. Masterton. Kerikeri. Leeston. Seddon. Martinborough. Tauranga. Sefton. Te Awamutu. Wellington. Carterton. Whangarei. Oban. Dunedin. Ashburton. Mount Hutt Station, Methven. Another theme in the collection are bullocks. Cards depict a man ploughing with bullocks. Bullock team hauling a wagon load of wool bales, Cheviot. Bullock teams hauling logs, Catlins district. Two bullock teams hauling carts of timber, Dunedin. Bullock team hauling fencing materials. There is also a card depicting a man on a horse drawn mowing machine. Beaches and coastal scenes include - Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island. Ocean Beach, Stewart Island. Coastal cliffs, Waikouaiti. Takapuna Beach, Auckland. Home Bay, Motutapu. Kerpuru and Waitaria Bay, Marlborough Sounds. Smiths Bay. Lakes include - Lake Rotoiti. Lake Te Anau. Jellico point, Lake Taupo. Lake Pupuke, Takapuna. Sounds include Milford Sound. Dusky Sound. There are several dairy factories. These include - Kakanui Dairy Facory. Inglewood Dairy Facory. Factory of the Taieri and Peninsula Milk Supply Company Ltd. One card depicts the old and new shops of draper Thomas F Bussell, Failie. Another shows Hawkes' shop for stationary, fancy goods, fruit, and confectionary. Part of the same building is a Bank of New Zealnd. There are two greeting cards from Hamilton and Petone depicting a postman with the post bags added to the card. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
New Zealand towns and and scenic views
Date: [ca 1904-ca 1979]
From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums
Reference: PA1-q-1011
Description: Most of the cards date from ca 1904 to ca 1920. New Zealand cities and towns are represented, including many notable buildings, monuments, and parks. Tourist destinations like Lake Wakatipu, the Whanganui river, and thermal areas feature. One group depict native forest as scenery. There are also memorial cards, the largest number for Richard Seddon, and one for T E Taylor Mayor of Christchurch. One card is of the famous female cross dresser and con-man/woman, Amy Bock. Two cards depict champion New Zealand rowers, Richard Arnst, William Webb, George Whelch, and W Fogwell. Several of the greeting cards, which are scattered throughout the album, depict Maoriland maidens. Another group of cards feature sheep, in flocks on the road, crossing bridges, and at pasture. There is also a group of cattle beasts including highland cattle. Thermal areas include Whakarewarewa, steaming cliffs on Lake Rotomahana, and Waimangu. Volcanoes include Mount Ngauruhoe erupting, Mount Ruapehu, and Mount Egmont. There are also views of the Southern Alps, and one view of the Franz Josef Glacier. Places include Queenstown, Geraldine, Blenheim, New Plymouth, Stewart Island, Lake Wakatipu, Waihi Beach, Hawera, Waiau Gorge, Rotorua, Wellington, The Chateau, Queen Charlotte Sound, Dunedin, Bay of Islands, Christchurch, Buller River, Wanganui, Invercargill, Russel, Auckland, Timaru, Oamaru, Ashburton, Nelson, Napier, Picton, Port Chalmers, Hanmer Springs, Lake Manapouri, Hamilton, Waipukarau, Milton, and Balclutha. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Stewart Island : Postcard
Date: [190-?]
From: Stewart Island : Postcard, 190-?
Reference: MS-Papers-0754/1
Description: Written by G C to Harold Browne on a leaf of a mutton bird tree. Dated from stamp Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Bertha Christina Seed (nee Aldrich) - Scrapbook
Date: [ca 1891-1946]
From: Connell, Marjorie Bertha, 1907-1995 : Seed family papers
Reference: 88-051-04
Description: Scrapbook belonging to Bertha Aldrich who married Arthur Seed in 1905. Contains ship's log for Union Steam Ship voyage on S S Rotorua from Dunedin to Milford Sounds, photos taken during the voyage, pencil sketches of `one of the party' and `D Sutherland & his dog', and passengers' and crew members' signatures; flower and leaf pressings; photographs of ships; unidentified family photographs; pencil sketch of a house; `The Idle talkative' published by The Firm, 1896; the seal of Canterbury Agricultural college, 1897; newspaper clipping re prizegiving at Waitaki Girls' High School, 1891; photos of Oamaru; invitation to Fancy Dress dance from Myrtle Jellicoe, Aug 1921; newspaper clipping re NZ Founders' Society; obituary for W B Allen; greeting cards; stickers; miscellaneous cuttings (some relating to Wakefield House, Wellington); menu for Christmas dinner on board TSS Awatea, 1938 (with autographs) Other - Loose photographs inserted in scrapbook removed to 88-051-04A Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Letters and cards in English
Date: [1948-1951]
From: Riekstins, Janis Roberts, 1915-1952 : Personal papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6647-03
Description: Cards, postcards and letter from contacts Riekstins made following his arrival in England Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See Back file for further information about this collection.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"Not another 'we told you so' from a union!" Evening P...
Date: 1985
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Reference: B-136-443
Description: The scene is Lange's office. Lange is sitting at his desk with his head in his hands. Geoffrey Palmer is sitting in a chair opening a letter and Roger Douglas is standing with a card in one hand and an envelope in the other. Labour has just lost the Timaru by-election to National, after the death of Sir Basil Arthur, the Labour MP for Timaru. Other Titles - Timaru to National Extended Title - "No, it says 'Deepest sympathy and understanding' and it's signed Sir Arnold Nordmeyer" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 357 x 372 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Ian Kidman - Personal and business papers
Date: [1970-1999]
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7118-081
Description: Includes note from Joanna re cat; highly decorative card from niece, Madeleine Arizona-Raine; supplement to the `Education gazette' on determination for secondary teachers no E 97; income tax deduction leaflet; Education service salaries from the `Education gazette' (15 Sep 1972); acknowledgement from National Library of New Zealand for Kidman's donation to Dorothy Neal White collection; itinerary for Ian and Giles Kidman to Thailand; copy of the Kawatiri Declaration (1997); letter from Timberlands re indigenous forestry Quantity: 1 folder(s).
New Zealand towns and greeting post cards
Date: 1904-1973
From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums
Reference: PA1-q-1010
Description: Most of the cards date from 1904 to 1914. New Zealand cities and towns are represented, including many notable buildings. Tourist destinations like Lake Wakatipu, the Whanganui river, and Milford Sound feature. One group relate to trams in Invercargill and Wellington, with a photograph from the 1950s of a horse drawn tram in an unidentified town. There is also one photograph of a dairy factory and the milk arriving in wagons. The largest group of town images relate to Palmerston North, most dating from about 1908. The largest group of post cards in the album are all sorts of greeting cards, many of which are hand coloured. Places represented include Christchurch, Hanmer Springs, Invercargill, Wellington, Governors Bay, Rotorua, Pigeon Bay, Lake Wakatipu, Napier, Dunedin, Te Aroha, Skippers Gorge, Hastings, Lyttelton, Milford Sound, Lake Taupo, Waimate, Kawau Island, Whanganui River, Timaru, Oamaru, White Island, New Plymouth, Paekakariki, Akaroa, Palmerston North, Westport, and Hamilton. There are also some cards from Australia, the United States, and Britain. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
New Zealand towns and scenic views
Date: [ca 1904-1970]
From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums
Reference: PA1-q-1020
Description: Most of the cards date from ca 1904 to ca 1920. They include cities and towns, buildings, and scenic views including some of the thermal areas. Other postcards include - Two memorial cards for Richard Seddon. Three portraits of, and pyjamas belonging to, Amy Bock. Nurse Maud and a young supporter, Festival Queen, Christchurch, 1915. Gathering of the Hawke's Bay Hunt. Greeting and novelty postcards include greetings from - Wanganui. Christchurch. Auckland. Gore. Maoriland. Novelty cards include - Cartoon of Sir Joseph Ward in London. Name card "Bessie." Colour cartoon "I have just arrived in Dunedin." card "We are buzzing round Invercargill." Cartoon "Wash day in the Garden of Eden." Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).