Treaty of Versailles (1919 June 28)

Date: 1914-1921

By: Massey, William Ferguson (Rt Hon), 1856-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-1398

Description: Mainly newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous material re Massey's political career and overseas trips. Some correspondence with Lord Balfour and others and illuminated addresses Quantity: 4 folder(s). 14 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1914 - 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-039

Description: A world map, showing German colonies lost under the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, including land in Africa, China, and the Pacific, the latter including the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago and Samoa (captured by New Zealand in 1914). A small drawing of a tailless German eagle appears on the page, lower left. Robley has added an annotation in red ink referring to the New Zealand role in taking Samoa from Germany in 1914. Other versions of this drawing (minus the eagle) are held at E-024-q-1-062 and E-024-q-1-062-a Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-052

Description: A German professor in conversation with his wife. He holds a sheet of newspaper. Refers to German disbelief at their loss of World War I, and to the severity of reparations imposed by the Allies Other versions of this drawing at E-024-q-1-057 and -057-a do not identify the man speaking as a 'Hun professor' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1918 - 1919

Reference: A-323-011

Description: Shows a back view of the premier William Massey and his colleague Joseph Ward, in bowler hat and top hat, standing on a footpath in London, watching a horse and carriage pass by. On a lamp-post at the right is a billboard for the "Daily Mail" praising Mr Massey's "great work at peace table", and mentioning Samoa. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] The Peace conference was held in Versailles in 1919. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 366 x 229 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, 30 April 1998, lot 394.

Date: 1918

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-035

Description: A standing portrait of a man in uniform looking glumly at a map of Italy. Refers to the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles in which Italy incorporated parts of both Austria and Hungary. 'Carl deposed' refers to the deposition of Karl I of Austria, possibly the man shown in this view Another copy of this drawing is numbered E-024-q-033 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1918

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-036

Description: A map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, showing its extent until 1918 and how it was divided, with large parts becoming Czechoslovakia, part of Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Serbia and Italy. Other versions of this drawing are numbered E-024-q-035 and E-024-q-1-035 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1920

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-054

Description: An armed French soldier, tapping a civilian German man on the shoulder. The civilian holds a scrap of paper in his hand. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1914 - 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-062-a

Description: A world map, showing German colonies lost under the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, including land in Africa, China, and the Pacific, the latter including the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago and Samoa (in 1914). Other versions of this drawing, with variant titles and surrounding notes are held at E-024-q-1-062 and E-024-q-2-039 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1918

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-035

Description: A map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, showing its extent until 1918 and how it was divided, with large parts becoming Czechoslovakia, part of Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Serbia and Italy. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-057

Description: A German man in conversation with his wife. He holds a sheet of paper. Refers to German disbelief at their loss of World War I, and to the severity of reparations imposed by the Allies Another version of this drawing at E-024-q-2-052 identifies the German man as a 'Hun professor' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1914 - 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-062

Description: A world map, showing German colonies lost under the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, including land in Africa, China, and the Pacific, the latter including the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago and Samoa (in 1914). Other versions of this drawing, with variant titles and notes are held at E-024-q-1-062-a and E-024-q-2-039 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-057-a

Description: A German man in conversation with his wife. He holds a sheet of paper. Refers to German disbelief at their loss of World War I, and to the severity of reparations imposed by the Allies Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm Provenance: , 1970s? Located beneath E-024-q-1-056-a Transfers: Transferred from MS-Papers-0016.

Date: 1919 - 1920

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-065-a

Description: A view across water of a very large ark, a raven flying above one side, a dove above another, aeroplanes beneath it. Another copy of this drawing, (E-024-q-1-065) includes extensive notes, with a reference to Genesis VIII (the story of Noah's Ark), a later date (1920) and a reference to the founding of the League of Nations. There are further versions at E-024-q-1-065-b and -c and at E-024-q-2-051 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1918

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-063-a

Description: Kaiser Wilhelm II in uniform, a pickelhauber helmet on his head. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles a prosecution of Kaiser Wilhelm II was proposed. He was by then in exile in Holland and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands refused to extradite him, so no trial took place. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1920

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-065

Description: A view across water of a very large ark, a raven flying above one side, a dove above another, aeroplanes beneath it. Notes around the drawing refer to Genesis, VII (the story of Noah's Ark), to the unsatifactory conditions of the Treaty of Versailles and the establishment of the League of Nations Other versions of this drawing, with variant surrounding notes, are located at E-024-q-1-065-a, -b and -c, and at E-024-q-2-051 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1918

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-064-b

Description: Kaiser Wilhelm II in uniform, a pickelhauber helmet on his head. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles a prosecution of Kaiser Wilhelm II was proposed. He was by then in exile in Holland and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands refused to extradite him, so no trial took place. Loose at front of album Inscriptions: Verso - I drew this December abdication 1918. Robley [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1918

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-063

Description: Kaiser Wilhelm II in uniform, a pickelhauber helmet on his head. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles a prosecution of Kaiser Wilhelm II was proposed. He was by then in exile in Holland and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands refused to extradite him, so no trial took place. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1919 - 1920

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-065-b

Description: A view across water of a very large ark, a raven flying above one side, a dove above another, aeroplanes beneath it. Another copy of this drawing, (E-024-q-1-065) includes extensive notes, with a reference to Genesis VIII (the story of Noah's Ark), a later date (1920) and a reference to the founding of the League of Nations. There are further versions at E-024-q-1-065-a and -c and at E-024-q-2-051 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1919 - 1920

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-065-c

Description: A view across water of a very large ark, a raven flying above one side, a dove above another, aeroplanes beneath it. This copy includes text on the verso 'The ark settled 300 x 30 x 50 cubits, 8 figures. Tops of hills. Waters assuaging. Another copy of this drawing, (E-024-q-1-065) includes extensive notes, with a reference to Genesis VIII (the story of Noah's Ark), a later date (1920) and a reference to the founding of the League of Nations. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1919

Reference: PA7-49-34

Description: Photographic copy of a `history' painting showing a group of men seated and standing around a table. Identifiable politicians include Lord Balfour, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, W F Massey, Bonar Law, Robert Borden, Herbert Asquith. Artist unknown. Original in National Portrait Gallery, London Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 26.8 x 22.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - William Ferguson Massey papers (MS-Papers-1398).