Sewing

Date: 1966-1968, 1970

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12580-01

Description: Outward correspondence from Lorna B McLeod [nee Perrin], Mount Albert, Auckland to her mother Mrs E H Perrin, Palmerston North, spanning period from 1 December 1966 to 14 January 1970. Also included is outward correspondence from Lorna B McLeod to Mr Don V Perrin and Mrs Mate Perrin, Palmerston North, spanning period from 19 December 1966 to 11 January 1967. Matters covered include: holidays, Annual Meeting of the Pig Marketing Association in Auckland, sewing, selling car, attending social events and seeing friends and family, Easter trips, jobs, weather and telegrams. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Donated in an envelope (not retained) with cassette tape (MSC-025966) and photographs (PAColl-10768, photographs 01-02). Transcription on front of envelope reads: “Cassette tape THE SILENT ONE film score” and “Some of my mother’s letters (to her mother too) & some old photos of us kids”. Lorna B McLeod [nee Perrin] i the mother of Jennifer McLeod and Mrs E H Perrin is her grandmother. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 9 letters. Physical Description: 16 pages on plain (without envelopes) and par avion paper. Mix of single and single sheets. Transfers: Donated in an envelope (not retained) with photographs and a cassette tape. Transcription on front of envelope reads: “Cassette tape THE SILENT ONE film score” and “Some of my mother’s letters (to her mother too) & some old photos of us kids”..

Date: 1940 - 1945

From: Angus, Rita 1908-1970 :[Sketchbook III. Early 1940s]

By: Angus, Rita, 1908-1970

Reference: E-428-f-021

Description: Two women in a room with vases of flowers, studying a sewing pattern or cut-out fabric on a table. The scene is probably in the Motueka area, where the artist was working in an orchard for part of World War II Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, page size, 207 x 248 mm

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Harding, William James 1826-1899 :W. J. Harding. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited, 1984. (Imagers of a new land, series 3).

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013

Description: Shows man in pin-stripe waistcoat and trousers seated in centre, and standing wife holding small child in dress at right. At left is table on which are a sewing machine and a bird in a cage. On the wall behind are toetoe plumes arranged decoratively, and on floor is decorative patterned carpet or cloth.. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 259 x 213 mm, on sheet 415 x 350 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 22 Jan 2001

From: The quality of life for older women oral history project

By: Woodhouse, Elsie, active 2001

Reference: OHInt-0523/05

Description: Elsie Woodhouse talks about her overall satisfaction with her life. Mentions attitudes of young people and her contact with them. Talks of her generation's way of 'making do' and sewing skills, relating that she was a machinist and also sewed for her family. Talks of grandchildren and the support of her family, being valued, ageism, voluntary activities with Citizens Advice Bureau and Meals on Wheels, social contact through Probus. Mentions widowhood, details coping alone and maintenance of the garden. Discusses local transport, the freedom of having a car, concessions, trips and budgeting. Mentions coping with arthritis, asthma and melanoma. Talks of the realism of remining in her own home. Interviewer(s) - Isobel Munro Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009087 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 31 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 2884. Photograph of Elsie Woodhouse taken at a Christmas luncheon for the Citizens' Advice Bureau, 2000. Search dates: 2001

Date: 27 March 1999

By: Barrie, Ann Maree, 1947-; Herbert, Agnes Eva, 1922-

Reference: OHColl-1561-01

Description: An interview with Agnes (Bobby) Herbert, conducted by her daughter, Ann Barrie. Agnes discusses growing up in South Dunedin. Speaks about family members, religion, schooling, employment history, marriage, childbirth and social activities. Title supplied by Library. Related to the Bobby Herbet's diaries at MS-Group-1313. Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 Interview(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 1999

Date: 1960, 1965

From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host

Reference: MSX-9531

Description: Emily Host's personal diary for 1960 and parts of 1965. Entries for 1965 cover the period 28 June to 13 August and are written over those dates for 1960. Entries record and discuss Host's work as a journalist (daily schedules, interviews, articles she is writing), her and Bent's social life (friends' news, parties, events, travel), and their domestic life (gardening, sewing, meals). Material related to sewing includes garment sketches and lists of patterns she intends to make. Many entries also discuss matters related to a house they were building (section clearing, construction, decorating). Host also notes details about her health, including sleep patterns, and receiving treatment for cancer. Diary arrived at the Library with annotations inside front cover, possibly created by B Brewster. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Hardback notebook with red linen cover, 22 x 13.5 cm

By: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948

Reference: A-204-055

Description: A view of a middle-aged woman, seated in an armchair, hand-sewing. Probably the artist's wife. On the reverse, a valley with hills and trees, probably the Hutt Valley Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 254 x 178 mm

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Harding, William James 1826-1899 :W. J. Harding. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited, 1984. (Imagers of a new land, series 3).

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013-a

Description: Shows man in pin-stripe waistcoat and trousers seated in centre, and standing wife holding small child in dress at right. At left is table on which are a sewing machine and a bird in a cage. On the wall behind are toetoe plumes arranged decoratively, and on floor is decorative patterned carpet or cloth.. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 259 x 213 mm, on sheet 415 x 350 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 20 Oct 1897

By: Stainton, Eleanor Eveline, active 1897

Reference: MS-Papers-3201

Description: Letter from Stainton, Khyber Pass, Auckland, to her American cousin, Annie E Whitehouse describing her mother's death from breast cancer and the drowning of one of her brothers; also mentions her sewing and fancy work, in particular a white wax bridal wreath and bouquet for her youngest brother's fiancee Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Letter and notes from donor re the Whitehouse family, etc. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1949 - 1851

Reference: A-163-019

Description: Two women and a child seated inside an A-frame structure with a canvas roof. The women are seated at a table and sewing. Beyond them is a piece of furniture, possibly a dresser, with a clock, ornaments and books on shelves. There is a wooden door opened at the front of the view Copied from Dr Barker's sketch `Studdingsail Hall, Christchurch, Jan 22/51' in Canterbury Museum. Drawn for reproduction in Andersen, J C Old Christchurch, 1949, plate 37, p. 61. Inscriptions include in pencil, below the work 'Plate 38, p. 62' Artist's initials, lower left, illegible, but may read L E W On same sheet as A-163-018 Studdingsail (or Studding Sail) Hall was Dr Barker's name for his first, temporary home in Christchurch, whose roof was made from a sail from the ship Charlotte Jane Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink wash, 187 x 152 mm Provenance: Purchase: Smith's bookshop, Christchurch, 1963

Date: 1882 - 1888

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane, 1867-1950 :[Sketchbook. Between 1882 and 1888]

Reference: E-034-3-001

Description: The artist's mother, seated in a wicker chair, probably in the corner of a porch, with knitting (or possibly sewing) in her hands. She wears spectacles. There are shelves with pots and pot plants behind her to the right, a window behind her to the left. At her feet is a basket, probably containing knitting wool and needles The view is likely to be at the Hodgkins' family home `Waira' at Ravensbourne Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, page size 138 x 218 mm

Date: 1983

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Thirteen sketchbooks of Corrie Cook (nee Cameron), covering sketches of Britain, Australia and New Zealand. 1920-1990s]

Reference: E-911

Description: Includes sketches of rural roads and hills (possibly in the Wairarapa), a country homestead, figure drawings December 1983 (including figures sewing and reading), figures on a beach under a sun umbrella, reclining children, figures in a shop (3 images, probably Sydney), daisies and a Sydney harbour scene. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Sketchpad with orange cover, 229 x 152 mm.

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

Reference: PA4-0696

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of women students sewing at New Plymouth Technical College. Photograph taken by Peter A Eade of Wellington. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Sewing - New Plymouth Technical School; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Peter A Eade - Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: 1956

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-076

Description: Shows God lying on a cloud. He has a `Do it yourself' book in one hand and a needle and thread in the other which he is furiously sewing up holes in cloud with. Water is raining down on a man in a raincoat below who is standing in the Auckland region on an outline of the North Island. He is shaking his fist at the sky. Refers to the heavy rainfall in the Auckland region. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1851

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-011-12

Description: A view of a seated woman, sewing. She wears a cap and has her sleeves rolled up to the elbow Identification: according to the passenger list for this voyage, 'Mrs Wood' was Mrs Eliza Wood aged 45, wife of carpenter John Wood, and mother of four children. The family were travelling in steerage Located on the back of Pearse's drawing 'Literature and repose' (E-455-f-010-06) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 147 x 89 mm

Date: 25 Jan 2001

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Coghlan, Yvonne Claire, 1953-

Reference: OHInt-0593/15

Description: Yvonne Coghlan recalls her first church involvement with the Brown Owl Centre of the Upper Hutt parish. Talks of her parents' religions, her Sunday School background, Postal Sunday School and Christian education in schools. Relates her husband's and children's church-going, the joint Alpha course with St. Hilda's. Mentions the Thrift Shop, After-care Centre and her children's participation in a Christmas Parade. Talks of negativity towards Christianity in the media and the experience of Jesus 2000 in the stadium. Talks of styles of services and the magazine 'Outreach'. Gives reasons for her move from the University of Auckland to Victoria University while reading law. Details recommencing her Christian commitment, describing herself as an ecumenical person. Talks of attempts to have a family and of her daughter. Details her voluntary work in teaching Sunday School, Christian Outreach, Property and Finance, also Wesley Domestic Committees, the Parish Council, Synod representative, a Marjoriebanks School trustee. Discusses the maturity of children. Relates that her father raised his age to enlist for World War I. Recalls Tokoroa as a boom-town when the mill was in operation, and the experience of having a low income. Discusses changes in clothing worn to church, the acceptance of young and old in services. Discusses outdoor recreational activities, sewing, crafts, knitting and her participation in craft fairs. Interviewer(s) - Elaine Bolitho Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009252 and OHC-009253 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2978, OHDL-000935. Portrait of Yvonne Coghlan taken at the time of the interview.

Date: 1982

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-031

Description: Shows three scenes of rugby players use of pantyhose. In the top right scene a player is wearing pantyhose over his head to keep his ears warm. In the lower left a player is asking a first aid officer for a needle and thread to mend his laddered pantyhose. In the lower right a woman holding tattered pantyhose is telling her husband that if he is going to borrow her pantyhose then he is to avoid rucks. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 450 x 320 mm.

Date: 1958

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-162

Description: Shows a family getting organised for the start of the school year. The parents are both repairing school uniforms, their son is carrying books and their daughter is holding a satchel Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, blue coloured pencil and white corrector on card, 255 x 318 mm

Date: [1970s-1980s]

From: Taylor, Heather Marie, active 1991-2014: Girls' Brigade New Zealand collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12369-047

Description: A manual for teaching skills for children to knit and sew toys. Includes patterns. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1988

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: A-424-138

Description: Shows a woman seated in an interior with a hanging pot in a window at top left. She is looking down at a cloth she is holding, perhaps sewing or folding it. Photographed in E-918-q, 418/443. Listed in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Copper plate etching, coloured, 125 x 113 mm, on sheet 195 x 150 mm.