Poets, New Zealand

Date: 1995-1997 - 01 Jan 1995 - 01 Jan 1997

By: Ogilvie, Gordon Bryant, 1934-2017

Reference: OHColl-0576

Description: Interviews by Gordon Ogilvie with friends, colleagues and extended family of New Zealand poet Denis Glover about his life, work and relationships. Describes different aspects and views of of his relationships with family members. Describes his involvement in publishing, notably the Caxton Press, his relationships with business colleagues, writers and friends; describes his work as a poet, his poetry and some of his poems. Talks about his attitudes towards women, attitudes to authority, academics, poetry, other poets, alcohol, the Navy, socialising and humour, as well as his place in New Zealand literature. Publication - The interviews were done in the course of researching the biography 'Denis Glover: his life' by Gordon Ogilvie. Auckland, N.Z. Godwit, 1999. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Other - Three of the interviews were not recorded and therefore have no OHC record. One interview has no transcript Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 23 C90 cassette(s). 28 transcript(s). 2 Linear Metres. 30 interview(s). 5 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available transcripts or notes for 28 interviews. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 28 cassette interview tapes with transcripts.

Date: 1896-1993

By: Shaw, Helen Lilian, 1913-1985

Reference: MS-Group-1155

Description: Comprises early family papers including letters from Shaw's father; papers relating to research by Shaw; correspondence with family and friends; typescript manuscripts; material organised for a proposed biography of Shaw; journals and notebooks kept by Shaw, mostly relating to work in progress; and files of her correspondence with a wide variety of writers and people associated with writing in New Zealand Also contains copies of correspondence collected by Shaw on Walter D'Arcy Cresswell. Quantity: 21 box(es). 21 folder(s). 4.71 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, 2002, Donated by S & M Hofmann, July 2006 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred from here to the Published Collections (A2006-165) - To Book Collections - 4 boxes of assorted monographs and serials - To Serials Collection - 4 boxes of assorted monographs and serials - To Published collections - 1 serial (PR-06-0420).

Date: [1940]-2001

By: Connelly, Michael Aynsley, 1916-2003

Reference: MS-Papers-7316

Description: Copy of typescript and published obituary for Hoare, and copies of various clippings relating to her professional life as a poet, broadcaster and writer; also includes copies of her death notice, photographs, coloured laser photograph, family member details and list of her publications Source of title - Supplied Merval Hoare was a poet, author and broadcaster; she lived on Norfolk Island from ca 1949 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Hon Michael Connelly, Christchurch, Jan 2002 Colour laser photographic portrait of Merval Hoare

Date: 1963-1968

By: Howard-Hill, Trevor Howard, 1933-2011

Reference: MS-Papers-8724

Description: Letters to Trevor Howard-Hill while he was in London in the 1960's from a number of other ex-patriate New Zealanders, mainly in the library profession or in academia, including Fleur Adcock. Also, some letters from New Zealand, giving news and prospects of employment. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts

Date: [ca 1924-1958]

From: Vogt, Herlof Anton Herlofsen, 1914-1984:Photographs and postcards

By: Vogt, Herlof Anton Herlofsen, 1914-1984; Vogt, Birgette Marie, active 1950s-1990s

Reference: PA1-o-748

Description: Anton Vogt was conceived in 1914 just before his parents returned to Norway from Argentina. His father, Volrath Vogt, had gone to Argentina as a young man of 20 in 1905. There, among other things, he worked as gaucho, herding cattle on the Pampas. In 1912 he married Margot Herlofsen, another Norwegian in Argentina, and in 1913 they had their first child, Sito, Anton's sister. Anton was born in Norway where his parents lived during World War I. His father worked as a business man supplying chemical products to the British Government. After the war the family moved to London where Volrath established what was at first a successful business in the boom of the immediate post war years. When the business failed he moved with his family to the Waterberg district, 200 miles north of Johannesburg in what is today Botswana. There during the early 1920s he managed a 200,000 acre cattle ranch on the edge of the Kalahari desert for a Norwegian consortium When this venture came to an end in 1926 the family came to New Zealand and ran a small shop at Bucklands Beach, Auckland. Anton and his sister worked at various jobs during their late teenage years and largely supported the family financially. In 1931 Anton got a job with the Western Electric Company and they sent him to Hamilton where he Lived for most of the 1930s. He then went to Wellington in the late 1930s still in the employment of Western Electric. In late 1938 Anton married his first wife, Rosalind Lees, and in 1939 entered training college. He Worked in broadcasting during the 1940s. Anton and Rosalind had six children Photographs in this album cover the period from childhood in Norway during the First World War to young parenthood in the late 1940s. It is rich in Norwegian relatives, African cattle ranches and family, friends and colleagues in New Zealand. There is also an interesting personal record of Erling Tambs, a Norwegian yachtsman who sailed from Oslo to Auckland in the "Teddy" ca 1931 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1998

From: BATS Theatre :[Posters for productions at BATS Theatre. 1979- ].

By: BATS Theatre

Reference: Eph-C-BATS-1998

Description: Includes posters for: ASB International Laugh Festival [1998]. "Delightful divas"; an evening of original music by women artists, hosted by Karen Hunter. Bats Theatre, 11 October [1998] "Fighting fit; the achievements of a king". Bats, 17-21 March [1998] "Froth". Tracey Savage and Andrew Thomson. Bats Theatre, 7 March [1998] "Gem". Truly truly outrageous. Bats Theatre, 12-16 March [1998] Dragonfly Mime presents "Koong-Shee"; captivating physical theatre premiers before Bali Arts Festival. Bats Theatre, 17-21 March [1998] "Naked Samoans talk about their knives". Dave Fane, Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi and Mario Gaoa present a black comedy with blacks! Performed in perfect English. Auckland, Arts Alive Laugh Lounge, Town Hall, 22-25 April; Wellington Bats Theatre, 7-9 May; Christchurch, Southern Ballet Theatre, 13-16 May [1998] (2 copies) "Naked Samoans talk about their knives". returns by popular demand. 29 June - 11 July [1998] (2 copies) Overseas Expedients. The Ozark Brothers. Bats Theatre, 21-25 Frbruary 1998. "The powder room", written and directed by Glenda Tuaine, starring Konstantina Tsinas, Julia Deans, Megan Peinell, Glenda Tuaine, Jason Ohlson, Greg Wikstrom, Karl Endemann, Johnny Mills, Maurice Newport & John Babe. Bats Theatre, 17-19 April [1998]. (2 violet copies, one white) "Questions", a play by Moira Wairama. Bats Theatre, 5-14 August [1998] The New Zealand Poetry Society Inc presents "Stand-up poetry; a showcase of local poets". Bats Theatre, 26 February - 1 March [1998]. Poster design by Sam McNaughton "Stand Up Poetry; a fine assortment of local poets, some light, some dark, some bittersweet". Bats Theatre, 27-28 February, 6-7 March [1998]. Poster design by GUMP "Stash", a bitterly funny new New Zealand thriller. Stash Productions in association with Greg Wikstrom present "Stash", by Mary Anne Bourke, with Peter Hambleton, Don Langridge, Claire Waldron... Directed and designed by Andrew Foster (2 different posters, 2 copies of each) Westie Productions proudly (?) present "This is a stand-up comedy show", featuring Ewen Gilmour, supported by Benjamin Crellin. 26 February - 2 March [1998] "The travelling companion" ... freedom is gained through the journey. Bats Theatre, 12-16 March [1998] (2 copies) One Trick Pony presents "Tripped", new dance works by Megan Adams, Kristian Larsen and Rowan Thorpe; featuring Techno, by Signer; lighting design Jamie Nevill. Bats Theatre, 1-4 September [1998] "Until proven"; do you believe in justice? Bats Theatre, 2-6 March [1998] (2 copies) Young & Hungry Festival of plays '98. "The rising scone", by Mel Johnston, directed by Melinda Collie-Holmes; "Retro", by Craig Thane, directed by Jean Betts; "Bumnote", by Gareth McMillan, directed by Jason Whyte, musical direction by Bret McKenzie; "Spin", written and directed by Conrad Newport. Bats Theatre, 22 July - 15 August [1998]. Poster design by Mission Hall and Kirsten Walsh; print by Milne Printers (2 copies) Edward Albee's confrontative classic, "The Zoo story". Two cultures, one territory. A play of today, directed by Dick Johnstone. 8-14 February [1998] Posters and photographs are commissioned by each production (not BATS), so theatre does not have copyright in them Quantity: 18 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters sizes varying around 420 x 300 mm. Provenance: Some donated by Bats Theatre in 2002, 2007 and 2008. Transfers: Some posters previously housed at: MSI-Papers-8941-04.

Date: October 1963

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1963/3385-F

Description: Denis Glover, the founder of Caxton Press, at the Alexander Turnbull Library with a Book Week display showing a selection of books produced by Caxton Press. Photograph taken 19 October 1963 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1972

Reference: A-246-013

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of poet James K Baxter, taken in the year of his death at Jerusalem on the Wanganui River "Preaching the truth of winter" is a quote from a James K Baxter poem. Other Titles - James K Baxter Inscriptions: Recto - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 290 x 240 mm

Date: 2002-2006

From: Thornton, Alan, d 2014 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9464-1

Description: Letters from Denys Trussell, Newtown, Auckland to his friend Alan Thornton in Brisbane, Australia. First letter dated June 2002. Contain news and views of events in Auckland, mutual friends, his music, teaching, writing and editing, environmental issues, etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1973-2003

By: Paul, Joanna Margaret, 1945-2003

Reference: MS-Group-1800

Description: Papers include: personal and business related correspondence; papers relating to Paul's activities as a painter and poet and paper relating to her other activities which included conservation of cultural heritage, membership of the Historic Places Trust and campaign against the introduction of genetically modified plants and animals into New Zealand. Relationship complexity - A selection of Joanna Paul's art works are deposited with the Hocken Library, Dunedin Daughter of Dame Janet and Blackwood Paul. A poet and artist. Quantity: 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Jane Paul, Wellington, on behalf of the Paul family, 2009

Date: October 1963

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-NZ Obits-Ga to Gl-Glover-1

Description: Denis Glover, the founder of Caxton Press, at the Alexander Turnbull Library with a Book Week display showing a selection of books produced by Caxton Press. Photograph taken 19 October 1963 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.9 x 9.1 cm

Date: 1939

By: Reeve, Alan Llewellyn, 1910-1962; Reeve, Elizabeth, -1990

Reference: B-120-026

Description: Shows Austin Clarke seated, in hat and coat, and smoking pipe. Also published in "The Irish times" (Drawing the crowd:4), 16 Dec. 1939 (See Scrapbook, page 59 (at E-414). Exhibited in show "Dublin culture" at Brown Thomas' Gallery, Dublin, June 3-15, 1939. (See Album no. 2, page 7 (top photograph) (E-410-q). Title from label detached from backing of original frame (now discarded). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Alan /Reeve /39 See also caricature of A. Clarke in: Album no. 3 (E-411), page 4. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and gouache on paper, 385 x 283 mm, on card 438 x 315 mm.

Date: [ca 1958-1959]

By: Campbell, Peter, 1937-2011

Reference: PA-Group-00516

Description: Negatives of James K Baxter, Denis Glover and an orchestra, taken ca 1958 by Peter Campbell Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s) strips with 48 images. 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Peter Campbell, England, in 1995 and 2009

Date: 1978-1992

From: Kelson, Cara, 1922-: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5700-1

Description: Comprises letters mostly from William Hart-Smith to Kelson (sometimes from Joan M Dale, his good friend from Takapuna and Glenfield) discussing common friends, their work and other matters. Also includes clippings, piece of music by Paul Martin, words by Hart-Smith, `Comes fog and mist' and letter from, Fellowship of Australian Writers re launch of Hart-Smith's book, `Selected poems, 1936-1984'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 30 July 1983

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1983/2979-F

Description: Poet Sam Hunt and his dog Minstrel at their boat house, Bottle Creek, Porirua Harbour. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid 30 July 1983. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising three images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1997-1999

By: Albert, George Anthony, 1921-

Reference: MS-Group-0840

Description: Poems by Albert, particularly relating to Wellington Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopies)

Date: 1940 - 1980 - 1957

By: Holland, James, active 1930-1980; McNeish, James Henry Peter (Sir), 1931-2016

Reference: A-321-016

Description: Full-length portrait sketch of A R D Fairburn with a rifle, dead rabbit and game basket, standing outside a farmhouse. A cow grazes in the field at the right. Other Titles - Wiltshire Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ballpoint pen drawing, on sheet 298 x 210 mm. Provenance: Purchased from James McNeish in 1998.

Date: [1897-1949]

From: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7291-11

Description: Various articles etc by Mills Other Titles - Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Assocition Limited ... universal providers & produce merchants (pamphlet) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1930 - 1979

From: Ogilvie, Gordon Bryant, 1934- :Photographs relating to Denis Glover

Reference: PAColl-7404-2

Description: Photographs of Denis Glover at school, university, the Caxton Press, and in the British Navy. The collection includes some of his literary collegues, his three wives, and Doreem Elkind whom he met in London during the war. There is also a sequence of coloured prints of the Village of Hamble, Hampshire, England, and especially of the Bugle which Denis frequented while on service in England Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1894-1911, 1927-1941, 2000

By: Thornton, Mary, active 2000s

Reference: MS-Group-1315

Description: Holograph and typescript drafts of Maclennan's poetry, stories and other writings. Also, cuttings from newspapers and journals of his poetry and stories, together with printed reviews of his work `Neptune's toil', an obituary by Jessie McKay and other clippings relating to Maclennan's life. Included are photocopies of two letters from C R H Taylor to Stewart Maclennan (1940, 1941), and a copy of Mary Thornton's work 'Legacy of a colonial storyteller and poet; a selection of published and unpublished works by John Maclennan, 1870-1911'. Source of title - Supplied by Library Papers collected and arranged by Mary Thornton, MacLennan's granddaughter. She also typed in 2000 a selection of his published and unpublished work under the title of `Legacy of a colonial storyteller and poet'. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 5 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts, printed matter.