Kingsford Smith, Charles Edward (Sir), 1897-1935

Date: Between 1928 and 1934

By: Robson, Edward Thomas, 1875-1953

Reference: 1/4-015039-F

Description: The Southern Cross arriving at New Plymouth with a large crowd and photographers running towards it. E T Robson was the photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1937

By: Kidson, Edward, 1882-1939

Reference: f-89-363

Description: Comprises weather forecast map used for Trans-Tasman crossing with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1937); annotated by Kidson. Map, Commonwealth Meteorology, Isobaric chart of Australia. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photocopy Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr B T Easterbrook, Manly Vale, NSW, Australia

Date: 30 Sep 1928-11 Jan 1934

Reference: MS-Papers-0838

Description: Comprises NZ Dept of Health forms, Outward bill of health for the `Southern Cross' under command of Squadron Leader Kingsford Smith for 1st NZ to Australia flight (8-9 Oct 1928). Also letter carried on the `Southern Cross' flight, Richmond-New Plymouth (13 Jan 1934, written 11 Jan 1934). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and printed matter (annotated) (photocopies)

Date: 1908, 1925-1928, 1934

From: Dangerfield, Leonard Joseph, fl 1988-2002 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1154

Description: Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1928

Reference: Eph-C-AVIATION-1928-02

Description: Handkerchief commemorating Kingsford-Smith's trans-Tasman flight, has the name "Maggie" embroidered in pink cotton at one corner. In the diagonally opposite corner is a printed image of the smiling head of Charles Kingsford-Smith, beside his plane the "Southern Cross". Other Titles - Squadron; September Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print and embroidery on cotton handkerchief, 275 x 275 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2009.

Date: 1931-1932

From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall

By: Nightingall, Theodore Charles, 1914-1986

Reference: PA1-o-1032

Description: Most of this album shows the aircraft models made and flown by Theo Nightingall in the early 1930s. Images record in detail the structural framework of the models, the finished model aircraft, and Theo flying them in the open air. This record is interspersed with images of Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" in flight and on the ground. Theo Nightingall was a member of the Waitemata Model Aero Club in the early 1930s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1900 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Christie, Connie, active 1940s-1950s; Cobb, Victor Ernest, 1876-1945; Davies, Lewis Roy, 1897-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Godson, John Barclay, 1882-1957; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; Mahony, Francis William, 1905-1989; Mailey, Arthur Alfred, 1890-; Minns, Benjamin Edwin, 1864-1937; Ogilvie, Helen, active 1930s; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Palmer, Ethleen Mary, 1906-1958; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor, 1904-1982; Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus, 1881-1929; Walker, Francis Sidney, 1888-1972; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-O/S

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Margaret O'Grady Pat O'Harris (by Pixie O'Harris, 1928) Lyster Ormsby (3 bookplates, 1 by A B, 2 by artist unknown, 1 of which reads "Lyster Omsby, Antiquary, 26 Hunter Street") Basil R Orr (by Percy Neville Barnett, 1930) John Oxley W Stewart Page (by Will M, possibly Will Mahony, picturing 2 men on horses and a dog rounding up sheep) B H Palmer (possibly by Ethleen Palmer) R Parkinson (possibly by Norman Lindsay) Pauline (possibly by Ernest Warner or Edward Warner, 1931) N Pearson Noel Pearson (2 bookplates, 1 with name of the artist illegible, possibly Vic Cm Aron, 1927, 1 by A M, possibly Arthur Mailey, featuring a cricketing cartoon) Max Pemberton (possibly by Connie Christie) Ruth Penfold (2 bookplates, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1 by F Sidney Walker, 1933) A M Perrottet George Perrottet (1 by Hilda Wiseman, 2 by artists unknown, 1 featuring a caricature, possibly of the owner) Muriel Perrottet (by "H", possibly Helen Ogilvie, featuring a flower, possibly a hibiscus) E E Pescott (writing below image reads "Type design by S R Simmons") Philip (featuring the words "Philip's book" and the initials P O H or F O H, though it is not clear whether these are the initials of the artist or the owner) H E Phillipson (by W R J, possibly Robert Johnson) Eden Philpotts (by "B", possibly Frank Brangwyn) Stanley Raymond Phippard (possibly by Nan Davies, 1922) Phyllis (2 identical bookplates, by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Ralph R Pilkington (by artist unknown. R Pilkington's name is handwritten on the bookplate in pen) L L Politzer (possibly by Victor Cobb) Louis Politzer (note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", but it is not clear whether this indicates he is the artist or the donor of the bookplate in addition to being the subject) Mabel Dickinson Pond (by W F H, 1915) Dorothy Porter (by Pixie O'Harris, featuring an ornately dressed lady and a man, possibly a servant, bearing a book upon a cushion) Edith Potter (name of the artist illegible, possibly Moppen, 1934. Includes the words "Ich liebe die fleinen Bewohner dec Luft") John Preece (by L L, possibly Lionel Lindsay, 1928, picturing archers shooting at flying books) John L Preece (by Henri Benedictus Van Raalte) Winward Prescott (including the words "Short Story Collection", and picturing 2 nudes under a microscope) Thea Proctor (owner is also possibly the artist) Alan Queale (by N S, possibly N Suhr or N Suhn. Picturing a pirate or similar figure reading a book, having presumably taken the book from a chest full of them at his feet) B R R (2 bookplates, both possibly by Eric Thake) Jeanie Ranken (by A F. Wording of the bookplate reads "Jeanie Ranken; In Her Memory", and pictured is a hand holding a book entitled "Drama". Note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley" or "Hagly") C L Regan (by J G, possibly John Barclay Godson. Includes a heraldic emblem with the word "Riverview") Geoffrey R Rex (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1926) Alan P Rigby (by Will Mahony. Features caricature of a man, possibly Alan P Rigby) Vere Ritchie (by L Roy Davies) Christine Rivett (by Phillip M Litchfield) Ewing Rixson (by Adrian Feint. Including maps of Australia, United States, Scandinavia, France and New Zealand, and emblems reading "Northwestern University, 1851" and "Royal Geographical Society, 1830) Arthur Robinson (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Royal Colonial Institute (including the words "British Isles" and "United Empire" and a map highlighting Canada, India, Africa and Australia Lucy McCowan Russell (possibly by Eric Thake, picturing a crowd before a closed theatre curtain, upon which are spotlighted the initials "T T") W L Russell (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", though it is not made clear whether this is the artist or donor. Pictured is a mother Kangaroo reading a book to a joey in her pouch) A S (2 bookplates, possibly made for Sir Alfred Stephen) Y N Y S (by Roy Davies) Sacre Coeur + Burke Road (by Adrian Feint. The bookplate reads "Sacre Coeur + Burke Road; Malvern" and pictured is a driveway leading to a stately 3 storey building. Possibly refers to Sacre Coeur, Catholic Girl's School in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia) St Sophia's Library (note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley") Sally (possibly by George D Perrottet. Pictured is a man with spears and a shield in an outdoor setting at night, possibly representing an aboriginal hunter conducting a form of ceremony) H H Schlink (by R D, possibly Roy Davies, featuring an airborn downhill skier) Aimee Selby (by G D Perrottet, possibly George D Perrottet) E York Seymour (by Adrian Feint) Grace B Sibley The Ski Club of Australia (by L Roy Davies, picturing a downhill skier) Bruce Smith (by Philip M Litchfield, featuring a man fishing with a rod and a net) C Nigel Smith (by A F) Charles Kingsford Smith (by George Hartley Brown, 1932, picturing an aeroplane and a giant eagle flying over Australia, with the words "Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, M C, A F C; King of the Air") S A Smith (by B E Minns. Pictured is 3 Australian Aboriginals, a woman crouching holding a child and a man with a spear and shield defending them, framed by trees, 2 possibly eucalypts and 2 a variety of Xanthorrhoea or "Grasstree") R M F Smyth (by Geo. Hartley Brown, possibly George Hartley Brown, 1931. Pictured are 2 Australian Aboriginals with a boomerang standing on a book, with the words "Return to...R M F Smyth") Alexis Grant Souter (by D H S, possibly D H Souter) Brenda Maisie Souter (by D H Souter) D H Souter (owner is also possibly the artist) Jo Sprokkereef (name of the artist illegible, possibly Esmond. Pictured are Snow White and the 7 dwarfs) L Stenhouse-Huntley (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) Paul Stratmann (2 bookplates, both by artist unknown) George Sutton (by P M L) Vincenc Svoboda (name of the owner is illegible, also possibly Iincenc Svoboda) R A Swan (by "W") Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Also including the name "I Black" and the date "31 January 1898". Written at the bottom of the bookplate is the instruction that "This label is to be pasted in the book, kept in good order, and not written or scribbled upon in any way") Quantity: 78 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1933

From: [Ephemera, timetables, tickets, and advertising relating to aviation, airline companies, flights, aeroplanes, aircraft, by New Zealanders or in New Zealand. 1930-1939]

By: Pat Studio

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-1933-01

Description: Cover shows a caricature of aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and maps of Australia and New Zealand. The centre spread is a world map showing the routes of Kingsford Smith's travels. The back page gives the itinerary of his tour around New Zealand. Other Titles - Official souvenir programme; Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, each 220 x 146 mm.

Date: 1978

From: Crown Studios Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-9633-1

Description: Comprise information and copies of photographs of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, along with correspondence over the 50th anniversary of the crossing of the Tasman Sea by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920, 1928

By: Wellington Returned Services' Association

Reference: MS-Papers-2448

Description: Letter of friendship from the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, 1 Sep 1928, sent via Charles Kingsford Smith's flight from Australia to New Zealand. Envelope included has been signed by Kingsford Smith and the crew of the Southern Cross. Also document, 9 Nov 1920, conferring on William Massey the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Couronne by Albert, King of the Belgians. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1927

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-f-185

Description: Shows arrival of "Southern Cross" in Christchurch in 1927, and subsequent tour through New Zealand of Charles Kingsford Smith, C T P Ulm and other members of crew, in aircraft of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1926

By: Kingsford Smith, Charles Edward (Sir), 1897-1935

Reference: MS-Papers-0755

Description: Includes two newspaper clippings about the position and the establishment of the flying school Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: [ca 1900s-1970s]

From: Unwin, William Henry 1909-1992: Photographs relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

By: Valerie Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10379-9

Description: Photographs mainly relating to Harry Unwin's social life in New Zealand (circa 1940s-1970s) as well as miscellaneous images (circa 1900s-1950s). Taken mainly by unidentified photographer(s). Contains images of Unwin drinking at smoking with friends and at parties. Two images show Unwin in a [Hawaiian?] costume (one of which is taken by Leica Photos, Hastings). In another image he is recording children on a portable audio device at a party [association with the Kiwi Concert Party?]. One image of Unwin and an unidentified man taken by Valerie Studios (Wellington). Also contains miscellaneous images, circa 1920s-1950s. These include unidentified groups and couples, a bodybuilder, a table setting at a party, a cricket team, unidentified images of boats [possibly in Australia?], coastal dwellings, a hunting party (with dead hares, dogs, and guns), a postcard of Kingsford Smith in his plane (Upper Hutt), and three men in a row boat (attributed to W Miller). A few images include annotations on the rear of the print. Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1927-1939

By: Street, Sydney, 1910-1970

Reference: PAColl-10109

Description: Photographs taken by Sidney Street of people and scenes in New Zealand between 1927 and 1938, relating to holidays he had in different parts of the country. Places include Wanganui City and the Wanganui River; Ruapehu, including the skifields; Feilding; Hamilton and the Waikato River, including bridges and hydro-electric dams; Wairakei; Rotorua including lakes and thermal areas, Maori villages and buildings; Taranaki and Hawera; Christchurch, Timaru and Waimate. Also includes photographs of pioneer aviators Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and Maurice Buckley, and their planes. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: All prints were originally in one album which was cut up by the donor prior to their arrival at the Library. Donor has removed photographs of her father. Library archivist has arranged the prints in groups by place. Quantity: 200 b&w original photographic print(s) some mounted. Provenance: Sidney Street is the donor's father.

Date: 11 Sep 1928?

By: Pickering, Neville George, 1923-1988

Reference: PAColl-10033

Description: Photographic print showing Charles Kingsford Smith (left) and Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm after their trans-Tasman flight of 1928. Shows them seated in a vehicle which is moving past a crowd. The flight landed in Wigram, so this photograph is likely to have been taken in Christchurch. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Kingsford Smith and Ulm identified by the Alexander Turnbull Library's Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.5 x 11.2 cm Provenance: Donor is the widow of the former mayor of Christchurch, Neville Pickering. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Neville Pickering: Ephemera. Items also passed on appraisal to published, manuscripts, and drawings, paintings and prints..

Date: 1911-1940

Reference: MSX-9511

Description: Autograph album containing signatures, sketches, inscriptions, quotes, and poems from the period 1911 to 1940. The album includes autographs from some of the passengers aboard the RMS 'Ruahine' which left Wellington on 6 April 1911 for England. Among the passengers were the Second Saloon passengers Sydney Lough Thompson and his new bride, Maude Ethel Cole. There is a pencil sketch by S L Thompson dated 8 May 1911 on the third leaf of the volume. There are also sketches and autographs created aboard the RMS 'Remuera' which departed from London on 29 September 1911 bound for New Zealand. Some of the other autographs in the album include: - Charles Kingsford Smith, pilot of the 'Southern Cross' Trans-Tasman flight from Australia to New Zealand in 1933. - Jack Percival, passenger on the 'Southern Cross', was an aeronautical correspondent for the 'Sun Herald' newspaper. - Jean Gardner Batten, 1934, New Zealand pioneering aviator. - Richard E Byrd, leader of Antarctic expeditions. - Captain Gustav L Brown, captain of the steamer 'Eleanor Bolling' on Byrd's expedition to Antarctica. - Ian Donnelly, "at the 'Sun' office for the last time. Christchurch 29-VI-35", New Zealand journalist and editor. - Sir Francis Charles Chichester, aviator and sailor. - William James Arnold Brittenden, 1910-1986, Christchurch teacher, historian, writer and city councillor. - Colonel Robert Logan, administrator of Samoa. - G J Lancaster, headmaster of Christchurch Boys High School, 1929. - Reverend Melville Harcourt Wybert, September 1938, Church of England, chaplain in World War Two. - Players at the New Zealand Tennis championship of 1929 and 1930, including D G France, C Angas, E L Bartleet, C J Donohoe, C Sproule, and F Kalms. Illustrations and sketches include the following captions: - "How we passed the Horn! S.S. Ruahine 8 May 1911 H J Babbage", ink sketch. - "S. L. Thompson 'Ruahine' 8/5/11", portrait in pencil. - "'Londoners' B Pfundt May 7, 1911. S.S. Ruahine", ink sketch of couple in formal costume dress. - "Eventful Careers. Greg's idea of the Public School Boy", ink sketch of gentleman with cigar. - "A Lesson on Womens Rights. Riotous lives can never know the Pleasures of Temperance", ink drawing. - "Rio de Janeiro R.M.S. 'Ruahine', D S. May 5, 1911", watercolour sketch of subject carrying flat basket on head, with streetscape in background. - "Philip Wahl. del. R.M.S. Ruahine 7. iv. 11", pencil portrait by Philip Wahl of Cambridge, New Zealand. - "Remuera" ink and pencil ship portrait framed in ring buoy with title inscribed, by G E Startup, dated 9 November 1911. - "The Galloping Major", pencil sketch by C James. - "Marconi Station, Siasconset, Mass., USA. Situated in Lat 41" 16' N Long 69" 58' W. Communicates with ships at sea call letters MSC. Geo F K Ball. 9th Nov. 1911." Ink sketch showing masts and transmission station, and Morse code alphabet and numbers. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s) Bound album. Physical Description: Album in padded full leather binding with title "Album" in gilt lettering on front cover, rounded corners, tinted paper leaves in a variety of pastel shades, 15 x 12 cm. Provenance: Provenance unknown.

Date: [1930s]

By: MacKay, Horatio Murdoch, 1886-1968; Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966

Reference: PA1-o-305

Description: Album created with aviation pioneer Horatio Murdoch MacKay. Photographs include several in which MacKay was the first man to fly across the Tasman as a passenger, making the flight with Charles Kingsford Smith. One sequence shows Boeing biplane (purchased by New Zealand Airways Ltd in 1934), shipped from Vancouver and assembed in New Zealand, and the first landing at Green Island `Aerodrome'. A number of views of different aeroplanes, both monoplanes and biplanes follows. There are a large number of postcards of Launceston, Jenolan Caves, and Ballarat in Australia, and caves in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. Photographs of a group travelling on a South Island tour by White Star Taxis, a company which MacKay established, including views of the first hotel at Wanaka `The White Star Private Hotel'. One scene shows one of the taxis after an accident. Other scenes show a group skiing, a group at the summit of the Crown Range, and a large group on a motor launch. The last sequence is chiefly family photographs, including several houses, and two different wedding parties; several portraits, possibly of Horatio MacKay's wife Helen Emma (nee Griffiths). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue and brown patterned cover, entitled `Snapshots'; 26 x 33 cm

Date: 1920-1925

From: MacKay, B.R.S.A. (Estate) :Family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-784

Description: The MacKay family in the early 1920s. Some probably taken at their home in Seatoun Wellington. Other photos record life on a farm from a childs point of view with rides on sheep and freshly slaughtered pigs hanging outside. There are views of the Dunedin Exhibition in 1925 and many people shots of family members Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1928

From: [Ephemera of quarto size, timetables, and advertising relating to aviation, airline companies, flights, aeroplanes, aircraft, by New Zealanders or in New Zealand]

By: Pawson, Ambrose Charles, 1877?-1950; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-AVIATION-1928-01

Description: Reports that the plane passed Farewell Spit at 6.30 am, Wellington at 7.15 am, Kaikoura at 8.25 am. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 340 x 220 mm.

Date: 1 September and 11 September 1928

By: Taylor, Clyde Romer Hughes, 1905-1997

Reference: PAColl-0172

Description: Photographs of Charles Edward Kingsford Smith and the aircraft, Southern Cross Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).