Rain and rainfall

Date: 1920 - 1939

By: Busby, Dorothy Blanche, 1887-1952; Busby, Miriam Dow, 1954-

Reference: E-792

Description: A booklet with a typescript story and watercolour illustrations about Dot Chaplin, Lynly Glen and family camping in the rain. The group gets blown and rained out of their tents. Dated 1920-1930s. There is mention of "John" making a comment; that may have been the artist's son John (born 1916). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Carbon typescript and watercolour drawings on pages of sketchbook, 170 x 243 mm., tied with black ribbon

Date: 1867

From: Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :Illustrations of New Zealand 1865?-1867

Reference: E-370-007-2

Description: The artist in the prow of a canoe, holding the reins of a horse which is swimming across the flooded river in pouring rain. The Maori ferryman is seated in the stern of the canoe steering with an oar, while two other men watch from the opposite bank. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 105 x 205 mm

Date: 1956

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

Reference: A-309-135

Description: Shows two women sitting on a bench at a beach. The beach is crowded with people who are holding umbrellas. They are commenting that there seems to be a lot of Aucklanders there. Refers to Auckland's reputation for wet weather. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1999 - 2000

By: Walker, Malcolm, 1950-; Crimp, Daryl, 1958-; Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Sunday News (Newspaper)

Reference: H-620-001/013

Description: 13 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Labour-Alliance coalition government, Cullen's financial direction for the government, the demise of National to the benefit of Labour, New Year celebrations, the dawning of the millennium, inconsistent court sentencing, marital relations during Super-12 season, the public is warned about Crimp, Jenny Shipley supports the All Blacks, rugby coach speaks out about players taking drugs, sportswomen pose nude for cash, women's squash tops NZ sporting highlights, interview with Steffi Graf. Quantity: 13 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 1 original A4 cartoon by Walker, ink on paper. 12 horizontal A4 photocopies.

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-8/1/9-Acc.

Description: Identifies rain days per annum in the North Island Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 31.5 x 25.5 cm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1876

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Five sketchbooks with views of Dunedin and district and manuscript notes]

Reference: E-017-3-031/032

Description: A rainy scene of water and high mountains, probably in Fiordland Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on 2 pages of sketchbook, 64 x 216 mm (page size)

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-8/1/3-Acc.

Description: Identifies rainfall stations in New Zealand 1949 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 44 x 34 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] [ca 1865?]-1896

Reference: E-147-111

Description: A view across water towards the sails of a small ship, heavy rain to the right. May show Pencarrow Head, as in the previous drawing Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 114 x 185 mm

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-8/1/28-Acc.

Description: Identifies monthly rainfall in New Zealand from May to August Accompanied by two booklets: Variations of Monthly rainfall in New Zealand and Variability of Annual Rainfall in New Zealand by y C J Seelye, Meteorological Office, Wellington. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey linen. Scale indeterminable. 31 x 51 mm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1888

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Ravensbourne, 1888

Reference: E-016-3-036

Description: A small sailing ship in a harbour with a large lighthouse, probably Bluff. Rain approaches from the left Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 89 x 156 mm (page size)

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-8/4/1-12-Acc.

Description: A map for each month from January to December, identifying monthly rainfall Quantity: 12 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 101 x 74 cm. or smaller Finding Aids: Inventory available.

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-8/1/32-Acc.

Description: Identifies average number of rain days per annum in New Zealand Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey linen. Scale indeterminable. 102 x 78 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-

Reference: H-748-001/032

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues in New Zealand and overseas. 001-016 published; 017-032 unpublished. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 29 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Copies of black felt drawings, mostly A4 size, some smaller.

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-8/1/34-Acc.

Description: Identifies annual rainfall in the North Island Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 101 x 68 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1999 - 2000

From: 1 original and 5 cartoon photocopies by Malcolm Walker, 6 cartoon photocopies by Daryl Crimp, 1 cartoon photocopy by Garrick Tremain, published in Sunday News between 2 September 1999 and 14 July 2000.

Reference: H-620-005

Description: A New Zealand family seek shelter under a beach umbrella as the rains pours down on their beach holiday as the new millennium dawns. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Horozontal A4 photocopy.

Date: 1977 - 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-954/963

Description: Includes cartoons about: Camping equipment salesman closing his blinds so that customers think the weather is sunny; Jupiter reads that MPs want churches to pray for rain in Wairarapa; rain means Santa Claus travels by raft; Meteorological Office having trouble with predicted southerly storms; little weather house has lost its woman figure; Santa Claus dresses in accordance with the weather forecast - heavy clothing even for Southern Hemisphere; New Zealanders may call on an Australian rainmaker to end the drought; praying for rain; tourist asks for a one-way ticket to anywhere away from rainy New Zealand; only those who got books for Christmas can make use of their gifts - sailboats, fishing rods, sun umbrellas are useless. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Quantity: 10 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 390 x 510 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1993

From: Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951- :[Illustrations, sketches and design drawings for publications. 1970-2000]

Reference: B-170-032/073

Description: Set of design drawings, preparatory photographs, and final original coloured illustrations for "The day of the rain", by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Bob Kerr. Preparatory photographs are at: B-170-032/041. Some are of the corner of Karangahape Road and Queen Street, Auckland; some are of children in a classroom. Gouache paintings are at: B-170-042/055 Drawings, with collaged text are at: B-170-056/073 Missing watercolours: end papers, 16/17, 24/25, 30/31. Pencil drawings: 16/17. Quantity: 14 watercolour(s). 10 photograph(s). 17 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, print, photographs and gouache, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by Bob Kerr, Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 1917

From: Calman, Gordon Jamieson, b 1893 :Tiki-talk ; epistles of the Corinthians ; souvenir, Left Wing, 23rd Rfmts ; [original drawings] / G J Calman. [1917]

Reference: A-224-034

Description: Shows a caricature of a smiling soldier on a ship's deck in the rain. He is smoking a cigarette. Other Titles - Hungry, horse, and, blooming Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 179 x 129 mm.

Date: [ca 1925-1935]

By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-0451

Description: Photographs of Hastings and the surrounding area taken by H J Lovell-Smith. They include photographs of earthquake damage to shops in Hastings; the flooding of the Ngaruroro River; excavation of the site of the new swimming pool in Havelock North; a man and a boy sheltering from the rain outside a barbers shop; the Soldiers Memorial Hospital; Taradale Post and Telegraph Office with the library across the street; two men working on a steam locomotive; neon sign on Queen's Wharf, Auckland; wedding photograph of a couple named Harper and Ward (the groom was a minister); five men next to a crashed aeroplane on a snowy hillside; a Windsor chair made from New Zealand birch; schoolgirls leaving Hastings High School; a view across Hastings, possibly from the Clock Tower, over Railway Road and towards St Andrew's Church; two of the Cosy Buildings (possibly previously the Douglas Buildings), one when the picture theatre had the electric sign "Cosy" hanging from it and was showing the film Nurse Marjorie and the other without the sign and with the ground floor closed up; and the new Post and Telegraph Office built to replace the old one after the earthquake. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1972

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

Reference: C-028-037-a

Description: A copy of a watercolour in the Library: A wet day July 1853, showing the Hutt Estuary. The reproduction was given the speculative title Wairarapa, but the image has subsequently been identified as showing the Hutt Estuary Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 265 x 180 mm on sheet 330 x 505