Roberts, James, 1878-1967

Date: 1922

From: New Zealand Labour Party : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0270-019

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1937, 1972

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-30/12

Description: Compilation of the letters to the Evening Post, Wellington, by A Cook, J Roberts and F P Walsh Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1937 - ca 1970

By: Trade Union History Project (N.Z.); Douglas, Kenneth George, 1935-2022

Reference: PAColl-3008

Description: Mainly relate to the Drivers Federation, ca 1937-ca 1970 Quantity: 69 b&w original photographic print(s).

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: MS-Papers-6164-083

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: [Perry Charles Stuart], 1908-1982 :[23 sketches made during Wellington City Council meetings and at a writer's conference. 1957-1964].

Reference: A-358-028

Description: A profile view, head and shoulders, of Wellington City Councillor James Roberts Other Titles - Councillor Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink (ball-point pen) on paper, 64 x 57 mm

Date: 12 Jun 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/1879-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 25 Jun 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/2125-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1938

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

By: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: A-313-1-045

Description: New Zealand Labour Party prime minister Michael Savage as a ventriloquist's dummy sitting on the knee of trade unionist and president of the New Zealand Labour Party "Big Jim" Roberts. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 25 Jun 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/2123-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 6

By: Holland, Roy, 1894-1975

Reference: PAColl-5932-55

Description: Formal seated portrait of James Roberts, also known as Big Jim Roberts. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942 - 1943

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

By: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994

Reference: Eph-B-ROTH-NZ-National-1943-01

Description: Cartoon showing lthe large chess-playing hand of Roberts, Walsh & Co (ie Trade Unions), pushing around the pawn Fraser (Labour PM), while the Sullivan, Semple, Webb and Nash pieces (other Labour Party members) sit on the board. The microphone nearby is manned by "Uncle Scrim" (Colin Scrimgeour). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - N.9 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithograph, 254 x 216 mm.

Date: May 1944

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 1

By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Holland, Roy, 1894-1975

Reference: PAColl-5471-059

Description: Portrait of James Roberts. Photograph taken in May 1944, probably by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew & Sons. Inscriptions: Verso - Mr James Roberts May 1944; Verso - Ink stamp reads: `From [S P? faint and difficult to read] Andrew & Sons Photographers 10 Willis St., Wellington. NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942

From: New Zealand Federation of Labour :Photographs of Union activities

By: Boyer, Charles Percy Samuel, 1902-1973

Reference: PAColl-0980-1-01

Description: New Zealand Federation of Labour, National Council. Photograph taken 1942 by C P S Boyer of Wellington. Back row (from left): W Watson (?), D Stalker, F Tercel, W F Campbell, A Black, R P Smith, J Harris (?), E Lindley, J Queenan, R H Shaw, W Clark, T Stanley Front row (from left): J Thorpe, F P Walsh, F D Cornwell (secretary), A McLagan (president), R Eddy (vice-president), J Roberts, F Gould, A Wathey. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.7 x 19.5 cm (visible image), on mount 16.8 x 21.5 cm

Date: [1932 or 1933 ?]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084840-G

Description: Demonstration of unemployed men, Parliament steps, Wellington, during the 1930s depression, probably 1932 or 1933. Jim Roberts is in the centre (with bow tie). Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001841-F

Description: Group addressing a trade union anti-fascist procession from the steps of Parliament, Wellington, in 1945. Angus McLagan is speaking. From right: James Roberts, Daniel Giles Sullivan, Fintan Patrick Walsh. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 25 Jun 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/2122-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 25 Jun 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/2124-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/3701-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches