Great Britain - Colonies

Date: 1913

By: Navy League of New Zealand. Otago Branch

Reference: Eph-A-NAVY-LEAGUE-1913-01

Description: The front cover shows a portrait of the battleship HMS "New Zealand" in an oval inset, flanked by the New Zealand and British flags, English oak sprigs and New Zealand native berries and leaves. The back cover shows a Union Jack, with inspirational text. Inside are facts about the ship, figures to remember, and an invitation to join the Navy League in order to preserve the British Empire which stands for freedom, justice and righteousness. The battleship "New Zealand" was given to Britain by the New Zealand Government. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph printed on folded card, 160 x 103 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Plumbly's auction, 1 December 2005, part of lot 244.

Date: 1911

By: Stationers' Company (London, England); Meyer, Robert John, 1921-1990

Reference: Eph-D-ROYAL-1911-01

Description: Scarf commemmorating the Coronation of King George V. Shows full length portraits of King George and Queen Mary, and their son Edward the Prince of Wales. At the top centre is a cushion bearing the crown and sceptre, and in each of the four corners are maps of some countries of the Empire: Canada, Australia, India and South Africa. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Navy lithograph on browned cream fabric, 540 x 530 mm.

Date: 1968 - 1992

By: Gibbard, Leslie, 1945-2010; Guardian (Manchester, England)

Reference: B-142-056/075

Description: Various examples of originals of Gibbard's published work from The Guardian. Focuses mainly on British political issues and world wide politics. All are undated but post-date 1968, the date at which he started at The Guardian aged 23. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings various sizes Provenance: Donation: Mr Les Gibbard, London 1993

Date: 1930

By: Bassano Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0825

Description: Formal photograph of the representatives seated outdoors taken by Bassano, 1930. Ramsey MacDonald is in the centre of the front row; George Forbes is seated to his left Signatures around the outside. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 4555 x 605 mm mounted on card 680 x 810 mm

Date: [1820-1874]

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 73-150-01

Description: Marriage certificate, J H Hoar and S Fitzpatrick (1820); copy of will, W Hoar (n d); will, J H Hoar (1855); biblical verse; essays, `Proposed plan for the consolidation and extension of the British Empire', and `Essay upon British colonization' (1874); inward business correspondence from Auckland and copies of outward business correspondence, Fiji, including letters to Mr Bennett and Cardno (1872-1874); prospectus of the Para Para Iron and Coal Company (1874) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: 19 Oct 1926

From: Bell family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-D-0548

Description: Shows the representatives seated in the formal dining room. Photograph taken by Eagle Photographic Co Ltd in 1926 Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - H.M. Government dinner to the representatives of the Dominions and India at the Imperial Conference, 1926. Lancaster House.; Mount recto - beneath image - The Rt.Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P., Prime Minister in the chair. Tuesday, October 19th, 1926 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 240 x 295 mm mounted on card 355 x 455 mm

Date: 1966

By: Altrincham, Edward William Macleay Grigg, First Baron, 1879-1955

Reference: MS-Papers-9415

Description: Folder comprises an inventory of the papers of Edward William Macleay Grigg, First Lord Altringham, arranged and microfilmed by Douglas Library Archives, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1966. Material covers the period 1918-1946. Source of title - Transcribed from item Throughout his career Grigg worked as a journalist, soldier, private secretary, politican, editor and writer. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Bodelian, England Jun 2009

Date: 1926-1928

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Various studies

Reference: MS-Papers-7064-17

Description: Corrected typescript draft of Coad's book (1926), `The History of the Pacific' (pages 92-215). Chapters 9-14 cover the establishment of British power in the Pacific, the founding of Australia and New Zealand, the effects of the French revolution, the rise of the United States and Japan and the development of China. Relationship complexity - See Printed collections for copy of Coad's book, 990 COA Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1928

From: Liquor Trades' Defence Union of New South Wales: [Scrapbook of posters promoting continuance of liquor sales. ca 1928]

By: Liquor Trades' Defence Union of New South Wales; Hollander & Govett (Firm)

Reference: Eph-E-ALCOHOL-Continuance-1928-03

Description: Poster against prohibition in New South Wales, Australia, shows a small boy (in a hat labelled "NSW") standing between Uncle Sam carrying a bag labelled "Drugs, poisonous liquor" at the far left, and a benevolent John Bull in a Union Jack waistcoat and carrying a bag labelled "British freedom", at the right. A signpost shows "Prohibition" pointing towards Uncle Sam and "Continuance" pointing towards John Bull. At the lower right, a hand writes an X into a square. Quantity: 5 colour art print(s) of set of six (Top left sheet still in parent album). Physical Description: Chromolithographs on sheets each 760 x 1015 mm, total dimensions 1505 x 3045 mm. Transfers: These five sheets of the six-sheet poster were removed by Conservation staff from Liquor Trades' Defence Union Album at Eph-F-ALCOHOL-Continuance-Australia. The top left sheet is still stuck in this album.

Date: 1915

From: [Ephemera relating to patriotism, fundraising for the war effort, during World War I. 1914-1918. Folder 1]

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Patriotic-1915-04

Description: Programme booklet for the day's events, with words of songs to be sung by those attending. The performers were to include 120 bandsmen, members of commercial travellers' organisations in Wellington, Christchurch, Southland and Otago, 250 Pierrots, 100 Pierettes, 30 rugby players and 30 lady rugby players. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 30 pages, 182 x 124 mm.

Date: 1946 - 1952

From: [Ephemera relating to New Zealand Governors-General, the representatives of the British monarch in New Zealand. 1930-1949]

Reference: Eph-A-VICEREGAL-1946-01

Description: Greeting card, tied with blue ribbon, and addressed to Charlie Hegglun, shows a photograph of snow-capped Mt Hikurangi, "where the sun first rises on the British Empire". The front cover shows the coat of arms of the Governor-General. Quantity: 1 greeting card. Physical Description: Letterpress and photograph on card folded to 140 x 178 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Mowbray International in 2014.

Date: 1948

By: Madden, Frederick, 1917-2011

Reference: MS-Group-2104

Description: Collection comprises correspondence relating to Madden's publication and filmstrip `Growth of the British Empire' in 1948. Also includes original draft copy mock-up for his publication by Common Ground Ltd. Source of title - Transcribed from item Madden was a lecturer in the History of the British Empire at Oxford University, England, in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 volume(s) 1. 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs A Roberts, England, July 2012

Date: 1914 - 1915

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

By: Bamforth & Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-08

Description: Postcard shows a cartoon of a British gentleman ("John Bull") in top hat and coat tails. He is seen from the back standing on a piece of land, and stretching out his hands to shake those of of a man standing in Canada, and another standing in Australia, with the land of New Zealand adjacent to it. The cartoon refers to the praise Britain bestowed upon its colonies for help in the first World War. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 87 x 137 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Yester*Year, Australia, in 2014.

Date: 1938

From: [New Zealand calendars and blank diaries of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CALENDAR-1938-01

Description: Diary with photographs of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of Kent, the late King George V, Field-Marshal Lord Milne, late Field Marshal Earl Haig, late Admiral Earl Jellicoe, London mayor Sir Harry Edward Twyford and his wife; and various Empire High Commissioners working at their London desks (including J W [ie W J] Jordan of New Zealand). Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1900 - 1909

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-1900/1909

Description: Includes programmes for: 1901: Ada Delroy as "She" in the "Fire of Life", inspired by Mr Rider Haggard's novel. Caxton Co litho, Dunedin NZ. Reproduction of original poster in the Otago Early Settlers' Association collection, Dunedin [Reproduced 1980] (2 copies) 1909: The great Imperial spectacular display, "The birth of the Empire", staged under the direction of the composer, Signor Borzoni. Garrison Hall Gisborne, 8016 February 1909 in aid of the funds of the Garrison Hall. Souvenir programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1864

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-434-036

Description: Shows a scene outside a verandahed post office building, wherein can be seen a crowd of eager people keen to get mail from Britain. In the foreground on the street, people read letters. A man in the centre foreground frowns as he reads his letter. At the far left, two cloaked Maori figures pass by. The building was located on a corner site in Princes Street Related material: the Library has a watercolour version of this view, titled Post Office Auckland, dated 1867, and signed L B Temple (reference number B-079-009). The watercolour is almost certainly copied from the Illustrated London news Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 180 x 245 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: McGuinness, C, active 1940s; Harry H Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1940s-01

Description: Fabric Union Jack flag, with advertising text meassage around three sides. Note on folder containing this flag says that it was printed by H H Tombs. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on cotton fabric, 238 x 288 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: McGuinness, C, active 1940s; Harry H Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1940s-02

Description: Fabric Union Jack flag, with advertising text message around three sides. Note on folder containing this flag says that it was printed by H H Tombs. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on cotton fabric, 220 x 285 mm.

Date: 1973

From: Ball, Murray 1939-2017: Collection

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017; Quartet Books

Reference: J-045-013

Description: Shows Bruce the Barbarian walking into the sunset holding his sword in one hand and the head of Ted the Tory in the other hand. Also gives a synopsis of Bruce the Barbarian and his task in taking on the British Isles. Extended Title - A4 photocopy of the back cover. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopy Processing information: Record updated on 30 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1850 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-004

Description: Passport or visa for John Pearse, issued in Egypt on his return from New Zealand to England, July 1856. A decorated envelope addressed to Pearse at Undersherriff, Dunstable, England, July 1850. The envelope has drawings of a central figure of Britannia directing angels to fly to various parts of her empire, including an area with camels and elephants (possibly both India and North Africa), upper left, America with Indians and Europeans greeting, upper right, a man reading to an elderly woman, lower left and a woman reading a letter to two small children, lower right Quantity: 2 printed items. Physical Description: Printed and handwritten documents, sizes vary