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Quartermain family : Papers
- Date
- [ca 1874]-1967, n d
- By
- Quartermain family; Rego, Marion, active 1975-1997Quartermain, George, active 1881-1935; Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973; McGregor, Ian, active 1941
- Reference
- MS-Group-0176
- Description
Papers of Leslie Quartermain include correspondence with Ian McGregor while on service as an RAF trainee pilot in Canada, 1941; correspondence to his family and speeches relating to his own experiences with the 13 Field Ambulance during WWI; correspondence with Clarence Hare on the 1902-1904 British Antarctic Expedition; papers relating to his teaching of English at Wellington College and Christchurch Boys' High School; street plans of Wellington; a scrapbook compiled by his father, George Quartermain, containing poetry and other newspaper clippings on a wide range of subjects, dated ca 1881-1935.
Source of title - supplied title
Accompanying material - Photograph of C H Hare. Negative transferred to Photograph Archives
The Quartermain family came from Hororata, North Canterbury. Leslie Quartermain served with 13 Field Ambulance in World War I and was a noted writer on Antarctic exploration, as well as being a school teacher, and a worker for Presbyterian Bible Class Union.
Quantity: 44 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.40 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter
Finding Aids: Inventory available for folders with the prefix MS-Papers-1807-..
Provenance: Donor is daughter and granddaughter of Leslie and George Quartermain
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 44 folder(s), 1 volume(s), 0.40 Linear Metres, Autobiographies, Clippings, Diaries, Family papers, Manuscripts, Personal correspondence, Scrapbooks, Speeches, Mss, typescript and printed matter
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Miscellanea
Date: [1915-1930]
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-22
Description: Includes tickets, leave passes, instructions for protection from gas, autographed postcard, Paris, Christmas Day (1918) and Bruxelles, New Year, postcard from Ida E Murgatroyd, a photograph of Bill and Frank, `A photo they both like', souvenir folder of Colon and Cristobel postcards, Divisional Theatre programme (26 Dec 1917) and for `Buckshee!' production of No 7 Convalescent Depot (1918), `Achi Baba and the forty thieves', account of Messines, acknowledgement that Quartermain passed his first aid, exam paper on reinforcemenets and demobilization certificate (1919) and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letters from Ian McGregor
Date: 1941-1943
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3870-1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: May 1915
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-02
Description: Letters written by Quartermain to his parents from Rangiora where he was training in medical and ambulance work Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1918
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-16
Description: Letters written from France by Quartermain to his parents Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: Jul-Sep 1918
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-15
Description: Letters written from France by Quartermain to his parents; includes some written from Canadian Hospital and Convalescent Depot Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: Mar 1916
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-03
Description: Letters from Quartermain to his parents written from Wellington, Ambulance Camp, Awapuni, Anzac Club, Palmerston North, and Awapuni Camp Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: Apr-Jun 1918
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-14
Description: Letters written from France by Quartermain to his parents Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Tourist guides and programmes
Date: n d
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-26
Description: Tourist guides for England and Scotland; also souvenir programmes for the Globe Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, Theatre Royal of Drury Lane, Duke of York's Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Wyndham's Theatre, a harvest festival for the Belgians at Christchurch (1915), souvenir of Salisbury, Black's plan of Paris and clippings Other Titles - Where we have been - Edinburgh Other Titles - Mowbray's Guide to Oxford Other Titles - Bijou map to London Other Titles - The Catholic Church of St Mary, Salisbury Other Titles - An Illustrated guide and descriptive account of the Palace of Westminster Other Titles - Madame Tussaud's exhibition; guide written by Geo Augustus Sala Other Titles - Souvenir album of the Tower of London Other Titles - Souvenir of London; containing 18 artistic views Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Tourist guides of France and other papers
Date: n d
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-25
Description: Includes book of panoramic views of Paris, another of the `Cote d'Azur' edited by Giletta of Nice, programme of Aux Varieties, `Les Saltimbanques', Divisional Theatre programmes (1916, Jul-Aug 1917), Monaco Monte-Carlo booklet, programmes for the Theatre National d'L'Opera, Alhambra, Olympia, Comedie-Francaise, and Florenne, and various articles Other Titles - La Boheme (The Bohemians); an opera in four acts by G Puccini Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: Apr 1916
From: Quartermain family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1807-04
Description: Letters from Quartermain to his parents written from Anzac Club, Palmerston North, Awapuni Camp, Rangiotu Camp, Show Grounds Camp and other places in Palmerston North; also one letter to Mrs G Q. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.