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Date: 11 Sep 1995, 18 Sep 1995, 26 Sep 1995 - 11 Sep 1995 - 26 Sep 1995

From: YWCA (Wgtn) Oral History Project

By: Cotterill, Margaret Hazel, 1910-2005

Reference: OHInt-0351-04

Description: Margaret Hazel Cotterill (nee Williamson) was born in 1910 in Waimate. Talks about family, childhood memories, the Influenza Epidemic and boarding at Timaru Girls High School from 1924. Outlines training as kindergarten teacher and association with Girl Guides. Talks about Girl Guide badges and camps with Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) members. Provides early memories of the YWCA, position as secretary from 1936 and life in a hostel. Describes recreational activities including dances with servicement during World War II. Discusses sports, millinery and cookery classes, sex education during the War, the thrift club and move from Christchurch to Hamilton as YWCA General Secretary 1940. Outlines relationship between the YWCA and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). Details work in Hamilton, Palmerston North in 1945 and Dunedin. Talks about staffing, training, wages and conferences. Describes 1948 visit to Canada, education at Toronto University, work for the Children's Aid Society in Ottawa, visit to England, and YWCA's refugee budget and work. Outlines return to New Zealand as Wellington General Secretary. Recounts building new YWCA residence through fundraising and grants. Touches on move to San Francisco 1958, marriage and years spent in England. Discusses work with World YWCA in Fiji in depth. Describes Christian and political elements within the YWCA. Recounts election as New Zealand National President 1973. Provides history of the Wellington YWCA and invovlement with women's liberation. Talks about her 1977 Her Majesty's Commemorative Medal and 1979 CBE. Discusses the current and future role of the YWCA. Interviewer(s) - Judith Byrne Accompanying material - Abstract also contains a range of newspaper articles 1940's-1970's focusing on Margaret Cotterill or the YWCA, YWCA newsletter Herstory article by Margaret Cotterill and notification of her life membership with the YWCA. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-013865, OHC-013866, OHC-013867, OHC-013868 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4945. Photograph of Margaret Williamson c.1930's. Photograph of Margaret Cotterill receiving CBE award 1979

Date: 1930s-1945

By: Capewell, Edward Hugo, -1943; Hendry, Kenneth Arthur, 1915-1996

Reference: PAColl-5645

Description: Family photographs and views of Fiji, Canada and the Middle East during World War 1939-1945. The photographs of Canada are negatives, and all relate to the RAF Commonwealth air training programme. There are views of Halifax and the ANZAC Club there. Others are of Montreal and New York. There are photographs of soldiers, planes and countryside taken from the air. Then it's off to Britain, views of London, English countryside and active service. One sequence of negatives records a trip to the Middle East. The Fijian photographs are prints taken by a member of the 30th Battalion, that part of the New Zealand army in Fiji sent directly to Lautoka on the west coast of Viti Levu, and stationed at the Namaka Camp, about 17 miles inland from Lautoka. There are views of Namaka Camp, of camp life, of recreations, work, manoeuvres, and the effects of the hurricane that hit Fiji on the 20th Feb, 1941. There are also views of a camp at a place called Comboni (pronounced "thomboni") which is a coastal tourist spot and beach on the western end of the northern coast of Viti Levu towards the Ba River mouth. There is one photograph of a military camp made up of tents at Momi Bay on the west coast of Viti Levu, south of Lautoka. There are views of Suva and an ANZAC Day parade there as well as images of Fijians, villages, Fijian buildings and the country side in general. After his tour of duty in Fiji the creator of this collection was sent to the Middle East. The family photographs date from the 1930s. The largest group of these are records of the New Zealand contingent at the Australian Boy Scout Jamboree held at Frankston, Melbourne, from 27 December 1934 to 13 January 1935. The New Zealand contingent constructed a "Maori Pa" and dressed up in Maori costume. There are 18 prints of this feature of the New Zealand contribution to the jamboree. Arrangement: Negatives at 35 mm 22145 to 22228, and 1/4-81170-F to 1/4-81202-F This collection comes from two different sources. The negatives of Canada are associated with the name of Sergeant E H Capewell (also apparently known as \"Stormy Capewell\"). Those of the New Zealand army in Fiji and the rest of the photographic prints in the collection belonged to Private K A Hendry who came from Dannevirk before the war, and left Trentham camp for Fiji as a member of a field ambulance team. There is also an envelope dated 1943 addressed to him at the General NZ Hospital, 2nd N Z E F, Middle East Forces. During the Second World War New Zealand was responsable for raising forces and organising the defense of Fiji against possible Japanese attack. Brigadier W H Cunningham was put in command and the 8 Infantry Brigade Group was organsed for the operation. The defense strategy centred on the island of Viti Levu. Of the two areas designated as critical one centred on Suva and it's hinterland, and the other in the west centred on Lautoka. In late 1940 the 8 Infantry Brigade Group was transported to Fiji on the Rangitira escorted by the Monowai. It took three trips to effect this and the first troops landed in Fiji on 1 November 1940. The 30th Battalion was that section of the 8 Infantry Brigade Group sent directly to Lautoka on the West coast of Viti Levu. It's main base was Namaka camp inland From Lautoka and linked to the coast by the Colonial Sugar Company's railway. Another camp at Momi Bay, south of Lautoka guarded the Navula passage through the reef off Momi. There was also a temporary camp at a resort beach called Comboni, north of Lautoka. The rest of the 8 Infantry Brigade Group went to Suva which was also the location of the command headquarters. During the organisation of the 8 Infantry Brigade Group troops were assembled at the military camps at Ngaruawahia, Te Rapa, and Trentham. Those at Trentham were support services -- the 7 Field Ambulance, and details such as Pay, Records, Ordnance, Provost and Signals. Private K A Hendry was part of the Trentham operations and evidence suggests that he was a member of the 7 Field Ambulance. The Australian Boy Scout Jamboree held at Frankston, Melbourne, was the first international scouting event held outside the United Kingdom. Over 12,000 scouts from 23 countries attended, and it was the only scouting event held in Australia attended by Lord Robert Baden-Powell (who with his wife, features in two of the prints relating to this event). Quantity: 409 b&w original photographic print(s). 112 b&w original negative(s) Of these 84 are 35mm negative strips comprising 306 images.. Provenance: Purchased from general auction. Name "Sgt Capewell E H" inscribed in front of negative album. Name "Capewell, 198 Main Road, Plimmerton" inscribed in accompanying first aid manual. Transfers: To Other - To Acquisitions 1 copy of "First Aid" transferred 23 March 1998..

Date: 1860s-1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Alexander, Dudley Henry (Major), 1863-1931

Reference: PA1-f-195

Description: This album, apparently compiled by Dudley Alexander (Lord Ranfurly's aide-de-camp and secretary), begins with a tour of France (which may have been undertaken by Alexander alone) in January 1897, continues with the Ranfurly family's journey out to New Zealand via Canada, Hawaii and Fiji; and concludes with images of the family's time in New Zealand, mostly in the South Island and in the years up to 1900. the album includes two photographs taken in the 1860s showing the old Government House in Wellington, originally built by Edward Gibbon Wakefield. These have been attached to the inside front cover, and may have been added retrospectively. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1869-1870s

By: Fisher, Alexander, active 1861-1879; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-021

Description: Album of views compiled by Alexander Fisher, MD RN, during his service as a surgeon aboard HMS Endymion. The album comprises: Photographs collected during the cruise of the Flying Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral G T Phipps Hornby, during 1869-1870, which carried HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Included are views of Plymouth, Portsea, Madeira, Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janiero), South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, British Columbia, Hawaii and Chile. Photographs collected during a cruise in the Mediterranean during the 1870s, including views of Malta, Syria, Jerusalem, Venice, Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, Pyramids, the Sphinx), Gibraltar and Seville Photographers represented include William Thomas Locke Travers (1819-1903), James Bragge (1833?-1908), Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), was captain of HMS Galatea and commander of the Flying Squadron, which visited New Zealand in 1869 and 1870. Inscriptions: Album page - `Cruize of the Flying Squadron under the command of Rear Admiral G.M. Phipps Hornby. 1869-1870. Photographs of places, natives, costumes and remarkable objects, collected by Alexander Fisher, MDRN, HMS Endymion'; Album page - `A summer cruize in the Mediterranean in HMS Endymion. 21. Capt. Chas Drake' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound photograph album with leather corners, 41.2 x 35.5 cm

Date: [ca 1950-1975]

By: Jacques, James Anthony, 1901-1987; James, Frances M, active 1967-1988

Reference: PA-Group-00239

Description: Slides from ca 1950 to 1960 are mostly local, or of different parts of New Zealand. They include views of Wellington and the Hutt Valley, picnics, race meetings, children Fran and Jen and wife Gret, home, the garden, pets, family cars and the cars of friends, friends and the families of friends, weddings, collegues of J A Jacques at Colgate-Palmolive Limited and of his office there, a sequence of slides taken at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second, the Royal Tour of 1953/53, Gret and the Girls dressed up for a Royal Garden Party, ships such as the Pamir and the Wanganella, the opening of the Wellington International Airport, and views taken on holidays in many parts of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The greatest number of slides record holidays taken outside New Zealand. These start about 1954 when the family went to Norfolk Island for a holiday. In 1955 Jacques and his family embarked on the first of the world trips. For Jacques, the first part of this seems to have been to Hawaii with work collegues or friends, then through parts of Canada and the United States on the way to London where he joined his wife and daughters for a tour of England, Scotland, Belgium, the Nethelands, and Paris, returning to New Zealand via the Panama Canal. In 1956 the youngest daughter, Jen, left for Australia, and soon afterwards Australia becomes a frequent destination for Jacques and his wife periodically throughout the sequence. By 1959 both daughters are living in Australia. Between 1956 and 1959 Jacques and his wife make two more trips to Norfolk Island In 1959 they are on board the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt out of Auckland for a Pacific cruise to Fiji, New Caledonia and Sydney. Later in 1959/60 they are on the move again in this region. This time on the Orsova to Sydney, Suva, and Tonga. In early 1961 Jacques and his wife are on a cruise of the northern Pacific which includes Sydney, Japan, Alaska, Vancover, Seattle, San Fransisco, and back to Sydney. By 1962 J A Jacques must have retired. That year he and his wife started out on a world trip that took them out of New Zealand for over a year. They left on the Himalaya for Canada via Sydney, Hong Kong, Japan and Hawaii. The hard tourist work began in Canada and from there they went to Britian, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, then back for another go at England. From England they went to Ireland, Portugal and took a cruise to Brazil and Uruguay. Then back to Lisbon and London en route for Denmark and Sweden. They returned to London in time for Christmas 1963, and in 1964 they returned home via the Suez Canal. Their third world trip took place in 1965 and included Britain, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, South Africa, the Caribbean, and Turkey. In 1966 they went to Canada and made an extensive tour of the United States. In 1968 they went on a trip that included an extensive tour of Australia and from there to Hong Kong and the Philippines. The last trip made by J A Jacques and his wife was in 1970. It included Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan and Japan for the Osaka International Exhibition Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Transparencies housed at PA12-2539 to PA12-2874 Slides taken or collected by J A Jacques Quantity: 7800 colour original transparency/ies Some Dufaycolor transparencies from the early 1950s. Finding Aids: Photocopies of information from original slide boxes housed with photographers' registers in Photograph Archive. Transfers: Information from the slide containers has been photocopied and is housed at PAColl-2616. Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2003. Reference number changed from PAColl-2616 to PA-Group-00239 in 2008.