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Date: 1907-1970

By: United Mine Workers' Union of New Zealand

Reference: MS-Group-0407

Description: Minute books, correspondence and miscellaneous papers from several West Coast mines; includes awards, West Coast Trades Council minutes, agreements, papers relating to the Westland Labour Representation Committee. Labour Party reports, photographs of the ship Awatea Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 box(es) (24 folders). 3 volume(s). 0.80 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Provenance: Possibly collected in the 1970s by Ray Grover Includes material originating with James Begg Kent, a former MP for Westland, and photographs and a ship's specification, which were originally owned by the Union Steam Ship Company Transfers: To Book Collections - Various pamphlets, agreements, rule books and constitutions - To Drawings & Prints Collection - 6 Chinese coins.

Date: 1898-1993

By: New Zealand Engineering Union

Reference: MS-Group-0371

Description: The records include minute books, case files and correspondence for the Wellington Branch and the Head Office. There are also some records of the Hutt Valley, Masterton and Auckland branches. Included is a minute book for the Wellington Trades Council, 1898-1900. For the history of the union see the name entry, and Roth, H R: Advocate, Educate, Control, the history of the New Zealand engineers' union 1863-1983 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 30 volume(s). 6 box(es) (106 folders). 3.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, NZ Engineers Union Inc, 1995

Date: 1896-1957

By: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1132

Description: Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies. Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman. Source of title - Supplied The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies. Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed listing available.. Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-841

Description: Shows George Chapman standing in the door of Muldoon's office asking him if he would agree to a change of leadership before the election. He is holding a newspaper with the headline 'Tania Harris leads massive march against disruption'. Muldoon is sitting at his desk reading a book entitled 'Picketing & the law'. Refers to the 'Kiwis Care' march organised by a young woman, Tania Harris, in Queen St, Auckland on 3 March 1981 in which thousands of people rallied to show their disatisfaction with continuing industrial disruption and strikes. In the cartoon George Chapman is thinking of Tania Harris as a replacement for Muldoon. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 450 x 325 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1945-1961

By: Blackball District Coal Miners' Union

Reference: qMS-0237-0238

Description: Full minutes of monthly meetings; contains some sets of accounts. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (34cm, ½ brown suede leather)

Date: 1923-1990

By: Mitchell, John James, 1907-1990

Reference: MS-Group-0461

Description: The papers relate to Mitchell's activity in the Communist Party, Socialist Unity Party, various trade unions and in industrial disputes such as the 1951 waterfront strike. Tapes of interviews with Mitchell by Doug Crosado have been transferred to the Oral History Centre. Nearly all papers relating to Mitchell's involvement with local politics in Freemans Bay, Auckland, have been deposited with the Auckland Institute and Museum. Some of the papers have notes added by Doug Crosado. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 126 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 3.31 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed material, photographs Provenance: These papers have been with Doug Crosado, an old trade unionist and friend of Mitchell. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donations, Douglas Crosado, 1977 (77-228), 1990 (90-187), 1991 (91-261) Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Oral History Collection - Audio tapes and transcripts. Transcripts transferred May 2006 (OHInt-0219/1) - To Serials Collection - Rebel, No 119 (PR-06-0265) - To Photographic Archive - Three photos of demonstrations, some following Rainbow Warrior sinking (PAColl-8908) - To Ephemera Collection - NZ Socialist Unity Party greeting card [Eph-A-SOCIALIST-SUP-1975-01].

Date: 1915-1930, 1936-1937

Reference: Micro-MS-0872

Description: Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1929-1971

By: West Coast Miners' Unions

Reference: MS-Papers-1071

Description: Consists of correspondence, financial papers, minutes, and work records of the Blackball, Brunner, Roa and Paparoa Miners' unions. Also includes minutes, financial papers and printed material of the Grey Miners' Central Committee, and printed material, rules, circulars, minutes and an account book of the United Mine Workers Union of New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 123 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 1.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 22 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1960-1981

By: New Zealand Public Service Association. Meat Inspectors Group

Reference: 90-135

Description: Comprises minutes, circulars, correspondence, files dealing with industrial disputes, and reports from field officers; most of the material deals with the Waingawa Freezing Works Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1912-1913

By: Johnston, Thomas Henry, 1880-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-2516

Description: Account of events during the Waihi Strike, 1912, and the subsequent committal of the writer to the Avondale asylum. Covers the period October 1912-March 1913. Section by his wife Elizabeth, pp 220-227. The manuscript is incomplete, pp 1-171 are missing. The item held is numbered pp 172-251. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also unpublished novel by Johnston about the strike, `The Cost of repentance', at MSX-4913 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (82 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J Robertson, Palmerston North, 1983

Date: 1978

By: Porter, John James Joseph, 1904-1982; New Zealand Seamen's Union

Reference: MS-Papers-3888

Description: Reminiscences describe Porter's involvement in the labour movement from his youth in Bootle, England until about 1932 in Christchurch. They include references to many people involved in the labour movement during this time. They end with the note `to be continued'. Source of title - cover title Porter arrived in New Zealand in 1925 and joined the Communist Party the following year. He worked as a seaman until he was `blacklisted', then helped to organise the unemployed in Christchurch during the 1930s. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (30 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr K S Stanton, Porirua, 1980

Date: 1983

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-141

Description: Shows a motorist being prevented from driving along a road by pipes (industrial disruption) which have been laid across the road. Leaning against the pipes are two 'refinery workers'. The motorist is complaining to another man that the ordinary motorist should not be picked on in this dispute. Extended Title - "Why pick on me? They're the ones who need restraining!" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 390 x 260 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1908-1969

By: Millerton State Colliery Medical and Accident Relief Association

Reference: MS-Group-0550

Description: Consists of Minute books 1908-1964, letter books 1926-1941, accident and medical lists 1919-1951, receipt books and various other accounting papers, and loose correspondence. Also includes one folder of mainly printed material relating to the United Mine Workers Union. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 20 folder(s). 0.75 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.

Date: 1903-1943

By: Murdoch, Eric, active 1930-1943

Reference: MS-Group-0374

Description: The papers include material relating to the Communist Party in Blackball, lecture notes from the Workers' Educational Association of Otago University on Man's place in Nature, and personal papers of Harold Davis The papers are those of the donor's father, Eric Murdoch, who was an electrician from Glasgow. He was a member of the Communist Party, and secretary of the local branch; he wrote some of the minutes. The papers of Harry Davis are separate from those of Murdoch but were collected by him. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 6 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr G Murdoch, Wellington, 1995

Date: 1975

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-134-711

Description: This cartoon features a scene on a container wharf. A man labelled Port Chalmers is cheering about getting the second South Island container port. Two men labelled Auckland and Wellington Harbour Boards are watching him as they try to stop containers labelled Falling Revenue, Go Slow etc falling on top of them, and comment that he won't be pleased for long. A crane in the background is labelled Still Not working and two workers are having a smoko Other Titles - Demarcation disputes Other Titles - Reduced cargo handling Other Titles - Falling revenue Extended Title - Second S.I. container port is yours - Sir Bas. Inscriptions: Pencil dated lower right hand corner 17/6/75 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone,318 x 390 mm

Date: 1917-1919

By: North Cape Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers

Reference: MS-Papers-3788

Description: Minute book of the union, together with statement of fees (2 leaves) from solicitors (Glasgow, Hayes & Rout)? in connection with a defence action over a strike Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 v + 2 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and carbon copies Transfers: Donated with Puponga Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers records, MS Papers 3782.

Date: 1939-1966

By: Westland Painters and Decorators Industrial Union of Workers

Reference: MS-Papers-1135

Description: Consists of mostly outwards correspondence, account books, financial papers and other miscellaneous papers, including some printed material. Also includes minutes and awards from the Court of Arbitration 1946-1966. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 6 volume(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts Finding Aids: Paper inventory previously available in reading room was removed on 11 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in staff backfile.. Processing information: Chief Librarian restriction removed from collection 5 April 2023, as part of the Chief Librarian Restriction Review.

Date: 30 Dec 1912

By: Waihi Trades Union of Workers

Reference: MS-Papers-2554

Description: Certificate given to David Boswell certifying that he was a financial member of the Union, and was involved in the Waihi Strike of 1912; signed by Thomas Franklin Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, typescript, printed matter

Date: 1973

By: Scholes, Robin, active 1973-2020

Reference: MS-Papers-1086

Description: Consists of transcripts of interviews with Jack Callanan and Bill Richards about their lives as active members of the trade union movement; film scenario on the history of the trade union movement; miscellaneous papers and newsclippings, ca 1930s-1940s (some pertain to John Callum and the Runanga area); accident reports, 1919-1964 Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies) Processing information: The access statement "Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was removed from the collection descriptions on 12 April 2023.

Date: 1931-1970

By: Andrews, Reginald Percy, 1899-1987

Reference: MS-Papers-3836

Description: Contains impressions of the early Labour movement, railway workers and local body politics in Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - With typed transcript of part of the text by O Wilson Andrews worked for the Railways Department for 40 years, was a long-serving councillor in Wanganui and later mayor, 1962-1974 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr O Wilson, Wellington, 1985