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Date: [ca 1874-1944] (1953)]

By: Major, John Edwin, 1859-1954

Reference: qMS-1232

Description: Accounts of life in Wellington, Manawatu, Gisborne and Taranaki, and many political recollections and comments. There is a chapter on old-time racing, including the days before the book-maker was banned. There are also references to visiting celebrities, among them Mark Twain, Frank Bullen and Paderewski, and memories of many theatrical shows. Included is a summary of the career of the late Henry Hayward, a pioneer in cinema entertainment in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed He was a store-keeper, law clerk and land agent; member of Parliament for Hawera for six years; mayor of Hawera for thirteen years and member of other local bodies in Taranaki. He was a noted runner; played Rugby football for these provinces; and as owner and spectator was keenly interested in horse-riding. He was one of the founders of a number of clubs and societies, including the Philatelic Society and the Polynesian Society. He was also a friend of the Maori and a student of his culture Quantity: 1 volume(s) (273 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; blue linen)

Date: [1914?]

By: Giles, Edmund Douglas, 1853?-

Reference: MS-0832

Description: Reminiscence of his early years in Somersetshire including details of the Giles forbears back to 1772; description of the voyage to Nelson on the `John Bunyan' in 1868; time spent in Westport where his uncle Dr Giles was the Resident Magistrate; gold mining on the West Coast; travel to Queensland via Sydney (includes descriptions of Sydney, Brisbane and Rockhampton); working as a bullock driver and later a ration carrier and drover, etc in Queensland; describes station life and his other outback experiences; Kanaka labourers in Queensland; Tasmania; return to Barcoo, Queensland; aborigines in Queensland; time spent on New Hebrides, Fiji and other islands in the Pacific; return to New Zealand; family and travel in the early 1900s. Edmund Giles immigrated to New Zealand with his brother Edgar on the `John Bunyan' in 1868. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (231 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: [1925-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-046

Description: Includes: Construction, etc of 4th General Hospital, Dumbea, New Caledonia; unidentified Pacific campaign (US servicemen); NZ Military Forces display at the Dunedin Exhibition, 1925 (Series 30/1); aerial photographs of Whangaroa Harbour showing battery position, etc, 1942 (Series 23/12); aerial photographs of Whangarei Heads, including Bushy Head, 1942 (Series 23/11); Wellington (Series 23/16) including Garrison Hall in Buckle Street 1938, magazines at Kaiwarra, Central Park Camp, Kaiwarra US Camp, Anderson Park US Camp, Gracefield US warehouses; Wanganui (Series 23/7) showing Drill Hall 1938, position of aerodrome & coastal battery; Warkworth (Series 23/8) showing general area, Camp No 6, 30-bed hospital. Includes some photocopied prints Quantity: 174 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1926-1928

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Various studies

Reference: MS-Papers-7064-18

Description: Corrected typescript draft of Coad's book (1926), `The History of the Pacific' (pages 215-312). Chapters 15-18 cover Australia and New Zealand, yesterday and today, the special interests of America, New Zealand and Australia in the Pacific and the political history of the Pacific Islands. Relationship complexity - See Printed Collections for copy of Coad's book, 990 COA Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning sport (excluding rugby). Published in the Auckland Star, 1977 - 1988].

Reference: A-333-116

Description: The cartoon is in four parts and shows a man sitting on a desert island listening to the radio. Each part shows the radio broadcasting a different comment, which are things the man seems fairly indifferent to. The final two parts show the radio broadcasting that it may be losing the Pacific service, and the man seems fairly happy with that. Refers to Radio New Zealand, the 1982 Commonwealth games and sporting ties between New Zealand and South Africa. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Should our kiwi sportsmen go to South Africa? Will there be a black African boycott? What do Hayden, Muldoon, Bjelke-Peterson, HART, Ordia, etc, etc, think? This Radio New Zealand Pacific news service may be axed... Cheers! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 265 x 190mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1913-1918, 1941-1942

By: Macfarlane family

Reference: MS-Papers-3871

Description: Diaries of Walter Angus Macfarlane while on active service in Palestine with the NZ Mounted Rifles and Canterbury Mounted Rifles (1917-1918); diaries of James Vernon Macfarlane while serving in the Pacific (1941-1942); letter from Gilbert Mair to Mr Macfarlane (1913); two letters to Robert Hughes, commander of 7th Regiment, Wanganui (1915 and 1917); an undated letter from Lord Birdwood to Hon Sec; and Company orders, 10th Reinforcements, Marton Racecourse (1915). Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: [1950?]

By: Rolston, Richard, 1887-1961

Reference: MS-Papers-2092

Description: Fair-copied journal describes Maori and Pacific Island artifacts discovered or purchased, and field trips, chiefly in Horowhenua district, 1945-1950 Levin farmer and amateur archaeologist Quantity: 1 folder(s) (96 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1896-1906

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2462

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1918-1924

By: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925

Reference: qMS-1644

Description: Mainly typescript, with many ms corrections and additions, of letters and articles on a wide variety of topics submitted to newspapers Source of title - Transcribed Phillips founded the Auckland and Fiji Banking Company 1874 and was prominent in local affairs in the Wairarapa Quantity: 1 volume(s) (81 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript (34 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1950-2000

By: Ford, John Desmond, 1937-2012

Reference: MS-Group-2347

Description: Collection comprises near-daily journal entries kept by Ford from 1950 to 1986 on his calibration flights to check routes before they were used by commercial flights. Although the journal entries chiefly concern his working life with Calibration Flight, he also writes about his personal life and bringing up a family. The collection includes records of royal visit and VIP flights. Also includes reports, newspaper clippings, interviews and background files. Also contains newspaper clippings that collected by Ford relating to aeronautical topics, and articles, columns and cartoons on other subjects of interest to Ford. Other items include a selection of receipts, pamphlets, brochures and other ephemera collected by Ford during his trips to the Pacific Islands. As well as depicting the history of Calibration Flight, this collection also provides a snapshot of New Zealand life from the 1950s to 2000, as seen through the eyes of John Ford Source of title - Supplied by Library Calibration Flight was part of the New Zealand Civil Aviation Division, Ministry of Transport. It was responsible for ensuring that all flight paths and navigational aids in New Zealand were accurate. It flew VIPs, including royalty, around New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Captain Ford worked as a pilot for Calibration Flight from 1965 until his retirement. Captain Ford was collecting this material for a book he was planning to write on the history of Calibration Flight. Quantity: 102 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Typescripts, Printed material Provenance: Donor was wife of Captain John D Ford Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into manuscripts, transfers made from there - To Ephemera Collection - Postcard and Calibration Flight pamphlet - To Photographic Archive - Mainly photographs of Calibration Flight aircraft and crew. PA-Group-00950.

Date: 1926-1928

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Various studies

Reference: MS-Papers-7064-19

Description: Corrected typescript draft of Coad's book (published 1926), `The History of the Pacific' (pages 313-447). Chapters 17 (continued)-21 and appendices cover the common interests of America, New Zealand and Australia in the Pacific; the political history of the Pacific Islands, the South Sea islands, the East Indies and the Phillipines, present problems and appendices on mandates, the decisions of the Washington Conference, the Four-Power Treaty and annex, terms of the mandate issued by the League of Nations to the New Zealand government and Samoa, the islands of the Pacific, the Chinese customs and the Hay doctrine. Relationship complexity - See Printed collections for copy of Coad's book, 990 COA Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971 - 1987

By: Gibbard, Leslie, 1945-2010

Reference: B-142-076/128

Description: Cartoons done by Gibbard while in England commenting on political issues of the day, both in England and overseas from 1971-1987. Quantity: 53 photocopy/ies of cartoons. Physical Description: Photocopies of ink drawings various sizes Provenance: Donation: Mr Les Gibbard, London 1993

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-174

Description: Third Field Ambulance exercises in Christchurch; medical stations in the field, undated; malarial control station in Pacific; embarking Medical Corps Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Dec 1919-Jun 1920

By: Foljambe, Dora Margaret, -1936

Reference: MS-Group-9208

Description: Collection comprises digital copies of a two-volume diary and sketch book compiled by Dora Foljambe of her tour of New Zealand with her husband Colonel George Foljambe and their daughter Avice, December 1919 - Jun 1920. Also includes an electronic copy of a partial transcript of these diaries. The diary entries are accompanied by line drawings and watercolours. Includes references to visiting George Foljambe's cousin Lord Liverpool, the Governor General of New Zealand, and his wife Annette. The diaries detail the Foljambe's social engagements and Dora Foljambe's observations of local flora and fauna. Also includes entries and sketches of Maori and rural activities like fishing, hunting and sheep-shearing. Source of title - Supplied by Library Throughout the diary Dora Foljambe refers to the `Exs'. Presumedly this reference relates to Lord and Lady Liverpool. Quantity: 123 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Private purchase, England, 2008 Sketchbooks contain watercolours painted by Dora Foljambe as she travelled around New Zealand. Most artworks relate to her diary entries.

Date: 1990

By: New Zealand. Department of Health; Rowan, Jennifer Daphne, 1949-

Reference: Eph-D-HEALTH-1990-01

Description: Shows a globe, with a man standing on the North Island of New Zealand on top, digging a hole for planting a tree. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 590 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Jenny Rowan in 1998.

Date: 1910-1984

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 2010-184-11

Description: Box contains nine folders of research and subject files. Includes material relating to the Pacific; Pencarrow; Petone; printing and publication; journalist Tom Scott; Seventh Pacific Science Congress; economist William Sutch; waterfront strike (1951); Wellington region and unsorted cuttings. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed material

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-018

Description: Arrangement: This collection is made up of empty negative envelopes to each of which is attached a file print. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. The material in this collection is from the "WH" series . They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). It should be noted that the "WH" series has been created from other series. Negative numbers have been written on the envelopes (Feb 1995). Negatives can be found in the registers at F 176446 1/2 - F 176630 1/2. Quantity: 1 container(s) (boxes).

Date: 1999 - 2001

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-142/160

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Unemployed fathers as role models to their sons, the pracitical side of genetic modification, 20th century sees out-of-control war, violence and death, United States aims to curb people's access to guns, election year sees 32,000 more operations being done, study shows teenages think about girls approx. every three minutes, marriages end in divorce due to the Rugby World Cup, parents supervise their children to school, move to replace cigarettes with cannabis, supermarkets selling to underage drinkers, kiwi dollar plummets to record low, family politics of winning, cricket bribery revealed, Black Caps perform poorly in cricket, children's language shocks, 600 Air Force staff made redundant, new complications of professional rugby, moves to ban children from movies that portray smoking, travellers face uncertain choice of destinations following world terrorist attacks. Original drawings for A-316-144, -152, -156 and -160 in separate folder and individually catalogued Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-020

Description: Largly New Zealand material and photographs of paintings of the war in the Pacific by Allan Barclay Barns-Graham (official war artist) and Oliver Arthur Gillespie. New Zealand material includes views of coastal defences, military training at various camps, prisoner of war camps, Home Guard, public military parades, sports, army personnel including portraits, guns, tanks and other weapons, repatriated soldiers, medical units, ministerial visits, the posthumous investiture of Lt Ngarimu with the V.C., and mechanical transport. Arrangement: This collection is made up of empty negative envelopes with captions some of which have file prints attached to them, and sheets of contact prints which are also captioned. All of the negative envelopes have the relevant negative numbers written written on them. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection contains material which has been called the "35mm" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Any negatives will be found in the 35mm registers at 16398 - 16509. (Feb 1995)