Places

Date: 1935

By: Macmillan, Ethel Louisa, -1942

Reference: A-006-037

Description: Subject: Wellington Harbour, with pilot boat Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil in donor's hand: "Ethel Macmillan, Tauranga"; Verso - Title and date in pencil, with annotation: "We in Hinemoa. Pilot boat in sight" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 228 x 302 mm

Date: [ca 1886-1977]

By: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993

Reference: 77-221

Description: Comprises research material compiled by Barr for a biography of Joseph Gordon Coates and includes correspondence with W B Sutch, letters, miscellaneous material and an illuminated address given to Coates Includes notebook by Barr, `Notes of the memories of various people who were associated with late Hon J G Coates'; clippings on the opening of the Coates Memorial Church at Matakohe; correspondence between Barr and W B Sutch (1969-1975); miscellaneous correspondence (1969-1975); correspondence with R M Campbell with notes (1968-1973); notes (pp 5-30) including Maori friends of the Coates family, Douglas Hill, Edward and Thomas Coates, Charles H Porritt, Des Coates, William Betts, W B Souter, T E Coates, P I Wilkinson, J P Hare Crispe, Ian Cameron, R A Hill, W R Fee and others; further miscellaneous correspondence; `Reminiscences of....Coates' by M H Harding (1954); photocopies of correspondence and diaries (1886-1890) Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See further material relating to Barr and J G Coates on TAPUHI Barr planned to write a biography of Joseph Gordon Coates Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Album of photographs probably taken by Mrs Marjorie Coates as she accompanied her husband through various parts of NZ; also photograph of Coates and Sir Francis Bell outside 10 Downing St (1926).

Date: ca1922-ca1926

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 :Photographs of Joseph Gordon Coates

By: Coates, Marjorie Grace, 1892-1973

Reference: PA1-o-851

Description: Gordon Coates and his wife on tour. Most of these photographs relate to Coates' as MP and Minister of Public Works. Most of the events record the trials and tribulations of journeying to remote parts of New Zealand to open bridges, post offices, power plants etc. The album also records some of the social and recreational events associated with the tours. According to Gordon Coates' daughter, Mrs Sheila Pryde, this album belonged to Gordon Coates' wife Marjorie, who collected, and may have taken some of the snaps when she accompanied her husband travelling in various parts of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1880-1920]

By: Sievwright, J D, active 1987; Berry, William, active 1877-1926; Falk Studio; Hemus, Charles, 1849-1925; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Talma Studio (Australia); W & D Downey (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-3409

Description: Collection also includes an invitation for Mr and Mrs J D Sievwright to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item of ephemera. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Eph-A-BIRD-1900-01 : Invitation to 18th annual exhibition of the Wellington Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Society.

Date: 1927

Reference: PA1-o-444

Description: Photographs of the Royal visit in 1927 of the Duke and Duchess of York, taken by an unidentified photographer. None of the photographs have captions. Images include the royal entourage driving or travelling by train through New Zealand countryside in the South Island and the North Island; various ceremonies, welcoming crowds, a large group of nurses lining the steps up to a hospital, various dignitaries, and inspection of troops and police. Two photographs show the Royal camp at Tokaanu, and one shows rows of people seated at tables in the open air. A number of more personal images show the Duke and Duchess, the Duke outside smoking a pipe, the Duke at a racecourse with a trotting horse and sulky, and the Duke and Duchess fishing near Turangi. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; entitled "Photographs" (stamped in lower right corner); 18.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: 1927

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-f-185

Description: Shows arrival of "Southern Cross" in Christchurch in 1927, and subsequent tour through New Zealand of Charles Kingsford Smith, C T P Ulm and other members of crew, in aircraft of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1976]

By: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993

Reference: MS-Papers-4895

Description: Transcripts of interviews with people who knew Coates, photographs of and relating to Gordon Coates, and other notes, all compiled as part of biographical research on Coates in partnership with Dr W B Sutch. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, photographs, typescripts, printed matter Transfers: Transferred from Dr W B Sutch papers (85-185 and 93-244), October 1993. Processing information: This material was originally transferred to the Library with the Dr W B Sutch papers after his death. It was eventually identified as being material on loan to Dr Sutch from John Barr, and was placed in a separate collection.

Date: 1973 - 01 Jan 1973

By: Leitch, W J, 1899-1985; Tegg, William, active 1973; Jackson, George, 1908-2000; Higginson, W, active 1973-1975; Crosado, Douglas Armstrong, 1921-1994; Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994

Reference: OHColl-0041

Description: Interview concerns the establishment of the Railway Tradesmens' Association in 1924; work conditions; divorce from political parties in early years, impressions of J G Coates and other politicians, the 1924 rail strike and the 1932 Auckland riots. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - D A Crosado Interviewer(s) - H O Roth Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000426 - OHC-000428 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available Partial transcript only held in Manuscripts (82-368).

Date: 1978

From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation

Reference: PA1-o-845

Description: Beginning at Snell's Beach opposite Kawau Island the journey is through the Rodney, Whangarei and Kaipara districts. The images in the album end with Muriwai Beach south of the Kaipara Harbour. Included is a photograph of the gravestone of Gordon Coates at Matakohe, public war memorials at Waipu, the station and railway yards at Waiotira, and the public libraries at Leigh, Kaipara flats, and Te Arai Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1932

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to roads, road building and maintenance, motorways in New Zealand]

By: Daily telegraph (Napier, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-ROAD-1932-01

Description: An arrangement of text, relating to the Highways Act and criticising, George Forbes and the United Party for the petrol tax and stressing its disadvantages to farmers. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 282 x 220 mm.

Date: 1924-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-207

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1920s-1950s. Names of subjects entered in Name Field. Photographs of the homes of the McLaren brothers, Peter, Robert, James and Donald who settled in Wairarapa buying a 15,000 acre farm at Ngakonui; and home of Peter's son, I M McLaren at Parimahau. Group photograph of seven Martin brothers who met to celebrate the birthday of the youngest aged 70 - S T S Martin (83 from Wellington); Hon W Lee Martin (79 from Hamilton); E A Martin (77 of Christchurch); S F Martin (74 of Auckland); E H Martin (73 of Auckland); W Martin (71 of Auckland); Rev F Martin (70). Article and photo published in NZ Free Lance, 18 May 1949. Guests arriving at the wedding reception of Annette Thorne George who married Walter Denzil Barker in Auckland in 1934. Group includes Mrs H E Vaile, Mr Denis Lawford, Dr H B Milsom, Mrs Milsom and Miss Mary Milsom. Also photographs of Flight Officer Massey, 1943; M Maiskey, 1942; D Marks with J H G O'Brien, 1951; T Marsland, W H McCullough & O M Watson at Railways Conference, 1950; Group Captain and Mrs Manson, 1945; C Masters of Auckland (born ca 1856), 1939; Victor Benbow McInnes, 1934; William Manson, head of H.M.V., 1931; Guy Menzies with Albert James, 1931; Mr Maxton at Hunger Marchers demonstration, Hyde Park, London, ca 1930s; President Masaryk and Joseph Wells; Mrs Caroline Milverton (in her 90s) with her son and two daughters; James Melrose (aviator), 1931; Sir William Marshall of London, 1934; Pandit Malaviya (ex-president of Indian Nationalist Congress); J J McMenamin (South African MP), 1930; Flight Lieutenant Major and Squadron Leader Jones Williams. Group photograph of directors of Union Steam Ship Co of NZ - A W Wheeler, C G White, G R Ritchie, D A Aiken, Sir James Mills, C W Rattray. Photograph published in Nz Free Lance, 18 Jan 1933 Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1906-1975]

By: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975

Reference: MS-Group-1018

Description: The papers comprise correspondence with individuals, libraries and other sources of information on Coates; transcripts of interviews; newspaper clippings; photocopies and originals of official and private papers; pamphlets and draft chapters, with some commentary from the publisher's reader. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for other Sutch papers Arrangement: Approximately half of the records have been arranged and indexed in numbered files. The remainder are unnumbered papers and chapter drafts. From ca 1967 until his death in 1975, Dr Sutch collected material and wrote preliminary chapters for a proposed biography of Joseph Gordon Coates, under whom he had served as secretary between 1933 and 1935. Some of the papers he obtained from J M Barr, who had also collected biographical material. Quantity: 216 folder(s). 2.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Index to the numbered files at MS-Papers-7170-001. Provenance: Found in basement of Shirley Smith's house.

Date: 1920-1933

By: McKinnon, Laneth, 1922-1995

Reference: MS-Papers-5347

Description: Writing to Lanna Brown, Arnold Hansson describes how he came to New Zealand ca 1920 and became deeply interested in the management of Waipoua Forest where he hoped to initiate forest management, Finnish-style. He also speaks of various frictions with Gordon Coates and others, pigeon poaching and other incidents leading to his dismissal. A note added by Lanna Brown states that the album of Waipoua photographs which accompanied the letter was signed by Hansson with `This was Waipoua Forest Experiment Station 1930-33' Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations Provenance: The item was previously part of the Ministry of Forestry library which had no knowledge of how they came to have it Transfers: To Photographic Archive - An album of unlabelled photographs of Waipoua Forest, ca 1930-1933.

Date: 1980

By: Weetman, George, 1866-1936

Reference: MS-Papers-2131

Description: Reminiscences written 1935 with considerable information on contemporary social life, accounts of local shipwrecks and also biographical notes by Mrs C E Weetman Weetman was born at Swyncombe Station, Kaikoura. He spent his childhood on a farm at Kaiwhare, having close contact with the Maori from Mangamaunu. In 1898 he married Constance Barnes in Nelson. They had three children. He worked chiefly in Marlborough and Nelson Provinces in various pastoral and labouring jobs. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (58 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopies)

Date: ca1922-1926

By: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993

Reference: PAColl-5588

Description: Photographs are part of a larger collection held in Manuscripts which comprise research material compiled by Barr for a biography of Joseph Gordon Coates and includes correspondence with W B Sutch, letters, miscellaneous material and an illuminated address given to Coates Includes notebook by Barr, `Notes of the memories of various people who were associated with late Hon J G Coates'; clippings on the opening of the Coates Memorial Church at Matakohe; correspondence between Barr and W B Sutch (1969-1975); miscellaneous correspondence (1969-1975); correspondence with R M Campbell with notes (1968-1973); notes (pp 5-30) including Maori friends of the Coates family, Douglas Hill, Edward and Thomas Coates, Charles H Porritt, Des Coates, William Betts, W B Souter, T E Coates, P I Wilkinson, J P Hare Crispe, Ian Cameron, R A Hill, W R Fee and others; further miscellaneous correspondence; `Reminiscences of....Coates' by M H Harding (1954); photocopies of correspondence and diaries (1886-1890) Quantity: 1 album(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1933

By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937

Reference: B-115-041

Description: Shows a ragged and bemused taxpayer watching G W Forbes and J G Coates (the Minister of Finance) chase a shilling. The taxpayer is commenting 'They won't be happy until they get it!' Original for cartoon published in New Zealand herald Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: T.L. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 230 x 310 mm on sheet 350 x 490 mm

Date: 1938-1950

From: Heenan, Joseph William Allan (Sir), 1888-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1132-315

Description: Includes memorandum on Coates Memorial Church, Matakohe, 5 Sep 1949 See folder 50 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 7 November 1928]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-5469-054

Description: Joseph Gordon Coates speaking with the driver of locomotive Ab825 at Auckland Railway Station, possibly taken by Busson, circa 7 November 1928. This photograph was published in the New Zealand Free Lance on the 7th of November 1928. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - J G Coates improves his shining hour; Verso - top centre - [unreadable] improves the shining hour a [merry?] chat with the driver of his train Auckland Station; Verso - bottom right - Busson New Lynn Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927

By: Hill, John Cecil, 1889-1974; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: J-044-004

Description: Mr Gordon Coates and Mr Harry Holland are arguing over various peices of sheet music which represent the 'songs' they play to their voters. Exhibited in 'The Line-Up' exhibition of 36 cartoons by 36 cartoonists curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library auditorium foyer from 5 April 2002 to mark the tenth anniversary of establishment of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Extended Title - 'The Red Flag'. 'Don't go down the mine Daddy'. 'The farmer's boy'. Mr Gordon Coates says, "Confound your impudence! Cribbing my popular song. You know I depend on it." Mr Harry Holland replies, "Sorry! But the people are giving my 'Red Flag Act' the 'bird,' and I also have to live, you know." Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies photocopy from a bromide.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from a bromide.

Date: 4 Aug 1923

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-1691-1/4-F

Description: Photograph of a crowd standing beside the railroad tracks at the opening of the Otira Tunnel on 4 August 1923. Attendants include: Sir Joseph Ward, 2nd from left; Thomas Wilford, 5th from left; Evan Parry, 6th from left facing William Massey, centre; Gordon Coates, holding coat; George Forbes, far right. Photographer unidentified. Publication note - Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. `Making New Zealand'. 2(17): 14 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Photograph from William Walter Stewart for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).