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Diary
Date: 19 Mar 1913-14 Dec 1914
From: Hall, William Arthur, 1891-1915 : Diary and certificate
Reference: MSX-6804
Description: Diary kept by Hall who emigrated to New Zealand in 1913 and worked on the West Coast in mines, including Blackball, and various parts of Canterbury including Christchurch, as a general labourer and handyman; includes accounts, expenses, his observations and participation in the 1913 strikes on the coast, a record of the noon weather while he was sailing, notes etc. Also two dried leaves, one with `Capetown May 16th 1913. A Hall' written on it and the other with `From Capetown May 16th 1913. To My Dear Mother from Arthur'. Accompanying material - Biographical notes supplied by donor; and photocopy of photograph transferred to Photographic Archive Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Dickie Collection :Photographs of ships
Date: ca 1909-1914
From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0735
Description: Photographs of ships taken or collected by John Dickie including some duplicates. Quantity: 63 b&w copy photographic print(s).
Bromage, W E, fl 1902-1903 : Shipboard diary and other papers
Date: Nov 1902-May 1903
By: Bromage, W E, active 1902-1903
Reference: MS-Group-0255
Description: Bromage's diary of his voyage on the `Corinthic' from London to New Zealand (Nov-Dec 1902 on separate sheets, Jan-May 1903 in Letts diary). He describes voyage, New Zealand, including Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and a trip inland to see Maori settlements, geysers, buried villages from the Tarawera eruption, and voyage back to England. Also includes passenger lists, press cuttings of the `Corinthic', and letters giving introduction and advising on what to see in New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, 1993
Calman, Gordon Jamieson, b 1893 :Roll of Honour. 1917?
Date: 1917
From: Calman, Gordon Jamieson, b 1893 :Tiki-talk ; epistles of the Corinthians ; souvenir, Left Wing, 23rd Rfmts ; [original drawings] / G J Calman. [1917]
By: Calman, Gordon Jamieson, 1893-1981
Reference: A-224-039
Description: The cartoon depicts a sorrowful woman drawn in the shape of a map of New Zealand. She holds a 'Roll of honour'. The cartoon probably depicts the sorrow felt by New Zealanders for the numbers of soldiers killed in the First World War. Originals for title-page and illustrations in Tiki-talk (London, 1917), troopship magazine of S. S. Corinthic, transport no. 80 (held at q940.483); also 4 unpublished sketches. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 320 x 235 mm.
Steamship Corinthic in Wellington Harbour
Date: between ca 1911-1931
From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/1-002010-G
Description: The steamship `Corinthic' in Wellington Harbour. Photograph taken by John Dickie, between circa 1911 and 1931. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - R.M.S. Corinthic The S S `Corinthic' was built in 1902 for Shaw Savill & Albion Company Ltd. She was a twin screw steamer of 12343 tons gross. She was sold for scrap in 1931. (Information from Rex Hardy's shipping books, Vol 4, 43, held in the Turnbull Library Pictures) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Steamship Corinthic in Wellington Harbour
Date: between ca 1911-1931
From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/1-002011-G
Description: The steamship `Corinthic' in Wellington Harbour. Photograph taken by John Dickie, between circa 1911 and 1931. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - R.M.S. Corinthic The S S `Corinthic' was built in 1902 for Shaw Savill & Albion Company Ltd. She was a twin screw steamer of 12343 tons gross. She was sold for scrap in 1931. (Information from Rex Hardy's shipping books, Vol 4, 43, held in the Turnbull Library Pictures) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Diary - Sketchbook two
Date: Apr-Jun 1920
From: Foljambe, Dora Margaret, d 1936 : New Zealand diaries
Reference: MSDL-0566
Description: Electronic files comprise the second sketch book of a two-volume diary kept by Dora Foljambe of her tour of New Zealand. The diary continues with the Foljambe family's travels around New Zealand. Setting out from Wellington they head north to Rotorua and Tarawera. The diary briefly details local Maori and their preparation for the Prince of Wales's visit in late April 1920 in Rotorua. There are sketches of local Maori, flora, fauna and landscapes. On 1st May the Foljambe family depart for England aboard the SS Corinthic. Further sketches of shipboard life and seascapes as the vessel passes through the Panama Canal, past Cuba and up the East Coast of America to Chesapeake Bay and Newport, Rhode Island. The last entry is for the beginning of June. Other - Page 30 of the diary was blank, so the donor did not supply the Library with an image of this page. Other - The size of the original sketchbook is 9 x 5 1/2 inches Quantity: 43 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Note that some of the watercolours in this sketchbook are spread across two pages. The following images are double page spreads: Images v2014-v2015, v2016-2017, v2024-v2025, v2032-v2033, v2036-v2037, v2038-v2039 and v2040-2041.
Edward, Alexander, fl 1920-1960 : Diary of a voyage from Southhampton, England to Lytte...
Date: 1920, [ca 1990]
From: Edward, Jock, fl 2012 :Various papers relating to research interests
By: Edward, Alexander, active 1920-1960
Reference: MSDL-2009
Description: Document concerning the diary of Alexander Edward's voyage from Southampton, England, to Lyttelton, New Zealand on the Corinthic in 1920 written for his mother who lived in Forfar, Scotland. It contains an introductory note probably written at the time of the creation of the electronic document, plus embedded scanned pages of the diary, newspaper clipping and photographs. Alexander Edward's diary gives a detailed account of the voyage, ending with his arrival in Wellington, and his ferry trip to Lyttelton. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project