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Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[25 cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times between 25 Nov...
Date: 2003
By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: H-738-001/025
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies
Shaw, Charles Reginald 1829-1906 : Diary
Date: 1866-1872
By: Shaw, Charles Reginald, 1829-1906
Reference: MS-Papers-3803
Description: Shaw's diary covers the period 10 Dec 1866 to 5 August 1872. The brief daily entries describe the land he surveyed (the number of acres and the owner), and his activities around his home (gardening, maintenance of the house and furniture, and paying for household purchases). He also records information relating to the health and recreation of his wife and children. Source of title - supplied title Shaw came to NZ in 1853. He was a surveyor living in Timaru. Quantity: 2 folder(s) (172 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Mason Struthers & Company Ltd (Avenue, Wanganui) :Mason Struthers gazette. June number,...
Date: 1939
Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-1939-01
Description: One side advertises and illustrates golf clubs, badminton rackets, footballs, golf bags and balls, putting equipment, torches, light bulbs, Hotdogge heaters, wire strainers (for fences), rabbit traps, lanterns, paint, clocks, knives and sharpeners, a life-size ceramic spaniel dog, Quikboil stove, aluminium steamers, kitchen grinding mill, the Imp soot destroyer. The other side illustrates and advertises woodworking tools, saws, shotgun, brooms, saucepans, knives, pesticides (squilltox, borers, ants, flies, fleas, silverfish, cabbage moth, white butterfly, moths), Phoenix improved oven glass. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on pink paper.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on two sides of poster, 445 x 580 mm.
Nairn & Sons Ltd : Ledger
Date: Apr 1898-Nov 1899
By: Nairn & Sons Ltd
Reference: qMS-1406
Description: Records financial transactions of Christchurch seed business. Also some clippings on garden plants Quantity: 1 volume(s) (742 pages). Physical Description: Ms and printed matter (34 cm; ½ brown calf, dark brown boards)
Suttons Industries Limited :Sutton Compostumbler. [Booklet and brochure. ca 1982].
Date: 1981 - 1982
From: [Ephemera relating to gardening or horticultural supplies and equipment. 1950-1999]
By: Suttons Industries Ltd; Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012
Reference: Eph-B-HORTEQUIPMENT-1982-01
Description: Includes "Gardening the natural way and operation guide for the Compostumbler, by the inventor Peter Whiteside; and, illustrated brochure "Sutton Compostumbler, a quicker more convenient way to turn garden and kitchen refuse into compost. Made under licence. Patent nos. N.Z. N.2. 176783 / Aust. 62005/73." Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on booklet and brochure. Physical Description: Photolithographs, booklet b&w, brochure black and green on white Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Alington in 2001.
Garden diary
Date: 1943-1944
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-9479-2
Description: Details daily activities in detention camp garden, vegetable crop produced, weather etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Gardening - Mary Lysaght's plans
Date: [1954-1961]
From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers
Reference: 96-145-2/09
Description: Comprises planting lists and notes on olives, peppers, and some financial material (Q) Relationship complexity - Design plans by Lysaght are at MSO-Papers-5546 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Nature's a wonderful ally - all spring you've been at ...
Date: 1961
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
Reference: B-137-406
Description: Shows a man in his backyard with a spade. He is shoveling mud from the path which leads to the washing line. The rest of the backyard is also covered in mud. He is talking to his wife is standing who is on the back door step with a mop and bucket. Refers to floodwater damaging gardens in Upper Hutt. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, 205 x 255mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Henshaw, David, 1939-2014 :[Ten cartoons from Jock's Country Life calendar published in...
Date: 1998
By: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014
Reference: J-049-001/010
Description: Cartoons of rural life. Quantity: 10 colour pages from calendar. Physical Description: Reproductions of watercolour and pen. Image sizes 280 x 390 mm.
Garden reports
Date: 1943-1945
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-9479-1
Description: Reports on vegetable gardens at the detention camp. Details growth of crops, surpluses, reasons for success and otherwise Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Simcox, William Henry, 1841-1923 : Diary at Paihia
Date: 1875-1878
By: Simcox, William Henry, 1841-1923
Reference: MS-1942
Description: Simcox records daily, describing horticulture, maintenance and leisure activities and mentioning many people. He also records cash transactions. Accompanying items in a clear pocket at the back are a letter to Dear Jack, probably from Simcox, 15 Dec 1875; notes re finance (1875-1878); and a newscutting re concert to be given by Miss Christian, 4 March (no year). Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (124 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter (26cm; illus boards, in grey phase box)
Colquhoun, D : Photograph of C W S Chamberlain
Date: ca 1929
Reference: PAColl-4299
Description: Photograph of C W S Chamberlain carrying a spade and a rake in his garden in Dunedin. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs of Secker family garden and notes on magpies
Date: 1998
From: Secker, Hallam Leslie, 1923-1998 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6594-10
Description: Copies of photographs of the Seckers' garden in Upper Hutt showing chrysanthemums and magpies; notes on the garden and detailed observations by Alma Secker on the magpies inhabiting their garden. Also note re drugs syndicate next door which forced them to leave Upper Hutt, and note from Alma Secker re her husband's efforts. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Originals of photographs of the Secker garden.
Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.
Date: 1990 - 1997
By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949-
Reference: H-707-001/034
Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. Sexual harassment in the work place; a time-line across history of the political, religious and sexual treatment of women; man gets blown-up into a balloon; running the home like a business; women are the stronger sex?; woman fights an armoured knight on a horse; Michelangelo sculpts a naked man with an exaggerated penis; Women's Liberation; persecution against homosexuals likened to that perpetrated by the Nazi regime and the medieval church; Lesbian Nation; media interviewer, Brian Edwards leads a TV programme on the Women's Movement; Muldoon drinks a glass of wine bottled to commemorate Women's Suffrage Day, Sept. 19; while the men discuss world revolution, a woman pour them tea; the double violation of rape victims by their attacker and then by the justice system; the female anatomy exposed to a room full of male doctors; church women protest against feminism challenging the family and traditional roles of women; justice for some, but not for women; the feminist backlash; pay equity; perhaps god is a man after all - three wishes; May I have my rights, please? apologetic feminism; justice not weighted equally for all; issues around sexual reproduction and the Royal Commission Report; women unite to resist the intrusion of the SIS (Special Intelligence Service); Muldoon's legacy to New Zealand women; sex roles reversed in the shearing shed; abortions; National Party tramples on New Zealand women; position of women in Iran; genital mutilation; the 1979 budget - what's in it for women; SPUC anti-abortion rally likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally with hoods and burning torches; the marriage trap; psychology and the oppression of women. Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes
Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923-:[Home from the 1974 Commonwealth Games] The Dominion, 4 Febr...
Date: 1974
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)
Reference: C-133-056
Description: An athlete, his neck festooned with medals from the 1974 Commonwealth Games is waving goodbye to his friends departing down the suburban street in a taxi. Behind him his wife looks out the window of their house, grinning at him and the "winner's stand" she has set up in the garden for him - in first place is the lawn mower, in second place the garden tools and in third, the roof paint. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and letratone 470 x 635 mm
Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1990 and 1997.
Date: 1990 - 1997
By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Walker, Susan, active 1990s; Fowlie, Karen, 1990s; Quillin, Viv, active 1980s-1990s; Chanwai-Earle, Lynda, 1965-; Seule, Juliet, active 1990s; Sorzano, Rigel, active 1990s; Rhonda, active 1990s; Chadwick, Rona, active 1990s; Hollander, Nicole, active 1990s; Fleming, Jacky, active 1990s; Horacek, active 1990s; Jackson, Cath, active 1990s; Vania, Rustam, active 1990s; Peterson, Nancy, active 1980-1990s; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-
Reference: H-709-001/033
Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. National Women's Cervical Cancer inquiry, the value of women's experience in the work field when dealing with employers who are predominantly worried about a woman's period being heavy; questioning the relevance of Aids education information for lesbians; family discussion about orgasms; sexual harassment in the work place and the Employment Contracts Act; what are the options for a home-maker if her husband leaves her for another woman; ACC claims; men, women and housework; the stress of being too busy with activities and commitments; verbal abuse; siblings argue about being lesbian; 1993 - what women have to celebrate in Suffrage Year with Jenny Shipley and Ruth Richardson at the political helm; women can vote but thewy still remain disadvantaged in many areas; growing older; women respond to the Bobbitt Case (where a women cut off her partners penis); how lesbians can often feel inadequate when reading lesbian erotica books; being an independent, aggressive, adventurous girl doesn't win you many friends; men express themselves as women did in the 70's, but they're still slow to share their goodies with women; feminist collectives; never give up; 12 week campaign for maternity leave; seeking to silence her biological clock; pay equity; women and girls' self defence; beauty contests; the tree of life is a woman; wife slavery; a spell of warts for rich people; Women's Liberation targets your mother, sister and girl friend; Maori Women's Welfare League Conference poster, 1982; women lifting wieghts; dealing to a wolf whistler. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes
Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :Clearing weeds, Avon River, Christchurch 1966 Jan[uary...
Date: 1966
By: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992
Reference: G-220
Description: Shows three men with long poles, standing in the Avon River, clearing weeks. Tall trees on the far side of the river. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature & date; Verso - on stretcher (covered by backing board) title, date, signature in pencil Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 461 x 511 mm
Runciman, James A : Letter
Date: 21 Jan 1908
By: Runciman, James A, active 1908
Reference: MS-Papers-0500
Description: Letter written from Auckland describing prices, gardening (Runciman's occupation), prospects of employment, suburban transport, and compares NZ with an immigrant's expectations of it Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Copy donated via the NZ High Commission, London by Mrs M Prince
Robert Wells planting sweet peas
Date: 1947
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: 1/4-091216-F
Description: Robert Wells (son of the photographer) and another child crouching down and planting sweet peas in the garden at Aratapu. Photographed by Robert E Wells in April or May 1947. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches
Page of reminiscences
Date: [ca 1990]
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-9479-4
Description: Loose scribbled reminiscences on the back of a page taken from a 1990 document Quantity: 1 folder(s).