Places

Date: 1920

By: Feldon, W H, active 1920

Reference: E-278-q-101

Description: Postcard with a photo-mechanical reproduction of a drawing of an amended design for the proposed monument for Maori soldiers designed by Auckland sculptor W H Feldon, 16 Feb 1920 showing additional portraiture panels. On top on the monument is a Maori warrior. The memorial was erected to commemmorate the sons of the Te Arawa people who fought and died in World War One. It was unveiled by the Duke of York in Feb 1927. Words, pictures and symbols tell the story of the arrival of the Te Arawa waka at Maketu and the tribes' voyage to the 20th century. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 138 x 90 mm on card

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-076

Description: An account of the life and times of the Hopkins family, in particular George and Adelaide who emigrated with five children in 1874 on the Golden Sea. Seven more children were born in Masterton. The writer follows the life of the seventh child Charles, on the land and during World War I, and married life Publication - Essay published in `Our lesser stars' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Family photographs including one of pupils at Kohinui School 1932

Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Between 1914 and 1918

From: Quartermain album 1

Reference: PA1-o-425-14-3

Description: Wairarapa Ward, Trentham Hospital, taken between 1914 and 1918 by L B Quartermain, with a Ford ambulance in the foreground. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - "Wairarapa"; Trentham Huts Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 3.9 x 6.3 cm mounted on album page

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 1]

By: Pukekohe and Waiuku times (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-02

Description: Programme of celebrations including a procession from the Seddon Lamp to the Domain on Saturday morning, a reading of the peace proclamation and speeches, sports at noon, and a banquet to returned soldiers at 8 pm. On the Sunday, a citizens' thanksgiving service was held in the Premier Hall, with Mayor C K Lawrie as chairman and an address by Rev F R Jeffreys. On Monday 21st July there were hockey and football tournaments, fancy dress matches, picture entertainment, and a patriotic concert. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, 182 x 110 mm.

Date: 1923

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I memorial services and war memorials. 1914-1929]

By: Stickland & Bryant (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Memorials-1923-01

Description: Lot 570. Hawkes Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Committee. Hawkes' Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Order of Ceremony. Unveiling of cenotaph in Russell Street Hastings, NZ, Armistice Day Sunday 11th November 1923. 1st edition, [printed by] Stickland & Bryant, Hastings, 1923. (A WAR WI Memorials 1923) Accompanied by a photograph of two soldiers. Quantity: 1 programme. Physical Description: Letterpress on pages of booklet, each 135 x 175 mm.

Date: May 1918 - January 1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of merchant navy convoys

Reference: PA1-o-1394

Description: Album of photographs taken aboard Maunganui on following voyages: Port Chalmers to Liverpool, England. Left Port Chalmers 2 May 1918, called at Wellington (3-9 May 1918), Balboa (28 May 1918), Panama Canal and Colon (29-30 May 1918), Norfolk VA (4-10 June 1918), New York (11-12 June 1918), arrived Liverpool 24 July 1918. Three Transatlantic crossings between Liverpool, Glasgow, and New York, August-November 1918. Liverpool, England, to Port Chalmers, with returned New Zealand soldiers. Left Liverpool 2 December 1918, called at Colon (18-19 December 1918), Panama Canal and Balboa (19 December 1918), Auckland (9 January 1919), Wellington (11-15 January 1919), arrived Port Chalmers 16 January 1919. Includes views of Panama Canal locks and gates, ferries at Norfolk VA, United States and British warships, soldiers playing two-up on the ship returning home, and ferries in Auckland Harbour. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green morrocco-bound album, 21 x 26 cm

Date: [ca 1875-1959]

By: Jacobson, Charles Seigmond, active 1875-1959

Reference: Micro-MS-0226

Description: Jacobsen writes of his childhood in the Nelson area, his friends and acquaintances, working as a miner, the 1913 Waterfront strike, his World War I experiences as a Private with the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion, working as a commercial fisherman in the French Pass area in the 1930s, and his discovery of uranium in Buller Gorge Includes holograph reminiscences, and typed transcript Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-020

Description: The story of the Brooke family from Pyrford, Surrey and their immigration to New Zealand in 1910. The two sons, Jack and Cecil, began their farming life in the Kaikoura district as farm cadets. For seven years they farmed at Kaikoura from where the boys went to war and served with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and later in the 1st New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron. After Cecil Brooke's leave he bought a small dairy farm at Ruakura in 1920 and 5 years later married Dorothy Hutchinson. They farmed at Ruakura for 34 years, and purchased a further 200 acres of peat swamp to break in. Includes family tree showing Cecil Brooke's line of descent back 4 generations and copies of photographs, mainly of life of the farm Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [1914-1918]

From: Warburton, Edward Darien :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1602

Description: Photographic postcard album compiled by E D Warburton. Includes photographs of family, soldiers, rugby, fencing and prisoners of war during the Great War. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 25.5 x 22 cm

Date: [1912-1925]

From: Massey family : Papers relating to William Ferguson Massey

Reference: fMS-Papers-5729

Description: Comprises clippings and cartoons on aspects of Massey's life and career including Liberty War Loan poster (1918) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: 1868-1949

By: Rolleston family

Reference: 79-287

Description: Family and other personal correspondence. Includes some of William Rolleston, his wife Mary, but mainly their son Francis Joseph; also including other family members. There are some letters of political, social and community significance relating to the careers of William Rolleston, and his son F J Rolleston. Writers include Professor J B Condliffe, Sir Francis Bell, Sir James Parr. Added in 1980 to this accession were 11 letters 1891-1893 from J D Ormond, Harold Kemp, E J Watts etc; 15 letters of family to F Rolleston at school, 1881-1889; various records of F Rolleston's life at school; his `Parodies on Gilbert and Sullivan' etc. Later in same year further Rolleston letters, 1868-1949 were added, including letters relating to the political career of John Christopher Rolleston. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Rosamond Rolleston was the author of `William and Mary Rolleston; an informal biography' which was published in 1971 Relationship complexity - See also MS-Group-0377 (1971 accession) Arrangement: The bulk of the letters had been arranged chronologically before they were deposited. Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: When the papers were still with Rosamond Wilson, Steven Eldrid-Grigg listed those letters that seemed to him of chief interest, and this list is in a back file. These letters have been merged into the chronological sequence. Loose photographs

Date: 1914

By: Walton, William Henry, 1880-1952

Reference: PAColl-8043

Description: Photograph of Takapau Divisional Camp, Hawke's Bay, taken in 1914 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Takapau Divisional Camp 1914 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15 x 20.3 cm Provenance: Donated by Mr B H Walton, Auckland, in July 2004 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-8065 : Walton, William Henry (Rev), 1880-1952 : Papers.

Date: 1964-1972

By: Gambrill, Reginald Frank, 1890-1975

Reference: qMS-0820-0824

Description: Comprises letters and extracts from personal diaries with notes from family records copied and extracted as a foundation for the preparation of a biography of Major General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell. Divided into 1772-1895 (vol 1); `Land, 1859-1972 (vol 2); `World War I, 1914-1918 (vol 3); `Civil life, World War II, the declining years, 1919-1960 (vol 4); `Tributes and letters' (vol 5) Gambrill covers all four Andrew Hamilton Russells (though concentrating on the third and fourth) and their lives in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - The Russell family saga Arrangement: Each volume has a contents index at the front Gambrill compiled the saga in preparation for a biography of the Russell family Quantity: 5 volume(s). 0.15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and photographs (35 cm, blue linen)

Date: [Between 1914 and 1918]

From: Sullivan, Romola Frances, 1923- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9077

Description: Photograph of group of men in front of a tent, probably at Featherston Army Camp, taken ca 1914-1918 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.8 x 14 cm

Date: 1916 - 1917

Reference: PA1-o-796

Description: Shows life in Trentham & Featherston camps, voyage from Wellington on SS Devon, South Africa, England, France and Belgium. Foote worked in the Divisional Signals Company of the NZEF Engineers and was asked to join the Tui Pierrots in 1918. Includes a group photograph of the Pierrots and their manager Lieutenant Shayle Gardner. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916

By: Richards, John, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-5619

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - Trentham Military Camp, 1914 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) Both prints have been hand coloured.. Processing information: Dated 1916 after additional information about buildings from researcher and comparison with similar images in Upper Hutt City Library and Archives New Zealand databases

Date: 1906-1910, 1912-1920

By: Ennor, Harrold, 1888-1974

Reference: qMS-0673-0686

Description: Ennor recorded daily his involvement with the YMCA and the Congregational Church, sporting and domestic activities, and study towards a law degree which he completed in 1920. He also comments on events of the day, in particular news of the war in Europe. All diaries include ephemeral material (invitations, programmes, stamps, tram tickets, pressed flowers) Source of title - Supplied title Ennor was a public servant in Auckland, Napier and Gisborne during the period covered by these diaries Quantity: 14 volume(s). 0.14 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, printed matter and photographs (various sizes and bindings) The 1909 diary includes two small group photos labelled `Taken at picnic, Boxing Day 1909'

Date: 1880-1935

By: Gibb, James (Rev Dr), 1857-1935

Reference: MS-Papers-2053

Description: His papers reflect his involvement in church, political and social affairs particularly through his pacifism Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Scrapbooks concerning church affairs in Scotland, Australia and Dunedin compiled by Gibb's wife Jeannie (MS-Papers-2054), given by same donor (Acc 74-071) James Gibb was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and educated at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He married Jeanie Gibb in 1881 and they sailed for Victoria in 1882, finally arriving in Otago in 1886. He was minister to First Church, Dunedin for 17 years and minister to St John's Church, Willis Street, Wellington. In 1901 he became Moderator of the United Church. Quantity: 51 folder(s). 0.95 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 4 December 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile. A calendar of letters for folders 1 to 9 is available in the back file..