Places

Date: 1895-1966

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: Series-4925

Description: Papers, including prose and descriptive writing (about places, people, and events), travel diaries and letters Quantity: 13 folder(s).

Date: 1938-2008

By: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940-

Reference: MS-Papers-9485

Description: Letters and papers relating to Sergeant Gordon Christie Dunn (1912-1942), together with a copy of his daughter Vivienne Hayward's memoir `Finding Gordon - A love story' (published by the author in 2008). It is based on the edited correspondence between her mother and father during the early years of World War II. These private letters provide an insight into her mother Joan's life at home in Invercargill and her father's war experience in Egypt and as a prisoner-of-war in Crete and Germany up until his accidental death in Stalag VIII-B in Feb 1942. The correspondence provides details of Burnham Camp; voyage to Egypt with 2NZEF; Maadi Camp and leave in Alexandria; letters from captivity in Crete. Also official correspondence re his accidental death after transfer to Stalag VIII-B, Germany in Feb 1942. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 3 Electronic document(s). 0.18 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Transfers: To Book Collections - Copy of `Finding Gordon - A love story' / Vivienne Hayward (2008).

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Braithwaite, Warwick 1896-1971 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5473-2

Description: Braithwaite continues with his narrative with notes on opera at Sadlers Wells, his study time at La Scala Milan before the war, wartime conditions, his work in Britain where he conducted many of the important orchestras and made recordings, a spell with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (and visits to Belsen) and with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1945. He describes broadcasting to the forces, personalities in the music world, and his visits en route to Australia and activities there prior to his visit to New Zealand. Includes newsclippings of letters from Braithwaite to the `Glasgow Herald' re the Scottish National Orchestra and one from J Barnes, secretary and manager of the Choral and Orchestral Union of Glasgow re season of the orchestra. (Pages 104-117 are not included; this section therefore comprises pages 118-262) Arrangement: On re-sorting the autobiography, which was not completely in order, it was discovered that pages 104-117 were not there Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [19--]

By: Tweeddale, Stuart John, 1916-

Reference: MSY-6657

Description: Contains an account of Tweeddale's life up until the end of World War Two. He describes growing up in Kiritaki, 1916-1919, Tiritea, 1919-1923, Wanganui, 1923-1927, Waimatua, Southland, 1927-1930, Manawatu, 1930-1939 and his experiences during World War Two. During the War he served with 27th Battalion in North Africa and Greece and was captured by German forces in July 1942 and was shipped to Germany as a prisoner of war. The account ends with his marriage to Thelma Murray in July 1945 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs T Tweeddale, RD Taihape, 2008

Date: [ca 1908-1994]

By: Jacks, Harry, 1908-1994

Reference: MS-Papers-7167

Description: Comprise correspondence, drafts of poems, reflections, reminiscences and stories of his life in Rumania before coming to New Zealand, and of his wartime experiences, research papers on plants and agriculture in Germany, copies of his certificates in agricultural engineering and plant research from Rumania and France, and newspaper clippings of his retirement in Hawkes Bay. His work as a plant pathologist and tree and forest management specialist with the DSIR and Forestry Institute is not covered in this collection. Source of title - Supplied Harry Jacks was born in Rumania and after gaining qualifications in plant research in France, came to New Zealand in the 1930's, where he worked with the DSIR and the Forestry Institute. During World War II he served with 2NZEF in Greece and on Crete, trained commandos and served on special operations in Yugoslavia and Greece. Retired to his farm at Havelock North in the 1970s. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter (Photocopies)

Date: 2001

By: Robinson, Colin Bennie (Rev), 1918-2001

Reference: MSX-5790

Description: Expanded from a student research exercise, `I had a funny experience one day' is based on interviews Penny made with her husband's uncle, Colin Robinson and extensive quotations from transcripts she made of letters and diaries he provided her. It provides an account of Colin Robinson's life, from his childhood and early manhood in Featherston to his experiences while serving with the 4th Field Regiment in the Greek and Crete Campaign and as a prisoner of war from June 1941 until the end of the war in Europe. There is a brief final section describing his training for the ministry and his reflections on his subsequent life. Source of title - From title page Variations in title - Full title: I had a funny experience one day. The memoirs of a territorial and regular soldier who became a prisoner-of-war. Colin Bennie Robinson. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated my Mrs Robinson, 2001