Places

Date: [ca 1855-1930]

By: Wishart, Betty Sylvia, 1909-1990; Barnett, Sally, active 1995

Reference: PAColl-4855

Description: Photographs relate to the Fougere, Beamish and Wishart families of the Chatham Islands. A family tree is included in the collection. As well as people there are photographs of Waitangi, the hotel, the race track on race days, race horses and other locations in the Chatham Islands. There are also post cards with letters from Jack and Sydney Wishart while on military service in Europe during the First World War Source of title - Title supplied by Library These photographs belonged to Miss Betty Wishart (died 1990). Betty was a daughter of Violet Beamish and Elvyn Wishart of the Chatham Islands. Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: She was an artist and an aunt of the donor, Sally Barnett

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: [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: [ca1895-1920]

Reference: PAColl-6759

Description: Scenes of returned soldiers being given instruction in agricultural techniques. They include a photograph of the syllabus offered, men in the field tending crops and cows and views of the men in a group eating from billies. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028842 to 028851 Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1902 - 1918

From: Caldwell, Richard Pringle, active 1980 :Negatives and prints of Caldwell and Pringle families, Wellington and Makara

Reference: PAColl-3123-2

Description: Groups and individuals, World War one soldiers, Kelburn under construction, motorcycles Arrangement: Previously NegColl-31/1. Ten 35mm copy negatives in registers at 16298-16299. Seven 1/2 plate negatives in registers at (nos still to be allocated, register mislaid 30-nov-1994)

Date: 1915-1917

By: Marwick, James Harold, -1951

Reference: qMS-1345

Description: Marwick describes training at Trentham Camp, his voyage to Egypt and France, his wounding in France and of being sent back to England to recuperate after amputation of arm Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (36 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm, blue buckram)

Date: 1915-1919

From: Boyd, Mary Beatrice 1921- :Photographs relating to Mackersey family

Reference: PAColl-9855-1

Description: Loose prints associated with Jessie Mary Mackersey's album. These include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey, London ca 1917. Portrait of Wastel Briscoe born 1888-died Gallipoli 19 May 1915. Group of Soldiers of 24th Rifles, Featherston Military Camp. Group on the deck of `Prinzessan' en route for New Zealand, 1919. Colon and Church of Christ by the sea, 1919. Views of the Panama Canal and its technologies seen from the ship, 1919. Albert Memorial, London. Holiday at Lake Waikaremoana includes - View of the lake, Papakorito Falls, and friends of Lindsay Mackersey. Photographs of soldiers include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey with unidentified soldier. Studio portrait of Leslie Mackersey, Blake Mason and two unidentified soldiers, 1916. Group of unidentified soldiers probably in New Zealand. Voyage to New Zealand on `Prinzessan' via Panama Canal 1919, and holiday at Lake Waikaremoana. Leslie Mackersey was in the 6th Rifles 1 NZEF. Lindsay Mackersey was in the 24th Rifles. While in the occupation force in Germany he served as instructor-in-law to service men studying for law degrees prior to repatriation. He was bilited in Leverhusen Village near Cologne in 1919. Margaret was on the staff at the New Zealand General Hospital No.1, Brockenhurst, England. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand.

Date: 1914-1917

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1552

Description: Photograph album compiled by R V Kay for his future wife Sybil. Includes photographs of automobile travel, gardens, picnics, parties, golf, suspension bridges, motorcycles, New Zealand soldiers on troopship, military training in England, soldiers at Stonehenge and family and friends. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - Sybil, with love from Reg Aug '17 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 140 x 165 mm

Date: 1915-1918

By: Curtis family

Reference: MS-Papers-9234

Description: Collection comprises World War One letters from Michael Curtis in Egypt back to his family in Dannevirke. These letters describe his time in Egypt, visiting the pyramids and Cairo. Comments on fellow soldiers from Dannervirke that he has met including sons from the Allardice family. Describes living conditions at camp, and comments on periods when he has been recovering from battle wounds. Also includes further letters from or to other Curtis family members and ephemera concerning Michael Curtis' death. Source of title - Supplied by Library Papers concern Sergeant Michael Curtis who served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in World War One, dying from wounds in 1917. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & printed matter

Date: Jan 1917-Feb 1919

From: Olsson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7899-2

Description: Letters from Olsson while on active service during World War One to his family in New Zealand, first from Featherston and Trentham, then en route to England, Sling, London, France and Belgium, and England while he was in hospital. While not being specific about where he was he describes the daily life of a soldier, where and how they were living, such as billets, some war events and also mentioned items such as letters and postcards he was sending to his family to keep for him when he returned. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1898-1971

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914

Reference: PAColl-0580

Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1913-1918, 1941-1942

By: Macfarlane family

Reference: MS-Papers-3871

Description: Diaries of Walter Angus Macfarlane while on active service in Palestine with the NZ Mounted Rifles and Canterbury Mounted Rifles (1917-1918); diaries of James Vernon Macfarlane while serving in the Pacific (1941-1942); letter from Gilbert Mair to Mr Macfarlane (1913); two letters to Robert Hughes, commander of 7th Regiment, Wanganui (1915 and 1917); an undated letter from Lord Birdwood to Hon Sec; and Company orders, 10th Reinforcements, Marton Racecourse (1915). Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: [1919]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-037

Description: Published in memoriam volume of Wanganui Collegiate Old Boys who were killed during World War I; most entries have biographical piece with photograph Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol).

Date: 1917-1919

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1060

Description: Photographs relating to Mr R V Kay. Includes photographs of 33rd Reinforcements training in Wairarapa, 1917 and at sea troopship life 1918 (Jan-Feb) on 'S.S. Athenic' via the Panama Canal. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 275 x 230 mm

Date: 1914

From: Various artists :[Thirty original cartoons drawn for the "New Zealand truth" by Will Hope, Tom Glover, Mac, Pac (or Pas), G (Tom Glover?). ca 1910-1920].

By: Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891?-1938

Reference: B-128-041

Description: Shows a confrontation on a country road, between a minister wielding a quill pen at left, and a plump military gentleman on horseback wielding a sword at right. The minister has his left foot placed on a large broadsheet entitled: "The truth about Takapau". The person featured are probably the Reverend Fred W Boys and Captain Powles (see "Other notes" below). Reminiscent of the saying: "The pen is mightier than the sword". (Concerning the power of Boys' report to the "Manawatu evening standard"). This cartoon was published in the "New Zealand truth" 23 May 1914, above the title "The harsh and boisterous tongue of war". This published cartoon accompanied letters from a member of the New Zealand military forces, and the Reverend Fred W Boys, concerning Boys' report (published in the Manawatu evening standard") on an incident at Takapau military camp, in late April or early May 1914. In this incident, the mounted police (under Captain Powles - possibly Charles Guy Powles) charged rioting soldiers who were protesting against uncomfortable and wet conditions at the camp (See Warren Bayliss' "Takapau - the sovereign years 1876-1976" (1975), pages 95-96). The "New Zealand truth" also ran a Tom Glover cartoon on 9 May 1914, page 4, entitled "Discipline up-to-date", showing armed police quelling a riot at the camp. Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - [Title] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 322 x 475 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from MSS&A 74-052. (New Zealand Truth papers relating to S Jackson Binning, donated 1974)..

Date: 1915-1917, 1953

By: Ross family

Reference: MS-Papers-8108

Description: Photocopies of correspondence from Malcolm Ross to his sister, Ina, from France and Nabros, 1915; from Noel Ross to his mother (1916); letter from Mary to Ruth and Ian Ross; and account of the Age Argus expedition to Fiordland (1953) Source of title - Supplied by Library Collected by Malcolm Ross (1948-2003) from various members of the Ross family Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and mss (photocopies)

Date: 1914-1919, 1921, 1926 (ca 1976)

By: Rogers, Stanley Dick, 1886-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-5553

Description: The letters were edited by the author to delete references to family matters. What remains is a detailed description of the conduct of the War as seen from Rogers' perspective. His duties involved managing traffic to and from the front and collecting intelligence. This kept him in close contact with the New Zealand Army during the various campaigns it was involved in in France. Rogers pays particular attention to his dealings with both Corps and regimental officers and men. Relationship complexity - Further photographs by Stanley are in the photographic collection of James Henderson, Photographs, chiefly relating to Stanley Dick Rogers, a Captain in New Zealand Mounted Rifles during World I, PACOLL-8637 Rogers worked at the Railway Workshops in Petone. He joined the Volunteers in 1902 and was frequently seconded to the Defence Department. In Aug 1914 he was appointed Assistant Commandant on Somes Island. In February 1916 he left New Zealand aboard the `Rangiotu' with the 3rd Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade for Egypt and subsequently landed in France in May 1916. In August 1916 he was seconded as a field officer, II ANZAC Army Corp (later Headquarters XXII Corps) and appointed Road and Traffic supervisor. He served in this capacity until the end of hostilities. Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Provenance: The typescripts were given to the donor's father, a friend of the author Contains numerous photographs interspersed throughout the typescript

Date: ca 1914-1916

Reference: PAColl-4662

Description: Men of the NZEF 12th Reinforcements with two women in the Rimutaka Range. Sent as a postcard to Mrs Sass in Patea possibly by Mr Smart. The sender is indicated on the photograph. It is postmarked Trentham Military Camp. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1914-1917

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1553

Description: Photographs relating to R V Kay and his training in the 33rd Reinforcements at Trentham and Featherston military training camps during World War I. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top centre - W.W.I. 33rd Reinforcements, 1917, Camps Trentham, Featherston, etc. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 140 x 165 mm

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964