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Date: 2000

From: Nathan, Simon, 1943- : Research papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7897-9

Description: Photocopy of transcript of interview with Brian Mason by Nathan, Waikanae, 15 Feb 2000 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Cassette tape of interview transferred to Oral History Centre.

Date: 3 Jul 2007 - 03 Jul 2007

From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project

By: Beech, Marian, 1917-2015

Reference: OHInt-0980-01

Description: Interview with Marion Beech (nee Harvey), born in Newcastle, England, in 1917. Talks about her musical family including her father's "glorious tenor voice", and emigrating to New Zealand in 1928. Refers to leaving school young and working at Smith and Caughey. Mentions her brother Edgar starting a jazz club in Auckland. Comments that life had been carefree until war came, boys started to leave, and her brother joined up. Talks about seeing Edgar off three times, and mixed feelings about soldiers marching down Queen Street. Refers to the courage of conscientious objectors. Comments on rationing, not recalling being short of food, vegetable gardening, and passing on unused coupons. Explains they received all war news from the radio, and were lucky not to have television coverage. Talks about meeting her husband Rev Walter Beech when they were best man and chief bridemaid at a wedding. Refers to marrying and moving to the Bay of Islands where Walter, who had failed a Services medical, worked with many bereft people. Mentions Walter's extra petrol coupons. Comments on the vicarage being an open house to doctors and nurses, not being concerned about New Zealand being invaded, and making parcels to send to New Zealand forces overseas. Talks about letters from her brother and the slow postal service. Describes how her brother died when his plane crashed during take-off, just after his honeymoon, the family reaction, and his widow Josephine spending two years in New Zealand after the war. Comments on the community spirit among church members and that everyone had the understanding of being in it together. Recalls being thrilled by the end of the war, and hearing about Hiroshima. Comments that her husband knew he would be dealing with damaged men returning. Mentions moving to a parish in Papakura where Walter gave services at the army camp. Talks about 300 English Tommies coming to the camp to recover from a Japanese torture camp, and the vicarage being open to the soldiers day and night as they were starved of home life. Calls her relationship with the soldiers "one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences" of her life. Abstracted by - Erin Flanigan Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-022524 - OHC-022525 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7324. Prinouts of colour photograph of Marion Beech (2007), and a (scanned?) black and white photograph of Marion Beech with her husband Walter, possibly on their wedding day (1940) Search dates: 1917 - 2007

Date: 03 May 2005

From: MOTAT Volunteers oral history project

By: Vause, Alan Edward, 1917-2005

Reference: OHInt-0899-08

Description: Interview with Alan Vause, born in Wellington in 1917. Talks about growing up near Rongotai Aerodrome, developing an early interest in aviation, and building and flying model aeroplanes. Refers to being introduced to pilots by an uncle, and meeting Kingsford Smith when he visited New Zealand. Discusses the early days of aviation in the 1920s and 1930s. Comments on helping with aeroplanes at Rongotai as a teenager and sometimes being taken for rides. Describes working as ground staff at the Wellington Aero Club and the role of the Club at Rongotai in training pilots and providing ground support. Refers to his involvement with the Dominion School of Aeronautics, a programme set up by the government to train a civil reserve force, which used aero clubs to train pilots. Mentions taking an international correspondence course in aircraft engineering. Recalls meeting George Bolt through the club and later working for his Cook Strait Airways until 1938 when he returned to the Aero Club at Rongotai to work on aircraft maintenance. Describes how the Club's planes were all taken to Blenheim at the start of World War II for pilot training, and working at the de Havilland factory at Rongatai assembling imported aircraft during the war. Mentions joining the Air Force where he worked modifying civil aircraft into reconnaissance planes and bombers for use around the coast and in the Pacific. Discusses working for Union Airways after the war, first in Palmerston North and then at Mangere where he helped in establishing Aircraft Service Limited with Doug Wright and others. Comments on running the workshop and converting Air Force aircraft for civil use. Talks about the introduction of aerial topdressing in 1949 which revolutionised farming. Mentions becoming a shareholder and director in Aircraft Service Limited and converting aircraft for topdressing. Comments on leaving the company in 1956 and having various jobs subsequently. Mentions wanting to be a pilot when he was young but lacking the education needed to train, and getting his licence later. Refers to his experience with gliding which began in 1938 in Wellington, his later involvement with the Auckland Gliding Club at Ardmore, and eventually becoming responsible for certifying airworthiness of gliders in New Zealand. Discusses the Walsh Brothers Memorial Trust which funded the Walsh Memorial Library at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) and also made regular donations to MOTAT. Refers to his involvement with MOTAT, working occasionally on aircraft but not being a member. Interviewer(s) - Rosemary Deane Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016572 - OHC-016573 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 1.56 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5962, OHDL-000435. Black and white photocopy or print of a photograph of Alan Vause, 2005 Search dates: 1917 - 2005

Date: [ca 1917-2010]

From: Scoullar, Leo Bryan, 1917-2010: Photographs

By: Savoy Studios (Auckland, N.Z.); Van Hasselt (Firm); Leicagraph Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10027

Description: Photographs relating to the life of Bryan Scoullar, taken ca 1917-2010, particularly his service in the army during World War II. Bryan Scoullar collected all the images and took some of them. Images are arranged in a loose chronological order, and contain: Family photographs, circa 1917-1941, showing his mother Genevieve (nee Pope), his father Arthur, and his brother Patrick. Snapshots of the family are taken at the family residence in Wellington and during outings and holidays in New Zealand. Includes images of Patrick during the war, at home on leave, and overseas. Two school photographs taken at Marist Brothers' School, Wellington, probably of Patrick or Bryan. Photographs related to Bryan Scoullar's military service in North Africa during World War II. These are taken and collected in Egypt, Syria, and the Western Desert, ca 1941-1942. There are also some images taken during his training at Trentham army camp ca 1940, and documenting journey on board ship 'Nieue Amsterdam'. Contains images of patients, staff and activities at No. 3 General Hospital, Egypt, where he worked as an orderly. Includes tourist photographs taken and collected during travels in Egypt, and a trip with 5th field ambulance unit to Jerusalem and Syria. Also a group of Images taken at the Bulldog Club, Helmieh. Named figures include 'Dan' from South Africa, and Bob Bates ['Lulu la Blaze'?], and a Spanish Capuchin friar [Padre?] Sabino. Photographs of friends and family ca 1945-2010, including items related to his involvement with the Lamb of God covenant community in Wellington. Also images of Bryan's parents in older age, two mounted portraits of Bryan's god-daughter Anne Renai, and a few photographs documenting Bryan's trips overseas with an Australian Catholic group. Events include: celebrations to mark Bryan's 81st and 93rd birthday, a Christmas party in 1988, St Patrick's College Centenary 1985, a dinner at Bunratty Castle, [a restaurant in Australia?], and Anzac Day commemorations at Huntleigh Rest Home, Karori, ca 1990s. Places include: St Mary's Convent, Wellington, and St Thomas More Catholic Church, Wilton and [The Rigi?] St Vincent de Paul's. Named figures include: Vonnie Nunns, Bernadine Reid, Stephanie Revell, Mike Revell, Laurie McClellan, Philippa Dowling, Chris Reid, Molly Waugh, Trish Kane, Andre Gellen and Karen Gellen. Accompanying information - ltems of ephemera relating to Mr Scoullar including an order of service for his funeral. Arrangement: Images have been arranged by the archivist in loose chronological order Quantity: 189 b&w original photographic print(s) including one mounted on metal. 37 colour original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera (Postcard featuring printed photograph). Physical Description: Photographic prints and items of ephemera

Date: 1917, 1931-1942, 1996-2009

From: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014: Collection

By: Tesla Studios

Reference: PAColl-9999

Description: Miscellaneous photographs relating to the life and work of Helen Mason. Unless specified, the photographer is unidentified. Photographs dating from [ca 1990s-2000s], chiefly relating to Helen Mason's work as a potter, including exhibits at Te Papa and Green Galley, images of a kiln, gallery portrait with Bronwynne Cornish, and photographs detailing the work of Len Castle and John Hovell (kowhaiwhai panels and paintings). Contains photographs of family and friends at various celebrations and events (chiefly 1990s and 2000s). These also include Helen and husband Malcolm Mason's 1939 wedding portrait, and a mounted cardboard image of Roy Hansen prior to his departure for the front in World War II (taken by Tesla Studios, Whanganui). A number of group and individual portraits mainly taken in Egypt during Malcolm's service (1940-1941). Another image identifies 'Aunty Les, Gran, Mum, Mrs Malcolm, Pat, Me [Helen Mason?], and Bet' (1931). Some family photos sent by Peter Stichbury and his wife [ca 1998-2005]. Images sent by friend Masako Fujikado of a visit to temples in Nara, Japan (Nov 2009). Also contains photograph of painting 'Taken in Action at La Signy Farm' (1917) Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). 29 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin and dye coupler prints

Date: ca 1919-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-135

Description: Photographs related to aviation, airlines, and airports, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between ca 1919 and 2000. Images related to aviation are arranged alphabetically from AIR R to P. Images related to airports are arranged alphabetically from A to WE. Contains images related to air races, including the London to Christchurch air race in 1953, and Singapore to Christchurch in 1987. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1917, 2011

By: London, Karol, active 2011

Reference: MS-Papers-10803

Description: Collection comprises a typescript and manuscript article `Notes on the Maori disturbances in New Zealand during 1868 & 1869. By a Danish officer'. This article was originally written in Danish in 1868 by Hans Thiele and later translated into English. This translation was written by Thiele and his daughter Marie Madeleine Thiele (see note at end of article). Thiele served with the yeomanry cavalry who aided the Armed Constabulary and the Colonial Government troops under Colonel Whitmore who were fighting Titokowaru's forces in the South Taranki region. The war was engaged over rights to confiscated land and this history is highlighted in these accounts. Beginning at Wairoa (Waverley) this first hand account is detailed and gives a great insight into the tactics and practices of the colonial forces and Titokowaru's warriors, and their various military engagements. Thiele indicates the number of casualties and comments on the Hauhau's rites of cannibalism and the practice of removing the human heart from those slain in battle. Theile comments on pa sites, redoubts and fortifications. The narrative traces the defeat of the colonial troops in the early part of the campaign in 1868 then continues into 1869 as Colonel Whitmore purses Titokowaru at the Waitotara River and on to Patea. The article ends with Thiele detailing the removal of fifty Maori prisoners by the paddle steamer `Sturt' from Wanganui to Wellington. Includes photocopy of Thiele's obituary `Old colonist dies' published in the Fiji Times, 27 June 1917. Also a detailed biography of Hans Thiele compiled by Karol London. Source of title - Supplied by Library Hans Henrick Thiele was a Captain in the Danish Army (1864). Fought with the yeomanry cavalry in Taranaki against Titokowaru (1869). From New Zealand he travelled to South America, Britian and Fiji. Died in Suva in 1917. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts & printed material Transfers: Collection taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Black and white photographic print of Edith and Hans Thiele at Nausori in Fiji.