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: [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: ca 1890-1950 (196-?)

By: Playford, Lorna Martin, 1887-1979

Reference: MS-Papers-3869

Description: Unpublished atobiography by L M Monckton; she describes her childhood in the Wairarapa, service with QMA Women's Auxiliary units during World War One, life in Canada in the 1920s and England in the 1930s and 1940s. Annotated in an unknown hand. Publication - Published in; Joblin, Dorothea. The colonial one ; Lorna Monckton of Newstead. Christchurch, 1975 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (107 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations

Date: 1916 - 1919

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1915/1919

Description: Includes: Undated: Hellenic Travellers Club. Gallipoli ceremony [1916-1950s?] 1916: Anzac Day, first anniversary. Town Hall Auckland, April 25 1916. Programme ANZAC Day, Masterton, April 25th 1916 Anzacs' Concert. Town Hall, Friday Dec. 1st 1916 in aid of Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association Funds. Programme and songbook with loose sheet music for "God save the Tzar". Souvenir to commemorate the exchange of flags between New South Wales Railways and New Zealand Railways, unfurled on Anzac Day, 25th April 1916 at Petone Railway Station. (Poem "The day" by Henry Chappell on verso) Programme, 1st anniversary of the Landing at Anzac. Military sports held at Tel-el-Kebir, April 25th 1916. Programme Anzac Day, Easter Sunday, April 23rd 1916. (The Parish Church of the NZ Depot, England). Service; the 1st anniversary of the landing of New Zealand troops in Gallipoli, April 25th 1915. 1917: Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association. Remember Anzac. Anzac dinner to commemorate the landing at "Anzac", held in the Town Hall Wellington on Arpil [April] 25th 1917. [Printed by] N.Z. Free Lance, Wellington. [Menu and toast list]. 1918: Souvenir programme of The Landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25th April, 1915. Programme of proceedings on Anzac Day, Thursday, 25th April, 1918, by the New Zealand Forces stationed at Sling Camp. [Printed by] Geo W Jones, Typ., at the Sign of the Dolphin in Gough Square, London, E.C.4 [1918] To the memory of our brave comrades. Anzac Eve gathering at Grand Opera House, Wednesday April 24th, 1918, under the direction of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Clubhouse Society, J I Fox manager. New Zealand Times print [1918]. Third anniversary of ANZAC Day; celebrations held at the New Zealand Infantry Base Depot, France, April 25th 1918. Programme (Together with a letter from the Dunedin Returned Services' Association to the Dunedin City Librarian, 21 May 1952 enclosing the programme) 1919: Anzac Day celebration. Government Gardens, Rotorua. Friday April 25th 1919. Chronicle Print Rotorua. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Engravings and offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm.

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: 1916-1917

By: Grant, Elsa Gladys, 1891-1981; Kinsella, Alison, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1211

Description: Album of photographs taken by Percy James William Simmons of the 15th Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1916-1917. Includes scenes on the troop ship 'Ulimaroa' en route to Plymouth, Sling Camp and surrounding villages, Messines, and London and Edinburgh on leave. Percy Simmons, son of Edgar and Harriet Simmons of Taumarunui, was engaged to Elsa Bass, a teacher. He sent the photographs to her until his death in action in France, on 8 October 1918, aged 29 years. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth covered album 14.6 x 18.5 containing 67 photographs Provenance: Elsa Bass was the mother of the donor.

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: 1893-1922

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-16

Description: Contains various printed papers relating to religious and political matters; these papers include information about the spread and prevention of small-pox and other diseases, information about Arbour Day (in English), copies of political correspondence from Taranaki Te Uamairangi, Tau Henare, Maui Pomare and Apirana Ngata; a copy of the Kahiti o Niu Tiremi dealing with the enlistment of Maori soldier in World War One, and a notice with regard to the establishment of a railway company at Taupo; there is also an invitation from Te Arawa rangatira for Te Arawa people to attend a hui at Maketu to discuss negotiations with the Government Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1839-1965

By: Stevens, Kenneth Murdoch, 1892-1978

Reference: fMS-232

Description: Draft history of the Maungatapere district from the arrival of the Walton brothers in 1840, with descriptions of the Maori and their local wars, of early settlers and of social and economic activities during the years. Part two contains reminiscences of his fighting at Gallipoli in World War I and his visit to the area in 1961 Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) (40 cm; black buckram)

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: 1918

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1918-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of text of varying sizes. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet 220 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in April 2002.

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: [ca 1890-1930]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9773

Description: Contains Powles family photographs from the 1890s to the 1920s. Includes: a group portrait of the Levin Football Club, `Cup winners, 1898'; a view of Wellington Harbour with masted ships; views of a harbour town, probably on the south coast of England; views of two churches probably in the south-east of England; a photograph of an aqueduct, possibly part of the Wey and Arun canal; landscape and village scenes from the south-east of england and New Zealand; portraits of military officers; photographs of Colonel Charles Guy Powles on a horse and meeting soldiers while serving in Egypt; unidentified photographs of people and locations, probably taken in the Wellington Region. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

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.