Westminster Abbey

Date: [1906-1926]

From: Fox, George fl 1898-1926: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5854-1

Description: Programme for Westminster Abbey morning service (1913); annotated panoramic photograph of Moturoa; photocopies of transferred photographs; share certificates; correspondence; copy of telegrams; `Unauthorised biography of Sir Joseph Ward' (ca 1910); `Proceedings, Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers' with paper by Augustus E Watkins, `The Taranaki oil-field' (1911); Particulars of the petroleum district of Taranaki', by Watkins and Fox including A-J reports and letters; memoranda of agreements'; prospectuses; report on petroleum and other minerals in the Eastern Wairarapa district (1910); and deeds (1910) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1915-1944]

By: Read, James Cornelius, 1871-1968

Reference: PAColl-0502

Description: Fourteen photographs taken by Sgt J C Read of ANZAC Day in London. They include views of Australian and New Zealand troops marching along The Strand watched by large crowds; dignitaries, including King George V, leaving the memorial service held at Westminster Abbey; and two in Gallipoli, one of wounded soldiers waiting to be transported and the other of New Zealand graves. The collection also includes one photograph from the Second World War of the staff of the Radio Development Laboratory, which was probably on Majoribanks Street, Wellington, and the Governor-General Sir Cyril Newall. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1953

By: New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.; Pike, Joseph, active 1930s; Stewart, Kay, active 1950s?; Wagstaff, H, active 1950s?; Brinsley, C, active 2005; Brinsley, J, active 2005

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-Rangitane-1953

Description: Includes a breakfast menu for 21 December 1953; and dinner menus for 20 December (2 copies), 25 December, 27 December, 28 December and 31 December 1953. Cover illustrations are by Joseph Pike (London buildings), Kay Stewart (Westminster Abbey) and H Wagstaff (jay bird). Quantity: 8 menus. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded pamphlets, 217 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by C and J Brinsley, Waikanae, in 2005.

Date: 1838

From: Various artists :[Assorted almanacs and newspaper offprints, mainly British. 1790s-1854].

By: Hillitt & Martin (Firm); Paul, J H, active 1838; Pitts, John, 1765-1844

Reference: D-013-025

Description: Shows at top centre the interior of Westminster Abbey, above two profile head and shoulder portraits of the young queen. At the bottom is a view of teh Houses of Parliament with the Royal Barge in the foreground. The text reports the details of the coronation, reproduces a poem written for the occasion, and gives a brief summary of the queen's life. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving and letterpress on sheet 740 x 507 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1960/1979

Description: Includes: 1961: Symbol of Anzac. Anzac Day service Petone Railway Station, 25 April 1961. Order of service with a page of historical notes about the flagpole erected in 1916 to signify the comradeship of Australian and New Zealand railway men at Gallipoli. The Anzac Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance. The Dawn Service, Anzac Day 1961. Cenotaph, Auckland Domain. Conducted by the Australian Imperial Force Ex-Servicemen's Association with the co-operation of the Auckland Returned Services' Association. [Order of service]. His Worship the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Wellington in conjunction with the Wellington Returned Services' Association. Commemoration Service, Anzac Day 25th April 1961. [Order of service] 1964: Anzac Day; a statement by the Public and Social Afairs Committee of the Anglican Church of New Zealand. October 1964. 1965: NZ Returned Services' Association. Wellington District Anzac service and parade, 25th April 1965. 50th anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli. service of commemoration conducted by His Grace the Most Rev. P T B McKeefry, Major A Sampson, the Rev A W Sutton. [Order of service] 1966: NZ Returned Services' Association. Citizens Anzac Day service ... held under the auspices of the Christchurch Returned Services' Association. King Edward Barracks, 25 April 1966. Order of service. Anzac Day 25th April 1966. Deep Cove RSA Group. Dawn Parade timetable 1967: Anzac Day 25th April 1967. Deep Cove RSA Group - Dawn parade timetable 1968: Westminster Abbey. Anzac Day Commemorative service. Thursday 25 April 1968 at 12 noon [attended by Sir Alexander Downer and Mr R H Wade]. 1971: Anzac Day parade at the NLF Cenotaph, Pigeon Park. Sunday 25th April, 10.00 am. Self determination for the Vietnamese people. Withdraw all NZ-US troops now. Trash Willis St on the 30th. Progressive Youth Movement. [Typescript flier] 1972: His Worship the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Wellington in conjunction with the Wellington Returned Services Association. Commemoration service, Anzac Day 25th April 1972. [Order of service] 1975: Lest we forget. Dawn ceremony of remembrance. Wairarapa Returned Services Association (Inc). 59th Anzac Day Dawn Parade, Friday 25th April 1975 at 0555 hours, Queen Elizabeth Park Masterton. Order of service Citizens' Anzac Day service, Christchurch Town Hall, Anzac day, Friday 25th April 1975 at 10 am. held under the auspices of the Christchurch City Council in conjunction with the Christchurch Returned Services Association. Chairman the Mayor of Christchurch H G Hay, esq. Order of service 1976: Lest we forget. Dawn ceremony of remembrance. Wairarapa Returned Services Association (Inc). 59th Anzac Day Dawn Parade, Sunday 25th April 1976 at 0555 hours, Queen Elizabeth Park Masterton. Order of service 1979: New Zealand Returned Services' Association. [Type of poppy sold on Anzac Day up to 1979] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Engravings and offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1947

By: Fox Photos Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0639

Description: Shows the arrival of the Royal bride in Westminster Abbey, followed by the two pages and eight Ladies in Waiting. Invited guests are standing on both sides of the aisle in the Abbey. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - The Royal wedding in London. Copyright Fox Studios Ltd Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 405 x 510 mm

Date: 1934

Reference: Eph-D-BRITISH-004

Description: Shows three images: Lithograph of the Empire Field of Remembrance beside Westminster Abbey, printed in the British Legion Poppy Factory The Cross of Remembrance printed beside a collaged petal of the "Haig" Poppy. The Prince of Wales also requested that the British Legion Poppy Factory send the petals to Empire Ex-Service organisations, in January 1934. A photograph of the Prince of Wales laying the "Haig" Poppy at he Empire Field of Remembrance. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 13.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Lithograph, college and photograph, mounted in mat 595 x 305 mm.

Date: 1991

From: Grace, Shirley, 1949-2000 :[Sketchbook. 1991-1994].

Reference: E-603-001

Description: Shows a simple elevation of a church, and a rectangle below. Text reads: "When the tongues of fire are infolded into the crowned knot of fire, and the fire and the rose are one ... All shall be well, all manner of things shall be well". Extended Title - from her Sketchbook 1991-1994, page 1. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on page, 134 x 215 mm.

Date: 1885 - 1889

By: Lockhart, William Ewart, 1846-1900; Hicks, Kitty Louise, 1890-1981

Reference: D-012-018

Description: The interior of Westminster Abbey. A view from near the altar, looking into the nave, with church dignitaries, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, and foreign royalty in the foreground, Queen Victoria seated centrally beyond the altar rails, with Prince Edward on the left, and packed pews beyond Accompanied by a key to the image: Key to the picture of Her Majesty's jubilee celebration in Westminster Abbey, after W. E. Lockhart, R S A, MDCCCLXXXVII. William Doig and Co ... London. The key is folded into a purple buckram binding with gold lettering on the front, a blind embossed royal insignia on the back. It reproduces the outlines of the image, identifying all the participants. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, sepia, 800 x 980 mm + key (lithograph ; 520 x 780 mm folded to 150 x 150 mm) Provenance: Donation: Mrs K L Hicks, Sprott House, Karori, 28 Sept 1979

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-139

Description: Close-up of part of the interior with two men on the right admiring a feature Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 320 x 233 mm

Date: 1953 - 1954

From: New Zealand Railways :[Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1950-1959]

By: Bannatyne, Alexander, active 1940s-2002

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1954-01

Description: The order of service reproduces a reading from Romans VIII, 18-28 and 31-end, read by the High Commissioner for New Zealand, Sir Frederick Doidge. An address by the Right Rev G V Gerard, former Lord Bishop of Waiapu was part of the service. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) in booklet. Physical Description: Letterpress on 8-page booklet, 242 x 153 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Alexander Bannatyne in 2002. Transfers: To Serials Collection - Manuka 1945-1947.

Date: [Between 1868 and 1898]

By: Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Zangaki (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-146

Description: Album of photographs, most taken by the Burton Brothers in New Zealand, including a large number of Maori images, group portraits, identified men and women, pa, and storehouses. Scenes also taken by them in Tonga and Samoa. A number of images show scenes in England, including a group taken near Egremont in Cumbria, of ice on the Mersey River in 1895. There are a large number of copies of paintings of romantic scenes. Several photographs of the Suez Canal, and the Nile River, were taken by Greek photographers `Zangaki' Brothers Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with reddish brown cover, brown corners and spine with single raised cords; fleur de lys pattern stamped between cords; 33.5 x 27.0 cm

Date: [Ca 1850s-1900s?]

From: Parker, Robert, 1847-1937 :Cachemaille albums. Scenic views of India, England, New Zealand and Europe

By: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-q-045

Description: Scenic views, chiefly in England, some giving the name of the photographer. Photographers include Francis Frith and George Washington Wilson. Album compiled by musician Robert Parker (father of Mrs E C Cachemaille) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album, brown cover, embossed with initials in gold lettering "R.P.", 37 x 30 cm

Date: 1947

By: Fox Photos Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0642

Description: Shows the scene inside Westminster Abbey as the ceremony is over and the bride and groom walk to the west door for their return to Buckingham Palace. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - The Royal wedding in London. Copyright Fox Studios Ltd Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 405 x 510 mm

Date: 1885 - 1889

By: Lockhart, William Ewart, 1846-1900; Buckley, W J (Mr), active 1950s

Reference: D-012-018-a

Description: The interior of Westminster Abbey. The view is taken from the chancel, looking down into the nave. Church dignitaries, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, are in the foreground, along with foreign royalty. Queen Victoria is seated centrally beyond the altar rails, with Prince Edward on the left. The nave is packed. From an original painting now in the royal collection Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, sepia, 800 x 980 mm

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1970s

Description: Includes: 1972: Commonwealth Day message from Her Majesty the Queen, Head of the Commonwealth. 3 June 1972, Buckingham Palace [Single sheet] 1974: Right Royal cookery; the Royal Family's favourite recipes. A New Zealand Woman's Weekly bonus booklet, 8 April 1974. 1977: E II R Royal concert in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Christchurch Town Hall, Friday March 4th 1977. Programme (With the Skellerup Woolston Band - conductor Mervyn Waters, the Christchurch Youth Orchestra - director Peter Zwartz, Combined Primary Schools Junior and Senior Representative Choirs, Cashmere High School Chamber Music Orchestra - conductor Carol A Moffatt, the New Zealand Ballet - artistic director Philip Chatfield, with the Canterbury Orchestra - director Dobbs Franks, pianist Patrick O'Byrne, the Christchurch Harmonic Chorale). 1979: Ceremonial. Funeral of Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 5th September 1979 at 11.30 am. [Photocopy only] 1979: Westminster Abbey. Order of service at the funeral of Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900-1979. Wednesday 5 September 1979, 11.30 am [Photocopy only] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1964

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1960/1964

Description: Includes: 1960: Marriage of HRH The Princess Margaret with Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones in Westminster Abbey on Friday May 6th 1960 at 11.30 am. Form of solemnization of matrimony [with flyer instructing guests, and a non-transferable ticket for South Nave Block C58] The wedding of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret and Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones in Westminster Abbey 6 May 1960. Approved souvenir programme (2 copies) 1963: The Arts Advisory Council presents the New Zealand Opera Company in "A unicorn for Christmas"' a opera commissioned by the Council. Music by David Farquhar; from a play by Ngaio Marsh. St James Theatre Auckland, 7 February 1963. Programme Golden Shears International Shearing Championship Society (Inc). Royal Invitation Shearing Carnival in honour of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Fraser Park Lower Hutt, Monday 11th February 1963. Programme Royal choral & orchestral concert. King Edward Barracks Christchurch, Saturday 16 February 1963. Presented in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II & His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the Christchurch Civic Music Council Inc. (With Royal Christchurch Musical Society, Christchurch Harmonic Society, Christchurch Civic Orchestra)(Includes compositions by John Ritchie, Vernon Griffiths; conducting by William R Hawkey and Robert Field-Dodgson) (2 copies) Royal visit to Blenheim. 13th February 1963. [Address from the Mayor of Blenheim and Picton, and County Council chairmen of Marlborough, Awatere and Kaikoura. Tied with blue velvet ribbon] In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Luncheon at the Criterion Hotel Blenheim on the occasion of Her Majesty's second visit to Marlborough. 13 February 1963. Menu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1947-1948, 1958

By: White, Nora Margaret, active 1958

Reference: MSY-7122

Description: Travel scrapbook compiled by Miss White during her round trip from New Zealand to England in 1947-1948. White left Auckland aboard the `Rakaia' on 27 Mar 1947, arriving in London 30 Apr 1947. The first two items in the scrapbook are a summons for a King Neptune event aboard the `Rakaia' on 12 Apr 1947 and a beer coaster for Heineken beer from Colon, Panama. The next pages are filled with ephemera items collected from White's travels around the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe. Included are theatre programmes, postcards, photographs, admission passes, sketch maps, an invite to a Presentation Party at Buckingham Palace, horse race programme for Royal Ascot, tourist programmes and leaflets, menus, newspaper cuttings relating to Wimbledon tennis championships, London Olympic programmes (1948), Royal wedding programmes and newspaper cuttings of churches and cathedrals, and "Rimutaka Jockey Club" race programmes circulated as a shipboard event. White left London aboard the `Rimutaka' 13 Oct 1948, arriving in Wellington 22 Nov 1948. The latter part of the scrapbook records a journey by White to the Lambeth Conference in England in 1958. White was secretary to Anglican Archbishop Owen. Left Lyttelton 13 Mar 1958 arriving in London 13 Apr 1958. Sailed aboard the `Port Auckland'. Collected ephemera include postcards, programmes, tourist maps, booklets, invitations, guide books and an itinerary relating to White's travels in England, Italy and Venice. Also newspaper cuttings relating to the Lambeth Conference and postcards of various churches visited. On 17 Jul 1958 White launched the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand's vessel the `Waikare' in Glasgow. White's father C G White was a director of the Union Steamship Company in Wellington. Includes an invitation to the launch and telegrams from New Zealand. White sailed from London aboard the Shaw Savill Line ship `S.S. Athenic' on 11 Sep 1958, arriving in Wellington 13 Oct 1958. Shipboard records include a menu, passenger list, postcard of vessel and programmes for the "Athenic Jockey Club's" Atlantic meeting. Source of title - Supplied by Library Miss White made two visits to the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s. She served as Anglican Archbishop Owen's secretary on the second trip. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, photographs, ephemera and printed material Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms D Holderness, Christchurch, Sep 2013

Date: 1902

By: Willis & Aiken Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1902-1

Description: Includes: Coronation luncheon to veterans and returned troopers, Dunedin, 26 June 1902. J A Park, mayor, chairman Executive Committee. Menu / toast list The form and order of the Service that is to be performed, and of the ceremonies that are to be observed, in the Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in the Abbey Church of S Peter, Westminster, 26 June 1902. [Book hardbound in purple velvet, inscribed to Louie, 9 August 1902] Canterbury's official souvenir of the Coronation of King Edward VII, June 25 and 26, 1902. Willis & Aiken, Printers, Christchurch. 32 pages Order of service to be held in the Synagogue Wellington on the day of the Coronation of our Sovereign Lord King Edward VII. June 26th 1902. Post Print. Service by the Rev H Van Staveren assisted by a full choir under Herr Max Hoppe; accompanist Mr P Levi. St Paul's Pro-Cathedral. Coronation Day, June 26th 1902. Service at 10.30 am. Admission ticket [authorised by] T H Sprott, vicar Coronation Day, June 26 1902. NZ souvenir [silk ribbon showing a full length portrait of Edward VII] Coronation Celebration Committee, Wellington, NZ. June 26th 1902 [red silk ribbon] Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, offset prints, etc, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: [ca 1914-1917], 1990

From: Bellingham family: Collection relating to Arthur Bellingham

Reference: MS-Papers-12700-2

Description: Material belonging to Arthur Bellingham, relating to his service in the New Zealand Army during World War One. Comprises: - Pressed flowers "picked up in a ditch outside Ypres, Belgium". [Bellingham did not serve in Belgium. The flowers may have been gifted to him or picked up when he was on leave. They were likely picked between 1914 and 1917.] - An annotated menu for the 'Re-union of British Section New Zealand Expeditionary Force' held on 6 May 1916 at Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London. The menu has been signed by Bellingham and a number of men he served with. - An annotated menu and toast list for the 'New Zealand Expeditionary Force "Records" Dinner' held on 15 February 1917. It has been signed by Bellingham and a number of men he served with. - A souvenir booklet titled 'The First Anniversary of Anzac Day. Celebrations at Hornchurch, April 25th, 1916' by Charles T. Perfect. The booklet details events attended by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in England, to commemorate the first anniversary of Anzac Day. These included: a memorial service on 23 April 1916 (Easter Sunday) at the Parish Church of St Andrew's, Hornchurch; a march through the streets of London followed by a memorial service at Westminster Abbey on 25 April 1916; a ceremony at Grey Towers, Hornchurch on the afternoon of 25 April; and sports and races on 26 April at Grey Towers. The booklet also contains: a description of Te Whare Puni at Grey Towers; commemoration and congratulatory telegrams; and a description of the 'Masonic Anzac Festival' held on 27 April 1916 at the Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford. The booklet has been signed by Bellingham. - A certificate for 'The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal' which was awarded to Bellingham on 19 April 1990. It is signed by Her Majesty The Queen, Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, and Governor-General Paul Reeves. Accompanying the certificate is an explanatory note detailing the 'Order of Wear', 'Bow', and 'Miniatures'. Date information for pressed flowers taken from Arthur Bellingham's service record. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).