Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Date: 1949

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Reference: C-137-003

Description: Shows a view of the dry rolling hills of Otago, with two cyclists standing beside their loaded cycles on a winding road. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top right - Roy Cowan - 1949 / based on own experience - / in Otago; Backing board recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 368 x 551 mm. Provenance: Private purchase, 2004.

Date: [ca 1970-1999]

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9723-4

Description: Ceramics by Juliet Peter and Roy Cowan, 1970s-1990s. Includes - Roy Cowan decorating pots with paintings of fish, 1970s-1980s. Ceramic sculptures by Roy Cowan. Decorated plates by Roy cowan. Exhibition of Roy Cowan's ceramics at the New Zealand Academy, August 1995. The Cowans at 8 Heke Street, Ngaio, among their pots. Newly fired ceramics in the opened kiln (these may be the results of the last kiln firing in May 1999). House and garden at 8 Heke Street Ngaio, 1980s-1990s. Quantity: 152 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1933

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Reference: PA6-759

Description: View of the Waimakariri River, valley, and surrounding mountains photographed by Roy Cowan in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panorama. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 58 x 12.8 cm

Date: [ca 1960-1999]

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9723-6

Description: Includes Roy Cowan working on tea and coffee pots, ca 1960. Ceramic lamp bases and other pottery, ca 1960. Saltglazed stoneware pot with message against the Government's proposal to tax craftspeople. Pots by Juliet Peter, 1960s. Roy Cowan and Juliet Peter working at the kiln, ca 1970. Photographs of Barry Brickell working at his Driving Creek Pottery, 1970s. Photographs from a small album - Friends, weddings, holidays, and ceramics, ca 1990s. Photographs from a small album - Friends and ceramics, ca 1990s. Photographs from a small album - Residential streets, London W9, 1990s. Quantity: 82 colour original photographic print(s). 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca 1970]-2005

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9723-5

Description: Includes - Roy Cowan in his studio surrounded by pots, 1996. Portraits of Roy Cowan, 1996. Roy Cowan and Juliet Peter at home, 8 Heke Street, Ngaio, Wellington, 1990s. Juliet Peter with friends, 2000s. Juliet Peter with her friend Lisl Heller, 1990s. Juliet Peter, Roy Cowan, and sculptor Guy Ngan, 2000s. Gathering of potters at 8 Heke Street Ngaio - Barry Brickell, Roy Cowan, Juliet Peter, Vickie Hearnshaw, Anneke Borren, doreen Blumhardt - 6 May 1999 (this was the day of the last firing of the Cowan's kiln). Barry Brickell and Roy Cowan managing the last firing of the Cowan's kiln, 8 Heke Street, Ngaio, 6 May 1999. Roy Cowan, Juliet Peter, Barry Brickell and friends opening the kiln after the last firing, May 1999. Views of Wellington photographed by Roy Cowan, 1990s. Landscape photographs taken by Roy Cowan on holidays, 1990s. Autumn trees and farmland, probably John Peter's farm, Marlborough. Hill country on John Peter's farm. Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. Picnic at Akaroa, 1990s. Lake Tekapo, 1984. Ceramics at an exhibition in Akaroa, ca 1985. Friends and family in New Zealand and overseas. Cowan's ceramics in Ron Sang's garden, Auckland. Bronze fountain in a Bayswater department store, London, photographed by Andrew Grigg. Art works by Juliet Peter including an exhibition of works for sale at Tinakore Gallery, Wellington, 1994. Quantity: 152 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1994

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

By: Trevelyan, Jill, 1963-

Reference: PA12-1868

Description: Art works by Juliet Peter and Roy Cowen photographed by Jill Trevelyan in 1994. Trevelyan was a curator at the Museum of New Zealand in 1994. The museum was interested in purchasing art work, hence the reason for the photographs. Quantity: 23 colour copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: Transparencies

Date: 1920 - 1929

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Reference: A-138-053

Description: A view of Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont Appears to be work of James Cowan's son, Roy (James Robson) as a child. Inscriptions: Verso - Printed sketch plan, probably proof copy of a view of Rangiaowhia, reproduced in Cowan, J. The New Zealand wars (1922) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 210 x 120 mm Transfers: Transferred from Cowan papers, MS section.

Date: 1940 - 1946

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010

Reference: A-433-026/032

Description: Includes: 026. Boat with two sails, manned by three African men 027. Boat with two sails, manned by three African men 028. Two sailing boats with men in fezes. 029. Portrait of an African man 030. Sailing boat with a triangular sail off a coast 031. Three pencil landscape sketches 032. Girl studying an African jar Quantity: 7 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil drawings, and one photograph, sizes varying

Date: [ca 1960-1999]

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9723

Description: Includes - Roy Cowan working on tea and coffee pots, ca 1960. Ceramic lamp bases and other pots, ca 1960. Salt glazed stoneware pot with message against the Government's proposal to tax crafts people. Pots by Juliet Peter, 1960s. Roy Cowan and Juliet Peter working at the kiln, ca 1970. Photographs of potter Barry Brickell at his driving Creek Pottery, 1970s. Photographs from a small album - Friends, weddings, holidays and ceramics, ca 1990s. Photographs from a small album - Friends and ceramics, ca 1990s. Photographs from a small album - Residential streets, London W9, 1990s. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 82 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1978

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Reference: D-033-002

Description: Shows the letters of the word "Wellington" in three groups being lifted on pulleys, above their exhibition building, the Wellington Town Hall. A frieze of pigeons appears below. The following artists are listed as having works displayed: Carol Bauer, Joan Beattie, Brian Carmody, Roy Cowan, Avis Higgs, Jeanette Hine, Paul Jorgenson, Robyn Kahukiwa, Jeanne Macaskill, Bill McKay, Paul McKay, Robin McKinley, Gordon Moller, Janet Paul, Juliet Peter, Allona Priestley, Helen Seresin, Susan Skerman, Mollie Steven, June Tilley, Ans Westra, Dinah Wright, Peter Black. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 1030 x 640 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 13 May 2004, lot 413.

Date: [ca 1950-1985]

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9723-3

Description: Includes - Ceramics by Roy Cowan and Juliet Peter, 1950s-1960s. Photographic essay on the Cowans as potters by Marti Friedlander, 1960s. Ceramic horses by Juliet Peter, ca 1960s-1985. Pottery exhibitions and pots, 1960s-1970s. Juliet Peter glazing pots, 1970s. The Cowans working at their pottery, particularly moving Roy Cowan's large ceramic sculptures, 1970s. Juliet Peter taking a print off a metal plate, 1970s. Photographs of Roy Cowan, 1960s. Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s). 34 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1910s-1950s

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Kinsey's Studio; Clark, Charles Troughton, 1890-1973; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: PAColl-10460-01

Description: Photographs of people, landscapes, seascapes and ships, taken by various photographers including C. Troughton Clark, James Cowan, Roy Cowan, between circa 1900 and 1950s. Comprises: - A studio portrait of an unknown Māori woman dressed in a kākahu (feather cloak) with feathers in her hair. Processed by C. Troughton Clark of Rotorua. - A studio portrait of Major Mair (William Gilbert[?]) circa 1910s, taken by Kinsey of Wellington. - An image of three girls doing an activity with metal objects, circa 1950s. - An image of rata flowers, possibly taken by James Cowan on 6 January 1928. - An image of a river and surrounding landscape with trees. - An image of a Waimakariri River valley, taken by J R Cowan (also known as Roy Cowan). - An image of trees with a mountain backdrop, in the Arthurs Pass area, taken by J R Cowan. - An image of a cannon (described as a "muzzle-loader") on Mount Victoria in Wellington, taken by J R Cowan. - Thirteen images of various ships (includes photographs of drawings, paintings or model ships). The named ships include the 'Sir George Grey', HMS 'Eclipse', 'Loch Garve', HMS 'Castor', 'Charlotte Jane', 'Kent', 'Resolution', 'Adventure', HMS 'North Star', and 'Sunny South'. Some of these prints were processed by Hanna of Auckland. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s) Silver gelatin prints. Physical Description: Twenty-three black & white photographic prints. Transfers: These photographs were originally with the manuscript material now in MS-Papers-11946-134..

Date: 1895-1946

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10460-07

Description: Photographic prints taken by various photographers including Hanna, Valerie Studios, and R. W. Brown (Castle Bromwich, Birmingham), taken circa 1895-1946. Comprises images relating to Roy Cowan's war service during World War Two, particularly of aircraft (including a 'Fairey Battle'i), trucks, landscapes and portraits of people, mostly while he was serving in East Africa, and other locations, circa 1939-1945. Also includes images of Cowan family members including James Cowan, circa 1895-1900; a photograph of a framed image of the Auckland Annual Regatta, 1895, which includes "Lieut. J. Cowan" (James Cowan); two images of a racing car inside some cards sent to Roy Cowan from Hanne and Geoff [Easterbrook-Smith]; and a letter to John Cowan from the N.Z. Sports Car Club, relating to the Paekakariki Hill Climb, dated 2 June 1946. Many of the photographs have annotations on the back including names of some of the subjects. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera One holograph letter on card..

Date: [1920s-1930s]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-11946-019

Description: Children's drawings which were originally housed in the scrapbook with the reference number (MSZ-1688). Created by Roy (James Robson) Cowan and [possibly] John Cowan, the sons of James and Eileen Cowan. Most of the drawings are of ships and related themes. One drawing includes a map of the Pacific Ocean and is attributed to Roy Cowan, and dated 8 June 1934. Some of the drawings relate to Abel Tasman and other explorers of the Pacific, and one relates to James Cowan's publication "Tales of the Maori Coast". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Seven drawings in pencil on paper, and five drawings in ink and feltpen, on three sheets of card. Transfers: Originally from MSZ-1687.

Date: 1925-1936

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; S P Andrew Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10460-14

Description: Comprises mainly photographs of Sir James Carroll and other people. The subjects include Henry Stowell, Te Kai Rakau (Sir James Carroll's uncle), a photograph of the Lindauer painting of Heta Te Haara of Ngāpuhi, Sir Robert Stout. Photographers include S P Andrew. Also an image of the landscape at Arthur's Pass possibly showing Mount Rolleston, with a tarn in the foreground, taken by Roy Cowan in 1936; and an image of a young Māori woman asleep in the porch of a small thatched whare. The annotations on the back include "Hohepa" "Hare Te Heihei" and "Te Moeroa". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1847 - 1920 - 1930

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-138-066

Description: Fort Richmond in the Hutt Valley On verso of letterhead paper of Department of Internal Affairs, Maori Wars History Section, Wellington. Sketches of battleships on verso Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 190 x 130 mm

Date: [ca 1960-2000]

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1358

Description: Four photographs. Two are of ceramics by Juliet Peter and Roy Cowan, ca 1970s. One is of Juliet Peter and Roy Cowan taken at their pottery by Marti Friedlander some time in the 1960s. One shows the artists in 2000 when Juliet Peter was awarded a CNZM. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1994

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

By: Trevelyan, Jill, 1963-

Reference: PA12-1866

Description: Art works by Juliet Peter and Roy Cowen photographed by Jill Trevelyan in 1994. Trevelyan was a curator at the Museum of New Zealand in 1994. The museum was interested in purchasing art work, hence the reason for the photographs. Quantity: 23 colour copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: Transparencies

Date: 1945

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Reference: C-137-001

Description: Shows a close partial view of three feluccas, Egyptian sailing vessels. In the central vessel a figures bends overboard to scoop water into a jug. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JRC 45; Backing board recto - centre - [Title] Note on backing board: "subject based on war service when his squadron was based on coast of Africa for a period". Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 380 x 542 mm. Provenance: Private purchase, 2004.

Date: 1936-[ca 1969]

From: Peter, Juliet, 1915-2010 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9723-2

Description: Includes - Portrait of Juliet Peter as a young woman in the late 1940s. Juliet Peter and others working with artist and teacher Helen Crabb (Barc), Wellington, late 1940s. Juliet Peter sketching in a rocky landscape, ca 1952. Portrait of Eileen Cowan, Roy Cowan's mother. Portraits of Roy Cowan, ca 1938-ca 1969. The Cowans on a camping holiday, early 1950s. Driftwood stumps, rocks kelp and sea foam, and bird in flight. Art works by Juliet Peter, 1936-1945. Art works by Roy Cowan, ca 1945-ca 1969. Juliet Peter potting ca 1965. Paul Melser's salt glaze kiln, night firing. The Cowan's potting activities, 8 Heke Street, Ngaio, 1950s-1960s. Hans Frankl inspectiong pottery, 1950s-1960s. Photographs relating to an overseas trip, 1955-1956. Pottery exhibitions and pots, 1950s-1960s. Quantity: 92 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints