Swansea

Date: 1983 - 1985

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-036/054

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. English royals sell off surplus New Zealand gifted wedding presents. New economy-fare airlines hit the skys. People encouraged to talk to their plants. Vehicle license fees up by 93%. Claims that human water-births would contribute to world peace.. Father's Day now celebrated during school holidays. Public response to grocery price-freeze. Maori rugby tours avoid arguements over racially selected teams. Two men muse over the reason for burning Guy Fawkes. Protesting at Waitangi on Wantangi Day. New Zealand fear of nuclear warships accelerates. Airlines begin serving liquor on board flights. Test-tube baby experiments have been approved in Auckland. People consider the 1984 'end of the world' scenario. Marsden Refinery workers return to work after their strike. Marsden Refinery workers strike. The Muldoon National Government calls a snap election amidst the Marsden Refinery strike. New Zealand resistance against the a USA Navy warship. Patients in the hospital outpatients get their respective wounds dealt to following protests for and against rugby tours and gay rights. Quantity: 19 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1989

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1989

Description: Includes: Rotorua New Zealand. New Zealand is Rugby and the home of the All Blacks (pamphlet advertising "Sportsmaker" rugby shop) Wanganui v North Otago. Spriggens Park Wanganui, 22 August 1989. Programme Cardiff v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park. 14 October 1989. Programme. Pontypool v New Zealand. Pontypool, 18 October 1989. Programme (2 copies). Swansea v New Zealand. St Helen's Ground Swansea. 21 October 1989. Programme. Llanelli v New Zealand. Stradney Park, Llanelli. 28 October 1989. Programme. New port v New Zealand. Rodney Parade Newport. 31 October 1989. Programme. England v Fiji, Twickenham 4 November 1989. Programme Wales v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park. 4 November 1989. Programme. Leinster v New Zealand. Dublin, 8 November 1989. Programme. Munster v New Zealand. Cork, 11 November 1989. Programme. Connacht v All Blacks. Galwy Sportsground, 14 November 1989. Programme. Ireland v New Zealand. Lansdowne Road Dublin. 18 November 1989. Programme (2 copies). Ulster v New Zealand. Belfast, 21 November 1989. Programme. British Sportman's Club. Luncheon in honour of the 1989 New Zealand RFU touring team. Hotel Inter-Continental London, 24 November [1989]. Menu; and alphabetical table list (62 tables each with 12 people) Barbarians v New Zealand. Twickenham. 25 November 1989. Programme. Quantity: 15 publications, plus some duplicates.. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm.

Date: 1848

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8927-2

Description: Programmes, ticket and invitation to the eighteenth meeting of the British Association for the Avancement of Science, held at Swansea on 9 Aug 1848. The invitation is addressed to Gideon Mantell; however the ticket is issued for Reginald Neville Mantell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1896-1977

By: Hall, George Patterson, 1875-1958

Reference: MS-Group-1848

Description: Comprise personal and employment papers and certificates, tracing his career as a ship's officer, to his later employment in New Zealand with the Marine Department. Includes family tree and copies of photographs. Also draft articles on shipping matters, printed matter and a notebook of memoranda detailing lighthouses, landings and anchorages around the New Zealand coast Source of title - Supplied by Library Captain Hall signed on as an officer in the merchant marine, with his home port at Swansea, UK; after some years whaling around the New Zealand coast, he joined the Marine Department in Wellington, rising to be Superintendant of Mercantile Marine. Being interested in maritime history, he collected and wrote on maritime topics Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2010 Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, auction, 2010 Transfers: From Photographic Archive - Large collection of Hall's pghotographs also purchased; they are held with the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1972-1973

From: [New Zealand rugby programmes collected by Ken Lisk. 1940-2000]

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-Lisk-1972/1973

Description: Includes: 1972: Otago v Australia. Carisbrook, 5 August 1972. Official guide Australia v New Zealand. First test. Athletic Park, 19 August 1972. Souvenir programme Hawkes Bay v Australia. McLean Park Napier, 26 August 1972. Souvenir programme Australia v New Zealand. Eden Park Auckland, 16 September 1972. Official souvenir programme Scarlet fever; an account of Llanelli's great victory over the All Blacks, Stradey Park Llanelli, 31 October 1972; written by top journalists [1972]. Booklet of 56 pages Cardiff v New Zealand. National Stadium Cardiff Arms Park, 4 November 1972. Official programme (Octavo size) Wales v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park, 2 December 1972. Programme (Octavo size) 1973: New Zealand versus Invitation XV. Eden Park, 11 August 1973. Official programme England v New Zealand. Eden Park Auckland, 15 September 1973. Official programme Swansea v Fiji. St Helen's Ground Swansea, 8 September 1973. Souvenir centenary programme (Octavo size). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1846

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to Antarctica, Antarctic exploration, discovery and expeditions]

By: Royal Institution of South Wales; J Grove (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: Eph-B-ANTARCTICA-1846-01

Description: Flier advertising a lecture at the Royal Institution of South Wales for members of the institution and members of the Mechanis' Institution. Thirty free seats at the back were to be given out to "persons of the working class not connected with the above societies". Signed by the secretaries D Nicol, M.D., and J G Jeffreys, F.R.S. on 10 June 1846. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet 333 x 207 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Ken Webster.

Date: 1978

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1978

Description: Includes: Australia versus Manawatu. Showground Oval Palmerston North. 12 August 1978. Programme. Auckland Primary Schools' Rugby Union. Walter Dixon Memorial Rugby Tournament. Avondale. 21-23 August 1978. Programme. Australia versus Wanganui. Spriggens Park Wanganui. 30 August 1978. Programme. Canterbury v Manawatu. Showgrounds Oval Palmerston North, 30 September 1978. programme Cardiff v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park. 21 October 1978. Programme. New Zealand v West Wales XV. St Helens Ground Swansea. 25 October 1978. Programme. London Counties v New Zealand. Twickenham, 28 October 1978. Programme (2 copies). Ireland v New Zealand. Irish Rugby Football Union. Lansdowne Road Dublin. 4 November 1978. Programme. (2 copies) Wales v New Zealand. Cymru v Seeland Newydd. Cardiff Arms Park. 11 November 1978. Official programme (2 copies). Wales v New Zealand. Cardiff, 11th November 1978. Menu and toast list. South and South West of England v New Zealand. Bristol Memorial Ground, 15 November 1978. Programme. Midlands v New Zealand. Welford Road Ground Leicester. 18 November 1978. Programme (2 copies). Combined Services v New Zealand. Aldershot Military Stadium, 21 November 1978. Programme (2 copies). England v New Zealand. Twickenham. 25 November 1978. Programme (2 copies) Monmouthshire v New Zealand. Rodney Parade Newport. 29 November 1978. Programme (2 copies). North of England v New Zealand. Birkenhead Park, 2 December 1978. Programme (2 copies). North & Midlands of Scotland v New Zealand. Linksfield Stadium, 5 December 1978. Programme. Scotland v New Zealand. Murrayfield. 9 December 1978. Programme. Cambridge University v the All Blacks. Twickenham, 12 December 1978. Programme. (2 copies) New Zealand v Bridgend. Brewery Field, Bridgend. 13 December 1978. Programme (2 copies). Barbarians v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park. 16 December 1978. Programme (2 copies). Quantity: 22 publications. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm. Provenance: Some programmes purchased from Anthemion Auctions, Great Britain, in 2003; some from Matheson Sports International in 2004; from Sporting Memorys sale and Anthemion auctions in 2005. Two programmes donated by Carol Stigley, 2016.

Date: 1963

By: Bathgate, Murray Alexander, 1943-2019

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1963

Description: Includes: All Black tour of British Isles and France 1963-64. With the compliments of G Deslandes. [Itinerary]. (2 copies) A complete record of the All Blacks in Great Britain France and Canada, 1963-64. With the compliments of Frank McSweeney & Co., Limited, Taihape's leading outfitters. England v Wellington. Athletic Park. 18 May 1963. Programme. (2 copies) England v Otago. Carisbrook Ground. 22 May 1963. Programme. England v New Zealand. Second test. Lancaster Park. 1 June 1963. Programme. Town v Country for the Craw Shield. Canterbury Rugby Football Union. Lancaster Park Oval, 29 June 1963. Programme Otago v Auckland. Carisbrook Ground. 14 August 1963. Programme. Auckland v Canterbury. Lancaster Park, 17 August 1963. Programme (Rugby record and C.R.F.U. official guide) New Zealand trials. Athletic Park. 18 September 1963. Programme (Rugby weekly) Final New Zealand trials. Athletic Park. 21 September 1963. Programme. O.U.R.F.C. v NZ Rugby touring team. Iffley Road Ground, Oxford. 23 October 1963. Programme card. British Sportsman's Club luncheon in honour of the "All Blacks" touring team. Thursday October 24th, Savoy Hotel London. Menu with cover cartoon by Roy Ullyett All Blacks v Southern Counties, Sussex. 26 October 1963. Programme. New Zealand v Newport. Newport Rugby Football Club. 30 October 1963. Programme. New Zealand v Aberavon & Neath, Talbot Athletic ground, Port Talbot. 2 November 1963. Programme (2 copies). London Counties v New Zealand. Twickenham. 9 November 1963. Programme. (2 copies) Cardiff v NZ at Cardiff Arms Park. 23 November 1963. Programme. (2 copies) New Zealand v Pontypool & Cross Keys. Pontypool Park. 27 November 1963. Programme. All Blacks Rugby XV v South-Western Counties (Devon & Cornwall). County Ground Exeter. 30 November 1963. Programme. (2 copies) All Blacks Rugby XV versus Midland Counties XV. Coventry. 3 December 1963. Programme. (2 copies) Ireland v New Zealand. Lansdowne Road Dublin, 7 December 1963. Programme. Swansea Rugby Football Club. Swansea v New Zealand. 14 December 1963. Programme. Wales v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park, 21 December 1963. Programme. Combined Services v New Zealand. Rugby Football Union Ground, Twickenham, 26 December 1963. Programme All Blacks v Midland Counties. 28 December 1963. Programme Llanelli v New Zealand. Stradey Park, Llanelli, 31 December 1963. Programme. Quantity: 27 publications, plus some duplicates.. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm.

Date: October 30 1982

From: Darroch, Bob, 1940- :[Nineteen cartoons published in the Whangarei Report and the Christchurch Star between 13 August 1983 and 30 November 1985]

By: Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- ); Darroch, Bob, 1940-

Reference: A-316-043

Description: Two small boys watch their father watching a game between the New Zealand Māori team and Wales on television, specifically NZ vs Swansea, which Wales won 15-12. The 1982 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour of Wales and Spain was a series of eight matches played by the Māori All Blacks (then known as the New Zealand Māori team) in Wales in October and November 1982. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Black and white photocopy, 205 x 300 mm

Date: 1863

By: Andrews, James, 1834-

Reference: PA2-0168

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - in ink: Olive Talbot in pencil: 1863 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

By: Andrews, James, 1834-

Reference: PA2-0167

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - Emily Talbot Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1982

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-015

Description: The cartoon shows two men having a drink at a pub. One of them has a newspaper and is shocked at the number of violent crimes being committed. In his view TV is to blame. The other man agrees that TV is no good for youth because violence shown in rugby made his son want to play soccer. Refers to violence on TV affecting youth and violence in rugby. Extended Title - I'll say it is! After watching all the fighting in the Maoris - Swansea rugby match on Sunday morning my kid said he thought he'd play soccer next year! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 450 x 320 mm.

Date: 1919

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014241-G

Description: The New Zealand Services rugby team takes the field probably in a match against Wales at Swansea. The spectators are close to the team. A sports pavillion is prominent. Above this is a row of tall houses. Photograph taken probably April 1919 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - UK423 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 1919

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014242-G

Description: The New Zealand Services rugby team playing Wales. Spectators appear in the background. Rows of terraced houses are also visible. Photograph taken probably April 1919 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK424 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches