Poetry

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra 1894-1982 :A poem of love; Folks need a lot of loving / by Strickland Gillilian; designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. [192-?].

By: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: E-456-q-03

Description: Illuminated manuscript with decorated capital and inset bush and mountain scene. Characteristic of decorative art work produced between 1910-1930s. Extended Title - From: Gillilian, Strickland. A poem of love; folks need a lot of loving... designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Album page, illustration in ink, watercolour and gilt, image 165 x 115 mm, on sheet 266 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Quilter's Bookshop. Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra 1894-1982 :A poem of love; Folks need a lot of loving / by Strickland Gillilian; designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. [192-?].

By: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: E-456-q-05

Description: Illuminated manuscript showing decoratively rendered tree, with inset of lake scene. Characteristic of decorative art work produced between 1910-1930s. Extended Title - From: Gillilian, Strickland. A poem of love; folks need a lot of loving... designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Album page, illustration in ink, watercolour and gilt, image 165 x 115 mm, on sheet 266 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Quilter's Bookshop. Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra 1894-1982 :A poem of love; Folks need a lot of loving / by Strickland Gillilian; designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. [192-?].

By: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: E-456-q-02

Description: Shows title, and names of author and illustrator, with decorative patern of leaves and roses. Characteristic of decorative art work produced between 1910-1930s. Extended Title - From: Gillilian, Strickland. A poem of love; folks need a lot of loving... designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - FOLKS NEED / A LOT OF / LOVING / BY / STRICKLAND / GILLILIAN / DESIGNED AND ILUUSTRATED / by HILDA WISEMAN Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Album page, illustration in ink, watercolour and gilt, image 165 x 115 mm, on sheet 266 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Quilter's Bookshop. Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1920 - 1930

By: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: E-456-q

Description: Illuminated manuscript (poem) bound in handmade tooled leather binding, end papers in patterned brocade. Accompanying illustrations to four verses of a poem on love Characteristic of decorative art work produced between 1910-1930s. Other: Wiseman was a New Zealand artist. Gillilian was an American poet Source of title: Title from cover and title page. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - (Impressed into front of leather cover): A POEM OF LOVE Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Album, with 10 leaves of text, and illustrations in ink, watercolour and gilt, images 165 x 115 mm, on sheets 266 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Quilter's Bookshop. Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra 1894-1982 :A poem of love; Folks need a lot of loving / by Strickland Gillilian; designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. [192-?].

By: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: E-456-q-04

Description: Illuminated manuscript showing decoratively rendered roses with inset scene of house in field. Characteristic of decorative art work produced between 1910-1930s. Extended Title - From: Gillilian, Strickland. A poem of love; folks need a lot of loving... designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Album page, illustration in ink, watercolour and gilt, image 165 x 115 mm, on sheet 266 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Quilter's Bookshop. Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1910-1980

From: Bertram, James, 1910-1993 : Papers of James and Jean Bertram

By: Bertram, James Munro, 1910-1993

Reference: MS-Papers-4688-3

Description: Contains an annotated typescript of part three of Bertram's memoir `Between extremities'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1928-1980

By: Glover, Denis James Matthews, 1912-1980

Reference: MS-Group-2117

Description: Papers, both personal and literary, including correspondence with other New Zealand poets and writers, notably Allen Curnow as well as general correspondence with a wide variety of other people and with publishers and printers. Also includes papers relating to the production of `The Quaffer's gazette', a periodical produced by New Zealand Breweries. The papers concerned with Alexander Turnbull Library reflect the fact Glover was, for a period, the President of the Friends of the Turnbull Library. Title supplied by Library. New Zealand writer and poet, sailor and printer. Quantity: 237 folder(s). 1.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 8 Jan 2015 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Transfers: Collection has a whole taken into Manuscripts and transfer to Photographic section made from there. - To Photographic Archive - One enclosure of negatives transferred on 4 Oct 2012 during enhancement work on collection. Arranged as PA-Group-00912.. Processing information: Folders 80-387-001 to 80-387-065 previously arranged as boxes 80-387-1 to 80-387-3. Accession A80-387 merged with MS-Papers-0418 in October 2012. Access Restrictions removed and Use Conditions updated, May 2023.

Date: 1888-1903

By: Alpers, Oscar Thorwald Johan, 1867-1927

Reference: MS-0050

Description: Other letters from A Wilson, W Marris, J Luxford, J Bryce and some correspondence on the `Parihaka controversy'. New Zealand verse is discussed throughout and particularly the Canterbury Rhymers Relationship complexity - See also Alpers Papers (MS-Papers-0086) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (97 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (25 cm; without cover)

Date: 1930 - 1932

By: Staffan, Louisa Williamson, 1892-1981

Reference: Eph-B-PSYCH-Benedict

Description: Includes poems, fliers and newsletters intended to encourage physical and emotional health. Also includes a page of testimonials from "Californian people". Elsie Lincoln Benedict and the International Opportunity League were based in Sydney, Australia. Includes numbers, 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the series "Eight little letters for your self-analysis" Poems (all by Elsie Lincoln Benedict unless otherwise stated) include: Awaken; Bread upon the waters (4 copies); The difference (by Maurine Hathaway); Dissatisfaction (2 copies); Do it now!; Fence your cliff! (2 copies); The folks that miss the train, by Sam Walter Foss; The garden of grief (2 copies); The harvest I crave (2 copies); Hold your banner high!; I never will forget you (3 copies); The Inchcape Rock, by Robert Southey; It is fate; Live and let live; Memory pictures; Our coat of life; The part that's infinite (2 copies); That cold; Those early days; Tomorrow; We make our world; The web we weave; What she does (dedicated to Elsie Linclon Benedict, written by Peggy Conway); What's in my heart (2 copies); The "wise" old bee (2 copies); You; You'll be getting an answer Includes copies of many of the poems, probably typed by Mrs Staffan Includes cards: "We all feel the need of a certain amount of inspiration ..." (2 copies); Membership for the course "How to change your life"; Membership for the course "Body-and-brain building" Includes four envelopes, addressed by hand to Mrs L W Staffan, 25 Molesworth St, Wellington N.Z., posted from Elsie Lincoln Benedict, Australian Hall, Sydney Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and photolithographs, sizes varying below 330 mm. Provenance: Collected by Mrs Louisa W Staffan to whom the material was posted.

Date: [ca 1956]

By: Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007

Reference: MS-0660

Description: Includes brief biographical notes on Cuba and some poems Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 250 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; black morocco) Provenance: Author's typescript deposited in the Copyright Office

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra 1894-1982 :A poem of love; Folks need a lot of loving / by Strickland Gillilian; designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. [192-?].

By: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: E-456-q-01

Description: Illuminated manuscript showing decoratively rendered tree, with inset of younger woman and older woman walking arm in arm. Characteristic of decorative art work produced between 1910-1930s. Extended Title - From: Gillilian, Strickland. A poem of love; folks need a lot of loving... designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Album page, illustration in ink, watercolour and gilt, image 165 x 115 mm, on sheet 266 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Quilter's Bookshop. Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra 1894-1982 :A poem of love; Folks need a lot of loving / by Strickland Gillilian; designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. [192-?].

By: Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: E-456-q-06

Description: Illuminated manuscript showing decorative capital, decorative plant border and inset mountain scene. Characteristic of decorative art work produced between 1910-1930s. Extended Title - From: Gillilian, Strickland. A poem of love; folks need a lot of loving... designed and illustrated by Hilda Wiseman. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Album page, illustration in ink, watercolour and gilt, image 165 x 115 mm, on sheet 266 x 182 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Quilter's Bookshop. Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1910-1980

From: Bertram, James, 1910-1993 : Papers of James and Jean Bertram

By: Bertram, James Munro, 1910-1993

Reference: MS-Papers-4688-1

Description: Contains an annotated typescript of part one of Bertram's memoir `Between extremities'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1923-1964

By: Fairburn, Arthur Rex Dugard, 1904-1957

Reference: MS-Papers-0216

Description: Letters to A Curnow and others, and from W de la Mare, T E Lawrence and others, chiefly concerning poetry; arrangements for radio talks; MS of "Dominion" Also contains one microfilm (negative only) of the letters from Fairburn to Allen Curnow. The photocopies of these letters are available in the MS-Papers-0216 folders. Other Titles - Dominion Quantity: 5 folder(s) (21 pieces). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (some photocopies), typescripts, bromide prints Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: For further details of provenance, see page 1 of inventory Processing information: Record for MS-Papers-0216 added to collection hierarchy in February 2024.

Date: 19-?

By: McArthur, Bill, active 20th century

Reference: MS-Papers-1035

Description: Written by an old miner on the Nevis side of the Carrick Range, Otago, and found by Mr J Williamson after he died. Includes information on J L Potter, discoverer of gold in Potter's Gully Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1941-1942

By: Murray, Gerald J, active 1942

Reference: MS-Papers-10877

Description: Four poems relate to the writer's experiences and feelings as a result of being held as a prisoner of war by the Italians at Bardia in Libya. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1844

By: Domett, Alfred (Hon), 1811-1887

Reference: qMS-0617

Description: An unpublished poem satirising Governor FitzRoy and his attitude towards the Maori after the Wairau tragedy. This particular copy was made by W B D Mantell, and contains alterations of his own, the original wording being given in footnotes. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (8 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (31 cm; ½ black calf, blue linen)

Date: 1936-1986

By: Barton, Shirley, -1987

Reference: 87-038

Description: Papers include correspondence between Barton and Alley and poems (including Alley's translations of Chinese poems), plays and talks by Alley. Also scrapbooks, magazines, pamplets, newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to Alley Barton was a long-time correspondent with Alley, who first worked with him when she was a CORSO liasion officer in Shanghai. Quantity: 50 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, 1987 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs listed in this collection are located at Barton, Shirley, PAColl-7812 - To Oral History Collection - 7" reel-to-reel tape.

Date: 1946-1988

From: Davin, Daniel Marcus, 1913-1990 : Literary papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5079-057

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; letters from Keith West-Watson describe problems within the Catholic Church in Italy and correspondence with Sir John Waller includes a number of privately printed cartoons, drawings and greeting cards Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts Processing information: Record updated 3 November 2023 when the requirement to permission for access was removed.

Date: [1914-1919]

From: Anstice family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5535-08

Description: Comprises letter to Vera from Ruby Audibert; letters to May Anstice from Sophia Anstice, Dora (a friend from Wanganui), M Anstice of Masterton, her father, her mother, and R A Martin; and letters to Sophia Anstice from M Lauchlan & Gee, solicitors, her niece, Ada and an unidentified person Also notice with programme for Day of Intercession, 7 Jun 1918, Nelson; poems, `For honour and for her' (possibly by P T A) and `The Price he paid' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox; YMCA War League pledge card; and `Featherston Military Training Camp' (1917), volume about its operation as a military training camp Other Titles - Featherston Military Traning Camp (1917) Quantity: 1 folder(s).