Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Date
ca 1920, 1930-1934
By
Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988
Reference
PAColl-7741
Description

One photograph album compiled by Moncrieff during her first term as New Zealand Foreign Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association in China, 1930-1934, and one portrait of the Moncrieff family, taken ca 1920, showing Moncrieff with her parents and siblings, as well as loose photographs from the album.

Quantity: 1 album(s). 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers 7492.

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Agnes Moncrieff and colleagues in China

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-06-2

Description: Agnes Moncrieff with Pearl Pollock, Secretary for the United States YWCA in China (far left), and three Chinese teachers, China, photographed by an unknown photographer ca 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 5.7 cm

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Student Hostel in China where Agnes Moncrieff lived.

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-18-1

Description: Student hostel in China where Agnes Moncrieff lived briefly, photographed by an unknown photographer some time in the 1930s. Inscriptions: Verso - The student hostel from the west. My study windows are the two top ones to the left of the chimney. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 5.7 cm

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Student movement committee, China

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-25-1

Description: Agnes Moncrieff (back row left) and members of the student committee with which she was associated. The woman in hat and glasses just below her is Vera Liu who was the student secretary. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time in the 1930s. Inscriptions: Verso - Student movement committee has a meeting. The girl with glasses and hat below me is Vera Liu our student secretary Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11 x 6.6 cm

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Agnes Moncrieff and friends at the Ming tombs, China

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-09-1

Description: Agnes Moncrieff and her friends Lydia Johnson and Pearl Pollock seated on a sculpture of a camel, Ming tombs, China. Photographed by an unknown photographer ca 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 5.7 cm

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Boats full of people at Weihaiwei, Shandong Province, China

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-30-4

Description: Boats full of people at Weihaiwei, Shandong Province, northern China. Probably photographed by Agnes Moncrieff some time in the 1930s. Inscriptions: Verso - Sampans at Wei hai wei Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 5.7 cm

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Moncrieff family - Photograph taken by Peter Shankland

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

By: Shankland, Peter, 1876-1963

Reference: PAColl-7741-1-1

Description: Portrait of James Moncrieff, his wife Catherine Agnes Moncrieff (nee Braithwaite), and their children Catherine, Agnes, Doyle, Janet, and twins Jean and Dora, taken ca 1917 by Peter Shankland of Carterton. Front row, from left: Janet, Catherine Agnes, Jean, James, Dora Back row, from left: Doyle, Agnes (known as Nessie), Catherine Jean and Dora were twins, born 1909. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15 x 20.1 cm, on mount 24.7 x 30.5 cm Processing information: Daughter Janet (front row, left) identified by descendant, Jill Taylor, December 2007. Description updated December 2016 based on further information from another family member.

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Agnes Moncrieff and companions travelling down T'ai Shan

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-12

Description: Agnes Moncrieff and companions being carried down Mount Taishan, Shandong Province, China, in sedan chairs, by Chinese men. From front to back: Ruth Kwok, Cornelia Eckert, Agnes Moncrieff, Ruth Hill. Photograph taken ca 1930s by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Starting down T'ai Shan. From front to back; Ruth Kwok, Cornelia, yours truly, Ruth Hill Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 14 cm

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Interior of house, China

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-01-3

Description: View of the sitting room of the United States YWCA hostel in China where Agnes Moncrieff lived for most of the time from February 1930 to July 1934. Photographed by an unknown photographer ca 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 5.7 cm

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Grounds of the student hostel under snow, China

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-22-4

Description: Grounds and gatehouse of the YWCA student hostel where Agnes Moncrieff lived briefly in China, under snow. The London Mission gatehouse can be seen in the background. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time in the 1930s. Inscriptions: Verso - Front path & gatehouse Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 5.7 cm

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Exterior of house, China

Date: [193-?]

From: Moncrieff, Agnes Meikle, 1898-1988:Album of photographs of China and a portrait of the Moncrieff family

Reference: PA1-o-1191-05-2

Description: Exterior view of the United States YWCA hostel in China where Agnes Moncrieff lived for most of the time from February 1930 to July 1934. Photographed by an unknown photographer ca 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 5.7 cm

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