Liverpool, Annette Louise Foljambe, Countess of, 1875-1948

Date: 1917

By: Helmore, Heathcote George, 1894-1965

Reference: MSX-4222

Description: Helmore has recorded the duties and appointments kept by the Governor-General during 1917 with each entry giving the time and place, and a brief description of the occasion and the people involved. Guests staying at Government House are noted; some leisure activities are mentioned, eg tennis, riding or shooting and he lists the people involved, but there are no personal observations or comments by the diarist. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - A 1916 diary, attributed to Helmore, is at MS-0989 Accompanying material - Rough listing of people mentioned in the diary; Who's who entry for Liverpool; photocopied pages of NZ government officials Helmore is the attributed diarist; the Library has a similar diary for 1916 which is attributed to him. It is noted he was an aide-de-camp to Liverpool, the Governor-General. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (case folder) Provenance: Purchased from The Studio Press, Norfolk, May 1996

Date: 1917

By: Liverpool, Annette Louise Foljambe, Countess of, 1875-1948

Reference: PAColl-4455

Description: Photographs of the Countess of Liverpool sitting on the steps of a house with a group of army officers; walking in a garden with a nurse, an officer and another women; showing some photographs to an army officer; and sitting in a formal group with the officers; photograph of a woman with three small dogs; and a newspaper clipping about Lord Liverpool giving the Countess some chickens for christmas. Transfers: According to notes with the photographs these were found between pp50 and 51 of Vol 5 of Lady Liverpool scrapbooks. These are at P f920 LIV SCR and there are eleven volumes in total..

Date: 1919

Reference: PA1-o-400

Description: Presentation album of approximately 100 photographs documenting Lord Liverpool's tour in 1919 of the Cook islands (including Rarotonga, Mangaia, Mauke, Atiu and Mitiaro), Niue, Samoa (including Upolu, Savai'i and Pago Pago), and Suva. The album documents official occasions associated with the Vice-Regal visit; ceremonies, feast, dances and orhter performances, and military inspections, with the participants on both sides wearing impressive costumes. Also photographs of shipping, harbours, streets, buildings, plantations, reefs and beaches. (Wording of information from internet at http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn436337) Fuller details of photographs available on internet at http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/reels/manuscripts/PMB1281.PDF Other Titles - Pacific Islands, 1919. G.F.D. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue leather cover, decorated with ornamental lines, some ending in spirals, printed in gold on front cover; entitled `Pacific Islands, 1919. G.F.D.' printed in gold, centre of front cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1920

By: Stoddart, Margaret Olrog, 1865-1934; Liverpool, Annette Louise Foljambe, Countess of, 1875-1948

Reference: A-234-013

Description: Programme of a concert, including violin, piano and cello solos and songs, dedicated to the wife of the Governor-General, the Countess of Liverpool. The outside cover of the programme comprises watercolours by Margaret Stoddart, showing a river and mountain scene in a tondo, against a background of a toitoi bush on the front, with a few branches of a thorny bush with yellow flowers and a spider's web on the back. The programme is held together with a brown silk ribbon. The performers (listed inside the programme) are Miss Paula Scherek (violin), Miss Eileen Lascelles (voice), Miss Agnes Lawlor (Piano), Madame Gower-Burns (voice), Miss Vera Mitchell (cello). Other Titles - Canterbury Woman's Club [inscribed in error on front cover] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - M.O.Stoddart. Canterbury Woman's Club. [date] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Three watercolours with Chinese white on one sheet of cream wove paper 255 x 415 mm (opened out and with irregular deckle edge); a fourth watercolour inside the front cover; the text of the programme glued inside; held together with brown silk ribbon tied in a bow. Transfers: From Book Collections - f920/P/LIV Lady Liverpool's Scrapbook, Vol. 9 p. 6 (loose in volume). - - Presented to Lady Liverpool at the concert; kept in her scrapbook, Vol 9, New Zealand and Pacific Collection f920/P/LIV; transferred to Drawings and Prints..

Date: 1920

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Liverpool, Annette Louise Foljambe, Countess of, 1875-1948

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1920-02

Description: Filled with photographs of the visit of Edward Albert, Prince of Wales. The cover is a coloured chromolithograph. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 30 pages, each 204 x 282 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Lady Liverpool (see inscription on top right of front cover).

Date: 1900-1939

Reference: Eph-A-INVITATIONS-1900/1939

Description: Includes: Undated: Mrs Turnbull At Home, To Mrs Field. Thursday 12 December 1901: Mr W H Haslehurst to Carey Cachemaille, to dine with the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, London 16 January 1901 1903: The Governor and Countess of Ranfurly to Mr & Mrs W H Field, to a reception at Government House, 5 September 1903 1908: Prime Minister to His Worship the Mayor of Richmond, Banquet to meet Rear Admiral Sperry. 10 August [1908] 1914: His Excellency the Governor to Mr R W McVilly. Dinner at Government House, 3 August 1914 To Mrs Massey. Mrs MacNaughtan Christie At Home, 54 Murphy Street, 19 June, 4-6 pm [1914?] 1917: Governor and the Countess of Liverpool to Mr & Mrs W H Field & Miss Field to afternoon tea, Government House, 28 June 1917 1920: Governor-General's levée, to Mr R W McVilly. Government House Wellington, 18 October 1920 1921: Governor-General and Viscountess Jellicoe to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Dinner, 14 March 1921 1924: Governor-General and Viscountess Jellicoe to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Garden party at Government House, 2 October 1924 Governor-General and Viscountess Jellicoe to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Dinner, _ _ _ 1924 1925: Governor-General and Lady Alice Fergusson to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Reception, 23 January 1925 Prime Minister to Mr R W McVilly. Luncheon at the Town Hall, Wellington to meet Admiral R E Coontz (Commander in Chief, and officers of the United States Fleet), 12 August 1925 (2 copies) 1926: Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. At Home. Town Hall, 13 Auguast 1926 1927: Governor-General and Lady Alice Fergusson to Mr & Mrs E P Yaldwyn. Reception at Government House, 22 June 1927 HMS 'Renown' to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Afternoon tea on board, 5 March 1927 1928: Governor-General and Lady Alice Fergusson to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Reception at Government House, 27 June 1928 1929: Governor-General and Lady Alice Fergusson to Mr & Mrs E P Yaldwyn. Afternoon reception at Government House, 29 October 1929 Mayor of Wellington Mr Geo A Troup to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Luncheon at Messrs Kirkcaldie & Stains, Tudor Rooms Lambton Quay, 16 May 1929 1930: Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Investiture and reception at Government House, 23 April 1930 Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. Garden party at Government House, 12 December 1930 1932: Prime Minister & Mrs Forbes to Mr & Mrs R W McVilly. "At home", Parliament House, 22 September 1932 1933: To Mr & Mrs Yaldwyn at an Exhibition of Antiques. Austin House, 17 August 1933 Mrs J G Coates to Mrs Yaldwyn. At Home / Thè musicale, 260 Tinakori Road, 14 September 1933 Mrs Forbes to Mrs E P Yaldwyn. "At Home", Parliament House, 7 December 1933 1934: Prime Minister to Mr E P Yaldwyn. Dinner to meet Mr Leslie Lefeaux, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, at the Hotel St George Wellington, 21 March 1934 1935: Mrs R W McVilly requests the pleasure of the company of Lady Day at a farewell to Lady Day. Wellington Women's Club, T & G Buildings, 11 April 1935 New Zealand Society luncheon for Rt Hon G W Forbes and Rt Hon J G Coates. Savoy Hotel [London], 3 June 1935. Hon Sir James Parr in the chair 1936: Governor General and Viscountess Galway to Miss Iris Dickens. Ball at Government House, 23 October 1936 1937: Governor General to Miss Iris Dickens. Ball at Government House, 14 May 1937 Governor General to Miss Iris Dickens. Garden party at Government House, 6 April 1937 Governor General and Viscountess Galway to Miss Iris Dickens. Ball at Government House, 21 October 1937 1938: Automobile Association Wellington to Hon Walter Nash & Mrs Nash. Cabaret evening tendered to Sir Stenson Cooke, Kt. Majestic Lounge Willis Street Wellington, 19 March 1938 Mrs W P Robertshaw at home. Antrim House, 6 July 1938 Governor General and Viscountess Galway to Miss Iris Dickens. Garden party at Government House, 29 November 1938 1939: Governor General and Viscountess Galway to Miss I E Dickens. Garden party at Government House, 30 March 1939 Governor General and Viscountess Galway to Mr & Mrs W H Field. Garden party at Government House, 30 March 1939 Governor General and Viscountess Galway to Captain & Mrs R W McVilly. Garden party at Government House, 30 March 1939 Quantity: 1 folder(s) envelope. Physical Description: Engravings, sizes varying around 120 x 160 mm.

Date: 1910-1918

From: Cooper, Catherine Isobel, 1903-1986: Collection

Reference: MSX-9658

Description: Autograph album of Elizabeth (Bessie) Hadfield, nee Tuckey. Features mounted clippings from letters and envelopes, including letterheads, crests, addresses, signatures, and some complete letters, notes, sketches, postcards, pressed botanical specimens, medal ribbons, and photographic prints. Includes: - Autograph, and registered letter from Karlsruhe, Germany, addressed to "Queen Sophie of Sweden". Sophia of Nassau (1836-1913) was Queen consort of Sweden. - Printed card with manuscript note of Miss Waldegrave, 4 Park Square, Regent's Park. - Engraved crest, and signature of Lord Radstock - Engraved crest of Bentinck, and note dated 2 May 1910. - Note by Sophia Duleep Singh (1876-1948) on printed letterhead of Faraday House, dated 3 April 1910. - Note by Mina Hamilton on printed letterhead of Knoyle House, Salisbury, dated 4 April 1910. - Envelope addressed to Countess Haga, postmarked Munich 9 May 1910. - Note from Annette Liverpool, dated 2 July 1914 - Letter from Francis Redwood, dated Wellington, 13 May 1913. - Signature of Massey and printed letterhead 'Prime Minister's Office, Wellington' dated 16 July 1912. - Signature of Godley, and printed letterhead of Department of Defence, dated 15 August 1914. - Manuscript poem by E Quinn. - Various inscriptions by military personnel dated 1915-1916 - Botanical specimen mounted with note "From Hebron, Palestine, 1918". - Printed Christmas card from Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, dated Palestine, Xmas 1918. - Mounted photographic print of Trentham, 1915. - Mounted photographic print of memorial. - Postcard of "Star Amphitheatre, Balmoral, Sydney". - Photographic prints of military personnel, horses, including some named, and camp in Amria [Amiriyeh, Iran]. - Postcard of "Alexandria. - Garden and Monument to Nubar Pacha.", from Harold C Hall to Mrs E Hadfield in Wellington. - Two pieces of medal ribbon, Military Medal 1920 and 1914-15 Star awarded to J WIlkinson of Auckland Mounted Rifles. - Printed 1917 Christmas card from The Camel Corps - Postcard - "Season's Greetings from Colonel C E R Mackesy and Officers of the Auckland Mounted Rifles". - Postcard "Heliopolis - Panoramic view". - Printed card of 10th Battalion, Jack Marshall. - Photographic postcards titled "Zepp Wreckage Series A". - Letter on 'New Zealand Expeditionary Forces' printed letterhead paper dated 1918 to Mrs H S Hadfield in Marton from her son. Also includes various sketches and illustrations, and lists of signatures. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Album of autographs, photographs, sketches and ephemera, 18 x 17 cm, with some loose material laid in.

Date: Dec 1919-Jun 1920

By: Foljambe, Dora Margaret, -1936

Reference: MS-Group-9208

Description: Collection comprises digital copies of a two-volume diary and sketch book compiled by Dora Foljambe of her tour of New Zealand with her husband Colonel George Foljambe and their daughter Avice, December 1919 - Jun 1920. Also includes an electronic copy of a partial transcript of these diaries. The diary entries are accompanied by line drawings and watercolours. Includes references to visiting George Foljambe's cousin Lord Liverpool, the Governor General of New Zealand, and his wife Annette. The diaries detail the Foljambe's social engagements and Dora Foljambe's observations of local flora and fauna. Also includes entries and sketches of Maori and rural activities like fishing, hunting and sheep-shearing. Source of title - Supplied by Library Throughout the diary Dora Foljambe refers to the `Exs'. Presumedly this reference relates to Lord and Lady Liverpool. Quantity: 123 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Private purchase, England, 2008 Sketchbooks contain watercolours painted by Dora Foljambe as she travelled around New Zealand. Most artworks relate to her diary entries.

Date: 1916

By: Helmore, Heathcote George, 1894-1965

Reference: MS-0989

Description: Daily activities of Earl of Liverpool, Governor of New Zealand, recorded by his aide-de-camp; includes people visiting and visited, engagements, leisure activities but does not offer personal observations and opinions. Kept by other hands including when `Mr Helmore went to bed with measles' (8 Nov). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - 1917 diary at MSX-4222 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (21 cm, red buckram)

Date: 1913-1919

From: Bell family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-5210-104

Description: Private and official letters from Governor-General Liverpool to Bell, and some acknowledgement and thank-you letters from his wife. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts

Date: [1915-1947]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-104

Description: Comprises letter to Orua Wharo from Annette Liverpool re receipt of socks (1915); letters from W H Smith & Hook, Knowles, boot and shoe makers (London) and E G Riddiford, Central Cinema, Maidstone, Kent to Nancy Rolleston (1940, 1945); clippings re centenary of Orua Wharo station (ca 1953); copy of letters giving an account by Christopher Rolleston of his contact with the Russians who occupy the adjoining area to the Grenadier Guards near the Baltic; part of letter to Nancy Rolleston with Daniel Riddiford's address and discussion of clothes parcel; letter, Margaret Stirling to Nancy Rolleston from Dunblane, Scotland (1943); correspondence re Mrs A B Rolleston and property at Te Kuiti (1944); and letter, [?] E Birss (1947) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1914

From: [Programmes for ballet and dance performances in New Zealand. 1913-1919]

By: Watkins, Tyler & Tolan Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DANCE-1914-01

Description: Programme sheet lists items performed by dance pupils "under the distinguished patronage and in the presence of Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Liverpool, in aid of the Lady Liverpool Expeditionary Force Fund. Performers included: Marjorie Dempster, Belle Pearson, Betty Menard, Marie Stringer, Olga Lockwood, Zelda Bailey, Marjorie Wiggs, Molly Madden, Verona Nash, Nancy Beere, Beatrice Holmes, Hazel Hardwicke, Hilda Saunders, Nancy Redstone, Roma Godard, Eila Liardet, Ola Harvey, Lucy Adams, Rona Chapman, Marjorie O'Shea, Thurza Rogers, Ailsa Nelson, Juliet Williams, Hilda Johnston, Jessie Elliot, Molly Peacock, Peggie Reeves, Maisie Russell, Nell Nathan, Jean Plimmer, Eveline Marsh, Marjory Coster, Phyllis Fordham, Vera Phelp, Yvonne Gibson, Patricia Hilton, Phyllis Athya, Marie Empson, Molly Norton, Winnie Wilson, Aileen Morgan, Eva Robinson, Moi Leslie, Zita Chapman, Irene Marsh, Joye Eggers, Hugh Wright. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 255 x 203 mm.

Date: 1914

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-072803-G

Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head of Christchurch during Westland's Jubilee celebrations, 1914. Lord and Lady Liverpool with the Vice Regal party can be seen on the stage. Source of descriptive information - Negative register.Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches Processing information: Description updated 30 June 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: 1892-1913

From: Field, Isabel Jane, 1867-1950 : Correspondence of Frances Hodgkins and family / collected by Isabel Field

Reference: MS-Papers-0085-47

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes postcards without senders' names Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1914

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-072797-G

Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head of Christchurch during Westland's Jubilee celebrations, 1914. Lord and Lady Liverpool with the Vice Regal party can be seen on the stage. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches Processing information: Description updated 30 June 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: [1912-14]

From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district

Reference: 1/1-001466-G

Description: Annette Louise Foljambe, Countess of Liverpool. Photograph taken 1912-1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/1-022668-G

Description: Lord Liverpool, Governor-General of New Zealand, and his wife, the Countess of Liverpool, with their staff, taken ca 1920 possibly on the steps of Government House, Wellington, by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows the Governor General and his wife at the bottom of some stairs, and flanked by four unidentified men in military uniforms of various kinds. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1915

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-43

Description: Parliamentary cricket team, Basin Reserve, Wellington, 1915. Lord and Lady Liverpool stand in the centre. Sir Joseph Ward stands 4th from the right. Others, and photographer, unidentified. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 16 July 1930, with no further identification of persons. The same image, less cropped at top, is at 1/2-051573 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.9 x 9.6 cm

Date: 1890 - 1920

From: Gear Meat Company :Scrapbook of labels. 1890s-1920s].

Reference: Eph-F-MEAT-Gear-054

Description: Includes labels for: [B]orthwick's Waitara Freezing Works. Cooked ox tongue (The "B" is missing from the end of the label) Wellington Meat Export Co Ltd. Plum pudding, from the Countess of Liverpool Fund(Wellington area), wishing our soldiers a Merry Christmas & a safe return. Wellington Meat Export Company Limited. To the Countess of Liverpool's Fund, Wellington Branch. For our boys at the front. With Christmas greetings. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, printers. E Lazenby & Son Ltd (England). Sweetbreads in tomato sauce. Wellington Meat Export Co Ltd. Boiled mutton. Each label is an arrangement of text. The top one also shows an illustration of an ox tongue on a plate. Lithographers' names are not printed on these labels. Extended Title - From Gear Meat Company Scrapbook of labels, page [54]. Quantity: 5 colour art print(s) on labels.. Physical Description: Chromolithographs or photolithographs on labels, 82 x 373 mm; 60 x 340 mm; 55 x 340 mm; 50 x 290 mm; and, 53 x 330 mm.

Date: 1914

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-072802-G

Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head of Christchurch during Westland's Jubilee celebrations, 1914. Lord and Lady Liverpool with the Vice Regal party can be seen on the stage. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches Processing information: Description updated 30 June 2023 following information provided by a researcher.