Oils and fats

Date: 1917-1918 (1951)

Reference: qMS-1361

Description: Bound with: Diary kept by Mr D G McDonald during the part of his stay on Macquarie Island from Jul 1917-May 1918 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (3, 9 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1985

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

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

Reference: B-136-427

Description: Two men, one from the Ministry of Defence, are discussing the country's defence strategy in the event that New Zealand is not part of the ANZUS alliance. New Zealand had put strain on the alliance by taking an anti-nuclear stand, which the U.S. could not adhere to. The two men are contemplating archaic defence methods including bows and arrows, 'non-nuclear missile launchers' and boiling oil. The reference to Marsden Point as the source of boiling oil refers to the constant shut-downs at the Marsden Point oil refinery. Extended Title - Contingency plan for N.Z. defence if ANZUS folds Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 345 x 380 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2018-2021

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese; McDonald's Corporation; My Food Bag Limited; New World Supermarkets (N.Z.); Sanitarium Health Food Company; Uber Technologies Inc; ZESPRI International Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MARCH-APRIL-2021/1

Description: Comprises ephemera pertaining to various food and drink products: Natural Abundance plant-based food products flier; Green Table weekly meal box flier; Homegrown food box flier; Thorvald sheep milk yoghurt flier; Koefaga Vanilla of Niue flier; Haruru Falls Takeaways menu; My Food Bag plant-based meals paper bag, Garden to Table programme flier, Kiwi Summer and Plant-Based Christmas Feast menu cards, informational flier about company being floated on the stock market, and food pairing fliers with Zenzo’s vegan sauces and dips and Good George Brewing; Zespri Vita Sungold Kiwifruit flier with $1.00 voucher; Uber Eats app flier with $10 off voucher; Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese postcard; Telegaph Hill Olivery postcard; Karma Drinks postcard; New World SMEG Collection Booklet with stickers; Selaks 1934 wine label with competition; Premium Mainland Quality Cheese novelty pop-up character from Cheez Bodz Power Pops series; Six Emerson’s beer cards with flavour notes, and cheese and whisky matches; Exotic Food – Authentic Thai Cooking recipe label; Skippy Space Adventures mini folding comic book; Betsy coffee loyalty card; Twelve McDonald's promotional drive-through competition stickers. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 42 pieces of ephemera. Physical Description: Printed colour fliers, booklets, stickers, labels, bag, postcards and cards, up to 223 x 179mm.

Date: [1984-1990]

From: Organic Food Co-op: Records

Reference: 97-246-5/07

Description: Comprises flyers and brochures on various products including the Vince Russell Peanut Butter Mill; household alternatives to toxics; correspondence with the Dept of Health re olive and sunflower oils; Spectrum Naturals brochures on various oils; Peter MacCallum's chestnuts; free range eggs; bean sprouting; homoeopathy; eggs; MAF and water; tamari; Duncan and Davies' guide to fruit and nut trees; background information on the use of 2,4,5-T; oil table; vinegars; banana colour chart; colour insert on fresh NZ-grown vegetables Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2014

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0027455

Description: Cartoon shows a man holding up a newspaper article about a car in Raglan that has been configured to run off of used cooking oil, showing it to Prime Minister John Key. The man explains that if kiwis just ate fish and chips, there'd be no need to import fossil fuels. Key tells him that his "cunning plan has a few downsides." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [1944-1952]

From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5921-018

Description: Comprises correspondence with family and friends including Lucie, Elmar Strewe, Hildegard a Brassard, Helmut von Schwartz, his father, Marie Schotten, Prof Georg Muller, Bernhard, Joachim Richter, letters re edible oils and testimonials for Strewe's Garden Services, clippings and programme of series of lectures on China which includes Strewe's father Language - Some letters are in German Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 24 Apr-8 May 1996 - 24 Apr 1996 - 08 May 1996

By: Shorland, Francis Brian (Dr), 1909-1999

Reference: OHColl-0450/1

Description: Dr Brian Shorland was born in Wellington on 14 July 1909. Describes his father's career as a builder and architect and also a city councillor. Talks about his uncle, the cyclist Frank Shorland, and the family connection with Jerome K Jerome. Describes growing up in Island Bay and attending school there early in the century. Talks about going to Wellington College from 1921-1925 and graduating from Victoria University College with a chemistry degree in 1932. Recalls some of the women science students of the time including Thea Marwick and Eileen Pigget. Discusses Sir Ernest Rutherford, Karl Popper and his protege Eccles, religion and philosophy and proving scientific theories. Focuses on his scientific career and research largely into fats looking at animal and fish oils. Describes working with the Department of Agriculture from 1927 to 1946, study for a doctorate at the University of Liverpool and being director of Fats Research, later the Food Chemistry Division, of the DSIR. Talks about Sir Ernest Marsden, R A Falla, Ian Robertson and Bill Hamilton. Describes awards received including the Hector Medal, the Marsden Medal and the Order of Merit. Talks about being a lecturer in the Biochemistry Department of Victoria University from 1969 to 1987. Comments on solar energy and the windmill he installed at his own home. Describes editing the magazine `New Zealand science review' from 1985 to 1999. Comments on management systems and user pays and its effect on creativity. Talks about New Zealand scientists and how to achieve good science. Interviewer(s) - Mary Tallon Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007130 - OHC-007133 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1745.