Serbs

Date: 1994

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Editorial cartoons. 23 March - 14 June 1994

Reference: H-106-020

Description: Shows 4 soldiers standing in the midst of cross-fire. Three have their allegiance written on the front of their jackets: pro-Serb, pro-Croat, pro-Muslim. The fourth soldier, wearing a UN helmet, has pro-crastinate written on his jacket. Refers to the UN's failure to act effectively in the war in Bosnia Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-15

Description: Most of the images in this collection record the military and the sites of frontline action. There are fewer images of the ambulance units, dressing stations and field hospitals. In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1993

From: Scott, Tom, 1947- :The Evening Post cartoons. 1 - 26 February 1993

Reference: H-053-002

Description: Shows 2 soldiers in a snowy landscape, one reading a newspaper headlining the 5 deaths in a New York bomb blast, the other asking if any of them were Muslims. A footnote asks about Serbs, Croats and UN peacekeepers. Refers to the war in the former Yugoslavia Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Scott, Thomas 1947- :The Evening Post; Cartoons 1 - 30 April 1993

Reference: H-047-019

Description: Shows a Serbian soldier standing amid rubble and skulls strewn around. Refers to Serbia's disdain for world opinion in the war in the former Yogoslavia Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

From: Scott, Thomas 1947- :Editorial cartoons. 1 July - 30 September 1992

Reference: H-110-028

Description: Shows a Bosnian man carrying all his possessions, including a chicken in a cage and a cooking pot. On the wall behind him, meeting up with his shadow, is a swastika. Compares the "ethnic cleansing" of Bosnian Muslims by Serbians to Hitler's "final solution" for the Jews. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1992

From: Scott, Thomas 1947- :Editorial cartoons. 1 July - 30 September 1992

Reference: H-110-045

Description: Shows a poster depicting three enemies of Serbian men: an elderly woman with a walking stick (vicious sniper); a baby in a pushchair (terrorist bomber); a young woman (your next girlfriend). Refers to Serbian attacks on women and children in the war in the former Yugoslavia Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1992

From: Scott, Thomas 1947- : Cartoons entered in the 1992 Qantas Media Awards. 1992

Reference: H-223-012

Description: Shows a poster depicting three enemies of Serbian men: an elderly woman with a walking stick (vicious sniper); a baby in a pushchair (terrorist bomber); a young woman (your next girlfriend). Refers to Serbian attacks on women and children in the war in the former Yugoslavia. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 3 Dec 1997 - 03 Dec 1997

From: `Diaspora by degree' : professional exiles in New Zealand oral history project

By: Petkovic-Jeremic, Natasha, 1967-; Jeremic, Dejan, 1966-

Reference: OHInt-0440-05

Description: Natasha Petkovic-Jeremic and Dejan Jeremic discuss their life in Yugoslavia and their decision to come to New Zealand. Natasha talks about the conflict of close ties to her family and the need to leave a war torn and dangerous country. Describe their expectations of New Zealand before their arrival. Natasha recalls employment difficulties despite her proficiency in languages and literature, with reference to the Sarjeant Art Gallery in Wanganui. Dejan describes problems finding work as a draughtsman. Discuss traditional observances and contrast holidays such as Christmas and New Year in Wanganui with Yugoslavia. Natasha describes her family's connections with the Communist Party and their recent loss of belief in that ideology. Dejan talks about his background as a drummer and his involvement with two groups in Wanganui. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Suzanne MacAulay Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007668-007669 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.06 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2006.

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1014

Description: The 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian army known as the American Unit, commanded by Dr Agnes Bennett. This consisted of an ambulance unit and a field hospital. The images record women in military uniform with motor vehicles at Cricklewood photographed 16 July 1916, and on shipboard bound for Salonica (Thessaloniki) Greece, which was the headquarters of the allied troops involved in the conflict. Many of the images show the unit in operation, setting up tents at Lake Ostrovo in Serbian Macedonia which seems to have been their centre of operations, bringing in the wounded, and views of the hospital camps and dressing stations. There are photographs of Serbian military personel, of an ambulance on a rail transport, and some of the local population. In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1013

Description: The 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian army known as the American Unit, and commanded by Dr Agnes Bennett. This consisted of an ambulance unit and a field hospital. The images record wounded being brought in, views of the hospital camps and dressing stations in Serbian Macedonia at Dobraveni, Skocivir, and Ostrovo which seems to have been the main center for the unit's medical operations. There are photographs of the nursing staff, of Serbian military personel, of French engineers constructing a bridge over the Brod River, of Lake Ostrovo and Ostrovo Township, of Vodena (Edhessa) east of Ostrovo, and the town of Monastir (Bitola) in Serbian Macedonia which was the focus of one of the battles in the Serbian-Bulgarian war in March 1917. Several photographs show nurses celebrating May Day at the camp at Ostrovo. Others show Soldiers graves, a Serbian military funeral, two people watching the bombardment of Monastir from the summit of Mount Kaymakchalan, an amunition dump at Pelatino, a bombed church at Brod in Serbian Macedonia, Bulgarian guns captured by the Serbs, and samples of the local populations both Christian and Islamic. In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The second battle of Monistir (Bitola) took place from the 11th to the 19th of March, 1917. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1916-1917

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-14

Description: This collection contains photographs relating to the Balkans campaign which began in October 1915 and centred on Bulgaria and Serbia. Official photographs record the arrival of allied troops in Thessaloniki (Salonica), Greece, commanded by General Maurice Sarrail, and intended as support for Serbia against Bulgaria. The rest of the photographs relate to this campaign as it was faught in Serbia during 1916-1917. The particular view of the collection is that of Dr Agnes Bennett in command of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service attached to the Serbian army (also known as the American Unit). This consisted of an ambulance unit and a field hospital. The images record wounded being brought in, views of the hospital camps and dressing stations at Dobraveni, Skocivir, and Ostrovo, all in Serbian Macedonia. Ostrovo seems to have been the main centre for the unit's medical operations. There are images of various activities and work at the dressing stations and of soldiers being treated and recovering. Several photographs show nurses celebrating May Day at the camp at Ostrovo which was beside a lake. Others show The Serbian army in the field, captured Bulgarian guns, the wreckage of a German airship, women and children of the local population in traditional dress, and the countryside In 1916 Agnes Bennett was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Medical Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service. From August 1916 her field hospital was attached to the Serbian army. An attack of Malaria led to her resignation in October 1917.(info from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol three, 1901-1920. The 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was called the American Unit because funds for its equipment and operation were raised in America. (Info from \"No Easy Path: The life and times of Lilian Violet Cooper,\" Lesley M Williams, Amphion Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.\") Quantity: 93 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s).