Soldiers - United States

Date: [ca 1920]-1966

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9548-11

Description: There are some ANZAC Club photographs, but most relate to the ANZAC Garden. There are also portraits, some of them signed. The photographs of the ANZAC Garden include a group of snapshots recording the ceremony attended by Eleanor Roosevelt, 19 June 1943. The ANZAC Garden was established on the initiative of Nola Luxford. It occupies part of the roof of the British Empire Building, Rockefeller Centre, New York. It was dedicated by New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser, 27 August 1941. Annual ANZAC commemorations have been held there ever since. Quantity: 73 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1955

From: McKinnon, Walter Sneddon, 1910-1998 :Albums relating to periods as Armed Forces Attache to USA, 1954-1957

Reference: PAColl-8927

Description: Photographs of military authorities, soldiers, and weapons and other devices used in training US infantrymen. Among the New Zealanders featured are Major General Weir and Brigadier W S McKinnon Arrangement: These photographs were removed from album at PA1-o-912 Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: Oct 1943-Jun 1944

By: Turner, Dorothy June, active 1944

Reference: MS-Papers-7761

Description: The letters from Turner to his New Zealand wife cover the period 22 Oct 1943-30 Mar 1944 and describe his activities in Hawaii, including training exercises and recreational activities Captain Samuel Turner saw action in the Pacific Campaign with the Second United States Marine Division. After suffering heavy casualties during the battle to take Tarawa Atoll from the Japanese in October 1943 the Division was rested in Hawaii until taking part in the attack on Saipan in June 1944. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1943

From: Willan, L T (Mrs) :Photographs of Mrs Roosevelt's visit to Trentham Hospital, and Chapman-Taylor's record of the Trentham homestead

By: Willan, T L (Mrs), active 1920-1990

Reference: PAColl-5244-1

Description: Official photographs recording Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to the US military hospital, Trentham, New Zealand, in 1943 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942-[1980s]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Defence-US Marine Division (New Zealand 1942)

Description: US Marine division in New Zealand in 1942, and subsequent post war reunions.

Date: 1852 - 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-254

Description: Shows a paddle steamer with name prominent on its wheel cover. It is being boarded by soldiers carrying rifles [?]. There is a large pile of stacked wood in the foreground, on the river bank to the left, with a man and a woman seated on a fallen log in the near foreground and a number of other people standing in groups in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 267 x 367 mm

Date: 1964

From: New Zealand Peace Council :Photographs

By: New Zealand Peace Council

Reference: PA1-o-757

Description: Every aspect of the situation in and relating to Vietnam is represented. Soldiers and prisoners of war on both sides, protest movements within Vietnam and atrocities, leading figures and politicians, delegations to other countries such as Cuba, Indonesia and Eastern Europe. There is also material relating to the social organisation within Vietnam Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1955

From: McKinnon, Walter Sneddon, 1910-1998 :Albums relating to periods as Armed Forces Attache to USA, 1954-1957

Reference: PA1-o-912

Description: Photograph album relating to Brigadier McKinnon's visit to the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, in 1955. The photographs from this album have been removed and are now at PAColl-8927. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1942-1945]

Reference: PA-Group-00087

Description: Photographs of United State Marines in the Pacific during World War II, taken between 1942 and 1945 by an unidentified photographer. Includes views of an outdoor religious ceremony, perhaps a group burial, and troops on board a ship. Box lid labled `WWII' and `Marines.' Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Original Kodak negative plate box Quantity: 18 b&w original negative(s) (some appear to be copy negatives). Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2007

Date: 1967-1969

From: Farrell, Terence John, fl 1967-2014: Transparencies relating to Farrell's service during the Vietnam War of 1961-1975

Reference: PA12-11048

Description: Transparencies relating to the service of gunner Terry Farrell during the Vietnam war of 1961-1975, taken during 1967-1969 by Farrell. Two taken in 1967 of the training area near Oxford, Canterbury, known as 'Little Malaya'. The remainder are of Vietnam and include unidentified sandbagged areas and base, a howitzer, Nui Dat swimming pool, and one captioned 'American friends, Vung Tau'. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 01 Aug 2011

From: Milford oral history project

By: Dunsford, Deborah (Dr), active 2001-2012; Hutchinson, Graham Warren, 1926-

Reference: OHInt-1017-03

Description: Interview with Graham Warren Hutchinson. Born 1926, Takapuna, and attended Milford Primary School, Takapuna Primary School, and Takapuna Grammar School. Discusses his father who served in World War One, and the effects of the first World War on his family. Also discusses the family businesses. Discusses various houses where they lived, and life in Milford. Describes his schooling at Mt Albert School and Milford Primary School, and his experiences in school. Discusses his friends, activities, and going to church. Also discusses yachting in summer, learning to sail, and taking part in Cubs and Scouts. Describes climbing Rangitoto and camping at Long Bay, and helping in vegetable gardens. Also talks about family holidays at a farm in Wharepapa owned by his grandfather. Discusses being a student at Takapuna Grammar School, where third form classes were single-sex, but fourth form classes were merged. Describes sports, such as playing football, cricket, and a girls vs. boys hockey game. Became regimental sergeant major in the school military cadet corp, and describes going to camps at Narrow Neck and digging trenches in case of air attack. Discusses the Milford Shopping Centre in the 1930s and 40s, and sale of milk and cream by Anderson's dairy in Milford off Shakespeare Road. Describes the Hutchinson family being one of the first to have a refrigerator. Discusses life during the depression for their family. Describes Milford Beach and Milford Cruising Club, the tepid baths, swimming, and the Bayswater Boating Club. Describes a trip to Waiheke Island. Also discusses the Milford Swimming Pool, American soldiers at the pool, and confectionary kiosks. Also describes surf lifesaving activities, as well as Milford Mini Golf, Ye Old Pirate Shippe, and the Milford Picturedrome. Recalls American soldiers during World War II, and alcohol at the Mon Desir Hotel. Describes dances at Takapuna Grammar School, and working at Chelsea Sugar Works in the laboratory. Discusses transportation to Milford and tram tracks. Reflects that Milford was a nice place to live. Interviewer(s) - Deborah Dunsford Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 2.06 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1942-1945

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9548-09

Description: ANZAC Club New York . Photographs of the ANZAC Club in New York for New Zealand and Australian servicemen, 1941-1945. This was organised by Nola Luxford and run by her and her team of volunteers. Photographs of soldiers at the ANZAC Club, social occasions, and visiting celebrities. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942-1945

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9548-10

Description: ANZAC Club New York . Photographs of the ANZAC Club in New York for New Zealand and Australian servicemen, 1941-1945. This was organised by Nola Luxford and run by her and her team of volunteers. Photographs of soldiers at the ANZAC Club, social occasions, and visiting celebrities. One group of photographs relate to the broadcasts organised by Nola Luxford that enabled servicemen to send messages to their families and friends in Australia and New Zeland. Some of these photographs show Nola recording messages onto disks. Quantity: 66 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1949

From: Rothschild, Peter Henry, 1923-1983: Papers and photographs

Reference: Series-6374

Description: Comprises material relating to Peter Rothschild's time in Japan during the British Commonwealth Forces occupation of the country following World War II. Includes correspondence, newsletters, clippings from army magazines, photographic prints taken and collected by Rothschild, souvenir photographs, postcards, and other tourist ephemera. Also copies of books on various Japanese subjects. Photographs include scenes and sights in Japan, including some portraits of Japanese people, and photographs relating to army life. Rothschild himself appears in a number of images. Collection features images of Passover celebrations with the Jewish community in Kobe, and images of travel to Japan by sea via Suva, Fiji. See also Series 6376 and Series 6393 for other photographic material that concerns Rothschild's time in Japan. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 89 b&w original photographic print(s) including loose prints from the photograph albums. 17 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 2 album(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 0.66 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs, printed matter (some photocopies), and handkerchief Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Rothschild Estate (PR-04-0441). Processing information: Reference number changed from MS-Group-2395 to series 6374 when manuscript descriptive records and photographic descriptive records were brought together into one collection in 2018.

Date: 1933. 1943

By: Willan, T L (Mrs), active 1920-1990; Riddler, Irene May, -1995; Chapman-Taylor, James Walter, 1878-1958

Reference: PAColl-5244

Description: Mrs Roosevelt's visit to Trentham Military Hospital in 1943. Pictorial and written record of John Burton's Trentham homestead as it was in 1933 Quantity: 1 album(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1968-1969

From: Farrell, Terence John, fl 1967-2014: Transparencies relating to Farrell's service during the Vietnam War of 1961-1975

Reference: PA12-11054

Description: Transparencies relating to the service of gunner Terry Farrell during the Vietnam war of 1961-1975, taken during 1967-1969 by Farrell. Four have captions. Captions are 'Vietnam village', '161 Battalion fire tender built by us', 'armored personnel carrier', and 'rice paddies'. Other images include a group of local Vietnamese, four American soldiers, unidentified New Zealand soldier, helicopter flying, aircraft landing on an airstrip, and a howitzer in a sandbagged area Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: [ca 1925-1945]

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9548-19

Description: Groups of soldiers at ANZAC Club events, New York. Nola Luxford with soldiers during a broadcasting session. Signed photographs of soldiers sent to Nola Luxford. One is from John Parks DFC. Art photographs of Nola Luxford, and one portrait of Hollywood director Cecil B de Mille by William Mortensen. Ballroom full of People, ca 1925. Nola Luxford promoting Guernsey Milk from Adohr Creamery Co, ca 1925. Portrait of Luxford. Large group at dining tables, captioned "Luncheon tendered to R.A.A.F. by Fred Dreier, Hotel Piccadilly, New York City, February 18 1942". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: The last two photos (numbered PAColl-9458-19-14 and 15) arrived rolled. They were opened up by Library staff in 2022.

Date: 1911-1958

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9548-24

Description: Photographs relating to Nola Luxford's life and work. Included are - Unidentified film set in India in which Nola Luxford had a part, ca 1925. Nola Luxford with Australian swimmer and actor, Annette Kellerman who judged her (Nola's) figure as the best on the MGM lot, ca 1925. Nola Luxford broadcasting in the 1930s includes - Nola performing a radio show with New Zealand born child actor Ronnie Sinclair (Ronald, ie Ra Hould), and Eskimo actor Ray Mala (Ray Wise). Nola with Ray Mala in Eskimo costume and New Zealander Bathie Stuart in Maori costume. Nola with Mary Pickford at the US Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships, 1935 where Nola covered the event for KFI radio, and Mary handed out the prizes. Nola as part of the US National Broadcasting Corporation's Four Star News Team, 1939. Nola at the NBC the day she reported the declaration of war, 1939. Group on Nola's Coast to Coast programme for ANZAC Day. Nola Luxford at lunch with US Navy commanders, 1950. Elvis Presley. Nola interviewing British film star Kenneth More in New York, 1950s. Arline Frances and Nola at an Easter Sunday broadcast in New York, 1950s. Nola with British actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke, ca 1935. Nola's farwell from the Hotel Pierre, New York, 1958. Nola Luxford's work during the Second World War includes - Work for the British American Ambulance Corps, 1940-1941. The ANZAC Club, New York, 1942-1945. Photographs sent to Nola by soldiers, or their parents. Artists in Greenwich Village, New York, late 1940s. Nola Luxford with New Zealander Max Cryer in her New York apartment, 1950s. Nola and Glenn Dolberg dancing, 1957. Nola and Glenn on holiday in different parts of the world, 1970. Nola with her sister Flo, 1972. Nola speaking at a Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters event, 1987. Photographs of Nola 1980s-1990s. Nola with New Zealand author Michael King, 1980s. Nola and others in scene from a play " My Lord in Livery," Hastings, New Zealand ca 1918. Nola as a child and a teenager. Glenn Dolberg as a boy, a soldier, and a young man, 1911-1924. Quantity: 122 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1942]

Reference: 1/2-045132-F

Description: Arrival of American troops in Wellington, circa 1942. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2003

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0006727

Description: Shows two cleaners (New Zealand Peacekeepers) asking a man sitting in a messy room to lift his feet. The man is is sitting in a La-Z-Boy chair, holding a can of beer and watching television. He is wearing United States army dog tags. On the wall is a picture of the United States President, George W Bush, the American flag, and banners labelled Afghanistan and Iraq. Leaning against the back wall is missiles and a gun. The floor of the room is covered in bullets, empty beer cans, newspapers, and food. Refers to New Zealand's involvement in United States' War on Terrorism. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).