Trade-unions - New Zealand - Auckland Region

Date: 1923-1990

By: Mitchell, John James, 1907-1990

Reference: MS-Group-0461

Description: The papers relate to Mitchell's activity in the Communist Party, Socialist Unity Party, various trade unions and in industrial disputes such as the 1951 waterfront strike. Tapes of interviews with Mitchell by Doug Crosado have been transferred to the Oral History Centre. Nearly all papers relating to Mitchell's involvement with local politics in Freemans Bay, Auckland, have been deposited with the Auckland Institute and Museum. Some of the papers have notes added by Doug Crosado. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 126 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 3.31 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed material, photographs Provenance: These papers have been with Doug Crosado, an old trade unionist and friend of Mitchell. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donations, Douglas Crosado, 1977 (77-228), 1990 (90-187), 1991 (91-261) Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Oral History Collection - Audio tapes and transcripts. Transcripts transferred May 2006 (OHInt-0219/1) - To Serials Collection - Rebel, No 119 (PR-06-0265) - To Photographic Archive - Three photos of demonstrations, some following Rainbow Warrior sinking (PAColl-8908) - To Ephemera Collection - NZ Socialist Unity Party greeting card [Eph-A-SOCIALIST-SUP-1975-01].

Date: 1951

By: Socialist Unity Party (N.Z.)

Reference: Curios-009-016

Description: Oval badge with a stylised wreath around the edge, and a centre with raised lettering against blue enamel. The initials stand for New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Enamel on bronze, 21 x 226 mm (oval) Transfers: Donated with 10 scrapbooks of newsclippings concerning the 1951 waterfront strike and membership cards for the Waterside Workers' Union.

Date: 1932-1934

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-30/06

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Ca1900-ca1970

By: Crosado, Douglas Armstrong, 1921-1994

Reference: PAColl-4914

Description: Negatives and Photographs relating to railway trades, General elections, and people and personalities Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-072062 to 072085 Quantity: 354 b&w original photographic print(s). 24 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 12 Apr 1967, 22 Oct 1968

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-38

Description: Includes press and minutes, salaries report on Curnow's leave; poetry readings, New York, Cincinati and Library of Congress - Report to Registrar (12 Apr 1967) in US; `New Zealand Herald' article `Pay standards at universities' by Curnow and letter to editor (28 Oct 1968) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Jan - Feb 1932

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-30/07

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920

From: [Ephemera relating to recreation, picnics, holidays, leisure activities. 1910-1929]

Reference: Eph-A-RECREATION-1920-01

Description: Lists the events for the picnic, including running races, for shop assistants, apprentices, returned soldiers, boys, etc. There was also a musical programme under conductor Mr Cunningham. The secretary of the United Boots Trade Union was C A Watts. Other Titles - United Boot Trades picnic programme to be held at Motutapu, Saturday March 13, 1920 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of eight pages, each 185 x 123 mm.

Date: ca1910

By: Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners

Reference: PAColl-7436

Description: Photograph of the Auckland Trades Hall, taken ca 1910 by an unknown photographer. In the windows are signs identifying the offices of the Auckland Drivers Union, Auckland Butchers Union, Auckland Painters Union, Auckland Plumbers Union, Auckland Hotel & Restaurant Employees Union, Timber Workers Union, Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, and Arthur Rosser (1864-1954), union secretary. To the extreme left are the premises of the Auckland Catholic Depot. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1152, Amalagamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners.

Date: 1980

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-336-007

Description: Two dejected looking men stand on a wharf. One is fishing, the other is smoking a cigarette. Refers to watersiders in Auckland, Onehunga and Whangarei going on strike over award delay. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 260 x 170 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1963-ca1972

By: Crosado, Douglas Armstrong, 1921-1994

Reference: PAColl-4865

Description: Records collected by Mr Crosado, mainly of railway trade unions, especially with reference to the railway workshop unions. Most of the photographs are a record of the combined Otahuhu-Auckland Railway Trades Association strike of May 1967 Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990-1991

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-17/04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 3 Oct 1986 - 03 Oct 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Rainbow, George William, 1910-1988

Reference: OHInt-0083/15

Description: George Rainbow was born 27 May 1910 at Te Hana, near Kaipara. Describes his family background, childhood and education. Discusses working as a Warehouseman for Irving Clark Ltd, Auckland and a Storeman/Packer for Oswald M Smith, Auckland, both grocery wholesalers. Details his career as a Storeman/Packer and Supervisor with L D Nathan and Co Ltd, Auckland, 1932-1972. Talks about army service during WWII and being manpowered to the AFCO freezing works, Southdown. Speaks about the personnel in the companies and the grocery trade throughout those years. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - 78 Premier Avenue, Point Chevalier, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001393/001394/001395 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0209. Search dates: 1910 - 1932 - 1986 - 1972

Date: 19 Nov 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Watt, Norman Kenneth, 1919-

Reference: OHInt-0083/19

Description: Norman Watt was born 22 Apr 1919 at Devonport, Auckland. Describes family background, childhood, education and early employment as a grocery delivery boy. Details career with Bond and Bond Ltd, from Junior Clerk in 1935, to Accounts, Office Manager, Credit Manager and Computer Output Controller, retiring from the company in 1979. Discusses the grocery trade and changes to the wholesale and retail business, including Four Square and Independent Grocers' Alliance (IGA). Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 19 Huron Street, Takapuna, Auckland Accompanying material - Bond and Bond Co Ltd memos, shareholders' documents, various papers, newspaper clippings. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001406/001407/001408/001409 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0213. Search dates: 1919 - 1935 - 1986 - 1979

Date: 15 Jul 1988

From: The Matriarchs Oral History Project

By: Barnes, Freda Ellen, 1902-1991

Reference: OHInt-0048/08

Description: Fuzz Barnes was born in Lyttelton 12 August 1902. Recalls her father, an engineer, and his jobs on a Cook Strait ferry and at the Porirua Mental Hospital. Talks about her mother's education and needlework skills. Recalls memories of home in Porirua, chores and her siblings. Discusses Sunday School, the importance of family and their Auckland home. Talks about secondary education at Wellington Girls College and Auckland Girls Grammar. Discusses her decision to study law and mentions Geraldine Mario Heimus and Ellen Melville. Mentions that she was the fourth woman to be admitted to the Bar. Talks about her position at the law firm Nuemegen and Mowlem while studying, promotions and prejudices toward female law students, a lecturer Mr Hogben and the ten years it took to complete her degree. Describes meeting her husband Jock Barnes in 1926, his job as a draughtsman, studies in politics and Labour Party involvement. Recalls giving up work to have a family, Jock's sacking from the Lands and Survey Department and their appeal against it. Describes the difficult times they had during the Depression due to Jock's political activity, his job on the Auckland wharves and his promotion to President in 1943. Discusses working for Bob Fawcett, a union solicitor, from 1939 to 1946. Talks about their children and the family's Richmond Road house. Discusses her brother's experience of World War 2 and Jock's involvement with conscientious objectors. Discusses her view of activism and peace in New Zealand and her involvement with the trade union movement and the Watersider's Union. Talks about being on the executive of the women's branch of the Labour Party and her retirement. Describes working for W.T. Anderton, later MP for Eden, being a Justice of the Peace and the Ladies Committee of the Auckland Watersider's Silver Band. Describes the buildup to the 1951 waterfront strike, the Combined Women's Committee, the 151 day strike and the support they received. Discusses in detail the wharfies march up Queen Street, being arrested and fined and Jock Barnes court case after the march. Describes his imprisonment on a charge of criminal libel, work with his son Bill in their drainlaying firm and their separation. Venue - Auckland : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Manurewa, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004136-OHC-004138 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Transcript(s) available OHA-1633 and OHDL-000572.

Date: 1930s

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: Eph-C-ROTH-Labour-1930s

Description: Includes: Christchurch Branch of the Engineer's Union. 'Essexss'. Facsimile of the wage scale for workers in 1651. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Prints, mainly photolithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1940

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: Eph-C-ROTH-Labour-1940

Description: Includes: Rules of the Auckland Asbestos Worker's Industrial Union of Workers, recorded 5 July 1940. Printed by Worker Printery, Trades Hall, Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Prints, mainly photolithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1949

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: Eph-C-ROTH-Labour-1949

Description: Includes: 'With compliments of the Railway Workshops Gazette'. Sheet with central calendar for 1949 surrounded by advertisements for Lower Hutt and Petone businesses (2 copies). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on heavy pink card.

Date: 1979

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[Miscellaneous original cartoons. Published in the Auckland star, 1976 - 1979].

Reference: A-335-131

Description: Jim Knox, President of the Federation of Labour, reads from a paper, with one hand in the air for emphasis, 'Unemployment, etc, Living wage, etc, people who want to work should be able to work, etc.' The second frame shows a bird standing on the unfinished Mangere Bridge, as its dropping plops into the water below - Meantime back on the Mangere Bridge... The rhetoric of the union organisation and the reality of the incomplete bridge and ongoing strike action are incongruous. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 210 x 283 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1992

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: MS-Papers-4519

Description: Contains the programme for a bus tour around places of importance to Auckland union history entitled `Sites of struggle : an Auckland union history bus tour' and a copy of a post card put out by the Kisch-Griffin Defence Committee in Australia. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Herbert Roth, Auckland, 1992

Date: 1967-1991

By: Te Roopū Rawakore o Aotearoa

Reference: 95-180

Description: This donation consists of 5 file boxes of Te Roopu Rawakore archives, two file boxes of Te Iwi Maori Rawakore, the Maori division of Te Roopu Rawakore, and two folders from the Combined Trade Union Action Committee on Unemployment, Auckland, 1967-1968. Relationship complexity - Previous accessions at 90-385 and 94-247 Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter