Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969

Date: 1955

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-029

Description: Shows French Prime Minister Edgar Faure, Soviet Union Premier Nikolai Bulganin, United States President Dwight Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Anthony Eden at a snowy mountain labelled 'The Summit'. Each man holds a different case of alcohol. There is a creature labelled 'The Abominable "H" Bomb' in the background. Refers to the 1955 Geneva Summit The words 'No 107, "Summit" cartoon' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1944 - 1948

From: [Ephemera, programmes and menus for visits of state by foreign dignitaries to New Zealand, and by New Zealand politicians overseas. 1900-1949]

Reference: Eph-B-STATE-1945-01

Description: Bound collection of programmes, tickets and orders of service, collected by Sir William Jordan during a posting in the United Kingdom (actually beginning in late 1944): 1944: Souvenir brochure to mark the entertainment of the school children of Ramsgate by the courtesy of the New Zealand National Patriotic Fund on the occasion of the relief on the 30th September 1944 of Kent coastal towns from enemy shelling. December 1944. Programme 1945: Memorial service for passengers and crew of Liberator A.L. 504 (Commando), lost in flight, March 27th 1945. Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, 7 June 1945. Order of service The Girls' Life Brigade display at the Royal Albert Hall, 9 June 1945. Programme Westminster Abbey. The second Sunday after Trinity; the Eve of the Feast of St Barnabas, apostle and martyr. Evensong at which will take place the installation of [High Commissioners for Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa). 10 June 1945. Order of service Luncheon to General of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower G.C.B.. The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor Sir Frank Alexander. Mansion House 12 June 1945. Toasts and music; Ticket; Invitation; Admittance card Memorial service for passengers and crew of 'York M.W. 126', who lost their lives on November 14th 1944. Westminster Abbey, 28 June 1945. Order of service Memorial service for the Right Honourable John Curtin, M.P., Prime Minster of the Commonweath of Australia. Westminster Abbey, 18 July 1945. Order of service Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of Mr W J Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom. Parliament House Wellington, 1 November 1945. Toast list / menu (Inserted loose) 1946: Offical programme of the Victory celebrations, [London] 8 June 1946 The Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference 1946. Programme of the ceremony of opening by His Sacred Majesty King George VI. Senate House of the University of London, 17 June 1946 Guild of Freemen of the City of London. Luncheon at the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers, 19 June 1946. Programme A Thanksgiving for the victory achieved in the Battle of Britain in the year nineteen hundred and forty. Westminster Abbey, 15 September 1946. Order of service Royal Colonial Institute Lodge. Meeting. Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street London, 4 January 1946. Invitation Ceremonial of His Majesty's proceeding to Parliament. 12 November 1946 1947: 'The Freeman'; official journal of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London, no. XCVI [96. 1947] The Easter dinner. The Right Hon the Lord Mayor (Sir Bracewell Smith). The Mansion House, 16 April 1947. Music, toasts, menu Order of service in memory of the Right Honourable James Edward Hubert, fourth Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., G.C.V.O., C.B., High Steward of Westminster. 1861-1947. Westminster Abbey, 16 April 1947 Royal luncheon to Their Majesties the King and Queen, upon their return from the Union of South Africa and the Rhodesias. Guildhall, 15 May 1947. Menu Arangements for the ceremony of admission to the Freedom of the City of London of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth. Guildhall, 11 June 1947 Luncheon following the presentation of the Freedom of the City to her Roayl Highness the Princess Elizabeth. Mansion House, 11 June 1947. Music, toasts, menu; Table plan His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, delivered 21 October 1947. London, His majesty's stationery office, [1947] Ceremonial of His Majesty's proceeding to Parliament, 21 October 1947 Unveiling of the national memorial statue of His Late Majesty King George V by His Majesty King George VI. Westminster, 22 October 1947 1948: Unveiling of the memorial to President Roosevelt by Mrs Roosevelt. Grosvenor Square London, 12 April 1948. Order of ceremony Pilgrims dinner to Mrs Roosevelt. Savoy Hotel, 12 April 1948. Includes table plan Service of thanksgiving on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of His Majesty King George VI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. St Paul's Cathedral, 26 April 1948. Order of service Laying of the foundation stone of the new chamber of the House of Commons, by the speaker Col. the Rt. Hon. D Clifton Brown. 26 May 1948. Order of proceedings War memorial dedication and unveiling, Westminster Abbey for the Submarine Service of the Royal Navy, the Commandos, the Airborne Services and Special Air Service. 21 May 1948. Order of service Westminster Abbey, 20 June 1948. Holy Communion / Matins/Evening Service. Order of services Laying the foundation stone of All Hallows Berkyngechirche by the Tower, Guild Church of Toc H, by Her Most Excellent Majesty The Queen. 19 July 1948. Order of service Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Letterpress booklets, bound into hardback volume, 340 x 212 mm., front cover with gilded crest of the General Assembly Library Provenance: Previously held in the Parliamentary Library.

Date: 1943

From: Park, Keith Rodney (Sir), 1892-1975 :Photographs of Malta and the Middle East, 1939-1945

Reference: PA1-q-905

Description: Album containing photographs relating to Sir Keith Park (1892-1975) during 1943, when he was Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Malta. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Clear plastic binder, 31.5 x 26 cm, containing 46 sleeves

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-220

Description: Assortment of photographs, most with captions, of military and political leaders, and others. Names entered in Name Field. Group photo of 1st Echelon drinking beer in the `Beer Garden' at Burnham Camp, Nov 1939 Quantity: 178 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1928 - 1953

From: Holland, Florence Beatrice, 1894-1976 :Photographs relating to the career of Sir Sidney Holland

By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Capital Press Service; United States Information Service; Wide World Photos Inc

Reference: PAColl-2817-1

Description: Photographs of visits by Sidney Holland to the United States in the 1950s including one of him laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery and broadcasting in front of a Voice of America microphone. Also two photographs of a visit to Canada and two of greeting a visiting dignitary possibly from India. Mounted photographs of: a visit by Holland and his wife and daughter to Johnson Bros, Hanley in 1953 as guests of North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce, England; Holland holding three fish caught by him; a studio portrait of Henry Holland (Sidney Holland's father) by S P Andrew; and an unidentified man. Quantity: 25 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Four of the prints originally housed at framed prints nos 212 - 214

Date: 1935-1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-147

Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1935 and 1951. Includes: The Hermitage (Mount Cook); huts and scenery in Tararua Ranges; life-saving competitions held at Taylor's Mistake; military recruits and personnel, ca 1950; Rimutaka tunnel under construction,1951; Mechanic's Institute, Wellington (1860); Rakaia traffic bridge (1939); Maori Canoe Hurdle Race held on Wanganui River; Dobson Memorial (Arthur's Pass); aerial view of Hokianga [?], 1951; Dart Hut. Overseas photos: G K Chesterton (portraits); Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret attending Royal Film Performance, 1951; Captain Vyvyan Holt arriving in England from Korea, 1953; Sir Winston Churchill & General Eisenhower, 1951; Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin, Mar 1945; Tibetan Trade Delegation, 1948; Australian parliament and John Curtin; Australian naval divers; Australian ballroom dancer, Joan Allen; funeral of King George VI; Henry Ford's first car; etc. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-213

Description: Shows United States President Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev sitting on top of a giant globe which is split down the middle. Eisenhower is sitting on the side labelled 'West' and Khrushchev is on the 'East' side. The globe, which has a face and arms, is looking hopeful and encouraging the two men to shake hands. Both leaders are dropping a dagger from their left hand. United States Vice President Richard Nixon is pictured as the sun, smiling down on the two men Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1960, 1966-1975

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-244

Description: Includes class handouts, curriculum for 1966, annotated copies of class paper `Exercise' (1969-1971) and recommendations relating to journalism training by Catley. Also clippings, copy of address by Dwight Eisenhower, and some correspondence. Some loose notes originally located with PAColl-10289 have been moved here. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1958

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-164

Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. The first frame is titled 'Thousand million to one, against satellites colliding'. It shows President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower riding the American satellite Explorer 1, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev riding Sputnik. The second frame is titled 'Animal hunt with air gun and tranquilliser pellets' and shows a misbehaving youth being shot with an air gun. The final frame reads 'Some Balks on Summit talks' and shows Nikita Krushchev, Dwight Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan preparing to climb a mountain, where figures representing world peace are waiting at the summit Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 255 x 318 mm

Date: 1957 - 1958

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-096

Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. The first frame is titled 'Yes! Things are only middling... in the muddle... in the 'Meddle' East.' It shows the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Egypt[?] surrounding a man representing the Middle East. In the second frame, a woman says to her mother, 'Oh, he's strong-willed, Mother. I haven't seen him have a smoke since the price went up.' Outside, the man is trying to hide the fact that he is smoking a cigarette. The final frame is titled 'Industrial consultants say, 3 monthly reading of electricity meters would save M.E.D. [GBP]7,500.' It shows a woman doing her ironing and saying, 'Well, suppose they read the meters 6 monthly, they might save [GBP]15,000... But then... If they didn't read them at all... what a packet THAT would save them... and us!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 230 x 280 mm

Date: [1956]

From: Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]

Reference: C-171-020

Description: Depicts United States President Eisenhower carrying the 'Free World' on his shoulders. Eisenhower is at a crossroads - he can either go to 'Another 5 years of it' or to 'Retirement and rest'. Refers to speculation that Eisenhower would not seek re-election in 1956 after suffering a heart attack the previous year. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Farmer John [in pencil]; Recto - top right - Minhinnick [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen and pencil on paper, 370 x 530 mm

Date: 1 January 1956

From: Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]

Reference: C-171-107

Description: Depicts six scenes in which Minhinnick tries to draw a cartoon about a 'Soil bank', before giving up and going to the pub. After receiving a phone call from his editor asking him to draw a soil bank, Minhinnick sends the office boy to find out first what a soil bank is and then "what happens if you get a credit squeeze in a soil bank". After retiring to the pub, Minhinnick addresses the reader with a toast: "Here's mud in your eye!". Refers to the Soil Bank Act passed in the United States in 1956. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Good Earth [in pencil]; Recto - bottom right - Minhinnick [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, about 395 x 500 mm

Date: 1954-1959

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-31

Description: Contains inward correspondence from Roger Peren to Harold Earle Riddiford and his wife Rosemary Riddiford, 1954 to 1959. Many of the letters are written from the United States of America. Includes one newspaper clipping about the presentation of the Hubbard Medal to Sir Edmund Hillary and other Everest climbers by President Eisenhower. Also a computer print-out of a biography of Roger Peren, written in 1997 or 1998. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "3" in a clear plastic sleeve with a note in pencil reading "Peren Letters" and another note in blue ink reading "1954-1959 | To Earle & Rosemary Riddiford". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1957

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Cartoons from the Free Lance Collection 1954 to 1960]

Reference: C-076-111

Description: Four scenes depicting President Eisenhower playing golf and how he copes when news of international importance is conveyed to him by Secret Service agents Publication - Published on 20 Sep 1957, page 50 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 183 x 660 mm

Date: 1946

From: Timaru Milling Company Ltd :Peter the pilot albums 1938-1943, 1946-1948, 1950-1953; and Famous flyers and their planes, 1936-1937.

By: Carr, Frederick William, 1915-1987

Reference: Eph-B-PICTURE-CARDS-Timaru-1946-01

Description: A booklet containing most of the 36 picture cards depicting the Allied commanders (Eisenhower, Alexander, Montgomery, Zhukov, Tedder, Nimitz), a scroll of fame (Second Lieutenant Ngarimu, Captain Ralph Newman, Corporal Sukanaivalu, Flying-Officer Trigg, Kippenberger, Bhamdari Ram); military aircraft; major milestones of the war; women in war (land army, nurses, WAACs, WRENs, WAAFs, war workers). There is also a page about Lord Rutherford and the atomic bomb; Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee, Stalin, and President Truman, and a page showing the Royal Family with Winston Churchill. The inside front cover has an attached portrait of Captain Charles Upham. Back cover has advertising for Diamond O-Tis breakfast cereal. Artwork is by "Carr". Other Titles - Peter the Pilot Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Scrapbook for picture cards, 20 pages, each 245 x 183 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2004.

Date: 1944

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-5936-29

Description: From left to right: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Winston Churchill, Peter Fraser, Dwight David Eisenhower, Godfrey Huggins and Jan Christian Smuts, during a halt of the train in which the party travelled to inspect Allied troops, in 1944. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1956

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-126

Description: Shows American President Eisenhower pulling a wagon laden with large packages. They are labelled 'Farm-belt problems', 'Middle-East crisis', 'Hungary', 'Anglo-U.S. relations', 'Soviet intervention threat', and 'Segregation'. He wears horse blinkers and a harness around his neck and smiles cheerfully. Refers to the myriad of problems besetting America and Eisenhower's commitment to successfully managing them. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper. 280 x 380 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: [ca 21 Jun 1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Elias, M D, active 1943

Reference: DA-04174-F

Description: Group of Allied commanders at victory parade in Tunis, Tunisia, during World War II. From L, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Harold Alexander, General Henri Giraud and General Georges Catroux. Photograph taken circa 21 June 1943 by M D Elias. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 21 Jun 1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Elias, M D, active 1943

Reference: DA-04175-F

Description: An American naval officer talking with General Dwight Eisenhower during a parade of Allied forces in Tunis, Tunisia, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 21 June 1943 by M D Elias. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative