Nursing sister. Member of staff at Apia Hospital during World War I (Serial No 22/106). Daughter of Henry Eustace de Bathe Brandon. Donor in appreciation of the Library's services in 1939, at which time her address was Kelvin Chambers, The Terrace, Wellington. Died in 1945 aged 67 years.
Brandon, Louise Elizabeth, 1877-1945
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[Myers, Hartley] fl 1930s-1950s :[Maori carvings, standing guardian figures. 1920s or 1...
Date: 1920 - 1939
By: Myers, Hartley, -1966; Brandon, Louise Elizabeth, 1877-1945
Reference: Curios-033-019/020
Description: Standing male figures in pre-colonisation Maori style. Carvings attributed to Hartley Myers at the suggestion of writer Michael King (February 1997). He knew Mr Myers, then resident at Paremata, (1950s or 1960s?), was familiar with other similar wood-carvings by Mr Myers (including the Governor-General's official chair in Parliament) and was told by Mr Myers that examples of his work were held in the Alexander Turnbull Library. As these are the only Maori-style carvings in the Library, it seems likely that these are Mr Myers' work. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Wooden carved figures with red ochre, black paint and paua-shell eyes ca 910 mm high x ca 580 mm circumference Transfers: A kava bowl said to have belonged to Robert Louis Stevenson (Curios-033-018) given at the same time..
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[Maker unknown] :[Kava bowl said to have belonged to Robert Louis Stevenson. 1880s?]
Date: 1870 - 1892
By: Brandon, Louise Elizabeth, 1877-1945; Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Reference: Curios-033-018
Description: Wooden bowl for kava-drinking ceremonies in either Fiji or Samoa. While the bowl was given to the Library in good faith as the former property of Robert Louis Stevenson during his time in Samoa, photographs (and a drawing by Stevenson's daughter) of Stevenson with a kava bowl he owned show him with a different, 4-legged Samoan-style kava bowl. This bowl is a Fijian-style bowl. He may have owned two kava bowls. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Wooden hand-carved circular bowl on 14 legs, with a twisted wire for hanging attached to a section below the bowl 175 x ca 442 mm.
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Nurses in Apia, Samoa, during World War I
Date: 1914
From: Willis, Ida Grace, 1881-1968 :Photographs of NZEF in Samoa and Belgium
Reference: 1/2-148862-F
Description: Group portrait of seven nurses on the steps of a hospital in Apia, Samoa, during World War I. Seated in the back row are (L-R); I Willis, E Brooke, B Nurse and F Wilson: in the front row are; V McLean, L McNie and L Brandon. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I
Date: [Aug 1914]
Reference: 1/2-010896-F
Description: Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I. Back, from left: Sisters Veda/Vida McLean, Louis McNie, Louise Brandon. Middle row, from left: Sisters Ida Willis, Eva Brook, Matron Betha Nurse [i.e. Bertha Nurse], Sister Fanny Wilson. Front row, from left: Dr David Isaacs, Major Kendall, Major Matthew Holmes, Captain Duncan Stout, Captain Mick Tapper, Lieutenant Ward. Photograph taken in August 1914 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).