General Motors Corporation

Date: 1936

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-193

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974-1981

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-06

Description: Buildings designed by Stephenson and Turner include - Feltex House, Victoria Street, Wellington, ca 1973. Site photos and completed building for Dominion Life, Gisborne, 1968-1970. Photographs of walls adjoining the site for Royal Exchange House, Lower Willis Street, Wellington, 1961 and 1963. Royal Exchange House, Lower Willis Street, built 1962-ca 1964. Rossmore House, 123 Molsworth Street, complete and occupied, 23 July 1971. Site photographs relating to a building for Richardson McCabe and Co Ltd, Auckland. Other buildings include - Feltex Distributors building, adjacent to Feltex House, Victoria Street, Wellington, 20 September 1972. General Motors factory buildings, Petone, ca 1978. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 colour original transparency/ies. Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: [1942]

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-215

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: [Posters of A2 size relating to international and diplomatic affairs, and overseas events. 1970-1979]

By: Campaign Against Foreign Control In New Zealand

Reference: Eph-D-INTERNATIONAL-1970s-02

Description: Poster shows a hand turning the handle of a wringer in which a kiwi is trapped by the neck between two rollers labelled: GM, Comalco, BP, and Watties. Dollar signs are falling out of the kiwi's mouth. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 537 x 394 mm.

Date: 1975 - 1977

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to paint, house painting products and techniques]

Reference: Eph-B-PAINT-1975/1977

Description: Includes: 1975: Dulux New Zealand Ltd. Paint coding - current production colours (mimeographed sheet) 1976: Dulux Spruce pamphlet Dulux Spruce; it's a beautiful choice for '76 It's a boomer - Dulux Weathershield, Spruce and Timbacryl (2 copies) 1977: Dulon, Dulux, Duco refinish colour range information 1977. [Colours used on motor vehicles by New Zealand Motor Corporation (Newmarket, Panmure, Petone plants), Campbell Industries Ltd, Todd Motors Ltd, General Moros Ltd, Ford Motor Company (Lower Hutt and Wiri)] Sample cards for car colours 1977, for Steels Motor Assemblies, Ford Motor Company of New Zealand, Campbell Industries Ltd, Nissan Datsun Ltd, NZ Motor Corporation Ltd, Todd Motor Industries Ltd, General Motors Ltd. Dulux New Zealand Ltd. 57-056 winter thinner; a new formula (Mimeographed sheet) British Paints (New Zealand) Limited. British Paints and YOU - the home makers (with illustration of Rolf Harris). Flyer Dulux: Climb up on the Dulux 1977-78 winners rostrum A R Harris Company Ltd. Thomas model 996; the pressurised paint roller kit for use with the 602 compressor Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1992 - 01 Jan 1992

From: New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society: Video recordings

Reference: OHInt-0355-11

Description: World Day for Laboratory Animals (WDLA), 1992. 350 marchers picket Wellington's main General Motors (GM) dealership over GM's use of pigs in impact tests. Theme: "G M - General Motors - General murderers". Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHV-1027 Quantity: 1 videocassette(s). 1 event(s). Search dates: 1992

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: Ladyman, Jack, 1925- (Collector): [Ephemera relating to electricity, household appliances, building supplies and housing. 1950-1980s]

Reference: Eph-B-HOUSEHOLD-JL-1960s-undated

Description: Includes: Activair fine line clothes dryers. Activette 3 in 1 clothes dryer. Pamphlet Blue Seal 350 wall oven unit and separate bench top unit. Blue Seal built in range, manufactured by Turnbull & Jones Ltd. Heatway International; zone selective heating system. Pamphlet LaGloria wringer washer ... distributed by Dominion Radio and Electrical Corp. Ltd, Huia Road, Otahuhu, Auckland Moffat Fiesta; new attractive eye-level oven and 'hideaway slideaway' cooking top The magnificent Moffats; electric ranges for discerning New Zealanders. Distributed by Turnbull & Jones Ltd. Flier NEECO. The new Warmstor night storage heater. Flier (2 copies) Radiation (N.Z.) Ltd. Champion benchline Chevron; the new look in eye-level comfort level cooking. Flier Radiation (N.Z.) Ltd. Champion Commodore [oven]. Flier H E Shacklock Ltd. Shacklock Chef ... 24 series. Service manual and parts list. H E Shacklock Ltd. Shacklock Chefmaid completely automatic electric dishwasher (Shows a woman in evening dress watching while her husbands loads the dishwasher) H E Shacklock Ltd. Shacklock Chefmaster 30 makes cooking sheerest bliss! Pamphlet H E Shacklock Ltd. Shacklock electric ranges available in a range of models 27" wide, 24" wide, 21" wide. Pamphlet (2 copies) Frigidaire imperial two-oven electric range with the exclusive "pull 'n clean" oven. Flier Step into the fabulous world of Frigidaire cooking ... new Frigidaire wall oven and cooking top ... Flier (2 copies) 10 good reasons why you should buy Frigidaire, product of General Motors. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1970-1971

From: [Ephemera issued by the New Zealand Communist Party, and Communist candidates for elections; or relating to Communism]

Reference: Eph-B-COMMUNIST-1970/1971

Description: Includes: 1970s: Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Why workers must have nothing to do with 30 July mobilisation [1970s] Workers' power will end inflation. Reprint from the People's Voice. Wilson Printery Ltd. [1970s] (2 copies) 1970: Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Act now. Act now. Act now [1970?] Lenin 1870-1970. An exhibition of paintings, photographs, pamphlets, etc. New Zealand Display Centre, Cuba Street, 13-24 April [1970] Communist League; Wellington Branch of the Spartacist league. More participation - less politics ... the Communist alternative [ca 1970?]. 4 stapled pages Plunder in high places! [1970] Trotsky and the Chinese Revolution; a contribution to discussion. August 1970. 11 stapled pages 1971: Capitalist crisis hits the workers. ca 1971 Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Errors in the forged leaflet. 1971 (2 copies) Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. General Motors workers: Why be good citizens when GM isn't? [1971] Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Government ducks and dives; more pressure needed. 15 March 1971. Green flier Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. The lessons of Vietnam [30 July 1971] Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Make war on the class enemy, not on peasants in South-East Asia. July 1971 Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Oppose wage freeze [1971]. Green flier Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Put the screws on G.M. [1970s]. Green flier Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. City Branch. Red alert; the system's cracking up - bosses on the attack. November 1971 Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Total solidarity with the peoples of the world against American imperialism [1971] Militant Forum. Is Maoism a revolutionary force today? Debate between George Rosenberg, Terry Auld, George Fyson, Keith Locke. Central Library Lecture Hall, 3 December [1971] Militant Forum. On the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. Why did the Communist Party degenerate? Hear Keith Locke. University Womens Clubroom, 196 Lambton Quay, 16 April [1971] Real and bogus Communists in Wellington. 1971 Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District. Tradition and principle betrayed [1970s?] (2 copies) Workers' interests, not bosses' interests ... 20.9.1971. Flier (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1988

From: Associated Theatre Services Ltd: Records

Reference: MSO-Papers-12813-03

Description: Comprises records relating to tour planning, transport logistics, stage construction and lighting for General Motors Corporation launch. Includes blueprints/plans of venues, stage sets, and lighting rigs. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived to the Library in a file box labelled "Shows and concerts | G | H". File box was housed within a larger transit box labelled "Box 2 of 5". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: The folder from which the plans were removed is at Library reference MS-Papers-12813-06.. Processing information: Plans have been separated for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 1988

From: Associated Theatre Services Ltd: Records

Reference: MSO-Papers-12813-01

Description: Comprises records relating to construction, lighting and floorplan for General Motors Corporation launch. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived to the Library in a file box labelled "Shows and concerts | B" and "Purchase | A-Q | 1-4-91-31-3-92". File box was housed within a larger transit box labelled "Box 4 of 5". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: The folder from which the plans were removed is at Library reference MS-Papers-12813-04.. Processing information: Plans have been separated for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 1988, 1997-1999, 2002

From: Associated Theatre Services Ltd: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12813-06

Description: Comprises records relating to tour planning, transport logistics, stage construction and lighting for 'Heart of Men', 'HERO Parade', and General Motors Corporation launch. Includes correspondence, itineraries, and blueprints/plans of venues, stage sets, and lighting rigs. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived to the Library in a file box labelled "Shows and concerts | G | H". File box was housed within a larger transit box labelled "Box 2 of 5". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Plans removed from the folder are at Library reference MSO-Papers-12813-03.. Processing information: Plans have been separated for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 1987, 1988, 1993-1994

From: Associated Theatre Services Ltd: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12813-04

Description: Comprises records relating to tour planning, transport logistics, stage construction and lighting for General Motors Corporation launch, Jimmy Buffett, and 'Pasifika Festival '94'. Includes itineraries, and blueprints/plans of venues, stage sets, and lighting rigs. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived to the Library in a file box labelled "Shows and concerts | B" and "Purchase | A-Q | 1-4-91-31-3-92". File box was housed within a larger transit box labelled "Box 4 of 5". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Plans removed from the folder are at Library reference MSO-Papers-12813-01.. Processing information: Plans have been separated for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 1961, 1963, 1965

From: New Zealand Truth : Files of the Financial Editor

Reference: MS-Papers-1188-123

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Dates edited to reflect the content contained in the folder 30 September 2022.

Date: 1959, 1971, 1972

From: New Zealand Truth : Files of the Financial Editor

Reference: MS-Papers-1188-124

Description: General Motors annual reports (1959, 1962, 1964) Original typed letter to A Phillips from RM Corby dated 25 July 1972 with accompanying financial records (5 leaves in total) Photocopy of Ford Motor Company of New Zealand Ltd Director’s Report for year ending 31 December 1971 (4 loose leaves) Handwritten notes, A5 size, with mathematical sums on them (7 loose leaves) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Title and Date information upated, and Scope note added to more accurately reflect contents, 30 September 2022.

Date: 1973

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-08/07

Description: Correspondence re HART publications, posters and related topics; includes Africa Bureau fact sheet; `Newsbrief Rhodesia '73'; catalogue for McDougall Gallery exhibition of political and protest posters; letter from Thai student to Peter Lusk re student protest in Thailand; order for more posters; and reprint, `Infringements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in South Africa' (Objective: Justice, v5, n4, Oct-Dec 1973) Relationship complexity - See MSI-Papers-6675-3 for HART poster and ICFTU poster Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971

By: Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District

Reference: Eph-A-COMMUNIST-1971-01

Description: Front page shows a cartoon signed by Gary Vis Kupri (?), showing a Nazi-style American tank and soldiers advancing, while the tank eats money. The text explains the problems of workers for General Motors, an American owned company. GM shareholders are said to be benefiting from the Vietnam War. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pamphlet. Physical Description: Typescript and offset print on folded pamphlet, 242 x 170 mm. Provenance: One copy from the papers of Rona Bailey, 2006.

Date: 1951

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the motor trade, motor dealerships, the buying and selling of motor vehicles]

By: General Motors Corporation

Reference: Eph-A-MOTOR-TRADE-1951-01

Description: Programme included an address by Mr George C Seers, managing director, presentations to the employees, presentation of sports trophies, and preview of the new Vauxhall, and refreshments. There are photographs of the men who had served 25 years: Mr T H Turvey (technical manager), T J Hedges (shipping), R S Clothier (supply manager), W L Morris (maintenance foreman), O R Fisher (treasury), E Hastie (N.V.P. supply), O A Drummond (plant engineer), A J Wright (N.V.P. supply), and Miss M E Steinmuller (N.V.P. supply) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklet of four pages, each 217 x 138 mm. Provenance: Donated from the papers of Mr A M Hale in 1976. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from MS-Group-1412..

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: [Posters of A2 size relating to international and diplomatic affairs, and overseas events. 1970-1979]

By: Campaign Against Foreign Control In New Zealand

Reference: Eph-D-INTERNATIONAL-1970s-01

Description: Shows a hand turning the handle of a wringer in which a kiwi is trapped by the neck between two rollers labelled: GM, Comalco, BP, and Watties. Dollar signs are falling out of the kiwi's mouth. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photocopy on sheet 537 x 395 mm.

Date: 2009

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0011389

Description: The Statue of Liberty farewells 'American Pie' as a car representing General Motors flies over a cliff losing its wheel in the process. Refers to the filing for bankruptcy by General Motors which has come to grief during the recession. President Obama has decided to intervene and has fired the CEO of General Motors and suggesting bankruptcy as the best course for the General Motors and Chrysler. 'American pie' symbolises the good times. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0011428

Description: Two men admire the 'All new 2009 Detroit hybrid' General Motors car that sits on a dais. The fat businessman tells his companion that it runs on 60% government funding, 20% overseas cash and 20% union investment. Refers to a report (denied by Toyota) that the Yomiuri, Japan's largest newspaper, says Toyota is looking into the possibility of offering its hybrid technology to GM. The report says Toyota sees it as an opportunity to make its hybrid technology more widespread. General Motors Corp has filed for bankruptcy saying it had no other choice because the Obama administration would only provide it with additional funding in bankruptcy. There is a joke over the meaning of 'hybrid' - A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. The term most commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors; the word 'hybrid' as used in the cartoon means using two or more sources of finance to allow Detroit General Motors to continue to make hybris cars. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).