France - Social life and customs

Date: 1980

From: Duckworth, Marilyn Rose, 1935- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7328-19

Description: Holograph exercise book of novel by Duckworth, `Children of the ark' and report on her experiences as a Katherine Mansfield fellow at Menton in 1980 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1976

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: 85-080-02/02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1976]

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: 85-080-01/18

Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to King's time as the Katherine Mansfield Fellow at Menton in 1976; identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letters from Maureen, London; Geoff, an Australian journalist based in Papua New Guinea; Colin, an Australian artist; [?] Ande [?] Barrett, Devonport, Auckland; and Bill, an Edinburgh photographer. Outward letter to Murray. Language - One letter in French (untranslated) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1968 - 1987

By: Gibbard, Leslie, 1945-2010

Reference: B-142-009/014

Description: Cartoons done by Gibbard while he was in Paris that are not political but more general views of Paris. Also two cartoons that carry on the French theme as they discuss the anti-nuclear Pacific issue. Quantity: 6 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings

Date: May 1968-Jan 1977

By: Reynolds, Richard Ernest, 1920-1997

Reference: MS-Papers-6132

Description: Comprises 32 letters by Potocki with four replies by Reynolds and one from Kathleen Foot, an associate of Potocki. Potocki's letters, mostly written from Draguignan in the Var, France, range over his political and literary concerns, with information (and invoices for) his publications, and gossip and invective on related topics. Reynolds replies in kind, with comments on Denis Glover, Fairburn and others; the correspondence culminates in a letter in which Reynolds, exasperated with Potocki's politics and complaints that `a great tohunga like me' should be so `monstrously treated', bows out with an imprecation in verse to which Potocki responds with finality. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further papers relating to Count Potocki Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purhcased from Smith's Bookshop, Wellington, Dec 1997

Date: 1976

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: 85-080-01/19

Description: Includes letter from Auntie Dot Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1958 - 1962

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of quarto size]

By: Boulevard (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-DINING-1960-03

Description: Restaurant menu. The front page mentions that the restaurant had a sidewalk cafe, and that the diningroom mural had been designed and executed by Miss Faye de Lacey. The menu cover which is missing from this copy, showed a photograph of the Rue Pigalle after midnight. The restaurant had no liquor licence and so may date around 1960. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on menu folded to 287 x 224 mm. Provenance: From the papers of Tony Murray-Oliver, 1987.

Date: 1953-Oct 1953

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9143

Description: Journal relating S M Miller's travels in Ireland, England, France, Monaco, and Italy in 1953. Impressions of towns, cities, and other locations visited, including: Magillycuddy's Reeks, Limerick, County Clare, Galway, Donegal Bay, Ballycastle, Chester, Worcester, Gloucester, The Cotswolds, Oxford, London, Angouleme, Toulouse, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Cagnes, St Paul's, Grenoble, Bianco, Milan, Lake Como, Bologna, Florence, Pisa, and Rome. Contains references to hitch-hiking, the various standards of hostels stayed in, art and architecture, other tourists and their behaviour, social customs (dancing, food, drinking), the Bodleian Library, obtaining visas, seeing a play by T S Elliot 'The Confidential Clerk', crossing the English Channel, beaches, hiking in the Alps, landscapes, casinos, agriculture (vineyards, sheep, goats, donkeys, crops), the weather, autumn, and industry (a visit to a car factory [Morris Minor?] in England). Diary entries in Ireland include topics such as politics, superstition, and Catholicism. French attitudes to the British are discussed. And the behaviour of Italian men towards female hitch-hikers is commented on. Contains travel ephemera such as tickets for the Museo Teatrale alla Scala and another Italian attraction, stamps, a timetable for linge Marseille-aix-Avignon, and a business card for Dr Gepp Mitterftiller. Also includes pressed flowers. Quantity: 1 volume(s) with two enclosures of loose materials. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, dried flowers

Date: Nov 1953-Apr 1954

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9145

Description: Journal relating S M Miller's travels in Germany, Belgium, France, and England between November 1953 to April 1954. Contains impressions of locations visited including Rhine River surroundings, Cologne, Aachen, Liege, Brussels, Paris, London and Stratford. Particular subjects and activities include vineyards, agriculture, hiking, destruction of buildings by bombing in World War II and the ongoing social effects of the war in Germany (food, shelter, attitudes), churches and other buildings, shopping, prices and costs, hostels, seeing Hitler's custom Mercedes, weather, art and art galleries, gardens, and monuments. Contains loose card with Scarlet Mistletoe illustration Quantity: 1 volume(s) with one enclosure of loose materials. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 1862 - 1863

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-364-q

Description: Shows people of Pyrenees area at work and play, including carnivals, fairs, bathing, riding, walking, ceremonials, and church services. Signed on flyleaf: Ph. Walsh; some individual sketches have P W monogram. Other Titles - The Pyrenees in our times [translation] Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 30 ink in sketchbook 250 x 340 mm

Date: 1976-1991

From: Edmond, Lauris Dorothy, 1924-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4680-17

Description: Contains notes and background material including correspondence, journal and typescript of a diary written in France; identified persons entered under Name below Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1918

By: Bartle, John Ralph, active 1918

Reference: MS-Papers-1630

Description: Bartle describes the fighting and the conditions in France, and also writes of the local countryside, its settlement and people Source of title - Supplied Bartle was with the Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies)

Date: [1916-1976]

From: O'Shea, Alexander Paterson, 1902-1990 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7728-01

Description: Inward and outward correspondence on various matters, mostly from file labelled 1947; identified persons entered under Name below. Also includes letter about a student at Massey called Aburn who was not having a very good time there; copy of a letter written by Tom O'Shea to his brother while serving in France in World War One.; and two cards, one from Randolph, the other from friends in Devon. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1975-1976

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: 85-080-02/01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910 - 1928

By: G Bell & Sons Ltd; Montbard, M, active 1910s; Megget, Alice Joyce, 1914-2009; Megget, Shirley, active 1981

Reference: Eph-A-LANGUAGE-1910s-01

Description: Envelope containing a set of illustrated cards with French text and ten comprehension questions in French on the verso. The illustrations, by M Montbard, on each of the cards are as follows: I. La toilette (toilet preparations) II. La chambre des enfants (the children's room) III. La cuisiniere (the cook) IV. Le salon (the drawing room) V. La cour de ferme (the farmyard) VI. Le verger (the orchard) VII. L'eglise du village (the village church) VIII. La boutique du village (the village shop) IX. La chaumiere (the cottage) X. L'auberge (the inn) XI. Le moulin (the mill) XII. Le pont (the bridge) XIII. La plage (the beach) XIV. Le port (the port) XV. Le magasin (the shop) XVI. Le restaurant (the restaurant) Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on cards in envelope, 99 x 160 mm. Provenance: Previously used by Mr Megget's mother, A. Joyce Weeber, in Form 4A, Wellington East Girls' College, ca 1928.

Date: 1957

Reference: Eph-C-EXHIBITION-1957-01

Description: An arrangement of text. A banner prepared for "an exhibition of things French in Wellington in 1957, organised by Tony Murray-Oliver and 'Monsieur Robert' [Robert John Beasley]" (from Ephemera card catalogue) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relieft print, dark blue on light green card, 305 x 508 mm.

Date: 1976-1979

From: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6634-017

Description: Letters from Michael King to Gant written from Wellington, Menton (where he met Anton Vogt and Patrick White, different parts of England and Paremata; he writes of his experiences and work Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2011

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

By: Capital times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021553

Description: One of the 'Jitterati' phones the Alliance francaise to tell them that no matter what happens 'next week' (the final of the Rugby World Cup between the All Blacks and France), New Zealand appreciates French culture, whether it be cheese, Asterix or nasalised vowels. When asked about existentialism, she points out that the Alliance would have noticed New Zealanders wearing black. The conversation comes to an abrupt stop. Black clothing, a cartoonish stereotype, is worn not only by French existential philosophers and many New Zealanders, but also by the All Black team. In view of the up-coming final, her statement is a faux pas. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Twitter Inc (Firm); Facebook (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0027151

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Valerie Trierweiler, the First Lady of France, can only stand back and watch while her partner French President Francois Hollande pursues an affair with actress Julie Gayet. Given her temperment, one can only imagine that the First Lady will be the first one out the door. In the cartoon, a cleaner notes that Francois is very attached to his "deux-routes" [two-wheeler], a term for a scooter and the transport Francois uses to meet his actress mistress. In the cartoon, Valerie quips that he will enter into the next election riding just a monocycle [ie on his own]. Cartoon depicts Valerie Trierweiler.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1915 - 1918

From: [Undated ephemera relating to World War I. ca 1914-1919. Folder 1]

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-02

Description: Card showing English phrases, and their French equivalent, with the French pronunciation added. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on card. Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of card, 152 x 102 mm.