Swan, George Henry Alison, 1902-1967

Date: 1938

From: [Ephemera relating to Anzac and World War I events in New Zealand and overseas, and anniversaries of the landing at Anzac Cove. 1930-1939]

By: Blundell Brothers Ltd; Newlands, Robert G, active 2001-2007; Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association; Blow, Reginald George Horace, 1884-1965

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1938-01

Description: Programme of performances by the Returned Soldiers' Choir, the Tin Hat Club Orchestra, members of the Repertory Theatre, Police Pipe Band and selected artistes (including Reg Blow, J J Drew, T Goodall, R Walpole, L A Hill, L K Morris, P Lowndes, Harison Cook, F Dick, Dan Evans, Henry Tahiwi, Norma Woodcock. Included a performance by Wellington Repertory Theatre of "The road of poplars", a play by Vernon Sylvane, directed by G H A Swan. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, each 215 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Robert G Newlands, Wellington, in 2007. Previously the property of his father Mr R Newlands.

Date: 1946

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1946

Description: Includes: "Accent on youth", by Samson Raphaelson. Directed by W S Wauchop. Grand Opera House [1946]. Programme (2 copies). "The blue bird", by Maurice Maeterlinck. Produced by W S Wauchop. [December 1946?]. Programme (2 copies) "Jacobowsky and the colonel", by Franz Werfel and S N Behrman. Produced by W S Wauchop. Grand Opera House. 27 July - 3 August [1946]. Programme (2 copies) "Rebecca", by Daphne du Maurier. Produced by Bernard Beeby. [1946]. Programme (2 copies) "The skin of our teeth", by Thornton Wilder. Produced by G H A Swan. Grand Opera House. 18-25 May 1946. programme (2 copies) and flier. "What every woman knows", by J M Barrie. Produced by Ernest Le Grove. Grand Opera House Wellington. 14-21 September 1946. Programme (2 copies). Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One programme from the collection of Karen Glasgow.

Date: 1939

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1939

Description: Includes: "Anthony and Anna", by St John Ervine. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Concert Chamber, 3-7 December 1939. Programme "Dear Octopus", by Dodie Smith. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 5-9 September 1939. Programme. (2 copies) "French without tears", by Terence Rattigan. Produced by G H A Swan. Twon Hall Concert Chamber, 17-21 October 1939. Programme (2 copies) "Housemaster", by Ian Hay. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 28 March - 1 April 1939. Programme (2 copies). "Liliom", by Franz Molnar; American translation by Benjamin F Glazer. Produced by G H A Swan. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 11-15 July 1939. Programme (2 copies) "Robert's wife", by St John Ervine. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 2-7 December 1939. Programme (2 copies) Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1945

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1945

Description: Includes: Wellington Repertory Theatre Senior Camp Entertainers present "A cuckoo in the nest", by Ben Travers. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 7-10 May 1945. Proceeds to Heritage (Wellington) Incorporated. Programme. "The distaff side", by John van Druten. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Technical College Buckle Street. 15-19 May 1945. Programme (2 copies). "Gas light", by Patrick Hamilton. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 20-24 March 1945. Programme (2 copies) "The importance of being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 3-7 July 1945. Programme (2 copies). "Peter Pan", by J M Barrie. Produced by W S Wauchop. 1945. Programme (2 copies) "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. Grand Opera House. 9 October 1945. Programme (2 copies) "Winterset", by Maxwell Anderson. Produced by G H A Swan. Technical College Buckle Street. 21-25 August 1945. Programme (2 copies) Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008.

Date: 1941

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1941

Description: Includes: Newsletter and announcement of postponement of annual general meeting. "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 25-29 November 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Berkeley Square", by John L Balderston with J C Squire. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Grand Opera House Wellington. 12-15 May 1941. Programme (2 copies) "Busman's honeymoon", by Dorothy L Sayers and M St Clare Byrne. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 18-22 March 1941. Programme (2 copies) "End of summer", by S N Behrman. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber 1-5 July 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Indoor fireworks", a farcical comedy in three acts by Arthur Macrae. Produced by Mrs Elsie Lloyd. St Francis Hall, 14 November 1941. Programme (blue) (2 copies) "Indoor fireworks", a farcical comedy in three acts by Arthur Macrae. Produced by Mrs Elsie Lloyd. Entire proceeds to RSA Premises Appeal and Navy League (Wellington Branch). 10-12 December 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Jupiter laughs", by A J Cronin. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 21-25 October 1941. Programme (2 copies). "The light of the heart", by Emlyn Williams. Produced by G H A Swan and Mrs Elsie Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 9-13 September 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Nine till six", by Philip and Aimee Stuart. Produced by Ernest Le Grove. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 19-20 September 1941. Programme (2 copies). Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s) theatre programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1944

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1944

Description: Includes: "Alice in Wonderland", arranged for the stage by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. Grand Opera House Wellington. 6 December 1944. Programme (2 copies) "As you like it", by William Shakespeare. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 27 March - 1 April 1944. Programme (2 copies). "The eldest son", by John Galsworthy. Hled in the Studio, 3 April 1944. [Typescript list of cast and scenes on single sheet] "Flare path", by Terence Rattigan. Produced by G H A Swan. Technical College, Buckle Street. 22-26 August 1944. Programme (2 copies) "Heartbreak house", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 4-8 July 1944. Programme (2 copies) "Jacobowsky and the colonel", by Franz Werzel and S N Behrman. Produced by W S Wauchop. Grand Opera House Wellington. 27 July - 3 August [1944]. Programme (2 copies) "Lady Frederick, by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 10-14 October 1944. Programme (2 copies) "Love in a mist", by Kenneth Horne. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. Technical College Buckle Street. 16-20 May 1944. Programme. (2 copies) Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1949

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1949

Description: Includes: "Ah, wilderness!", by Eugene O'Neill. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. St Frances Hall, 27-29 April 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Dear Ruth", by Norman Krasna. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. Theatre Royal, Nelson. 16-20 April 1949. Programme (2 copies). "The Gioconda smile", by Aldous Huxley. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. St James Theatre, 25 June - 1 July 1949. Programme (2 copies) (with photograph of Kenneth Firth, about to arrive as new director) "The guinea pig", by Warren Chetham-Strode. produced by Ernest Le Grove. Grand Opera House, 12-19 August 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Hay fever", by Noel Coward. Produced by A Dorothy Jenkins. St Francis Hall, 6-9 September 1949. Programme (2 copies). "The man with a load of mischief", by Ashley Dukes. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. St Francis Hall, 26-28 October 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Othello", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Kenneth Firth. St James Theatre, 1-7 October 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Peter Pan", by J M Barrie. Produced by Kenneth Firth. November 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Shadow and substance", by Paul Vincent Carroll, produced by Bernard O Jones. St Francis Hall, 20-22 July 1949. Programme (2 copies). "The shop at Sly Corner", by Edward Percy. Produced by Ralph Hogg. St James Theatre. 21-27 May 1949. Programme (2 copies) "This happy breed", by Noel Coward. Produced by G H A Swan. St James Theatre, 19-25 March 1949. Programme (2 copies) "The Trojan women", by Euripides. Produced by Maria Dronke; music composed for the play by Douglas Lilburn. St Francis Hall, 1-3 and 8-10 June 1949. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008.

Date: 1940

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1940

Description: Includes: "Amphitryon 38", adapted by the French of Jean Giraudoux by S N Behrman. Produced by W S Wauchop. Wellington Town Hall. 8-12 October 1940. Programme (2 copies) "Anthony and Anna", by St John Ervine. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Concert Chamber. 3-7 December 1904. Programme (2 copies). "Quality Street", by J M Barrie. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 30 March - 6 April 1940. Programme (2 copies - one without date and venue printed on cover) "Spring meeting", by M J Farrell and John Perry. Produced by G H A Swan. Concert Chamber. 6-11 July 1940. Programme (2 copies) "The Voysey inheritance", by Harley Granville-Barker. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Wellington Town Hall, Concert Chamber. 11-16 May 1940. Programme (2 copies). "When we are married", by J B Priestley. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber. 3-7 September 1940. Programme (2 copies). Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1942-1967

From: Holcroft, Montague Harry, 1902-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1186-23

Description: All correspondents entered in name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PA7-28-09

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 29/10/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-144945-G

Date: 1930 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDL-1930/1949

Description: Includes: 1933: First final Festival of Community drama. Blue Triangle Hall Boulcott Street. 22-23 September 1933. Programme (St Matthew's School Masterton, Old Girls' Circle presents "The new word" by J M Barrie, produced by Constance Miller; Wellington Lyceum Club Drama Circle presents "The odd streak", by Roland Pertwee, produced by M E P Ahern; Hastings Comedy Players present "Knight to move", by Adrian Hurley; Elam Dramatic Club Auckland presents "The sisters' tragedy", by Hughes; The Readers, Timaru present "The long Christmas dinner", by Thornton Wilder; Linton Women's Institute presents "Lonesome like", by H Brighouse; The Orari Readers' "A" Team presents "The wonderful son", by Barrington Gates; The Nameless Group, Christchurch presents "Kestrel Edge", by Wilfrid Gibson, produced by Professor James Shelley); The Dannevirke Players present "When the Muezzin calls", by H Chalmers Haddon, produced by E N Hogben; Central Taranaki Winning Team presents "Rabbits", by V Targuse, produced by Mrs Uniacke; South Taranaki Winning Team presents "The Touchstone", by V Targuse. (2 copies). 1934: Weekend School of Drama. Palmerston North. 4-6 May 1934. Outline of timetable - tutors Miss Elizabeth Blake, Miss Beatrice MacKenzie.(Flyer). 1936: Third annual festival of community drama. Opera House Palmerston North. 11-12 August 1936. Programme (Manawatu Country Club Reading Branch, YWCA Lyceum, Foxton Women's Institute, Palmerston North Little Theatre Society, Unnamed Society, Milson Women's Institute, High School Old Girls' Association, Marton Players, Towns Women's Guild, Cheltenham Women's Institute). Easter School of Drama. Allen Hall, University, Dunedin. 9-14 April 1936. Tutors Miss Elizabeth Loe, Miss Barbara Williams, Professor Adams, Professor Shelley. Pamphlet. 1937: Fourth annual festival of community drama. Opera House, Palmerston North. 9-10 August 1937. Programme (Pohangina Women's Institute, Marton Players, Palmerston North Little Theatre Society, Freda Whittaker Players, St Andrews Players (Levin), Girls' High School Dramatic Club, Boys' High School Dramatic Club, Milson Women's Institute, Levin Play Readers, Te Ara Kura Women's Institute). North Island Elimination Festival. Opera House Hawera. 7-9 September 1937. Adjudicator Miss Elizabeth Loe. Programme. 1938: Fifth festival of community drama, Opera House Palmerston North. Adjudicator Mr Victor Lloyd. (Junior Library Players, Levin District High School, Palmerston North Boys' High School, Girl Citizens' Drama Group, Little Theatre Society, Linton Women's Institute, Pohangina Women's Institute, St Andrew's Players (Levin), Levin Playreaders, Marton Playreaders. 26-27 September 1936. Programme. North Island Elimination Drama Festival. Adjudicator Miss Elizabeth Blake. Opera House Masterton. 10-11 October 1938. (St Matthew's Old Girls, Levin Playreaders, Pioneer Club Drama Circle, Knox Players, Napier Repertory Players, All Saints' Players). (2 copies) 1939: Sixth annual festival of community drama. Adjudicator Mr A E Lawrence. Opera House Palmerston North. 26-27 September 1939. (Palmerston North Technical School, Palmerston North Boys' High School, Rangiotu Women's Institute, Palmerston North Little Theatre Society, Palmerston North Repeortry Society, Levin District High School, Foxton Women's Institute, Levin Playreaders). North Island Elimination Festival of Drama. Opera House Palmerston North. 9 October 1939. Programme (Newlands Women's Institute, Turitown Women's Institute, Hamilton Playbox, Hawera Repertory Club, Palmerston North Little Theatre Society, St Matthew's Church Team). Members card. Expires 31 December 1939. (2 copies) 1940: Christchurch area eliminations. Adjudicator J J W Pollard. Committee: W J Parson, Janet McLeod, Frona King, Naare Hooper, D I Macdonald, Eric Craighead, Alex Gale. Radiant Hall Christchurch. 27-29 June 1940. (Canterbury Training College - producer R J Harrison, WEA - producer Mrs J P O'Sullivan; Canterbury Repertory - producers Magdalen Hall and Molly Dailey; Canterbury Training College - producer J W Luxton; Bankside Players - producer Mrs Stephenson Temple; Old Westonians - producer Miss Frona King; Hay's Drama Club - producer Len Barnes; Zenith Players - producer Mrs Aileen Cleave; Miss Naare Hooper's Group. Programme (2 copies) 1943: Twelfth annual festival of community drama will be held in the Tin Hat Hall, RSA Building, 12 Victoria Street Wellington, 1-3 September 1943. Ten one-act plays will be presented. Adjudicator Elsie Lloyd. Flier only 1949: North Island Festival of Community Drama. Opera House Palmerston North. 10 and 12 September 1949. Adjudicator Norman Byrne. President A S Farquhar, committee C F B Clarkes, Mrs T F Mackenzie, G A Jesson, G H A Swan, Miss Amy Kane, Miss Nola Millar. (Pukekohe Dramatic Society - producer May Revell; Strathmore Players - producer Doug G Edwards; Hawera Repertory Society; Hamilton Playbox - producer David W Reid; Awaiti Players - producer Lou Peck; Manawatu Repertory Society - producer Evelyn Davidson; Stratford Women's Institute - producer Catherine O Holmes; Eltham Women's Institute Arts and Crafts Circle - producers Dorothy Riddle and Cynthia Wilcox). Programme. South Island Elimination Festival. Theatre Royal Timaru. 5 September 1949. Adjudicator L F Moller. (Milton Drama Club; Timaru Catholic Dramatic Club; Methven Drama Club; Dunedin Greenroom Club). Programme. New Zealand National Final Festival. Concert Chamber Wellington. 14 September 1949. Adjudicators Mrs Mary McKenzie, Miss May Macdonald, G H A Swan. (Hawera Repertory Society - co-producers Margaret Buist and Alison Corrigan; Dunedin Greenroom Club - producer Roland Watson; Manawatu Repertory Society - producer Evelyn Davidson). Programme. (2 copies) Quantity: 18 pamphlets and programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One flier donated by Mrs Joyce Megget, Papakura, in 2009.

Date: 29 October 1954

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-144946-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1955-1960

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

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-08

Description: Correspondence between Curnow and Penguin (1957-1960) relating to Eileen Duggan, her lawyers, J C Reid re negotiations and her final refusal to appear in the `Penguin book of New Zealand verse'; also further correspondence concerning Penguin anthology especially re Duggan and legal position over her withdrawal (ca 120 letters) (1955-1960) Other Titles - Penguin book of New Zealand verse (1960) Quantity: 1 folder(s) ca 120 letters. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1959

From: Vogt, Herlof Anton Herlofsen, 1914-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5201-083

Description: Programme for a production of a play by Vogt produced by the Wellington Colllege Drama Club, June 1959. Inserted into the programme are letters to Vogt, including from Richard Campion and George Swan, 1944 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (cyclostyled) with mss and typescript insertions

Date: 1915-1960

From: Austin, Louis Daly, 1877-1967 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-7069-05

Description: Includes sketch of Austin in hospital by Suzanne Beaumont; and letters from various people involved in music, entered under Name Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/0509-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5cm