Wellington Esperanto Society

Date: 1972-1996

From: New Zealand Esperanto Association :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9563-3

Description: Congress portraits from 1972 (37th Congress) to 1996 (61st Congress). Most individuals are identified. Includes photographs of the Pacific Congress in 1976, Wellington and Masterton Esperanto club get-together in 1984, Joint AEA/NZEA Congress in 1992 and 1996, Christchurch Esperanto Club members in 1993. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 29 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1904-2000

By: New Zealand Esperanto Association

Reference: MS-Group-1013

Description: Records of the Association, and of the Wellington and Auckland Esperanto societies. Comprises minutes, congress papers, correspondence, financial papers, membership lists and copies of publications. Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: The records have been arranged in fully-labelled boxes by the Association,, and have been sorted in series according to their origin. The New Zealand Esperanto Society was formed in 1904 in Auckland, by a pioneer of the language, Roland W St Clair, with Alex S Russell as its first president. The growth of other Esperanto clubs led the Society to change its name in 1909 to the Auckland Esperanto Society, with an Auckland-based New Zealand Esperanto Association set up as the national body in 1910. In 1915 the Association went into recess, but was revived in 1929 with Dr C J Adcock as its president. The revived Association was domiciled in Wellington. Quantity: 35 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 5 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the NZ Esperanto Society, 2001 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs of congresses 1908-1995 - To Other - Curios; wooden shield mounted with engraved badges for congresses from 1963 to 1980; and flat for Wellington congress, 1956-1957 - To Other - To Film Archive: 2 reels of film.