Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014

Date: 1966

From: Boshier, Roger, active 1960s-2018: Collection relating to Wellington Committee on Vietnam

Reference: MS-Papers-12315-10

Description: Comprises mainly letters in response to letters sent out by Roger Boshier and David Carrad requesting signatures for a full page advertiesement in the 'Listener' against the use of troops in Vietnam. The request letter is stapled ot the outside of the folder. Includes letters with financial contributions for the Committee on Vietnam campaigns and/or the advertisement, and business cards with names. Letters are adressed variously to Roger Boshier, David Carrad, or the Committee on Vietnam. Also includes a receipt book and a news clipping about Diana Rigg attending a Vietnam protect meeting in the United Kingdom. Papers appear to have been put into a folder and labelled at a later date. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript and manuscript correspondence.

Date: 2002-2008

By: Price, Jenny, active 2000s

Reference: ATL-Group-00030

Description: Collection comprises: Photographic prints compiled by Jenny Price, showing Helen Mason, her pottery, and associates at locations Waipukurau, Waipawa, Taradale, and Hastings. Taken between 2002 and 2008 by unidentified photographers. Also inward correspondence to Price from Mason, mainly written in 2002 and relating to Hum n Buzz cafe in Waipukurau. See Price's correspondence to Mason at MS-Papers-11191-41 Quantity: 1 folder(s) holograph letters. 32 colour original photographic print(s). 4 colour copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Correspondence and colour photographic prints Finding Aids: See Photograph Archive backfile for donor listing of photographs.. Processing information: Material original came to Library as part of PA-Group-00787 and MS-Group-1197, but were separated when their separate provenance was established. Not all names associated with the collection are indexed.

Date: 2010

Reference: Eph-B-SCULPTURE-2010-01

Description: Pamphlet with photographs of artists and exhibits at the exhibition. Exhibits include 'Nga Tiki' a kauri throne; Capecodnappers Chair by Mikey Williams, a settler's chair and cushions by Jeff Thomson, a floral platter by Helen Mason, a woodfired plate by John Gisborne, a ceramic kete by Mandy Olsen, and Matai bowl by John Nelson, a taurapa (canoe stern) by Russell Evenson, a decorative kete by Mihi Adams, a redwood sculpture by Hugh Tareha, and a pou waahine by Janet Spooner. Other Titles - Cheers, islands Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print on folded pamphlet, 297 x 213 mm. Provenance: From the papers of Helen Mason, 2011. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1997, Photographic Archive, Published Collections..

Date: 11 Feb 1999

From: Theo Schoon oral history project

By: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014; Skinner, Damian Hugh, 1973?-

Reference: OHInt-0792-09

Description: Interviewer(s) - Damian Skinner Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 38 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5080.

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-CERAMICS-1960s

Description: Includes: 1960: Doreen Blumhardt. Exhibition of pottery. Willeston Gallery Victoria Street, 19-30 September 1960. Catalogue Fourth New Zealand Studio Potters' Exhibition. Auckland Art Gallery, 29 October - 19 November 1960. Catalogue 1961: Doreen Blumhardt of Wellington. Exhibition of pottery and fabrics. Hawke's Bay Art Gallery, 30 September - 15 October 1961. Opening 30 September. Invitation card Crown Lynn. The things that are happening at Crown Lynn. Pamphlet [1961] Nan Berkeley, Stephen McCarthy, Pat Conneally. Exhibition. Dunhill Room, Display Centre Wellington. Opening 4 December [1961?]. Invitation card 1962: Auckland Provincial Potters' exhibition. Auckland Studio Potters. 6 November 1962. Catalogue Ian McClymont. Exhibition of pottery, opened by Bruce Mason. centre Gallery 248 Lambton Quay Wellington, 25 November 1962, remaining on view 'till 7 December. Invitation card 6th New Zealand annual potters' exhibition. Art Gallery Palmerston North, 8-19 October 1962. [Front cover leaf from catalogue?] 1963: New Zealand pottery for Australian exhibition. Preview display at Centre Gallery, 248 Lambton Quay, 13-19 June ca 1963]. Invitation card 1964: Takeichi Kawai [and] John Chappell. Exhibition of pottery. Centre Gallery, 248 Lambton Quay Wellington, 6-11 April 1964. Invitation to opening, 3 April 1964 1965: Helen Mason. Fired clay. New Visiion Gallery, 19-30 July 1965. Catalogue / poster Marie Stephens. Exhibition of pottery, domestic ware, ikebana, bonsai and patio pots; and prints by Susan Renner. Women's Centre Porirua; speaker Dr G A Wall. Opening 27 June [1965?]. Invitation card Wellington Potters' Association. Exhibition. Centre Gallery 248 Lambton Quay. Opening 14 June [1965]. Invitiaiton card 1966: Barry Brickell. Pottery and ceramics preview. Gallery Rooms, 248 Lambton Quay Wellington, 4 July 1966. Invitation card 1967: Auckland Studio Potters. Sixth annual exhibition, Auckland War Memorial Museum Exhibition Hall, 23 November - 3 December 1967. Catalogue 1968: Auckland Studio Potters. Seventh annual exhibition, Auckland War Memorial Museum Lecture Hall, 23 October - 3 November 1968. Catalogue New Zealand Society of Potters. Travelling exhibition, by courtesy of Alfred Dunhill Ltd., London in association with the Rothmans Cultural Foundation. February 1968. Catalogue (2 copies), and invitation card to opening at Dunhill Foundation Room, Display Centre, 10 April [1968] Pottery, Claire Bunby; Malcolm Warr, mono prints. New Vision Gallery, 17-28 June 1968. Invitation card to opening, 16 June 1968 New Zealand Society of Potters. 12th annual exhibition. Otago Museum Foyer, 13-27 October 1968. Catalogue Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1993 - 1994

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-CERAMICS-1993/1994

Description: Includes: 1990s?: Bloomsbury for decorative arts. 16 Majoribanks Street, Wellington. Card [1990s?] Tourist guide to Nelson potters [1990s]. Pamphlet 1993: Cone City Clay; the New Zealand Society of Potters 1993 diary Earth rhythms and wild singing; eight artists celebrate the centennial of Women's Suffrage in clay: Uli Christofferson, Bronwynne Cornish, Jenny Doole, Liz Earth, Diana Firth, Hilary Kerrod, Helen Mason, Helen Pollock. Pots of Ponsonby, 26 October - 13 November 1993. Yellow card Fisher Gallery. The Studio Ceramics Dinner Service Show. Pakuranga, 17 September - 17 October 1993. Card Points and penetrations; new ceramics by John Parker. Avid Gallery, 48 Victoria Street Wellington, 29 November - 11 December 1993. Card Potters of Greater Wellington; a tourist guide. Wellington Media Collective, 1993. Pure form; invited ceramic artists Cecilia Parkinson, Peter Shearer, Graeme Storm, Peter Collis, John Parker, Rick Rudd. Lopdell Gallery Titirangi, 27 March - 24 April 1993. Card Rolston's Reflections; sculptured plaster works by Sonya Corlett & Gregory Kerr, C/- Spellbound, Paekakariki Hill Road, RD 1 Plimmerton [1993]. Flier Royal Doulton; illustrated with treasures from New Zealand and Australia / Jennifer Quérée [1993]. Flier Wellington Potters' Association. 35th annual exhibition. [Majestic Centre], 19 April - 1 May 1993. Catalogue Christine Thacker & Volcanic cards. 1993 ceramic (liesize). Postcard [1993] 1994: Fisher Gallery. Review '94. "Urban heart"; ceramics by Sam Ireland, 13 January - 12 February 1995. Card (2 copies) Paul Melser Pottery, Wairarapa, Norfolk Road Carterton. Pamphlet / catalogue [1994?] (2 copies) Paul Melser Pottery, Wairarapa, Norfolk Road Carterton. Small folded pamphlet (2 copies) Mirek Smisek, OBE, potter. Biographer. Flyer Stevens Festival of European tableware. PO Box 111-312 Auckland 5 [1994]. Pamphlet Treasures of the Underworld; the New Zealand Expo exhibition from Seville Spain. Bold works in clay and glass by fourteen New Zealand artists. Exhibitour for Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa [1994]. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to artists, art awards, art sales and art exhibitions]

Reference: Eph-A-ARTS-1960s

Description: Includes: 1960s: Catalogue [of art exhibition with prices in decimal currency. 1960s or early 1970s?] Victoria University of Wellington. Painting, pottery, sculpture. [Exhibition catalogue. 1960s?] (2 different, one on cream paper, one on pink paper) Wellington Art Club. Pamphlet / registration form [ca 1960s] 1960: Auckland City Art Gallery. Old master prints from the Monrad Collection. May 1960 [Exhibition catalogue] 1961: You are invited to the opening of an exhibition of pottery (Helen Mason), fabrics (Susan Skerman), furniture (Martin Hill), to be opened by La Duchessa Vittoria Capece Galeota. Centre Gallery, 1 October [1961]. Invitation card 1963: Asian arts & crafts [Asia Week exhibition catalogue. 1963] Centre Gallery newsletter no. 5, July 1963 1965: Exhibition of Asian art, arranged and presented by Victoria University of Wellington, Asian Studies Society, 21-25 June 1965. [Catalogue] Doreen Blumhardt & Brian Carmody invite you to a private view. Centre Gallery, 248 Lambton Quay, of their paintings, prints, pottery. 14 Novembr 1965. Invitation card 1966: World Crafts Council. International exhibition 1966. [Catalogue] (3 copies, 2 with cream cover, one with brown cover) 1968: Art Galleries and Museums Association of New Zealand Inc. Annual general meeting. Dominion Museum, 9 April 1968. Invitation card Exhibition from Christchurch. Pottery, painting, weaving. 4-14 June 1968. [Catalogue of pottery by Ann Ellis Craig, Coyla Radcliffe-Olliver, Marjorie Bolam; weaving by Virginia Douglas, painting by Roma Tracey] Related material may be housed at subject locations: ART PRINTS, ARTIFACT CONSERVATION, CERAMICS, GRAPHIC ARTS, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTING, TEXTILE ARTS Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Publications, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1931-1943 - 1991-2009

From: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014: Collection

By: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014

Reference: Series-6591

Description: Photographs collected by Helen Mason relating to her work as a potter and also her husband Malcolm Mason's army service during World War Two. Chiefly by unidentified photographers and largely dated between 1939-1942 and 1990-2009. Also contains photographs of family and friends, original negatives and a stamped and addressed envelope that contained an original negative. Digital photographs from 2005-2009 include images of Helen and her pottery, exhibition materials, and close up details of clay pieces. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 281 digital photograph(s). 29 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w original negative(s). 2 colour original negative(s) strips with 7 frames. 1 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 1 folder(s) envelope. Transfers: The photographic prints in this series came from a range of folders in the manuscripts part of the collection, and are indicated as such: MS-Papers-11191 folders 34, 38, 37, 40, 43, 44, 51, and 53. Other photographs, including Malcolm Mason's war images, were throughout miscellaneous papers.. Processing information: The photographic prints were removed from some of the Manuscript folders. See Separated Materials for details.

Date: ca 1935

From: Holmes, Heather, fl 2003 :Photographs of Winifred Annie Valentine

By: Thom, Mary, active 1932-2003

Reference: 1/2-201604-F

Description: Photograph of Winifred and Helen (Bili) Valentine at Ryans Creek Track, Wellington, taken circa 1935 by Mary Thom. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 12.5 x 10 cm

Date: 2 Feb 1992-27 May 2004

From: Macnamara, Galvan, 1941-2004 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8351-11

Description: Includes, personal correspondence from colleagues and friends of MacNamara. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1960-1996], 2019

From: Leov-Lealand, Christine, 1959- : Papers and recordings

Reference: 96-102-1/1

Description: Comprises material relating to a proposed biography of Castle: inwards correspondence from Theo Schoon to Castle; transcripts of oral history interviews, photographic prints and negatives; book proposals; research materials; personal diary of Castle; and photocopies. Includes box listing by Christine Leov-Lealand written in October 2019. Quantity: 1 box(es). Transfers: Material identified by the donor as "Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" in 96-102-1 was separated out and described in a new record 96-102-1/2.. Processing information: This item record was previously known as 96-102-1 with access restriction "Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission". In 2019 donor Christine Leov-Lealand accessed the 96-102-1 item material and identified some material in the box as available for unrestricted access. Therefore on 27 November 2019, the material identified by Leov-Lealand as unrestricted was described as a new record 96-102-1/1 and assigned the access restriction "No access restriction".

Date: 1998-2003

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8752-327

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 31 Aug 2001-14 Feb 2004

From: Macnamara, Galvan, 1941-2004 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8351-10

Description: Includes, personal correspondence from MacNamara's colleagues and friends Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1932

From: Holmes, Heather, fl 2003 :Photographs of Winifred Annie Valentine

By: Thom, Mary, active 1932-2003

Reference: 1/2-201603-F

Description: Photograph of Winifred and Helen (Bili) Valentine sitting in a garden, taken ca 1932 by Mary Thom. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: 15 Feb 1988-19 Feb 2004

From: Macnamara, Galvan, 1941-2004 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8351-09

Description: Includes, personal correspondence and photographs from MacNamara's colleagues and friends. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 14 Dec 1963

By: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014

Reference: MS-Papers-4786

Description: Published leaflet of eight poems by Charles Brasch, with letter to Helen Mason enclosed Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Octonary Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter

Date: 1961

Reference: ArtEph-1961-C-01

Description: Quantity: 1 folded brochure. Physical Description: Cyclostyled single sheet folded twice 205 x 330 mm

Date: [1970s]

From: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014: Collection

By: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014

Reference: Objects-0875

Description: Lino-cut printing block showing a Māori-style decorative motif similar to kōwhaiwhai, with the word 'Tauira' in capitals at the bottom of the block. In about 1974, Mason was appointed to the Central Regional Arts Council, and in 1976 was a member of the Crafts Advisory Panel on the QEII Arts Council. It is possible that the printing block was made during this period. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Lino stapled to wood, nailed to cork, 15 x 145 x 185mm. Processing information: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts section and transferred to Curios,. Material also transferred to Oral History, Photographic Archive and Published collections. Combined into ATL-Group-00446, December 2022. Previous reference: Curios-042-002. Previous title: Curios-042-002. Mason, Helen, 1915-. Attributed works :Tauira.

Date: [1968-1975]

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

Reference: 85-080-02/11

Description: Includes files on King's negotiations with the Ministry of Housing and with the Ministry of Transport Language - Untranslated telegram in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1959-1968

From: Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987: Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-6533-198

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).