Premier international team event in men's tennis. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. Now includes over a hundred countries. The women's equivalent of the Davis Cup is the Fed Cup.
Davis Cup
Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937 :Uncle Sam off with the Davis Cup. Auckland Weekly News, 6 Jan...
Date: 1921
By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937; Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)
Reference: H-664-001
Description: A kangaroo and a kiwi are in tears as Uncle Sam makes off with the Davis Cup for tennis. Quantity: 1 newsclipping. Physical Description: One A4 size newsclipping.
Album relating to visit to England, 1932-1933
Date: 1932-1933
From: Castle family :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1615
Description: Includes photographs of Kensington gardens; Hampton Court; Trinity College, Oxford; Kew gardens; Wilson's at Berkhamsted; Dog cemetery at Hyde Park; Box Hill in Surrey; Davis Cup matches between Australia and England in 1933; Virginia Water; buildings and castles in Warwick and Kenilworth; William Shakespeare's birth place, Stratford-on-Avon; Fire brigade display in Chelsea; Zillah and Mavis on ship (possibly their return voyage in 1934) In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 19.5 x 28 cm
Tremain, Garrick, 1941-:15 cartoon photocopies on Australia/New Zealand topics from 199...
Date: 1994 - 2000
By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper); Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Sunday star times (Newspaper); Manawatu standard (Newspaper); Nelson evening mail (Newspaper)
Reference: H-629-001/013
Description: 15 cartoon photocopies on Australia/New Zealand topics from 1994-2000 period which were published in the Christchurch Press, Otago Daily Times, Sunday Star Times, Manawatu Standard, Nelson Mail, Northern Advocate, Evening Post. Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies of black ink cartoons.
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[13 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in July 1982.]
Date: 1982
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-360-063/075
Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 13 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Album relating to visit to England, 1933
Date: 1933
From: Castle family :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1612
Description: Includes photographs of Davis Cup matches at Wimbledon; Battersea General Hospital; Milton Statue; Petticoat Lane markets; Viriginia Water; Warwick Castle, Oldest street in Warwick; Kenilworth Castle; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon; Ann Hathway's Cottage; River cruise on Stratford-on-Avon; At Chiltonden, Hawkhurst, Kent (Hardcastle family); Blackberrying; Hop picking; Tenterden Parish Church, Kent; The Bryants with Zillah, Tenterden; Misses Hardcastle's; Battle Abbey; General Hospital, St James; Westminster; Miss Guerin, Dulwich Art Gallery; Dulwich Park; Highgate Hospital, including isolation Dept; Waterloo Park; Cambridge; and other views around London. Also includes an envelope commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Mutiny on the Botany, photograph of a string orchestra (Ronald Castle in front middle), and a pharmaceutical flyer for Cyclonal Sodium [anaesthetic] In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 13 x 19 cm
Interview notes
Date: 1980-1987
From: McLean, Terence Power (Sir), 1913-2004 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11459-068
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Tennis - Notes
Date: 1981-1986
From: McLean, Terence Power (Sir), 1913-2004 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11459-027
Description: Notes, correspondence and clippings relating to tennis in New Zealand. Includes notes of interviews with Fred Perry, Linda Stewart, Brenda Perry, Julie Richardson, Tony Roche, Bruce Derlin and others Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Advantage receiver! 'Monster Davis Cup' raffle. Sell o...
Date: 1960
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Reference: B-137-180
Description: The cartoon shows two men playing tennis. On the racket of the player in the forefront are the words, '"Monster" Davis Cup Raffle.' The cartoon is an advertisement intended to persuade tennis club members to sell one book of raffles per member and help promote the development of tennis in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 500 x 377 mm
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'With Newcombe and Roche talking about leaving for the ...
Date: 1976
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Reference: B-135-047
Description: This cartoon features a tennis match between Australia and New Zealand in the pouring rain. The players are dressed in raincoats and gumboots Label on recto dated Mon 1/3/76 Sporting Lodge Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 255 x 390 mm
Tennis players and Davis Cup delegates
Date: [ca 1910]-1999
From: Tennis New Zealand :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9514-10
Description: Japanese Davis Cup team, 1979. Leanne Baker and Rewa Hudson, winners of Nicholsons Wellington Women's International, 1999. Meeting of delegates of Davis Cup nations, London, 2 july 1929. Meeting of delegates of Davis Cup nations, London, 30 June 1931. Avonside Tennis Club, Christchurch, 1910-1915. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Group-1441 : Tennis New Zealand : Records. See also Drawing and Prints Collection..
Tennis file
Date: 1974
From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers
Reference: 99-278-12/02
Description: Inward and outward correspondence and other papers related to the Davis and Federation Cups Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:So far 1962 has been a year of big surprises... with ne...
Date: 1962
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
Reference: B-137-255
Description: Shows a series of cameos celebrating new records in athletics, swimming, cricket and the twist and looks forward to possible great wins in the Davis Cup and the Commonwealth Games but unfortunately New Zealand lost against the Wallabies. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 560 x 380 mm.
Young tennis players and Davis Cup
Date: [ca 1990s]
From: Tennis New Zealand :Photographs
Reference: PA12-7492
Description: Single portraits and groups of young tennis players. The Davis Cup trophy refurbished, 1998. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 11 colour original transparency/ies. Provenance: Donated by Tennis New Zealand, Auckland, 2005 Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Group-1441 : Tennis New Zealand : Records. See also Drawing and Prints Collection..
Davis Cup and other tennis events
Date: 2000-2001
From: Tennis New Zealand :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9514-01
Description: Davis cup matches and other tennis events. Davis cup matches include - New Zealand versus Uzbekistan, Tashkent, April 2000. Match at Timaru, February 2000. New Zealand verus Korea, Seoul, February 2001. Annual general meeting of Tennis New Zealand, 2000. Indoors tennis, 2000. Wellington Open Tennis, 2000. Residentials tennis, 2000. Ashburton Futures Tennis, 2001. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 157 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Tennis New Zealand, Auckland, 2005 Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Group-1441 : Tennis New Zealand : Records. See also Drawing and Prints Collection..
Lloyd, Trevor 1863-1937 :Off with it 1 Aug 1933
Date: 1933
By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937
Reference: B-115-030
Description: Shows a British lion running away with the Davis cup (for tennis) from a crowd of pursuers of all nations. Refers to Britain's success in international tennis in 1933 Original for cartoon published in New Zealand herald, 1 August 1933 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: T.L. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 320 x 400 mm on sheet 320 x 490 mm
Davis Cup and other tennis events
Date: [ca 1945]-2003
From: Tennis New Zealand :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9514-02
Description: Air New Zealand sponsorship Event, 2001. Tennis Tournaments February 2001 (these include Wellington Open, Allfelds, ITS tournament). Davis Cup 2002. Unidentified event, January 2002. Portraits of tennis players including a group from the 1940s and 1950s. Tennis New Zealand Centenary event. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). 93 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Tennis New Zealand, Auckland, 2005 Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Group-1441 : Tennis New Zealand : Records. See also Drawing and Prints Collection..
National Bank, men displaying Davis Cup trophies
Date: 1975
From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives
Reference: 35mm-50885-F
Description: National Bank, men displaying Davis Cup trophies outisde bank vault, photographed 1975 by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with three images. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Photographer's ref no: 190/75.
National Bank, men displaying Davis Cup trophies
Date: 1975
From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives
Reference: 35mm-50886-F
Description: National Bank, men displaying Davis Cup trophies outisde bank vault, photographed 1975 by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with two images. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Photographer's ref no: 190/75.
Mr J B Souter, New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association Davis Cup representative
Date: 1962
From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints
Reference: 1/2-194469-F
Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Mr R G Clarke, New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association Davis Cup representative
Date: 1962
From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints
Reference: 1/2-194465-F
Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative