Dinners and dining - England

Date: 1924-1946

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9721-17

Description: Two athletes, George Kingston and Andy Mercer, with unidentified man, ca 1924. New Zealand Olympic team, 1936. Oxford University group photographs include - Magdalen College ball, June 1924. Rhodes scholars, 1925. Students of Magdalen College, 1925 and 1926. Vincento Club, 1925 and 1926. Formal dinner events include - Oxford and Cambridge versus Princeton and Cornell universities dinner, 10 July 1926. Wanganui Collegiate Old Boys Association dinner, July 1931. British Games dinner, 1935. One unidentified formal dinner. Hospital groups include - Resident medical officers at St Mary's Hospital, London, 1928 and 1932. Surgical staff at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 25 October 1946. The photographs in this collection were loose prints in album PA1-o-1647. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009

Date: 1860

By: Mantell family

Reference: Eph-F-LIBRARY-GB-1860-01

Description: Menu for a lavish banquet, with several roast meats and other meat dishes, turtle soup, nine sweet dishes and a dessert selection of fresh and dried fruits and nuts. Wines included sparkling moselle, sparkling champagne, hock, claret, port and sherry. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engraving on menu, with cut-lace borders, 260 x 210 mm. Provenance: From the Mantell family collection. William Swainson, some of whose papers were collected by the Mantells, had connections with Liverpool, but had died before 1860.

Date: 1975

By: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004

Reference: A-260-068

Description: Shows a young man at left, a woman in the centre, and a man with glasses and moustache at the right, all seated at a dining table, with fruit bowl and drinking glasses. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 230 x 306 mm.

Date: 1835

By: W Barry & Sons (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-BRITISH-001

Description: Food list in the form of a poster lists all the food (and quantities of each type) to be served on several tables: the Guildhall, the Hustings table, five long and five short tables of the hustings, four long tables in the body of the hall, seven side tables, and tables in the Old Court of the King's Bench. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). 13.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Letterpress, 570 x 230 mm.

Date: 1934 - 1946

Reference: Eph-C-STATE-1930/1949

Description: 1934: New Zealand Society. New Zealand Day 1840-1934. Commemorative dinner, 6th February 1934. Index to tables. Savoy Hotel London New Zealand Society. Luncheon in honour of HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, 1st June 1934. Index to tables. Savoy Hotel London 1935: New Zealand Society. Luncheon to the Rt Hon G W Forbes Prime Minister of New Zealand, and the Rt Hon J G Coates MC, New Zealand Minister of Finance, 3rd June 1935. Index to tables. Savoy Hotel London. 1936: Index to seats at luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Visit of delegates to the Fourteenth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire. Wellington, 2nd October 1936 1937: New Zealand Society 1840-1937. Commemorative banquet, 8th February 1937. Index to tables. Savoy Hotel London 1938: New Zealand Society. Luncheon to Sir Harry Batterbee, KCMG, KCVO. 20th December 1938. Index to tables. Savoy Hotel London 1939: Luncheon to the Rt Hon Viscount Nuffield, OBE, 31st May 1939. Index to tables. Savoy Hotel London 1946: New Zealand Day 1840-1946. Commemorative dinner, 6th February 1946. Index to tables. Grosvenor House London Quantity: 8 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheets sizes varying to 450 x 410 mm. Provenance: Most items originally collected by Mr Melville E Hankins, and purchased as part of lot 320, Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 19 September 2013. Transfers: Collection accessioned in Ephemera; photographic material of the same provenance transferred to Photographic Archive PAColl-10128..

Date: 1897-1898

From: Stout family: Photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-12245

Description: Manuscript and ephemera relating to Pearce family travel to Canada on board the RMS 'Miowera' and to their later time in the United Kingdom and Egypt on the same vacation, 1897-1898. Include material relating to performances with printed and handwritten programmes for shows at the Criterion Theatre (London), on board the RMS 'Miowera', and at an unknown venue. Also P&O brochure "Egyptian Passage Arrangements Homewards 1897-8" and menu for Hyde Park Club as well as two postcards. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Transfers: From PA1-o-1985. Loose photographs to be found at PAColl-10493-4..

Date: 1950 - 1951

From: [Ephemera, programmes and menus for visits of state by foreign dignitaries to New Zealand, and by New Zealand politicans overseas. 1900-1949]

Reference: Eph-B-STATE-1950-01

Description: Includes: 1950: Ceremonial to be observed at the Opening of Parliament by His Majesty the King accompanied by Her Majesty the Queen. 6 March 1950. Sheriffs' inauguration breakfast. The Mansion House, 28 September 1950. Menu / toast list Ceremonial to be observed at the Opening of Parliament by His Majesty the King accompanied by Her Majesty the Queen. 31 October 1950. In Memoriam His Majesty King Gustaf V of Sweden. Died 29 October 1950. Cathedral Church of St Paul Wellington, 9 November 1950. Order of service Order of memorial service for His late Majesty King Gustaf V of Sweden. St Martin-in-the-Fields. 17 November 1950. Corporation of London. Reception and luncheon to her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands and the Prince of the Netherlands. Guildhall, 22 November 1950. Music, menu, toasts Order of service in memory of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, Tenth Duke of Devonshire, K.G. (1895-1950). Westminster Abbey, 7 December 1950 Order of service of Commemoration. The foundation of the Province of Canterbury New Zealand 1850. St Paul's Cathedral, 15 December 1950. Luncheon following the Canterbury Centennial service at St Paul's Cathedral. The Mansion House, 15 December 1950. Menu, toasts; and Table plan 1951: Canada Club dinner; guest of honour the Rt Hon Louis St Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada. Savoy Hotel, 8 January 1951. Plan of tables The Pilgrims dinner in honour of the Honourable Walter S Gifford, American Ambassador to the Court of St James's. Savoy Hotel, 9 January 1951. Seating plan New Zealand Society. Commemorative dinner. Lancaster Room, Savoy Hotel, 11 January 1951. Menu and seating plan New Zealand Day celebration. Order of service of thanksgiving and commemoration held in the church of St Margaret Lothbury. 6 February 1951. Order of service Shakespeare's birthday celebrations. Luncheon held on the 387th anniversary of the poet's birthday. Conference hall, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 23 April 1951. Menus and toast list Dinner on the occasion of the opening of the British Industries Fair of 1951. The Mansion House London, 30 April 1951. Menu and toasts Order of service in memory of Ernest Bevin, P.C., Lord Privy seal, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1945 to 1951. Westminster Abbey, 24 April 1951. Service of dedication on the occasion of the opening of the Festival of Britain by His Majesty the King. St Paul's Cathedral, 3 May 1951. Order of service Empire Day banquet. Chief guest HRH the Duke of Gloucester, K.G. Grosvenor House, 24 May 1951. Menu, toasts and seating plan University of Cambridge Honorary degrees. 7 June 1951 Choral evensong with the interment of the ashes of the Right Hon. Ernest Bevin, M.P. Westminster Abbey, 8 June 1951. Order of service [Out of order at end of volume] Order of Memorial service for Field-Marshal the Right Honourable Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, 1919-24, 1939-48. Born 1870, died 1950. Westminster Abbey 26 September 1950 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Programmes bound in hard cover, 340 x 215 mm. Provenance: Previously held in the Parliamentary Library.

Date: 1975

By: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004

Reference: A-260-068-a

Description: Shows a young man at left, a woman in the centre, and a man with glasses and moustache at the right, all seated at a dining table, with fruit bowl and drinking glasses. The Margery addressed in the inscription beneath the image may have been Margery Walton, a colleague of Janet Paul at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Dear Margery, Please accept this with my total abject apology for amnesia & pray that you will forgive me / J E Paul Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy with red ink inscription top and bottom, 230 x 306 mm.

Date: 1932

Reference: Eph-A-UNIVERSITY-1932-01

Description: Menu accompanied by a copy of a press cutting describing the occasion when nearly 100 graduates of the University of New Zealand met for a dinner and reunion. Speakers included Lieut-Col. Bernard Myers and Lord Rutherford of Nelson. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on menu folded to 165 x 105 mm. Transfers: Material of the same provenance is held at PA-Group-00737 and MS-Group-1967..

Date: 18 June 1901

From: Ziman family collection

By: Fradelle & Young (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-D-1145

Description: Photograph of the fifth annual New Zealand dinner at Holborn Restaurant, London, taken 18 June 1901 by Fradelle & Young of London Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Fradelle & Young, Photographers. Copyright reserved. 283 Regent Street. W; Mount recto - beneath image - The Fifth Annual New Zealand Dinner. Holborn Restaurant, London, June 18th, 1901. Chairman...The Honorable W. P. Reeves, Agent General for New Zealand. Vice-Chairman...Sir E. Montague Nelson, K.C.M.G. Hon. Sec...H. C. Cameron, Esq. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 23.5 x 31.2 cm, on mount

Date: 1932

From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Reference: PAColl-9921-2

Description: Portrait of Angus John Harrop, ca 1930. Group gathered at the Restaurant Frascati, London, at the New Zealand University inaugural dinner, 19 November 1932, with Lord Rutherford of Nelson in the chair. A note inside the front cover of the album states that photographs of England were sent by Angus John Harrop. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).