Prison wardens

Date: 16 January 1994 - 16 Jan 1994

From: Justice Department, Corrections Division Women's Suffrage Centennial Oral History Project

By: Bourke, Eve Ellen Patricia, 1935-2015

Reference: OHInt-0136/03

Description: Eve Ellen Patricia Bourke born Devonport, Auckland. In this interview she recalls living in Devonport as a child and experiences during the war, air-raid practices at school, air raid shelter and economies made because of war. Describes life as a teacher and mentions personal experience of introduction of Equal Pay. Recalls becoming warden at Periodic Detention Centre (1974). Talks about working conditions in Justice Department. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005594-005595 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1147.

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-094

Description: Photographs related to prisons and policing, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-035-3

Description: Two heads, both a front and a side view of a warden in his uniform cap, probably from a court case. The (illegible) name of the court case is written below. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 114 x 50 mm

Date: 1891

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-063-4

Description: Shows two people named by the artist as Winiata and warden; also shows a profile a Mr Clapcott wearing a hat. Likely to associated with a court case. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Winiata and warden on board Te Anau Sep 1891.; Recto - beneath image - Mr Clapcott Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 86 x 67 mm

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005230

Description: Shows a prisoner being served his dinner in his prison cell. The prisoner is sitting at a table that is dressed with a candle holder, plate and knife and fork. The prison warden is dressed like a waiter, with a bow tie and a moustache, and is holding a dish with a gold plate cover. The prisoner says to the warden/waiter "And can ya make it snappy with that wine list Warden!". Refers to the perks that some prisoners receive while in prison. Published in The Press, 8 April 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2010

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0029334

Description: Black and white cartoon shows a prison guard leading a man to his cell. The inmate says, "To be honest, I'm looking forward to the rest". Text reads, 'Jailed bank thief spent $3.4 million on prostitutes'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).