Churchill, Winston (Sir), 1874-1965

Date: [1942]

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-214

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Alex, The Bungalow, Farnham, Knaresborough, Yorks Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1920s-1950s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-223

Description: Photographs collected for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1920s-1950s. Some are unidentified. Includes: Wreckage of a small aircraft in the Tararua Range (5 photos taken by D F Jones, Tararua Tramping Club), undated; Invercargill wedding group - Sadie Reid Pollock married Lawrence Graham Smillie (with handwritten description), undated; Miller-Luke wedding (bride with her bridesmaid Nancy Luke and flower girl, Sophie van Asch), taken by Lovell-Smith, Hastings, undated; W G Perry (negative of sailor, presumed dead), undated; Miss Cross of Masterton, and young friend Nigel Hawke of New Plymouth, Jun 1949; Spragg (studio portrait of 58 year old soldier wearing military decorations), undated. Model of Australian cruiser H M A S Sydney, part of a naval display for War Saving Day in Martin Place, Sydney, 1940s; floral ship at Tauranga (and handwritten description); Mr & Mrs T L H Gibson, 50th wedding anniversary, Sep 1949 (C E Clarke, photographer, Waimate). Typed list of unidentified photographs; typed list of Winston Churchill related photographs A Jackson of Wellington College and his Guide V Williams on top of Mount Cook, 31 Jan 1929; W Errington Keville (General manager of Shaw Savill & Albion) with wife and daughter, 1949; dismasted yacht Astral being rescued during Wellington to Lyttelton Yacht Race, 1951; officers of Boys Brigade companies at training course held at Trentham, 1950s?; NZ Model Aero Club Dominion Championship at Christchurch, 1952; aerial view of Addington Racetrack; three grandstands at unidentified racetrack showing racegoers. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s) (also mss and ts material). 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [1942]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-290

Description: Official photographs from World War II, many of which have captions. Most of the men named are listed above, but where there are large groups, some of the names are noted below. Only pages 1-30 have photographs attached; page 31 contains a number of loose captions which have no photographs attached; and pages 32-149 are empty. Photographs linked with New Zealand airmen training in Canada include photographs of a Christmas party given for English and Polish refugee children and 100 ANZAC pilots in Canada (p 8); some of the men on leave in New York (p 15-16); three New Zealand airmen in North Western Alaska (Stan N Askew, Robert B Graham and Len Burgess); wireless operators in the Canadian Wireless School; group of New Zealand Sergeant Pilots who have received their "Wings" at a Canadian Flying Training School (P E Mason (Herne Bay), C G Suckling (New Lynn), E K Buchanan (Takapuna), K Irwin (Tuawai), V S Roberts (New Lyncc), D J T Hills (Whakatane), W A Kalka (Grey Lynn), and J H Moore (Auckland)). The New Zealand High Commissioner in London visited NZ personnel at an RAF station; Winston Churchill is seen on a visit to the Western Desert paying silent tribute at a small temporary cemetery marked by crosses bordered by tin cans; burnt out and crashed Nazi planes from the Libyan campaign; and weapon inspection before going out on night patrols. Pages 19-21 show the Kiwi Concert Party at various sites, including scenes of their camping en route. There are views of patients and medical officers at the 2nd NZ General Hospital at Kantara (p 25-26); and several views of Montgomery presenting awards to New Zealand troops (p 28-30). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1919 - 1924

By: Hope, Will, active 1910-1920s; Daily Mirror (Newspaper); The Communist (Newspaper); Moir, Alan, 1947-

Reference: J-043-001/021

Description: Two cartoons published in the Daily Mirror, circa 1919-1924, and nineteen published in the weekly magazine Communist, circa 1920-1923, on European political issues. Quantity: 12 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Two A4 size and 10 A3 size photocopies.

Date: 1926

From: Low, David 1891-1963 :[Cartoons of prominent English figures, 1926-1934] [London] New Statesman, 1926-1934

By: New Statesman (Newspaper)

Reference: A-177-006

Description: Shows full-length portrait of the politician Winston Churchill, seated on a low step, wearing a suit and bow-tie and smoking a cigar. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on sheet, 330 x 229 mm Provenance: Presented by Mrs A D McIntosh, 6 Jun 1963.

Date: 1940-1945

By: King, Russell David, 1896-1970

Reference: PAColl-3179

Description: Because the photographer was one of the commanding officers of the Field Ambulance many of the photographs are snaps of officers and visiting commanders and officials. Other photographs show the Field Ambulance in operation in various theatres of the war, on leave and playing sport. The largest group of photographs are of a tourist type showing historical sites, architecture, places of scenic interest and the native populations Arrangement: Negatives at F66732-1/4 - F66784-1/4 Quantity: 53 b&w original negative(s). 625 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0247, Russell David King papers.

Date: [ca 1940-1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-085

Description: Most photographs have captions. Include: NZ Army Engineers bridging gap on Tripoli waterfront; NZ Divisional Signals playing Maori Battalion for NZ Rugby championship; Divisional parade at Castel Benito for Winston Churchill, Feb 1943; hair-cutting (Sgt Harding of Auckland, Bdj Christie of Auckland, Gnr Dobbie of Wyndham & Gnr Wilson of Gore); mortar area west of `Marble Arch'; group of anti-tankers taken at Castel Benito on day of parade for Churchill (K O Garland, N R Browne, L A Waghorn, F N Moore, A O Keating, J G Watts, M J Cummick, R Meddle (UK), H S Silvester, L de Gilbert, J J Voss, A Alp); Highland Division of 8th Army marching through Tripoli; NZ machine gun section in action in pursuit of Axis forces, Jan 1943 Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: McKenzie, J S (Private), active 1940

Reference: PA1-q-293

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel in New Zealand, England and Egypt, taken 1939-1940 and compiled for official use. Most of the images have good captions, and most of the names noted are listed above. The album includes a number of British Official Photographs. Scenes include New Zealanders in the advance party sailing from Melbourne in December 1939; shipboard scenes of the First Echelon arriving in Egypt; Freyberg welcoming the troops on arrival with Anthony Eden (Secretary of State for the Dominions) and Sir Miles Lampson; the train service between the NZ camp and Cairo; Egyptian workmen helping construct the camp, and women doing the laundry; Divisional Signallers lined up on motor bikes. Battle practice and army life in the desert: anti-tank & anti-aircraft practice; bren guns; vehicle maintenance; blacksmiths; operating the telephone exchange; engineering work; sorting mail; manufacturing field oven; chopping wood for the oven; food preparation; boot mending; camp cinema; various games including cards, bowls, cricket, swimming, boxing; disinfecting plant for killing pests in soldiers' blankets; digging trenches; erecting tents. Opening of the Kiwi Club at Helwan, formed through the efforts of Lady Lampson. Three photographs taken by a sergeant of the Royal Marines, showing action related to the battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Battle of the River Plate (p 65, 111, 133) New Zealanders resident in England who volunteeered at the outbreak of war are shown training with the Eastern Command; manoevres with the 2nd Echelon in Britain, and the opening of a new club for New Zealanders in Charing Cross Road; Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops in 1940; NZ armourers and wireless operators working for the RAF; information about the longest non-stop reconnaisance flight made in a Vickers Wellington bomber, piloted and crewed by members of the RNZAF Bomber Squadron (5 crew + 1 officer from the Navy to assist in ship identification); and Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops. In Libya scenes show a motor rail car which patrolled the rail to Matruh; "Whare Kiwi" dugout in the Libyan Desert; The first air raid experienced in a small village in the Cairo area. NZ airmen arrive in Canada for training in the Empire Air Trianing Scheme; haka led by Pine Takarangi. Transportation of troops and equipment across inland water, use of collapsible assault boats and building bridges. Western Desert battle; Italian and Libyan prisoners of war; captured tanks and vehicles; view of the Italian defence line; also the surrender of Traghen when the whole population of the Libyan Fort marched out in surrender. Various hospital scenes, both in England and in Egypt, including occupational therapy activities. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: [ca 4 Feb 1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02882-F

Description: Prime Minister of Great Britain, Mr Winston Churchill, after his arrival at Castel Benito near Tripoli, Libya, with the Commander of the 8th Army General Bernard Montgomery. Shown on the morning of Churchill's visit to the NZ Division. Photograph taken circa 4 February 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1941-1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-070

Description: Some photographs include captions. Eight named members of an anti-tank regiment; training; sappers lighting the Bangalore torpedo fuse; NZ Ordnance Field Units carrying out mechanical maintenance; signaller; cooking in underground kitchen; water supply in the desert; sun-bathing on Mediteranean coast, 1941; Engineer unit in Tobruk constructing wharfage, 1942. Five photographs taken at the NZ Divisional parade for Mr Churchill at Castel Benito, Tripoli, Feb 1943 Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-296

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and England during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Includes photographs of New Zealand fighter and bomber pilots serving with the Royal Air Force, and several British Official photographs relating to New Zealand fighter pilot with the RAF, James Allen Ward, who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Most individuals identified in the album are listed above. Scenes include a visit by NZ soldiers to stables run by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis; a NZ military band on tour in Palestine as part of a recruiting campaign; the arrival of the first party of Women's War Service Auxiliary in Egypt, and scenes of their life in the Welfare Section and at the New Zealand Forces Club (p 7, p 146-149); and RNZAF trainees at the Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. Life, military training and manouevres in the Western desert; ordnance workshops; the advance in the Western Desert; a NZ medical unit, a mobile surgical unit; hospital scenes (p 100, 103-105, 111). Sporting and entertainments include a wood-chopping "Axemen's Carnival" in South England; rugby matches in the Western Desert (p 29, 37-38, 82-83, 85, 93, 101-103, 107, 109); swimming (probably at Baggush; p 38-40, 44); and Christmas celebrations in the desert, including the Kiwi Concert Party (p 122-129); and a view of the YMCA Hostle at Alexandria. Inspection of NZ reinforcements in Egypt by William J Jordan (NZ High Commissioner in London); General Auchinleck presenting decorations to NZ soldiers, and reviewing NZ troops on the eve of the Libyan Campaign (p 49-57, 111-115); the Western Desert Battle, NZers bringing in German Prisoners of War; German General von Ravenstein captured by NZ troops, and scenes of various captured German vehicles, gas masks, a Nazi whip, and weapons; the Libyan advance (p 63-72); and the Railway Construction Unit in the Western Desert. Scenes of a New Zealand fighter squadron in Malaya (p 80-81, 87-89). NZers in Tobruk (p 96-99); one view of NZers at a Prisoner of War Camp in Germany (Stalag VI B) taken by Lieutenant Rangi (p 108); NZers arriving back at Base Camp after 5 weeks of imprisonment at Bardia, some of whom are named (p 117-121); four NZ soldiers who walked from Benghazi to west of Gazala (listed above); manouevres after the Libyan Campaign. Presentation of decorations by General Freyberg to members of the 2nd NZEF in hospital; views of a NZ Spitfire Squadron operating with the RAF Fighter Command, the planes subscribed for by the people of NZ (p 138-141); reproductions of paintings by war artist Peter McIntyre (p 133-138). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 1227-1668. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1942

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-076

Description: Some photographs include captions. Images of the 8th Army offensive of El Alamein showing: members of 28 Maori Battalion (Lt G Marsden, Lt J Aperahama, Capt J C Henare, Capt W Porter; C P Clarke of Kawakawa, T Bryers of Okaihau, W H Cooper of Kawakawa); Axis prisoners marching to Alexandria; heavy machine gun in action during an air raid; "Honey" tanks lined up (Lt I T van Asch of Blenheim); NZ Divisional Cavalry training; Crusader tanks; destroyed German 88mm anti-tank gun. Lt Gen B L Montgomery's visit to NZ Division to present decorations; taking salute during march past of 5th Brigade; General Freyberg with Winston Churchill; General Freyberg directing operations from his Stuart (Honey) tank during advance of Matruh; Rt Hon R G Casey's (British Minister of State in Middle East) visit to battle area and being introduced to Lt Gen Sir B Freyberg (with back to camera is Lt Gen Sir Leslie Morshead); NZ Field Ambulance bogged down in heavy rain inland from Fuka, Nov 1942; rocky machine gun post; medical orderly attending to minor injury; firing at Stuka pilots; Battle HQ NZ Division; truck drivers of NZ `B' Echelon watching stores dump burning; mess in the field, Jul 1942; troops training; POW. Convoys on the move near Sollum; Maori members of AA Battery; laying desert railway track; wreckage of Luftwaffe; burial of members of the crew of an anti-aircraft gun on Alamein front. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1917-1923

By: Haines, Reginald, active 1896-1920; Central News (Newspaper); Elliott & Fry (Firm); Bassano Ltd; Lafayette Ltd

Reference: PAColl-3784

Description: Photographs of conferences and meetings attended by William Massey in London and Belfast. Includes: the Imperial War Conference 1917 (names given on the reverse); Massey with Winston Churchill (then Secretary of State for the Colonies) on the steps of 10 Downing Street in 1921; Lloyd George congratulating Massey on his ten years as Prime Minister in the gardens of Downing Street; a house party with Massey at Stormont Castle on 30th November 1923; the Imperial Economic Conference in London in 1923; the Imperial Conference 1923 (signed by attendees and with the name F D Thomson NZ on the reverse); and two photographs of a meeting outside the site of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley one with Stevenson, the manager of the Exhibition, explaining plans of the site to other delegates. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Provenance: Found with NZ Bank Officers' Guild Collection Transfers: One print housed at PAColl-7081-46.

Date: 1926

From: Low, David 1891-1963 :[Cartoons of prominent English figures, 1926-1934] [London] New Statesman, 1926-1934

By: New Statesman (Newspaper)

Reference: A-177-006-a

Description: Shows full-length portrait of the politician Winston Churchill, seated on a low step, wearing a suit and bow-tie and smoking a cigar. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on sheet, 330 x 229 mm Provenance: Presented by Mrs G Smith of Wadestown, on 1970.

Date: 1896-1960

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2498-2499

Description: Comprise selections relating to Australia and New Zealand from the Cherwell, Cripps, Emmott and Nuffield papers, and Fabian Society records, and material on Guild Socialism. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1993

Date: 2006

By: Christchurch Art Gallery; Parkinson, Norman, 1913-1990

Reference: Eph-E-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-2006-01

Description: A poster with reproductions of portrait photographs by Cecil Beaton, and text biographical notes. The verso is a full-page photograph of Marilyn Monroe. The recto shows reproductions of portraits of British prime minister Winston Churchill, actress Audrey Hepburn, actress Elizabeth Taylor, and smaller reproductions of Baba Beaton, Edith Sitwell, Pablo Picasso, Eileen Dunn (child hospital patient), Princess Elizabeth, Greta Garbo, Maria Callas, Rudolf Nureyev, Andy Warhol & the Factory, Ralph Richardson. There is also a photograph of Cecil Beaton by Norman Parkinson. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on both sides of sheet, 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Two copies, both donated by Ms Kathy Palmer, Christchurch, in 2006 and 2012.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-618-001/074

Description: 74 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include National Party style ('radical conservatism'), political aspects of the ban on native forest logging on the West Coast, bribery and corruption in international cricket, softening of the macho image of Super 12 Players, the fatal shooting Steven Wallace by police in Waitara, email viruses, underage drinking, tax on cigarettes, greenhouse gas emission control, the entrenched position of Christine Rankin, Head of WINZ, television presenter Paul Holmes, the sale of the cell phone spectrum to Maori, Americas' Cup yachtsmen, the rebel coup in Fiji, prisoners' rights, All Black rugby, Maori activisim and cultural sensitivites, the falling New Zealand dollar, falling business confidence, the Employments Contracts Act, the legal staus of cannabis, the Coalition between the Labour Party and Alliance, the flight of underpaid and overworked young doctors from New Zealand, unseasonable weather, the meeting between the Presidents of North and South Korea, the Budget, the Government's 'Closing the Gaps' policy, underfunding of the army, muck-raking by ACT politician Richard Prebble, drugs in sport, the takeover by Qantas of Ansett New Zealand, political scandal and the sacking of Dover Samuels as Minister of Maori Affairs, child abuse, dangerous driving by truck drivers, the conflict over Israel, the dangers of excusing away mental illness, Helen Clark's leadership style, alcohol and sportsmen, railway accidents, republicism and Tandor Nancos of the Green Party, the Bledisloe Cup, cannabis use, forest fires in the United States, extended sittings in Parliament, the Employment Relations Bill, speed limits, the loss of Kursk, the Russian submarine, defence expenditure, controversy over Maori domestic violence, rising petrol prices. Quantity: 74 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: [1919]

From: Massey family : Papers relating to William Ferguson Massey

Reference: MSX-4505

Description: Autograph album with signatures of people in the United Kingdom, including Winston Churchill and Lloyd George, Paris, including `The Diggers' concert party (Paris) and many others (only a few names entered on to database). Apart from a couple of 1912 entries most entries were collected during the Paris Peace talks during early-mid 1919. Language - Some contributions in French Autograph album, probably that of Mrs Christina Massey, kept during overseas travels in 1919; appears to have been given to her in 1912 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1940 - 1952

By: Wesney, Robert Arnold, 1914-1998

Reference: A-341-085/108

Description: Includes: A Nazi mixture - Mother Goebbels fancy cookery (Goebbels stirs the cauldron of German news rations. 1940?) Mein Gott! and I'm fully extended!! (Hitler flees from Father Time. ca 1940) Painful abstraction (Winston Churchill, dentist, extracts the German Navy from Hitler's mouth. ca 1940). Mein Gott, Churchill!! (Winston Churchill is introduced to Hitler as his "protection". ca 1940). Attack on British Isles. (The German Blitzkreig propaganda pushes the enthusiastic German public, which pushes Hitler. ca 1940) Southland fighter plane. (Southland fighter plane sends Hitler, Goebbels, Mussolini running. ca 1940). The March of Liberation. "Seize the world and liberate the peoples to a higher culture" - Mein Kampf. (Clipping from Southland Daily news, 1 June 1940). Naziculture. "Look Josef! There's still some French lilies in my new garden! (Hitler and Goebbels tend a garden almost full of swastika flowers. Southland daily news. 29 June 1940). "Are you sure you chaps won't take a hand!" - "No thanks, we've given up gambling!!" (Hitler plays cards with Chamberlain, and tries to get Stalin and Mussolini to join in. ca 1940) "Who 'bones' the cat?" (Goering, Hitler and Mussolini have managed to get the bone of Trondheim off the Norway dog, but the Lion of the Allies guards a larger bone, which they need. Southland daily news. 10 May 1940). Just like Popeye. Italian Navy spinach [and] Nazi Navy spinach - "We thrive on it!" (Sailor of HMS Faith tucks into a meal of tinned spinach. Southland daily news. 6 July 1940). The water jump (The jockey Hitler stands dejected, stopped by the barrier of the British Navy, from jumping the English Channel. ca 1940). [Use of the trams for multifarious purposes to save petrol: mail services, milk deliveries, furniture removal, kindergarten, drinking bar]. Southland daily news, 24 August 1940. News item - a number of well known cricketers have joined the Air Force. (A German bowler bowls to an R.A.F. batsman. ca 1940). Up - or down? (New Zealand helps Britain to scale the War effort peak, and stop it slipping into the Nazi depths). Southland daily news. [ca 1940]. Outclassed. (As Hitler walks between Denmark and Norway on the earth above him, the Devil considers that he himself is outclassed and will have to resign. ca 1940). Monkey business. (Hitler plays the Italian organ while Mussolini dances monkey-like. Southland daily news. 15 June 1940). ...[Open?] season. They won't let me settle for long nowadays! (Hitler the goose flies over Norway fleeing the guns of the Allied assistance. ca 1940). "We go to bed to forget the strain and worries of the world in sleep!" (And promptly begin dreaming of capturinfg Hitler, ... Mr Nash taking more of our wages ... Postmaster general tampering with our letters ... petrol restriction nightmare. Southland daily news. 17 August 1940). "I tell you guys I'm definitely not playing in this game. You'll have to play on your own marits!! (The Fifth Column briefs the Nazis before their rugby match against Britain. ca 1940) "Let me assist you boys". (The Bluff Harbour bandwagon entertains. ca 1952). What MORE do you want? (Southland rugby player wins many rugby games against other provinces, but still cannot get the NZ Rugby selectors to take notice. 1952) "We'll slay 'em". NZ Boxing champs at Invercargill - Administration vs C C Gerrard; Organisation vs Pat Hughes. (ca 1952) Maybe they'll push if the going gets really tough ... (sportsmen on a cart to sports centre 50,000 miles away. ca 1952) Changing his spots - Mr Hyde [and] Dr Shekel. (Politican taxes alcohol but gives out trust disbursements for the public good. ca 1952). Quantity: 25 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsprint clippings stuck to lined paper, images approximately 115 x 162 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Noelene Wesney in 1999.

Date: 1902-1990

By: Fraser, Alice Janet Kemp, 1934-2004; Blackstone Studios; Photo News Ltd; Sport and General Press Agency; Selkirk, John, active 1968-2005; S P Andrew Ltd; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-10316

Description: Photographs relating to the Fraser family, particularly to Peter Fraser when he was Prime Minister of New Zealand, his wife Janet, and his step-granddaughter Alice Janet Kemp Fraser. Includes images taken by a range of largely unidentified photographers, between 1902 and 1990, including images dated circa 1902, 1930s-1940s, 1972, and 1980s-1990. - Loose disbound pages from photo album with mounted photographic prints and ephemera items, inscribed, 'To the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr Peter Fraser, we express our deep and most sincere gratitude for your generous help to Polish children during the most tragic time in our history - On behalf of the Polish members of the Australasian-Polish Society - London, 28th June 1944' - signed by the president, S. Jahorski, secretary L. Kneblewski, and secretary of the executive committee M. Treister. - Album pages and related loose prints include portrayals of Peter Fraser in his political and diplomatic roles as Prime Minister of New Zealand and representative to the United Nations General Assembly, meeting with various dignitaries and colleagues, on some occasions together with his wife Janet. - Includes a 1951 copy-print of a photograph taken circa 1902 showing Peter Fraser at the age of about 18 in the uniform of the Scottish Seaforth Highlanders Volunteer Corps. - Features group portrait of Peter Fraser together with Winston Churchill and other Prime Ministers hosted by King George VI, captioned 'His Majesty the King entertains Dominion Premiers to Dinner at Buckingham Palace', this is accompanied by a typescript letter on Buckingham Palace letterhead. - Includes images showing Peter Fraser with military personnel in uniform, inspecting aerial bombing damage at St Paul's Cathedral in London, on a speaker's podium, seated at his desk, arriving in a motor vehicle, at the controls of an aircraft, and at the head of a conference table chairing a meeting. Also New Zealand snapshots of Peter Fraser on election night and another captioned by his wife as 'Dad explains things to Mr [Arthur] Richards M.P. for Roskill Auckland.' - Contains images of children, including portraits of Alice Fraser as a young girl. - Family photographs include those of Alice Fraser with Peter Fraser attending the funeral of Janet Fraser in 1945. - Features mounted studio portrait of Alice Armstrong, nee Fox, the wife of Hubert Thomas (Tim) Armstrong 1875-1942, New Zealand Minister of Public Works. - Other notable items include press photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt during her visit to New Zealand (28 Aug - 3 Sep 1943), and Vivien Leigh, known as Lady Olivier, at the Parliamentary reception in Wellington 1948. - Includes images of plaques commemorating the house where Peter Fraser was born, and the school where he was educated, some with Alice Fraser shown in the photograph visiting these sites. - Laser copy montage of three photographs shows Alice Fraser at New Zealand House in London together with others, including Anthony Stones, the artist who created the bronze statue of Peter Fraser in 1989. - Small number of duplicate prints noted in collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Alice was the step-granddaughter of Peter Fraser. Quantity: 13 loose album pages, with 27 b&w original prints, 3 items of ephemera. 20 b&w original photographic print(s) including 3 mounted. 6 colour original photographic print(s). 1 colour laser sheet with a montage of three colour copy images. Physical Description: Photographic prints, album pages Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2346: Fraser, Alice Janet Kemp, 1934-2004: Family Papers.