Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977

Date: 1930 - 2005

By: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Newcomb

Description: Includes: 1936: Promotional brochure about Mr H Gladstone Hill, musical director in New Zealand in the 1920s (later moved to Australia) 1950s?: Grand recital by the Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, Northern Military District. Compere Ramon Opie, accompanist Claire Kendall, trombone solo by J P Clague; cornet solo by Sgt A D Lee; piano Oswald Cheesman; vocal Beryl Dalley [1950s?] Programme 1954: Auckland Bands' Association present the bands of Auckland, season 1954-55. Programme, with biographical notes about Kath O'Leary, Don Ponder, and various bands. 1955: Auckland Bands' Association present the bands of Auckland, season 1955-56. Programme, with biographical notes about Mary Feeney, Frank Gibson and Mary Negus. 1957: Taranaki Centre of the New Zealand Pipe Bands' Association. Massed bands display, Eltham, Hawera, New Plymouth, 7-8 December 1957. Programme 1959: Festival of the Pines, New Plymouth, 17-24 February 1959. Programme 1961: Searchlight Tattoo. Western Springs, Auckland, 16-18 February [1961]. Programme 1962: City of New Plymouth Highland Pipe Band presents a Floodlight Tattoo in Pukekura Park, 20 January 1962. Programme and yellow flier New Plymouth City Band Inc. proudly present their Annual Queen's Birthday Week-end Band Festival, featuring the Band of the Royal New Zealand Artillery (Auckland). 2-3 June [1962]. Programme (2 copies) 1963: Taranaki Representative Band, musical director Harry Farrington. Concert. Town Hall Stratford, 15 December 1963. Programme 1964: Festival of the Pines. Bowl of Brooklands New Plymouth, 11-15 January 1964. Entertainment summary Festival of the Pines, Bowl of Brooklands. Wills Brass Band Festival. 25 January 1964. Programme Auckland Artillery Band. Centenary celebrations. 9-11 October 1964. Invitation to Stanley Newcomb and wife Representative band of Taranaki, musical director harry Farrington. Celebrity concert (Brian Clark compere, Beryl Herbert soprano, Walter Gale baritone). Memorial Theatre Hawera, 13 December 1964. Programme 1965: Band of the 7 Battalion, Wellington (C.W.O.) Hawke's Bay, Royal New Zealand Infantry regiment. History, portraits and repertoire [1965] Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth. Summary of programmes, 7 January - 21 February 1965. Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth. Wills Brass Band Festival, 23 January 1965. Programme Hawera Municipal Band - conductor Harry Farrington. First concert 1965 (With soprano Susan Raper, bass Maurice Taylor). Memorial Theatre, 21 June 1965. Programme New Plymouth Pipe Bands present their 1965 Searchlight Tattoo in Pukekura Park. 27 February 1965. Programme Bowl of Brooklands New Plymouth. Summary of programmes, 28 December 1965 - 26 February 1966. Bowl of Brooklands Trust presents The Wills Brass Band Festival. Bowl of Brooklands, 29 January 1966. Programme (2 copies) 1967: Invercargill Garrison band Centennial. Official opening, 21 October 1967; and other activities 22 october 1967. Programme. 1971: Auckland festival. Military Tattoo at Western Springs. 11-13, 18-20 March 1971. Programme (with letter to Newcomb at the Tourist and Publicity Department) 1978: New Zealand Army Band. Family pops concert. Auckland Town Hall, 23 September 1978. Repertoire (2 copies) 1980: New Zealand Army Band show. West Coast tour 1980. Programme (featuring some items arranged by Newcombe - highlighted in red in this copy) 1997: Searchlight Tattoo. Rugby Park, New Plymouth. 1-2 March 1997. Programme 1998: New Zealand Pipe Band Championships 1998. Rotorua International Stadium, 13-15 March 1998. Programme 2004: Band & trumpeters of the Life Guards. Tour of New Zealand, February 2004. In concert. Promotional booklet (2 copies) and flier (2 copies) New Zealand Champion Brass Band. Dalewood Auckland Brass. Principal conductor Nigel Weeks. 2004 subcription concert series. Pamphlet. International Military Music Society new Zealand proudly presents "Salute to the Normandy veterans", by the Brass and Pipes of the Massed Defence & Police Force Bands to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, 6 June 2004. Flier only (2 copies) Stanley Peter Newcomb was a bandsman and an authority for many years on the brass band movement. He was editor of the NZ Mouthpiece magazine for seven years and wrote 'Challenging Brass - 100 years of Brass Band Contests in NZ, 1880-1980' and two other books on the subject. Quantity: 5 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programme booklets and leaflets, sizes varying up to octavo size Provenance: Donated from the Stanley Newcomb Collection, in 2008.

Date: 1918

From: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1723-3

Description: Presentation album relating to the Christchurch Methodist Children's Musical Festival, compiled by Geo W Ford, Hon Secretary (1918). Includes programmes, text of song `The March of the Allies', appreciations, reviews, etc. Gladstone Hill was Musical Director of the festival Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter Text of `The March of the Allies' by Gladstone Hill, set out graphically Processing information: Transferred from Misc MS Y17

Date: 1970

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning the environment and environmental protection]

Reference: Eph-B-ENVIRONMENT-1970-03

Description: Flier contains the main points of a presentation by H Gladstone Hill, pointing out that political expedience or financial considerations now unfortunately take priority over a responsibility to preserve Nature's bounty. If hydro-electric power becomes "old hat" in the future, our precious scenic heritage will be forever lost for nothing. Urges "protest at the wanton breach of trust that nature has bestowed upon the people of New Zealand". Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 330 x 206 mm.

Date: 1954

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9090-146

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, printed matter

Date: 1962-1999

From: Cryer, John Maxwell, active 1960-2015: Collection relating to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Reference: MS-Papers-12002

Description: Comprises clippings of articles, programmes, concert ephemera, magazines and correspondence relating to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, dated 1962-1999. Includes: A programme for musical theatre show 'Uwane' at His Majesty's Theatre in Auckland, which premiered on 11 April 1962. A handwritten letter from Vernon G. Hill to Max Cryer, dated 26 September 1990, and other accompanying material that he had enclosed in this letter. The letter talks of his father's involvement with Kiri Te Kanawa early in her career. The accompanying material comprises: A souvenir programme for Kiri Te Kanawa's 'Grand Farewell Concert' in the Wellington Town Hall, 5 February 1966, and a one page biography of Kiri Te Kanawa written by H. Gladstone Hill. Also a copy of a typewritten letter from the Office of the Minister of Maori Affairs, dated 20 January 1966 to Mr H. Gladsone [Gladstone] Hill who was the Organiser-Manager of the farewell concert; and a copy of a typewritten letter from The Mayor's Office, Wellington, N.Z. dated 19 January 1966 signed by Frank Kitts. A letter from the Bowl of Brooklands Trust to Max Crier [Cryer] dated 19 June 1989, and a photocopied page relating to a recording of a concert by Kiri Te Kanawa and the St. Mary's Choral Group, recorded at the Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth in 1970. A copy of the 'Explorair' itinerary of a promotional tour of La Boheme in Melbourne organised in conjunction with the Victoria State Opera, escorted by Max Cryer in August 1989. Kiri Te Kanawa performed in this production of La Boheme. A flyer for the Kiri Te Kanawa 50th birthday celebration concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 10 March 1994. A card from Colin and Tony to Max Cryer which includes a photograph of Kiri Te Kanawa, ca. 1990s. An access pass for 'Kiri in concert' at the Mission Estate. An access pass and car parking pass for 'A Knight with a Dame' [2000?]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One folder of clippings, programmes, serials, concert ephemera and correspondence.

Date: 1949-1956

By: Hill, Edwin James, 1860-1960

Reference: MSX-8778

Description: The letters, telegrams and other communications range from congratulations on appointment to the Commission of the Peace (1918), on his singing, articles he wrote or was mentioned in and on reaching his 96th birthday. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (19 pages). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter (25 cm; brown stiff papers, grey phase box)

Date: 1906-1968

By: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1723

Description: `Down memory lane', autobiography from arrival in New Zealand, 1885, covering musical activities with Salvation Army, broadcasting and RNZAF, also career in dairy industry. Presentation album relating to the Christchurch Methodist Children's Musical Festival, 1918; official reports, financial statements and correspondence of Wellington Branch of New Zealand Patriotic Society and of the NSW State Orchestra. Source of title - Supplied title Arrangement: Autobiography runs over folders 1 and 2. Quantity: 4 folder(s) (24 pieces). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Processing information: Transferred from Misc MS Y17

Date: 1946-1947

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008: Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-9090-054

Description: Includes award sheets of the 1946 brass band contest in Christchurch and the 1947 brass band contest in Wanganui, and other papers relating to these events, including correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter, typescripts and mss

Date: 1955-1956

From: Helm, Arthur Stanley, 1914-1998 : Papers relating to Ross Sea Committee and Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Reference: 73-132-13/10

Description: Contains information on finance and appeal activities. Gladstone Hill was the national organiser of appeal campaigns. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1954

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9090-147

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, printed matter

Date: 1948-1949

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008: Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-9090-053

Description: Includes award sheets of the 1948 brass band contest in Dunedin and the 1949 brass band contest in Auckland, and other papers relating to these events, including correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter, typescripts and holographs

Date: 1885-1975

From: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977 : Papers

By: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1723-1

Description: `Down memory lane', an autobiography by Hill from his arrival in New Zealand in 1885, covering musical activities with Salvation Army, broadcasting and RNZAF and his career in the dairy industry Source of title - Supplied title Arrangement: Autobiography in 2 folders. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (81 leaves). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (annotated) Processing information: Transferred from Misc. Ms. Y17

Date: 1885-1975

From: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977 : Papers

By: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1723-2

Description: 'Down memory lane', autobiography from arrival in New Zealand, 1885, covering musical activities with Salvation Army, broadcasting and R.N.Z.A.F., also career in dairy industry. Arrangement: Autobiography in 2 folders. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (147 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (annotated)

Date: 1915, 1920

From: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977 : Papers

By: Hill, Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1977

Reference: fMS-Papers-11515

Description: Reports, financial statements, correspondence and clippings of the Wellington Branch of N.Z. Patriotic Society, 1915. Programme of the 1920 New Zealand tour of the New South Wales State Orchestra, newsclippings, balance sheet, correspondence, report by H. Gladstone Hill, also correspondence dated 1955 relating to the tour documents. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts (some photocopies), printed matter Processing information: Transferred from Misc. Ms. Y17.

Date: 5 Feb 1966

By: Turner, Edith, active 1966

Reference: MS-Papers-7932

Description: Programme of `Grand farewell concert' for Kiri Te Kanawa, Town Hall, Wellington, 5 Feb 1966, inscribed by H Gladstone Hill to Edith Turner Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph annotations

Date: 1951-1953

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9090-148

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter