Baigent, Lawrence Albert, 1912-1985

Date: 1958-[1986?]

From: Pearson, William Harrison, 1922-2002 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4343-001

Description: Also Lawrence Baigent (3 leaves) (1969-1976) - Dave Ballantyne - Jacquie Baxter and J C Beaglehole Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1940-1941]

By: Baigent, Lawrence Albert, 1912-1985; Gilbert, Raymond Channing, 1915-1993

Reference: f-86-007

Description: Papers consist of music scores by John L Moffat and by Douglas Lilburn. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Quantity: 2 folder(s) 5 items. Physical Description: Manuscript scores (photocopies) Provenance: This music was given to Ray Gilbert by Lawrence Baigent in the early 1940s

Date: 194-?

From: Gilbert, Raymond Channing, 1915-1993: Papers

By: Moffat, John Lawrence (Dr), 1916-2007

Reference: f-86-007-1

Description: Music scores by John L Moffat. The first score also credits L.A. Baigent. Titles include: 'Monday morning blues' 'Baked potatoes', op.9. No. 2; [dated] 17.10.40 'Twenty-four fish tales' Contents listing in the backfile for this accession identifies 'Monday morning blues' and 'Baked potatoes' being for voice and piano with the words not included. Twenty-four fish tales' is theme and variations on the tune 'Three little fishies' by Saxie Dowell. Variation no XII was written by Lawrence Baigent using Handel's air from the `Water music' suite with the theme in the bass line. Other scores of John Moffat at fMS-Papers-11884 and MS-Papers-12278. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscript music scores (photocopies)

Date: 1954-1985

By: Gilbert, Raymond Channing, 1915-1993

Reference: MS-Papers-4094

Description: Notes on Janet Paul's biographical essay in the catalogue that accompanied the Rita Angus exhibition 1983-1984 Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Letter, 1954 May 7, Sumner to Ray Gilbert / Rita McKenzie (photocopy) and letter, 1983 Mar 14, [California] to Ray Gilbert / [Noel C Bradley] (photocopy) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts (photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two negatives transferred.

Date: 1942

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Papers

By: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001

Reference: fMS-Papers-3983-2

Description: Other Titles - Christmas pieces for a Russian mystic / by Douglas Lilburn Other Titles - Five preludes / by Douglas Lilburn Other Titles - Musical-box - Lin Tang thanks his friends for a birthday gift / by Douglas Lilburn Responsibility - "For Messrs L B . . . . Christmas 1942" Quantity: 1 folder(s) [1], 10 pages. Physical Description: Holographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs M Bensemann

Date: 1952

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Twelve boxes of wood blocks and prints. 1930-1950s

Reference: Series-7037

Description: Printing blocks include: 1. Portrait of Lawrence Baigent - face - study (260 x 193 mm) 2. A family group (210 x 170 mm) 3. Frontispiece for "Chanticleer and Partlet" (from Chaucer's Canterbury tales) (140 x 90 mm) 4. Study for the portrait of Keith Elliott - Elliott's face (210 x 148 mm) 5. Drawing for "Nastagio and the Obdurate lady" by Boccaccio (123 x 118 mm) 6. Satyr (170 x 154 mm) Sheets of prints include: Lawrence Baigent portrait Frontispiece for "Chanticleer and Partlet" (aka Pertelet) Satyr; [and] Drawing for "Nastagio and the Obdurate Lady" A family group Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w art print(s) on four pages. 6 object(s) printing blocks. Physical Description: Block prints and lead mounted on wooden blocks, sizes varying Processing information: Library reference changed 21 December 2022 as part of the curios and objects survey. Previous reference: Curios-035-012.

Date: [ca 1940-1941]

From: Gilbert, Raymond Channing, 1915-1993: Papers

By: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001; Baigent, Lawrence Albert, 1912-1985

Reference: f-86-007-2

Description: Two preludes for piano, copied in Lawrence Baigent's hand. The preludes are: Allegro jubilato Grave These compositions are two of four preludes that were part of "A musical offering of preludes, musical-boxes and a Tempo di bolero for 6 hands" given to Lawrence Baigent and Leo Bensemann as a Christmas gift from Douglas Lilburn in 1941. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscript scored (photocopies) Provenance: These copies were given to Ray Gilbert by Lawrence Baigent in the early 1940s

Date: 1944

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Papers

By: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001

Reference: fMS-Papers-3983-5

Description: Other Titles - Flourish / by Douglas Lilburn Other Titles - Four preludes / by Douglas Lilburn Other Titles - Willow song from the Incidental music to Othello, C U C, 1944 ; for piano / by Douglas Lilburn Other Titles - Vivace / by Douglas Lilburn Other Titles - Two diversions / by Douglas Lilburn Other Titles - Thoughts during Christmas-week 1944 / by Douglas Lilburn Responsibility - "To Messrs L B & Mary ... from DGL" Quantity: 1 folder(s) [1], 24 pages. Physical Description: Holographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs M Bensemann

Date: 1935-1957

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Twelve boxes of wood blocks and prints. 1930-1950s

Reference: Series-7026

Description: Printing blocks include: 1. Bookplate for Lawrence Baigent 2. Bookplate for Denis Glover 3. Head of boy 4. Hand with dagger 5. Bookplate for D.J. Wilson 6. Bookplate for Lawrence Baigent 7. Frontispiece to "Another argo" (Caxton, 1935) - hand with sword through a head on a sail 8. Bookplate for Rey Byrne 9. Head of a satyr 10. Name: Jonathan Swift 11. Design for cover and title page of Country Road by Ruth Dallas (Caxton, 1953) 12. Bookplate for Ralph McFarlane Waite (signed lower right: Olivia Spencer Bower) 13. Bookplate for Leo Bensemann 14. Bookplate for Charles Spear Prints include: Head of a boy Design for cover and title page of Country Road by Ruth Dallas Two bookplates for Lawrence Baigent Bookplates for Leo Bensemann, Denis Glover and Charles Spear Bookplates for Rey Byrne, Ralph Waite, and D.J. Wilson Head of a satyr Name: Jonathan Swift Frontispiece to "Another argo" Hand with dagger Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 14 object(s) printing blocks. 14 b&w art print(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Block prints and lead mounted on wooden blocks, sizes varying Processing information: Library reference changed 21 December 2022 as part of the curios and objects survey. Previous reference: Curios-035-001.

Date: 1925 - 1950

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962; Graham, David Henry, 1885-1965; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982; Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986; Callander, Ivy, active 1930s; Champ, Stephen Fergus, 1907-1984; Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Fisher, Archibald Joseph Charles, 1896-1959; Garlick, Eunice Harriett, 1883-1951; Garmonsway, (Mr?), active 1930s; Hall, Lancelot, active 1932; Herbert, Phil S, active 1948; Holloway, Ronald, 1909-2003; Maclennan, Stewart Bell, 1903-1973; McAuslan, Gordon S, 1913-1996; Parker, Nancy Martyr, 1913-2008; Peterson, Archibald Stuart, 1900-1976; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Tornquist, Herbert Richard, 1897-1969

Reference: BOOKPLATES-NZ-Framed

Description: J A Allen (by Garmonsway, 1935) Eugene Aubin (by Leo Bensemann, 1937) Lawrence Baigent (two by Leo Bensemann, ca 1937) Sadie Balkind (by Leo Bensemann, 1935) Leo Bensemann (two by himself, 1937 and 1933) M Bensemann (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) S C Brown (by Russell Clark, 1947) Rey Byrne (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) Ivy Callander (two by herself, ca 1932) Raymond Carroll (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) Marguerite Crookes (by Hilda Wiseman, n.d.) A R D (by Gordon McAuslan, 1934) I Dallas (by Gordon McAuslan, 1935) Stella M Davis (by Mervyn Taylor) Dieu-Donnee (by Garmonsway, 1935) Basil Dowling (by Leo Bensemann, n.d.) Charles Fleming (by Hilda Wiseman, 1940s?)C E G? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1937) Una Garlick (by herself, 1931) Lancelot Hall (by himself. 1932) David H Graham (by Mervyn Taylor, 1952) Edelweiss [Henderson] (by Mervyn Taylor, n.d.) Phil S Herbert (by himself, 1948) Julius Hogben (by Mervyn Taylor, 1947) Pat Lawlor (by Gordon McAuslan, 1930s?) E P Liddell (by Gordon McAuslan, n.d.) A McA? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1938) A R McElwain (by Llewellyn Williams, n.d.) I McLelland (by Gordon McAuslan, 1938) Stewart B McLennan (by himself, n.d.) David McC? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1944) Jane Mander (by Ronald Holloway, 1930s) Jane Mander (by Stephen F Champ, 1934) New Zealand Ex Libris Society (by Stuart Peterson, 1930s?) Barbara Parker (by Mervyn Taylor, 1947) P Roach Pierson (by P Watts Rule, 1934) D G Reilly (by Mervyn Taylor, 1946) Douglas Robb (by A J C Fisher, ca 1931) Percy Watts Rule (by himself, 1935) Sally Simmons (by Leo Bensemann, ca 1935) E C Simpson (by Mervyn Taylor, n.d.) Edward C Simpson (by Nancy Parker, n.d.) Cynthia Smart (by Mervyn Taylor, 1951) Colin W Smith (unknown artist and date) Sydney Smith (by Mervyn Taylor, 1952) Charles Spear (by Leo Bensemann, 1937) E Mervyn Taylor (by himself, 1935) Jane Taylor (by Mervyn Taylor, ca 1949-1950) Margaret Taylor (by E Mervyn Taylor, 1935) Mrs N Thompson (by Gordon McAuslan, 1935) Richard Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) T C Ward (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Llewellyn E Williams (by Stuart Peterson, 1930s?) Jean Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, ca 1930) Hilda Wiseman (two by herself, 1925 and 1930) C F Wrigley (by Ronald Holloway, ca 1940) Exhibited in 'Ex Libris: New Zealand bookplates 1925-1950' Exhibition at the National Library Gallery in 1992. Quantity: 64 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: [Jan-Dec 1942]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-02

Description: Inward and outward correspondence of the Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors, administered by John Davies and Read Mason; includes related papers. Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; alson incudes letter to Mr Bennett; letters from Lawrie, Whenuaroa; Win, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch; and Zeno, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 13 Jul 1939-25 Aug 1976

From: Jones Family : Papers

By: Jones, Jean Ypres, 1915-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8636-022

Description: Contains research materials on Rita Angus, including photographs of Angus' work, newspaper clippings and notes. Also contains correspondence to Jean and Fred Jones from Rita Angus, Toss Woollaston, Leo and Mary Bensemann and Lawerence Baigent. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1937; 1940

From: Hoggard, Noel Farr, 1913-1979 : Papers

Reference: 75-184-19/10

Description: `A Caxton miscellany: poems by various hands' printed and published by the Caxton Press in 1937; `Maid of Owhata: A Mythical tale in verse' by Andrea Farmer, published by Kaka Press and printed by Handcraft Press Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1946-1955

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Twelve boxes of wood blocks and prints. 1930-1950s

Reference: Series-7033

Description: Printing blocks include: 1. Doris Lusk "Riwaka". Caxton Prints. 95 x 120 mm. 2. Portrait of Lawrence [photograph of one of Bensemann's portrait paintings of Lawrence Baigent]. 136 x 110 mm. 3. Cover for "Book" VIII, Caxton Press 1946. Design from 1509/1520. Figure with sword (123 x 92 mm) 4. Rita Cook. [The pied piper. Man with flute, Rita Angus]. (136 x 80 mm; name Ballantyne in pencil on the back). [Block for corporate card for Ballantynes department store, Christchurch, 1941] 5. Photo block of Bensemann & Denis Glover (43 x 65 mm) 6. Quill and initials ABS (24 x 28 mm) 7. Dud block. (Title page of "Of wives and wiving" by John Buncle, Caxton Press, 1947) (93 x 120 mm) 8. Javanese dancer (104 x 60 mm) 9. Miss Dorothy Maginness & Mr John Watts (signed "Caq" [?]; 115 x 80 mm) 10. Group Show catalogue 1955. Linocut design (coloured surface) 300 x 170 mm [Abstract amoebic shape] 11. Similar photo block entitled Douglas Lilburn and Leo Bensemann (60 x 75 mm) 12. Lion (65 x 62 mm) 13. Group show catalogue 1953 illustration of two men (100 x 60 mm) Sheets of prints include: Rita Cook's [The pied piper - flute player, 1941, printed as a corporate card for Ballantynes, Christchurch]; Lion [and] Miss Dorothy Maginnis & Mr John Watts "Of wives & wiving" (Dud block); [and] Cover for Book VIII Group Show catalogue 1953; "D Lilburn & L Bensemann"; [and] Javanese dancer Riwaka, by Doris Lusk. Caxton Prints; small ABS motif; [and] Bensemann and Glover photograph Group Show catalogue 1955 cover [amoebic shape] A finished copy of Rita Angus' 1941 card for Ballantynes, The pied piper, is among her papers in Manuscripts Quantity: 12 b&w art print(s) on six sheets. 13 object(s) printing blocks. Physical Description: Block prints and lead mounted on wooden blocks, sizes varying Processing information: Library reference changed 21 December 2022 as part of the curios and objects survey. Previous reference: Curios-035-008.

Date: 1943

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Papers

By: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001

Reference: fMS-Papers-3983-3

Description: Six short pieces for piano compiled in a bound volume and presented to Leo Bensemann and Lawrence Baigent as a Christmas gift. The cover is inscribed, 'For Messrs L B. Christmas 1943, from DGL'. It includes the pieces 'Christmas 1812', Prelude [no. 1] (Allegro), 'Players music' from the Incidental music for Hamlet, Prelude [no. 2] (Allegro), 'Lady Wood's fancie', and 'Andante'. Other Titles - Christmas 1812 Other Titles - Prelude Other Titles - Players music from the Incidental music for Hamlet - C U C Little Theatre 1943; transcribed from the original for 3 violins Other Titles - Prelude Other Titles - Lady Wood's fancie Other Titles - Andante Responsibility - "For Messrs L B . . . . Christmas 1943 from DGL" Quantity: 1 folder(s) [1], 7 pages. Physical Description: Holographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs M Bensemann Processing information: Description enhanced 05/12/2017.

Date: 1935 - 1960

By: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Bensemann

Description: Album of bookplates and envelope of loose bookplates, designed by Leo Bensemann and other artists. Album includes plates made by Bensemann for: MB (eagle on top of globe), Lawrence Baigent, Eugene Aubin, Raymond Carroll, Leo Bensemann himself, Margaret Barcteri, Sadie Balkind, Charles Spear, LAB (Lawrence Baigent), D J Wilson, two for self (LB, B), Denis Glover, Rita Cook, Rey Byrne, Sally Simmons (S S) Loose prints include: Denis Glover as faun, by Leo Bensemann (4 copies) Rey Byrne (10 copies) D J Wilson (2 copies) Sadie Balkind Marguerite Barcteri Raymond Carroll Sally Simmons Plates by other artists include those designed for: Percy Neville Barnett (X Libellous, by George Hay) Percy Neville Barnett (2 different) Caxton Press (5 copies) Bruce Godward Ronald Holloway Patricius Johannis (Patricii Johannis, by R Holloway) K Pat Lawlor JM Erling Orbell (2 copies) H H Schlink Frank Shurrock Cynthia Smart (by Ernest Mervyn Taylor, reprinted on National Library card 1992) Olivia Spencer Bower Dr F Tikal Quantity: 1 album(s). 1 folder(s) envelope of bookplates. Physical Description: Scrapbook of ten leaves, each 303 x 242 mm, bound with brown cord. Also package of bookplates sizes varying Provenance: Leo Bensemann estate, 2008. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0024 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-0024..

Date: 1952

From: Scannell, William Sheridan, 1927-1991 : Papers

By: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001

Reference: f-91-313-10

Description: Responsibility - 'For W S Scannell and Lawrence Baigent' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1952

By: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001

Reference: fMS-Papers-3979

Description: Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Enclosures - Letter from W S Scannell to Margery Walton regarding this piece (22 Apr 1977) Relationship complexity - Sketches relating to this work are found at fMS-Papers-2483-30 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 pages). Physical Description: Ms

Date: 1948

By: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986

Reference: G-053-1

Description: A seated half-profile view of Lawrence Baigent (1912-1985), in his late thirties. He is seated at a table, his left arm resting on the table and his face supported by his right hand. Behind him are details of the room in which he sits: at left, a bookcase housing his books and at right, a detail of a Japanese print. The verso of the painting shows a portrait of Rita Angus, dating from about ten years prior (1938/1939). Identified as the last of a series of about 11 paintings of Baigent executed by Bensemann. The background motif and colour are similar to a painting made in 1937, which was painted at the flat they shared in Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - LB / 48 [painted on spine of one of the books, in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 oil(s) with separate portrait painted on the verso. Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 461 x 420 mm Processing information: Remedial treatment funded by Barbara Blake through the Turnbull Endowment Trust, in 2021.

Date: 1941

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Papers

By: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001

Reference: fMS-Papers-3983-1

Description: A album of piano music containing: [Preludes, piano (1941)] Sostenuto, Allegro jubilato, Grave, Allegro Musical box no 1 - The Lassie's lament Interlude Musical-box no 2 - The Highland gathering Bound separately: Tempo di bolero ; grande etude de concert pour les six mains Responsibility - "For Lawrence Baigent and Leo Bensemann . . . in friendship and gratitude dedicated by Douglas Lilburn. Apologia: Clerihew & Chorus" "Grave" and "Allegro jubilato" were published in Music Ho! Nov 1942 under the title of "Two pieces for the piano" by Douglas Lilburn. Collection of pieces published by Waiteata Music Press (Musical offerings), and Promethean Editions (Complete piano music edition, vol 4), and recorded by Daniel Poynton on Trust Records (Complete piano music, vol.2) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 vol + [1] 12 pages + [1] 4 pages. Physical Description: Holograph music scores in blue-black ink, written on bifolia of printed music staff paper. In two volumes, the second with cardboard cover. Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Title entry and descriptive record enhanced in April 2019 as part of Lilburn digitisation project.