Nuffield, William Richard Morris, Viscount, 1877-1963

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: 1894, 1897, 1932, 1937-1939, 1949

By: Hankins, Melville Earl, 1884?-1961; St. George Company; Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10128

Description: Photographic images (original photographic prints and cuttings) collected by Melville Earle Hankins and taken between 1894 and 1949. Photographers unidentified unless stated: - Group school portrait of girls and teacher Miss M H Ryder at Newtown School, Wellington, standard 6 class, in 1894, taken by St George Co. (Girls all identified on the back of the print.) - Group portrait of telegraph message boys, Wellington, 1897. (Boys all identified) - Two identical portraits (photo-mechanical) of Melville Earle Hankins seated at a desk in 1932, probably at the Correspondence School in Wellington. - Three prints showing diners seated in the dining room at the Savoy Hotel in London, England at different events: one (photo-mechanical) at the annual New Zealand Day (later called Waitangi Day) dinner in February 1937, another (photo-mechanical) in December 1938 in honour of Sir Harry Batterbee who would be the first High Commissioner for Great Britain in New Zealand, and another at the N Z Society's luncheon in 1939 for Lord Nuffield. (Melville Hankins attended these events and his location in the room was marked on the prints before they came into the Library.) - NAC Sunderland 'Takitimu' flying boat ZK-AMK on the water in 1949 taken by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd, probably in Wellington. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Chronological (arranged by Library) Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (Clippings from publications). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photo-mechanical prints Provenance: Purchase, 2013. Items originally collected by Mr Melville E Hankins. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - 25 items including New Zealand Society luncheon menus 1930-1940s; invitation cards and other ephemera relating to Melville E Hankins' attendance at formal events in England. Also includes Wellington Shakespeare Society programmes 1942-1943..

Date: 1935

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-D-0214

Description: One large photograph showing New Year reviews of the past 12 months, 1935 in the Evening Post newspaper. Subjects include: New railway station under construction, Wellington; Sir James Coates; The Evening Post building; National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum under construction; NZ rugby team to tour Great Britain on steps of Parliament; W L Mackenzie King, Premier of Canada; Lord & Lady Baden-Powell; Indian hockey team on tour in NZ; General Evangeline Booth; Mrs Combs; Stanley Baldwin; Lord Nuffield; Prudential & Commercial Bank Buildings, Lambton Quay; Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North; Lawrence of Arabia; Admiral Byrd; Jean Batten; NZ Labour Party cabinet; Arthur Henderson; Earl Jellicoe; Queen Astrid of Belgium; Huey P Long; Marshal Pilsudski; Lord Carson; Archbishop Redwood; Sir Charles Kingsford Smith; Duke of Gloucester & Lasy Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott; Coronation of King George V; English women's cricket team on tour in NZ, etc. Photograph No 1 - Michael Joseph Savage and members of 1935 Labour cabinet (Left to right): Semple, Armstrong, Jones, Sullivan, Webb, Fagan, Mason, Nash, Parry, Langstone, Savage, Martin, Fraser. Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - Key to 35 photographs (newspaper clipping) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted composite. Physical Description: Various sizes, mounted on card 910 x 585 mm

Date: 30 Jan 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-01207-G

Description: Prial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: May 1939

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-048883-G

Description: Sir Charles John Boyd Norwood and Sir William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, May 1939. Taken by unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Persons identified by Library client Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - 6.5.39 Sir C Norwood. Viscount Nuffield. 586. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

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