Friends of the Turnbull Library

Date: 1960s

By: Wright, Wilfred James, active 1960s-1990s; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: Objects-0598

Description: Artist identified as Wilfred James Wright. Round vase with red oxide and iron glaze on body, grey salt glaze on neck. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Vase : stoneware ; 250 x 230 mm. (round) Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 2024. Previous reference: Curios-029-017. Previous title: [Wright, Wilfred James] :[Vase] - [ca. 1965].

Date: [1998-1999]

From: Ireland, Kevin, 1933- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8198-37

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; identified correspondents entered in the Name field. Also includes letters and cards to and from Catherine (possibly Campbell); Stephen (possibly Stratford), Papetoai; Dave and Carol, `Ducks Crossing', Mosgiel; Dermot M, Lake Rotoiti; Barnabas D, Geraldton, Western Australia. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1997

By: Simonsen, Innes Ross, 1919-2002

Reference: MS-Papers-6112

Description: Comprises letter from Simonsen to Miss E Angela Hill, secretary/treasurer of the Friends of the Turnbull Library, thanking the Friends for sending him a free copy of Rachel Barrowman's book `The Turnbull Library and its world' and in return sending his address given at the dinner for the 40th anniversary of the Marlborough Historical Society, which discusses the history of the society and also includes some biographical information about Simsonsen and his earlier association with the Turnbull Library Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript with corrections

Date: 1945

Reference: 1/4-002900-F

Description: The Friends of the Turnbull on the steps of the library on Bowen Street. The names are: CRH Taylor, TD Taylor, JW Heenan, HGR Mason, IA Gordon, JC Anderson, HF Von Haast, HE Herring, GH Scholefield, Alice Woodhouse, HF McLean, Bertha Whyte, PA Lawlor, Hogg, CS Perry, AE Currie, Mrs CS Perry, Miss Cowles, AB Butcher, WRB Oliver, Robertson, Alan Mulgan, and Dame Elizabeth Knox Gilmer. The occasion was the 25th anniversary of the Library. Copies of this photograph and 1/4-001817 to 001819 are in an Education Dept file at Archives New Zealand (ref: 6015/5c). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1840 - 1952 - 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: B-086-002-a

Description: Looking north along Lambton Quay, with houses and shops lining the beach, ships in the harbour Reproduction of a New Zealand Company watercolour in the Library's collection, 'Thorndon Flat, 1841' by Charles Heaphy (C-025-010). The watercolour was done in April 1841 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 492 x 373 mm

Date: 1998

From: Isern, Thomas D, 1952- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6453

Description: Title continues:`...The quest for region in the tussock grasslands of New Zealand'. Isern compares his experiences in his quest for region with Samuel Butler and others studied during his year as a Fulbright Scholar based in the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1991; his concern is with grasslands, particularly in Canterbury but also in Otago and Marlborough and he includes full references to material consulted. Accompanying material - Letter from editor, `Turnbull Library record' re non-publication of the article Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1994

From: Alexander Turnbull's birthday celebrations, 13 September, 1994.

Reference: PAColl-5695-1

Description: Photographs of the event held at the National Library of New Zealand to celebrate Alexander Turnbull's birthday, 13 September 1994. Shows people attending and views of the presentation given in the auditorium. Quantity: 25 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 2005

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to boats and boating, yacht racing and regattas]

By: Rona Preservation Trust

Reference: Eph-B-BOAT-2005-01

Description: Folder contains postcard and flier showing portraits of the gaff cutter Rona, first owned by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. so contains and application form, payment pledge, invitation to brunch from the Friends of the Turnbull Library; and a fridge magnet and key ring. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: White card folder, 297 x 210 mm, containing photolithographs, photocopies, fridge magnet and key ring. Provenance: Acquired under legal deposit in 2005.

Date: 1839 - 1952

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: B-086-001-b

Description: Tall kauri trees with a group of pit-sawyers in the centre foreground A reproduction of a watercolour in the Alexander Turnbull Library, C-025-014 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 495 x 370 mm

Date: 1990 - 1999

Reference: Eph-C-TURNBULL-1990s

Description: Includes: Albert E Winzenberg; Photographs of the Wairarapa from the Photograph Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. A National Library Gallery touring exhibition. Wairarapa Arts Centre, Masterton, 18 April-12 May 1996. Borderlands: Some Early Sources of New Zealand Culture. The 1992 Turnbull Founder Lecture. Lecturer, Anne Salmond. The Friends of the Turnbull Library. National Library Auditorium, Wellington, 26 June 1992. (2 copies). Crown and Anchor; The present role of the Governor General in New Zealand. The Alexander Turnbull Library 1993 Founder Lecture. Lecturer, Her Excellency Dame Catherine Tizard, GCMG, DBE, Governor General of New Zealand. Friends of the Turnbull Library. National Library Auditorium, 26 June 1993. Freedom and Modernity? Early modern studies in the Pacific. An interdisciplinary international conference jointly organised by the Alexander Turnbull Library and Victoria University of Wellington. 5-7 August 1994. Heart of Fiji; Photographs by Arthur Hocart, 1909-1914, from the Photograph Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. National Library Gallery, 20 March-19 June 1993. (3 copies). Letters Home; Readings from World War 1 letters and diaries, selected from the Manuscripts and Archives Collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Presented by Judith Fyfe of the New Zealand Oral History Archive as part of the related events programme running in conjunction with the exhibition, Empire and Desire: Gallipoli 1915. National Library Gallery, 18 May 1990. Margaret Avery Memorial Lecture 1998; Dust bowl diarist, Mary Dyck and the impact of changing technology on Kansas farm women's lives. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, 1998 Fulbright Fellow, Alexander Turnbull Library. University of Waikato, 27 July 1998. Memories Galore. [Portraits of Turnbull staff in their younger days. Created as a contest to guess who was who. One of the two posters has all the participants identified. 1996. (2 copies). Moko; An exhibition of portrait photographs from the 1860s of Maori with tattoos, from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections. Curator, Elizabeth Ellis. Real Pictures Gallery, Auckland, 14-25 May 1990. Treasures in Trust; An exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library. National Library Gallery, 17 August-2 November 1995. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: 1980 - 1984

Reference: Eph-C-TURNBULL-1980/1984

Description: Includes: Books on the move; exhibition from the Federal Republic of Germany 1981. Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 20-30 June. Auckland Museum, 12-22 July. Sponsored in cooperation with - Book Publishers Association of New Zealand, Book Sellers Association of New Zealand, Goethe Institute Wellington, Goethe Society Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand Book Council, and New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. New Zealand under the lens; An exhibition at the Alexander Turnbull Library. December 1983 - February 1984. (2 copies). Pictures to post; the Alexander Turnbull Library prints. [Large envelope with a coloured print by Gary Tricker on its face. This was a container for six prints from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections, published by the Library, and for sale to the public]. Quenching a thirst; an exhibition at the Alexander Turnbull Library, 9 August - 26 September 1982. (3 copies). The surveying & mapping of Wellington Province; exhibition. Alexander Turnbull Library, November 1980 - January 1981. (4 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; New Zealand through the arts: Past and Present. Four lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. Turnbull House, 25 May - 15 June 1981. Lectures by - Sir Toss Woollaston. Jack Body. Allen Curnow. Witi Ihimaera. (3 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; The Photographer and His Art. Four illustrated lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. BP Theatrette, Wellington, 6 June - 4 july, 1984. Lectures by - Brian Brake (Freelance photographer and film-maker). Wilbur E Garrett (Editor of the National Geographic Magazine). (2 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; Towards Maturity. Four lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. St Andrews on The Terrace, 1-22 June 1982. Lectures by - R Q Quentin-Baxter. Herbert Roth. Sidney Mead. James Bertram. (5 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; Ways to Change. Four lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. St Andrews on The Terrace, 7 June - 28 June 1983. Lectures by - Dennis Rose (independent economist). Hugh Fletcher (Group managing director Fletcher Challenge Limited). Alf Kirk (Research economist, Federation of Labour). Harvey Franklin (Professor of Geography, Victoria University). (5 copies). Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: 1986

By: Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-C-TURNBULL-1986-01

Description: Poster is an arrangement of text listing dates, speakers and their topics. Speakers were to be: Michael King, author. "Paving stone or mill-stone?". 17 June Graham Beattie, publisher. "Times of change and opportunity". 24 June Alan Loney, book designer and printer. "Book design in the computer age". 1 July Jim Traue, librarian. "The collectors". 8 July Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 290 mm.

Date: [1940-1977]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers

Reference: 83-248-2

Description: File of correspondence, clippings and other papers relating to the controversy over the absorption of Alexander Turnbull Library into the National Library. Identified persons entered under Name. Includes remits and notes, extracts from Lawlor's diaries and invitations. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1839 - 1952

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: B-086-001-c

Description: Tall kauri trees with a group of pit-sawyers in the centre foreground Reproduction of a watercolour in the Alexander Turnbull Library, C-025-014 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 495 x 370 mm

Date: 1841 - 1952

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: B-086-002

Description: View looking north along Lambton Quay towards Thorndon, with houses and shops lining the beach, ships in the harbour Reproduction of a New Zealand Company watercolour in the Alexander Turnbull Library, 'Thorndon Flat, 1841' (C-025-010). The watercolour was painted in April 1841 Other Titles - 1841 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 492 x 373 mm

Date: 1884 - 1985

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Friends of the Turnbull Library; General Accident Insurance Company New Zealand

Reference: C-112-039

Description: Shows Mount Cook to the left of centre, with the Tasman River in the right foreground. No 462 of 1000 (650 of these were for sale). Facsimile reproduction of original watercolour in Alexander Turnbull Library C-007-013. Published to mark the centenary of General Accident Insurance Group and in conjunction with Alexander Turnbull Centennial Fund. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 360 x 530 mm in folder 550 x 370 mm + 1 pamphlet

Date: 1994

Reference: PAColl-5695

Description: Photographs of the event held by the Friends of the Turnbull Library on 13 September 1994, and the slides used in the presentation to the Friend's and guests on that occasion. The slides cover the work of the library in most of it's departments and services. The occasion was also used to present the programme for the 75th anniversary of the Turnbull Library opening to the public. This was celebrated in 1995. Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm 22283 to 22289; slides at PA12-1505 to PA12-1509. Quantity: 25 colour original photographic print(s). 7 colour original negative(s) being 35mm negative strips comprising 26 images. 6 b&w original photographic print(s). 120 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1960

From: Friends of the Turnbull Library

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: E-040-q-007

Description: Crested greeting card Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Block print 193 x 203 mm

Date: 1884 - 1985

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-112-039-a

Description: Shows Mount Cook to the left of centre, with the Tasman River Valley in the right foreground. No 463 of 1000 (650 of these were for sale). Facsimile reproduction of original watercolour in Alexander Turnbull Library, C-007-013. Published to mark the centenary of General Accident Insurance Group and in conjunction with Alexander Turnbull Centennial Fund. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 360 x 530 mm in folder 550 x 370 mm + 1 pamphlet Provenance: Supplied by the publisher.

Date: 1963 - 1827

From: Friends of the Turnbull Library

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: E-040-q-006

Description: Crested greeting card Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on card, 193 x 203 mm [3]p.