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Spear family : World War I letters of Holwell (Holly) Wensley Spear, and related papers
- Date
- 1917-1920, 2013
- By
- Spear familySpear, Holwell Wensley, 1874-1944; Harrison, Hui Mana, 1905-; Spear, Susan Jane, -1952
- Reference
- MS-Group-2193
- Description
Letters from Spear. Many are written to Hui Mana, daughter of his business partner Bill Harrison and Bill's wife, Jane. Other letters are written to Bill and Jane, and to his mother. The letters recount his training in New Zealand in late 1917 and travel to Europe, where he saw action in 1918, was based in occupied Germany for part of 1919, and returned to New Zealand in 1920. Also includes two annotated troop magazines.
With the accession is a printed account by Bill Harrington, the donor, "Voyage to the S.O.M.M.E. Letters from a kiwi soldier with the 38th reinforcements, which reproduces some of the letters, and provides family history and background about Spear. This document is in both hardcopy and digital formats.
Quantity: 1 ringbinder. 3 volume(s). 41 Electronic document(s). 0.08 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, printed matter
Provenance: Spear was the step-grandfather of Bill Harrington, the donor of the papers
Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr Bill Harrington, May 2013
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 ringbinder, 3 volume(s), 41 Electronic document(s), 0.08 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Mss, printed matter
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Voyage to the S.O.M.M.E. - Letters home from a kiwi soldier with the 38th reinforcement...
Date: 2013
From: Spear family : World War I letters of Holwell (Holly) Wensley Spear, and related papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11473-5
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Soldier magazines
Date: 1918
From: Spear family : World War I letters of Holwell (Holly) Wensley Spear, and related papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11473-4
Description: Contains a copy of "The Remuerian: Being a souvenir of the 38th reinforcements en voyage" and "Book of the CI camp". The cover of the former is covered with autographs. Both have minor internal annotations. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Holwell (Holly) Spear - letters
Date: 1917-1918
From: Spear family : World War I letters of Holwell (Holly) Wensley Spear, and related papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11473-1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project (2013-14) Digitisation details - 79 digitised images
Letters, photographs and ephemera
Date: 2013
From: Spear family : World War I letters of Holwell (Holly) Wensley Spear, and related papers
Reference: MSDL-2040
Description: Digital content includes scans of letters, photographs, ephemera, ship list for `The Remuerian' and a tent sketch. Quantity: 41 Electronic document(s).
Holwell (Holly) Spear - letters
Date: 1918-1919
From: Spear family : World War I letters of Holwell (Holly) Wensley Spear, and related papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11473-3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project (2013-14) Digitisation details - 116 digitised images. Letter 8 starts from page 5
Holwell (Holly) Spear - letters
Date: 1918
From: Spear family : World War I letters of Holwell (Holly) Wensley Spear, and related papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11473-2
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project (2013-14) Digitisation details - 94 digitised images