[Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

Date: 1961

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Council for Equal Pay and Opportunity

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1961-01

Description: Front cover shows a man and a woman shaking hands as they stand in either side of a balance scale. The inside discusses the principle of equal pay for equal work and the countries where that principle is upheld. The back cover cites three instances of discriminatory practices penalising women in employment in 1960 and 1961. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on yellow paper. Physical Description: Relief print, on pamphlet folded to 214 x 142 mm.

Date: 1965 - 1975

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Peak Time Division Key Personnel Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1970-02

Description: Front cover shows a smiling telephone receptionist for lease. Pamphlet offers the services of qualified typists, stenographers, machine operators, receptionists, telephone operators, clerical workers or any other office workers, who can be leased. Pay is only for the hours actually worked. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on pamphlet 140 x 165 mm, folded to 140 x 82 mm.

Date: 1944 - 1947

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Services Commercial Contact Centre (Auckland); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1945-01

Description: Front cover shows a line of New Zealand servicemen and women heading for a map of New Zealand. Inside the folded sheet is an explanation of the purpose and plan of the Centre, and the back cover has details of the governing body with representatives from numerous listed organisations. It is "an Auckland scheme but other voluntary organizations in the various Centres of New Zealand are working in a similar manner". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded pamphlet 215 x 130 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Frank Dawson in 2002.

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: W D & H O Wills (N.Z.) Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1950-01

Description: Pamphlet advertises jobs for women in W D and H O Wills factory in Lower Hutt, manufacturing tobacco products. Chartered buses were available to take women to work. There were free uniforms and a cafeteria service. Workers could be full or part-time and there was voluntary overtime. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on sheet 158 x 460 mm, folded to 158 x 115 mm. Provenance: From the papers of Mr A G Bagnall, donated 2010.

Date: 1932 - 1935

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Nash, Walter (Sir), 1882-1968

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1933-01-front

Description: Front cover of booklet shows an arrangement of text. At the top is a "postage paid" address panel, addressed to Mr W Nash, MP, Lower hutt (redirected from a Karepa Street, Wellington, address). Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Lettepress on front cover of booklet, 185 x 128 mm.

Date: 1978 - 1982

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Vocational Training Council (N.Z.); Society for Research on Women in New Zealand. Christchurch Branch; Ormsby, Mary Louise, 1947-

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1980-01

Description: Includes pamphlets about women in non-traditional roles: Tui Dixon (painter/paperhanger); Paddy Sinclair (busdriver); Deirdre Crompton (radio and TV technician); Francie O'Reilly (traffic officer); Helen Dawson (horticultural apprentice); Sharon Wylie (meat inspector); Linda Dunlop (fitter and turner); Nicky Evans (land survey officer); Ngaio Rangi (cabinet maker); Cynthia Griffith (film maker); Sonya Smythe (telecommunications technician); Claire Astington (footwear pattern-cutter); Pauline Taurima (aircraft avionics engineer); Celia Vandenberg (engineering draughtsperson); Rachel Walker (photocopier technician); Sally Woodhouse (bookbinder); Hilary Davidson (apprentice joiner); Tessa Dupont (quantity surveyor); Theresa Haka (photo-engraver); Pam Heatherington (pastry cook & cake baker); Katrina Newton (apprentice carpenter); Kim Petersen (tractor operator); Jenny Timms (valuer); Pam Suddley (jockey); Jean Hanson (air traffic control officer); Christine Llewellyn (typographer); Teresa Beauchamp (lines worker); Sharon Ross (coach painter); Jenny Cox (farm advisory officer); Brenda Lawrence (post office technician); Anna Cooper (rural secretary); Colleen Strang (stock agent); Jo Harding (freight operator); Tina Collier (forester); Susan Gray (lathe machine operator); Vicky Grant (shearing contractor & woolclasser); Nikky Van Dyke (inspector of dangerous goods and explosives); Mary Shoemaker (wood restorer); Bev Ruka (woolsorter). Quantity: 39 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on booklets. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on folded sheets 212 x 104 mm (folded). Provenance: Donated by M. Louise Ormsby in 1998 and by Christchurch College of Education in 2003.

Date: 1965 - 1975

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Shaws Office Service Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1970-01

Description: Shows a head and shoulders photograph of a smiling telephonist with a bouffant hair style. The card advertises a team of temporary workers: shorthand typists, typists, clerks, book-keepers, machinists, available to work in offices temporarily part-time or full-time. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on blotter 225 x 96 mm.

Date: 1955 - 1965

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Knight Footwear Company

Reference: Eph-A-EMPLOYMENT-1960-01

Description: Booklet for staff at the footwear factory, about the job, the supervisors, personnel officer, noticeboards, hours of work, leave, pay, union membership, time clock cards, pay, work safety, regulations, amenities, thrift club, long service privileges, parking area, staff purchases, and social club. The company was part of Felt and Textiles of New Zealand Ltd. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, each 138 x 100 mm.