OTHER
Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
- Date
- 1911-1920 - 1942 - 1992 - 2006
- By
- Doyle, Judith, 1933-; Tompkins, Arthur Lance, 1895-1977Tompkins, Arthur Lance, 1895-1977
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00347
- Description
Collection comprises material mainly relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, ephemera items, curios (a medal, and German epaulettes), photographs and newspaper clippings. The photographs relate to both World War One and World War Two.
Includes material in French and German.
See article at this link for more information: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/97203345/suitcase-reveals-a-treasure-trove-of-one-mans-war
Title supplied by Library.
Further material from the original collection, including a 1918 diary written by Arthur Lance Tompkins (and the complete document by David Tompkins about his father's war service) is held at the National Army Museum in Waiouru.
Quantity: 15 folder(s). 2 curio(s). 35 b&w original photographic print(s). 0.40 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts, curios, printed matter, and ephemera.
Provenance: Most of this collection was created by Arthur Lance Tompkins. It was stored in an attic in his home in Wadestown. Many years after the sale of this property, the family were contacted by the new owners alerting them to the discovery of this material, and subsequently it was returned to the family.
Processing information: The reference number for this collection was originally MS-Group-2431 but was given the new reference of ATL-Group-00347 at the time of arrangement and description in 2018, due to it's multi-format nature.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Curios require a curator to retrieve. All other material has unrestricted access.
- Format
- 15 folder(s), 2 curio(s), 35 b&w original photographic print(s), 0.40 Linear Metres, Curios, Ephemera, Family papers, Manuscripts, Photographs, Manuscripts, typescripts, curios, printed matter, and ephemera.
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.
Copyright
Unknown
German newspapers - Frankfurter Zeitung; Niederrheinische Volkszeitung
Date: 30 July 1918 - 26 August 1918
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: MSI-Papers-12335-3
Description: Two German newspapers from 1918: - Frankfurter Zeitung und Handelsblatt (issue no. 209), 30 July 1918 [fragment of page 1 and 2], published in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. - Niederrheinische Volkszeitung (issue no. 419), 26 August 1918, published in Krefeld, Germany. Both includes accounts of England and the English, including maps relating to conflict in Bapaume. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Newspapers.
Outwards correspondence - Letters from Arthur Lance Tompkins
Date: 9 November 1917-19 January 1919
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-12335-02
Description: Letters from Arthur Lance Tompkins mainly to family members. Tompkins wrote these letters from various European locations in Belgium, France, and Germany. The letters are dated between 9 November 2017 and 19 January 1919, and includes a letter to his mother on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph manuscript letters. Processing information: Arranged in date order at time of processing.
Inwards correspondence - Letters to Arthur Lance Tompkins
Date: 23 October 1915-15 August 1920
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-12335-03
Description: Letters written to Arthur Lance Tompkins, generally addressed as "Lance" from: - Jack Gillies, 23 October 1915 (on HMNZ Troopship 31), 19 February 1916 (from Ismailia, Egypt) - Harry Carter, 26 March 1916 (from Military Camp, Egypt) - L A 'Athol' McKenzie 15 January (with photo attached, from France), 6 February 1917 (from a Military Hospital in France), and 6 August 1918 (New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames) - Cousin Doris, 18 February 1917 (from The Bothy, White Waltham) - Denise Saint Paul, 25 January, and 13 February 1919 (from Lobbes, Bonniers - both in French) - Renée Roy, Paris, 1 August 1919 (written on mourning paper), and 15 August 1920 - both in English. Also includes the lyrics to a French song 'Madelon'. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph manuscript letters. Processing information: Arranged in date order at time of processing.
Postcards
Date: 1915-1919
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-12335-04
Description: Postcards mostly written to Arthur Lance Tompkins, generally addressed as "Lance" from: - Leonard Athol McKenzie (from Egypt and Amiens), 1915-1916 - Renée Roy, Paris, 22 February 1919 (written in French), and 26 July 1919 (in English). Some items sent to others from Tompkins including: - A letter card to Gladys Tompkins featuring an image of Lime Street in Liverpool, and of the RMS 'Lusitania' (sent in March 2017) - Two printed souvenir booklets containing photographic images of Manchester, Belfast (the latter is annotated: "With love from Lance to KOA" 21 February 1919). Also, field service postcards; an ANZAC Mounted Division Xmas 1917 postcard; one postcard with a middle aged man dressed in cricket whites; and five postcards of French scenes, and a small book of postcards of scenes of Paris. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Postcards. Processing information: Arranged in date order at time of processing.
Ephemera
Date: 1915-1919
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-12335-10
Description: Booklets, flyers, and programmes. The programmes are for various theatrical performances, and entertainment establishments including the Théâtre National de l'Opéra in Paris (7-14 January 1919); Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens; Gaumont Palace (1918-1919); Alhambra Paris; Palladium (1918); and Vaudeville Theatre. Also a 'Guiness's Brewery' guide book (1914); a programme for 'The Bugle call of the Fraser Clan, Rangitikei, N.Z. from Christmas Day 1916 in Palmerston North; a booklet 'Monte Carlo: The Race to the Roulette'; and a flyer relating to a replica German medal which commemorated the sinking of the Lusitania, issued by the Lusitania Souvenir Medal Committee of London, stamped by Robinson & Cleaver Ltd Belfast. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter. Transfers: Lusitania medal relating to the flyer in this folder is held at Curios-052-013..
Photographs relating to Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Date: 1911-1920 - 1942
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); W H Bartlett (Firm); Gaze, Henry Edward, 1874-1953
Reference: PAColl-10661
Description: Photographic prints relating to World War One and World War Two, mostly by unknown photographers, but named photographers include the Evening Post, W H Bartlett, and Gaze and Company of Hamilton. Many of the prints include annotations on the back, and some are in postcard format. Named places include Woolwich, Durban, Sling Camp, Killarney. The images relating to World War Two were taken in 1942 by the 'Evening Post', and include soldiers in a gun pit at a golf links (at an unnamed location). Many of the images feature Tompkins. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographs
Replica of Lusitania medal
Date: 1915
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: Objects-0974
Description: Maker(s) not identified. A British replica of a German 'Lusitania medal' contained in original case, made circa 1915. Text stamped on the underside of the box reads "Supplied by Robinson Cleaver Ltd, Belfast". See Lusitania Medal website for more information: http://www.lusitaniamedal.com/ Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 curio(s) Medal and case. Physical Description: Iron medal in original cardboard case, with printed label, and fabric lining, 55 mm diameter (medal), 80 x 80 x13mm (box). Transfers: Lusitania medal flyer at MS-Papers-12335-10.. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survery, November 2022: Previous reference: Curios-052-013. Previous title: Lusitania medal. 1915.
German military epaulettes
Date: 1914-1918
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: Objects-0975
Description: Maker(s) not identified. Two infantry uniform epaulettes from regiments number "170" and "10". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 curio(s) Two epaulettes. Physical Description: Grey woollen cloth with red chain-stiched embroidered numbers, with button holes, and machine stitching, 115 x 65 mm, 115 x 45 mm. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survery, November 2022: Previous reference: Curios-052-014.
Newspaper clippings
Date: 1918, 1919 - 1926
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: MSI-Papers-12335-2
Description: Newspaper clippings including a story covering the wedding of Lance Tompkins and Marjorie Rees Manning published in the 'Waikato Times' 10 April 1926, and other war related stories from 1918 and 1919. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Newspaper clippings.
Family research relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins
Date: 1992, 2006
From: Tompkins Family: Collection relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One and World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-12335-01
Description: Two documents of family research relating to Arthur Lance Tompkins' service during World War One. One is titled 'The war to end all wars! An account of our father's service in the Great War; France and Germany 1917-1919' compiled by David Tompkins June 2006. This document is incomplete. Also an account written by Susan Tompkins (now Doyle) titled 'Visit to Northern France and Belgium, September 1992'. Title supplied by Library. The complete document written by David Tompkins in 2006 is located at the New Zealand Army Museum in Waiouru. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts.