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Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
- Date
- [1908-1986]
- By
- Strewe, Friedrich Georg Maria Theodor, 1910-1986Strewe, Lucie, 1896-1981; Strewe, Jocelyn E, 1927-; Strewe, Elmar, active 1930-1980; Strewe family
- Reference
- MS-Group-0563
- Description
The collection comprises Strewe's correspondence with his family in Germany (much of this is in German), his New Zealand family and friends. It also includes papers relating to his Somes Island internment, his work as a lansdscape gardener and architect, tapes and transcripts of interviews with Frank Sargeson, poetry, articles, short stories, journals, a film project for the Australian Film Commission with Marsha Bennett and other material.
Language - Most of the family correspondence between Strewe and his family in Germany is in German; clippings and articles and other papers also in German
Source of title - Supplied
Strewe left Germany late in 1937 and arrived in New Zealand via Canada, Hawaii and Fiji in 1938. He was interned on Somes Island from 1941 to 1946 and worked as a journalist following his release. He was a member of Orini and Riverside communes (1947-1949), studied and then practised landscape architecture. From 1949 to 1969 he lived and worked in Auckland. Around 1972 he moved to Australia. He wrote plays, poetry, and was actively involved in many protest movements.
Quantity: 121 folder(s). 2 Linear Metres. 5 C90 cassette(s). 3 C60 cassette(s).
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
Transfers: To Oral History Collection - 8 cassette tapes of interviews with Frank Sargeson.
- Use/Reproduction
- Requires written permission from donor for any reproduction from these papers
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 121 folder(s), 2 Linear Metres, 5 C90 cassette(s), 3 C60 cassette(s), Personal correspondence, Clippings, Poetry, Scripts (Documents), Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Travelling to New Zealand
Date: [1938-1939]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-5921-2
Description: Comprises originals of articles written by Strewe of his journey to New Zealand with Jo Gernert and includes issue of the `Mirror' with `Paradise forever' by Strewe and cover by Gernert (1938); `A School-day in Fiji' (Mirror, Sep 1939); `A Letter from Sudetenland' (NZ woman's weekly, 1939); `The Hunters of Hawaii' (Auckland Star Week-end pictorial, 1948); and `The Observer' (12,19 Jul 1939), `Paradise behind bars; imprisoned in Honolulu on suspicion of being a spy'. Photographs by Gernett. Relationship complexity - Photocopied articles at fMS-Papers-5921-3 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Travelling to New Zealand
Date: 1918-1939
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-5921-1
Description: Articles by Strewe on Canada and Fiji, and one in German (subject unknown); also includes map of Alberta Wapiti sheet (1918); map of Vancouver and vicinity (Imperial Oil Ltd) (1935); official road map, Peace River highway Edmonton to Fort St John, BC (Alberta Motor Assn, 1936); map, Canadian Pacific Lines and connections with US railways (1937); and map of Edmonton and district (1935) Language - Most of the articles are in German Relationship complexity - See also MSX-4602, fMS-Papers-5921-2 and fMS-Papers-5921-3 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Maps of Edmonton, Alberta, Wapiti Sheet, Canadian Pacific lines and Vancouver
Most valuable letters (part b)
Date: [1939-1946]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-015
Description: Comprises correspondence between Strewe and Hildegard a Brassard (letter of 16 May 1946 includes photograph) Language - Many letters are in German Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Papers re entry to Fiji (d)
Date: [1966-1967]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-095
Description: Comprises notes, correspondence with the United Nations, Bob Tizard, NZ Council for Civil Liberties, Kearsley & Kearsley (solicitors, Fiji), re Strewe's status as a prohibited immigrant to Fiji Arrangement: Part (d) of file relating to Strewe's attempts to work in Fiji Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Articles re travel to New Zealand
Date: [1938-1939]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-106
Description: Comprises typescript articles, `Keli, der Schildkroten-Jager', `Nackte A B C Schutzen', `Fidschils; Fijians bauen eine Grashutte', `Paradies hinter gittern', `Stampede', `Mokasins von elch', `Interview mit dem Minister-Prasidenten Hon M J Savage, und der Prinzessin Te Puea von Neuseeland' and `Die Schildkrotenjager von Hawaii' (in German) Language - All papers in this folder are in German Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Travelling to New Zealand
Date: [1938-1939]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-5921-3
Description: Comprises photocopies of articles written by Strewe of his journey to New Zealand with Jo Gernert and includes `Paradise forever' (Mirror, Dec 1938); `A School-day in Fiji' (Mirror, Sep 1939); `A Letter from Sudetenland' (NZ woman's weekly, 1939); `The Hunters of Hawaii' (Auckland Star week-end pictorial, 1948); and `The Observer' (12,19 Jul 1939), `Paradise behind bars; imprisoned in Honolulu on suspicion of being a spy'; `How we found the rock drawings' by Strewe and Gernert; article in German (1936); `Germans to study Polynesian race' (1937) about Strewe and Gernert in Hawaii; `Our friends were ex-cannibals' (Auckland Star week-end pictorial, 1938); `Kanadas stadt vor der wildnis', `Wetten um "Springer" und cowgirls', `Eisenbahnfahrt ins Sandsturmland' and `Ein Trapper hilit zwei greenhorns' (Berliner tageblatt, 1938). Photographs by Gernert. Language - Article on travelling through Canada in German Relationship complexity - Original articles at MSI-Papers-5921-1 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Photographs, probably taken by Genert while he and Strewe were travelling to NZ, of American indians, rodeo show, junior police officers (?US), and some, possibly, Pacific scenes
Correspondence re German cultural matters (b)
Date: [1961-1977], [1989]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-023
Description: Comprises correspondence with German groups and others re cultural matters and includes the International Copyright Bureau (London) re production of `Fear and misery of the Third Reich', the Berliner Ensemble, Karl-Marx Universitet (Leipzig), Democratic German Report (Berlin), Gesellschaft Neue Heimat (Berlin), Radio Berlin International, Verlag Zeit Im Bild (Dresden), Ministerrat der Deutschen Demoratischen Republik (Berlin), Ministerium fur Auswartige Angellegenheiten der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (Berlin), DDR Deutscher Fernsehfunk (Berlin), Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Der Kinderbuchverlag (Berlin) Also includes envelopes, returned letter to Lisa Laing, postcards from Carole, Karen and an unidentified person, and list of names of New Zealand writers supplied by Carl Freeman (ca 1989) Language - Most of the letters are in German Arrangement: Part of a file labelled, `East German mail' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Catalogues of glass models of a person and a horse
Odo in Berlin (film) (iii)
Date: [1977-1980]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-103
Description: Comprises production cards including footage from archival films; letter, Bennett to Helen Boyd; story line for `Two seventy year old portraits', Naomi Kelly and Odo Strewe of Eumundi; application to Creative Development Branch of the AFC Script Development Fund (1977) Arrangement: Part (iii) of file, `Odo in Berlin' production by Marsha Bennett Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Australian Film Commission (b)
Date: [1973-1980]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-100
Description: Notes, correspondence, and other papers re Marsha Bennett's Australian Film Commission project on Strewe; mostly copies of letters from Strewe to Bennett Arrangement: Part (b) of AFC project Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence (b)
Date: [1980-1981]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-040
Description: Includes correspondence with Anita, Regine, Karen, Tracey, ?Gesa Scrop, Anna/Annie, Toni, Gay, United Nations Association of Australia re Millions for Peace Petition, Tupui, `Guardian weekly' re its anti-Soviet attitude, Australian Labour Party re closure of Eumundi branch, Maroochy Council re local subdivision and pensioner concession, `Noosa citizen' re over-development, Veronica or Beryl, Delphine, `The Australia' re its anti-Russian attitude, ABC re talkback interview with Mrs Walker, President of Uruguay re torture and murder of political opponents, `The Chronicle' re its attitude to humanism, Tuvalu government re U S relations and other matters and Bill Moller (?); clippings, photographs and other papers. Strewe's letters written from Australia. Language - Some correspondence is in German Arrangement: Part (b) of correspondence file; first part at MS-Papers-5921-039 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, postcards and printed matter