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[School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
- Date
- 1890 - 1999
- By
- John Dickinson & Co.; Marcus, Ward & Company; Olympic Stationery Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; William Collins, Sons & Company
- Reference
- Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS
- Description
Includes:
1890s?:
J Braithwaite (Dunedin) :Exercise book. Fine thick paper. J Braithwaite, bookseller and stationer, Dunedin. [1890s?]
William Collins, Sons & Company. The Progressive copy books, with engraved & traced head lines & divisional lines. Nos 2, 6 (2 copies) and 10
1910s?:
Marcus Ward & Co. Ld, Belfast. Marcus Ward's improved writing copy book [1910s?]
Thos Beecham, St Helen's Lancashire. Beecham's help to scholars, containing arithmetical tables and signs, weights and measures and other useful information [ca 1910-1920s]
Arithmetical tables for the use of schools. Printed by Alex Mayne, Belfast, 1910-1920s?
1890-1920s?:
King Edward Technical College Dunedin. Penmanship and commercial correspondence. [Exercise book]. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. G2272 [1890-1920s?]
1906:
The unrivalled exercise book. Name Gladys Thompson, Standard VI. 32 pages [1906]
1930s?:
The Otorohanga exercise book. Name Jocelyn Veale, Standard VI [1930s?]
Standard combined copy and exercise book no. 2 [1930s?]
ca 1934:
Whitcombes progressive copy books. No. 1 [ca 1934?]
Whitcombes progressive copy books. No. 5 [ca 1934; dated from advertisement for Whitcombes contour atlas on back cover; this is advertised in the Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21078, 1 February 1934, page 3]
1940s?:
Southern Cross exercise book; the exercise book with good paper. Registered No. 1700. Superfine ivory finished paper. [1940-1950s? - possibly 1954 with Haines-54 advertisement on back cover] (blue cover)
Southern Cross exercise book; the exercise book with good paper. Registered No. 1700. Superfine ivory finished paper. Re-order no. 2 [1940-1950s?, advertising Eversharp pens & pencils on back cover - book previously used by M Bunton of West Eyreton School]
Southern Cross exercise book; the exercise book with good paper. Registered No. 1700. Superfine ivory finished paper. [1940-1950s?] (orange cover)
1950s:
Croxley exercise book 1J. 32 leaves, ruled 4 lines to 1 inch. Lion brand. A John Dickinson production.
Olympic K school exercise book. 24 leaves, ruled 4 lines to one inch. Manufactured by R Thompson (1948) Ltd, Wellington
1950/1960s:
All Schools exercise book. 1K. NZ Standard exercise book. 24 leaves, ruled 4 lines to 1 inch
Olympic 1F school exercise book. NZSS362 licence no. 7, ruled 3 lines to inch. Manufactured by Olympic Stationery Ltd, Wellington (Illustration of the ship 'Dominion Monarch' on back cover)
Olympic 1H school exercise book. NZSS362 licence no. 7. 32 leaves ruled 3 lines to inch
STP science exercise book. [Printed by] A O Rice. 1960s?]
1970s?:
Class 1B4, for school use. 32 leaves ruled 7mm. Manufactured by Alex Cowan & Sons (N.Z.) Ltd
Pacific school exercise book 1F4. Lience NZ2122. 24 leaves, 12 mm feints (With waka carving on front cover)
Quantity: 2 box(es).
Physical Description: booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.
Provenance: One item donated by the estate of Rachel Louisa Harcourt in 1966; one by Mrs A M M Ramsay in 1966; one by Shirley Meggett 2007, Norma Evans, in 2010-2011.
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 2 box(es), Exercise books, Ephemera, Relief prints, booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.
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The Otorohanga exercise book. Name Jocelyn Veale, Standard VI [1930s?]
Date: 1930 - 1939
From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
By: Veale, Jocelyn Edith, active 1940-1950s
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-1930s-01
Description: Front cover shows title and space for the pupil to fill in name, standard and subject. At top is the advice: This book is not to be covered or mutilated in any way and is to be used for HOME-WORK subjects only. The covers inside and out, carry advertisements for Otorohanga businesses: Gordon M Fraser (surgeon dentist), Innes' Drinks, Miss G MacEwen (dressmaker and designer), Taylor the plumber (Otorohanga Plumbing Works), McDonal Ice Cream, H Addison & Son (grocer and general provider), Kehely's Sports Dept Otorohanga. The remaining pages, are filled with names and addresses. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 7 leaves remaining, 206 x 167 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Kay Hawk, Auckland, in 2011.
Terrace School: Home work exercise book [ca 1927]
Date: 1927 - 1930
From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
By: The Terrace School (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-1927-01
Description: Exercise book with a green cover which shows advertising for the Navy League, Milderson's caramel cream biscuits, Big Tree motor oil; Whitelaw Bros electroplating, Mason & Howat painters paperhangers & glaziers, Barraud's Pharmacy (proprietor W M Sunley), Johnson & Eglin agents for a heated household incinerator or garbage destructor. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 3 lines to the inch, with green cover, 200 x 162 mm. Provenance: Donated by Malthouse Costumes, Christchurch, in 2017. It had been deposited with Malthouse Costumes as part of a costume donation.
King Edward Technical College Dunedin. Penmanship and commercial correspondence. [Exerc...
Date: 1909 - 1930
From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-1910s-01
Description: Cover shows an illustration of the main building of the King Edward Technical College. The inside pages are ruled. Held by Ms Feltham Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 250 x 200 mm. Transfers: Dorothy Neal White papers, 2004..
J Braithwaite (Dunedin) :Exercise book. Fine thick paper. J Braithwaite, bookseller and...
Date: 1890 - 1899
From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
By: Braithwaite, Joseph, 1848-1917; Fredric, A E (Mr), active 1976
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-1890s-01
Description: Back and front covers show coloured illustrations of children at play. On the front cover they are walking in the fields and picking flowers, and on the back cover they are playing "Oranges and lemons" or Tug of War inside. The pages of the book have been used to stick in clippings about the New Zealand Rifle Association, Major J R Sommerville, Captain Collins (treasurer of the NZ Rifle Association), Private H S Batchelor, Private William Richardson, Mr W G Fletcher (secretary, NZ Rifle Association), "A" Battery champion team 1890-91; Major Sir Arthur Douglas, competition at the military tournament, Dunedin Sea Fencibles, Mounted infantry who left for England in 1894 from Sydney; NZ Rifle Association meeting at Oamaru; Dunedin Navals Camp. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 200 x 160 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr A E Fredric in August 1976.
The 'Wallace' nature study exercise book. Re-order no. 5 [used as a poetry anthology by...
Date: 1940?
From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-1940-01
Description: Front cover shows an illustration of a pied shag. The back cover advertises the "Kingfisher" fountain pen, obtainable from Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Inside, the owner Ruth O'Reilly has used to book to write and lavishly illustrate poems taught at school: March The song of the sea wind The burial of Sir John Moore by Charles Wolfe Caliver's escape Fairy shoemaker, by W Allingham The mercy speech My heart's in the Highlands Sleep Bush brothers A drop of water The swan The fighting Temeraire! The last two pages have text about the flag (in this case the Union Jack) and the privileges of being a New Zealander and member of the British Commonwealth. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 200 x 165 mm.
Southern Cross exercise book; the exercise book with good paper. Registered No. 1700. S...
Date: 1940 - 1959
From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
By: Clare, Mavis Winifred, 1923-
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-01
Description: Front cover shows Maori warrior seated on the ground at lower left, in front of a whare. The Southern Cross constellation is in the sky. Back cover shows an advertisement for Ideal Milk. (Nestle's) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 207 x 161 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2002.
The unrivalled exercise book. Name Gladys Thompson, Standard VI. 32 pages [1906]
Date: 1906
From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]
By: Robertson, Elayne Gladys, 1935-
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-1906-01
Description: Exercise book with brick red cover, containing samples of needlework by Gladys Thompson, a Standard 6 pupil. Pages include: Front cover, with handwritten name of pupil Page 1. a miniature apron as an example of gathering, waistbands and hemming Page 2. Square patch white on white Page 3. Square patch with circle centre hole, white on white Page 4. Placard, white fabric Page 5. Applique patch to match on patterned floral fabric, concentric square borders Page 6. Applique patch to match on patterned floral fabric, square and circular borders Page 7. Applique white flannel patch on white flannel Page 8. L-shaped darning, pink and blue on cream canvas Page 9. Three buttonholes on a double thickness of white lawn fabric Page 10. Green and pink darning in gradated colour square, on scallop-edged fabric Back cover showing arithmetical tables and multiplication table Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 200 x 160 mm, with fabric inserts.. Provenance: Donated by Elayne Robertson.