Berendsen, Carl August, 1890-1973

Date: Sep 1940

From: United Kingdom. Consulate (Tahiti) : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-6232-14

Description: Comprises copy of telegram received from the Governor-General of NZ to the Secretary of State for Doninion affairs; report from Berendsen to the NZ Prime Minister of his mission to Tahiti as the representative of the NZ Government with appendices. Appendix A, Tahiti personalities, with details on several Tahitian residents and officials. Appendix B, SS `Ville d'Amiens'; appendix C, Defence of French Oceania; appendix D, re `Dumont D'Urville'; appendix E, Summary of events Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1922-1936

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-448

Description: Photographs of Samoa, related to the period when Donald Alexander john Rutherford was a teacher, and then Superintendent of Schools in Samoa, between 1922 and 1936. Inside the front cover is a list of names of over a hundred native Samoan teachers who trained in Western Samoa during that period. There are group portraits of members of staff in the Samoan Education Department, teachers, students, sports teams; groups of boy scouts on parade; and one of a group attending the Conference on the Education of Native Races in the Pacific held in Honolulu in 1936. Several images show local and visiting dignitaries, including the Duke of Gloucester, Sir Herbert Hart, General Richardson, and Lord Bledisloe; and the visit to Samoa of a group of New Zealand teachers. Many of the images relate directly to the farewell ceremonies held at the departure from Samoa of Donald Alexander John Rutherford and his family in 1936. They include images of his home and personal servants. Inscriptions: Album page - "Staff of Native Teachers, Western Samoa, 1922-1936" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth; 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 21 Sep 1994

By: Aisner, Patricia Agnes, active 1925-1994

Reference: OHColl-0840-01

Description: Patricia Aisner worked for Prime Minister Peter Fraser as a secretary during the 1940s. In 1945 she accepted a posting to the Legation, later New Zealand Embassy in Washington, DC where she worked for Sir Carl Berendsen. Mentions taking dictation of personal letters from Peter Fraser after the death of his wife Janet Fraser; celebrations of the end of the war in Europe; dress code for women of the day; travelling by ship to Panama and entertainment on board; flying from Panama to Washington DC; type of work undertaken in the Embassy and personnel who worked there; trips to the United Nations and remaining in the United States after the three year term of duty finished. Patricia Aisner has since died. Interviewer(s) - Malcolm McKinnon Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015389 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 0.35 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available agreement form only at OHA-5607.

Date: 1970-1981

By: Gustafson, Barry Selwyn, 1938-

Reference: OHColl-0543

Description: `Nordy looks back 1901-1941, 1940-1949, 1949-1960, 1960-1980'; interviews with C.L. Hunter, Rex Mason, Arnold Nordmeyer, Honorable David Wilson, Sir Carl Berendsen, Keith Sinclair, Colin Scrimgeour and Sir Terence McCombs; Rowling on the attempt to unseat him; Sinclair on the Nash biography and `A man for the many'; the life and career of Michael Joseph Savage Quantity: 10 C90 cassette(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 1939-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-249

Description: Amongst United Nations photographs are the following NZ-related items: C A Berendsen, New Zealand's Minister to the United States, and New Zealand member of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Council, addressing the fourth session of the Council at Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, New Jersey; J V Wilson of the NZ Department of External Affairs and member of the NZ delegation to the Second Session of the UN General Assembly recording a talk for rebroadcast by NZ Broadcasting Service, Oct 1947; James Thorn, NZ High Commissioner to Canada at General Assembly's Second Committee (Economic and Financial), Sep 1947; T O W Brebner, alternate representative of NZ to the General Assembly's Sixth Committee (Legal), Sep 1947. Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

Date: 1919-[ca1945]

From: Pharazyn family: Photographs from the papers of Noel Pharazyn and his sister Eleanor

Reference: PAColl-10031-2

Description: Includes:- Portraits of Noel Pharazyn in military dress and Lydia Field about the time of their marriage in November 1919. Photographs relating to Noel Pharazyn's time as the New Zealand military attache In the United States from 1941 to 1945. These include - Portrait proofs of Noel Pharazyn taken in Washington DC. A group of photographs of Noel Pharazyn in the company of his wife Lydia, Prime Minister Peter Fraser, and Ambassador Carl Berendsen, meeting with the US Under Secretary of War, Kenneth Royal, to recieve a medal. Photographs of military groups taken in the United States. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1929-1975]

By: Wilson, Joseph Vivian, 1894-1978

Reference: MS-Group-1558

Description: Comprises correspondence and notes re proposed publication of MA thesis, `Origins and inceptions of Canterbury' (1929); papers as assistant director of research, Chatham House, London, with particular reference to Committee on Reconstruction, Economic Group (1940-1944); conference notes (1947-1961); political diary, much related to membership of NZ delegation at San Francisco Conference (1945) (1947-1948); miscellaneous papers, notes and clippings relating to his service as ambassador to France (1956-1965); international affairs and NZ's foreign relations; contribution to `L'Histoire de XXieme siecle New Zealand'; drafts, correspondence and notes Also includes two letters from John Mulgan to Wilson and some notes on Greece (1945); correspondence between Paul Day and Wilson re letters (1965); two letters Wilson to Paddy Costello of the NZ Legation in Moscow giving his impressions of the San Francisco Conference (7 leaves); political notes on the situation in German (1933); letter to the Earl of Perth (1947); letter to Berendsen on a world organisation (1944) (Acc 80-291) Source of title - Supplied Wilson was a diplomat and senior civil servant Quantity: 2 box(es). 3 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Processing information: 80-291 is now at MS-Papers-6875

Date: 1928 - 1953

From: Holland, Florence Beatrice, 1894-1976 :Photographs relating to the career of Sir Sidney Holland

By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Capital Press Service; United States Information Service; Wide World Photos Inc

Reference: PAColl-2817-1

Description: Photographs of visits by Sidney Holland to the United States in the 1950s including one of him laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery and broadcasting in front of a Voice of America microphone. Also two photographs of a visit to Canada and two of greeting a visiting dignitary possibly from India. Mounted photographs of: a visit by Holland and his wife and daughter to Johnson Bros, Hanley in 1953 as guests of North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce, England; Holland holding three fish caught by him; a studio portrait of Henry Holland (Sidney Holland's father) by S P Andrew; and an unidentified man. Quantity: 25 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Four of the prints originally housed at framed prints nos 212 - 214

Date: 1942 - 1952

Reference: B-175-012

Description: A group of members of the Pacific Defence Council dressed in Hawaiian grass skirts and leis sing 'To you, sweetheart, Aloha...' and dance the hula on a beach in Hawaii 1952. From left New Zealand diplomats Sir Carl Berendsen who plays the ukelele, and Hugh Templeton; next is Richard Casey (Lord Berwick), Australian diplomat, Sir Percy Spender, Australian Ambassador to the United States, and American Secretary of State, Dean Acheson. On a palm tree is a sign saying 'Pacific Defence Council (Sweet Hawaii Division). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on paper 360 x 505 mm

Date: 12 Jul 1944-7 Apr 1949

From: Heenan, Joseph William Allan (Sir), 1888-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1132-022

Description: Includes Berendsen's address on W. Samoa printed in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, v.LXXXV, Nov. 1936 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: May-Jul 1987

Reference: OHColl-0176

Description: Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to collect resource material for the Ministry's historical archives in the form of life histories of a selected group of early and long-serving personnel. The object of the interviews was also to provide a human insight into the evolution of the Ministry. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Relates to an oral history proejct at Library reference OHColl-1261. Quantity: 14 C60 cassette(s). 3 printed abstract(s). 3 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 18 January 1971 - 18 Jan 1971

From: Sinclair, Keith, 1922-1993: Collection

By: Berendsen, Carl August, 1890-1973; Ashwin, Bernard Carl (Sir), 1896-1975

Reference: OHInt-0218/08

Description: Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Keith Sinclair Venue - Wellington and Lower Hutt Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001119; OHLC-002768 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 8 January 1971 - 08 Jan 1971

From: Sinclair, Keith, 1922-1993: Collection

By: Berendsen, Carl August, 1890-1973

Reference: OHInt-0218/09

Description: Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Keith Sinclair Venue - Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001120; OHLC-002769 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 40 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 7 April 1984

From: NZOHA Customs Department Oral History Project Part II

By: Laking, George Robert (Sir), 1912-2008

Reference: OHInt-0101/08

Description: Sir George Laking was born in Auckland in 1912. Notes that his personal details are recorded in the Customs Department oral history project (OHInt-0176/01). Describes transferring from Customs to the Organisation for National Security, in the Prime Minister's Office, in 1940. Talks about the role of Foss Shanahan in this transfer. Talks about his early death and the significance of his role in the Department of External Affairs, Cabinet Secretariat, civil aviation and in the immigration of Polish refugee children. Describes the work of the Organisation for National Security. Comments on the atmosphere in New Zealand particularly concerning possible Japanese invasion. Describes Sir Carl Berendsen and contrasts him with Sir Alister McIntosh. Talks about the role of Deputy Prime Minister Sir Walter Nash during the war. Notes that he was part of the Pacific War Council and that he and Berendsen were New Zealanders making an impact internationally. Talks about working with Peter Fraser in the absence of Shanahan or McIntosh. Lists External Affairs posts and describes the development of overseas representation. Mentions the Enabling Act (of the Department of External Affairs) in 1943. Discusses the role of J.V. Wilson in developing a core of professional people in the Department. Describes travelling the Pacific with Peter Fraser in 1944 and 1945 and the impact this had on Pacific Island nations. Comments on the New Zealand regime in Western Samoa. Discusses issues facing the United Nations including the future of its mandated territories. Comments on Fraser's influence on trusteeship for Western Samoa. Discusses NZ's changing relationships with Britain and the United States, particularly regarding its Pacific role and security. Talks about the development of the Department and staff members Frank Corner, Colin Aikman, Tom Larkin, Charles Craw and Malcolm Templeton. Discusses the time he spent as Counsellor at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington from 1949 to 1956. Talks about working relationships with Dean Aicheson and John Foster Dulles. Describes the key events during his period in the States as McCarthyism, the Cuban missile crisis and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Discusses the domino theory and southeast Asia. Talks about the government under Sir Sidney Holland from 1949 to 1957 and its emphasis on New Zealand's relationship with Britain. Discusses New Zealand's relationship with Australia and the development of ANZUS and SEATO. Comments on Sir Leslie Munro as Ambassador to Washington. Describes being Acting High Commissioner in London from 1958 to 1961, at the beginning of the British approach to the European Economic Community (EEC). Mentions C F Skinner visiting from New Zealand to make a case for preferential treatment for New Zealand butter and meat. Describes returning to the United States as Ambassador to Washington from 1961 to 1967. Discusses American and New Zealand involvement in Vietnam, Lyndon Baines Johnson, visiting Saigon and the role of the CIA. Comments on Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake, Sir Jack Marshall and Norman Kirk. Discusses New Zealand's recognition of China in 1972 and Ray La Varis' role in setting up trade. Summarises the evolving relationship with Britain, the USA, South-east Asia, the South Pacific and Australia. Discusses Vietnam, the UN charter, the veto, UN trusteeship, Western Samoa, the Korean War and and the EEC. Describes New Zealand involvement with the Australia and New Zealand agreement 1944, South Pacific Commission 1947, ANZUS, SEATO 1954, the Colombo Plan, ASPAC and ASEAN. Explains the role of a diplomat and assesses his own contribution. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Ombudsman's Office, The Terrace, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000500, 000504, 000504A, 000505A Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0094. Search dates: 1984

Date: 18 Nov 1975 - 7 Jul 1976

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978

Reference: OHColl-0163/1

Description: Covers his career as secretary to War Cabinet, 1943-1945; Secretary of External Affairs, 1943-1966 and permanent head of Prime Minister's Department, 1943-1966 Venue - Wellington : 1976 Interviewer(s) - Professor F L Wood ; Mary Boyd Venue - Alexander Turnbull Library Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-1841. Search dates: 1975 - 1976

Date: December 1968-Mar 1971 - 01 Dec 1968

From: Interviews for Biography of J G Coates

By: Coates, Desmond, active 1930-1968; Houston, Fred, active 1930-1969; Berendsen, Carl August, 1890-1973; Short, W J, active 1968-1971

Reference: OHInt-0191/06

Description: Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - J M Barr Venue - Various places Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000238 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration.

Date: 08 Jan 1971

From: Gustafson, Barry Selwyn, 1938- : Sound recordings

By: Berendsen, Carl August, 1890-1973

Reference: OHInt-0543/08

Description: Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008151a Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 1944

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union : Records

Reference: 80-307-71/21

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 25 April 1948

From: Sound recordings from Nola Luxford collection

Reference: OHInt-0233/22

Description: Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: [ca 1970-1985]

From: Bassett, Michael Edward Rainton (Dr), 1938- : Further papers

Reference: 2012-028-150

Description: Correspondence, articles and interviews relating to research for biography of Peter Fraser. Includes correspondence and transcripts of interviews with Sir Carl Berendson, 8 Jan 1971 and Sir Arnold Nordmeyer, 26 May 1970 Quantity: 1 folder(s).