Christchurch artist. See obituary - http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/bunker-notes/2012/02/15/in-memory-of- david-cheer/ [cited 10 Mar 2015]
Cheer, David William, 1931-2012
Cheer, David William, 1931-2012: River Junction (Koukoupo River and tributary, the arti...
Date: 1965
By: Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-; Murray-Oliver, Anthony Audrey St. Clair Murray, 1915-1986; Cheer, David William, 1931-2012
Reference: A-473-146
Description: Pencil drawing of a landscape by David Cheer, dated 1965. Depicts the junction of Koukoupo Stream and a tributary in the Manawatū-Whanganui District, between which is a small hill covered in trees. The artist's label has been pasted verso and includes a signature, date, catalogue number, and details of media used. Title taken from item. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - River Junction | (Koukoupo River and tributary, the artist's home) | Signed and dated by the artist David William Cheer, 1965 | No 78 in the artist's catalogue | Royal Sovereign pencil on cartridge paper | Alcohol fixed | Propoerty of A.A. St. C.M. Murray-Oliver, Oct., 1967. [typescript and pen on label mounted verso] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) matted and mounted. Physical Description: Royal Sovereign pencil on cartridge paper (alcohol fixed), 223 x 223 mm, mounted and matted, 341 x 324 mm.
David Cheer
Date: 1987
From: Peter McLeavey Gallery: Records
Reference: PA12-5049
Description: Colour mounted slides of works by David Cheer, with caption information inscribed on frame mounts. Title and date taken from related correspondence in the original folder. Arrangement: Transparencies were in an envelope amongst the papers in the original suspension file. Quantity: 6 colour original transparency/ies mounted slides. Transfers: Folder from which the transparencies have been separated is at Library reference MS-Papers-12553-061.. Processing information: Transparencies have been removed from the folder and housed separately for reasons of preservation.
General Correspondence 1987-1988
Date: 1987-1988
From: Peter McLeavey Gallery: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12553-061
Description: General correspondence and papers from the period 1987-1988, including material relating to: William Hammond, Peter Ireland, Janet Bayly, Kerrie Hughes, Paul Dibble, David Cheer, Paul Johns, John Pine Snadden, and others. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Colour slides at Library reference PA12-5049. Processing information: Colour mounted slides originally enclosed with papers in suspension file were re-housed and separated for preservation and storage.
General Correspondence 1980s (1 of 3)
Date: 1980-1989
From: Peter McLeavey Gallery: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12553-104
Description: General correspondence and papers from the 1980s, including material relating to: Julian Dashper, Thelma Clairmont, Peter Ireland, Richard van der Aa, Barbara Tuck, Aberhart North Gallery, Kerry Aberhart, Warwick Brown, Gavin Chilcott, John Reynolds, David Cheer, Deborah Ripley, Stewart Giles Galleries, Peter Lane, Elizabeth Halliday, Lois Rayma McIvor, and others. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 7 colour original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Material originally enclosed in the same suspension file at Library reference MS-Papers-12553-105 and MS-Papers-12553-106 - Colour slide at Library reference PA12-5038. Processing information: The content of the original suspension file has been separated into two folders because of the quantity of material. The order of the material in the folders has been maintained. Colour slide originally enclosed with papers in suspension file has been separated for preservation and storage.
General Correspondence 1980s
Date: 1986-1987
From: Peter McLeavey Gallery: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12553-064
Description: General correspondence and papers from the period 1986-1987, including material relating to: Laurence Simmons, Derek Cowie, Keith W Thomson, Christine Webster, Tim and Sherrah Francis, Sue Crockford Gallery, Barbara Tuck, Gretchen Albrecht, James Ross, Neil Dawson, Peter Ransom, Gavin Chilcott, David Cheer, Rosemary McLeod, Michael Lance, Louise Beale Gallery, Marie Olsen, Barbara Strathdee, Jane Pountney, Erika Congreve, John Quilter, Paul Johns, Allan Maddox, John Reynolds, Julian Dashper, Michael Armstrong, Aberhart North Gallery, and others. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 17 colour original photographic print(s).
Comments from viewers on film of Alexander Turnbull Library
Date: 1972
From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files (Series b)
Reference: MS-Papers-0006-34
Description: In 1972 the National Film Unit made a film about the Alexander Turnbull Library which was screened on NZBC Central Television, 10 Dec 1972; this is a file of viewers' comments compiled by Ray Grover and Margery Walton. Some of the people offering an opinion have been entered under Name below. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves).
Correspondence - C
Date: 1963-1992
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5292-011
Description: Includes paper, `Savages noble and ignoble, the preconceptions of early European voyagers in the Pacific' by Ian Campbell; photograph, probably of Anna Caselberg; curriculum vitae for John Caselberg; letter from Noel and Bob Chapman; and note from [?] Geoff Chapple Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Miscellaneous material on artists
Date: 1971-1984
From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918- 2016: Records of Elva Bett Gallery and papers relating to her publications
Reference: 89-026-056
Description: Exhibition catalogues, invitations and related material. Includes letter to Elva Bett from Betty Clegg, 1983 Most of the artists names are entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).