Autographs

Date: 1870-1950

By: Bothamley family; Reid, Hester Elizabeth, 1896-

Reference: ATL-Group-00656

Description: A collection of papers and photographs accumulated by members of the Bothamley family. Manuscript materials comprise mainly inwards correspondence from New Zealand political leaders, Governors-General, and other well known persons (including three letters from Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, written between 1908-1910); greeting cards; clippings of signatures taken from letters; invitations; a volume of verse by John Rigg; and printed ephemera. Photographic materials comprise loose black and white photographs relating to Henry Jackson and Sir James Hector and family; three photograph albums, and a film negative showing Tauwhitinui Pā. Members of the Bothamley family had close connection to the New Zealand Parliament over many years. Arthur Thomas Bothamley began working in the Legislative Council in 1871, and served as the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod 1892-1937. His sons Charles Mildmay Bothamley and Grafton Francis Bothamley both served as clerks of the House and of Parliament. Charles Mildmay also worked for W and G Turnbull circa 1909; and Grafton Francis was a personal friend of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 3 album(s). 1 b&w original negative(s). 38 b&w original photographic print(s). 20 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted on card) in one box. Physical Description: Photograph albums, loose black and white photographic prints, annotated and typescript letters and envelopes (soem with stamps), greeting cards, notes, and printed ephemera Provenance: Phyllis Lucinda Bothamley, daughter of Arthur Thomas and Elizabeth Bothamley, had an interest in autographs, and may have originally collected the manuscript materials in this collection. They and the photographic materials were in possession of her sister Mrs Hester Elizabeth Reid prior to donation to the Library. Transfers: Donated with manuscript material see MS-Papers-0603. - One loose print of a Māori village scene was extracted from this collection by the Library for use in the file prints catalogue, and is now housed at Library reference PAColl-5671-43.. Processing information: The materials in this collection were previously split into separate collections. As they are of the same provenance a new collection description was created in November 2018. Not all names are indexed in this collection.

Date: 15 Dec 1941-18 Nov 1943

From: Binet, Grenville Vincent, 1916- : World War Two diaries

Reference: MSX-7961

Description: Binet's diary covers the period 15 Dec 1941 to 18 Nov 1943 and contains a day by day account of his wartime activities. Entries cover the North African Campaign until its end on 13 May 1943. Diary continues with personal commentary on life in camp while many men were on furlough in New Zealand. Appended into the volume is a letter to Binet from his parents (26 Dec 1942) and a printed menu for the 18 N.Z. Armd Regt. Reunion Dinner held at the Chez Restaurant Florida in Cairo on Thursday 12 August 1943. The menu has 56 autographs from those that attended the dinner. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1915-1930]

From: Quartermain family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1807-22

Description: Includes tickets, leave passes, instructions for protection from gas, autographed postcard, Paris, Christmas Day (1918) and Bruxelles, New Year, postcard from Ida E Murgatroyd, a photograph of Bill and Frank, `A photo they both like', souvenir folder of Colon and Cristobel postcards, Divisional Theatre programme (26 Dec 1917) and for `Buckshee!' production of No 7 Convalescent Depot (1918), `Achi Baba and the forty thieves', account of Messines, acknowledgement that Quartermain passed his first aid, exam paper on reinforcemenets and demobilization certificate (1919) and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 30 Sep 1922

By: Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923

Reference: MS-Papers-9116

Description: Holograph letter, written from Hampstead, London, to her father, Sir Harold Beauchamp, concerning the unsatisfactory treatment for her illness, radiology, her finances and her planned return to Paris with Ida Baker. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 item. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AbeBooks.com, 2008

Date: Easter 1877

By: St. Matthews-in-the-City (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Papers-0891

Description: Autographs of those who attended the mission Quantity: 1 folder(s) (24 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Contains illustrations

Date: 1910-1923

By: Templeton, A, active 1910-1923

Reference: MSX-8771

Description: Autograph album with signed epigrams and personal comments. Also includes ink and pencil sketches; and a one page music score. Many of the autographs are from Templeton's fellow New Zealand soldiers from Otago. Other epigrams are from friends in Waikouaiti. Source of title - Transcribed from item Templeton served in World War I with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1915 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (13.5 cm; leather binding, gilt title front cover)

Date: 1946

From: [Music programmes and other ephemera of quarto size for concerts. 1946]

By: McKenzie, Thornton, Cooper, Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1946-01

Description: Cover shows photograph and autograph of the pianist Lili Kraus. Programme includes piano works by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Bartok and Schubert. McKenzie, Thorton. Cooper, Ltd, Printers, 126 Cuba Street, Wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph and print, on folded programme, 285 x 223 mm.

Date: [1930-1950]

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

Reference: MSX-5794

Description: Also includes autographed menu (14 May 1940) for New Zealand Centennial Exhibition 1939-1940; Otago Centennial souvenir card (1948); tourist souvenir leaflet for Ataahua Canyon, Rotorua Other Titles - First editions of books, Bertram Rota (catalogue no 92, 1952) Other Titles - Goodly is our heritage by F Maurice Spurdle (1942) Other Titles - Meet New Zealand by New Zealand Dept of Internal Affairs (1942) Other Titles - Westward (Nov 1950) Other Titles - The Romantic career of Geo Adams (Tattersall) Other Titles - Moody, the Auckland Hospital Board and the public (1939?) Other Titles - New Zealand numismatic journal (n2, v6, Sep 1950, Aug 1951) Other Titles - Illustrated souvenir of exhibition of coronation robes, New Zealand, 1938 Other Titles - An historic retrospect on the occasion of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Australia Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 16 Mar 1961

By: Holyoake, Keith Jacka (Sir), 1904-1983

Reference: MS-Papers-6508

Description: Letter to Lady Waverley, acknowledging note and expressing friendship. Written on ministerial notepaper, and written from the Savoy Hotel, London. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf, 1 envelope). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with autograph signature Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Clive Farquahar and Sophie Dupre, London, 1999

Date: [1890-1912]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-130

Description: Piece of paper with signature `Na Kingi Tawhiao' and stamp, `Inoi ki Tawhiao Okenana' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1910-[1922]

From: Blomfield, Juliet E, fl 1993-1996 : Papers

Reference: MSX-4296

Description: Autograph book given to Esther Fisher in 1910 and signed by members of her family, friends, visitors and many other people, some while she was travelling by ship, the `Shropshire', and overseas. Not all autographees have been entered under Name. The residents of no. 20 Fitzherbert Terrace signed her autograph book ca 1910-1916. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (in case folder)

Date: [1919]

From: Massey family : Papers relating to William Ferguson Massey

Reference: MSX-4505

Description: Autograph album with signatures of people in the United Kingdom, including Winston Churchill and Lloyd George, Paris, including `The Diggers' concert party (Paris) and many others (only a few names entered on to database). Apart from a couple of 1912 entries most entries were collected during the Paris Peace talks during early-mid 1919. Language - Some contributions in French Autograph album, probably that of Mrs Christina Massey, kept during overseas travels in 1919; appears to have been given to her in 1912 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1767-1957

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3074

Description: Selected records from the Navigational Practice, Newspapers and Playbills, General records and Descriptions, Shipbuilding, Theses and Essays and Visitors' and Autograph Books records sections. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: [ca 1922-1960s]

From: Unwin, William Henry 1909-1992: Photographs relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

By: Jay, Harry, 1905-1987; Steele Photography Ltd; Stewart and White Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10379-4

Description: Photographs relating to Harry Unwin and his life as a musician, circa 1922 to 1960s. Taken by a range of photographers, most of whom are unidentified. - Contains images relating to Unwin's performances as a violinist when he was a child, playing the piano accordion (and winning Wellington Competitions Society trophy), and as a double bassist and pianist with various groups. Images include staged group and candid individual portraits of Unwin both by himself and performing with others. Images of note are an orchestra playing in a back yard, a music group by a band rotunda, and a dance band at a party in Upper Hutt [W Beavis?]. - Also contains images from Unwin's time working in Australia. Images of note include a series of photographs of a curtain call, images of Billie Ponds backstage in a variety of costumes, and for shows including 'Gay White Way' and 'The 3 [Pickini?] sisters'. - Set also contains autographed portraits. Includes one from Chico Marx saying "To [Harry?] Kiwis. Kindest regards. Chico Marx", a number from a drummer and pianist called Ron, a violinist called Nanette, a female impersonator "[Mitchell Milch?]", and other actors in a number of shows. - Identified photographers include Steele Photography Ltd (Auckland), Stewart & White Ltd (Auckland), The 'Truth' and 'Daily Mirror' features service (Sydney), Batchelor's Candid Studio (Hastings), Perfect Photo, and Harry Jay (Melbourne). Some images have annotations on the rear of the print with further information. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Unwin, William Henry 1909-1992: Photographs relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

By: Ascot Photographers (Christchurch, N.Z.); Cabaret Candid Photography; Smith, Robert H, active 1952

Reference: PAColl-10379-6

Description: Photographs of various women in Harry Unwin's life, 1940s-1950s, some of whom he may have been romantically involved with. Taken by a range of photographers, many of whom are unidentified. - Contains portraits of women, many of whom have autographed and sent their image to Unwin. Includes studio portraits and glamour photographs. Some first names are given, including "Norma", "Glad", "Miskey", "Betty", "Mona", "Margaret", 'Joan", and "Elvie", but many are unidentified. One image features a topless woman on the beach. - Includes a series of images of dancer Billie Ponds. These include professional stage shots in costume and studio portraits that she has given to Unwin. Ponds has autographed or annotated the rear of a number of the images. Also includes images of Unwin and Ponds together by a fountain and at a railway station, and Ponds with an older woman [possibly her mother?]. Another series features a blond woman identified only as "Elese" and includes professional portraits in a swimsuit and high-heeled shoes on a beach as well as informal snapshots [possibly taken by Unwin?]. One portrait is signed "To Harry, with fondest regards, Elese". Elese and Unwin are photographed together holding a koala and with a koala sitting on the back of an Alsatian dog, drinking in evening wear, holding hands, and outside Christchurch Cathedral (with Elese in a [adult Girl Guide?] uniform). - Named photographers include Cabaret Candid Photography, 'Truth' and 'Daily Mirror' feature service, Capitol Studio (Brisbane), Doug Balmer, Ascot Photographers (Christchurch), Robert H Smith (Wellington), Maxim Studio (Western Australia), and Majestic Studios (Coburg, Melbourne). Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1912-1916

By: Brown, Evelyn Gertrude, 1879-1962; Barton-Chapple, Virginia, 1945-

Reference: MSX-9348

Description: Autograph book of Matron Evelyn (Eva) Gertrude Brooke. Entries date from her time as a nursing sister at Wellington Hospital and to her service as a military nurse during World War I in Samoa and on board New Zealand Hospital Ship 'Maheno' (1915-1916). Includes contributions from soldiers Matron Brooke treated, as well as fellow medical staff. Entries vary in length from names and dates to single page letters. Entries also include sayings as well as quotations from poems (including John Keats). One entry is in te reo Maori. Volume also contains three photographs showing palm trees in Samoa and a boat in Alexandria, Egypt. Language - one entry is in te reo Maori Source of title - Supplied by Library Accompanying material - Print out of biography of Matron Eva Brooke and photocopy of her certificate of service in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces held in Library backfile Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donated by Evelyn Brooke's great niece, Virginia Barton-Chapple, November 2014 Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Virginia Barton-Chapple, Wellington in Nov 2014

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-1930s-02

Description: Photographic postcard shows Guide Rangi wearing a cloak, headband and flax skirt, standing with bare feet beside a hot pool at Whakarewarewa. She has autographed the card at top left: "Arohanui, Guide Rangi". The verso shows a printed illustrative image of a tree fern, and states that the card was printed in England, and published by Tanner Bros Ltd, Wellington NZ, as postcard number 2896. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 135 x 87 mm, with relief printing on verso Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in May 2014.

Date: 1900-1942 - 9 May 1994

From: Beattie family: Autograph and postcard albums

By: Beattie, Jessie Thomson, 1884-1947

Reference: MSX-9661

Description: Autograph album of Jessie Thomson Beattie with entries dated from 1900 to 1942. Entries in the album include personal messages, poetry, and quotations mostly of religious themes and sources, including a transliteration of a Chinese doxology and bible quotations, and examples of Chinese, Indian, Tamil, and Ceylonese scripts. Some pages decorated with mounted postage stamps. Sketches include a pair of birds, dated 23 May 1911, sailing boats, dated 1920, watercolour and pencil harbour scene with sailing and row boats, signed Horn, dated 1901, watercolour of people at the seaside with sailing vessels and a windmill, signed I Gresham, dated 1912, and a pen drawing of a bagpiper. Includes a pencil and ink on laid paper sketch with the caption "Bird Island lighthouse St Vincent". Also enclosed is a manuscript letter from Marie Mair to Margaret Beattie, dated 9 May 1994, with details of the provenance and custodial history of the album. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s) with some loose items. Physical Description: Bound autograph album with "Album" in gilt lettering on front cover, 10 x 15 cm; ink and pencil sketch on laid paper; printed quote; and a manuscript letter.

Date: 1909-1912

From: Morris, John Richard, 1831-1909 : Papers

Reference: MSX-8081

Description: Autograph book containing signatures, aphorisms (mainly from people in Wellington), illustrations and sketches Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss with illustrations Includes watercolour sketches and black ink illustrations. Among the images are a landscape view of Nelson Harbour; picture of two bees on sunflowers and a depiction of a gecko stalking its prey (a fly).

Date: 18 Feb 1913

By: Craig, F W (Mr), active 1913

Reference: MS-Papers-5679

Description: Comprises a letter from Commander Edward Evans, British Antarctic Expedition, Lyttelton, to F W Craig of Christchurch, `With compliments and thanks', 18 Feb 1913; New Zealand stamp overprinted with Victoria Land Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Autobiographical account of a 1908 Antarctic expedition by Edward Evans at MS-Papers-4736 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph autograph