Nicholson, Oliver, 1864-1952

Date: 04 Jul 2012

From: Milford oral history project

By: Dunsford, Deborah (Dr), active 2001-2012; Shaw, Glenn Morris, active 1940-2012; Truscott, Leslie Jeanie, 1923-

Reference: OHInt-1017-09

Description: Interview with sisters Leslie Jeanie Truscott, nee Rogerson, and Glenn Morris Shaw, nee Rogerson. Both were born in Epsom. They describe their grandfather, their grandmother, and the housekeeper, Alice, who was related to their grandmother, who died young. They describe their father's education and work as a lawyer, and their childhood. They also describe the family's six week holidays in Milford during summer and their father taking the ferry to work. Describe shopping for food, a transport to and from Milford. Discuss the beach, bathing suits, and parents' travel to Australia. Describe day trippers to Milford from Auckland and concert parties at the Pirate Shippe. Describe playing miniature golf, boat hire, eating ice blocks, and kiosks in town. Describe the shop and pinball machine at Ye Old Pirate Shippe, as well as time spent at the beach. Discuss surf life saving clubs, the swimming pool, and showering at the boat shed. Describe going to Milford Picturedrome and dances during World War Two. Describe food they ate during holidays at Milford, and Friday night dinners at the Silver Shell restaurant in the 1950s. Describe American soldiers during World War Two, fear of Japanese invasion, and life in Milford during the war generally. Interviewer(s) - Deborah Dunsford Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 2.17 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1914-1955, ca 2019

From: Elder, Ann Margaret, active 1956-2019: Collection relating to the Donnelly family and Irish studies

By: Spencer Digby Studios; Standish & Preece (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-10792

Description: Comprises several photographs of Sir Arthur Telford Donnelly and William Ian McLaren Donnelly, including images relating to Arthur Donnelly's occupation as Crown Solicitor and his service in World War I, and Ian Donnelly's work as a journalist. Most photographs taken by unidentified photographers between 1914 and 1955; identified photographers include Standish & Preece, and Spencer Digby Studios. Some colour photographic prints added by the Donnelly family circa 2019. Includes photographs of Ian Donnelly in his capacity as a journalist, and with members of the Donnelly family, possibly his own children. Also includes photographs of Arthur Telford Donnelly taken during World War One; with sporting associates; in his capacity as Chief Prosecutor; during the August 1949 investiture ceremony in which he was knighted by Governor General, Lord Bernard Freyberg; at Beath’s Lounge, with other war veterans; with the Bank of New Zealand and Beath and Company Boards of Directors; and during a 1951 visit to the Mayor of Dunedin, with Lord and Lady Jowett. Some photographs relating to Arthur Donnelly's service in World War One have contemporary photographs of medals pasted verso, and are annotated with contextual information. Several of the photographs are annotated with captions and contextual information; many are pasted on paper which features typed annotations, and many feature handwritten annotations verso of the print. Many of the photographs appear to have been cut from a photograph album and feature photographs of the Donnelly family, not relating to Arthur or Ian's careers. Some photographs feature newspaper articles pasted verso; it is unclear whether these relate to the content of the images. Title supplied by Library. Not all names associated with this collection have been indexed. Arthur Telford Donnelly was appointed Crown Solicitor for Christchurch in 1921, and became chairman of the Bank of New Zealand in April 1937. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s) including some colour photographic prints pasted verso. 1 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1934-1935

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-188

Description: Other Titles - Souvenir of presentation to MW Bro Oliver Nicholson by the United Masters Lodge no 167 (1935) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1925

From: Finey, George Edmond 1895-1987 :Finey's gallery of New Zealand notables. [Sydney] Smith's weekly [ca 1924]

By: Finey, George Edmond, 1895-1987; Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979

Reference: A-051-021

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Aucklander Oliver Nicholson, a member of the law firm Nicholson, Gribbin, Rogerson and Nicholson and Mayor of Mount Eden Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph (two-colour) on sheet 411 x 267 mm