Gibbons, Hopeful, 1856-1947

Date: [ca 1930]

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: PAColl-6735

Description: Three views of the house Ngaroma built for Hopeful Gibbons by Joseph Dawson at Lyall Bay, Wellington. It was completed in 1928 and sold to the Catholic Church in 1947, becoming the residence of the Vatican Ambassador in 1972. One of the views is of the grounds. The photographs were taken for the Dominion. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [ca 1927-1951]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-199

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, late 1920s-1950s. New Zealand people in the news - Campbell Island meteorological station personnel; Watkins family of Hastings (champions in three sports), 1939; Hon W E Parry & Hon Walter Nash at celebrations to mark Lower Hutt becoming at city in 1941; Bishop Cherrington, Rev G H Scurr & Rev L K Collins, 1931; Captain S G Stringer, 1927; Colonel A W Orsborn & family; Mrs Ellingham of Dannevirke; Mrs Basilia Schulte-Baeuminghaus & daughter Ira (of Bavaria); Len Hodge (Canterbury junior diving champion) with John McCormack, USA; MPs J A McL Roy, T L MacDonald & A S Sutherland, 1949; John Smith (pilot instructor), 1937. Photographs relating to the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Phillip, 1947 Photograph of Mr B Lusk (solicitor), Mrs Bayley, Mr R E Fawcett (solicitor) and Mrs Bayley's father, T Palmer arriving at the Supreme Court Auckland during the trial of William Alfred Bayley, who was charged with the murder of S P Lakey and his wife at Ruawao, May 1934. Jubilee Exhibition of Canterbury College of Art - Former directors examining a portrait by R Wallwork of Robert Herdman Smith (director of the Art School in 1905). Directors are Gordon H Elliott, Frederick Gurnsey, Archibald F Nicoll and R Wallwork. Archibald F Nicholl painting the portrait of George Harper, 1932; Frank Callaway (Director of King Edward Technical College); Colonel A W Orsborn, new Chief Secretary for Salvation Army in New Zealand, & family, 1933; Canterbury pioneers at Bridle Path Memorial Service - John Chapman, Rev F G Brittan, Richard Evans, 1939. Wynne Smith, song-writer; group photograph of Brigade Commander & Commanding Officers and staff of 6th Infantry Brigade NZEF, 1940 (named on verso); nurses at Waiouru Camp Hospital (named on verso), 1951; Officers and staff of Waiouru military camp, 1951 (named on verso); Senior officers of Dental Services at Burnham (Lt-Col W M Ford, Lt G W Stanley & Major E B Reilly), 1950; Grant-Dalton Trophy awarded to Wellington (No 2) Squadron in 1950 - Leading Aircraftman W M Whitehead with Squadron Leader Oldfield & Group Captain F R Dix; Miss Kane, Mrs Burrell, Mrs Ross & Mr Duckworth Barker UNESCO at Pan-Pacific Conference; group photograph of members of the council of the New Zealand Educational Institute at the annual conference held in Dunedin, 1948 (named on verso); family group photo taken at Hope Gibbons Golden Wedding, 1931. Group photo of Mr A G Harper, Mr & Mrs H B Burdekin, Sir Howard & Lady Kippenberger, General Young, Mr & Mrs W S Lett. Two photographs relating to lighthouse on Portland Island, off Mahia Peninsula (article in NZ Free Lance, 12 Apr 1950, p 17); eight photos and undated letter about life of a New Zealander who married the lighthouse keeper at Pine Islet, Queensland, Australia. Overseas people in the news - John Foster Dulles, President Truman's special representative & Herbert Morrison, Foreign Secretary, 1951; Harold MacMillan, Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, General Lord Ismay, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, and Lord Leathers, Secretary of State for the Co-ordination of Transport etc; Anthony Eden and others, 1951; Price & Princess Paul of Serbia & baby son; General Eisenhower; Earl Haig; Gladys Cooper & Sir Neville Pearson; group at christening of Sally, daughter of Sir Neville & Lady Pearson (Gladys Cooper); Marshall Tito at Centotaph in Whitehall, 1953; Flight-Lieut George Stainforth; Auriol family; aerial view of Singapore showing Raffles Museum & Library, 1950; Dr Otto Schmidt, 1937; Ruling princes of India in London; Dutch swimmers G Galliard & Irma Schumacher, 1951; Major `Wid' Watson (famous jungle fighter), 1944; Korean internees return to Britain, 1953. Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1914, 1939-1978

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-005

Description: Photographs relating to accidental fires, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, chiefly between 1939 and 1978. Including fire at Hazelwood's drapery store, Upper Hutt, in March 1914, and the Hope Gibbons building, Wellington City, on 11 August 1952. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1924-1936

By: Gibbons, Hopeful, 1856-1947

Reference: MSZ-1753

Description: Album of mounted newspaper cuttings, holograph letters and greeting cards, with typescript transcriptions, relating to the 1st Earl, John Henry Rushworth Jellicoe and his wife Florence Gwendoline Jellicoe (nee Cayzer). Many of the cuttings relate to the farewell visit of Lord and Lady Jellicoe to Wanganui in 1924. The correspondence from Lord and Lady Jellicoe to Gibbons from the years 1924 to 1936, is accompanied by typescript transcriptions. Holograph letters on various printed letterheads, including "Criterion Hotel, New Plymouth", and "Government House, Wellington", and from after their departure from New Zealand "P & O. S. N. Co. S.S. [Mongolia]", "Grand Hotel Helovan", "St Lawrence Hall, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight", "Les Bergues Geneve", and "Reid's Palace Hotel, Funchal, Madeira". Also includes Christmas and New Year greeting cards for 1924-1925, with mounted photograph captioned "Special Service Squadron entering Auckland Harbour, 1924"; Christmas 1931, 1932, 1933, and undated. Title supplied by Library. Hopeful Gibbons was the mayor of Whanganui (1924-1927) at the time of Lord and Lady Jellicoe's visit. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Bound album with correspondence and newspaper clippings mounted with stamp hinges on leaves, 27.5 x 38.5 cm. Provenance: Provenance unknown.

Date: [1941]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-210

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of James Hargest (back) shaking hands with Winston Churchill, Freyberg behind him (PAColl-8151).

Date: 1924-1935

By: Carr-Smith, Garry Neil, 1939-

Reference: MS-Papers-10360

Description: Comprises letters to Mr Hope Gibbons from Lord Jellicoe (1924-1935); and newspaper clippings re Jellicoe visit to NZ (1924) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1903, 1907

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-016022-G

Description: Gibbons family gathering to celebrate the diamond wedding anniversary of Robert and Sarah Gibbons. From back left to right: Herbert, Ella, Hopeful, Evangaline, Tasman, Amy, William, Sarah, Robert, Alice, Robert, Albert. Original photograph taken at Plymouth Street, Wanganui on 27 July 1903. Head of Robert Gibbons (on right) has been superimposed onto body, probably in 1907. Photograph by Frank J Denton. It appears that the original photograph, taken 27 July 1903, was altered and a copy negative made in 1907 in order to superimpose the head of Robert Gibbons into the family group. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative. Copy negative of original print made in 1903.

Date: 1937

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-018208-G

Description: Formal studio portrait of Hopeful Gibbons. Taken by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew in 1937. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 25 April 1925

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-017366-G

Description: Mayor of Wanganui, Mr Hope Gibbons, placing soil from the battlefields of Belgium in the Wanganui Maori War Memorial on Anzac Day. Shows a crowd grouped around the monument. Photograph taken 25 April 1925 by Frank J Denton. Inscriptions: On neg: 3521 For [Ritchie?] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1925

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-018894-F

Description: Portrait of Hope Gibbons, taken by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew in 1925 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - 8438A Gibbons, Hope [... ] 1 Fol M.8.1[a].25 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative