Librarian, at Alexander Turnbull Library from late 1989 to -2017.
Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951-
Interview with Sister Gladys Smith
Date: Oct 1983
By: Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951-; Smith, Ann Gladys, 1905-1996
Reference: OHColl-0695/1
Description: Ann Gladys Smith was born in West Otago in 1905. Describes her childhood, family and moving from Glenkenich to Tapanui when she was five. Recalls schooling and attending Sunday School. Describes being housekeeper at the age of twelve, returning to high school, becoming a student teacher at the Glenkenich School and then going to Dunedin to work at the Nisbet Home for children in Andersons Bay. Talks about her decision to become a deaconess and training before going to St Andrew's Church in Hastings in 1932. Comments on the effect of the 1931 Napier earthquake on local people. Recalls her time at Auckland at St David's Church during World War II. Discusses the Emergency Precautions Services (EPS) for civilians in the event of a Japanese attack. Describes going to Inglenook Home for children in Gore in 1948 and then to Knox Church in Dunedin. Discusses her work as a deaconess particularly at Knox Church in Dunedin. Publication - Entry in 'Southern people : a dictionary of Otago Southland biography' Interviewer(s) - Jocelyn Chalmers Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstract(s) to come.
Cards from Library staff
Date: 2003-2011
From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Letters and cards from staff
Reference: MS-Papers-8733
Description: Cards sent by staff members of the Alexander Turnbull Library back to other Library staff commenting on their visits and holidays. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Creator unknown: Photographs of the Alexander Turnbull Library team competing in Busine...
Date: 1990
Reference: PAColl-9641
Description: Photographs showing Alexander Turnbull Library staff members in a relay team for the Business House relay in 1990. Staff members are listed. Photographer unknown. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper prints
Mission Estate Winery: The 1998 annual Mission concert. Hawke's Bay Sauvignon Blanc 199...
Date: 1998
From: [Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to alcohol and alcoholic beverages and drink, in New Zealand]
By: Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951-
Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-1998-01
Description: Shows the text on a background of Spanish jewelled clothing, with an inset half-length portrait of the singer Julio Iglesias singing at the left. Julio Iglesias sang at the annual Mission concert in 1998. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on brochure.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on label 107 x 104 mm.
Chalmers, Ngaio, 1982- :Photographs of upper Cuba Street and Arthur Street, Wellington
Date: [ca 2002]
By: Chalmers, Ngaio Helen, 1983-; Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951-
Reference: PAColl-8768
Description: Photographs of upper Cuba Street and Arthur Street, Wellington, taken ca 2002 by Ngaio Chalmers. The photographs show shops on Cuba Street, including The Freedom Shop, and a building on Arthur Street that once housed a printer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler prints 10.1 x 15.2 cm
Children's road safety game, sponsored by your local businessmen [Gore]. Timaru Herald ...
Date: 1960 - 1963
From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to road safety, driving and transport]
By: Timaru herald (Newspaper); Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951-
Reference: Eph-B-SAFETY-Road-1962-01
Description: A dice board game issued by Gore businessmen, wherein one advances through 48 squares. Some of the squares show safety advice, and some are simply advertisements for local businesses. The cover also shows some road safety rules about biking to school. The back cover shows an advertisement for Sanitarium Health Foods. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on card 295 x 437 mm, folded to 295 x 219 mm.
Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951- : Collection
Date: 2001, 2018, 2021
By: Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951-
Reference: ATL-Group-00409
Description: Collection made up of photographs and ephemera collected by Jocelyn Chalmers. Includes a wedding photograph and COVID-19 Managed Isolation and Quarantine information materials. Title supplied by Library. Jocelyn Chalmers (née Kerse) was member of staff at Alexander Turnbull Library and resident of Island Bay. She married Barry Lional Chalmers, landscape architect and planner, on 16 March 1974. Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s). 1 b&w copy negative(s). 1 folder(s).
Postcards from staff and friends
Date: 2002
From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Letters and cards from staff
Reference: MS-Papers-7583
Description: Six postcards sent by staff members and friends of the Alexander Turnbull Library to the Library; includes card from Rachel from York Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pieces).
Wedding photograph
From: Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951- : Collection
Reference: 1/2-190126-F
Description: Joce and Barry Chalmers photographed with friends at their wedding in 1974. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s) (copy of original print returned to owner). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 100 x 125 mm