Homosexuality

Date: 1970-2001

By: Wells, Peter Northe, 1953-2019

Reference: ATL-Group-00026

Description: Comprises papers relating to the anthology edited by Wells and Rex Pilgrim, `Best mates' (1997) and to the novel, `Boy overboard', by Wells (1997); also drafts for `Long loop home', and essays and reviews; includes drafts, correspondence with contributors and publishers and clippings Also includes material relating to film-making including `Desperate remedies' and `Little queen'; drafts and production papers for `Ricordi!'; papers relating to Artists Against Apartheid; correspondence re `Best mates'; letter from Witi Ihimaera and notes re session with Shonagh Koea Also includes 15 electronic documents comprising versions of `Boy overboard' (see MSDL-0066). Further accruals in 2016 include papers and a photograph album relating to the book 'Dangerous desires' and papers relating to 'Mutzig the clown cat', Wells' film reviews and correspondence, early and unpublished stories, newspaper cuttings and other papers. Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: The collection has been kept in its original order. Quantity: 116 folder(s). 1217 kilobyte(s). 1 volume(s) 22 photographs. 1.50 Linear Metres. 15 Electronic document(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, sketches and printed matter Finding Aids: Manuscripts back file in Reference Section includes a preliminary list of early and unpublished stories.. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of cover for `Best mates' - To Photographic Archive - Photographs of people auditioning for `Desperate remedies' - To Oral History Collection - 7 taped interviews with artists who were members of Artists Against Apartheid. Processing information: The Number of the collection was changed from MS-Group-0742 to ATL-Group-00026 during the processing of Accession 2016-0361

Date: 1844-1848

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0031-04

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with information about baptisms, marriages, deaths, the erection of chapels, the appointment of Maori teachers, confessions of sins, news of illnesses, details of community conflicts and fighting between Maori and Pakeha in the Hutt Valley and Porirua in the 1840s; also contains information about lesbian relationships Language - Letters in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1994

By: Anderson, Thomas Neil Menteith, 1962-; Reeves, David Douglas, 1967-; Duffy, Mary-Jane, 1964-; Moore, Michael, active 1994; Kember, Ian Robert, 1953-1999; McGovern, Derek, active 1994; Welch, Sarah Helen, active 1994; Allison, Owen, active 1990-2010

Reference: PA-Group-00581

Description: Portraits of members of Wellington's gay and lesbian community Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 35mm-16303 to 16393, 17762 to 17781, 18931 to 18936, 120-0848 to 0851, 35mm-96059 to 35mm-96122. Quantity: 168 b&w original negative(s) strips containing 874 images. 14 b&w original photographic print(s) nine of which are contact prints. 11 colour original negative(s) 35mm negtive strips comprising 50 images. 2 colour copy photographic print(s) Both are contact prints. Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1994. Reference number changed from PAColl-4150 to PA-Group-00581 in 2010.

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Braithwaite, Warwick 1896-1971 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5473-3

Description: Braithwaite continues his narrative describing his return visit to NZ, then a tour to South Africa and his return to London and problems at Covent Garden. He writes of the disagreements in the musical scene and the difficulties of getting work, gives his opinion on homosexuality (pp369-373). He describes various tours of Italy, Spain, France and Austria. Braithwaite discusses many of the important people he meets, including Karl Rankl, David Webster, von Karajan, Edward J Dent, Ricardo Blamey-Lafone and Vaughan Williams. Finally, he visted Finland where he met Sibelius, and had more world travels (1953-1956), visiting and working in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. (This part comprises pages 263-409) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1960 - 1990

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

By: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994

Reference: Eph-B-ROTH

Description: Contains folders of ephemera in the following subject categories: Alternative lifestyles, Amnesty International, Anarchism, Associations, Booksellers, Communism, Education, Homosexuality, International affairs, Labour movement, National Development Bill, NZ Labour Party, New Zealand National Party, Nuclear (including CANWAR), Peace (including International Convention for Peace Action 1977), People's Union, Police, Politics, Protests at Albert Park, Auckland (Tim Shadbolt, Marijuana, Dennis Brutus, Resistance Bookshop, Anti-ANZUS), Racial, Radical, Republicanism, Rights (Tenants' Protection Association and Auckland Council for Civil Liberties), Social welfare, Socialism, University, Vietnam, War, Women, Youth. Quantity: 40 folder(s) containing pamphlets, etc.. Physical Description: Prints, some photolithographs, varying sizes.

From: Murray-Oliver, Anthony Audrey St Clair Murray :Negatives and photographs

By: Murray-Oliver, Anthony Audrey St. Clair Murray, 1915-1986

Reference: PAColl-1340-1

Description: Mechanically reproduced photographs have been removed from an unidentified book Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) in one envelope.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-647-001/080

Description: 80 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Laila Harre and views on liberalisation of cannabis laws, Helen Clark asserts authority over Ms Turia, Maori and pakeha racial guilt and shame, Ms Turia reluctantly apologises for 'holocaust' comments, Dr Cullen ponders low business confidence as Grouch Marxist, Timor's Indepencence birthday celebrations destroyed by violence, Fijian-Indian refugees in Fiji following coup, political posturing over Treaty of Waitangi clause in free trade agreement with Singapore, US dollar blasts kiwi dollar, Sydney 2000 Olympics begin, Winston Peters plays the race card in the hopes of raising his popularity, Olympic swimming athletes get the once over by their female onlookers, Australian-New Zealand currency merger proposal, Prebble gets axed by Jenny Shipley, Kiwi dollar low and oil prices high, New Zealand is best at all the wrong things, sports couch potatoes, Milosevic runs for the presidency, US dollars gains steam with President Clinton in charge, women's performance at the Olympics, political awards, NZ toasts the Olympics, army peace keepers get pay review by Clark, 3 Middle East faiths based on love and compassion unable to share sacred site, Don Brash fails the Kiwi dollar, Clark and Milosevic relations, Israeli and Palestinian relations, court call for accountability of parole officers, NZ cricket sports fan still in the dark, NZ dollar down - sharemarket down - petrol prices up, Middle East pro-war protest singer, Clinton attempts to negotiate Middle East and National Party crises, Mr Mudgeway in padded cell waiting for big NZ sports win, rural economy on the up for farmers, Swain and Horomia on ownership of the Taranaki oil and gas fields, Lions rugby team claim the Air New Zealand trophy, Clark seeks an alliance with big business, Clark's alliance with big bisiness consumated, one-tree-hill pine tree felled along with Mike Smith, same-sex marriages, Clark preparing to kneecap Ruth Dyson for Norm Hewitt comments, Property Bill, Dyson resigns over drunk driving incident, purity pledge, cricket match-fixing, support for Paul Holmes' salary, lack of real choice in US presidential elections, NZ Melbourne Cup race winner, US election results on a knife edge, boxing - Lennox vs Tua, All Blacks beat France, Lennox Lewis vs David Tua boxing fight, US presidential election goes to court, English strung up as heretic, Tipene O'Reagan let's nature take its course with stranded whales, Labour Party victory conference, CNN backgrounds the US election count process, petrol prices high, US presidential election fought out on American flag, George Hawkins' suggested cost cutting measures for the Police, National Party leadership based on personality deficit of Bill English, George W. Bush wins Florida, Clarks preparation for Waitangi Day, Tainui iwi's new grievance cycle, Mrs Mudgeway's son hopes to qualify for ACC compensation, Clinton is back as President?, the new and the old All Black diet, signs of recovery in NZ economy being hidden from Don Brash, NZ/Australia defence spending and policies, Hawkins hands out pornography to Police to cut phone-sex costs, being a modern day All Black, Clark and Cullen's popularity increases, Simon Upton departs the National Party, obituary to reporter Mike Robson, America - where every judge counts in becoming President, Clark still unable to apologise to Dover Samuel, cricket at the Basin Reserve for Boxing Day test, petrol war, Anderton and Bunkle over question of where Phillida resides, Paul Holmes CD for Christmas makes Granddad throw-up. Quantity: 80 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: 1976

From: Scales, Sid, 1916-2003 :[One folder of cartoons featuring Robert Muldoon and the Muldoon era. Published in the Otago Daily Times, 1976]

Reference: A-319-033

Description: Comments on news items at the time, including people between 18 and 20 being able to drink on licensed premises if accompanied by a parent; Muldoon represented as a firework blowing up in Labour MP Colin Moyle's face; and news that Anderson's Bay cemetery in Dunedin was running out of space After Labour MP Colin Moyle criticised the inegrity of Prime Minister Muldoon's accountancy firm, Muldoon claimed Moyle had been picked up by the police the police for suspected homosexual activity. The 'Moyle Affair' led to a judicial inquiry and Moyle's resignation from Parliament Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Sid Scales Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 280 x 380 mm Provenance: Donated by Sid Scales in 1998

Date: 2000 - 2009

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to gay and homosexual people, issues, events and organisations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-GAY-2000/2009

Description: Includes fliers and pamphlets issued by Marlborough Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Friends Group, LAGANZ, IMERST, Hero Bowling League; on topics including SS4Q (Safety in Schools for Queers), Labour's gay lesbian and transgender candidates, the LAGANZ Outlines Conference 2003; Also includes: The Company of Angels in association with Stage 2 Productions & AUSA present "Corpus Christi" by Terence McNally, directed by Lex Matheson. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1981 - 1982

Reference: Eph-D-DRAMA-1981/1982

Description: Includes posters for: 1981: "Songs to the judges", written & directed by Mervyn Thompson; music by William Dart. Presented by the NZ Students Arts Council. New Zealand tour March-April 1981. Photograph by Robin Morrison. 1982: "Crime plays"; a play about teenagers and the law. Presented by the Hardcase Theatre Company. Only public performance, National Art Gallery, Sunday 7 November. Directed by Philippa Campbell. New Zealand Students Arts Council presents "Give us a kiss and we'll tell you"; New Zealand's first gay revue. national tour, April-May 82. By William Dart (co-author Songs to the judges), John Curry. With the support of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Goldcrest Theatre Associated Ltd in association with the Mercury Theatre present "Once a Catholic", a comedy by Mary O'Malley. Wellington State Opera House, 20-25 September [1981] Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying around 595 x 420 mm.

Date: 1982, 1984, 1986

By: Mitchell, William, 1906-

Reference: MS-Papers-2298

Description: `Frank Sargeson' gives Mitchell's impressions of Frank Sargeson and his environment, ca 1967-1982. It is accompanied by an earlier draft (Folder 1-2). The article `Resign or else! : the Wanganui Affair', describes an incident in Wanganui in 1920 when Charles MacKay, then mayor, was convicted of the attempted murder of Walter D' Arcy Cresswell. The article is accompanied by two earlier drafts (Folder 3-7). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 7 folder(s) (76; 280 leaves). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, printed matter, and photographs (holograph annotations) (some photocopies)

Date: [ca 1990-1998]

From: Gidley, James, fl 1910-1999 : Memoirs

Reference: MS-Papers-6302-1

Description: Comprises further memoirs of Gidley, `My second down-under spell, 1950-1960' which begins with his flight from England to Australia and thence to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) where he stayed with his brother and his wife; he then describes going to Australia and working outside Sydney in a mill, working in Brisbane and South Australia, and his return to work at various jobs in these places. He writes of his relationships, especially with women, religion, social concerns and problems and personal matters, such as contracting hepatitis and malaria. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2000 - 2001

By: Waerea, James, 1940-2019; NZ Truth (Newspaper)

Reference: H-657-001/014

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international issues. Quantity: 14 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 14 A4 size photocopies of faxed drawings.

Date: Jul-Aug 1994

By: Brickell, Chris (Dr), 1971-

Reference: OHColl-0519

Description: Looks at the ways in which in their everyday lives gay men `do' gender. Examines performative theories of gender which argue that the ways that people see and present themselves as being gendered are social constructions enacted by individuals. Accompanying material - Photocopy of part of Chris Brickell's research essay `More different than you can imagine: gay men do gender'. Rest of essay, which was for a research paper in Sociology Honours at Victoria University of Wellington, deposited in LAGANZ. Interviewer(s) - Chris Brickell Arrangement: Abstracts: OHA-6271 to OHA-6276 Original recordings: OHC-005790 - OHC-005797, OHC-017609 - OHC-017610 Tape numbers - OHC-005790 - OHC-005797, OHC-017609 - OHC-017610 Quantity: 10 C60 cassette(s). 6 transcript(s). 6 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. Processing information: Interviews not yet described

Date: 14 Oct 2000

From: STRAW Umbrella Trust oral history project

By: Brash, Alan Anderson (Rev), 1913-2002

Reference: OHInt-0564-2

Description: Recalls his Presbyterian childhood in Wellington and original intention of becoming a missionary before deciding to train as a Minister. Comments on his interest in peace and injustice as a teenager in the interwar years. Recalls his involvement in the Student Christian Movement (SCM) at Otago University from 1931-1934. Comments on his mother's understanding of the Bible. Describes the impact of attending ecumenical conferences in Edinburgh and Oxford while attending Theological College in Edinburgh. Talks about returning to New Zealand, going to a parish in Wanganui and the formation of the New Zealand National Council of Churches. Describes involvement with the National Council of Churches from 1947-1952 and 1956-1964. Discusses the Iona community in Scotland. Describes speaking to churches of all denominations and attempts to draw the churches close together in New Zealand. Describes the difficulty of deciding whether to work in Singapore, London and Geneva and time spent in all these places. Comments on the quality of Christian scholarship and leadership in Asia. Recalls working for Christian Aid and the World Council of Churches. Comments on the difficulty of having plenty and working amongst disaster. Describes becoming involved in thinking about homsexuality and the church and the publication of a book `Facing our differences, the church's gay and lesbian members'. Comments on war and pacifism. Discusses retirement and WEA lectures about the Bible he has given. Interviewer(s) - Ruth Greenaway Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2528.

Date: 18 Aug 2000

From: Tararua Tramping Club oral history project

By: Wood, Beryl Doreen, 1927-

Reference: OHInt-0501-06

Description: Beryl Doreen Wood born Palmerston North. Recalls joining the Tararua Tramping Club (TTC) in 1948. Refers to sisters, (Peggy) Marguerite Matthews, Betty Matthews and Shirley Evelyn Matthews who joined TTC at the same time. Mentions Bert Hines, club president at the time. Discusses: shared values; occupations of other members; predominant ethnicity and relationship between genders - men and women sleeping in segregated rooms in Tararua Hut on Mt Ruapehu. Recalls women being mainly on Social Committee and chief guide always being a man. Recalls a male member being asked to leave the club because of his homosexuality. Mentions feelings towards those in leadership positions. Talks about the requirement to be involved in working parties in the Tararua Mountains. Mentions Alpha Hut, Cone Hut and Totara Hut. Mentions club members who died in the Tangiwai Disaster and how supportive club members were to each other. Mentions how tramping relieves stress and worry. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Melanie Martin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009600; OHLC-004861 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3113. Photocopies of one b&w photograph of Peggy, Beryl, Shirley, Betty (Matthews) 1952 and one coloured of Betty, Peggy, Mavis Davidson and Beryl 1944 - Club's 75th anniversary

Date: 1960 - 1990

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

By: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994

Reference: Eph-A-ROTH

Description: Contains folders of ephemera in the following subject categories: Education, Homosexuality, Housing, Humanism, International affairs, Labour movement, New Zealand National Party, Politics, Racial, Rights, Scientology, Southest Asia, Trade, University, Vietnam. Quantity: 14 folder(s) containing pamphlets, etc.. Physical Description: Prints, some photolithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1975 - 1977

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-266

Description: A street scene showing people reacting with shock to a man wearing a floral shirt and swinging a handbag (or a bag containing his pipe and tobacco, with a small pipe on the outside). He is oblivious to the reactions of those around him. May be a comment on gay men or camp behaviour Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to gay and homosexual people, issues, events and organisations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-GAY-1960s

Description: Includes fliers and small posters from groups such as the New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Society. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and mimeographs, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to gay and homosexual people, issues, events and organisations in New Zealand]

By: Committee to Oppose Persecution; Gay Liberation Front (Christchurch, N.Z.); National Gay Rights Coalition of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-B-GAY-1970s

Description: Includes fliers published by the Gay Liberation Front, Campaign For Homosexual Equality, National Gay Rights Coalition, Gay Teachers and Students Union, Committee To Oppose Persecution (COP), Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, mimeographs and relief prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.