World War, 1914-1918 - Peace

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 1]

By: Pukekohe and Waiuku times (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-02

Description: Programme of celebrations including a procession from the Seddon Lamp to the Domain on Saturday morning, a reading of the peace proclamation and speeches, sports at noon, and a banquet to returned soldiers at 8 pm. On the Sunday, a citizens' thanksgiving service was held in the Premier Hall, with Mayor C K Lawrie as chairman and an address by Rev F R Jeffreys. On Monday 21st July there were hockey and football tournaments, fancy dress matches, picture entertainment, and a patriotic concert. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, 182 x 110 mm.

Date: 1918

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1918-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of text of varying sizes. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet 220 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in April 2002.

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 1]

By: Fleet Printing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-01

Description: A programme containing the order and hymns of a children's service, an evening service, a Saturday morning, Saturday night, Monday and Monday night services. The cover, printed on blocks provided by Messrs Vickery & Inkersell, process engravers of Wellington, show a female classical figure (perhaps Victory or Peace), holding the British and New Zealand flags beneath her outspread arms. At the lower corners at kiwis, and at the top left and right corners are portraits of King George and Queen Mary. The back cover shows photographic portraits of Marshal Foch, Admiral Sir David Beatty, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, General John Pershing and General Sir E H H Allenby. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Relief prints in booklet of 8 pages, in cover 235 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased from New Zealand Book Auctions Ltd in 2005.

Date: [ca 1914-1918]

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-133

Description: Typed and heavily annotated, this document was originally composed at the beginning of World War I, but was added to and amended as the war progressed. Includes a list of those (mainly members of parliament) to whom final copies copies had been sent. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 1]

By: J. Wilkie & Company; Port Chalmers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Borough Council

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-03

Description: Programme for the Port Chalmers peace celebrations on Saturday 19 July and Monday 21 July 1919. Floral tributes were to be placed on soldiers' graves and school children were to assemble at Port Chalmers District High School, march down Ajax Road and Wickliffe Terrace and line up on George Street. The Mayoress Mrs J D Stevenson was to hoist the flag on the Municipal Building. A procession was to take place, and the route is listed. All traffic was to cease for 5 minutes at 12 o'clock and bells to ring for 5 minutes. Later would follow a children's lunch, sports and picture shows, highland dance entertainment. The SS "Westmoreland" would release a rocket, and the fire brigade would proceed to the Recreation ground to attend a fireworks display. On the Monday there would be a social dance for the returned soldiers. The last page shows a list of the men of the district, killed during the war. The front cover shows a head and shoulders oval portrait of George V between the New Zealand and British flags. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, each 222 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2002.

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 1]

By: Waimarino County Call (Periodical)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-05

Description: Programme cover shows the New Zealand flag and the Union Jack. At the top is a dove carrying an olive branch. Inside is a short text on peace, a list of the Executive Committee, the order of Sunday's proceedings (a church service), Monday's sports programme (including novelty races, a pillow fight, musical chairs, greasy pig, pony jumping) and evening entertainment (torchlight procession, free concert and dancing in the Drill Hall). Tuesday's programme included more sporting events and races, a baby show, and in the evening, illuminations and dancing. School children were to be conveyed free to the events in Raetihi and Ohakune from rural districts. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 224 x 120 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Lawsons auction, April 2009.

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera up to quarto size relating to peace announcements and celebrations after World War I. 1918-1919]

By: Wellington Peace Celebrations Committee

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-01

Description: Souvenir booklet issued July 1919. This copy was the first out of the publisher's hands. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 48 pages, each 285 x 225 mm, with cover size 306 x 237 mm.

Date: [ca 1914-1918]

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-134

Description: Draft chapters and sections, all handwritten. Includes a list of those (mainly members of parliament) to whom final copies copies had been sent. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]

By: Pelorus Guardian (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-22

Description: Programme shows the British and New Zealand flags on the cover, and inside the programme which began at 10 am with a procession of school children representing Britain and her allies. After speeches there was a social luncheon including the roasting of an ox by Maoris. Later there were children's sports, maypole, poi dances, Maori haka, and in the evening a fireworks display, a bonfire, and a dance in the town hall. The programme reproduces the words of Thomas Bracken's N.Z. National Anthem. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print and letterpress on sheet folded to 217 x 141 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jenifer Hart, Wellington, in 2015. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]

By: Akersten, James Raglan, 1855-1928

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-23

Description: Photograph shows a scene on the road through Havelock, with the Methodist Church (later the Museum) and a single storey house. Along the road is a line of children dressed for a parade in nurses' and sailors' costumes and other fancy dress. Donated with a programme for the Peace Day celebration 19 July 1919, with donor information that the photograph may show the children's procession on that day. However this may not be a winter scene. See Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 151030, 23 July 1919, Page 2, where details of the parade and children's costumes may differ. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 88 x 138 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jenifer Hart, Wellington, in 2015. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..

Date: 17 Nov 1918, n d [ca after 1937]

From: Harcourt, John Gordon, 1890-1963 : Papers relating to World War One

Reference: MS-Papers-11894-3

Description: Comprises letter to his father, John Bateman Harcourt, written from France shortly after the Armistice. Typescript copy of original included. Also speech notes for an Anzac Day address, probably delivered to school children. Undated, but internal evidence suggests that it would have been written after 1937. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items.

Date: [1900-1931] - 2001-2016

By: Poy, Donald, active 1988-2016

Reference: ATL-Group-00034

Description: Glass plate negative photographs taken circa 1900-1931 by an unidentified photographer(s). The images predominantly depict events in public and private life and locations in Wellington between circa 1910 to circa 1920s. Includes: landscape views of Wellington City and Wellington Harbour; family and domestic house portraits; street scenes in Wellington City and suburbs; building portraits; street parades; shipping in Wellington Harbour; sporting activities and teams; and portraits of livestock and pets. Photographs of note include images relating to the end of World War One and the Peace Celebrations in 1919 which depict: decorated buildings, crowds at the Peace Procession in July 1919, crowds welcoming returned soldiers, parades, and ships in the harbour including the 'Zealandic' and 'Athenic'. Also includes images of a photographic exhibition at Wellington Town Hall, one of which depicts a man standing in front of a display who may be McGregor Wright or his brother George B Wright. Includes four photographic prints developed from three of the glass plate negatives by Sharon Smith. Dates assigned to this collection are based on the events and scenes depicted. The full provenance of this collection is unknown. It is perhaps associated with McGregor Wrights Gallery. The building at 182 Lambton Quay housed the fine art dealer business McGregor Wright Gallery circa 1913-1927. The building also housed entities (possibly associated with McGregor Wright) known as J C Butler's Art Gallery in 1911, and Paterson Art Gallery in 1913 and 1920. Quantity: 105 b&w original negative(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white dry plate glass negatives (4¾ × 6½ inches); and black and white photographic prints Provenance: The negatives were found in the loft of 182 Lambton Quay, Wellington, in the 1950s by the Poy family who bought the business of Peter Young & Son fruiterers which operated 1932-1950 at this address (The donor's father, Poy Joe, ran the fruiterers business from 1950 to 1958). Negatives were then stored in Donald Poy's garage.

Date: 1919

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-2

Description: Includes (numbering continues from Folder 1): 13. Thanksgiving and memorial service. Town Hall Wellington on Sunday April 13th 1919, at 3 pm. Ferguson & Osborn Ltd [printers] 14. "God save the King"; programme of peace celebrations, Wanganui, NZ, 19 July 1919. Official programme 15. Peace thanksgiving service 1919. "Come before His presence with singing". Issued by A H Reed, Express Co.'s Building, Dunedin [Sheet music for: "There's a light upon the mountains", "These things shall be! a loftier race", and "God of Nations at Thy feet". 16. Souvenir of the Great Peace, NZ. Compiled by Collinson & Cunninghame Ltd of P[almerston] N[orth], NZ for free distribution. 14th Aug 1914 - 28 June 1919 [folded card] 17. Auckland Star Peace Commemoration number, Saturday July 19, 1919 [Miniature 4-page pamphlet] 18. Peace celebration; souvenir of the Childrens' Day, Masterton, 21.7.19. [Facsimile, on back of Wairarapa Archival Society invitation to the opening of the inaugural exhibition at the new Wairarapa Archive, 22 August 1997] 19. Colonist Extra, Nelson, Saturday June 21, 1919. Germans accept peace terms 20. Souvenir peace programme. Programme of Peace Day celebrations [including the procession of British and Allied Troops]. Printers, The Gainsborough Press, 48 Frith St, W 1. Publisher S Chandler, 5 St Anne's Court, W.1 [London] 21. [Undated]. Extracts from First World War histories [typescript booklet] 22. Peace Day celebrations. Havelock, Saturday July 19, 1919. Guardian Print. 23.J R Akersten, photographer, Havelock. [Postcard photograph of children's parade, probably during Peace Day celebration, 19 July 1919] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..

Date: 1918 - 1919

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WI-Peace

Description: Includes: 1918: New Zealand Herald. Fourth edition, Friday November 8th 1918. Germany surrenders; armistice signed; hostilities cease. Printed and published by Henry Horton and William Robert Wilson ... Wilson and Horton, Friday November 8, 1918. Notice. If official notification is received that an armistice with Germany has been signed, the fact will be announced to the public by the firing of guns. ... By authority, Marcus F Marks, Government Printer, Wellington - 1918. 1919: [Wellington Peace Celebrations Committee]. National souvenir of the world's peace, 1919. Programme of peace celebrations, Hokitika, New Zealand. Saturday July 19th 1919 - Monday July 21st 1919. Programme Hokitika Guardian Print Peace celebrations. Returned Soldiers' night. Grand concert by the Peace Celebrations Choir and massed bands. Kensington Drill Hall [Dunedin], 23 July 1919 at 8 pm. Addresses by C E Statham, esq MP; Rev R S Gray. Chairman His Worship the Mayor W Begg, esq. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 350 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Date: 1919

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-052

Description: A German professor in conversation with his wife. He holds a sheet of newspaper. Refers to German disbelief at their loss of World War I, and to the severity of reparations imposed by the Allies Other versions of this drawing at E-024-q-1-057 and -057-a do not identify the man speaking as a 'Hun professor' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1918 - 1920

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-044

Description: Von Hindenburg standing on the left, glaring at a miserable-looking low-ranking soldier. Refers to German peace options towards the end of World War I Other versions of this drawing, with variant surrounding notes and title, are located at E-024-q-1-041 and E-024-q-041 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]

By: E F Jones (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-24

Description: Programme with the words for hymns and songs sung: The national Anthem, A Hymn of thankfulness to God. The Marseillaise, and the Battle Hymn of the United States of America. The chairman of the occasion was Mayor J P Luke, and other speakers were His Excellency Sir Robert Stout, Deputy Governor-General, and The Honourable J A Hanan, Minister of Education. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on pamphlet folded to 209 x 136 mm.

Date: 1918

By: Wright & Carman Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1918-02

Description: Order of services with words of prayers and hymns. Hymns include "The Old Hundredth", "Jesus lover of my soul", and "Lord of all being". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet folded to 190 x 127 mm.

Date: [1910-1920s]

From: Creator unknown: Photographs relating to life in the Wellington Region

Reference: 1/2-238890-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1910s-1920s showing crowds on balconies of the Trocadero Private Hotel (at 296 Lambton Quay) and the building which housed the Returned Soldiers Club and Gamble and Creed tearooms (at 292 Lambton Quay). British flags and banners and a 'Welcome Digger' poster are hung from the balconies [probably taken after December 1919]. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Half inch dry plate glass negative Transfers: A print of this image is housed at Library reference PAColl-10705..

Date: [2001-2016]

From: Creator unknown: Photographs relating to life in the Wellington Region

Reference: PAColl-10705

Description: Black and white photographic prints developed by Sharon Smith between 2001 and 2016 from three glass negatives taken by an unidentified photgrapher between circa 1910 and 1919. Includes: - two prints of a photograph depicting crowds on balconies of the Trocadero Private Hotel (at 296 Lambton Quay) and the building which housed the Returned Soldiers Club and Gamble and Creed tearooms (at 292 Lambton Quay). British flags and banners and a 'Welcome Digger' poster are hung from the balconies. Probably taken after December 1919 and before 1923 in relation to the return of World War One soldiers. - one print of a photograph depicting a man [possibly McGregor B Wright or George B Wright] wearing round spectacles and a moustache and holding a certificate or large card, while standing in front of a framed photograph exhibition depicting scenic views of Wanganui, Wellington Town Hall. Probably taken 1918-1920s. - one print of a studio portrait depicting four children posed on chairs in front of drapery, probably taken between 1910-1929. Dates of original negative images based on subject location information. Gamble and Creed Tearooms opened on Lambton Quay circa 10 December 1919 (see 'Unititled' Freelance 10 December 1919). Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).