Athletics

Date: 1980 - 1984

Reference: Eph-B-ATHLETICS-1980/1984

Description: Includes: 1980: Pan Am South Pacific Television 1980 International track series. Souvenir programme (with pen portraits of New Zealand and overseas athletes competing) 1981: Pacific Conference Games 1981 New Zealand. Porritt Stadium Hamilton 21 January; Mt Smart Stadium Auckland 224-25 January; Newtown Park Wellington 28 January; QR II Park Christchurch 31 January - 1 February 1981. Souvenir programme 1982: Pan Am International Track Series 1982. Christchurch QE II Park 23 Jan; Hamilton Porritt Stadium 26 Jan; Auckland Mt Smart 30 Jan [1982]. Souvenir programme (With pen portraits of New Zealand and overseas athletes) (2 copies) 1983: The 19th annual Fletcher Challenge Marathon. Rotorua New Zealand, 30 April 1983. Information pamphlet / entry form Pan Am International Track Series 1983. Caledonian Park Dunedin 12 Jan; QE II Park Christchurch 15 Jan; Newtown Park Wellington 19 Jan; Mt Smart Auckland 22 Jan [1983]. Souvenir programme (with track and field pen portraits of athletes) 1984: Pan Am International Track Series 1984. Souvenir programme (With track and field pen portraits of NZ and overseas athletes) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, letterpress on programmes and pamphlets, sizes varying under 330 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Athletics New Zealand in 2013.

Date: 1950 - 1954

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1951/1954

Description: Includes: 1951: Wellington Centre NZAAA. 56th National Track & Field Championships. Basin Reserve, 2-3 March 1951. Souvenir programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Souvenir programme of the visit of Yvette Williams and the Inter-University Contest, Canterbury v Victoria. Basin Reserve, 8 December 1951 (2 copies). 1952: Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Inter-Provincial Contest Auckland v Wellington. Basin Reserve, 26 january 1952. Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Junior & Women's Championships. Basin Reserve, 8-9 February 1952 Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Senior Provincial Championships. Basin Reserve, 16 February 1952. 1953: Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Inter-Provincial Contest, Wellington v Canterbury for the T W (Dorrie) Leslie Memorial Cup (present holders Canterbury). Basin Reserve, 31 January 1953. 1954: Masterton Amateur Athletic & Cycling Club. Sports meeting, Masterton Park Oval, 22-23 January 1954. Jubilee programme Victoria University College Amateur Athletic Club, 1904-1954. Golden Jubilee celebrations, 2-3 April 1954. Souvenir booklet/programme. Waikato AAA. NZ Senior Track and Field Championships. Seddon Park Hamilton, 5-6 March [1954]. Official programme Quantity: 9 album(s). Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1974

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1974-01/08

Description: Xth (Tenth) British Commonwealth Games, Christchurch New Zealand: Opening ceremony (24 January 1974); programmes for events on 25-27, 29, 31 January, 2 February 1974 (with closing ceremony). Other Titles - Tenth Quantity: 8 programmes. Physical Description: Booklets each of about 30 pages, 210 x 147 mm.

Date: 1908 - 1947

By: St. John's in the City (Church : Wellington, N.Z.); Andrew, Earle William, 1909-1986; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982; Pattillo, Cecil Wright, 1875-1968; Thomson, James, active 1928-1929

Reference: PA-Group-00499

Description: Photographs of church leaders; Young Men's Bible Class, particularly camps attended by them in the 1930s and 1940s; the harrier team in 1932; soccer team in 1908; Douglas and Dulcie Ward on their wedding day at the doors of the church with choir members; senior girls' camp in 1931; J G W Aitken with boys from the Boys Institute; a studio portrait of the wife of an undertaker who lived near the cemetery ca 1920s (from notes with photograph); a bed with the caption "the John Boal cot" and others. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0268 (82-230) : St John's Church : Records. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1994. Reference number changed from PAColl-2823 to PA-Group-0499 in 2009. Prints originally housed at framed prints 65, 223, 228, 229, 231-234, 238, 242, 243, 249

Date: 1939 - 1940

Reference: Eph-C-SPORTS-1940-01

Description: Poster schedule for events at a sports meeting conducted under the auspices of the N.Z.A.A.A., N.Z.A.C.A., N.Z.L.T.A., and N.Z.A.S.A. Events included swimming at Te Aro Baths, tennis at the Miramar Courts, athletics at the Basin Reserve, golf at Shandon Golf Links. Competing districts were: Auckland, Hawkes-Poverty Bay, West Coast-North Island, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. Officials of the Public Services Sports Society in Wellington were: F Bond (chairman), H N Ballinger (treasurer), D A Beresford (secretary). Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on sheet, 458 x 292 mm.

Date: 1870 - 1929

From: Duncan, Miriam Darwin, 1893-1981 :Photographs relating to life and work of Dr James Malcolm Mason

By: Amey, W V, active 1875-1898; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Kipling, T, active 1900; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: PAColl-0022-1

Description: Includes family occasions (including picnics, outings etc), shipboard scenes, landscapes, and views of Rarotonga and the Marquesas, and Victoria College athletic and sporting occasions Quantity: 114 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1961

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-137-246

Description: Shows an athlete on a bicycle carrying a fencing foil, an oar, a weightlifter's weight, a case of bowls and wearing boxing gloves. Above his head is a thought cloud with a vision of a travel bag with words, 'Commonwealth Games, Perth' printed on it. Relaxing on the ground is a crowd of rugby, soccer and hockey players who feel that they can relax in 1962. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone on paper, 560 x 380 mm.

Date: 1943-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-299

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and Italy during World War 2, 1943-1944, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many individuals identified are listed above, but while many others are identified in group portraits they are not named above. This album changes between the Middle East and Italy, with the bulk of the Middle Eastern images between pages 1 and 71, and the Italian scenes on pages 49-52, and from 72 onwards, with a few Middle Eastern items interspersed. Recreation for soldiers with sporting activities including athletics, cricket, swimming, tennis and softball, some of which are in competition with personnel from other groups including South African Division Artillerymen. New Zealand engineers building a pontoon bridge across the Suez Canal with the help of Belgian Congo troops; NZ reinforcements arriving in the Middle East; troops voluntarily donating blood; parades and inspections by Freyberg and Inglis, and decorations presented by them (p 9-13, 23, 33, 36, 62). Hitchhiking from Maadi into Cairo; street tailors altering uniforms while the soldiers wait (p 15-16); camp cinema. A large number of reunions of personnel from various New Zealand districts held at different restaurants in Cairo, including Rotorua & district; Levin & district; Arrowtown, Queenstown Lakes District; Wairarapa; and Temuka. Occupational therapy for convalescent troops including embroidery and leather-work toys (p 20-22); a leave camp for forces on the Palestinian coast, run by British Army staff assisted by ATS, and Italian Prisoners of War and European women assistants. NZEF in Italy: Members of the PoW Sub-Commission in Taranto; members of the 2nd NZ Division Advance party in Taranto; released prisoners of war; embarkation on troopships from Alexandria for Italy. Funeral at cemetery at El Ballah of 3 nurses and a corporal in a motor accident between Ismailia and Port Said (Private (Miss) P A Morrissey (from Port Ahuriri); Private (Miss) M O McNulty (from Eketahuna); Private (Miss) M Innes (from Masterton); and Corporal S R W Bomford (from Takapuna), all members of the No 2 NZ General Hospital). NZEF Middle East: Award winners of the NZ Division Field Ambulance; personnel with a NZ Air Transport Squadron; members of the NZ Port Detachment; weddings in Egypt; Xmas dinner at the Maori Training Depot, Maadi. George Formby, seen with his wife/manager entertaining troops at El Djem Theatre, Maadi; Mobile Cinema Van donated by NZ Film Exhibitors' Association through the YMCA. Group of 10 men repatriated after time in German prison camps who had been taken in the Grecian Campaign; 4 brothers from the Duncan family from Wellington reunited at Maadi (S/Sgt A T Duncan, Capt R J Duncan, Pte H G Duncan and Cpl G J Duncan); photo of brothers A J and S R Halkett who arrived back in Canterbury after having been together in the firing line, in a shipwreck, in a prison camp and in a successful escape.t NZEF in Italy: men of transports from Alexandria to Bari; troops in Bari; artillery duels on the Sangro River Front; party of Russian military observers visiting the 8th Army (p 82-83); road construction, mud, road deviations constructed after demolition of bridge; water carts being filled at Sangro River, and filling canvas water tanks for filtering and storage; repair of tents and canvas items by NZ soldier A A Patmore on a sewing machine behind the lines; small arms repair; bootmaker; visit of senior officials from the British Army to HQ 2NZ Division in Italy; destruction of the village of Gessopalena by the Germans. Arrival of Patriotic parcels in Italy, Xmas 1943; Xmas dinner; snow on New Year's Eve; NZ Forces Club in Bari (p 109-110), with NZ sisiters and members of VAD at the club, and soldiers in the writing room of the club; inspection and awards by freyberg in the Volturno Valley; soldiers washing vehicles, and Italian women washing clothes in a stream near Alife in the Volturno valley. Two scenes with Peter Fraser one at Pearl Harbour with Admiral Chester W Nimitz, and Robert L Ghormly (p 116); and his arrival at National Airport, Washington in April 1944, with Walter Nash, Mrs Nash and Mrs Fraser (p 116). NZEF in Italy: Bivvies and dugouts to cope with the cold; the No 2 NZ General Hospital (p 121-123); the Monte Cassino area (p 124-136), with bombing, destruction, villagers living in caves after homes demolished by Germans; Airmen serving with the RAF in the Cassino area recording messages to be broadcast in NZ; preparation for transport of supplies over the Inferno Track, only possible at night. New Zealand Infantry Brigade Band in Italy; malaria control (p 138-140); Malaria School established by the NZ Field Hygiene Section; preventative spraying; routine taking of anti-malarial tablets; examination of Italian children for signs of malaria. Airmen in italy; men on leave at "200 Rest Home" giving free amenities to troops on 4 day's leave from the front line; sorting of winter clothing after summer clothing had been issued; Registrar's office and staff at the No 1 General Hospital, Molfetta. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 2556-3002. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1933

By: Reynolds, Lewis, Henderson, Ltd.

Reference: Eph-C-SPORTS-1933-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text. Athletic events numbered 23, and there were 8 swimming events. The management committee included president G McNamara, chairman T C Hobbs-Jones, C B Allan, T McDonnell, G Tierney, F Bond, M B Furlong, K S Henry. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reynolds, Lewis, Henderson Ltd., 33 Bond Street, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 445 x 282 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1984.

Date: 1950

From: British Empire Games, Auckland, New Zealand, 1950 :[Official programmes for events. 1950]

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1950-02

Description: Programme of events for athletics, including 220 years (men's and women's), Broad jump, 440 yards hurdles semi-finals, Three miles, Discus throw, Women's High jump, 88 yards final, 440 yards hurdles final. Two copies held. Inscriptions: Some results handwritten in. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programme of 16 pages, 207 x 135 mm.

Date: 1935

By: A Gyles & Sons Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-SPORTS-1935-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text. Athletic events numbered 25, and there were 10 swimming events. The tennis took place at the Miramar courts, and the swimming at Thorndon Bath. The management committee included president G H Mackley, chairman R B Reynolds, hon. treasurer M J Cooper, C B Allan, G Tierney, F Bond, R G Ewing, A J Hose, C N Johnson, E A Perrett, H Krogh, L Bond, H H Lowe. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Gyles & Son, Printer, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 460 x 290 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1984.

Date: 1920-1929

From: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6712-3

Description: Photographs of trips taken in the countryside, of bridges, rivers, streams, waterfalls, native forest, mountains, coastal scenery and other scenic views. There are pictures of cars and one of a motorcycle with side car. There are prints of two fly fishermen displaying their catch in a net and of a man holding up a large eel. Others show yachts in sail, and men and boys in yachts; adult fun sports at a group outing identified in PAColl-6712-2 as being the "optic championships". Another group are shown playing cricket in the grounds of Days Bay House. There is also a single print of a hunter showing his bag of wild game birds. Animals are represented by cattle and horses, one of the latter associated with two men and a wagon-full of freshly harvested hay, another is harnessed to a coach parked beside a stationary train. A sequence of prints records the dams and lakes of the newly completed Mangahao Hydro in the hills inland from Shannon. Three prints show a ship grounded in coastal shallows. There are portrait and group photographs of people, including children, and one print of a children's party. Several show picnic groups.

Date: 1936

From: [Programmes and other ephemera for athletics meetings and sports clubs. 1900-1969]

Reference: Eph-B-ATHLETICS-1936-01

Description: The programme is entirely textual in content. It lists the order of events, which include an exhibition run by Jack Lovelock, and a talk by him. There are also acrobatic displays by pupils of Jenkins' Physical Culture School. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on programme. Physical Description: Letterpress on folded pamphlet, 285 x 146 mm (folded)

Date: 1991-1993

From: Robinson, Peter Franklin, active 1970-2017: Colour slides of Wellington City and suburbs, and railways images

Reference: PAColl-2992

Description: Slides of Waiouru, and Wellington streets, buildings and events. Includes an image of a building labelled as the Stoddart Building. Inscriptions: Mount recto - [each slide is identified in blue ballpoint on plastic slide mounts] Quantity: 46 colour original transparency/ies. 2 container(s) plastic slide containers containing slides in one envelope. Physical Description: 35mm colour slides

Date: 1936

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0983-1/2-F

Description: Runners during the first lap of the 1500 metres final at the 1936 Olypic Games in Berlin. From left to right: Mr Ny (Sweden); Glenn Cunningham (USA); Mr Schaumberg (Germany) and Jack (James Edward) Lovelock (New Zealand). Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1936. Jack (James Edward) Lovelock won the final in a time of 3 minutes, 47.8 seconds Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1890s]

From: Hunter, Thomas Alexander (Sir), 1876-1953: Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-236

Description: Photographs of South Island scenes, including Waitaki Boys' High School, a regatta at Port Chalmers, school athletic sports, picnic at Hanmer, camping at Kinloch. Place names are mostly given, but people are not identified, except one woman who is named as "Aunt Sally". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with pinkish card cover, entitled `Braithwaite's School of Art drawing book'; 25.5 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1940 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940: Public Service Inter-Departmental Tournament for Ward memorial Trophy, also Wellington Provincial Public Service Centennial Championship trials. Basin Reserve, 7 February 1940. Official programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Grand Centennial sports gathering. Basin Reserve, 10 February 1940. Royal Air Force Band. official programme Centennial Year. 49th National Track & Field Championships. Basin Reserve, 8-9 March 1940. Under control of Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme (Illustration of Centennial Tower building on front cover) (2 copies) Centennial Year. 49th National Track & Field Championships. Basin Reserve, 8-9 March 1940. Managers & competitor's information card New Zealand Public Service. National Centennial Amateur Athletic and Cycling Championships. Basin Reserve, 11 March 1940. Souvenir programme (Picture of Wellington Railway Station on cover - 2 copies) Complimentary dinner in honour of visiting Centre officials on the occasion of the Centennial Amateur Athletic Championships. Friday 8th March 1940. Menu / toast list (with autographs) 1946: NZAAA. West Coast (N.I.) Centre. 51st National Track and Field Championships. Cook's Gardens Wanganui, 1-2 March 1946. Official programme 1947: New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. 52nd National Track and Field championships. Eden Park, 28 February - 1 March 1947. Souvenir programme 1948: Caversham Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club. First syllabus, season 1948. Lower Hutt Amateur Athletic Club. Sports meeting 25 Feb 1948. Official programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of provincial senior track and field championships and McVilly Shield competition. Basin Reserve, 14 February 1948. 1949: Canterbury Amateur Athletic Association. Australian visit (including Shirley Strickland (photo), Morris Curotta, Peter Mullins, George Avery, John Marks, David White, Geoffrey Goodacre, Edwin Carr, E Strickland). Lancaster Park, 2 March 1949. Programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Championships, 54th. Lancaster Park, 11-12 March 1949. Programme New Zealand Senior and Women's Athletic Championships and Empire Games trials. McLean Park Napier, 31 December [1949] - 2 January 1950. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Wellington Centre NZAAA. Senior provincial championships. Basin Reserve, 18-19 February 1949. Official programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. International contest Australia v New Zealand. Athletic Park, 5 March 1949. Souvenir programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Visit of Herb Mckenley (Jamaica) and Lloyd La Beach (Panama) in conjunction with the Junior and Women's provincial Championships. Basin Reserve, 11-12 February 1949. Souvenir programme Late 1940s - Early 1950s?: Matamata Amateur Athletic & Cycling Club. Championship certificate for M[urray] Davis [late 1940s-early 1950s?] Quantity: 15 album(s). 3 Other printed ephemera item(s) card; certificate; menu. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1930

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1930

Description: Includes: Porirua Amateur Athletic Club. Ninth annual meeting. Hospital Sports Ground, 22 January 1930. Official programme (First two leaves missing). Olympic Amateur Athletic Club. Basin Reserve, 29 January 1930. Official souvenir programme (included attempt on NZ 1000 yards) Hawke's Bay - Poverty Bay Sub-centre. Second annual championship meeting. Reserve Track Gisborne, 1 February 1930. Souvenir programme Dr Peltzer meeting (with photo of German 880 yards runner Dr Otto Peltzer). Basin Reserve, 8 February 1930. Official British Empire Games, Hamilton Canada. Athletics, 23 August 1930. Official programme Lermond (U.S.A.) Golding (Aus.). Basin Reserve, 1 March 1930. Official programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. 39th annual championships. Cook's Gardens, 14-15 March 1930. Official programme Taranaki-Wanganui Centre NZAAA. Championship meeting; inter-club contest for the banner. Egmont A & P Showgrounds Hawera, 1 March 1930. programme Triangular athletic contest. Cook's Gardens, 1 February 1930. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 9 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1920-1929

From: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6712-2

Description: Photographs of trips taken in the countryside, of bridges, rivers, streams, waterfalls, native forest, mountains, coastal scenery and other scenic views. There are a number of prints showing camp sites and tents some of which are identified as being at Otaki Forks and Lake Wairarapa. Fishermen with their nets on shore, yachts in sail, and men and boys in yachts. A series of prints records an a fun athletic sports day described as the "optical championships" which may relate to Cox's son George who was an optician in Wellington. There are two prints of early radio apperatus which also show station codes pinned to the wall, and there are several prints and negatives of George E Cox's opticians shop at 38 Willis Street, Wellington. Animals are represented by sheep, cows, dogs and birds. There are some prints of green house plants in pots and vases of flowers, people bathing, two war memorials, and picnic groups. There are also a number of portrait and group photographs. One of the groups is a cricket team.