Hungary

Date: 1945-1959

From: Munro, Leslie Knox (Sir), 1901-1974 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2230-085

Description: Includes notes on political developments, 1945-1956; Chinese reactions to Hung events, 1957 ?; developments within Soviet Bloc in relation to Hungary, 1959; relations with the Holy See, 1959. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1938-1939

From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6811-02

Description: An account of events around Mukachevo (now Mukacs) (Sep 1938-Jan 1939); notes on Istanbul city walls (Antiquity, Sep 1937), notes, and account, `London-Istanbul & return, june-july 1939' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1923-1974

By: Munro, Leslie Knox (Sir), 1901-1974

Reference: MS-Group-0183

Description: The collection includes papers relating to Sir Leslie's official duties and those of a personal nature Sir Leslie was a prominent New Zealand legal and political figure Quantity: 325 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 7.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Folders 271-300 were set aside for further correspondence to come from donor but were not subsequently used

Date: 1948 - 1949

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-311-6-001/057

Description: New Zealand topics include school holidays, overloaded trams, parking offenders, shop assistants' spelling shortcomings, hot weather, the performance of jockeys, building material shortages, a fun map of Auckland, raising money for rugby, long turn-arounds on the wharves, mortgage rates and housing rentals, womens' rights and strikes, unionism, road rules, food parcels for Britain, womens' role in parenting and education, schoolgirls wearing makeup, aeronautical research, Walter Nash's travels, New Zealand lifestyles, national defence policies, delays in constructing the Mangakino power scheme, school homework, power and fuel cuts, aluminium industry prospects, bids by Auckland and Christchurch for the 1950 Empire Games, communism and duck shooting, national economic performance, introduction of radar at Auckland airport, passenger transport, strikes, house building, defence of the British Empire, shortage of taxis in Auckland, traffic problems in Auckland, Aucklanders' lack of a sense of humour, car conversion, deteriorating cars, the siting of Auckland International Airport at Mangere, conscription, weekend family life and the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge. International topics include the Cold War, food parcels for Britain, the Five Nation Alliance against Soviet Russia, Commonwealth research into rocketry and aeronautics, British Empire defence zones, the Atlantic Pact, the reluctance of the USA to share defence secrets, New Zealand's place in international affairs, and Finance Minister Walter Nash's travels. Quantity: 57 Newspaper clippings. 57 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Newspaper clippings glued to card approx 245 x 165, plus A4 photocopies. Image sizes approximately 132 x 163 mm. Transfers: Newspaper clippings are at A-311-6 and photocopies of these at H-634-001/057.

Date: 1957

From: Munro, Leslie Knox (Sir), 1901-1974 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2230-079

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Beck, Friedrich, 1873-1921 :Hoelzels Rassentypen des Menschen. [ca 1903]

Reference: E-963-f-1

Description: Volume One shows the following ethnic groups: Baske, Portugiese, Spanier, Franzose I-III, Sued-Italiener, Nord-Italiener, Ire, Schotte, Englaneder, Schwede, Hollaender, Nord-Deutscher, Sued-Deutscher I-II, Tscheche, Slowake, Pole, Kleinrusse, Weiszrusse, Groszrusse, Montenegriner, Bulgare, Lappe, Finne, Magyare, Rumaene, Albaner, Grieche, Jude, Zigeuner Other Titles - Hoelzel's peoples of the world. Vol 1 [translation] Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Coloured chromolithographs on paper, adhered to album pages; hard-bound in two-tone green half-cloth, 410 x 330 mm (cover); [32 pl.] Provenance: Prior to purchase, from the collection of J.C.C.C. Campagne (ex-libris bookplate)

Date: 27 Oct 1998

By: Roland, Zoe Gabrielle, 1973-; Szentirmay, Paul, 1928-2002

Reference: OHColl-0669/1

Description: Discusses the acquisition of the the English language and cultural differences between New Zealand and Hungary. Discusses immigration from Hungary and acceptance in New Zealand. Interviewer(s) - Zoe Roland Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s) - biographical information. 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other OHA-3876.

Date: 16 Jan 1998

By: Roland, Zoe Gabrielle, 1973-; Roland, Joseph Stephan, 1920?-1999

Reference: OHColl-0670/1

Description: Joe Roland was born and grew up in Hungary. Describes resisting the German occupation during World War II. Mentions his wife Anna was German. Comments on treatment by the Russians after their occupation at the end of the war and getting out of Hungary in 1947 with their small children. Describes being in a refugee camp before emigrating to Australia and settling in New South Wales. Discusses accommodation and some of his jobs before passing Australian exams in being an engine driver and boilerman. Comments on returning to Hungary and changes in the people. Interviewer(s) - Zoe Roland Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3862.

Date: 2 Apr 1998 - 02 Apr 1998

From: 1998 New Zealand citizenship oral history project

By: Szegoe, Eva, 1922-2010

Reference: OHInt-0421/01

Description: Eva Szegoe born Budapest 1922. Family moved to Romania where she lived until 1938. Recalls life in Romania after World War I. Mentions restrictions imposed on Jewish students in Hungary and recalls Anschluss in 1938. Briefly describes job as a photographer. Recalls German invasion of Hungary in March 1944 and notes new regulations, mainly against Jews. Describes how Jews in Budapest, including father, were picked up and sent to concentration camps. Refers to the Arrow Cross. Recalls how self and mother escaped deportation. Discusses Russian liberation of Budapest and elections when Communists came to power in 1948. Refers to inflation. Gives reason for Revolution in 1956. Refers to Avo secret police. Recalls leaving Hungary in December 1956 and describes: crossing border into Austria; help from Jewish authorities; experience in refugee camp in Korneubeug and decision to emigrate to New Zealand. Gives details of journey to New Zealand on board the `Sibajak'; arrival in Wellington and time at Trentham camp before getting flat in Wellington and work with Polyfoto. Briefly describes feelings about Wellington Jewish community's attitude towards Hungarian Jewish refugees and New Zealanders' attitudes towards immigrants. Talks about social life in Wellington; Hungarian celebrations on St Stephens Day, 20th August, and bringing mother to New Zealand. Mentions Fuller Fulton grocery in Cuba Street. Briefly recalls reasons for taking out New Zealand citizenship and naturalisation ceremony December 1962. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Photocopy from `Twentieth-century histories : The Hungarian Revolution' by David Bryce-Jones. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007644-007645 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1983.

Date: 1930 - 1959

From: [New Zealand ephemera of quarto size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]

Reference: Eph-B-INTERNATIONAL-1930/1959

Description: Includes: 1935: An invitation from Friends of Soviet Union National Committee The International situation, by the Rev W Pascoe Goard. Flier [1935] Late 1930s: Boycott Japanese goods; actively support Federation's decision; help Chinese against aggressors [ca 1937] Close the fingers ... not a penny for Japanese goods! 1938: New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. Wellington Branch. Minutes of meeting 1 December 1938 Women of England! You who are still free ... refusing to buy any German goods. ... Join the Women Shoppers League [non-New Zealand item found in "Tomorrow" NZ periodical, vol 4 no 9, 2 March 1938] 1939: New Film Distributors Ltd. "Professor Mamlock", something more than just a picture. Now show at New Opera House [1939]. Flier 1940: New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. Wellington Branch. Notice of meeting - speaker Dr R M Campbell, economic advisor to the New Zealand High Commission in London. Flier 1941: New Zealand Society for Closer relations with Russia. Dinner in honour of guests from the USSR. Hotel St George Wellington, 10 October 1941. Menu 1942: Educational lectures on Russia. Flier [1942] Miramar Current Topics discussion. The Soviet Union and Japan.12 March 1942. Yellow flier 1944?: New Zealand Society for Closer relations with Russia. "Mrs Winston Churchill Aid to Russia Fund". Flier [1944?] ca 1945?: New Zealand Society for Closer relations with Russia. "Girl 217" Soviet film. Summary of film story 1945-1946: British-American Co-Operation Movement. 3 circular letters 1945-1946 1947: Script for Social Justice session, by Mrs Ruby E Watson, direct from the microphone, 1ZB Auckland, 27 July 1947, at 6 pm. 1950: United Nations Association of New Zealand. Wellington Branch. Annual report 1949-50 1951: United Nations Association of New Zealand. Wellington Branch. Newsletter 1 August 1951 re lecture on Abadan 1950s: Demands in the cause of peace: Hands off Hungary; Withdrawal of Soviet troops from satellites; Allow UN observers into Hungary; Free democratic elections in satellites; Cease deportation of Hungarian youth; Repudiation of Warsaw pact; No Russian "volunteers" in Middle East; Cease shipment of arms to Middle East [Flier. 1950s] 1957: League of Empire Loyalists. Newsletter 1957 [Non-NZ item] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1978-1984

From: Gnatt, Poul Rudolph, 1923-1995 : Papers

Reference: 2008-035-3/06

Description: Correspondence and other material in English and Danish, much relating to travel to Hungary Other Titles - Ungarn Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Hungary

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Physical Description: Engravings

Date: 1992-2001

By: Szentirmay, Paul, 1928-2002

Reference: 2003-250

Description: The bulk of the papers comprise a series of correspondence and administrative papers, called the `Consulate - general' files. These make up series 1, and comprise the main working papers of Szentirmay's activities as Honorary Consul. Series 2 is a smaller series, comprising correspondence and papers covering his dealings with the Hungarian Embassey in Canberra. The remaining series comprises papers, broadly described as public relations material. This comprises papers relating to the magazine 'Magyar Szo', printouts of the Access Radio Hungarian programme, and papers relating to the organisation of Hungarian festivals in 1994 and 1996. Arrangement: Series 1 and 2 have been kept in the chronological order received. Each document has a yearly running number, which refers back to an index held by the Honorary Consul. Paul Szentirmay immigrated to New Zealand from Hungary in 1957. He was a librarian who held a number of senior positions, including Deputy Librarian for the National Library of New Zealand. From 1992 until his death he was Honorary Consul for the Republic of Hungary. Quantity: 17 box(es). 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, mss, printed matter Finding Aids: An index to series 1 and 2 is held by the Honorary Consul. It is not available for public access..

Date: 1939-1940

From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel

By: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996

Reference: PA1-o-988

Description: The images record three separate events: 1. Leslie Verry's trip to Europe in 1939 as the world prepared for war. 2. The New Zealand Centennial celebrations at Waitangi in 1940. 3. A climbing trip to Tongariro National Park, easter, 1940. In relation to the Second World War, this album is interesting in that it has several photographs showing mobilisation in Holland, and troops on the move in Utrecht and the Hague following the Italian invasion of Albania in April 1939. It also has photographs taken in Kassa (Hungary) after the partition of Czechoslovakia. While in Britain and Europe Leslie Verry also practiced as a freelance journalist Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January 1976 - June 1977].

Reference: A-331-041

Description: The cartoon shows a sleepy man, representing the cartoonist, talking to the reader. Refers to communism in the South Pacific. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 175 x 200mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1902, 1914-1915, ca1947, 1955

From: Heine, Lynette Sibyl :Slides of Wellington and St Bathans :Prints, postcards, newspaper clippings, ephemera and souvenirs of Europe

By: Heine, Lynette Sibyl, active 1987-1996

Reference: PAColl-1161-1

Description: Quantity: 25 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panorama and. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) in souvenir album and. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) in show case and. 43 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) and. 10 colour photo-mechanical print(s) and. 1 b&w original photographic print(s) greeting card in one box.

From: Munro, Leslie Knox (Sir), 1901-1974 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2230-118

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Oct-Nov 1958, Jan-Apr 1959

From: Munro, Leslie Knox (Sir), 1901-1974 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2230-087

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1968-1976]

From: McKinnon, Malcolm A, 1950- : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7115-11

Description: Research essays (1) `New Zealand's attitude to the Spanish Civil war' by F O Wilson; (2) `Occasion or cause? the events in Hungary and the departure of dissidents from the CPNZ, 1956-7' by Kerry Taylor; and (3) `New Zealand's reaction to the 1956 Suez crisis' by Len Wilson Research essays for history honours course, `New Zealand and the outside world', taught by Prof F L Wood and Ms M Boyd at Victoria University of Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Central Europe

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 48 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings