Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962

Secretary of Canterbury Council of the Workers Educational Association; 1948-1952; also involved in the work of numerous social reform organizations; and was a conscientious objector in WWII

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Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1908-1962 :Photographs

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s, ca November 1948]

By: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962; Rodger, Robert, -1952

Reference: PAColl-9580

Description: Comprises: Studio portrait of Mr J A Forbes, taken by Mora of Gore Photographs of Hautu Detention Camp, taken ca November 1948 Studio portrait of Edward Dene Morel, taken ca late 1910s or early 1920s by Walter Scott of Bradford Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Mrs M Efford, Christchurch, 1970 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winston, 1907-1962; Papers (MS-Papers-0445).

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[Posters promoting peace, and denouncing war. 1920-1969]

Date: 1920 - 1934 - 1969 - 1946

By: Young People's Peace League of New Zealand; Lyttelton Times Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-PEACE-1920/1969

Description: Includes: 1920: Young People's Peace League of New Zealand. To our fellow citizens of the British Empire. The war, in shaking the very foundations of ordered civilisation, has driven all thoughtful men to examine the bases of national and international life ... Published throughout the world on Saturday the 3rd day of January 1920, as a New Year's message from the Prime Ministers of the British Commonwealth of Nations ... Printed by the "Lyttelton Times" Co. Ltd, Christchurch. 1920. 1934: Lantern lecture, "The ghastly horrors of war" will be delivered by Mr Robert Semple at Municipal Concert Hall, Christchurch on Sunday May 13, 7.30 p.m. Come in your thousands. [1934]. 1935: National Peace Council of New Zealand. Mem re Italo-Abyssinian Crisis and Appeal to Prime Minister to support economic organisation, thus preventing violence ... Chas R N Mackie (Hon Secretary). September 26th 1935. 1946: The National Petition for a New Peace Conference [organised by Lincoln Efford]. Blank petition page 1969: Quakers Hall, 115 Mt Eden Road. With the Very Rev Dean W G Chandler in the chair, Dr Keith Sinclair, Professor of History Auckland University, "War, peace & neutrality". Thursday 25th September 1969. Quakers Hall, 115 Mt Eden Road, ... Mr Rudolph Baeyertz, lawyer & author of "Living Water" [will speak on] "Churches need shock treatment for a world in torment". Thursday 9th October 1969. Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying below 550 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Mrs M Efford in 1970.

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Victory - for humanity; Mr Lincoln Efford states his case. To the electors of Christchu...

Date: 1943

By: H W Bullivant Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-PEACE-1943-01

Description: An election pamphlet for Lincoln Efford in the 1943 general election. Contains Mr Efford's beliefs and arguments for a method of ensuring peace. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet, 285 x 225 mm. Provenance: Collected by Rex Read Mason, and passed to the Library with his papers, through the Megget family in 2005.

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Miscellaneous correspondence

Date: 1940-1950

From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers of and relating to David Blackwood Paul

Reference: MS-Papers-5523-15

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

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Gormack, Robert Sydney (Bob), 1918-2006 : Papers

Date: 1942-1944

By: Gormack, Robert Sydney, 1918-2006

Reference: 91-083

Description: Comprises six letters from Wilf Foote to Gormack from detention camps at Whenuaroa and Paiaka (1942-1944); proofs from printing blocks re Lincoln Efford; seven printing blocks of Lincoln Efford; and one hand-drawn Christmas card Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 box(es) (hollinger box with 1 folder and 1 box of blocks). 0.14 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter and printing blocks Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr R S Gormack, Christchurch, Mar 1991 Processing information: Not yet listed

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[Ephemera promoting peace, and denouncing war. 1930-1949]

Date: 1930 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-PEACE-1930/1949

Description: Includes: 1943: A Final Letter To The Electors. Lincoln A W Efford (Peace candidate). Christchurch, 5 February 1943. (Three copies). [ca 1935]. Come down to earth!! [An anti war flyer issued by the] Christian Pacifist Society (Wellington). [ca 1940]: Christ and Conscription; conscription has to be justified at the bar of Christian morality. Vote "No." Published by the Christian Pacifist Society, Wellington. 1945: Discard the Obsolete; values for framing peace. [Reprint of a letter to an editor]. Henry Leger, Levin, 9 October 1945. 1932: Disarmament demonstration under the auspices of the League of Nations Union. Town Hall Concert Chamber (Auckland). Sir George Fowldes (chairman). Willis Airey (chairman of League of Nations Union). 10 November 1932. [ca 1939]: The Economic Causes of War. Published by The Combined Pacifist Committee, Christchurch. Co-operative Press print, Christchurch. 1934: The Ghastly Horrors of War (lantern [slide] lecture). Delivered by Robert Semple. Municipal Concert Hall, Christchurch. 13 May 1934. (Four copies). 1935: Is War Like This; "Forgotten Men" [movie documentary on the First World War released in 1934]. Crystal Palace Theatre (possibly Christchurch), August 1935. [ca 1940]: It Must Not Happen Here! Free Speech Must Live [pamphlet protesting against the harassment and suppression of anti-war meetings in New Zealand]. Published by the Wellington Peace and Anti-Conscription Council, Wellington. W S Pearson (printer). 1931: League of Nations Union (Auckland Branch). Syllabus 1931 [lecture series]. Reception Hall Milne and Choyce's; Fabian Rooms Unity Hall; WEA, Old Grammar School. 26 March-26 November, 1931. 1935: Manifesto; Against War! Against Fascism! Published by the NZ Movement Against War and Fascism, 1 August 1935. Printed by the New Zealand Worker, Wellington. (Two copies). [ca 1939]: Men and Women of New Zealand [anti war pamphlet]. Published by the City Central Branch Communist Party (Auckland), and printed by the Auckland Service Printery. [ca 1948-1949]: New Zealand Peace Campaign. Petition for the Abolition of Conscription in New Zealand. Organised by the No More War Movement. Printed by Alex Wildey Limited, Christchurch. 1949: NZ Peace Council; The Council's policy. Published by the NZ Peace Council, and printed by Forward Press Print (Auckland). [No date]: New Zealand Women's Crusade for World Peace; in God alone do we trust [anthology of prayers for peace]. Published by the New Zealand Women's Crusade for World Peace, and printed by Dawson Printing Co Ltd, Auckland. [ca 1940s]: Let us Endorse Labour's Pledge of No Conscription. Trades Hall [Wellington]. 29 May. [ca 1942]: 1914, The War to End Wars; 1939, The War for a new world Order; 1964 - What? Published by the Campaign for Christian Order. 1943: The New Target.....Vote for Efford, the peace candidate [Christchurch. Pamphlet against revenge bombing of urban civilians in the Second World War]. Printed by Bullivant Print. (Two copies). [No date]: One World. Pamphlet published under the name of A J Martin, Organiser; Peace Union (Auckland). Printed by the Pelorus Press, Auckland. 1946: Peace issue of New Zealand postage stamps. Photocopy of an original flyer housed at A PHILATELY 1946. 1940: A Pacifist Peace Settlement (preliminary draft). Printed by Co-operative Press, Christchurch. (Two copies). 1943: Peace Negotiations.....Vote for Efford, the peace candidate [Christchurch. Pamphlet promoting a body replacing the League of Nations]. Printed by H W Bullivant Company Ltd, Christchurch. (Two copies). 1949: Somersault - or you'll be smashed; P M Dictates 2nd NZEF Association's about face on conscription. Statement by R J Gilbert, Solicitor. Published by NZ Peace and Anti-Conscription Federation, Wellington Branch. 29 July 1949. [ca 1943]: This is how Freedom is Lost.....Protest urgently against [the inhuman punishment of consientious objectors in Rangipo Prison]. Printed by Times Printing Works, Auckland. (Two copies). [ca 1935]: Why Not Peace Now? Hear the pacifist viewpoint. Public meeting organised by the Christian Pacifist Society and the Peace Pledge Union. Trades Hall, Wellington, 9 April 1935. Pearson Printing Co, Wellington. (Two copies). [ca 1939]: [Anti war plege card addressed to] the Secretary, The Peace Pledge Union, Christchurch, NZ. [ca 1946]: You, the Atomic Bomb and World Peace. Pamphlet published by the National Peace Council, Christchurch. 1940: Your Money and Your Life. [Pamphlet outlining issues and actions relating to conditions of employment]. Published by The Industrial Committee of the Peace and Anti-Conscription Council (Wellington Branch), 24 May 1940. 1949: Youth Conscription; An appeal to the people of New Zealand. Published by the Peace Committee of the Religious Society of Friends in New Zealand (Auckland), 15 July 1949. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 29 offset printed pamphlets and flyers. 12 duplicates.. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying below 240 mm.

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Interview with Allen Dingwall

Date: 23 March 1990, 11 June 1990

From: New Zealand Workers' Educational Association Oral History Project

By: Dingwall, Allen Augustine, 1908-1997

Reference: OHInt-0107-14

Description: Allen Dingwall describes family background, rural schooling, Methodist upbringing, first employment as an apprentice in the coach and motor body building trade and the effect of the Depression on his family. Recalls first involvement with Canterbury WEA. Details public speaking class and organisation of debates. Mentions Mabel Howard and others. Gives impressions of J B Condliffe, James Shelley and Ralph Winterbourn. Discusses WEA relationships with Canterbury University and trade unions. Talks about tutors and the name of the WEA. Describes Reverend Archer, H D Ackland, George Manning, Henry Field and other administrators. Recalls work on tutorial class committees, role of women, tutoring public speaking. Recalls dispute with university over class fees box scheme in 1933. Recalls John Johnson, radio broadcasts by Canterbury WEA in 1930s and 1940s and the WEA Bursary Scheme. Describes effect of Labour becoming government in 1935, the role of Peter Fraser and the Adult Education Committee Enquiry and report. Outlines courses popular in the 1930s, class divisions and relations with trade unions. Details summer schools and courses. Recalls effect of World War II, the peace movement, pacifism and conscientious objectors on WEA. Discusses rationing and the war effort. Describes activities as Canterbury WEA president and work in the Methodist Church. Describes work of Lincoln Efford. Recalls opening of WEA Centre in 1959, work on Regional Council for Adult Education, work as national president of WEA, national secretaries including Arch Barrington, strengths of Canterbury WEA, relationship with Patrick Macaskill, highlights of presidency. Outlines change in structure of National Council of Adult Education in 1963. Details organsiation of TUPES (Trade Union Postal Education Service). Describes innovations and major achievements in Canterbury WEA in 1970s - book discussion groups, Wider Horizons programme, Learning Exchange. Gives his personal view of WEA philosophy. Venue - Christchurch Interviewer(s) - Maurice Gough Venue - 39 Kidson Tce, Christchurch Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0642. Search dates: 1990

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Publications - NZGM Report and minutes and Penalties on Conscience by L Efford

Date: 1917-1919, 1945

From: New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-2597-32/01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Miscellaneous papers

Date: [1932-1969]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-12

Description: Notices, circulars, membership and scoring cards, some correspondence, notes, ephemera, shorthand notes etc; essentially not material relating to conscientious objection. Includes circular letter from Ormond Burton accompanying `The ways of God to men'; hand-painted menu for meal on NZGS `Matai' (1938); words for `Kangaroo & Kiwi' by Haere Hongi written for the visit of the Australia bowlers to New Zealand, and electoral material for Lincoln Efford. Other Titles - Kangaroo & Kiwi, words by Haere Hongi Other Titles - The ways of God to men by Ormond Burton Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962: Further papers

Date: 1943-1944, 1960

By: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-10989

Description: Efford's research notes on John Rigg, and accompanying correspondence with J A McCullough Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further Lincoln Efford papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Morva Efford, Christchurch, 1987

Manuscript

Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence

Date: [1945]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-15

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters to Ron and Frank. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-16

Description: Inward and outward correspondence and related material; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters from Ron, Gisborne; [?] Marr [?] Tarkington, Hikurangi; letters to Bob and Doreen, Orakei; and Ken. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Oriflamme; a spasmodical

Date: Apr 1933

Reference: MS-Papers-5593

Description: Comprises proof sheets of `Oriflamme; a spasmodical' edited and produced by the Canterbury College Caxton Club, no 1, April 1933 in wrappers (never stapled); all 16 pages are present except p15 which has typed text. Pagination is uneven, misprints have been corrected. Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - Page from Smith's catalogue no 102 describing the item Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with typescript and holograph annotations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Smith's, Jul 1996

Manuscript

Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence and papers

Date: [1944]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-04

Description: Inward and outward correspondence of the Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters to Mt Petch; Frank; letters from Michael, Burnham Detention Barracks, and from Rita to Frank. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Printed and duplicated material

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-17

Description: Newsletter of `Fair hearing' (Sep 1941); circular letter from Lincoln Efford with memorandum setting out the case for an appellate tribunal; and New Zealand Peace Council leaflet, `British MP's moving address' Other Titles - Fair hearing; a conscise review of contrasting political thought (v3, n2 Sep 1941) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Printed matter relating to conscientious objection

Date: [1939-1945]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-08

Description: Circulars and flyers; political ephemera for Lincoln Efford. Titles of items entered in the Other titles field. Other Titles - Absolute conscience; a defence of the uncompromising conscientious objector by Douglas J J Owen Other Titles - Conscription 1939 by Carl Heath (1939) Other Titles - Quaker fundamentals by Gerald K Hibbert (1944) Other Titles - Ghandi by Carl Heath (1945) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence and papers

Date: [1945]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-05

Description: Inward and outward correspondence and related papers; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters to Frank; Mr Malcolm; Cashmere, Christchurch; and Arthur. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Inward and outward correspondence and related material

Date: 1930-1960

From: Hansen, Raymond Ernest, 1910-1985 : Papers

Reference: 84-204-70

Description: Correspondents include: Olive M Cooper; Douglas Cartman (Auckland and Paparua prisons); Sidney Dorne of NSW; J B Ballantyne of Drury; E Browne of Karekare; H Edwin Brace of Bayswater, Auckland; family letters while in Australia, 1955; Phillip H C Britts (Bruderhof community. Paraquay), 1948; newspaper clippings re Caryl Cheesman Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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The new target ... Vote for Efford, the peace candidate. Pamphlet no. 4. Bullivant Prin...

Date: 1943

From: [Ephemera promoting peace, and denouncing war. 1930-1949]

By: Bullivant Print

Reference: Eph-A-PEACE-1943-02

Description: A political pamphlet criticising the bombing of innocent civilians during the Second World War in Europe, and urging voters to vote for Lincoln Efford. The front cover shows a picture of a mother and child at top left. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded pamphlet, 222 x 140 mm. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into the Manuscripts section (MS-Group-1537); material transferred to Drawings Paintings and Prints, the Photographic Archive, the Published Collections and the Ephemera Collection..

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Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers relating to the Christchurch Espera...

Date: 1932-1955

By: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-4078

Description: Contains annual reports, correspondence, pamphlets, competition rules and other material relating to the Christchurch Esperanto Society Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (some photocopies)