Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain)

Date: [ca 1876-1898]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1036

Description: Most of the folder relates to R D D Maclean and includes correspondence relating to business, farming, local affairs, membership, a sample of washed wool, a long series of letters to Maclean in Scotland from Alex Campbell, The Cottage, describing conditions, including pests and weather (1878), the purchase of a Clydesdale horse, Apollo, and other matters (identified persons entered under Name) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1920 - 1929

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1920s

Description: Includes menus for: Auckland Racing Club stewards' room. Summer meeting, 1 January 1926. Menu Luncheon tendered to Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick L Field and Officers of the Special Service Squadron. Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 April, 1924. Royal Colonial Institute. Canterbury Branch. Farewell dinner to His Excellency Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand, 18th October, 1924. New Zealand annual dinner, 22nd June 1925. Hotel Victoria London (With Sir James Allen, Rt Hon Earl Jellicoe, Rt Hon L C M S Avery, Rt Hon Earl of Liverpool, Rt Hon Earl of Ranfurly, Rt Hon Lord Islington). Luncheon in honour of Admiral R E Coontz and Officers of the United States Fleet given by the New Zealand Government. Town Hall, Wellington, 12 August 1925. New Zealand Restaurant. Wembley 1925. Menu Luncheon in honour of the visiting members of the Empire Press Union. Parliament House, Wellington, N.Z. 27th August 1925. British Empire dinner at the Dome, Brighton, on Monday 23rd May, 1927, to inaugurate Empire Shopping Week. Xmas, 1928. The Season's greetings and good wishes from Mr & Mrs W Beveridge. Occidental Hotel, Wellington, N.Z. Christmas menu. Wellington District Law Society. Complimentary dinner given by the Law Practitioners of the Wellington to the Hon M Myers, in honour of his appointment as Chief Justice of New Zealand. Hotel Cecil, Wellington, 18th May 1929. The Chateau, Tongariro National Park opening November 4th 1929. Menu. Quantity: 10 menus.. Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm.

Date: 1900 - 1960

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

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Christie, Connie, active 1940s-1950s; Cobb, Victor Ernest, 1876-1945; Davies, Lewis Roy, 1897-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Godson, John Barclay, 1882-1957; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; Mahony, Francis William, 1905-1989; Mailey, Arthur Alfred, 1890-; Minns, Benjamin Edwin, 1864-1937; Ogilvie, Helen, active 1930s; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Palmer, Ethleen Mary, 1906-1958; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor, 1904-1982; Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus, 1881-1929; Walker, Francis Sidney, 1888-1972; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-O/S

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Margaret O'Grady Pat O'Harris (by Pixie O'Harris, 1928) Lyster Ormsby (3 bookplates, 1 by A B, 2 by artist unknown, 1 of which reads "Lyster Omsby, Antiquary, 26 Hunter Street") Basil R Orr (by Percy Neville Barnett, 1930) John Oxley W Stewart Page (by Will M, possibly Will Mahony, picturing 2 men on horses and a dog rounding up sheep) B H Palmer (possibly by Ethleen Palmer) R Parkinson (possibly by Norman Lindsay) Pauline (possibly by Ernest Warner or Edward Warner, 1931) N Pearson Noel Pearson (2 bookplates, 1 with name of the artist illegible, possibly Vic Cm Aron, 1927, 1 by A M, possibly Arthur Mailey, featuring a cricketing cartoon) Max Pemberton (possibly by Connie Christie) Ruth Penfold (2 bookplates, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1 by F Sidney Walker, 1933) A M Perrottet George Perrottet (1 by Hilda Wiseman, 2 by artists unknown, 1 featuring a caricature, possibly of the owner) Muriel Perrottet (by "H", possibly Helen Ogilvie, featuring a flower, possibly a hibiscus) E E Pescott (writing below image reads "Type design by S R Simmons") Philip (featuring the words "Philip's book" and the initials P O H or F O H, though it is not clear whether these are the initials of the artist or the owner) H E Phillipson (by W R J, possibly Robert Johnson) Eden Philpotts (by "B", possibly Frank Brangwyn) Stanley Raymond Phippard (possibly by Nan Davies, 1922) Phyllis (2 identical bookplates, by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Ralph R Pilkington (by artist unknown. R Pilkington's name is handwritten on the bookplate in pen) L L Politzer (possibly by Victor Cobb) Louis Politzer (note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", but it is not clear whether this indicates he is the artist or the donor of the bookplate in addition to being the subject) Mabel Dickinson Pond (by W F H, 1915) Dorothy Porter (by Pixie O'Harris, featuring an ornately dressed lady and a man, possibly a servant, bearing a book upon a cushion) Edith Potter (name of the artist illegible, possibly Moppen, 1934. Includes the words "Ich liebe die fleinen Bewohner dec Luft") John Preece (by L L, possibly Lionel Lindsay, 1928, picturing archers shooting at flying books) John L Preece (by Henri Benedictus Van Raalte) Winward Prescott (including the words "Short Story Collection", and picturing 2 nudes under a microscope) Thea Proctor (owner is also possibly the artist) Alan Queale (by N S, possibly N Suhr or N Suhn. Picturing a pirate or similar figure reading a book, having presumably taken the book from a chest full of them at his feet) B R R (2 bookplates, both possibly by Eric Thake) Jeanie Ranken (by A F. Wording of the bookplate reads "Jeanie Ranken; In Her Memory", and pictured is a hand holding a book entitled "Drama". Note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley" or "Hagly") C L Regan (by J G, possibly John Barclay Godson. Includes a heraldic emblem with the word "Riverview") Geoffrey R Rex (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1926) Alan P Rigby (by Will Mahony. Features caricature of a man, possibly Alan P Rigby) Vere Ritchie (by L Roy Davies) Christine Rivett (by Phillip M Litchfield) Ewing Rixson (by Adrian Feint. Including maps of Australia, United States, Scandinavia, France and New Zealand, and emblems reading "Northwestern University, 1851" and "Royal Geographical Society, 1830) Arthur Robinson (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Royal Colonial Institute (including the words "British Isles" and "United Empire" and a map highlighting Canada, India, Africa and Australia Lucy McCowan Russell (possibly by Eric Thake, picturing a crowd before a closed theatre curtain, upon which are spotlighted the initials "T T") W L Russell (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", though it is not made clear whether this is the artist or donor. Pictured is a mother Kangaroo reading a book to a joey in her pouch) A S (2 bookplates, possibly made for Sir Alfred Stephen) Y N Y S (by Roy Davies) Sacre Coeur + Burke Road (by Adrian Feint. The bookplate reads "Sacre Coeur + Burke Road; Malvern" and pictured is a driveway leading to a stately 3 storey building. Possibly refers to Sacre Coeur, Catholic Girl's School in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia) St Sophia's Library (note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley") Sally (possibly by George D Perrottet. Pictured is a man with spears and a shield in an outdoor setting at night, possibly representing an aboriginal hunter conducting a form of ceremony) H H Schlink (by R D, possibly Roy Davies, featuring an airborn downhill skier) Aimee Selby (by G D Perrottet, possibly George D Perrottet) E York Seymour (by Adrian Feint) Grace B Sibley The Ski Club of Australia (by L Roy Davies, picturing a downhill skier) Bruce Smith (by Philip M Litchfield, featuring a man fishing with a rod and a net) C Nigel Smith (by A F) Charles Kingsford Smith (by George Hartley Brown, 1932, picturing an aeroplane and a giant eagle flying over Australia, with the words "Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, M C, A F C; King of the Air") S A Smith (by B E Minns. Pictured is 3 Australian Aboriginals, a woman crouching holding a child and a man with a spear and shield defending them, framed by trees, 2 possibly eucalypts and 2 a variety of Xanthorrhoea or "Grasstree") R M F Smyth (by Geo. Hartley Brown, possibly George Hartley Brown, 1931. Pictured are 2 Australian Aboriginals with a boomerang standing on a book, with the words "Return to...R M F Smyth") Alexis Grant Souter (by D H S, possibly D H Souter) Brenda Maisie Souter (by D H Souter) D H Souter (owner is also possibly the artist) Jo Sprokkereef (name of the artist illegible, possibly Esmond. Pictured are Snow White and the 7 dwarfs) L Stenhouse-Huntley (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) Paul Stratmann (2 bookplates, both by artist unknown) George Sutton (by P M L) Vincenc Svoboda (name of the owner is illegible, also possibly Iincenc Svoboda) R A Swan (by "W") Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Also including the name "I Black" and the date "31 January 1898". Written at the bottom of the bookplate is the instruction that "This label is to be pasted in the book, kept in good order, and not written or scribbled upon in any way") Quantity: 78 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1842

By: King, Martha, 1803?-1897; New Zealand Company; Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain); Young, Frederick (Sir), 1817-1913

Reference: A-005

Description: Detailed watercolours of New Zealand plants, showing flowers, berries and leaves. Most specimens drawn in the Wanganui region, home of the artist. Inscriptions: Accompanied by manuscript list of drawings headed: "New Zealand drawings" Quantity: 40 watercolour(s). 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on paper ca 375 x 276 mm; carbon print (leaf-rubbing) of a poplar leaf Provenance: Prepared for the New Zealand Company in 1842 by the artist. Several lithographed as illustrations to E. J. Wakefield's "Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand" published London, 1845. Presented to the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Frederick Young, vice-president, and son of G. F. Young, an active member of the New Zealand Company. Transfers: The plant specimens were donated to the Museum of New Zealand in 1982 by the Alexander Turnbull Library..

Date: Jul 1892

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-187

Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes telegram from [?] F Jamieson, Leeston; letter regarding the Rakaia Road Board; letter from [?] Embling written from the Wellington Club; letter from Rev Father McDonald or O'Donnell, Catholic Presbytery, Darfield; and letter from Lewis [?] Hotop, Queenstown, regarding tree planting and taxation. Several letters relating to the women's franchise bill. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level list available.

Date: Jul 1886

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-128

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered under Name below; also includes letter from Edmund or Gerard Hill Other Titles - Westminster review; monthly series (25 Feb 1986) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920-1932

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-065

Description: Names of correspondents not entered in Name Field include: T Q O'Brien; Ohai Railway Board (Wairio); C J O'Keefe; Ontario Book Coy; Capt Otira Opie; T G McIntosh (Opotiki); M H O'Rorke; Orr Campbell & Co Ltd re publication by W Martin; Mrs Mona Osborne; Miss J O'Sullivan; Otago Acclimatisation Society; Otago Employers Association; Otago Harbour Board; George E Over re Norman Gale; H Owen. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Sep-Dec 1883

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-108

Description: Includes clippings Language - One letter written in German; not translated Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Nov-Dec 1888

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-150

Description: Correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes plan for Holmes-[?]Burke batteries made of zinc/carbon and sulphuric acid/nitrate of soda Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1853-1985

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2317

Description: Comprise further selections from the E A Field travel diaries, the Sir Henry Rider Haggard papers, the Ellen Caudwell letters, the Copeman family papers, the Prince Frederick Duleep Singh and Petre of Westwick collections, the papers of Dr Casey Wood, and the records of T E Rudling and Company Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: Jun-Jul 1897

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-224

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letter from [?] Hill, Rookwood, Llandaff; and invitation from S Carlisle Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Feb 1889

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-153

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: May-Jun 1885

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-119

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Mar-May 1897

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-223

Description: Identified correspondents entered in the name field; also includes letter from [?] Grindrod, South Malvern; and from Aimee, niece of Hall, writing from Dunedin Other Titles - Royal Agricultural Society of England - Royal charter of 26 Mar 1840, bye-laws and privileges of members (1896) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1842-1911

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1854-1855

Description: Selected records relevant to Australia and New Zealand, re exchange of flags between St Peter's Church School, Sydney and St John's School, Peterborough (1911); records from the Manchester muniments on the activities of the Montagu family, who were involved with the Canterbury Association and owned land in Australia and New Zealand. The papers of George Montagu, the 6th Duke of Manchester and William Montagu, the 7th Duke, contain material relating to their properties on the Darling Downs, Christchurch and the Manawatu region, around Feilding and Halcombe (The Manchester Block). Also contain information on the Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation, and other emigration schemes. Papers from the Thornhill and Linton family collections. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983