McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Date: [Circa 1941]

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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-287

Description: Official photographs from World War II, very few of which have captions. General Freyberg is seen in many images, with different groups of officers and soldiers, and reviewing of New Zealand troops on parade. He is also shown receiving the Greek Military Cross from the Greek Minister of War, Stelios Dimitrakakis. The New Zealand Bomber Squadron is shown with their "Wellington Devil"; R.A.F. bombers with some New Zealand airmen returning from a raid on Berlin; and airmen from NZ joining the fighter force receiving final training on a Spitfire. There are scenes of activities associated with entertainment and sports. These include a pipe band of a South Island Battalion recently arrived in the Middle East, taken at Maadi, circa 1941, and one picture of four buglers; the Kiwi Concert Party performing in the Middle East (p 118-125); and sports including boxing, athletics, discus throw, tug-of-war, rowing and swimming. New Zealand Division Athletics Championships in Cairo (p 82-87). One set of photographs (p 58-68) were taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete. They show Axis destroyers at Piraeus, in readiness to transport Nazi parachute troops and airborne infantry to an island airfield in the Aegean Sea used as a base for the invasion of Crete; Nazi bombers with groups of soldiers waiting to board a troop carrier; and two aerial views, one showing a Junker troop carrier nosed down into the Cretan Sea, and one showing wrecked German troop transports on Maleme aerodrome. Views of HMS Leander in the Middle East (p 70-75, 98-99). New Zealand crew members W. Hickford (Wanganui), E. Drabble (Auckland), J. Stewart (Wellington), A L Poad (Auckland) and K Newson (Wellington) are named in image no. 952 (p 71); a large range-finder in action; group of officers (identified in reference no. DA-01901); clothes-washing; mending clothes; serving the rum ration; a church service; gunners with a captured Breda gun (D.L. Graham-Cameron (Gisborne) and J. Kelly (Waitara)); repairing a torpedo; and deck hockey. The opening of the Lowry Hut at Maadi on 16th July 194l shows general Freyberg and Mrs Freyberg, Mrs A P F Chapman who was attached to the New Zealand YMCA which operated the hut, which was presented by her father Thomas Henry Lowry; and general scenes inside and outide the hut. The other club shown in this album is the New Zealand Forces Club in Cairo, with a mural painted by war artist Peter McIntyre. There are also reproductions of some of his paintings on p 101 and 104-105. Ambulances were presented to the NZEF through the British American Ambulance Corps and the Anzac War Relief Fund, Maadi, with a number of photographs showing different types of ambulance, and a mobile surgical unit. At the reception of the Anzac War Relief Fund in New York they gave a demonstation of the Australian Indian type of ambulance which would be sent to the Middle East, at which the Hon. J G Coates, Nola Luxford were present, and at which the American president of the fund presented the Wings of Mercy badge to the Hon. Frank Langstone. A group of wireless operators and air gunners who attended the No. 11 W.A.G. course at Mountain View Air Station (Canada), p 111. (For full names see information noted on reference nos. DA-01417 to DA-01418, and DA-01420). Many photographs are related to the postal service, showing huge piles of incoming parcels and letters for the troops, with men sorting, collecting and receiving their mail. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22 cm

Date: 1939-1945

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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-295

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are named, are not individually listed above. Images include a consignment of 3000 cases of apples arriving at the New Zealand Forces Club in Egypt; YMCA secretaries of the NZEF in Crete before the blitz; NZ pilots at advanced RAF training school in England; King George II of Greece inspecting troops in the Middle East, being entertained by members of the Maori Battalion, and presenting medals to the platoon acting as his bodyguard on the Greek royal family's evacuation from Crete to Egypt (p 6-11). American aid to the ANZACs, showing a function in New York celebrating the presentation of over 100 ambulances to the fighting forces in Egypt, with (on p 12-15) views in Egypt of the ambulances & mobile surgical unit; the General Hospital at Helwan, with views inside wards, and life of convalescents including a swimming carnival, picnics and yachting (p 16-20); nurses' life at the General Hospital (p 139-141). Arrival of a mobile canteen for the YMCA (p 20-21); NZ soldiers on leave in Cairo; NZ cricket team at the Gezira Sporting Club (p 23-24); Parades of NZ units reviewed by general Freyberg; A YMCA canteen service van in Crete; opening of the Lowry Hut (p 8, p 28-30, p 34-35); Rowing races between a NZ team and Cairo representative team at the Cairo River Club (p 30-31, p 67). PM Peter Fraser's tour of NZ activities in Britain; broadcasts to NZ through the BBC's New Zealand programme (p 32-33, 92-93, 124-125); the New Zealand Forces Club (p 35-39, 44); ENSA Concert Party (p 40-42); staff at NZ House in London sorting parcels from NZ for NZ personnel. Attack on Crete (p 44-53), views taken by a German photographer who was killed in Crete, including Junkers transport carriers, Axis destroyers and wrecked German planes at Maleme airport; transport ship Glengyle after the evacuation from Crete. HMS Leander (p 55-61, p 79, p 84-85), includes group of sailors & NZ officers, all identified. Maori Battalion training in the Middle East; incidents during route march; two views of the official Netherlands Indies Women's organisation in wartime who looked after NZ airmen passing through batavia (Djakarta) (P 66, 68); sports meeting at the Prince Farouk Stadium Cairo (p 68-73, 83); artillery callibrating guns (p 73-79); field ordnance worlshops; Mobile Surgical Unit; copies of paintings by war artist peter McIntyre (p 87-91); Bomber Command Operational Training Unit. Postal unit (p 94-101); wireless operator air gunners after training at the WAG course at Mountain View Air Station in Canada (all named, p 96-97); investiture conferring Greek decorations on NZ officers (p 101-102, 110-111); Kiwi Concert Party (p 103-110); manouevres in the desert; fire brigade at NZ Base Camp (p 118-122); 2nd Echelon Office keeping personal records (p 120, 122-123); camp laundry in Egypt (p 128-130); work of a Light Aid Detachment in the field; the original ANZAC Club, Singapore (p 144); training under active service conditions in desert (p 145-149); visit by NZ soldiers to a stable maintained by the Egyptian Government at Heliopolis raising Arab horses. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 782-1226. Follows sequence established in PA1-q-294. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: ICI New Zealand; Alexander, John Hood, 1916-1975; Dominion Breweries Ltd; United States Information Service; New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society; En-Zed Card & Calendar Company Ltd; Baptist, Miranda, active 2006

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1960s

Description: Includes calendars: 1960: Alexander Turnbull Library (with reproductions of artworks by George French Angas). Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. Early Wellington; a selection of engravings from the 1847 portfolio of S C Brees, esq. 1960 calendar. 1961: Harry H Tombs Limited. Printers and publishers at the Wingfield press. Calendar Dec 1960-Nov 1961. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Some early New Zealand churches associated with Bishop Selwyn. Original pen and wash drawings by John H Alexander. 1961 calendar. (2 copies) Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway enthusiasts' calendar 1961 United States Information Service. "Americans at work". Calendar 1961. 1962: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Early watercolours of the South Island of New Zealand 1845-51, by Sir William Fox KCMG, from the Hocken Library, University of Otago. 1962 calendar. (2 copies) Shell Oil New Zealand Ltd. 1962 calendar presenting a series of pen and wash illustrations of historical New Zealand buildings by John H Alexander. Evening Post Wellington. 1962 almanac (with reproduction of Peter McIntyre painting of Willis Street showing the Evening Post building) 1963: Trevor Strange (Waikanae Beach). Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1963 calendar. Harry H Tombs Ltd. Calendar 1963 (with reproduction of "A Christmas picnic in New Zealand" by K Airini Vane). 1964: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. Calendar 1964. 1965: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd (Auckland). [Gotgried Lindauer Maori portraits at Auckland City Art Gallery - includes portraits of Haora Tipa Koinaki, Julia Martin, Tokena te Kerehi, Sophia the Guide, Ratene, Renata Kawepo]. 1965. (2 copies) Bruce Calendar Co Ltd (Ashburton). King Dick Motor Wrecking Co. Ltd (Invercargill). Calendar 1965 (2 different images) 1966: Dominion Breweries Ltd. Waitemata House, Auckland New Zealand. Gold media award, Olympia, Great Britain. By courtesy of the Kelliher Art Trust, twelve reproductions of original oil paintings of New Zealand landscapes by a representative selection of English Australian and New Zealand artists. Calendar for 1966. (Artists include: William Dargie, John Loxton, Claude Muncaster, Douglas Badcock, Rubery Bennett, Douglas Pratt and Ernest Buckmaster) 1967: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd. The Milford track New Zealand; the world's finest walk. Illustrated calendar 1967. Hodder & Tolley Ltd, seed, grain, produce and fertilizer merchants. Calendar 1967 Waikanae Supermarket Ltd. Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1967. 1968: Four Square calendar 1968. 1969: Shell calendar. Bicentenary of the voyage of discovery by Captain James Cook 1769. (2 copies) Spa Road Four Square Store. Calendar 1969. Evening Post Wellington. 1969 almanac (with reproduction of painting of the Wellington Club by Rodger Harrison (winner of the Kelliher Prize 1968)) Wellington Teachers' College Students' Association Arts Council. Calendar 1969 (Reproductions of drawings of Fiordland National Park by Alan Howie) Centregraphic Limited. 1969 calendar of original illustrations from the books first published 1790 of Captain Cook's voyages of discovery 1768-1780. (2 copies, one in pieces) Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1980-1990

From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918- 2016: Records of Elva Bett Gallery and papers relating to her publications

Reference: 89-026-116B

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1942

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: A-262-041/047

Description: Contents: The landing, Crete -- Galatos -- The infantry -- The machine gunners - Dressing station, Maleme -- Crashed glider, Crete -- The barge from Crete Part of set of 10 postcards reproducing war paintings by McIntyre. Supplied title. Artist's name printed on versos Quantity: 7 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph cards 89 x 139 mm

Date: [ca 1900-ca 1970]

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: PAColl-8066-08

Description: Postcards of drawings by Peter McIntyre of New Zealand infantrymen in Greece during the Second World War. Postcards of the Cook Islands, Tahiti, New Guinea, Marqueseas Islands, Thursday Island, Fiji, and Hawaii. Postcards of Maori including meeting houses and villages. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). 53 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1942

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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-198

Description: Photographs of the paintings done by Peter McIntyre, official New Zealand war artist, during the Battle of Crete, and by Captain McNab (Donald George MacNab). Captioned photos include: Crashed German glider; Preliminary bombing of hospital; Galatos, Crete, 20 May 1941; paratroop landing in Crete, 26 Oct 1942 (Capt McNab); Candia harbour, Crete, 26 Oct 1942 (Capt McNab). Others include scenes of paratroops landing (McIntyre); two paintings of the air attack on a harbour (one by McIntyre, other unsigned). Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1944 - 1994

By: Cancer Society of New Zealand. Canterbury-West Coast Division; McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: C-123-032

Description: Steep hills with bombed houses and intact houses at their base, buildings on top of hills surrounded with clouds of smoke. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 102/160 [in pencil, number in edition]; J.D.Hinton V.C. [signature in ink]; Peter McIntyre; C.H.Upham V.C. & Bar [signatures in ink] Peter McIntyre was a New Zealand official war artist during the Second World War. The battle of Monte Cassino involved New Zealand forces. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 418 x 575 mm on sheet 558 x 720 mm

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Edwards, Henry Phillip, 1913?-1987; Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; ICI New Zealand; McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; Maclennan, Stewart Bell, 1903-1973; Mason, Frank Henry, 1876-1965; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Waghorn, Reginald James, 1898-1987; Woods, George, 1898-1963

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1950s

Description: Includes calendars: 1951: Imperial Chemicals (N.Z.) Ltd. The growth of a colony; original pen drawings by Russell Clark. [Calendar 1951]. New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1951 (showing a reproduction of a painting by Allan Mitchell, of "High summer East Cape - end of day on the road - the long trek from Te Araroa to Taneatua"). 1952: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Nga Rangatira (The chiefs). [Calendar. 1952]. Pen portraits by Henry Edwards. Includes portraits of Hongi (1777-1828), Tamati Ngaporo (1804-1885), Tamati Waka Nene (1780-1871), Rewi (1815-1894), Wiremu Tamehana (1800-1866), King Tawhiao (1825-1894). (2 copies) 1953: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. [New Zealand historical scenes sketched by Peter McIntyre. Calendar. 1953]. (2 copies) New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1953. [featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II]. 1954: Imperial Chemical Industries. Original lino-cuts by Stewart Maclennan. [Calendar. 1954]. (2 copies) 1955: Imperial Chemical Industries(N.Z.) Ltd. A series of Polynesian legends by E Mervyn Taylor, George Woods, Russell Clark, Henry Edwards, Peter McIntyre, S B Maclennan. [Calendar 1955]. 1956: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. A selection of New Zealand paintings from the National Art Gallery. [Calendar]. 1956. 2 copies. Includes works by Nugent Welch, Sydney L Thompson, Cedric Savage, J C Hoyte, Cecil F Kelly, H Linley Richardson 1957: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Power in New Zealand; original drawings by R J Waghorn. [Calendar]. 1957. 1958: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. University institutions of New Zealand; original pencil drawings by F V Ellis. [Calendar]. 1958. (2 copies, one donated 2003) New Zealand Shipping Company. New Zealand Line. "When sails beat steam"; an episode in the roaring forties in 1895 - sailing vessel Turakina and steamship Ruapehu. From a painting by Frank H Mason. [Calendar] 1958. [Signed: B C D'Arcy Maxwell (4th Officer S S "Ruapehu" at the time) Nelson N.Z. 1958]. 1959: Exide Batteries of New Zealand Limited. Calendar 1959 .. with reproductions from a series of twelve colour photographs Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. A selection of early colonial water colours from the Alexander Turnbull Library. [Calendar. 1959]. 2 copies. Includes works by G H Page, William Fox, George Grey, G F Von Tempsky, William Packe, and E C Wyvill. New Zealand Free Lance annual. Calendar 1959 ("Roadside scene, Lake Wanaka, Otago"; presentation plate issued with New Zealand free lance annual 1958) Quantity: 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-041/059

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sports related figures who flourished during the 1940s and 1950s. Includes All Blacks Charlie Oliver, L. Savage, "Has" Catly, and goal-kicker Morrie Doyle, and in other sports boxer Cyril Hurne, American wrestler Dick Raines, and an unnamed female tennis player. Other portraits are of Alex Pratt (manager of Hutt Speedways Ltd), George Welch (secretary of the Wellington Indoor Bowling Association), Mic Zamba (president of the Wellington Softball Association) and boxing trainer Archie Lechie. A number of plain diagrams illustrate boxing and wrestling technique. The original collage of caricatures of McNamara's Southern Cross Collegues used in their 1949 Christmas card and another of two men playing rugby are included. Quantity: 16 newsclippings. 2 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper and blue pencil 295mm x 390mm, black ink and white out on paper 240mm x 285mm, and newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 1942 - 1946

From: [Ephemera, programmes and booklets relating to rugby union football played by New Zealanders or in New Zealand. 1940-1949].

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1940s-01

Description: An interesting and unusual programme featuring illustrations by Peter McIntyre. The South African and New Zealand team members are listed "laws" of rugby relating to scrummaging, dangerous clothing accessories, fighting opponents, are stated. One illustration shows a stern man reading from "The Book" to drunken listeners at the NZ Forces Club. Another shows South African players retreating before a Kiwi onslaught, with the text "Suffer, Little Springboks and come unto us and we shall teach you the Laws of the Book". Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on pages of programme. Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, each 217 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Quilter's Bookshop in 2003.

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: 1940-1941

From: Startup, Robin McGill, 1933- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6485-1

Description: Letters from Private William Bee to his family in Oamaru while on active service during World War II in which he describes his life as a soldier training at Maadi Camp, his time as a guard at an Italian POW camp, visits to Gezira and Heliopolis, time in hospital, service in the Greek campaign, trip to Palestine, a visit to Cairo to see an exhibition of Peter McIntyre's paintings, descriptions of manoeuvres and general topics; includes detailed description of the background of the letters and brief outline of them by Startup Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939-1940

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

By: McKenzie, J S (Private), active 1940

Reference: PA1-q-293

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel in New Zealand, England and Egypt, taken 1939-1940 and compiled for official use. Most of the images have good captions, and most of the names noted are listed above. The album includes a number of British Official Photographs. Scenes include New Zealanders in the advance party sailing from Melbourne in December 1939; shipboard scenes of the First Echelon arriving in Egypt; Freyberg welcoming the troops on arrival with Anthony Eden (Secretary of State for the Dominions) and Sir Miles Lampson; the train service between the NZ camp and Cairo; Egyptian workmen helping construct the camp, and women doing the laundry; Divisional Signallers lined up on motor bikes. Battle practice and army life in the desert: anti-tank & anti-aircraft practice; bren guns; vehicle maintenance; blacksmiths; operating the telephone exchange; engineering work; sorting mail; manufacturing field oven; chopping wood for the oven; food preparation; boot mending; camp cinema; various games including cards, bowls, cricket, swimming, boxing; disinfecting plant for killing pests in soldiers' blankets; digging trenches; erecting tents. Opening of the Kiwi Club at Helwan, formed through the efforts of Lady Lampson. Three photographs taken by a sergeant of the Royal Marines, showing action related to the battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Battle of the River Plate (p 65, 111, 133) New Zealanders resident in England who volunteeered at the outbreak of war are shown training with the Eastern Command; manoevres with the 2nd Echelon in Britain, and the opening of a new club for New Zealanders in Charing Cross Road; Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops in 1940; NZ armourers and wireless operators working for the RAF; information about the longest non-stop reconnaisance flight made in a Vickers Wellington bomber, piloted and crewed by members of the RNZAF Bomber Squadron (5 crew + 1 officer from the Navy to assist in ship identification); and Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops. In Libya scenes show a motor rail car which patrolled the rail to Matruh; "Whare Kiwi" dugout in the Libyan Desert; The first air raid experienced in a small village in the Cairo area. NZ airmen arrive in Canada for training in the Empire Air Trianing Scheme; haka led by Pine Takarangi. Transportation of troops and equipment across inland water, use of collapsible assault boats and building bridges. Western Desert battle; Italian and Libyan prisoners of war; captured tanks and vehicles; view of the Italian defence line; also the surrender of Traghen when the whole population of the Libyan Fort marched out in surrender. Various hospital scenes, both in England and in Egypt, including occupational therapy activities. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1967 - 1968

From: Benson & Hedges art award calendar 1968-1969.

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: Eph-D-CALENDAR-1969-01-5

Description: Shows an abstracted tempera work suggesting a bone / canoe, a fishing net, and a sculpture. From original tempera 724 x 952 mm (28 1/2" x 37 1/2") Extended Title - In Benson & Hedges Art Award Calendar 1968-1969 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph reproduction 265 x 350 mm, on page 555 x 435 mm.

Date: 1943 - 1949

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: Eph-D-WAR-WWII-1940s-01

Description: Shows illustrations on themes of Cassino, Women's roles, New Zealanders advance, and Kiwis at work and at play. Includes: Women, too, played their part: Tuis; A Nursing sister; Refugees evacuate to a safer area as Div Cav moves up to battle Cassino: The bombing of Cassino; The Battle of the Rubble - NZ troops in action; Wounded - Cassino; The ruins of Cassino from Castle Hill New Zealanders advance: The Infantry moves up in pursuit of the enemy; Tanks enter a town; Artificial moonlight assists night operations near Gatteo; A suspected casa - Infantrymen mopping up a pocket of resistance Kiwis at work and at play: Fatigue; Two-Up; Tanks passing through Gatteo; Shelled church near Rimini. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on each side of poster.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on sheet 540 x 400 mm. Provenance: Probably came from the estate of Augustus Hamilton

Date: 1941 - 1980 - 1944

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; National Army Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: C-108-011-a/014-a

Description: Contents: Infantry patrol in Italy, 1944; Kiwis, 1944; Convoy under shell fire at Sidi Rezegh, 1941; [on cover]: Wounded at Cassino. No. 1182 of edition of 2000. Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, coloured, 375 x 530 mm or smaller, on three sheets 440 x 600 mm, and portfolio, plus 1 sheet notes.

Date: 1963

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the New Zealand Army, volunteers, soldiers of regular forces]

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Artillery

Reference: Eph-A-ARMY-1963-01

Description: Toast list, featuring an illustration by Peter McIntyre on the front cover, showing three vignettes through the decades, of soldiers standing beside wheeled cannons. The toasts were made by Mayor Mr T K S Sidey, Col J G Jeffery, Lt Col R J Abbott, Brig S F Catchpole. The Dunedin Volunteer Artillery Company included: "B" Battery NZFA, 12th (how.) BTY NZFA, 12th (Fd) BTY NZA, 6th BTY 3rd REGT NZA, RHQ 31 & 33 BTYS 3rd FD REGT RNZA. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on folded card. Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded card, 180 x 114 mm.

Date: 1965

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: A-197-016

Description: Extended Title - Evening Post Calendar Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 227 x 381 mm on sheet 280 x 440 mm

Date: 1964 - 1969

Reference: Eph-F-DOWNSTAGE-1960s

Description: Includes: "Exit the King". 14-22 August 1964. (2 copies) 1965: "Bartholomew Fayre", by the author Benjamin Jonson. University Theatre, March 15-20 [1965]. "Rent Day", by Douglas Jerrold. Downstage Theatre Cafe. Gala opening 29 November 1964. (2 copies) 1966: "Duende"; works by Federico Garcia Lorca. Tim Eliott, Raeburn Hirsch & Jose Fernandez, with Trevor Parker on guitar. Downstage October 3 to 8 [1966](Shows black and white photograph of Tim Eliott and Raeburn Hirsch in profile, stuck to board) "You'll come to love your sperm test", by Goon Show script writer John Antrobus. Opening March 7. "The Knack". At Downstage in association with NZ Theatre Centre. From May 9. (3 copies) "Oh Dad, poor Dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad". From June 28. [design by Warwick Teague].(3 copies) "The hollow crown". Opening 25 July. "The counsels of the Wood", written and performed [by] Bruce Mason. 6 nights for 3 weeks. (2 copies) "The Pit" by Norman L Hartweg. 9 August. "The Homecoming". From August 29. "The Fantasticks". New York smash hit musical at Downstage. Words by Tom Jones, music by Harvey L Schmidt. Opens Dec. 5. 1967: "Green Julia", written by Paul Ableman. (Photo of Ray Henwood and Barry Hill) "The proposal" Chekhov. (Photo of three cast members) 1968: "Knickers". Downstage permanent revue, Fridays and Saturdays. "Awatea". Inia Te Wiata in Bruce Mason's "Awatea". Wellington Town Hall, September 4th to 7th. Producer Dick Johnstone, Design Peter McIntyre. (2 copies of small poster, and 2 copies of large poster - both the same format and content) 1969: "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead". A play by Tom Stoppard, produced by George Webby, designed by Grant Tilly, with Ray Henwood, Grant Tilly. Downstage, May 1969. No date: "Joan of Arc at Downstage". (No record of this production at Downstage - In fact shows a photograph of Edith Campion in her role as "St Joan" in the New Zealand Players 1955 production. Hand painted lettering above and below photograph. Painted on the back of a 1967 poster). Quantity: 18 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying from 385 x 300 mm to 750 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by Downstage Theatre.