Mathematics

Date: 1997

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-418-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. The Auckland Blues win Super-12 game. As Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark soar in the opinion polls Jim Bolger considers a sex-change. Tim Shadbolt becomes deputy leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Tuku Morgan is accused of seeking a fee for an exclusive interview with the media. Public opinion on Tuku Morgan's behaviour. Maori bashing continues over Tuku Morgan, as Maori hit themselves and ask why he just doesn't resign. Maori occupy land in Waiouru during winter as temperatures hit a low. They are protesting against the wild horse mustering? Winston Peter's accepts Tuku Morgan's apology and assumes the moral high ground. International study shows kiwi kids poor at maths but good at bullying. Bob Jones suggests that the Beehive be dynamited. A look at genetic makeup in terms of race. Comment on teacher inaction over bullying in school play grounds. Jim Bolger comments on a meeting between National Party and New Zealand First MPs held in his home. Buyer beware - used car importers rip people off. Comment on what iwi-based Treaty settlements mean to many Maori. The International Rugby Board (IRB) threatens to clamp down on New Zealand style rugby. The law forbids the rich and the poor from living in shoddy housing that leads to unneccesary fires and death. School leaving age kept at 16. Winston Peters finds himself on a high-wire with pressures all around him like, 'fiscal restraint', 'Maori hopes', 'social spending' and 'NZ First's last chance'. Winston Peters goes off to Hong Kong leaving Jim Bolger and Bill Birch defending the budget. Winston Peters at the handover of Hong Kong to China, continues to warn about the Asian take over. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-661-001/061

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 61 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: [19--]

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers

Reference: 80-323-124

Description: Material includes field notes on the sacred and tapu on the Tabar Islands, manuscript fragments, notes with mathematical calulations and annotated envelopes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss & typescript

Date: [19--]

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers

Reference: 80-323-396

Description: Material comprises notes on social anthropology; analysis of animal societies including an article on baboons; undated notes on Papua New Guinea and the Dobuans; mathematical equations; ephemera Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss & printed material

Date: [1840s-1850s]

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888

Reference: E-075

Description: Subjects: Heads, animals, plans, mathematical calculations, Duppa's yacht, landscapes and coastal profiles around Cook Strait Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook (90 pages of sketches and accounts) ; pencil, ink and watercolour 228 x 187 mm, 1/2 black calf, marbled boards. Transfers: Transferred 1984 from MS sequence - One folded long narrow panoramic drawing 'Kaikoura - the Lookers-on' (pencil drawing, 68 x 1O14 mm) removed to D-022-009.

Date: 1840s-1850s

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888

Reference: Micro-Art-031

Description: Microfilm of sketchbook (90 pages of sketches and accounts) Subjects: Heads, animals, plans, mathematical calculations, Duppa's yacht, landscapes and coastal profiles around Cook Strait Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) ca 90 frames.

Date: [19--]

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers

Reference: 80-323-348

Description: Material comprises notes on Dobu; mathematical notes; unidentified and undated miscellaneous notes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss & typescript

Date: 1976 - 1984

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-337-131/144

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand education and employment issues and ANZUS. Quantity: 14 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, approximately A4, sizes vary.

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-106

Description: Shows two frames illustrating unrelated topics. It appears that a third frame has been cut from the page. The first frame is about widening Colombo Street in Christchurch. It shows a widened street that is almost like a tunnel, because the upper stories of each building have not been moved back in line with the bottom stories. The second frame shows a man attempting to help his son with his maths homework Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1845 - 1855

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-013-2

Description: Study of steep hills rising from a graduated plain, with clouds on the tops. On the reverse are mathematical calculations The mathematical calculations have been copied as negative 1/2-069971 and dfp-012378 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 90 x 150 mm

Date: 1851

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-013-3

Description: A small house in a valley, possibly Mantell's own house in Wellington The word 'mecotea' does not exist in Latin. Mantell may have invented it Part of a budget is written on the reverse of the paper (negative 1/2-069971 and file print dfp-, under title [Mathematical calculations] Other Titles - God makes us ... [translation] Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 115 x 135 mm

Date: [19--]

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers

Reference: 80-323-322

Description: Material comprises notes on Dobu, mathematics, Arapesh warfare etc, unsorted and undated; some correspondence; article entitled `Folk medicine in the Dobuan Islands' and printed material Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed material

Date: 1945 - 1950

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

Reference: A-369-072/088

Description: Collection of political cartoons published in The Southern Cross that mainly relating to Sidney Holland and his conservative policies. Some cartoons are specific to the Wellington region; there is reference to a cannon test and the Wellington Baker's Association (president H.E. Fariey). International issues are adressed. This includes an Indonesian police coup and the continuing problems that Britain faced in the aftermath of World War II. There is also an advertisement for the National Savings Bank. Quantity: 13.

Date: 3, 7, 20 April 1997

From: Institutional change in New Zealand science

By: Dick, Ian Douglas, 1918-1999

Reference: OHInt-0412-3

Description: Ian Dick, born 1918, talks about his career which began with the Agronomy Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in 1939. Describes a move to working on radar under Ernie Marsden during World War II followed by a period in the Army working out range tables for guns. Notes his return to the DSIR in 1946 when he established the Biometrics Section, which later became the Applied Mathematics Division. Looks at the DSIR structures, jobs, culture and policies. Describes his move to Head Office in 1953 and position as geothermal co-ordinator. Looks at his secondment to the New Zealand Steel Investigating Company. Describes his attitude to management, dress, social conventions, budgets and the public expenditure committee. Looks at his work with the Dominion Physical Laboratory, the Mines Department, establishment of the Soil Survey Division and the decision about a nuclear reactor. Interviewer(s) - Ruth Barton Venue - Tawa Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006856 - OHC-006858, OHC-019715 - OHC-019716 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 2 transcript(s). 4 Hours Duration. Search dates: 1997

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-388-004

Description: Shows a young boy doing his maths homework while his father reads the newspaper and his mother knits. The boy is frustrated because neither of his parents can help with algebra questions Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 3 and 10 October 1980 (broadcast)

From: Radio New Zealand Looking Back programmes

By: Riske, Marcus, 1906-2000

Reference: OHInt-0040/14

Description: Max Riske talks about his early formative years as a teacher; achieving international recognition lecturing in mathematics and psychology, at several American universities and with UNESCO. Interviewer(s) - Jack Shallcrass Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000338 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 55 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1980

Date: 28 Sep 1999

From: Neville Lambert Memorial oral archive

By: Paske, Joan, 1925-2003

Reference: OHInt-0585/31

Description: Joan Paske (nee Botham) born East Riding, Yorkshire, England in 1925. Recalls education and training as a teacher in England, meeting husband, Lesley, an Industrial Chemist, coming to New Zealand on the `Rangitane' 1954 and buying a house in Rongotai (Wellington). Outlines teaching career in New Zealand, teaching in schools at Lyall Bay, Miramar South, Miramar South Side School (now Strathmore Park) and St Marks. Recalls appointment as Maths Adviser and explains that New Zealand was exploring text books for Modern maths. Mentions Ernie Duncan's textbooks and John Struthers who also came with text books to trial. Refers to Lopdell House as being the mecca for courses. Gives reasons for so few women in maths service. Discusses involvement in NZEI. Mentions Helen Anderson, Hazel Armstrong, Roz Noonan, Geraldine MacDonald and Judith Aitken. Mentions ERO (Education Review Office). Recalls attending Women's Conference in Australia and discusses problems of teachers in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Pacific Islands. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Ann Packer Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008962-008966; OHLC-004609-004613 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2788.

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-103

Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. In the first frame, a man is trying to help his son with his maths homework. The boy says, "Aw, Dad. What a pity you and me weren't born 300 years later - by then NZ MAY have adopted decimal coinage.' The next frame is titled 'Our highest praise to all those who toiled so hard to give us that glorious floral festival... and to those who took it all away.' It shows a policeman picking up his helmet from the ground. The final frame shows men playing cricket and is titled 'The cricket on the Lancaster hearth.' The cartoonist has written a rhyming poem about the match Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1856-1857

By: Manning, William, active 1856-1883

Reference: MS-1486-1487

Description: Volume 1 : arithmetical examples and instructions. Volume 2: algebraic Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 2 volume(s) (25 cm; 1/2 red roan; 1/2 green roan). Physical Description: Holograph (25 cm; ½ red roan & ½ green roan) Provenance: English grandfather of Miss Betty Nora Manning, Wellington.

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: Ivison, Thomas :Sketchbook. 1846-1847

Reference: E-004-058

Description: A broadside view of a small ketch at sea with several lots of long division above it. Extended Title - From Thomas Ivison sketchbook, 1846-1847. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 104 x 131 mm.