Notable Acquisitions July 2008 to June 2009

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 42, 1 January 2009, Page 125

Notable Acquisitions July 2008 to June 2009

A selection of notable acquisitions covering all the collections is listed in the Turnbull Library Record to alert researchers to newly acquired material judged to be of significant research value. Additions to existing collections are not usually listed, except where they add substantially to what is already held.

Records can also be accessed electronically on the National Library of New Zealand's website (www.natlib.govt.nz). Records of the unpublished collections appear on the TAPUHI database, and the published collections through the National Library of New Zealand catalogue.

ARCHIVE OF NEW ZEALAND MUSIC

Biddington, Eric, 1953-. Further Scores, 1986-2008. 4 m. Donation. Body, John Stanley, 1944-. Further Papers [ca 1996-2006 ]. 80 cm. Donation. Chamber Music New Zealand. Further Records, 1949-2001. 3 m. Donation.

Dickson, Hamilton, 1906-1980. Scores, 1932-1976. 5 folders, 3 compact discs. Donation: Loretta Lander, Wellington. Farr, Gareth, 1968-. Further Papers, 1981-2008. 30 cm. Donation.

Huggard, Dennis Owen. Further Sound Recordings Relating to New Zealand Jazz, 1948-1987. 119 cassettes, reel tapes and discs. Donation. NBR New Zealand Opera. Records, 1982-2000. 3.2 m. Donation.

Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008. Papers and Recordings Relating to the History of New Zealand Brass Bands, ca 1948-2005. 4 m. 13 reel tapes. Donation Oliver, Stanley, 1891-1964. Papers, 1912-1964. 18 cm. Donation: Dr Mary Knox, Wellington. Sheppard, Doris Gertrude, 1902-1982. Music Scores, 1945-1965. 30 cm. Donation: Paul Hunt, Wellington.

CARTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

Chapman, Henry Samuel, 1803-1881. Six folded published maps of England, Scotland, Wellington and Nelson with annotations. One manuscript chart of the traverse of the ship Bangalore from England to Sydney, 1843. Purchase. Chatelain, Henri Abraham, 1684-1743. Carte Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud... [Amsterdam: s.n., 1719]. Purchase. Creator unknown. [Survey Map of Maori Reserve Near Puketapu, Wairarapa]. Ms map. 1869. Purchase. John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd. Renold & Conventry Chains Brampton Fittings Pocket Road Map (Wellington: A. R. Christian Ltd, 1934). Purchase. Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881. Coromandel Gold District. Digital file of ms map. Original 1857. Donation. Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881. Sketch of the Geology of Wellington. Digital file of ms map. Original 1859. Donation. [McDonnell, Thomas, 1831-337-1899]. [Sketch Map of Military Action Near Little Waihi, Bay of Plenty, April 1864]. Ms map. Donation.

Mclntyre & Lewis, fl. 1924. A Pleasant Point Subdivision. Sale Plan of Waiora Extension ... (Christchurch: Jones, McCorstle Co. Ltd, 1924). Purchase. New Zealand Dept of Lands and Survey. NZMS 128. Map of State and Main Highways. 6 sheets (Wellington: Dept. Lands and Survey, 1949). Donation. New Zealand Dept of Lands and Survey. Town of Alexandra East surveyed 1864 [Auckland: New Zealand Survey, 1883?]. Purchase. New Zealand Dept of Lands and Survey. Township ofWrey's Bush [New Zealand: New Zealand Survey, 1890?]. Purchase. New Zealand Dept of Lands and Survey. Village of Holmesdale [New Zealand: New Zealand Survey, 1886?]. Purchase. Skeet, William, fl. 1862-67. Plan of Native Village at Papawai Belonging to Te Manihere. Ms map. 1867. Purchase.

DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS & PRINTS

Artist unknown. [Watercolours by a Passenger on SS Kaikoura, ca 1897-1904 ] 17 watercolours. Includes scenes of Whangarei, Warkworth, Auckland, Kaikoura and other locations, the work of an early settler. Purchase.

Artist unknown. Battle of Elands Laagte, October Ist 1899 (London: G. W. Bacon and Co, [1899?]) Chromolithograph. A battle scene from the South African War with troops and individuals identified. Purchase. Artist unknown. Vaisseau Monte par le C[apitain]e Cook dans son Dernier Voyage [ca 1838]. Wood engraving. The hulk of Cook's ship Discovery moored on the banks of the Thames River. Purchase.

Acres, Avis, 1910-1995. [Original Illustrations for Hutu and Kawa Books, 19505] 5 watercolours, 55 pencil drawings, 1 ink drawing. Illustrations for three Hutu and Kawa children's books, including alternative cover illustrations. Donation: Mrs Wendy Johnstone and Ruth Glasson, Auckland.

Aubrey, Christopher, fl. 1870-1906. Price's Homestead, Southland, 1883. Watercolour. A rural homestead, garden and family, probably the home of John Morgan Price, at Athol, Southland. Purchase.

Aubrey, Christopher, fl. 1870-1906. S. S. Theodore on Lake Pembroke 1885. Watercolour. A broadside view of a paddle steamer on Lake Wanaka. Purchase. Baker, Harry. [Costume and Set Designs for Mozart's The Impresario. New Zealand Opera Company, 1956], 2 watercolours. Donation: Dr Doug Munro, Wellington.

Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897. Hokitika River, 1875 [and] On the Waimea Road, Nelson, Overlooking Stoke and Richmond, 1889 [and] [Horse and Cart in the Bush ] 1875 [and] Settlers, West Coast Road, Through the Waimakariri Valley 1875. 4 watercolours. The view of Hokitika River is the original for the chromolithograph published in 1877 in Barraud and Travers' New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. Purchases.

Bauchop, Maria. [Two Otago Harbour Scenes] 1896. 2 oils on board. A boat shed and general harbour scene by a little-known artist. Purchase.

Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926. [Manders Mill, Waitakere] 1880. Oil on canvas. May show a mill at Nihotapu in the Waitakere Ranges. Purchase.

Bullock, Margaret, 1845-1903. [Portrait ofPatuone Eruera Maihi, 1870-18905.] Oil on canvas. The work of writer and social reformer Maggie Bullock, the portrait shows Patuone in traditional dress. It was probably painted after Patuone's death. Purchase.

Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889. [Sketchbook, 1860s-1880s.] Ink and wash on 71 pages in bound sketchbook. Copies made for Crawford's daughter Janet Willis of his records of his travels in the Rangitikei, Whanganui, Manawatu, Taupo and Waikato areas. Purchase. Druett, Ronald John. [Paintings and Illustrations, 1960-2000 .] 1 oil, 4 acrylics, 1 watercolour,

35 gouaches, 32 drawings. Originals for illustrations for publications by Joan Druett along with an oil of Ohakuri Power Station, 1962. Donation: Ron Druett, Wellington.

Einhorn, Helmut, 1911-1988. [Architectural Drawings, 1950-19805.] 56 pencil drawings and photocopies. Include drawings for the architect's home in Karori, and for Bolton Street Memorial Park. Donation: Barbara and Jule Einhorn.

Gully, John, 1819-1885. River Waiau on Lake Manipori [lßß7]. Watercolour. Lake Manapouri at the outfall of the Waiau River. Purchase.

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881. Wikitoria, a Halfcast of Massacre Bay. 1848. Watercolour. A portrait of a young Maori woman, Meri Wikitoria Makarini of Parawhakaoho Pa, near Collingwood, Golden Bay. She was the daughter of Fritz of Bremen, a whaling ship's captain, and of Wikitoria Te Amohau. Purchase.

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898. The Outlet of the Te Anau Lake, Otago, Xmas, 1880. Watercolour. Purchase.

Huddlestone, Francis Fortescue Croft, 18447-1922. Major Kemp's Meeting House, Ranana Pa, Wanganui, 1892 or 1895. Oil on canvas. A large group of Maori gathered at Ranana Pa. Major Kemp (Te Keepa Rangihiwinui) died in 1898. Purchase.

Hurley, Gavin. Alexander. 2008 Oil on canvas. A modern portrait of Alexander Turnbull. Purchase. Ogilvie, C. [Maori Man with a Taiaha, Possibly in the Nelson District] 1876 Oil on canvas. A Maori man standing near a kainga at the water's edge, possibly the work of Charles Andrew Ogilvie of Blenheim. Purchase.

Parsons, Herbert. [A Scottish Missionary Coming Ashore Confronted by Warring Maori, 1868]. Watercolour. A dramatic and somewhat inaccurate view of an early Maori encounter with missionaries. Probably an imaginary depiction. Purchase.

Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898. [Near Takaka] 1870 and Greymouth, 1862. Drawn 1887. 2 watercolours. The view near Takaka shows members of the Richmond family walking toward Takaka on foot and horseback on a painting expedition. One of the group is thought to be the artist, another his daughter, artist Dorothy Kate Richmond, as a girl. The Greymouth view looks northward to the mouth of the Grey River. Purchases.

Savage, Cedric Daniel, 1901-1969.

Street of All Nations, Suva. 1931. Watercolour. A street scene with houses and shops, including a man carrying bundles on a yoke across his shoulders. Purchase.

Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b. 1801. Costume des Habitans de Tonga ...de la Nouvelle-Zelande [ca 1840] and Chefs von Neuseeland [Zurich: Honneger, 1840?]. Engraving, and hand-coloured lithograph. Two prints after L. A. de Sainson, artist with Dumont d'Urville in New Zealand in 1827, one showing Tongan and Maori men, their clothing and weapons, the other a German version of portraits of two Maori rangatira, Rangihue and Ngatai. Purchase.

Still, Mabel Mary, 1895-1981. [Scene in Hawkes Bay, 19305?] and Turnbull Library + Congregational Church [l9sos?]. 2 watercolours. One is a view looking up Bowen Street towards Turnbull House and the Congregational Church on the corner of the Terrace. Donation: Peter Downes, Tawa. Stretton, Arthur. [Kauri Log Jam in New Zealand Bush] 1897. Watercolour. Likely to be of the Thames-Coromandel area. Purchase.

Walrond, Emma Maria, 1859-1921. Warrens Creek, Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island [ca 1900]. Oil on canvas. Part of Great Barrier Island, with flowering pohutukawa. Purchase. Watkin, Len, fl. 19205. [Kelburn Kiosk. 19205?]. Watercolour. A view from below of the Kelburn or Skyline Tea Kiosk. Bequest: Jan Staffen, Wellington.

Weld, Frederick Aloysius, 1823-1891. Ugbrooke Park, Devonshire. Ship True Briton, Nov 16 1852. Watercolour. Possibly painted on board the True Briton on one of Weld's voyages between Britain and New Zealand. Shows an English estate associated with Weld. Donation: Cyril Gurney, Devon, England. Willis, Amelia, 18707-1966. [Old Mission House, Possibly Wairarapa or Hawkes Bay 1890-1910?]. Watercolour. A rural scene with a house in the middle distance. Purchase.

Wilson, Laurence William, 18517-1912. The Battery, Achilles Mine, Skippers, Shotover River, 1895. Watercolour. The gold battery buildings in operation at Bullendale on the Shotover River. Purchase.

Wynyard, Robert Henry, 1802-1864. Auckland from Official Bay, 1846 and Auckland from Official Bay, 1849. 2 watercolours. Views from the harbour below Parnell showing, in the 1846 view, Colonel Wynyard's own house, the houses of Captain Cockraft and of Major Matson, and the Treasury building, with St Paul's Church School building on the waterfront; in the 1849 view are St Paul's Church, Wynyard's second house, and the houses of Willoughby Shortland and Captain Rough. Purchase.

EPHEMERA

Bates, Barrie, 1935-. Young Commonwealth Artists 1961. RBA Galleries, Suffolk Street, London SWI. April 5 to 18 [1961]. Purchase.

Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 18977-1966. Travel Days are Here Again. Book Now Through the Government Tourist Bureaux [ca 1937-39?]. Purchase.

Fat Freddy's Drop. 16 posters relating to concerts by the band, ca 2006-8. Donation. Freeman's Bookshop (collector). Collection of 99 billboard posters for New Zealand periodicals, 2007-8. Donation.

Huggard, Dennis (collector). Music posters mainly relating to jazz music, 1989-2007. Donation. Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd. Kirkcaldie and Stains' Winter Illustrated Circular & Catalogue. Lambton Quay Wellington. Shopping by Post. April 1894. Brown Thomson & Co., Printers, 1894. Purchase.

Mallitte, Howard Leon, 1910-1979. Relax at Waitomo New Zealand [l9sos]. Purchase. New Zealand Department of Health. Bombs for Bertie. Poster, 19505. Purchase. New Zealand Railways, Publicity Branch. Charm of Lakeland; Wanaka, New Zealand. Printed by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Railways Studios [l93os?]. Purchase.

New Zealand Railways, Publicity Branch. Famous Lakes, Mountains, Fiords, Otago & Southland, South Island New Zealand [l93os]. Purchase.

New Zealand Railways, Publicity Branch. Farmers! Send your Fruit and Produce to Reilly's, Dunedin. Telegrams Reilly's Dunedin, P.O. Box 526. Lithographed by ChCh Press Co. Ltd. Designed by Railways Studios [l93os?]. Purchase.

New Zealand Railways, Publicity Branch. Well Away from Worry. Wonderful Wairakei for Your Holidays. Easily Reached by Rail or Road Services [1940], Purchase.

Rountree, Harry, 1878-1950. He Forgot to Look Before he Crossed the Road; See That You Don't Forget. Lithographic poster [l92os?]. Donation. Thomson Lewis & Company Ltd. 29 soft-drink labels, 1960-1975. Purchase. Wellington Racing Club (collector). 35 horse sales catalogues, ca 1902-1918. Donation.

MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION

Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902. Diary, 1865-1866. 1 volume. A daily account of a prominent early settler and politician, the diary records Atkinson's activities, his travels around New Zealand, weather observations and social life, as well as details of skirmishes with Maori in the Waikato War. The diary continues others already held. Purchase.

Bakewell, Robert Hall (Dr), 1831-1908. Letters, 1855, 1860-1861, 1895. 1 folder. Letter from Mark Twain, dated '1895', and correspondence with regard to the Bakewell family, including one written by Dr Bakewell from Scutari during the Crimean War and a letter from Cardinal Manning. Purchase.

Beiringa, Luitjen Hendrick, 1942-.

Ans Westra Photography Projects, 2002-2009. 1.5 m. Extensive collection of papers, videotapes, digital video files, compact discs and audio cassettes relating to Bieringa's research on Ans Westra since 2002. Donation.

Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986. Papers, 1934-1979. 30 cm. Memoir of Karl Wolfskehl, letters from Margo Ruben, German newspaper cuttings, music scores by Douglas Lilburn, recordings and bookplate samples. Donation: Leo Bensemann Estate.

Campion, Richard Meckiff, 1923Theatrical Papers, 1949-2009. 5 m. Richard Campion, an actor, theatrical director and teacher of dramatic acting, collected a range of material relating to all aspects of theatre and acting during the last half-century, a time when drama in New Zealand came of age. Donation.

Chan, Henry Douglas Min-Hsi,

1937-2008. Research Papers on Chinese in New Zealand, 2004-2008. 3 m. Material, both written and recorded, and much in Chinese, collected by Henry Chan as part of his research of Chinese immigrants to New Zealand. The collection includes papers donated by New Zealand Chinese families, material for a biography of Yue Henry Jackson, Henry Chan's account of his own childhood, and material on the Australian Chinese community. Donation: M. Chan, Australia.

Colenso, William, 1811-1899. Journal, May 1833-Dec 1834. 2 folders. Holograph original of William Colenso's journal, written on the backs of opened envelopes addressed to the Collector and Comptroller of Customs, St Ives, Cornwall. Includes original poems in Colenso's hand. Purchase.

Coxe, R. K. Diary of a Tour of New Zealand, 1890-1891. 1 volume. Diary of a young man from the UK making an extensive tour of New Zealand. Gives detailed and often acerbic descriptions of fellow tourists, towns visited and local inhabitants, both Maori and Pakeha. Includes labelled photographs. Purchase.

Curtis family. Papers, 1915-1918. 3 folders. Comprise mainly letters from Sergeant Michael Curtis of the Wellington Mounted Rifles while serving in Egypt, and who was killed in 1917. Gives his impressions of Egypt, other soldiers, and comments on conditions in camp and while being treated for wounds. Donation: J. Atkins, Wellington.

Flannery, Anne Margaret, 1931-2001. Papers, 1938-2001. 30 cm. Correspondence, programmes and cuttings relating to the career of a prominent New Zealand actress of both stage and film, who was influential in the establishment of professional theatre in Wellington and was a co-founder of the New Zealand Drama School. Donation: lan McClymont, Palmerston North.

Glass, Henry, 1872-1959. Letters, 1917-1918. 3 folders. Henry Glass, despite his age, enlisted with the Wellington Infantry Regiment during World War I, and was posted to Sling Camp in the UK. Describes his training, embarkation and life and duties in the camp. The final letter is written on Armistice Day in 1918. Includes a key identifying people mentioned in his letters. Donation: H. Brown, Upper Hutt.

Godley, Evelyn. Letters from Sir Alexander John Godley, 1900-1916. 2 folders. Seven letters written by Sir Alexander Godley to his cousin Evelyn Godley from Mafeking (1900), New Zealand Defence Forces Headquarters (1911), and from Gallipoli and the Western Front in France during World War I. Purchase.

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Further Records, 1975-1995. 30 cm. Further paper and digital records of the Green Party and of the former New Zealand Values Party. Restricted access. Donation.

Griffins Foods Ltd. Records, 1895-1989. 2 m. Comprise Directors' minutes, papers relating to the takeover of other companies, correspondence, factory meetings and shareholders' records. Donation: Warwick Johnston, Lower Hutt.

Krasniqi, Mazhar Shukri, 1931—. Papers Relating to Islam in New Zealand, 1963-2003. 0.3 m. Mazhar Shukri Krasniqi arrived as a refugee from Albania in 1951. He has since been President of the New Zealand Muslim Association, and of the

Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand. Papers relate to the creation of the Federation, the construction of the first mosque in Auckland, halal meat agreements with the Meat Producers' Board, contacts with international Muslim movements, controversies and Muslim community newsletters. Donation: Abdullah Drury, Christchurch.

Leggott, Michele, 1956-. Literary Papers, 2007-8. 2 1 electronic documents (5 megabytes). Poems created while Michele Leggott was New Zealand Poet Laureate. Donation.

McColl, Alexander Bastin (Captain), d. 1916. War Diaries, January 1915-July 1916. 2 volumes. Captain McColl served with the Wellington Regiment of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli and France before being killed at Amentieres. His diaries contain an account of the Gallipoli campaign and of the Western Front. Donation: G. M. Smyth, Upper Hutt.

McKay, George Riddell. War Diary and Other Papers, 1918. 2 volumes, 1 folder. Sergeant McKay was with the First Wellington Infantry Brigade during World War I. The diary covers his activity in 1918. Donation: Brian Edmonds, Wellington.

Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957. Annotated Copy of 1929 Edition of Katherine Mansfield's Letters, 1929-[ca 1951], 2 volumes. First USA edition of Katherine Mansfield's letters (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1929), extensively annotated, expanded and corrected by Murry. Some annotations have been added directly to the text while others have been written on separate sheets of paper and tipped in. The volumes were used as a working copy while he was compiling his 1951 edition of her letters. Purchase.

Myers family. Papers, 1830-2008. 13 folders, 10 volumes. Papers mainly relating to the career of the former Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, a key legal figure in early twentieth-century New Zealand. Includes legal instruments, notes on cases, correspondence and other papers. Donation: Michael Myers Estate.

New Zealand Communist Party. Records, [ca 1960-]2003. 20 m. Records cover the internal history of the Party and its branches. Include internal controversies and changes in political alignment, including de-Stalinisation and its reforming as the Socialist Workers' Organisation. Minutes, reports, theoretical documents and correspondence. Restricted access. Donation: Barry Lee, Auckland.

New Zealand Family Planning Association. Further Records, 1926-2009. 1.2 m.

Comprise press cuttings and releases, conference papers, correspondence, submissions to bills before Parliament, and papers relating to the Auckland Branch. Restricted access. Donation.

New Zealand Parent Teacher Association. Records, 1951-2008. 2.2 m. Records include minutes, correspondence and conference papers, mainly relating to the national body. Some Auckland Branch records have been included. Donation: Diane O'Sullivan, Pakuranga.

O'Connell, John Joseph. War Diary, 1918. 1 volume. O'Connell served with the Auckland Infantry Regiment of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The diary gives a detailed account of the advance through Belgium to the German border in November 1918, following the Armistice. Purchase.

Park, Geoffrey Nicholls, 1946-2009. Papers, 1965-2009. 6 m. Comprise the papers of the botanist, ecologist and author, ranging from his school and university days through his work in Australia to the DSIR and Department of Conservation. Also includes drafts and other writings. Donation. Estate of Geoffrey Park.

Powles family. Further Papers, 1900-1994. 1.3 m. The papers relate to Sir Guy Powles and his father, Colonel Charles Guy Powles. They include family correspondence, diaries kept by Colonel Powles during World War I, political and other papers relating to Sir Guy Powles' tenure as New Zealand's High Commissioner in Western Samoa 1949-1961, and as first Ombudsman in New Zealand, appointed in 1961. Restricted access. Donation: Michael Powles, Lower Hutt.

Rowling, Wallace Edward (Rt Hon.), 1927-1995. Scrapbooks, 1963-1995. 12 volumes. The scrapbooks relate to Rowling's parliamentary career, involvement with the New Zealand Labour Party, and activities after he had left Parliament. Donation: Lady Rowling.

Seddon, Ronald Nathan, 1930-1998. Papers Relating to the Seddon Family, 18681936. 28 folders. Comprise letters between the St Helens (UK) and New Zealand branches of the Seddon family. Include letters from Sir Richard Seddon discussing family news, and printed material relating to his political career. Donation: Janet Flavell (on behalf of Ronald Nathan Seddon), Auckland.

Sutch, Margaret Shirley, 1918-1998. Papers, 1927-1998. 4.5 m. Comprise the professional and personal papers of a prominent educational psychologist, including correspondence with her brother, William Ball Sutch. Restricted access. Purchase.

Weir, Gerald Hill, 1896-1971. Papers, 1914-1920, 1940-1946. 7 folders. Gerald Weir was the brother of MajorGeneral Stephen Weir. The papers comprise Gerald Weir's pay books and military ephemera from World War I, and World War II letters from his brother. Donation: J. Dales, Raumati.

Welch, James Kenneth, 1914-1981. Papers Relating to World War 11, 1939-1945. 3 volumes, 1 folder. Welch, a gifted cartoonist, served in 2NZEF and was captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag 383 in Bavaria. It was here that he drew a remarkable collection of cartoons and sketches of prison-camp life, and with his friend Les Lee wrote an illustrated 'Rime of the Ancient Gefangener', a parody of Coleridge's work. Cartoons, sketches and photographs have been transferred to the appropriate sections of the Library. Donation. D. Welch, Wellington.

Wilson, Margaret (Hon.), 1947-. Speeches and Papers Relating to Her Office as Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2004-2008. 37 folders, 269 electronic documents. These papers relate to the Hon. Margaret Wilson's tenure as Speaker to the House of Representatives. Also included are digital copies of her speeches and press releases from 2004. Partially restricted. Donation.

NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS

Monographs [Bingham, Hiram], A a ba be bi bo bu am ah... [Ponape, Caroline Islands: s.n., 1858]. Purchase. O le Tusi-lotu o le Vikariatu Aposetoliko o Samoa (Lyon: E. Vitte, 1910). Purchase. Vocabulaire Tahitien-Frangais a Lusage des Ecoles Publiques [prepare par M. et Mme Dormoy; revise par M. M. Cadousteau et Butteaud, sous la direction de M. Antoine Mathivet] (Papeete: Imprimerie du Gouvernement), editions for 1887, 1890 and 1894. Purchase.

Newspapers Daily Post, 1957-1981. Purchase. Ohinemuri Gazette, 1896-1920. Purchase. Otago Daily Times and Witness. Christmas annuals for 1925, 1929, 1932, 1934. Purchase. South Australian Register, 1850-1874. Microform. Purchase. Taffytown & Glasseye Chronicle, 17 April 1930 and 21 May 1930. Purchase. Tapanui Courier and Central Districts Gazette, 27 April 1927. Purchase. Tuapeka Times, 24 May 1911. Purchase. Weekly News, Christmas numbers for 1922, 1935, 1938. Purchase.

Periodicals The Appliance of Science 1 (Spring 2001). Purchase. Australian Newspaper Directory, 1886. Purchase. The Big Store News: The Staff Magazine of the Farmers ' Trading Co. Ltd. Nov. 1956, Dec. 1957. Donation. Colonial Gazette, 1838-47. Microform. Purchase.

Crash Carson of the Future 2. Purchase. The Farmers' Trading Company's Optimist, May 1929-Dec 1931. Donation. Home Newsletter 16, no. 39 (July 1942). Donation. Ignatz: Newsletter of the Auckland University Comic-book Society 1, no. 1 (July 1986). New Ground 1-9. Purchase. The Phantom 234. Purchase. Philosophical Magazine 21 (1914) and 37 (1919). Donation.

Sound Recordings Cole Wilson and His Tumbleweeds. Country Songs. Volume Two (Wellington: Viking [1957]). Purchase. Datsuns. Stuck Here for Days; Kick & a Bang; Sky is Falling ([New Zealand:] Hellsquad, 2006). Purchase. Deja Voodoo. Brown Sabbath ([Australia:] Liberation, 2004). Purchase.

Delta Anthology of New Zealand Poetry (Wellington: Delta Trading Company [1961]). Purchase. Flight of the Conchords. Flight of the Conchords (Seattle: Sub Pop, 2008). Purchase. Gange, Fraser. Bedouin Love Song; Achal by the Sea (Sydney: Columbia Records [1928]). Purchase.

Geering, Lloyd. Excavating Jesus: Before and After Schweitzer (Wellington: St Andrew's Trust, 2006). Purchase. Hore, John and Howard Morrison. Take Ten (Mosgiel: Joe Brown [1966]). Purchase. Kiri Te Kanawa. Kiri (New Zealand: World Record Club, 1966). Purchase. Korolevu Beach Serenaders. Korolevu Beach Serenaders Present ([New Zealand:] Salem, 1973). Purchase.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE

Blight, Davey Roach, 1905-1995. Photographs of Wellington. 114 negatives, 8 albums. Photographs of buildings and demolition sites in Wellington, taken 19605-1970 s by Davey Roach Blight. Donation.

De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925. Photographs of Hospital Ship, Marama. 2 photographic prints. Photographs of medical officers, nursing sisters and personnel of NZEF, aboard troop and hospital ship Marama when berthed at Port Chalmers during World War 1. Purchase.

Farrell, Darner, 1943-. Photographs of the West Coast. Ca 100,000 negatives, 5,000 digital photographs, 6 containers of prints. Photographs of Greymouth and other localities in the West Coast, taken ca 1979-2001 by Darner Farrell while acting as a freelance photographer for the Greymouth Star. The collection covers community, sporting, commercial and political activities in Greymouth and surrounding areas. Purchase.

Guest, Joseph John, fl. 1906-1938. Photographs of the Chatham Islands. 5 photographic prints. Photographs were taken ca 1910. Comprise portrait of Joseph Guest, Mrs Guest and children, scene showing St Augustine's Church, school, teacher's residence and Lake Huro, Chatham Island bush, Waitangi and steamer Ripple. Donation.

Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936. Railway Construction Album. 1 album. Compiled by civil engineer Robert West Holmes or a family member, ca 1880s-1910s. Shows North Island Main Trunk Railway works at Poro-o-tarao, Waited Viaduct, Huiroa Saddle, camp near Piriaka, Sew Hoy Dredge on Shotover River in 1890. Includes named portraits of railway engineers, family and friends in New Zealand and England. Purchase.

Rowe, Stephen and Brett Whincup. New Zealand Rugby, 1999-2002. 3706 negatives, 191 photographic prints. Photographs depicting facets of rugby playing and spectatorship around New Zealand, taken 1999-2002 by Stephen Rowe and Brett Whincup. The photographs formed the basis on an exhibition "The new rugby", and a book "The full eighty minutes" published in 2001. Donation.

Schoon, Theodorus Johannes (Theo), 1915-1985. Self-portrait in Balinese Costume [ca 19605]. 1 photographic print. Donation.

Various photographers. Career and Activities of Harold Douglas Milne and Thomas Joseph Shute. 14 photographic prints. Includes Christchurch military group ca 1880 s, with Thomas Shute (1845-1931).

Photographs with Harold Milne (18901943) include Christchurch Post Office messengers (1906), Wairoa Boating Club, Wairoa Cricket Club, Wairoa Volunteer Fire Brigade, a Wairoa friendly society group, Canterbury Hockey Association team, NZ Coy Field Ambulance volunteers. Donation.

Various photographers. Rita Angus and Family. 47 negatives, 52 photographic prints. Photographs of Rita Angus, her family, friends and colleagues, 1910s-1980s. Includes photographs of her sister, Jean Jones, Toss Woollaston, Leo Bensemann and Colin McCahon. Donation.

Various photographers. Royal Tour of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901. 1 album, 42 photographic prints. Includes views of receptions in Auckland, Wellington, Rotorua, Christchurch and other centres, as well as decorated arches, processions and Maori welcomes. Purchase.

Various photographers. Photographs from the Collections of the New Zealand Centre for Photography. Ca 11,000 negatives, 400 photographic prints, 3,000 transparencies. Collected by the New Zealand Centre for Photography between 1983 and 2005. Includes lantern slides taken by Sir Frederick Truby King; photographs of the West Coast by Alfred Sherlock; and colour slides showing New Zealand and the Cook Islands, including the activities of the National Film unit, taken in the 1950 s by Ron Bowie. Purchase.

Various photographers. Portraits of Captain Edmund Robert Fremantle and the Reverend George Maunsell. 2 photographic prints. Carte de visite portraits of Edmund Robert Fremantle (1836-1929), Commander of HMS Eclipse on Australian Station 1864-1867, taken between 1864 and 1867 by Freeman Brothers of Sydney, and the Reverend George Maunsell (1838-1909), taken ca 1870 s by C. Hunneman, chemist, of 19 Wolsey Terrace, Kentish Town, London. Donation.

ORAL HISTORY CENTRE

Arts Foundation of New Zealand Heritage Oral History Project, 2008-9. Ten interviews with artists who have been honoured by the Arts Foundation as Icons of New Zealand arts since 2003. Interviewers Hugo Manson, Carol Archie, Susan Fowke and Gaylene Preston. Commissioned by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Donation.

Cedars of Lebanon Club Oral History Project, 2008-9. Ten interviews with people of Lebanese descent living in Dunedin. Interviewer Helen Frizzell. Commissioned by the Cedars of Lebanon Club. Donation.

Chinese War Refugees Oral History Project, 2005-6. Twelve interviews by Henry Chan with refugees who arrived in New Zealand 1939-40. Project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Footloose and Fancy Free Oral History Project, 2006. Eight interviews by Fiona Clayton with people from Christchurch who have lived with permanent physical disabilities over the last 50 years. Project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Hungarian Refugees Oral History Project, 2006-8. Eleven interviews by Jane Moodie with refugees who came to New Zealand following the 1956 revolution in Hungary. Project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Native Forest Action Oral History Project, 2007-8. Ten interviews by Mary-Lou Harris of activists from the group that sought to end logging of native timber on Crown land on the West Coast in the mid- to late 19905. Project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

New Zealand Defence Force Military Oral History Project, 2004-5. Twenty-six interviews by J. Martin Halliday with World War II veterans and three civilians. Commissioned by the New Zealand Defence Force. Donation.

Interview with George Poppleton, 1997-99. Extended life-history interview by Jenn Falconer including George Poppleton's role establishing the weather station on Campbell Island between 1955 and 1960, and photographing the flora and fauna of the island. Donation.

Raoul Island Oral History Project, 2001-5. Interviews by Kim Morton with nine people who have spent a period of their lives living or working on Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands from the 19405. Project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Sewn Pictures: Tivaevae Stories, 2001. Seven interviews by Grace Hutton documenting Tivaevae-making in New Zealand. Project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Te Hui Amorangi o Te Manawa o Te Wheke Oral History Project, 2006-1. Sixteen interviews in te reo Maori with kaumatua, including clergy and laity, in the

Anglican Archdeaconries of Waiariki and Waiwhakaari of Te Hui Amorangi o Te Manawa o Te Wheke, who talk about their life experiences and their use of Maori language. Interviewers Arihia Bennett, Ngamihi Crapp, Te Waaka Melbourne and Awanui Timutimu. Recorded in both audio and video. Project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Tradeswomen in Aotearoa Oral History Project, 2007-8. Seven interviews by Cathy Tracey with women who have worked in the construction industry, ranging from those who started in the 1950 s to those more recently qualified. Project carried out as part of Royal Society Teacher Fellowship, and received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

SPECIAL PRINTED COLLECTIONS

Augustinus, Aurelius. De Civitate Dei (Rome: Ulrich Han (Udalricus Gallus) and Simon Nicolai Chardella, 4 Feb. 1474). From the collection of Edward C. Simpson, Wellington. Purchase.

Church of England. The Collects and Gospels to be Used Throughout the Year and The Order of the Administration of the Lords Supper or Holy Communion for Use at the North Side of the Altar [manuscript]. February 193 5. Copied, illuminated and bound in England between 1925 and 1935 by Alec V.

Hughes and presented to Rt Revd Herbert St Barbe Holland, Bishop of Wellington from 1936 to 1946. Purchased in New Zealand, 2008.

Gobel, Sebastian. Jesum Liebender Seelen Tagliche Himmel-Reis (Niirnberg: In Verleg Joh. Andrea Endters Seel Sohne, 1692). Silver binding. Purchased in London, 2008.

Gregorius I, Pont. Max. Moralia, Sive Expositio in Job (Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 14 June 1480). From the collection of Edward C. Simpson, Wellington. Purchase.

Hafiz. DTvan-i Hafiz [manuscript]. Persian, 18th century. Illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry written by 14th-century poet Mohammad Hafiz Shirazi and copied ca 1799. From the collection of Edward C. Simpson, Wellington. Purchase.

Jones, Lloyd. Mr Pip (London: John Murray, 2007). Special binding by English bookbinder Christopher Shaw. In 2007 Mr Pip was one of six shortlisted novels for the Man Booker Prize for fiction. Each finalist receives a special handcrafted binding created by selected members of Designer Bookbinders, an English society devoted to the craft of fine bookbinding.

The six Fellows of the society are chosen in advance and when the shortlist is announced, each binder is allocated one title. The binder has only four to five weeks to read, design and bind their book (and create a case). The book is then presented to its author on prize night. Donation: Lloyd Jones.

[Prayerbook, manuscript]. Dutch. Northern Netherlands, 15th century. Illuminated late medieval prayerbook in Dutch written on vellum in a calligraphic gothic bookhand. From the collection of Edward C. Simpson, Wellington. Purchase

[Royal Letters Patent, manuscript]. English. 14th century. Illuminated fragment from an English manuscript written on vellum in an English charter hand. Issued from Westminster, 28 July 1379. From the collection of Edward C. Simpson, Wellington. Purchase.

SadT. Gulistan [manuscript]. Persian, 17th century. Illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry written by 13th-century poet Saadi, and copied AH 1059 (AD 1649). From the collection of Edward C. Simpson, Wellington. Purchase.