Notable Acquisitions July 2011-June 2012

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 45, 1 January 2013, Page 89

Notable Acquisitions July 2011-June 2012

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 Records of the unpublished collections appear on the TAPUHI database, and the published collections through the National Library of New Zealand catalogue.

CARTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives collection of early maps. Donation.

Early maps, mainly of New Zealand, including surveys, topographic mapping and town plans from the collections of Te Papa Tongarewa. About 150 maps. Donation. Land District of Taranaki (Wellington: Lands & Survey Dept., 1928). Topographic map with hand-coloured boundaries shown. Purchase.

New Zealand Forest Service conservancy maps, 1906-1944. Include manuscript additions. 32 maps. Purchase. Plan of the Heatherlea Estate, Late J. R. McDonald's, Levin, surveyed by Thomas Ward of Ward & Salmon, surveyors & civil engineers (Wellington: C. M. Banks, 1919). Includes manuscript annotations and a list of owners of some of the sections. Donation

Province of Otago survey plans and triangulations, early 1860 s. Purchase. Solomon Islands, 1942-45. Shows Japanese and American sea and air bases during the latter half of the Second World War. Purchase.

Subdivision Plan ofKai Iwi Property, Wall, Bogle & Payne, registered surveyors Wanganui (Wanganui: [Murray, Roberts & Co., 1953]). Purchase.

A Visitor's Guide to Dubious, Dodgy d Dangerous Destinations, South Island, New Zealand (Nelson: Craig Potton, [2006]). Legal Deposit.

Waimea Water Race: Plan Shewing Extension of Branch B (Public Works Department, 1874). Purchase.

DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS

Artists unknown. [Nelson, 1841, after Charles Heaphy; Kororareka, 1827, after Augustus Earle; Views of Bay of Plenty and thermal regions, 1868, by an unknown artist]. 14 watercolours, 6 photographs in album. The work of a military artist, including a Tauranga memorial to soldiers killed at Gate Pa, and views of Auckland and the Pink and White Terraces. Accompanied by 2 works in another hand, copied from wellknown early New Zealand views. Purchase.

Alington family. [Collection of watercolours and drawings, c. 1833-1961]. 38 watercolours, 11 drawings, 2 sketchbooks. Includes the 19th-century Canterbury watercolours of William Herbert Alington, landscapes and portraits. Donation.

Bennett, Beverly Shore. [Designs for stained glass windows, 1977-2001]. 33 watercolours. Designs for windows and dossal hangings, along with manuscript records of Bennett's work. For a wide range of North Island churches, and churches at Scargill and Lawrence, Napier Cathedral, and three school chapels. Donation.

Branfill, Benjamin Aylett, 1828-1899. After a Long Day on the Run. 1884. Oil on canvas. Rare interior view of a Nelson settler's cottage. Purchase. Butler, (E?). View of New Road to Owen Reefs ... 1886. Ink and wash. Record of the brief existence of a gold-mining camp west of Murchison, drawn by a mining engineer. Purchase.

Buxton. Trevor Sidney, 1901-1948. [Landscape design plans of fine gardens, North Island, 1832-1948]. 96 drawings by a well-known family of garden designers. Donation.

Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961. [Designs for leadlight church windows, c. 1925-1961]. 21 watercolours. The work of a pioneering leadlight window designer and teacher with suggested designs for churches and schools around New Zealand. Donation.

Evans, Frederick John Owen, 1815-1885. Bluff New Zealand, H MS Acheron, 1849 ... Showing Surveying Work with Tent. Watercolour. Evans was First Officer aboard the British hydrographic survey ship Acheron, in New Zealand waters 1849-1851. Shows surveying on land on the Mataura Plain, near Bluff. Purchase.

Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871. Winings, Wairau, N Z, 1851. Watercolour. Purchase. Gully, John, 1819-1888. [Bush scene] 1875. Watercolour. The original for a chromolithograph published in Gully's New Zealand scenery (Dunedin, 1877). Purchase.

Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898. Near Peel Forest, South Canterbury, 1882; Waihola, 1 Jan 1882; A Shelter Hut, Lower Holly ford Valley [c. 1875 and 1880?]; At Glenfalloch Pier, 11 May 1895; The Mitre, Milford Sound [c. 1890]. 5 watercolours. Purchases.

Meryon, Charles. Assassinat de Marion Dufrene, Dessine d'apres Meryon ... par V. Focillon. [Paris, 1883]. Etching and photogravure. A late 19th-century version of the Library's large drawing showing the death of Marion du Fresne in the Bay of Islands in 1772.

Mitchell, Leonard Victor William, 1925-1980. [Portrait of Stuart Perry, Esq] 1955. Oil on canvas. A seated portrait of the Wellington City Librarian. Donation. Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860. Auckland from the Harbour [Dec. 1847], 1865]. Watercolour. View of Parnell from Waitemata Harbour, accompanied by a similar lithograph published in 1852. Purchase. Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889. Nene Tomati Waki [1849?]. Watercolour. Seated portrait of Tamati Waka Nene, probably painted during the artist's visit to the Bay of Islands in 1849. Purchase.

Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868. Etui-Deni. Piro. Etu. Hand-coloured engraving. Portraits of six Maori men, the three upper figures representing men met in Sydney in 1819 by French explorer Louis de Freycinet; the three lower heads are mokomokai, purchased in Sydney. Donation.

Sawtell, E. Rosa, 1865-1940. Corner of Studio, Artists' Club, Wellington, 1919. Pencil drawing. View of the interior of a busy studio in Bowen Street. Purchase. Tilbury, Henry. The Grange, Highland Park, Wellington, New Zealand. The Residence of W B Rhodes Esq, J P. 1869. Oil on card. Shows the Wadestown house and garden of colonist William Barnard Rhodes. Purchase.

Various artists. [Cook portrait collection, 1759-1925]. 13 engravings, 1 etching, lithograph, aquatint, stevengraph, mezzotint. Previously unrecorded portraits of James Cook, along with views of his death. Includes a portrait purportedly of the young Cook in 1759, a decade before his first Pacific voyage. Purchase.

Various artists. [Magic lantern slides of missionary activities among Maori. London, W. E.&F. Newton, c. 1855]. 4 hand-painted glass slides. Redrawn and coloured versions of engravings in missionary publications from the 1840 s. Purchase.

Willis, A. D. [Sample album of postcards and greeting cards, c. 1885], 62 watercolours, 48 chromolithographs in album. Additions to an existing smaller collection of early New Zealand postcards. Published in Whanganui. Includes many watercolours of native birds.

EPHEMERA

[Ephemera and programmes relating to the Diamond Jubilee of the reign of Queen Elizabeth 11, London, 3-5 June 2012]. Donation. [Ephemera collected by Ann 0 ’Rorke at the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Rally, Wanganui, 16-27 January 2012], Donation.

Goethe-Institut (Wellington, N.Z.). [Collection of 108 posters, 19905-2012 ]. Donation. H. E. Shacklock. Designs for Verandah Ironwork and Tomb Railing, [lß9os], Purchase. New Zealand Junior Red Cross. [Four health and safety posters, 19505 ] Purchase.

New Zealand. Legation (Washington, D.C.). New Zealand Fights in Pacific Skies [l94os]. Purchase. Parker Bros Inc. Admiral Byrd's South Pole Game, ‘Little America' [1934], Purchase. Peter Downes [Music and theatre programmes, 1910-19505], Donation. [Programmes and posters relating to wood chopping and sports, 1915-1980s]. Donation.

Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. [Three TEAL posters for Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti flights, 19505]. Purchase. Thomson, Lewis & Co. Ltd. Sold Here - "Camroc" dry ginger ale. There is no substitute. Corrective for sea sickness; buy a carton of six bottles [c. 1929-1933]. Purchase.

Walker & Muston, architects. The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington, N.Z. November 1939 to April 1940 I Muston delt. '3B; drawn by Walker & Muston, architects. N.Z. Herald offset, Auckland [1938-39]. Donation.

MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION

Alington family. Papers of the Alington and Broadhead Family, 1801-2009. 2.5 m. Wide-ranging, reflecting the family's involvement in many aspects of New Zealand life. Donation. Agender New Zealand Inc., Records, c. 1975-2005. 3 m. Records of the group advocating for the rights of transgender people. Donation.

Barraud family. Letters, 1875-1885. 1 folder. Letters from the family of the artist Charles Barraud, written on their travels through Britain. Donation. Bassett, Michael Edward Rainton, 1938-. Further Papers, c. 1951-2010. 12 m. Include Bassett's detailed caucus and Cabinet notes from the fourth Labour government, research material relating to various biographies, papers from his term on the Waitangi Tribunal. Donation.

Beale, Gilbert Marsden, 1897-1972. Journal of his Experiences at the Featherston Japanese POW Camp, 1943-1945. 1 vol. Detailed account from a tailor in the camp who became increasingly interested in the world view of the Japanese prisoners. Purchase.

Brunning, Bernhard, d. 1874. Diary of Travels, 1866-1874. 1 vol. Diary and logbook of a German sailor. His many voyages include several months in the south Pacific in 1872. Purchase.

Buss, William. Letters from George Vinery, 1870. 3 letters. Written from Mahurangi, with very pessimistic accounts of prospects in New Zealand. Donation.

Cave, Roderick, 1935-. Papers Relating to Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, 1962-1985. 3 folders. Papers relating to Cave's research on de Montalk, and their correspondence. Donation.

Crook, Gordon, 1921-2011. Papers, 19482011. 4 m. Extensive correspondence, art teaching notes, workbooks and literary manuscripts including part of a draft memoir. Donation.

Douglas, Roger Owen (Sir), 1937Further Papers, c. 1980-2011. 2.5 m. Mostly relate to Douglas's last term in Parliament and include speech notes, media releases and correspondence. Donation.

Dowling, Richard Egbert Compere, 1898-1979. World War I Diaries, 1915-1916. 2 vols. Describe experiences at Gallipoli, where Dowling was wounded and in military hospitals. Donation. Fairburn, Geoffrey Earle, 1905-1999. Letters from Denis Glover and Related Papers, 1957-1980. 7 folders. An entertaining group of letters, often wildly irreverent. Included are several crayon and pencil sketches by Glover, lampooning the art of Colin McCahon. Purchase.

de Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulces, 1779-1842. Sauvages Nouvelle Zelande, 1819. 4 pp. Contains notes about Maori compiled by Freycinet from various sources. Purchase.

Global Entrepeneurship week. Gifts of Wisdom Manuscript Book, 2011. Manuscript book containing short pieces about entrepreneurship written by some of New Zealand's best-known business people. Donation.

Hitchcock family. Papers, 1856-2011. 72 cm. A varied collection documenting several generations of family experience in Australia and New Zealand. Includes a shipboard diary from 1874 and letters from World War I. Donation.

Kedgley, Sue, 1948-. Political Papers, c. 1999-2011. 1 m; 8,234 electronic documents. Papers from Kedgley's Parliament office, particularly relating to her Green Party activism in the areas of health, transport, animal welfare and food safety. Donation.

Locke, Keith, 1944-. Political Papers, c. 1923-2011. 4.5 m; 5,515 electronic documents. Papers from Locke's Parliament office, particularly of Green Party work relating to international affairs, security service, police and immigration. Also includes Green Party caucus minutes, 2000-2011. Donation.

Kitson family. Papers Relating to World War I, 1914-17; 1992. 4 folders. Comprises the war diaries and extensive letters home of Henry Kitson, with a typed transcript. Donation.

Logan family. Letter from 'Arthur' Describing the 1931 Earthquake. 6 pp. Detailed letter by an unidentified radio operator on the New Zealand Navy ship Taranaki, describing the earthquake and its aftermath. Donation.

McGregor, William, 1887-1964. War Diaries, 1914-1918. 4 vols. Detailed diaries describing experiences at Gallipoli and in France. Includes his paybook. Purchase.

Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1899. Annotated Copy of 'Compendium of Official Documents Relating Native Affairs in the South Island', 1871-1872. 2 vols. Mackay's pre-publication copy of his 1873 compendium. Heavily annotated, with additional insertions. Purchase.

McQueen, Priscilla Muriel (Cilia), 1949-. Poet Laureate Papers, 2009-2011. 30 cm. Created during McQueen's term as New Zealand's Poet Laureate. Includes literary drafts, correspondence, and ephemera relating to her activities. Donation.

Mackrell, Brent. Collected Papers Relating to War and Other Topics, 1914-c. 2000. 2.5 m. Includes Mackrell's own research notes on New Zealand's military history as

well as collected diaries and letters from participants in the South African, First and Second world wars. Purchase.

Menzies, Ada, 1918-2000. Papers, 19312000. 12 cm. Personal papers mainly relating to Menzies life in Wellington during World War 11. Included are letters from United States servicemen. Donation.

Lingard-Monk, James Boughy, 1853-1905. The Terrible Tramp, 1897. 1 vol. Lively travel diary by a Donegal magistrate describing his world tour as passenger on a cargo ship. Included are descriptions of his visits to Bluff and Christchurch. Purchase.

New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation. Records, 1954-2012. 70 cm. Include minute books, scrapbooks and correspondence, including two letters from Jean Batten agreeing to be the patron of the Association. Donation.

New Zealand Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of Workers. Records, 18901988. 8 m. Comprise minutes, cuttings books, membership lists, circulars and a large number of files relating to various disputes and negotiations. Donation

New Zealand Naturist Federation. Records, 1930-2012. 8 m. Include minutes, newsletters, scrapbooks and correspondence, as well as papers relating to other naturist groups. Donation.

New Zealand Port Employers Association. Records, 1904-1979. 12 m. Incomplete run of minutes, circulars and subject files. Also includes papers relating to the Waterfront Industries Tribunal and records of the Wellington branch of the Association. Donation.

New Zealand Press Association. Further Records, 1879-2000. 12.5 m. Various minutes, reports, general manager's correspondence, and papers relating to the Association's centennial. Donation.

Newspaper Publishers Association. Further Records, 1898-2001. 11 m. Includes Board of Control papers, bulletins, circulars and subject files Donation.

Pompallier, Jean-Baptiste (Bishop), 18011871. Letters, 1837. Two letters written to the Bishop of Nancy during his voyage to the Pacific to take up the Oceania mission. Purchase.

Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1983. Further Papers, c. 1912-1980. 2 m. Smith was a prominent lawyer, judge and educationalist. This accession includes correspondence with colleagues and family members, as well as files on legal matters. Also includes his war diary from 1918. Donation.

Strombom, Simon, 1971-. Diaries Relating to Military Service in Sinai and Afghanistan, 2004-2008. Detailed diaries of a professional New Zealand soldier. An extensive body of photographs is in the Photographic Archive. Donation.

Warner, Eric Ross, 1933-2010. Papers Relating to Competitive Wood Chopping and Other Rural Sports, 1888-2010. 6 m. An extensive collection relating to the sport of wood chopping, including papers relating to local clubs, competitions and individual sports people. There are also research notes for a history of the Waimarino area. Warner's rich collection of sports posters and programmes are now held in the Ephemera Collection. Donation.

NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS

Amundsen, Roald, The South Pole Expedition, 1910-1912, ed. by Geir O. Klover (Oslo: Fram Museum, 2010). First English translation of Roald Amundsen's diaries. Purchase.

Auckland Free Press 1, nos. 1-34 (11 May--18 June 1868). Complete run except for no. 8. Appears to have ceased publication on 18 June. Purchase.

Correspondence with the Government of New Zealand Relating to Chinese Labour in Samoa: Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, August 1920 (London: H.M.5.0., 1920). Cmd 919. Purchase.

Domestic Scenes in New Zealand (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1851). Bagnall 5234. Purchase

Jaeger, Karel, Pinook (London: Putnam, c. 1960). Antarctic setting and content. Juvenile literature. Purchase.

Maoriland Pictures (Dunedin: Joseph Braithwaite; Mills, Dick & Co. Art Printers, [c. 1910]). Bagnall 81319. Recommended for digitisation. Purchase.

Martin, William (Sir) [Octavius Hadfield?], Notes on the Maori Version of the New Testament No. 1 (Auckland: Cathedral Press, 1864). Purchase.

Mensfild, Ketrin [Katherine Mansfield], Mi Gavat Tey: Patmvatskner [A Cup of Tea], translated from the Albanian by Sona Seferyane (Erevan: Sovetakan grogh, 1978). Donation.

Naess, Erling D., Antarctic Journey, 19341935 (London: E. D. Naess, 1936). Detailed daily log kept on a 2-month whaling voyage of the Rasmussen Whaling Co. ship Vikingen, which travelled from Capetown to the Enderby Land, llustrated with photographs, diagrams and map. Purchase.

Wilberforce, Samuel, The Calling ofAbram: A Sermon Preached in the Abbey Church of St Peter, Westminster, before the Canterbury Colonists, Sunday, May 4, 1851, by Samuel, Lord Bishop of Oxford (London: John W. Parker, 1851). Bagnall 6062. Purchase.

ORAL HISTORY CENTRE

Christchurch City Stand Up, 2011-12.

6 interviews by Erolia Ifopo with Samoan Cantabrians about their experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes which began in September 2010. Photographs by Sarah Hunter. Received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Guy Ngan Oral History Project, 2012. Life history interview with artist Guy Ngan by Pip Oldham. Commissioned by Liz Ngan. Donation.

Maori and Pacific Island Men who have Influenced the Development of Contemporary Dance in Aotearoa Oral History Project, 2011-12. 5 interviews by Lyne Pringle with influential dancers from the 1980 s. Commissioned by the National Dance Archive of New Zealand. Received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Maori who Served in the Vietnam War Oral History Project, 2006-11. 10 interviews by Paul Diamond. Received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Poet Laureate Diary Oral History Project: Life History and Diary Interviews with Cilia McQueen, 2010-11. Life history and 15 diary interviews by Helen Frizzell with Cilia McQueen during her term as Poet Laureate. Commissioned by the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Reflections from Funeral Directors who have Worked in New Zealand and Australia, 201011. 11 interviews by Penny Brander with funeral directors and embalmers working from the 1950 s to 2011; six from New Zealand and six from Australia. Received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Selling Sex: The New Zealand Sex Industry Oral History Project, 2009-12. 10 interviews by Caren Wilton with people who have been associated with the sex industry in New Zealand, before and after the Prostitution Law Reform Act 2003. Two stages of this ongoing project received an Award in Oral History. Donation.

Tararua Tramping Club Oral history project, 2010-11. 6 video interviews by Howard Taylor with long-term club members who joined from the 19305. Commissioned by the Tararua Tramping Club. Donation.

Wanaka Station Oral History Project, 2011. Life history interview by Helen Frizzell with Jill Blennerhassett, with a focus on Wanaka Station, purchased by Blennerhassett's grandparents Sir Percy and Lady Lucy Sargood in 1912. Commissioned by the Sargood Bequest. Donation.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE

BeckerFraserPhotos. The 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Views of the city, including the Red Zone. 3,742 digital photographs. Commission.

Brooke-White, Julia, f 1.19605-2011. New Zealand women and their kitchens, 1999-2000. Photographed for the publication, Every Kitchen tells a Story. Includes Helen Clark and Kim Hill, refugees, and women living alternative lifestyles. 2 boxes photographic prints and negatives. Purchase.

Butcher, Charles Henry, 1887-1957. New Zealand and Australia. Includes the 1906-7 New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in Christchurch. 118 lantern slides. Donation.

Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985. New Zealand scenes and mountaineering, c. 19205-19405. 245 original glass negatives, spreadsheet listing and digital scans. Donation.

Condon, David, fl. 2011. Irish rugby team in New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup 2011, 25 digital photographs taken on a Sony-Ericsson smartphone. Donation.

Creator unknown. Royal Flying Corps and Australian Flying Corps in Mesopotamia and India in the First World War. 1 album with 47 prints. Purchase.

Crook, Jim, 1932-. Tangiwai rail disaster, 27 or 28 December 1953. 15 black-and-white photographic prints. Donation.

Fox, H. K., fl. 19205. New Zealand women's rugby team in Gloucester, England, c. 1926. 1 photographic print. Purchase.

Gale, Len, 1926-. Crew on board the British minesweeper Columbia during World War I. The photographer was a deck hand. 15 black-and-white photographic prints. Donation.

Holman, Dinah, 1938-. Historic buildings, 19905. Photographed as part of heritage surveys conducted for local bodies in the North Island. 8 boxes photographic prints and negative strips. Donation.

Lewis, Lorrie Lionel, 1917-2001. State houses being constructed in Naenae, Lower Hutt, 1947. 4 album pages with 62 photographic prints. Donation.

Mclvor, Aldous Roderick, 1934-. Study and capture of Auckland Island goats, 1987. Album, transparencies, photographic prints, negative. Donation.

Morris, Raymond, fl. 1955-2011. New Zealand scenes, 1955-1974. Includes the 1974 Commonwealth Games and Morris's overseas experience (OE). 760 transparency slides. Donation.

Owen, Dylan, 1958-. Protests, festivals, fairs, buildings, and street scenes, c. 200012. Includes photographs of Occupy Wellington, Rimutaka pig hunting competition, snow and hail in Wellington, and the Rugby World Cup 2011. 1,169 digital photographs. Donation.

Pablecheque, Kath, fl. 1999-2011. Funeral procession, Wellington, 1909. Held for those who lost their lives in the wrecking of the Penguin. 1 postcard. Donation.

Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd. Rugby World Cup 2011. Includes Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd's organisational events and functions, media conferences, sponsor launches, volunteers and board members, and stadiums. 1,306 digital photographs. Donation.

Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-. Historic buildings and structures. 1 boxes of slides and associated notebooks. Donation. Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926. Canterbury region, particularly Kaiapoi, c. 1870s-19l0s. Wilson was a reporter and agent for the Christchurch Press from 18641913. 11 photograph albums. Purchase.

RARE BOOKS AND FINE PRINTING

Nouus Orbis Regionum ac Insularum Veteribus Incognitarum (Basileae: Apud 10. Heruagium, mense Martio, anno M.D.XXXII [1532]). Collection of voyages and travels both east and west, including Marco Polo, Varthema, Cadamosto, Columbus, Vespucci, Pinzon and Cabral. Purchase.

Bonnaterre, abbe (Pierre Joseph). Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des Trois Regnes de la Nature ... Ornithologie. (A Padoue: [s.n.] M.DCC.XCII. [1792]). Contains engravings of New Zealand birds. Purchase.