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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard Carpenter collection of French land titles.

 File
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-160
Scope and Contents

Three French Land Titles, one 17th century, one 18th century and one undated (probably 18th century.) Accompanied with note "Documents sent by Bernard Carpenter to his friend Mrs Gubbins, Dial House, Camden, England at some date during 1914-1918, from an old war-damaged house in France."

Dates: 17th and 18th centuries

First World War maps of the Western Front

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2023/21
Content Description

Six folders containing 34 First World War era maps of the Western Front. Collection includes a range of maps from small scale (1: 250,0000) maps of North West Europe through to detailed trench maps. A number of the maps have been annotated with troop positions and/or the names of previous owners.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1918

Frank O.V. Acheson papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-96/1
Scope and Contents This extensive collection was deposited in the University of Auckland Library in October 1990 by the Trustees of Judge Acheson's estate. Some artefacts of family interest were returned to members of the Acheson family, and the remainder of the material was arranged into the following series: Personal papers 1906-1948; Maori Affairs - Native Land Court - 1920-1943, including formal studies on Maori land tenure, theses, etc.; Judge Acheson's relations with the Native Affairs Dept, 1933-1943;...
Dates: 1906 - 1948

Herbert Thatcher papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-53
Scope and Contents

Papers include correspondence relating to Herbert Thatcher's non- payment of the General Unemployment Levy, 1932-1935; New Zealand Timber Workers' Union records; reminiscences of Mount Eden Prison; eight volumes of newspaper clippings; letters from Lincoln Efford; and 1943 election ephemera and letters to Thatcher concerning pacifism and social reform.

Dates: 1920s -1938

Macky family papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-320
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence; club records; manuscripts of poetry and prose; clippings; diaries; photographs; genealogies. There is a small file about Macky's husband John Victor Macky, principally clippings about his sporting and business career, and photographs from his military service in World War I. His brother Eric Spencer Macky is also represented in a file of clippings about his work as art teacher and president of the California College of Arts and Crafts, Berkeley. The...
Dates: 1909 - 1976

Victor Macky papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2014/07
Scope and Contents

Collection includes, memorabilia, clippings and family photographs, relating to Victor Macky's, rugby career, military service in WWI and community involvement in later life.

Dates: ca 1910-1988

William Cocker papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-7
Scope and Contents

Clippings book of examination papers, results and memorabilia (1908-1914); and three photograph albums (life in New Zealand before the war, during the war, and in England and Cambridge after the war).

Dates: 1910-1922.

W.T.G. (Bill) Airey papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-201
Scope and Contents

Collection includes personal papers, diaries, Workers' Educational Association and Auckland University lecture notes, and drafts for published works. There is also a file on the J.C. Beaglehole dismissal controversy at Auckland University College.

Dates: 1893 - 1968