History, Military -- 20th century

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A collection of printed articles, bibliographies, reference lists and correspondence. Includes two copies of LC’s article for the Journal of the New York Folklore Society, titled ‘Military Folklore and the Underwood Collection’ along with the references (including those from the Underwood collection] and other examples of bibliographies. The correspondence is with Journal editor Phillip Stevens Jr., about the references for his article. The date range is c. 1956-1988.

Summary of contents A collection of Hocken Library collection information, correspondence, donor receipts, conditions of copying/copyright and copying order forms. The material that LC proposes to be donated in the correspondence includes a series of American printed articles that are hard to source in New Zealand, along with audience research of early cinema. He also proposes lecturing in the Hocken Library’s seminar programme about his work on Military history and Soldier social behaviour. The correspondence...

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A collection of photocopied newspaper clippings from 1918/1919 editions of ‘The Stars and Stripes’. The focal points are the cartoon sections that satirise WWI weaponry and daily tasks. The later editions also depict scenarios of soldiers returning home and what happens when they reconnect with their families. The specific date range is April 5, 1918 to January 24, 1919.

Scope and Contents A collection of photocopied sheet music. Titles included are: ‘Victory V’ (1941); ‘The V Song’ (1941); ‘A Broken Doll’ (1941); ‘Blue Smoke’ (1947); ‘For I Love But You’ (c. 1914-1918); ‘Where are the Lads of New Zealand To-Night’ (1914); ‘When We Get Back to New Zealand’ (date unknown); ‘When you Return’ (date unknown); ‘The N.Z. Boys are Marching’ (1940); ‘Satan’s Vassals’ (c. 1940-1949); ‘Sing a Song for Victory’ (1943); ‘Freedom’s Army’ (c. 1939-1945); ‘Lads of New Zealand’ (c....

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A collection of correspondence, typed manuscript, information and printed sections from the ‘Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature’. The correspondence is regarding LC’s contribution to the ‘Companion’ and the accompanying manuscript is his piece ‘War Literature: The Boer War and the Two World Wars’. Also includes other information such as the conditions for entries, the finished preface and a list of all the contributors. The publication date range is June 1997 – May 1998.

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A collection of handwritten notes and photocopied clippings from 1918 editions of ‘The Stars and Stripes’. Focuses on the satirical comics of the publication. The handwritten notes indicate further interest into the publication’s role in WWI, as well as that of the Salvation Army and the YMCA. All of the printed examples and the indicated examples in the handwritten notes are from 1918/1919. The date that the clippings were printed and notes were written is unknown.

Scope and Contents A collection of photocopied and original sheet music. Titles included are: ‘Begg’s Army, Navy and Air Force Album’ (c. 1942); ‘Poor Little Angeline’ (1936); ‘We’re Going to Hang out the Washing on Siegfried Line’ (1939); ‘I Left my Heart at the Stage Door Canteen’ (1942); ‘Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer’ (1943); ‘The Martins and the Coys’ (1936); ‘South of the Border’ (1939); ‘Boomps-a-Daisy!’ (1939); ‘Mairzy Doats (Mares Eat Oats)’ (1943); ‘Lambeth Walk’ (1937); ‘Hi Jig a Jig, Hi Jig a...