Soldiers

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Les Cleveland and the D-Day Dodgers, ‘The Songs We Sang’, Kiwi Record, LA-3, 2959, 33 1/3 RPM LP. (Two copies).

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Contains a selection of printed songs and poems from the ‘Army and Navy Journal’, from the years 1816 to 1910. The documents are accompanied by a Memo Routing Slip from the Armed Forces History section of the Smithsonian Institution, with a bit of information about the Army and Navy Journal. The subject matter is of life as solders/sailors, with themes of camaraderie, homesickness, patriotism and perseverance.

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A photocopy of Pete Gordon R. Arnott’s training diary from 1941. Lists the different camps he had trained at. Provides information on morse code, incendiaries, missiles, grenades, and the general day to day activities at the camps.

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Contains a Memorandum of Agreement for LC’s ‘New Zealand Songbook’, of which is signed by LC. Also included is a series of correspondence between LC and Muriel Shepherd regarding her husband Mick’s war experience, his inclusion in an unspecified publication by LC and his recent passing. The date range of the documents is 1987-1994. The subject matter includes dates from 1918 onwards.

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Bairnsfather, Bruce, ‘Fragments from France’, “The Bystander”, 8th ed., (London: WWI no specified date).

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Contains a script copy of ‘The New Zealand Y.M.C.A. with 2 N.Z.E.F. in Middle East and Italy, 1940-1945’, by B.W. Potter. Chronicles the role of the Y.M.C.A. in WWII conflict involving New Zealand soldiers. Also includes photocopied newspaper clippings of Y.M.C.A. advertisements from 1918 and 1921. The date of the script is unknown, however the subject matter of the folder as a whole is c.1918-1945.

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A series of correspondence between LC and Andrew R. T. Campbell of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd. regarding Campbell’s publication of ‘Bawdy New Zealand Songs’. The topic, Campbell highlights, is one that LC broaches in ‘Songs We Sang’ and he therefore asks LC to contribute some of the songs as well as a chapter of writing about them. The correspondence occurred when LC was at the Smithsonian Institute in California. The date range is November 1987 – August 1988.

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A collection of correspondence between LC, Mark Hanson and Bill Patterson. Details and analyses Patterson’s recollection of his own war experience. The correspondence occurred between 1986 and 2004. The subject matter date range is c. 1939-2004.

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A collection of handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, printed articles and the photocopied Y.M.C.A. diary of B. Shepherd. The general theme of the collection is the soldiers’ experience in Cairo during the North African campaign. This includes entertainment and music, sites and activities, and one specific report of Indian hemp in the soldiers’ cigarettes. The publication date range is c. 1940-1984. The subject matter includes dates from 1915 onwards.

Scope and Contents A collection of correspondence between LC, Charles Smith and Russell Smith, along with a series of Charles Smith’s recollections and poems. Documents moments of fighting and leisure for the soldiers of the North African, Crete and Italian campaigns. Also included is a letter of recognition addressed to Charles Smith from General Freyberg and an obituary for Brigadier F.M.H. Hanson. The diary entries and the poems have a date range of 1941-1945. The transcribing of material and the...

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Three photographs labelled ‘Civil War Burial Party’, ‘Civil War Camp Kitchen’ and ‘U.S. Civil War Cookhouse’. Print date not indicated.

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Contains single publication of Cortwright, David, Soldiers in Revolt, The American Military Today, (New York: Anchor Press, 1975). Selected chapters include ‘Getting by with Less’, ‘Soldiers and Democracy’, notes and appendices. Subject matter range 1967-1975.

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Diary of G. Collenson, Suva, Fiji, 1941.

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Diary of W.R. Lealand, 2NZEF, 1941.

Scope and Contents Contains two photocopied editions of ‘“Sound Off!” Soldier Songs’; Edward Arthur Dolph, ‘Sound Off!” Soldier Songs from Yankee Doodle to Parley Voo’, (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929); Edward Arthur Dolph, ‘”Sound Off!” Soldier Songs From the Revolution to World War II’, (New York: Farrah and Reinhart Incorporated, 1942). The former only has its front matter, some selected pages, the bibliography and the index included. The latter is a full copy [only the front page is...

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A collection of handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. Details pop culture during wartime, prostitution and soldier adultery, Celebrity entertainment for troops and entertainment with an anti-war message. Publication date range is 1988-1991. Subject matter references dates as early as the “1930s and 40s”.

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A section of the underwood collection that contains, typed script, handwritten notes, photocopied newspapers and articles and correspondence. Throughout the collection are featured ‘jokes’, and the articles either chronicle instances of pranking or use colloquialisms or sayings that contribute the what the overall collection is trying to demonstrate. The date range of the content is c. 1918-1947.

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A section of the Underwood collection that contains typed script, correspondence, pictures, poems, and general handwritten notes. Documents certain mythical creatures such as ‘Bilikin’, ‘Blivils and Finkles’, the ‘Key Bird’, Snallygasters/Snallygosters and ‘Squimp’. Many of these were developed within 20th century war periods. The date range of the content is c. 1943-1947 with the subject matter referencing WWI times (1914-1918).

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A section of the Underwood collection that contains typed script, correspondence and photocopied newspapers and articles. The primary focus of the collection is on the fabled character of ‘Kilroy’ and the origin of the ‘Kilroy was here’ tagging tradition that bred out of WWII (which appears to be disputed). The date range of the content is c. 1947-1962.

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A section of the Underwood collection that contains photocopies of handwritten profiles of soldiers and women, general handwritten notes, vocabulary lists, newspapers and articles and correspondence. Demonstrates how soldiers described one another and the language that was developed between them. The date range of the content is c. 1861-1948 (concentrated towards the end of that range).

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A section of the Underwood collection that contains photocopied newspapers and articles, a manuscript titled ‘They Had A Word For it’ by Underwood, handwritten notes, glossaries of war time slang and correspondence. Includes various expressions used in the military as well as discussion around their significance. The date range of the content is c. 1943-1964.

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A collection of printed articles, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, advertisements and the typed manuscript of LC’s ‘G.I. Joe and His Buddies’. Details soldier camaraderie, morale, leisure, stereotyping and iconography. The publication date range is c. 1972-1989. The subject matter date range is c. 1908-1989.

Scope and Contents A collection of printed articles, printed web pages, typed script and handwritten notes. Topics include the German ‘Panzerlied’, ‘Homo Ludens’ by Johan Huizinga, soldier welfare and activities. Publications include ‘Hannibal’ by Ross Leckie, ‘By Force of Fantasy’ by Ethel S. Pearson, ‘From Neurasthenia to PTSD, War and Traumatic Stress’ by John Raftery and other miscellaneous untitled printed material. The publication date range is 1995-2011 (print date of the web pages included). The...

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Contains a printed copy of ‘The Songs of Gunner Inglorious ~ Collected by Jim Henderson’, along with accompanying correspondence and handwritten notes. The correspondence is predominantly between LC and Laura [surname unspecified] who appears to be from Steel Roberts Publishers. The publication is dated from 2005 and the correspondence from 2006. The subject matter includes dates from c. 1939 onwards.

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 prints and accompanying annotations. Shots of the North African and Italian campaigns, WWII. Depicts scenes of leisure, daily tasks, post-conflict destruction and general landscapes. Also included is a map of Alexandria, Egypt. The general date range of the photographs is 1941-1944, although they are not individually specified.

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A typed and bound copy of “Jimmy” Kidd’s biography of his experience of the Italian campaign of WWII. Inside the front cover is a ‘Broadbank’ sticker, with the writing “1982. Frank, here is my cousin Jimmy Kidd’s war story.”

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‘Korero’/‘Current Affairs’, Army & Welfare Service: Vol. 1, Nos. 1-14, 17, 20-23; Vol. 2, Nos. 1-12, 1943-1944.

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A collection of handwritten notes, negatives and prints. The negatives and prints depict scenes from the North Africa Campaign of WWII predominantly of soldiers’ leisure time. The date of the shots and prints is unknown. The subject matter suggests a date range of c. 1940-1943. [See Hutchings folder].

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A collection of unpublished material of which only two titles are specified, ‘If You’ve Been to Cairo’ and ‘Leadership and Morale’. The subject matter of the collection is consistent across the documents. The central topic is New Zealand soldiers’ group dynamic, songs and general downtime activities during the North African and Italian campaigns (WWII). The subject matter date range is c. 1940-1945.