Blind Kiddies Appeal and Henderson Fund records

Descriptive Data

Archives IdentifierFH001Date Rangecirca 1940-1986DescriptionMayor of Thorndon Blind Kiddies Appeal records. Bill Henderson ran the 'mayoral' campaign and fundraising appeal that ran in Wellington from 1941 until 1985 raising funds for visually impaired children.

The Mayor of Thorndon Appeal, was a mock election charity drive to raise funds for 'blind kiddies', which ran 'full-time for five weeks of the year'. The campaigns were an annual event especially through the 1940s to 1970s and involved many of the working class pubs and their patrons, with the watersiders, railway workers and tramways workers each putting up a candidate from their respective drinking holes.

The series includes: Ephemeral content, certificates, posters, photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings.MediumLoose papersSystem of ArrangementThere was not a clear system of arrangement, so the order is based largely on a rough subject grouping or the order that it had been boxed.Collection TypeCommunity archives

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[CW: People in blackface] Entertainers in one of the pubs during the fund raising appeal

[CW: People in blackface] People fundraising in costumes in the street

Blind Kiddies Appeal photographs

Neville Lodge cartoon 'He arrived up and said he was the mayoral candidate and I naturally assumed he was you...!'

'Mayor' of Thorndon voting jars

'Mayor' of Thorndon related portrait

Correspondence

Bill Henderson Trust Fund and Blind Kiddies Appeal correspondence

Access Information

Restriction StatusOpen

Related Agencies

Controlling or Creating AgencyHenderson Trust FundRelationship Date Range1941-1986

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Blind Kiddies Appeal and Henderson Fund records