Introducing Katherine Mansfield Activity

A DigitalNZ Story by Cherie Jacobson, Director of Katherine Mansfield House & Garden

What do these photographs tell you about the life of Aotearoa New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield? For more teaching resources on Katherine Mansfield, visit https://www.katherinemansfield.com/creative-corner/resources-for-writers-and-educators

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Image: Harold Beauchamp

Katherine's father Harold Beauchamp

Google search 'DNZB Harold Beauchamp' to learn more about his life

Harold Beauchamp

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Image: Bank of New Zealand officials, including Harold Beauchamp

Katherine's father Harold Beauchamp

Harold is seated in the middle.

Bank of New Zealand officials, including Harold Beauchamp

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Image: Annie Burnell Beauchamp

Katherine's mother Annie Beauchamp

Annie Burnell Beauchamp

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Image: Annie and Harold Beauchamp and their five children, including Kathleen (Katherine Mansfield)

A photo of Katherine with her family

Katherine is on the far right, she was named Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp when she was born

Annie and Harold Beauchamp and their five children, including Kathleen (Katherine Mansfield)

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Image: Beauchamp family

A photo of Katherine with her family

Katherine's grandmother is seated in the middle, Katherine is standing behind her to the right

Beauchamp family

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Image: Katherine Mansfield aged 10

Katherine aged 10

Katherine Mansfield aged 10

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Image: Portrait of the young Katherine Mansfield with her brother and sisters

Katherine with her sisters and brother

From left: Vera, Charlotte, Katherine, Jeanne, Leslie (her brother)

Portrait of the young Katherine Mansfield with her brother and sisters

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Image: Katherine Mansfield with her family, and others, 75 Tinakori Road, Wellington

Katherine with her family on the steps of their house

Katherine Mansfield with her family, and others, 75 Tinakori Road, Wellington

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Image: Cockburn, Vivienne :Photograph of Katherine Mansfield cottage, Days Bay, Lower Hutt

Katherine's family holiday cottage

In Days Bay, across the harbour from Wellington

Cockburn, Vivienne :Photograph of Katherine Mansfield cottage, Days Bay, Lower Hutt

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Image: Katherine Mansfield playing the cello, Queen's College, Harley Street, London

Katherine playing the cello at school in London

Sometime between 1903-1905

Katherine Mansfield playing the cello, Queen's College, Harley Street, London

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Katherine in 1906

Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Katherine Mansfield with her brother Leslie and her sister Jeanne

Katherine as a teenager in 1907

With her younger sister Jeanne and brother Leslie

Katherine Mansfield with her brother Leslie and her sister Jeanne

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Katherine sometime between 1911-1914

Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Cover of 'In a German Pension'

Cover of 'In a German Pension'

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Signed photograph of Katherine from 1913/1914

Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Portrait of Katherine Mansfield

Katherine around 1915

She is wearing a military-style jacket

Portrait of Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Leslie Heron Beauchamp

Katherine's brother Leslie

Google search 'Walking with an Anzac Leslie Beauchamp' to find out more about his war service

Leslie Heron Beauchamp

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Katherine in a friend's garden around 1916

Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Portrait of Katherine Mansfield

Portrait of Katherine painted in 1918

The artist was her friend Anne Estelle Rice

Portrait of Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Photograph of Katherine Mansfield's passport, with description of bearer

Katherine's passport issued in 1919

Photograph of Katherine Mansfield's passport, with description of bearer

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Image: Photograph of Katherine Mansfield's passport, with visa stamps

Stamps in Katherine's passport

Photograph of Katherine Mansfield's passport, with visa stamps

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Image: Katherine Mansfield at Menton, France, 1920

Katherine at her work table in 1920

Katherine Mansfield at Menton, France, 1920

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Image: Portrait of Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry

Katherine with her husband John Middleton Murry in 1920

Portrait of Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry

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Image: Katherine Mansfield standing in the garden at the Villa Isola Bella at Menton, France

Katherine in the garden in 1920

Katherine Mansfield standing in the garden at the Villa Isola Bella at Menton, France

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Image: Cover of 'Bliss and Other Stories' by Katherine Mansfield

Cover of 'Bliss and Other Stories' by Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Cover of 'The Garden Party and Other Stories'

Cover of 'The Garden Party and Other Stories'

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Image: Katherine Mansfield's gravestone, Fontainebleau, France

Katherine's gravestone

In Avon-Fontainebleau, France

Katherine Mansfield's gravestone, Fontainebleau, France

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Image: Cover of 'The Dove's Nest and Other Stories' by Katherine Mansfield

Cover of 'The Dove's Nest and Other Stories' by Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Cover of 'Something Childish and Other Stories' by Katherine Mansfield

Cover of 'Something Childish and Other Stories' by Katherine Mansfield

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Image: Cover of 'The Journal of Katherine Mansfield'

Cover of 'The Journal of Katherine Mansfield'

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Image: Cover of 'The Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume One'

Cover of 'The Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume One'

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Image: Cover of 'The Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume 2'

Cover of 'The Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume 2'

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Image: Katherine Mansfield Memorial

A memorial to Katherine in Wellington

This memorial was funded by her father in 1933. In the background is the last house Katherine lived in in Wellington

Katherine Mansfield Memorial

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