John Burt Patrick was a Waterside worker, his collection was purchased from an antique store and presented to the University of Waikato.
Patrick's collection holds a box of his personal items including his birth certificate, motor car licence, union card, a Waterside workers ticket (1944), travel permit to NZ (1921), National Service Emergency Regulations certificate of enrolment (1941), greeting card, "Short History of the King's Own Scottish Borderers 1680 to 1951" and some photographs that are mostly portrait photographs.