Levin & Company Ltd

Date: 1893

By: The Colonists' Land and Loan Corporation Ltd; Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4393bje/[1893?]/Acc.8208-11

Description: Cadastral maps of blocks and sections of three parts of the Feilding township. Sections highlighted in blue represent sections to be sold by the Colonists land & Loan Corporation Limited, and include section number, acreage and an annotated sale price (in pink ink). The first map (Acc. 8208) shows sections 5-10 bounded by West, North and Railway street; the second map (Acc. 8209) shows sections 758-763 and 767-778 bounded by Kimbolton, North, Monmouth and Lytton streets and the third (Acc. 5810) shows sections 432 and 438 on Denbigh St, 441-5 on Kimbolton Rd, sections 1, 41 and 35 on Weld St, sections 272-7 bound by Kimbolton and MacArthur St, sections 281-6 and 279-280 bound by MacArthur and Fergusson St. The third and largest map, Acc.8210, also indicates several town blocks as sold or occupied, and identifies occupants including four hotels (the Manchester, Feilding, Denbigh and Empire), two banks (Bank of Australasia, Bank of New Zealand), new Post Office, Star office, coal depot, blacksmith's shop, and several unnamed shops and offices. See also the accompanying schedule listing sale prices for sections and part sections for sale at Feilding by the Corporation, housed in blue pamphlet box, MapColl--832.43bje/[1893?]/Acc. 8211. Quantity: 3 map(s) on 3 sheets. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scales differ, 59 x 39 cm or smaller. Provenance: Donated by Levin's 1969

Date: 1902

From: Swan family : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-3928-29

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6736

Description: 4 views of businesses in the Wellington region: the Hotel Waterloo on the corner of Bunny Street and Waterloo Quay; Levin & Co, who had premises on Featherston Street and Customhouse Quay; Royal Tiger Hotel, on the corner of Abel Smith Street and Taranaki Street; and the Provincial Hotel in Upper Hutt. At the time the photographs were taken Thomas Fisher was the proprietor of the Provincial Hotel and E Dunn was the proprietor of the Royal Tiger. Photographer unidentified but it may be Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028655 to 028658 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [1899-1913]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-198

Description: Correspondence, notes, legal material, accounts and other papers relating to business between Field and Rahere Maeke and other members of the Maeke family Language - Some material in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1860

By: Guthrie, Thomas, 1814-1876

Reference: MS-Papers-2881

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter

Date: 1904

By: Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4393bje/1904/Acc.8157

Description: Cadastral map of part of the central business district of Feilding, highlighting (in pink) unsold sections. Blocks and sections are numbered. Several pencilled names on sections, including Harper, most illegible. Block named government shows court house. Part if the unsold area is 'offices'. 'Unsold sections edged red [signed] ? 31/3/04'. Pencil annotations include: 'offered to Sandiland, see ?Mgr's letter 31/3/04', and names on some sections (some difficult to decipher). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on rice paper, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 25 x 26 cm. Provenance: Donated by Levin & Co 1969

Date: 1949

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-07-214/216

Description: Includes sections and elevation, and a drainage and site plan. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheets 600 x 760 mm.

Date: 1895

By: Owen, Frank, 1851-1907; Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4391gbbd/1895/Acc.6324

Description: Surveyed (cadastral) map of Ashhurst township, showing numbered blocks and sections, streets and survey markings. On map: 'All sold except section 80, 18/2/[18]95.' '326/8 on which the church stands'. Signed by the surveyor. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, linen backed, scale [1:2 376], 60.4 x 74 cm.

Date: ca 1920-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3740-05

Description: Scenic and pastoral photographs of New Zealand, majority unidentified, also views of Wellington City as well as images of staff at Bramac Clothing Manufacturers at work, EC official tour 1948, series of stuffed birds from Museum, views of Harbour Board wharf areas and buildings in Wellington, car-park at races at Feilding, etc Arrangement: Large number of file prints from Free Lance Collection already in public files. Prints in this box cover negative range of 1/2-100997 to 1/2-101194, arranged in numerical order. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1898

From: Swan family : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0109-117

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1945

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-1688/1690

Description: Includes floor plans (schemes no 1 and 2), plan of typiste's room, and fireplaces for the manager's office. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drwaings and diazo print, sizes varying

Date: 1983-1990

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-040

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Selected names indexed.

Date: 1890 - 1899

By: Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4393bje/[189-?]/Acc.8152

Description: Plan of some suburban sections in part of Feilding, highlighting unsold sections on Kimbolton Road (numbers 119-129, each between 5-10 acres) and one nearby section of over 51 acres. Includes annotations of the new road off Kimbolton Road leading to the new bridge over the Kiwitea Stream, and the site of the old bridge. The new road cuts through the unsold sections 121-4. Map drawn on 'The Colonists Land and Loan Corporation, Limited' letterhead paper. Drawn partly on rice or tissue paper with letter-head `The Colonists' Land and Loan Corporation, Limited... Feilding 189-'. This is joined to a smaller piece of plain paper on which has a small part of the map drawing on it. Purple signature bottom right corner. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on rice or tissue paper, linen backed, gauze covered front, scale indeterminable, 25.4 x 20.3 cm. Provenance: Donated by Levin & Co 1969

Date: 1948

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-014-078/081

Description: Plans show floor plans, longitudinal elevation, Hutt Road frontage. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on sheets approximately 560 x 760 mm.

Date: 1881 - 1900

By: Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/[1900?]/Acc.6350

Description: Plan of Trelissick Station, Ngaio, Wellington, highlighted and shown as 76 acres, the property of Major and Mrs Deane of Wellington. Shows outline of Kaiwharawhara Stream, unnamed roads, and Wadestown sections. Includes notes regarding distances to Post Office and routes to Wellington, Porirua and Kaiwharawhara. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale indeterminable, 41.7 x 41.7 cm

Date: 1897

From: Swan family : Records

Reference: fMS-Papers-3928-05

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1927

By: Reynolds, Arthur William, active 1880-1981; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Te Whaiti family

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.26623

Description: Shows land from the Kawa Kawa [sic] Estate, to be sold by public auction in two lots at the Agriculture and Pastoral Society's rooms ... Masterton, on Tuesday 22nd February, 1927 ... Extended Title - Under instructions from the Trustee in the Estate of Iraia Te Whaiti. Wellington?: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1927 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Areas subject to adjustment on completion of survey, 28/1/27; Recto - bottom right - For full particulars apply to Messrs. Levin & Co ... Masterton, or Messrs. Thompson & Turton ... Greytown Another copy held at MapColl Reserve-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.27392, from Te Whaiti Family papers (held MSA MS-Group-0805). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured. 53 x 80 cm. Scale 1:23 760

Date: 1909 - 1910

Reference: Eph-B-SHEARING-1910-01

Description: Includes illustrations for machine parts, cutter heads, brackets, fricton wheels, forks, pulleys, pins, shears, and for a sharpening machine, and a jig and screwdriver. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 v., illus., 248 x 188 mm.

Date: 1895-[ca 1925]

By: Roberts, Robert Henry, active 1895-1935

Reference: MS-Papers-1452

Description: Cover time as schoolboy at Wellington Boys' College and as clerk for Levin & Co., Masterton, among other jobs. Family correspondence, attempts at creative writing, school examination papers and records Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.