Architectural drawing

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/ca.1940/Acc.14595

Description: Cadastral map of subdivisions, some numbered, in sections 312, 313 and 314 on the corner of Brougham and Elizabeth streets, intersected by Moncrief Street. Includes acreages and boundary measurements. Sections 313 and 314 include C.T. numbers and are part of D.P. 240. Names include W. Hodson, F. & C.S. Cording, P.Chetwood Watt, E. S. Quinlan, Education Board which is currently the site of Clyde Quay School. The plan for alterations, for Mr. L. Quinlan, (builder) for a residence at 32 Brougham Street includes faint outlines of the original building. Specifications are not included on the plan but a pencilled note gives measurements in square feet. Other Titles - Alterations to residence - 32 Brougham Street - for Mr. L. Quinlan Title supplied by cataloguer for map. Title for plan taken from item Scale of map [1:31 680]. Scale of plan - [1:15] Note on verso states: Brougham Street, Quinlan Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet - one an architectural plan of dwelling. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scales vary, 77.4 x 45.4 cm.

Date: 1970

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to office supplies and equipment, office furniture]

By: Lockley Reprographics Ltd; Apex Print Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-OFFICE-1970-01

Description: Sales catalogue with illustrations of merchandise for technical drawing including paint brushes, calculator slide rules, equipoise desk lamps, flexicurve for technical drawing, drawing boards, drawing stands and benches, seats, drawing instruments including compasses, drafting machines (incl. Nestler, Kent), hatching apparatus, tracing paper, planimeter, pantographs, Graphos pens, Gormack graph papers, Pelikan erasers inks pens and paints, Rotring drawing sets and stencils, Stabilo pencils, Othello charcoal, set squares and rulers (Longo, Draftwell, Blundell Harding, W & G; Ariel electric erasing machine, Harding & Halden plan printing material, Alliance sensitised plan printing materials, Admel plan printing materials produced by Sensicon Ltd, Hemmi slide rules, British Thornton slide rules, Koizum lettering sets, RapiDesign templates, Draftwell plan printer. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 128 pages, 242 x 166 mm.

Date: [ca 1938]-1978

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-6470

Description: Comprises map, `Touristen-Wanderkarte', south Waldviertel and the Danube; plan, printing room for Nicholas Danilow (1957); Nicholas Danilow's MA (French) from the University of New Zealand (1978); and `Wholeness', a world digest of Christian healing (1 Aug 1978) Other Titles - Wholeness; a world digest of Christian healing (1 Aug 1978) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Plan of printing room for Nicholas Danilow

Date: 1920 - 1940

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952

Reference: E-197

Description: Illustrations of British and European buildings, pasted on loose leaves, including an advertisement for Academy Architecture and Architectural Review for 1926. Quantity: 119 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 119 photolithographs, sizes vary

Date: 1906

By: Swan, Francis Herbert, 1885-1958

Reference: Plans-80-0693/0703

Description: Sample architectural drawings sent to the International Correspondence Schools, USA by Francis H Swan. They have been marked and returned to Swan by the Correspondence Schools. They include drawings of exterior and interior details of houses, conic sections, projections, a plan and an elevation for a three-storied house with a tower, balustraded verandah and classical window detailing. Quantity: 11 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on cartridge paper, 356 x 342 mm

Date: 1968-1974

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1086

Description: Most of the photographs and other material in this album have to do with the Wellington Urban Motorway. Included are - Photographs taken during construction. Details of concrete finishes. Photocopies of plans and three dimentional renderings of sections of the motorway. Planting plans and plant lists. Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park. Brochures and newpaper clippings about the motorway. Also included is a plan for the development of Te Anau. Material relating to Benmore Hydro. Brochure on the Dunedin Southern Motorway. Lower Shotover River Bridge under construction. Mangere Motorway Bridge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1895, 1916

By: Lawson family

Reference: MS-Papers-10869

Description: Material relating to the Lawson family found under 353 The Terrace by the donor. Comprises a plan of house to be erected at 12 Talavera Terrace; particulars of work to be done; photograph of Eric Lawson who was founding scout master of the first Kilbirnie Scout Troop; letter from Eric Lawson to Lt C M Gray, 19 Sep 1916. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves and photo). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, photograph and plan

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-086

Description: A plan of upper Maungatautari Pa, with its fortifications of ditches, palisades and earthworks. Dimensions of the cross-section of one outer wall are given. Identified as Maungatautari Pa by military historian Chris Pugsley, February 1998. The outlines of the upper pa are still visible. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 100 x 160 mm.

Date: 1 Mar, 12 Apr 1999 - 01 Mar 1999 - 12 Apr 1999

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Brinkworth, Julie, active 1999; de Lisle, Aubrey Frank, 1919-2004

Reference: OHInt-0483-03

Description: Describes how his father was a clergyman and the family lived in several places. Discusses working in the Public Trust Office and doing accounting exams while saving to go to the School of Architecture. Recalls his architectural study between 1939 and 1943. Comments on the small number of architectural students in 1939. Discusses their lecturers, particularly Vernon Brown, and students including his future wife Mary Hay. Recalls applying for a job with Christchurch architect Colin Lamb and his work on the Ovaltine factory. Discusses the process of architectural registration and the fee scale as bound by the New Zealand Institute of Architecture. Describes beginning work in Hamilton with Edgecumbe, White and Leigh. Mentions some of the firm's name changes and its split when it became Leigh, de Lisle and Fraser. Talks about Hamilton construction firms and architects Harold Edgecumbe, Harold White and George Leigh. Discusses draughting and other architectural processes. Talks about doing a lot of work for the Bank of New Zealand and the Hamilton City Council. Mentions buildings worked on including the AMP building, Winter Show Association, Waikato Motors, Hamilton Airport, University of Waikato buildings and the Founders Theatre. Discusses the Art Museum and its development from a small Post Office building. Comments on Hamilton when he arrived there in 1945, its haphazard development and resistance to town planning. Discusses restrictions on design. Comments on the ability of their architectural partnership to work as a team. Mentions doing some residential design work with his wife. Recalls being a member of the judging panel for the Christchurch Town Hall. Comments on an overseas trip, the impact of architectural work done by Belluski (Belushki) and links between American and New Zealand architecture. Talks about his own art, mainly water colours, and exhibitions with the Waikato Society of Arts and the New Zealand Academy. Mentions winning the Caltex Art Award. Interviewer(s) - Julie Brinkworth Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3094.

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Natusch & Sons (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0811-01-26

Description: Plan for a small house on Napier Hill ((for?)R M Yeoman), (architects: Natusch & Sons), drawn circa 1950s. Quantity: 1 architectural plan. Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper

Date: 1811-1854

From: Petersen, George Conrad, 1900-1978 : Papers relating to a biography of William Colenso

Reference: 80-038-21

Description: Includes plan of mission house at Waitangi, built 1843-1846; page of Sunday school reward tickets, printed on card and uncut; school exercise book containing chronology of Colenso's life to 1854, compiled by Petersen Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-085

Description: A plan of upper Maungatautari Pa, with its fortifications of ditches and earthworks. A cross-section of the ramparts, ditch and palisade and a further cross-section of the palisades. Dimensions of one outer wall are given. Identified as Maungatautari Pa by military historian Chris Pugsley, February 1998. The outlines of the upper pa are still visible. Inscriptions: Album page - below and above image: title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Baillie, Herbert, 1863-1941 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-9328

Description: Architectural design of house by MacKenzie & Gilbertson, architects, Invercargill. The house is a two-bedroomed villa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Plan of villa

Date: 1936-1984

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1087

Description: Houses, house interiors, and furniture. Many of these may be views of Einhorn's own house. Phtographs of individual items of furniture include two coffee tables, one with a tiled top, and one with a top of green marble. Another piece of furniture is a desk-bookcase-storage unit designed by Einhorn in Germany in 1936. There are also photographs of a garden that may also be Einhorn's own. Photographs of modern houses include the "Lipson bach" photographed in 1984 as well as a number of other unidentified houses, and sometimes, their gardens. One photograph shows Einhorn at work setting up an exhibition of models of new Government office buildings, ca 1960s. About a quarter of the album is filled with photocopies of drawings for architectural projects designed by Einhorn in Germany in about 1936. One dated 1936 is a plan for a section of public housing including a drawing of a proposed house. This is very like the state housing projects in New Zealand. Other images include views of houses in Thorndon, and what are probably student work be Einhorn. Three are shaded pencil drawings of views of buildings, and one is a decorative rosette modled in clay, 1930s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1876-1886

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 79-027-11

Description: Correspondence on various topics including the Waiohine run, Board matters, the Spratts matter, plans for the woolshed (1881), fencing contract and invoices for farm goods Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of colonial soldiers. Two letters to Claire Phillips with animal and bird ink drawings, by Hackworth; woolshed plans; postcard showing officers of the second contingent (1900)

Date: 1906

By: Marshall, William Swainson, 1852-1926

Reference: MS-Papers-10888

Description: Architecural plans for a house to be constructed for William Marshall Esq at Mungaraupio, ca 1906; account rendered by James McChesney, contractor to William Marshall for the construction of the house; account rendered by David May, plumber, to McChesney for plumbing carried out in construction of the house Charles Tilleard Natusch designed the house Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and plans (photocopies)

Date: 1920 - 1940

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952

Reference: E-198

Description: Illustrations of British and European buildings, pasted on loose leaves Quantity: 100 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 100 photolithographs, sizes vary

Date: 1893 - 1897

By: International Correspondence Schools Ltd

Reference: Plans-80-0688/0692

Description: Samples sent for copying to architectural student, Francis H Swan of Wellington including constructive details, conic sections, description of arches, vases and borders, and full size details (of architraves, etc). See also Plans-80-0693/0703 for Francis Swan's drawings, some of them copies of the papers sent to him Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Lithographs on sheets, 341 x 430 mm

Date: 1875-1890

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 79-027-09

Description: Correspondence relating to the Fijian land claim on Oralau, compensation Polynesian scheme and house building plans (identified persons entered under Name) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: 1969 - 1973

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Architectural plans for privately-owned Wellington buildings. ca 1960-1982]

By: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994; Corner, Frank Henry, 1920-2014

Reference: Plans-96-008-338/383

Description: Job No 651 - Floor plans, elevations, sections and details (some marked onsolete), 1969-1972 Quantity: 49 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, pencil, & blueprint, various sizes