Croydon School

Date: 1907-1940

From: Harcourt, Peter Millais 1923-1995 :Photographs relating to Croydon School and the history of musical theatre in New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-5204-3

Date: [1920-1990]

From: Harcourt, Peter Millais, 1923-1995 : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-5658

Description: Comprises note from `Lyttelton Times', 26 Oct 1899, re death of Mr A D Sommerville; prospectus for Wellesley College, Day's Bay, Wellington (nd); clipping re Harcourt's interest in Croydon Schol; Thorndon Society newsletter with note re Croydon School (1990); letter from Arthur Porritt re the school (1987); cover letter from various people to Mr and Mrs Skelley re their compilation of Wellington Diocesan Boys' School hand-made journal (copy accompanies) of the school's history (1923) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1914-1918

By: Hunter, Greta (Lady), 1886-1978; Ryan, Paul, active 1992

Reference: PA1-o-778

Description: This album belonged to and was put together by Greta Ewen. At the time she worked as a member of the nursing Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) at the military convalescent hospital set up at Lowry Bay in Sir Francis Bell's house "Taumaru". The album is a fairly diverse documentary of nursing staff and patients, most of whom have some degree of identification. Most of the photographs record the daily life and activities of the hospital. In particular it shows the informal interaction between nurses and soldiers. There is a cricket match between the hospital and pupils of nearby Croydon school, games of tennis and golf, picnics, outdoor lunches, motor outings, net fishing and boating expeditions. Soldiers are shown doing motor repairs and small building projects and the nurses cooking and cleaning. Obviously one of the main jobs of the VAD in this situation was to keep the men occupied and entertained Greta Ewen married the pioneer of state dental services in New Zealand, Colonel Sir Thomas Anderson Hunter in 1927. The album contains several photographs of their house "Wharerua" in Lowry Bay, Lower Hutt. Item previously titled after the donor Paul Ryan, changed to Greta Hunter on 26 May 2015 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: The album was given to Paul Ryan's grandfather who lived at "Wharerua" in the 1950s.

Date: 18 April 1908

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

By: Coleridge, Ernest William George, 1874?-1949; Sommerville, Ellen Gladys, 1884-1958

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0530

Description: Shows ground floor and first floor plans and a roof plan, an elevation to Hill Street and sections AB and CD, for a two-storeyed building of four classrooms. Collected by architect Martin Hill as part of Project 787. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, 518 x 710 mm.

Date: ca 1928

From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain

Reference: PA1-q-759-35

Description: Edgar James Kain (centre) and two other unidentified boys, circa 1928, probably in the Wellington Diocesan Boys' School sports uniform at Days Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt. Photographer unidentified. Probably an English newspaper photograph. Possible copyright restrictions. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.7 x 15.7 cm

Date: 1919-1921

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1644

Description: Croydon Preparatory School Days Bay, 1919. Photos include - Days Bay House in 1913 before it was taken over by the school in 1914. Views of school buildings and grounds. Group photographs of the whole school. Group of boys in swimming togs, Days Bay. Specators at a tennis tournament. Snaps of Arthur Porritt's friends and family, 1921. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arthur Porritt taught at Croydon in 1919 between leaving Wanganui College and starting his medical degree at Otago University in 1920. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009

Date: 1913-1924

From: Harcourt, Peter Millais 1923-1995 :Photographs relating to Croydon School and the history of musical theatre in New Zealand

Reference: PA1-q-590

Description: Album covers Stephen Saxby's time as a student at Croydon School, Days Bay near Wellington, and at Christs College, Christchurch. As well as photographs there is a fair ammount of material in the form of news paper cuttings, pamphlets etc relating to school sporting events, school curricula, religious studies, and clubs such as The Navey League. 1922 seems to have been a vintage year for Christs College rugby and there is a lot of news paper material on the exploits of R O Talbot and his First Fifteen Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

By: Harcourt, Peter Millais, 1923-1995

Reference: PAColl-1496

Description: Arrangement: Copy negs at F 164602 1/2 - F 164610 1/2 Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1918-1919]

By: Croydon School

Reference: MS-Papers-2487

Description: Eight accounts relating to C J Bennett, a pupil of Croydon Preparatory School, Days Bay. Includes accounts for school fees, items of uniform, boot repairs and medical attendance on `Master Bennett II' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and printed forms completed in ms (photocopies)

By: Harcourt, Peter Millais, 1923-1995

Reference: PAColl-5204

Description: Most of the photographs in this collection relate to Peter Harcourt's book on Croydon/Wellesley School, and to his projected book on the musical and musical theatre in New Zealand Arrangement: Transparencies at PA12-0837 to PA12-0842. Negatives at F 178057 1/2 to F 178081 1/2; also at F 73136 1/4 to F 73137 1/4, and at 35 mm 19385 to 19386. Album at PA1-q-590 Quantity: 386 b&w original photographic print(s). 29 colour original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 45 colour original transparency/ies 21 of which are transparency strips comprising 61 images. 29 b&w original negative(s). 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1929-1933

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Further records

Reference: 87-181-36/10

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1935-1943

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSY-1211

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1914-1922

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Further records

Reference: 87-181-36/02

Description: Includes floor plan of the building and list of contents; purchase documents, etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1884]-1919

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9721-2

Description: Arthur Porritt's family and his time at Croydon Preparatory School, Days Bay, Lower Hutt. Includes - Grandfather Rev Thomas Porritt and his wife, Elizabeth. Father Ernest Edward Porritt and mother Ivy Elizabeth. Photographs of the Porritt family together and with friends, and their house in Ingestre Street, Wanganui. Arthur Porritt as a baby, a youth, and a young man of 19 teaching at Croydon school. The photographs in this collection were loose prints in album PA1-o-1647. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arthur Porritt was the manager of the New Zealand Team at the 1928 Olympic Games. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009

Date: 1919-1932

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Further records

Reference: MSZ-1282

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1919-1921

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSY-1212

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

By: Wellesley College (Eastbourne, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-2244

Description: 1/2-147231 to 147313, 1/2-147751 to 147758, 1/2-147760 to 147761, 1/2-151042 to 151049 Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-147231 to 147313, 147751 to 147758, 147760 to 147761, 151042 to 151049 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 100 b&w copy negative(s).

By: Blundell, Marjorie Lloyd, 1905-1999

Reference: PAColl-8035

Description: Photographs of pupils of Croydon School, Wellington. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-154597 to 154602-F Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Sommerville, Esme fl 1900 :Photographs relating to the Sommerville family

Reference: 1/2-151031-F

Description: Sports day at Gladys Sommerville's school, Thorndon, Wellington. A number of young boys are lined up at the beginning of a running race, with a crowd of spectators in the background. Photograph taken ca 1910 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1928]

From: Wellesley College :Photographs relating to Wellesley College, Banks College and Croydon School

Reference: 1/2-151043-F

Description: Part 2 of a 5 part panorama depicting Croydon Preparatory School and grounds, circa 1928. In the foreground are Claude Skelley (left) and Courtenay Hall (right). Mrs Skelley stands at left back. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Other Titles - The full panorama is at 1/2-138771 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).