Prudential Assurance Company New Zealand

Date: [ca 1934], 1937, 1955

By: Prudential Assurance Company New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-8107

Description: Photographs of the Prudential Assurance Company building, Lambton Quay, Wellington, and views of Wellington from the roof of the building, taken ca 1934, 1937, and 1955. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Collection arranged in chronological order Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Allan Dodson, Sovereign, Wellington, 2004 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - fMS-Papers-8111 : The Prudential Assurance Company New Zealand Limited : Records.

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: 1947

By: Hennessy & Hennessy & Company

Reference: Plans-80-1188

Description: Shows Apartment House (typical upper floor plan); Office building and main office building. Note dated 25/9/47 attached to plan reads: Miss Mary Anderson might be interested in site for Business Women's Club. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on cream paper (with the area surrounding plans in black)

Date: 1979

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

By: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd; Gray Young, Morton & Young (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-07-190/192

Description: Includes a photocopy of the original floor plans by architects Hennessy Hennessy & Company in association with gray Young Morton & Young. Also includes the existing floor layout of the fourth floor and the proposed layout for the 2nd floor. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings and photocopy, sizes varying.

Date: [1933-1968]

By: Prudential Assurance Company New Zealand

Reference: fMS-Papers-8111

Description: Includes fire policy for J D Briasco, Napier (1933); scrapbook and loose clippings relating to opening of Wellington Prudential Building (1935); publication to commemorate the opening of the head office building for Prudential in Sydney (1939) and article on Prudential in series, `Dominion Museum, photos from the past' (ca 1968) Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr A Dodson, Sovereign, Wellington, per Archives New Zealand, Sep 2004 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs of and from Wellington's Prudential building; now at PAColl-8107.

Date: 1983

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

By: Morrison, Cooper & Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-07-198

Description: Shows floor plans for first floor, mezzanine floor, ground floor, basement, lift M/C, floors 2-6. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 590 x 840 mm.

Date: [ca 1924-1951]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Bierre, Eric W, 1899-; Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-201

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1924-1951. North Island scenes - Aerial view of Hokianga Harbour, 1949 (Whites 5115); road through Waitakere Ranges, 1938; Waipoua Forest; mustering sheep on East Coast; Humphries Castle (well-known rock formation on slopes of Mount Taranaki); Wanganui River (at meeting place of three provinces); Lake Taupo; Wellington Railway Station taken a night; mustering sheep in Wairoa Valley; Maori village at Waihi near Tokaanu, 1930; cattle crossing river in Waiotahi Gorge, 1946; Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi; Kohokohu in Hokianga Harbour, 1931; Whitianga, 1932 & Whitianga beach and camping grounds, 1951; Jersey calves, Taranaki; elevated view of Seatoun, Wellington looking north-east; Featherston Street looking towards Lambton Quay (Prudential Assurance Co & Commercial Bank of Australia buildings), 1938. South Island scenes - Spring time blossom along banks of Avon River; Greymouth Borough Council office (in house formerly owned by Dennhy family), 1950; Mt Zora and Landsborough River; women artists painting autumn colours near Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, 1940s; Christchchurch Airport, 1953 (Whites 32581); Lyttelton School (taken 1874); Patearoa & Minaret Station Central Otago, 1939 & 1942; leisure craft at Diamond Harbour, 1937; Mr Oldfield and sheepdogs on Lewis Pass Road; erosion at Middle Dome, north of Lumsden, 1949; camp at Bruce Bay, Westland, 1939; convoy of battleships at Greymouth during vice-regal visit, 1925; Westport coal industry; Buller Gorge; Mount Cook from Red Lake; aerial view of Waiou River, North Canterbury, 1934; Waimakariri River in flood (taken from just above Rakaia Gorge Bridge), Nov 1928; Waipiata Sanatorium, 1924; municipal chambers at Westport, 1947; bridge over Karamea River (Thelma Kent); Lake Ohau, 1951; Tasman Glacier from Ball Hutt, 1949; members of Hutt Valley Tramping Club on Olivine ice plateau; public works camp at Weheka (near Fox Glacier), 1936.. Photographers include: E C Lackland, Auckland; W Hall Raine; Thelma Kent; T W Collins; Whites Aviation; W G Weigel; A V Bowden; A Inkster; J D S Roberts; D V Apperley; Eric W Bierre; L Wallace; Green & Hahn; etc Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1997

From: [Posters and ephemera relating to mainly public and commercial buildings in Wellington. 1970-1999]

By: New Zealand Historic Places Trust

Reference: Eph-C-BUILDINGS-Wellington-1997-01

Description: Shows a photograph of the facade of the Prudential Building on Lambton Quay. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 460 x 233 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Alison Buchan, Wellington, 1998.

Date: 11 August 1994

From: Cappuccino Oral History Project

By: Klap, Boudewijn Huibrecht, 1927-

Reference: OHInt-0281/8

Description: Boyd Klap born in the Netherlands. Gives a little family background - Calvinistic, middle class, loving and comfortable. Recalls the small contribution to `underground' and the excitement of `espionage' for the underground. Spent two years in army in Java. Recalls arrival in New Zealand 1951. Gives his impressions of New Zealand at that time. Outlines his career with T and G Insurance Company ; Prudential; Chief Executive Life Office Association (Superannuation); Development Manager Assoc of Price Waterhouse, as well as other positions held which included: Chairman Greater Wellington Promotion Council; Wellington Civic Trust and New Zealand Netherlands Foundation. Details many of the coffee houses in Wellington in the 1950s including `The Tulip' which he established in Herbert St as a social centre for lonely Dutch people. Refers to patrons, Dame Hilda Ross, Frank Kitts and Percy Dowse. Talks in depth about Bart Cox who ran the Boulevard and owned the Mexicali. Describes the atmosphere of the Wellington Coffee house scene and mentions `the big raid' by police and the hilarious trial. Other restaurants and coffee bars mentioned include: Orsinis (St Johns); Mrs Boess coffee bar in Dunedin and Otto Groen in Auckland. Interviewer(s) - Dinah Priestley Venue - Price Waterhouse Building, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007150; OHLC-003485 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1823. Search dates: 1994

Date: 1987-1995

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet: Records

Reference: 2002-092-10

Description: Sponsorship files include correspondence, financial records, contract agreements, administrative records, sponsorship proposals, mission statements, auditor's report, memos, address and guest lists, brochures, invitations and newspaper cuttings (including an extensive collection of cuttings (photocopies) of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's 1987 national tour of `Vive La Danse' [Peugeot file] Quantity: 1 box(es) 13 folders.

Date: [1929-1967]

From: Young, Bennett & Co : Further legal records

Reference: MS-Papers-7434-03

Description: Young, Bennett, Virtue & White, submissions of income, wages and other expenditure taken out from 1929 onward; Young, Bennett, Edgley & Co, Porirua lease and correspondence; (b) correpsondence re taking over of premises for T & W Young's insurance department (1967); and (c) miscelleaneous papers; various insurance policies and related papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1939-1958]

From: O'Shea, Alexander Paterson, 1902-1990 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7728-10

Description: Correspondence, receipts and other papers relating to family finance Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [23 Aug 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/342/07-G

Description: Man up a flagpole on the Prudential Building in Wellington photographed circa 23 Aug 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.1cm x 10.7cm

Date: ca 1934

From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-015619-F

Description: The art deco Prudential Assurance building on Lambton Quay, Wellington. A corner of the Barretts Hotel building is visible on the left. Photograph taken by Gordon Burt circa 1934. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative