Education - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Date: 1907

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: 1/1-021173-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1880 - 1908

By: Vereker-Bindon, William Henry, 1853-1913

Reference: MS-Group-0108

Description: Contains one letterbook covering the period 1888 to 1894 which contains letters mainly related to Vereker-Bindon's educational work and three scrapbook/diaries which cover the period 1884 to 1908 and contain pasted in newspaper clippings (dealing with educational, sport, gardening and miscellaneous topics) and a few entries regarding his work as an inspector and related to his garden. Also includes a folder of newspaper clippings, correspondence and miscellaneous papers which deal mainly with educational, sporting and personal matters. Biographical note supplied by donor is pasted into front of one of the scrapbook/diaries (MSX-3425) Source of title - supplied title Teacher, school inspector, sports administrator. Quantity: 4 volume(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, printed matter, typescripts Provenance: Donor is daughter-in-law of Vereker-Bindon Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mrs M Vereker-Bindon, Hamilton, 1991

Date: 1842-1969

By: Barrett, Thomas Murray, 1907-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-1259

Description: Material collected by Barrett, mainly from newspapers, for a work he planned on the history of the schools in the Wanganui district Quantity: 2 folder(s) (19 volumes). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs

Date: [ca 1892-1893]

From: Gordon-Hall, Ruth d 1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5053-1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 6 September 1989 - 06 Sep 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: Paterson, Ellen Castilla, 1900-1991; Whitmore, Michelle, active 1989

Reference: OHInt-0151/28

Description: Ellen Paterson gives details of family background and education at home from governesses until she went to Nga Tawa in 1916. Describes her 2 years at the school, mentioning the staff, buildings, classes, religious education, uniforms, meals, impact of World War I, school routine, sporting activities and fellow pupils. Recalls her time at the school as assistant matron in 1920. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wanganui Interviewer(s) - Michelle Whitmore Venue - 15 Boydfeld St, Wanganui Relationship complexity - partial requirements for Massey University oral history paper Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002192 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0384.

Date: 5 September 1989 - 05 Sep 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: Street, Eileen Victoria, 1907-2002

Reference: OHInt-0151/29

Description: Eileen Street gives details of education in Feilding before attending Nga Tawa School in the 1920s. Recalls her days at Nga Tawa, mentioning staff, accommodation, life at the school, uniform, daily routine, visiting days, religion, house system and discipline. Discusses old girl activities and extra curricular activities and gives views on why girls were sent to school. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Marton Interviewer(s) - Michelle Whitmore Venue - 19 Bredins Line, Marton Relationship complexity - partial requirements for Massey University oral history paper Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002192 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0385.

Date: 16 September 1989 - 16 Sep 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: Belliss, Mary Elizabeth, 1909-2001; Whitmore, Michelle, active 1989

Reference: OHInt-0151/31

Description: Mrs Belliss gives details of family background, early childhood in the Mangamahu valley and education by her mother and governesses before going to Nga Tawa at the age of 8 years, remaining there for 8 years. Discusses: Miss Barker (headmistress), sport, sleeping arrangements, uniforms, Miss McCall (later headmistress), introduction of the house system, influence of the war at the school, meals, prefects, deportment and good manners and extra curricula activities, Talks about aspects of religion at her home, but feels that religion wasn't stressed at school. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wanganui Interviewer(s) - Michelle Whitmore Venue - 3 Plunket Street, Wanganui Relationship complexity - partial requirements for Massey University oral history project Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002195 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0387.

Date: 16 September 1989 - 16 Sep 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: Paterson, Adelaide Alice, 1901-1995; Whitmore, Michelle, active 1989

Reference: OHInt-0151/30

Description: Alice Paterson gives details of her education from governesses before going to Nga Tawa School in 1916 for 4 years. Describes her years at Nga Tawa, mentioning staff, influence of the Church, structure of the school, examinations, curriculum, sporting activities, meals, school clubs, effect of World War I, prize giving, school routine, school rules, discipline and school visitors. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wanganui Interviewer(s) - Michelle Whitmore Venue - 46A College St, Wanganui Relationship complexity - partial requirements for Massey University oral history paper Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002194 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0386. Search dates: 1916 - 1919

Date: 8 August 1989 - 08 Aug 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: Sainsbury, Amy Lilian, 1906-1989

Reference: OHInt-0151/27

Description: Amy Sainsbury gives details of her family background and education before attending Nga Tawa. Talks in detail of her years at Nga Tawa in the 1920s, mentioning the staff, uniforms, buildings, house system, curriculum, extra curricular activities, meals, discipline, daily routine and entertainment. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Palmerston North Interviewer(s) - Michelee Whitmore Venue - 75 Jickell St, Palmerston North Relationship complexity - partial requirements for Massey University oral history paper Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002191 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0383.

Date: Aug 1997 to Feb 1998 - Sep 1999 to Jun 2000

By: MacAulay, Suzanne, 1950?-

Reference: OHColl-0440

Description: Interviews with immigrant members of the educational and medical sectors of Wanganui who have arrived in New Zealand for professional reasons. Many of them are from the United States but the project includes interviewees from South Africa, Yugoslavia and Canada. Interviewees are Linda and Irving Baran, Brit Bunkley and Andrea Gardner, Karen Cole, Natasha Petkovic-Jeremic and Dejan Jeremic, Larry Matthews, Athol and Larinae Steward, Robert Bourdon, Rita Dibert and Lorna and Ian Sutherland. Additional interviewees Stuart Byam, John Crane, Jan and Sandra de Kock. Interviewer(s) - Suzanne MacAulay Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 3 folder(s). 12 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete for OHA-2002 to 2010; OHA-6358 to OHA-6360 agreement forms only. Processing information: Interviews not yet described: Stuart Byam, John Crane, Jan and Sandra de Kock. Form folders without abstracts or item records: OHA-6358 to OHA-6360 Original recordings without item records: OHC-017843 - OHC-017846

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003130-G

Description: Photograph of twenty-six children, mostly Maori (a few Pakeha) children taken outdoors, possibly a school group photo. The children range in age from about 5 to 12 years. They are all wearing European clothes except one boy on the left who is wearimg a piupiu. All but one are bare-footed. A boy on the far left in the back row is holding up a football. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s at Taumarunui. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 66 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1912

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-021229-G

Description: Photograph taken by Frank Denton in 1912 showing the Sacred Heart convent school in Wanganui. Photograph shows pupils and nuns in front of the school buildings and a may pole. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).