St. Aidan's Church (Miramar, Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1993-2007

From: Maclean, Elizabeth Susan, 1932-2011 : Research papers relating to Frederick de Jersey Clere

Reference: MS-Papers-11828-64

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952

Reference: Plans-2012-032

Description: Plans of the church, which was dedicated in 1910, as well as plans for later alterations to the church, and plans for the church hall. Includes a watercolour view of the interior of the church (artist unknown) Quantity: 15 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen and diazo plans; sizes vary; watercolour on paper, 365 x 555 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts; other items transferred to Photographic Archive - Donation: transfer from Mss section.

Reference: Plans-89-0287

Description: Shows details of hall, lounge, parish office, vicar's office and library Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on grey mottled paper Provenance: Donation: Anglican church, Wellington Diocese, 1989

Date: 1906-2011

By: St. Aidan's Church (Miramar, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-2084

Description: The collection provides a comprehensive illustration of the activities of the church during its 106 year history, including registers, minutes, correspondence and reports, agendas, financial records, newspaper cuttings, church newsletters and other publications, photographs, plans and a watercolour sketch. Of note are the records of the various social groups which flourished under the aegis of the church and which provide a sidelight on the social life of early Miramar. Source of title - Supplied by Library The Church was set up in 1906, using private homes or rental accommodation for its services. In 1911 the present day church was built. In 1911 the Parish of Miramar was merged with that of St George's Parish in Seatoun. Quantity: 101 folder(s). 63 volume(s). 174 Electronic document(s). 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, electronic files Transfers: Photographs and plans have been transferred to Photographic Archive and Drawings and Prints respectively - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Plans and watercolour (Plans-2012-032) - To Photographic Archive - St Aidan's Church (Miramar, Wellington): Photographs & digital images (PA-Group-00794).

Date: [1970s]

Reference: Objects-0894

Description: Maker(s) not identified. A long pin with a small red enamel cross and white enamel banner, along which are the letters A B C U, standing for the Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Metal and enamel, 6 x 50 x 10mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2084 : transfer from Mss section - Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts; other items transferred to Photographic Archive. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-043-016. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Pin with red cross and white banner with the letters A B C U (Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities). 1970s?]

Date: 1969-1974

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-324

Description: A record of stained glass windows designed by Beverley Shore Bennett from 1969 to 1974. The record includes photographs of the graphic designs for the windows as well as the completed windows. Occasionally there is an entry relating to the craftsmen who made the windows. As well as the buildings in the name record field, windows were also designed over this period for a Presbyterian church in Martinborough, a Presbyterian church in Culverton, a church in Waikouaiti Dunedin, a building in Rotorua, and a private house in Dunedin. There is also a photograph of the font that Beverley Shore Bennett designed for Wellington Cathedral in 1969. In 1969 Beverley Shore Bennett designed the font for St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. It was as a result of this that the Dean of the time, Walter Hurst, invited her to design the Holm Window for the Cathedral. This was the start of Beverley's career as a designer of stained glass, a subject she had studied under Frederick Ellis at the Wellington Technical College Art Department in 1946-1947. The window was constructed in the studio of Roy Miller of Dunedin, and Beverley Shore Bennett produced designs for Miller Studios from 1969 until the studio closed in 1987. The craftsman at Miller Studios that made the greatest number of her windows up until its closure, was Paul Hutchins, a Welshman, who joined the firm in 1977. From about 1990 to the early 2000s the craftsman employed on making the windows was Stephen Belange-Taylor, a Royal College of Art London trained stained glass maker, who worked in Britain, France, Canada, and the USA as well as in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1898, 1945-1948

From: Castle family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7298-1

Description: Papers comprise correspondence of the New Zealand Church Music Society particularly regarding the lending of periodicals, books and music, Constitution of the Society, list of Wellington choirmasters, annual report, 1946, some correspondence of the Wellington District Organists' and Choirmasters' Association, lists of music holdings of various Wellington church choirs, programme of the Dedication of organ, St Luke's Church, Wadestown, 1946, and programme of Organ recital Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth, 1899. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: 16 November 2001 to 06 March 2008 - 16 November 2001 - 06 March 2008

By: Williams, Janet Caroline, active 2002-2014; Kinghorn, Roderick, active 2002

Reference: OHColl-0897

Description: Life history interviews with members of St Aidan's Church; Judith Cornish, Ada Gestra, Peggy Hazlewood, Kathleen and Rex Lloyd, Edna Pateson, Robert Peters, Trevor Rigby, Robert Spence, Dawn Wilson, James (Jim) Cornish, Ian Chote, John Cordy, Ronald Foyle, Alan and Phyllis (Jenny) Johnston, Barbara Lash, Margaret Mander, Christopher (Jim) Petter, Merle and Richard Roberts, Mary Robinson, Josephine (Josie) Smith, Robert (Bob) and Valerie (Val) Smith, Lorraine Staples, Janet Williams, and Charles Rouse. Interviewer(s) - Caroline Williams, Roderick Kinghorn, Bob Smith Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-016902 to OHC-016913 and OHC-028813 to OHC-028833 Abstracts: OHA-6054 - OHA-6063 and OHA-9022 to OHA-9036 Tape numbers - OHC-016902 to OHC-016913 and OHC-028813 to OHC-028833 Quantity: 34 audiocassette(s). 24 printed abstract(s). 25 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: [ca 2002]

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

By: McCullough, Glenn, active 2002

Reference: PADL-000617

Description: Stained glass windows designed by Beverley Shore Bennett between 1969 and 2000, and photographed by Glenn McCulloch circa 2002 at a range of churches, chapels, and other buildings, throughout New Zealand. Accompanying information - A listing of the churches where the windows are located, and subjects of the windows, are in Photographs backfile. In 1969 Beverley Shore Bennett designed the font for St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. It was as a result of this that the Dean of the time, Walter Hurst, invited her to design the Holm Window for the Cathedral. This was the start of Beverley's career as a designer of ecclesiastical stained glass, a subject she had studied under Frederick Ellis at the Wellington Technical College Art Department in 1946-1947. The window was constructed in the studio of Roy Miller of Dunedin, and Beverley Shore Bennett produced designs for Miller Studios from 1969 until the studio closed in 1987. The craftsman at Miller Studios that made the greatest number of her windows up until its closure, was Paul Hutchins, a Welshman, who joined the firm in 1977. From about 1990 to the early 2000s the crafsman employed on making the windows was Stephen Belange-Taylor, a Royal College of Art London trained stained glass maker, who worked in Britain, France, Canada and the USA as well as New Zealand. Quantity: 139 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1956

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

Reference: EP/1956/0711-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1955

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

Reference: EP/1955/1069-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1956

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

Reference: EP/1956/0732-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm