Textile industry

Date: 1955

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-179

Description: Shows elevations, roof plans and floor plans. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, 535 x 740 mm.

Date: 1918-1923 - 1993 - 1 April 1985

By: Cogswell, Peter, active 2020; Cogswell, William Parsons, 1829-1924

Reference: ATL-Group-00531

Description: Collection includes two volumes of memoir written by William Parsons Cogswell in August to December 1918 and resumed in 1921 with the last entries recorded in 1923. Written at Lady Down, Te Uku, New Zealand. Collection also includes 'Cogswell Diary: Copied, Edited and Printed' by Gil Littler, 1993. In addition to an edited transcription of Cogswell's volumes it includes scanned maps, newspaper cuttings, genealogical information, and photographs. The two volumes contain a detailed account of Cogswell life with annotations in the margins and copious dates. Details early life in England where Cogswell worked in the textile industry, and subsequent life in New Zealand, where Cogswell arrived in 1853. Cogswell recounts work (including as a chainman on a surveying party), and family life in locations in the Waikato and Taranaki as well as two voyages back to England. The Anglican Church, Māori people, and land are subjects he returns to. He describes many events including the suicide of a local man and the 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake. Most entries are memoir, but a small number appear to be diary notes contemporaneous to the time of writing. Includes a glossary, index, preface, and newspaper cuttings. One newspaper cutting dates from 1985 and it is unclear who added it to the volume. Title supplied by Library. Not all names associated with this collection are indexed. Gil Littler's daughters are the great great granddaughters of William Parsons Cogswell. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Two holograph volumes and one soft bound photocopy of a typescript Provenance: The donor is the grandson of William Parsons Cogswell.

Date: 1964-1975

By: Morgan, Fred J, active 1954-1984

Reference: MS-Papers-12699

Description: Comprises two manila folders of business records from Fred Morgan's tenure as factory manager at Roydon Textiles Limited, dated 1964 to 1975. The first folder is labelled "Monthly Report | F J Morgan | Cutting Department" and includes company correpsondence addressed to Fred Morgan relating to the sale of his house; handwritten and typed notes relating to business functions such as how to write a report and how to train staff; notes on tailoring garments; job sheets; and handwritten monthly reports dated from 1965 to 1967. The second foler is labelled "Confidential | Monthly Report | F J Morgan" and includes handwritten monthly reports dated from 1967 to 1968. Title supplied by Library. Fred Morgan was the manager of the Roydon Textiles Limited Gisborne factory from 1954 to 1964, and the Otaki factory from 1964 to 1984. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing two manila folders. Provenance: Donor is the son of Fred Morgan and acquired the records following his father's passing. Processing information: Due to damage of one of the manila folders, the contents has been removed and housed together with the manila folder in acid-free paper.

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-087

Description: Photographs taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: [ca 1976-1986]

From: Tarrant, Alfred Edward, 1915-1995 : Papers

Reference: 96-158

Description: Comprises reports of forward planning on motor industry and trade, rubber, flooring, gloves, plastics, textiles, paper and paperboard, shipbuilding and and repair industries, and tariff Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1963 - 1982

From: Employers' and Manufacturers' Association (Central) Inc : Records

Reference: 2000-222-120/9

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1980-2006

By: Textiles New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-9484

Description: Records of Textiles New Zealand and, particularly, predecessor organisations Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.12 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Book Collections - 4 monographs [PR-09-0430]; 1 serial [PR-09-0431] - To Ephemera Collection - Various publications including designer catalogues [PR-09-0433].

Date: 1926-1968

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2858

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1906 - 1907

By: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999

Reference: Eph-A-EXHIBITION-1925/1926

Description: Includes: Hugh & G K Neill. Panoramic mailing wallet. Panoramic view of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibtion 1925-26. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. A hand-book to the exhibits of Kempthorne Prosser & Co.'s New Zealand Drug Co. Ltd New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. Logan Park Dunedin, November 17 1925 to April 1926. Women's section catalogue. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. Official souvenir programme. Dunedin, 17 November 1925 (2 copies) New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. Official daily programme, guide and timetable 4 December 1925. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. Official daily programme, guide and timetable 30 December 1925. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. Official daily programme: Axeman's carnival, daily time table and band programmes. 6 January 1926. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin 1925-26. Official daily programme, guide and timetable 20 January 1926. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, 1925-26. Permit for camera. 6d. Nobel (Australasia) Limited. A brief description together with illustrations of the Company's exhibits in the British Section of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, November 1925-April 1926. Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. Ltd. How cotton is converted into cloth. New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Dunedin, 1925-26 Six postcards - see child records for details. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources, including Constance Kirkcaldie 1987, the estate of John Mansfield Thomson 2000, and A D Mead 2002.

Date: 1893-1894

From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size concerning clothing, costume, fashion and dress. 1850- 1899]

Reference: Eph-A-COSTUME-1893-01

Description: Card advertises the Don Tailoring Company, and the fact that it has secured the services of a first-class cutter from Melbourne. The company had in stock worsted coatings, suiting, Vicuans serges, English, French, Irish Scotch and colonial tweeds. The manager was Mr E J Mentor. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on card, 77 x 115 mm.

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-212136-F

Description: Supertex window display at James Smith Ltd., Wellington, dated 10 May, 1960, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: Supertex no 5048.

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-212135-F

Description: Supertex window display at James Smith Ltd., Wellington, dated 10 May, 1960, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: Supertex no 5048.

Date: 2003

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-121

Description: Helen Clark is rolling up a welcome mat which has a table of workers on it. They are looking alarmed as the mat is disappearing from underneath them while at the same time a huge boot, 'imports', is hovering over them. Refers to the Labour government's decision to reduce import tariffs on footwear, clothing and textiles and Labour's ceasing to identify with their traditional working class supporters. Extended Title - The workers Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-212137-F

Description: Supertex window display, dated May, 1960, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: Supertex no 5048.

Date: [ca 1940]

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

Reference: 1/2-036548-F

Description: Men, probably in the clothing industry, working with rolls of fabric. Photograph taken by Gordon H Burt, circa 1940. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-212139-F

Description: Supertex window display, dated May, 1960, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: Supertex no 5048.

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-212138-F

Description: Supertex window display, dated May, 1960, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: Supertex no 5048.

Date: 1890-1955

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: J & J Cash Ltd

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2088-2089

Description: Comprise selected records of J & J Cash and its subsidiaries, the J & J Cash Australian Weaving Company, and the Australian Weaving Company Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1990

Date: 1885-1957

By: London Chamber of Commerce

Reference: Micro-MS-0333

Description: Records of divisions of the London Chamber of Commerce. Chiefly minute books for its Australasian Trade Section (known as Australian and New Zealand Trade Section after 1925). Matters include the colonial postal rates and the development of railways. The minutes of the Sydney Consignment Committee 1914-1916 relate to frozen meat and food supplies for Britain. Also includes minutes for the New Zealand Warehousemen's Association 1924-1926, which was established to look after the interests of the New Zealand textile industry in Britain. Other - Filmed in 1981 Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 24 Nov 2014 as it contained no further information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..