Riccarton

Date: 1950 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-B-1900s

Description: Includes: B & D Roses. 49 Catherine Crescent, Paparangi Wellington. Catalogue miniature roses, 1993. Barnego Nursery 1994 catalogue. Otago Regional Council. Pamphlet / catalogue Bay Bloom Nurseries, Order form. Autumn/Winter 1997. Bennett Bros. Winter sales 1951. Catalogue of Rosedale roses. Te Kowhai R.D., Frankton Junction [1951] Blacks Orchids Ltd. Kathleen Black managing director. Flyer [ca 1981] Norman Burn. New gladioli of merit. 145 Riccarton Road, Christchurch New Zealand [Sales catalogue. 1949-1950] Burnets N.Z. Grass Nurseries. Burnet's dichondra. For a lawn like a billiard table [1981]. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 200 x 150 mm. Provenance: Catalogues donated from various sources, including Asquith, Duthie and brayshaw, 2004-2005.

Date: 1947

By: Cooch, William Joseph, 1898-1950

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-WII-1947-01

Description: Handwritten document, ink on parchment, by W J Cooch, 1947 (signed lower right). Lists the names (with signatures) of the Chairman of the Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League, Deputy Mayor of Riccarton, President of the Christchurch Branch of Returned Services Association, Minister of Rehabilitation, President of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establisment League, the Mayor of Christchurch, Director of Rehabilitation, District Vice-Chairman NZ Returned Services Association, District Officer Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on parchment, 455 x 340 mm. Provenance: Deposited by an unknown source, ca 2000-2004.

Date: [ca 1843]-2007

By: Ryan, Gwendoline Elsie, 1916-2012

Reference: MS-Papers-8822

Description: Account of the life of Henry Ryan, a Methodist minister, his wife, Beatrice, their descendants and the Sturton family, as recalled by Gwendoline Ryan, the daughter of Henry. Detailed account of their upbringing in England, their arrival in New Zealand in 1914, and life in the family of a Methodist minister in parishes at Tauranga, Hokitika, Tua Marina, Springston, Papanui, Remuera, Dunedin, Riccarton, Rangiora and Cambridge. Includes genealogical charts. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Ms Gwen Ryan, 2007

Date: 1973-1974

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand : Further records

Reference: 90-387-05/3

Description: Consultation on Riccarton redevlopment, 1973; Seminar on development of Wellington waterfront, 1973; Consultation on urban renewal, Auckland, Jul 1974 Quantity: 1 box(es) (file).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-056

Description: The essay details Stephen Corlett's Manx origins, work in Cheshire, emigration to Canterbury, the voyage out in the `Sir George Seymour' in 1850, early years in Canterbury Province, land purchases, burial of Stephen and wife Jane and their reinterment. Also the lives of the first generation to settle and raise families in New Zealand; and the Corlett brothers purchase of Greta Peaks, and loss of their land. Also includes an addendum added by Frances Stewart in 2006. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs

Date: 1971 - 1973

From: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988 :[Sketchbook] 1971-1973.

By: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988

Reference: E-323-q-025

Description: A factory, including a tall red and white striped chimney Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon and ink, 121 x 233 mm

Date: 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-226

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance in 1949-1950. Sculptures exhibited at Royal Society of British Artists Winter Exhibition; block of flats in Finchley Road, London used as secret headquarters of the Rear-Admiral of the Coastal Forces; Peter Scott, painter of wild birds and director of Severn Wild Fowl Trust, England; Faberge ornaments made for Russian royal family on display in London; Anderson family shearing-gang, Rangitoto district near Te Kuiti; goat herd belonging to A Miller of Riccarton (reputed to be only goats in NZ milked by machine). Rev B O Plumb of St Mark's, Opawa, Christchurch; Mr & Mrs E V Gaw who built their own house at Spencer Park; Ted Scott (journalist & boxer) with his mother and sister Mrs A Francis; L M S Bruce (formerly headmaster of the Cathedral and John Connon School for Boys, Bombay) on arrival in NZ with his wife; John Barnicoat of Wellington on return from trip to Tibet; Lyndhurst School; aftermath of fire which destroyed the Lake Hotel, Taupo on 29 Dec 1949; Waitotara Valley where Oswald Palmer crashed his Tiger Moth. Official function for Hon E B Corbett, Minister of Native Affairs, at Puniho Pa; Gower Wingfield of Kaeo, Northland and wife and daughter Myra on his return from Cook Islands where he was formerly the official dentist; Royal Artilleryman Major N W Routledge with his wife (formerly Miss P Grigg) and two children on arrival in Wellington to take up an appointment with NZ Army; Rev A P Stanley at St Columba's Church, Point Howard; old kerosene lamp post in garden of E J Thompson, Arrowtown. Mr & Mrs John Ellis and family on arrival in NZ; wedding group (Mr & Mrs Claude Flemming); Judge J S Blake-Reed; Sam & Ron Sinclair (Sanders Cup veterans); Peter Wilkinson of City of Christchurch Pipe Band; 1887 Te Aute scholars (T W Wills, Toito Poata, P H McDonald); William Williams; Samuel Williams; Harry G Wright of Central Otago (aged 90); girls who attended the Junior Red Cross camp held at Wellington; custom made car built by W Hulme Kerr; RNZAF training centre at Tairei air station near Dunedin; group photo of officers of No 1 Elementary Flying Training School, Taieri aerodrome, Mosgiel. Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1881

From: Stiller, John 1945- : Documentation of historic pipe organs in New Zealand

Reference: 82-112-04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1848

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-064-016

Description: Panorama on 4 sheets, looking north from the Port Hills above the site of Christchurch. Identifies from left Putarikamotu [beyond Papanui Wood], Papanui, Dean's Bush, Hohoka Wood [Ohoka], Tarahara [a mountain peak] inland of [?], Te Kiekie [a mountain in the southern Alps, possibly Mt Grey], Patuokapua, Waikaipa, Okahau [far right] Removed from sketchbook E-281-q-027 and relocated at C-064-016, 1970s Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 104 x 102 mm

Date: 1907

By: Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873-

Reference: C-078-037

Description: Shows a large house partially obscured by trees Inscriptions: Verso - title and signature (I V Banks) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 245 x 160 mm Provenance: Purchase: Estate of K A Webster, London, 1970

Date: 1971 - 1973

From: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988 :[Sketchbook] 1971-1973.

By: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988

Reference: E-323-q-028

Description: A cluster of factory buildings with a red and white striped chimney Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon and pencil, 126 x 161 mm

Date: 1967-1976

By: Holland, Eric Sidney Fostyn, 1921-1989

Reference: 76-035

Description: Comprises both ministerial and electorate correspondence, subject files, and submissions and other papers of the select committees of which Holland was a member. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 17 box(es). 5.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 1907

From: Page Collection :Christchurch and general New Zealand towns and scenes; costume. ca. 1880-1910

Reference: PA4-0746

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Riccarton Church taken 1907 Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil: Riccarton Church 1907 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1949

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: A-163-003

Description: The cottages and sheds of John and William Deans at Riccarton in 1848 Copied from E-334-011, W B D Mantell's drawing, `Deans. Sept 1848' Extended Title - Original of plate 8, p. 15, in: Andersen, J C Old Christchurch. 1949 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil, 4.1 x 6.4 in

Date: 12 May 1955

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-D/157-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1955 showing Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury Region. Includes index to adjoining sheets. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - S84 22C Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size), 5 chains to 1 inch

Date: 20 Sep 2012

From: Milford oral history project

By: Dunsford, Deborah (Dr), active 2001-2012; McGreal, Maurice, 1918-

Reference: OHInt-1017-05

Description: Interview with Maurice Eugene McGreal. Born 1918, Otahuhu, Auckland, and lived on parents' farm at Weymouth. Describes Weymouth village and farm life and chores. Discusses siblings and the house where they grew up. Describes the journey from Weymouth to Milford, and the family's first car, a Ford purchased in 1924/1925. Discusses Irish family connections in Christchurch, and family reunions with O'Connells, Fitzpatricks, and McGreals. Describes an accidental shooting on a boat at a picnic in 1927/1928, where Nicholas Gibbons suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and lost an arm. The story was covered in the Manukau Courier newspaper. Describes taking a general course at Sacred Heart College in Grey Lynn, and the entrance exam for teacher's college. Describes the commute between Weymouth and Sacred Heart College, and changes to his farm responsibilities. Recalls going to pictures in Manurewa, and social events in Weymouth and Manurewa halls. Describes social events at teachers' college. States that he was uninterested in social offerings in Milford at the time. Interviewer(s) - Deborah Dunsford Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 0.35 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Stevenson-Holmes, John George, -1949

Reference: Pan-0935-F

Description: Panoramic view of 2-storeyed transitional villa with sleeping verandah upstairs, and verandahs around two sides on ground floor. Driveway in front of house (from right to left), rose beds to left and in front of drive, fenced playing courts (tennis or croquet?) to right of house. A man standing in lower left corner is wearing a waistcoat over open-necked shirt. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Stevenholm"; Marginal notes on negative - J G S Holmes 59 Hanson Rd Riccarton [on brown adhesive tape] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 118.0

Date: 1890 - 1910

By: Jessett, George F, active 1900s?

Reference: A-247-047

Description: Mature weeping willows and other trees along both banks of the Avon River, possibly near Deans Bush. A tall native tree rises in the background Supplied title Inscriptions: Mount verso - Descriptive notes, signed: Geo. F Jessett Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 85 x 198 mm Processing information: Originally mounted on sheet with A-247-039/48

Date: 27 March 1999

By: Barrie, Ann Maree, 1947-; Herbert, Agnes Eva, 1922-

Reference: OHColl-1561-01

Description: An interview with Agnes (Bobby) Herbert, conducted by her daughter, Ann Barrie. Agnes discusses growing up in South Dunedin. Speaks about family members, religion, schooling, employment history, marriage, childbirth and social activities. Title supplied by Library. Related to the Bobby Herbet's diaries at MS-Group-1313. Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 Interview(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 1999

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Studholme, John, 1863-1934

Reference: Pan-0939-F

Description: Panoramic view of a two-storeyed house amongst trees, seen in the centre distance, with cows in a large paddock in the foreground. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Name of client from Wise's Post Office Directory in which the only Studholme in the Riccarton area was John Studholme, Middleton Road, Riccarton. House possibly Middleton Grange. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Studholme Riccarton 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 14.9 x 49.1 cm