Antrim House (Wellington, N.Z.)

House designed by Thomas Turnbull & Sons, and built in 1905, in Boulcott Street, Wellington, for Robert Hannah. Now the national office of Heritage New Zealand.

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Photographs relating to Repertory Theatre, Wellington

Date: [ca1980s]

From: Austin, David, fl 2006 : Photographs relating to theatre in Wellington

Reference: PAColl-9110-2

Description: Two photographs of stage set for The Exorcist. Actors in costumes of the 1890s/1900s photographed in Antrim House, Wellington. Quantity: 7 colour original photographic print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Boulcott Street - Numbers 50/53-99

Date: 1988-1998

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-020

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings and a booklet on Antrim House. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Selected names indexed.

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Edwardian decorative stained glass windows from Wellington Houses

Date: 1901-1910

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1443

Description: Edwardian decorative stained glass windows from Wellington houses. Most of the images depict those in Antrim House supplied by the Wellington decorating firm, W Lawson, in 1905. Also from Antrim House is a pannel of sand blasted white glass from the front door. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

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Interview with David Read

Date: 9 March 1995 - 09 Mar 1995

From: British assisted immigrants oral history project

By: Read, David Arthur, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0817-09

Description: Oral history interview with David Read, born 15th September 1939 in Conventry, England. Talks about family background. Details schooling - mentions his involvement in Boys' Brigade. Talks about working for the export department of Cadbury Bros when left school - details the workplace environment. Discusses reasons for emigrating to New Zealand - talks about New Zealand assisted immigration scheme. Recalls interview process. Details his perception of New Zealand culture prior to emigration. Talks about leaving from Glasgow on the TSS 'Captain Cook' - details onboard entertainment. Recalls his first sighting of New Zealand. Mentions his accomodation at Antrim House Hostel on Boulcott Street. Talks about starting work in the Stores Department of the Ministry of Works - mentions Bob Thomas. Details his work environment - discusses work practices in New Zealand. Talks about working for the Electricity Department in the 1970s. Discusses marriage to wife Loma - talks about their children. Recalls New Zealanders' different attitudes towards immigrants. Reflects on his time in New Zealand. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Project questionnaire; interview questions and topics Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014989, OHC-014990 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5438. Search dates: 1939 - 1995

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Photographic prints relating to towns

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-109

Description: Photographs relating to historic places, chiefly in Wellington city, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images are arranged alphabetically from A-S Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

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[Music ephemera and programmes of quarto size. 1982 - Folder 1]

Date: 1982

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1982-1

Description: Includes: Peter Averi. St James Centennial organ recital. St James Presbyterian Church, 235 Adelaide Road Newtown, 17 October 1982. Flyer Classical guitar recital. Peter Batchelar and Kenneth Heggie, guitar duo. Old St Paul's Cathedral, 5 October [1982]. Flyer (2 copies) Richard Clayderman. NZ tour [1982]. Souvenir programme Garry Van Egmond and the Concert Promotion Company present George Benson in concert, with a brilliant 38 piece orchestra! Auckland Western Springs Feb 25; Wellington Athletic Park Feb 27. Book now. Flyer (2 copies) Capital Strings. Concert. Old St Pauls. Sunday 10 October [1982]. Flyer Cello & piano recital. Scott Terzaghi; Terrence [ie Terence] Dennis. St Andrews Church, 2 December [1982]. Flyer (2 copies) A choral concert conducted by Peter Godfrey and Peter Watts. Auckland University Singers, Auckland University Choral Society, Auckalnd Dorian Choir, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, St Patrick's Cathedral Choir. Auckland Grammar School Assembly Hall, 7 October 1982. Programme Christchurch Harpsichord Ensemble (Patricia Middleton, Greg Taylor, Alastair Sands, Gerald Oliver, Bronwen Gill, Stephanie Waites, directed by David Vine). Centre Gallery, 5 December 1982. Programme / flyer Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. 1982/83 Subscription series. Pamphlet / poster Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Inc presents the 1982/83 Subscription series. 2nd concert. Conductor Vanco Cavdarski; soloist Carl Pini; leader Paulene Smith. Christchurch Town Hall Auditorium, 20 November 1982. Programme See Richard Clayderman and Orchestra live in concert. Touring New Zealand. Auckland 18 June; New Plymouth 19 June; Palmerston North 20 June; Christchurch 22 June; Dunedin 24 June; Timaru 25 June; Wellington 26 June [1982]. Flyer (2 copies) A concert for the Historic Places Trust. Robert and Andrea Oliver. Flutes, recorder, viol, virginal, vioce [voice]. Music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Programme / flyer (2 copies) Presenting a piano recital by Rae de Lisle, performing on the Heretaunga College "concert grand". Heretaunga College Hall, 27 march 1982. Flyer "European masters of the 17th & 18th centuries". Eric Copperwheat - organ; Stephan Schulz - recorder. Old St Pauls, 12 December 1982. Flyer The Harland Quartet play Shostakovitch [sic] at the City Art Gallery. Clace Schwabe - violin; Brenton Vietch - violin; Belinda Prentice - viola; Katherine Sharman - cello. City Art Gallery, 7 December [1982]. Flyer Graham Hollobon. Organ recital. Wellington Cathedral, 11 October 1982. Programme Michael Houstoun, piano. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 11 August [1982]. Programme / flyer Organ recital, James Johnson, concert organist and director of music [at] Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University USA. Wellington Cathedral, 24 March [1982]. Green flyer (2 copies) Kamahl. Concert Promotion Company proudly presents the New Zealand tour [28 November - 10 December]. 1982 Tour booklet The Kynges Companye, representing New Zealand in Europe, July-August 1982 (With Roger Buckton, Graham Dellow, Janet James, Stuart Manins). Promotional photographic pamphlet (2 copies) Darcy and Miriam Lange, accompanied by dancer Fae-Theresa present a concert of Flamenco. The Studio, Mana Little Theatre, Plimmerton, 15-16 May [1982]. Flyer Concert at Antrim House. Anne Langston, soprano and Colleen Rae-Gerrard. 10 February [1982]. Flyer (2 copies) Organ. Douglas Lawrence of Melbourne plays music by Bach, Vierne [and] Australian composers. St Peters Church Willis Street, 7 August [1982]. Flyer Charles Martin. Wider horizons; piano-lecture recitals 1982. CSA Gallery, 66 Gloucester Street, Wednesdays at 12.15 pm. Pink flyer Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers up to 330 mm.

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Antrim House, Boulcott Street, Wellington

Date: 1978

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

Reference: 1/4-031968-F

Description: Exterior view, taken in 1978, of Antrim House, Boulcott Street, Wellington (architects: Thomas Turnbull & Son). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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New Zealand Historic Places Trust :1982 calendar of New Zealand Historic Places Trust, ...

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: New Zealand Historic Places Trust; Leitch, Peter Graham, active 1960s-1990s; Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1982-01

Description: Calendar contains reproduced sketch drawings by Peter Leitch, showing Ophir Post Office, Lyttelton Timeball Station, Highwic Auckland, Antrim House Wellington. Quantity: 1 calendar.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on pages 211 x 296 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Alington in 1999.

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Hannahs :Hannahs celebrity shoe auction, in support of Oxfam and the New Zealand Shoe M...

Date: 1993

By: Campion, Edith, 1923-2007

Reference: Eph-D-COSTUME-1993-02

Description: An arrangement of text with a decorative pseudo-Victorian border. Lists shoes formerly owned by Suzy Aikem, Sheilah Winn, Burton Silver, Sir Tosswill Woollaston, Sir Edmund Hillary, Keri Hulme, Sir Robert Muldoon, Sir David Beattie, Royd Kennedy, Grant Fox, Steve Parr, Barbara Kendall, Naomi Diachuk (Lange), John Walker, Edith Campion, Sir Richard Hadlee, Alison Holst, Dame Malvina Major, Mark Todd. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 583 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Edith Campion in 1993. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Various progammes and other material - To Photographic Archive - Various photographs - To Oral History Collection - One cassette tape.

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Historic houses and old clocks

Date: [ca 1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10745

Description: Three views of the front of Antrim House, Wellington. One interior view of the drawing room in a house called Oneida at Fordell near Whanganui. Three photographs of mainly late 19th and early 20th century American wooden cased clocks. Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies.

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Historic houses, vintage aircraft, and old clocks

Date: [ca 1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10746

Description: One exterior and two interior views of Antrim House, Wellington. View of the hall and staircase in a house called Oneida at Fordell near Whanganui. Photograph of late 19th and early 20th century American wooden cased clock. Two views of the memorial to New Zealand aviator, Richard William Pearce, at Pleasent Point near Temuka. Two antique dolls on top a box. Quantity: 8 colour original transparency/ies.

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Racing car, Antrim House, and Olverston

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10899

Description: Stutz racing car (ca 1915) at the Southward Car Museum. Interior view of Antrim House, Wellington. Interior views of Olveston, a large house in Dunedin. Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies.

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Racing car, Antrim House, and "The Gem Roller Organ"

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10898

Description: Stutz racing car (ca 1915) at the Southward Car Museum. Interior views of Antrim House, Wellington. "The Gem Roller Organ" a type of music box. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies.

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Ephemera relating to specific buildings in Wellington

Date: 2008-2019

By: The Friends of the Futuna Charitable Trust; City Gallery Wellington; Clyde Quay School; Colonial Cottage Museum Society Inc; Friends of Old St. Paul's Society; Lilburn Residence Trust; Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Wellington, N.Z.); New Zealand Historic Places Trust; St. Andrew's on the Terrace (Church : Wellington, N.Z.); St. Francis de Sales (Parish church : Wellington, N.Z.); St. Mary of the Angels (Church : Wellington, N.Z.); Thistle Inn (Wellington, N.Z.); Turnbull House (Wellington, N.Z.). Council; Wellington (N.Z.). City Council; Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul

Reference: Eph-A-BUILDINGS-Wellington-2008/2019

Description: Comprises ephemera relating to specific buildings in Wellington from the period 2008 to 2019. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 56 pieces of ephemera.

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Papers relating to Antrim House (Wellington)

Date: [199-]

From: Shepherd, Rona Winsome, 1921- : Research papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9009-35

Description: Papers relating to the history of antrim House, now the headquarters of New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Part of background research for `Wellington's heritage'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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View of the drawing room in Robert Hannah's house, Boulcott Street, Wellington

Date: ca 1908

Reference: 1/1-005439-G

Description: View of the drawing room in Robert Hannah's house (Antrim House), Boulcott Street, Wellington. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1908 The house was built in 1904; architects, Thomas Turnbull and Son. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Antrim House, Boulcott Street, Wellington

Date: [after 1940]

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

Reference: PAColl-5927-20

Description: Antrim House, on Boulcott Street, Wellington. Photograph taken after 1940 by an unidentified photographer. The tower in this photograph is the one rebuilt after a fire in 1940 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Boulcott Street, Wellington

Date: 1951

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

Reference: PAColl-7796-08

Description: Boulcott Street, Wellington, photographed in 1951 by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post newspaper. Shows houses in the area opposite Plimmer Steps including Antrim house on the left. Also shows houses on The Terrace. Cars are parked on the road in the foreground. Original caption reads: "Plans have been completed and tenders have been called for [a block of flats] which will be of reinforced concrete. It will be situated on the Boulcott Street corner, shown on right, opposite Plimmer's Steps, and will be three storeys high, containing 24 flats. There will be 12 two-bedroom, six single-bedroom, and six bed-sitting-room flats, all self-contained. The building, designed by Mr J Malcolm Bennie, A.I.A.A, will be H-shaped and space for gardens and parking has been allowed. In conformity with present-day trends, large areas of window are incorporated in the design." (Evening Post, 28 Jun, 1951) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12 x 17.4 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 41. Wellington. Streets. Boulcott. 1951

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Antrim House, Boulcott Street, Wellington

Date: 1906

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/1-023048-G

Description: Antrim House, Boulcott Street, Wellington, photographed in 1906 by Sydney Charles Smith. Houses on The Terrace are visible in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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