Auckland Region (N.Z.) - History

By: Auckland War Memorial Museum

Reference: Eph-C-HISTORY-1971-01

Description: Poster advertising an historic exhibition at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, as part of the Auckland Festival and the Centennial of Auckland City, is a 1971 mock-up of a page of excerpts and pseudo-excerpts reporting events in the Auckland region on or before 1871. With advertisements for a moustache pomade, Cuticura Soap, Brown's patent "Dermathistic" corset, Grover and Baker's sewing machiens, Schmidt's seed catalogue, and an engraving of a stormy political meeting. Other Titles - 1871 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on pale yellow paper, 455 x 287 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.

Date: 2015-2016

From: Albertland & Districts Museum: Calendar. 2016-2019

By: Albertland Museum and Heritage Centre; Marsh, William Harold, 1876-1948

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-Albertland-2016-01

Description: Calendar of 12 openings and one extra page, all showing photographs from the Albertland and Districts Museum. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Calendar, 210 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Albertland Museum and Heritage Centre, in January 2016.

Date: 1949

From: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993: Papers

Reference: MSY-8123

Description: Thesis presented in support of Degree of Masters of Arts (1949) Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: 34 x 21 cm

Date: 1939-1940

From: Brickell, Leo Gordon, 1920-1991: Local history research on Putāruru and Tāmaki

Reference: Series-7005

Description: Unbound manuscript with a handmade cardboard cover entitled 'History of the Tamaki Maori (sic) and early European, by L.G. Brickell 1940'. Includes handwritten and typescript pages, illustrated with maps and drawings, and images from other sources. Includes an index, foreword, and the pages are numbered; the final page is numbered 219. Completed when Brickell was a student at Auckland Teacher's College during 1939-1940. Provides a history of the Auckland Isthmus between circa 900 and 1890. Includes descriptions of waka migrations; Māori placenames associated with the Auckland Isthmus; stories related to iwi settlement and migration over time within the region and later, the development of European suburbs across Auckland. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Manuscript originally delivered as a single item to the library in a handmade cardboard folder. Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, drawings and hand-drawn coloured maps, 219 pages. Processing information: The draft manuscript has been divided into two parts, at MS-Papers-12760-1 and MS-Papers-12760-2 for reasons of storage and preservation. This record was made into a series with accession in 2023. Previous ID: ATL-Group-00768 Previous title: Brickell, Leo G, 1920-1991: Draft manuscript 'History of Tāmaki'.

Date: 2010 - 2015

By: Marsh, William Harold, 1876-1948

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-Albertland-2010/2015

Description: Includes calendars for each year, showing historical photographs by various photographers including W Harold Marsh. The one for 2013 includes July 2012-December 2013. Two copies received Quantity: 6 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Spiralbound booklets, sizes varying around 300 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Albertland Museum and Heritage Centre, Wellsford, in 2013 and 2014.

Date: 1930 - 1939

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1930s

Description: Includes: 1932: N.Z. Old Colonists' reunion & thanksgiving service. Town Hall, 11 October 1932 (Cover shows barque "Jane Gifford" and ship "Duchess of Argyle" in Auckland Harbour, 10 October 1842). Programme 1934: N.Z. Old Colonists' reunion & thanksgiving service. Town Hall, 10 October 1934 (Cover shows barque "Jane Gifford" and ship "Duchess of Argyle" in Auckland Harbour, 10 October 1842). Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying under 25 cm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources. One item purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2005.

Date: 1922 - 1936-1940

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-081

Description: Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, 1922. Includes an inscription which is a personal message, dated 1928, from George Graham (who wrote preceding text of the publication) to James Cowan. Also includes some loose papers that were laid in to the volume including clippings and correspondence, dated circa 1936-1940. The letter is on Mayor's Office letterhead from the Auckland City Council and is dated 20 May 1937. The letter writer, Ernest Davis, thanks James Cowan for his acknowledgement of the knighthood that had been conferred upon him. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One volume with a folder of loose papers

Date: 2019-2020

By: Albertland Museum and Heritage Centre

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-Albertland-2020-01

Description: Calendar of 12 openings and one extra page, all showing photographs from the Albertland and Districts Museum, of individuals and family groups. Front cover: W H Marsh home-made Christmas card for the Reid family January: Hargreaves family, Hargreaves Bay early 1900s February: Yates family, Te Arai, early 1900s March: Legge Golden Wedding, Legge Homestead, Booth Road, 9 March 1909 April: Miss Susan Marcroft, Wharehine early 1900s; Charle Hunt, Port Albert 7 March 1909 May: Group of Curry, Matheson and Treadwell families near Mrs Curry's boarding house Wellsford, ca 1908 June: Thomas Inger family, Wharehine, ca 1917 July: Pook family, Puriri Point, Kaipara, ca 1925 August: Stables children, Mt Pleasant Farm, Wharehine, ca 1924 September: Wharehine familes: Brookes, Witheford, Marcroft, Marsh, Halfpenny with Rev Aker, outside Minniesdale House ca 1920s October: Charles Parker family, Tauhoa, early 1900s November: Percy Gubb family, Port Albert 1920s December: Christmas Day 1903 at Helfpenny's, Wharehine. Marsh, Halfpenny and Moffatt families Two copies held Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Calendar, 210 x 297 mm.

Date: 1965

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Bombay Anniversary Picnic and Sports Club

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1965-01

Description: Booklet outlining the programme for the centennial celebrations for the area settled by 400 passengers on the ship "Bombay" in 1865. The area was originally known as Williams' Clearing but later as Bombay. The central opening shows a plan of the grounds where the centennial celebrations were to take place. There is a substantial amount of advertising by local businesses. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 40 pages, each 215 x 140 mm.

Date: 1951

From: [New Zealand calendars and blank diaries of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CALENDAR-1951

Description: Includes: Historic Auckland 1840-1950; showing the old and the new. With the compliments of Beechey & Underwood Ltd. Published by the Auckland Branch of the Federation of University Women in aid of their scholarship fund. Calendar 1951 Lyall Bay Service Station [photo]. Remembrance [Calendar. 1951] With compliments and best wishes for "Peace and plenty" in 1951 from Tom Moncrieff & Staff, tobacconist and gents' hairdresser, Bowen House Wellington [small folded card] (2 copies) Oriental Bay, Wellington. Calendar 1951 Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 booklets. Physical Description: Multi-page calendars, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1939-1940

From: Brickell, Leo Gordon, 1920-1991: Local history research on Putāruru and Tāmaki

Reference: MS-Papers-12760-1

Description: Part one of an unpublished manuscript, consisting of a handmade cardboard covered folder, entitled 'History of Tamaki Maori (sic) and early European by L.G. Brickell 1940'. The manuscript's first page is entitled 'HISTORY OF TAMAKI' PART 1. MAORI'. The final page of part one of the manuscript (page 76), is entitled 'Sites of Ngapuhi slaughters, from 1793 to 1827'. Contains handwritten and typescript pages, illustrated with maps and drawings, and images from other sources. The manuscript also Includes an index, a foreword, and numbered pages. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Manuscript originally delivered to the library in a handmade cardboard covered folder, Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, drawings and hand-drawn coloured maps, approximately 76 pages. Transfers: Separated from Part Two at MS-Papers-12760-2.. Processing information: Part two of the manuscript at MS-Papers-17260-1 have been separated for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 1939-1940

From: Brickell, Leo Gordon, 1920-1991: Local history research on Putāruru and Tāmaki

Reference: MS-Papers-12760-2

Description: Part two of an unpublished manuscript, entitled 'History of Tamaki Maori (sic) and early European by L.G. Brickell 1940'. The first page (of part two of the draft) is entitled 'LOCALITY HISTORIES'. The final page of the manuscript is numbered 219. Contains handwritten and typescript pages, illustrated with maps and drawings, images from other sources. The pages are numbered. Arrangement: Manuscript originally delivered to the library in a handmade cardboard covered folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, drawings and hand-drawn coloured maps, approximately 146 pages. Transfers: Separated from Part One at MS-Papers-12760-1.. Processing information: Separated from Part One for reasons of storage and preservation.