Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration

Date: 1848-1986

By: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MS-Group-1901

Description: Comprises three boxes relating to NZ Historic Places Trust; library survey (1959) with correspondence; papers re NZLA; papers re National Library; files re Bagnall's position as librarian, National Library Centre (box 5) and including correspondence, visit to Australia, National Bibliography file, manuscript in Taranaki Museum, Judy Hornabrook; Carnegie Corporation, library group papers; and a box of papers re the NZLA (box 6). Includes manuscripts of, and research material on, William Colenso; correspondence and notes on his history of the Wairarapa and files on the National Library. Further personal papers including correspondence, reports, research notes, literary drafts and printed material related to his local historical work, professional life as a librarian, bibliographer and author. Includes extensive newspaper cuttings collated for Bagnall's research into local histories of the Eastern Bays of Wellington and the Wairarapa. Source of title - Supplied by Library Librarian, bibliographer, author and local historian. Bagnall was Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library from 1966 to 1973. One of his most significant achievements was his 35 year involvement compiling and editing the New Zealand national bibliography. Quantity: 25 box(es). 4 folder(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, ephemera, photographs and printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Book Collections - 5 boxes of book catalogues and published material - To Ephemera Collection - 2 boxes of booklets and printed material - To Photographic Archive - 38 Black & white photographs, 10 colour photographs, and negatives (PA-Group-00656).

Date: 8 Oct 1993 - 08 Oct 1993

By: Clunie, Fergus, active 1985-1994

Reference: OHColl-0155/1

Description: Fergus Clunie was Director of the Fiji Museum until the mid 1980s when he came to New Zealand and worked on a King Country farm. He became curator of Pompallier House, which was in dire structural trouble, in early 1988. The Trust (Historic Places Trust) wanted to resolve problems with the building. Refers to Alan Nixon, chief engineer for the Works Consultancy, Ruth Ross, Pompallier House historian, Mr Wilson, project manager, and Jeremy Salmond, conservation architect. Gives details of restoration and describes the goal of achieving a self-generating income for the building compatible with the building's history. Interviewer(s) - Gerry Brackenbury Venue - Russell Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005462 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1. 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete Transcript - Ab 1081.

Date: 2010-2013

By: Hanna, Bronwyn J, active 1987-2023

Reference: OHColl-1629

Description: Oral history project on the history of the Burra Charter. Comprises eight interviews conducted by Bronwyn Hanna. Project received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2010. Title supplied by Library. The Burra Charter provides guidance for the conservation and management of places of cultural significance (cultural heritage places), and is based on the knowledge and experience of Australia, International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) members. Quantity: 7 Interview(s). 14 digital sound recording(s). 10 Electronic document(s). 7 folder(s). Search dates: 2010 - 2013

Date: 1990

By: New Zealand Heritage and Conservation Trust; Beard, James Albert, 1924-2017

Reference: PA-Group-00735

Description: Photographs of all the houses in Harper Street which were intended to be part of a designated conservation project. Source of title - Title supplied by Library The project for which this study was made failed to get financial support from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, the Wellington City Council, and the Newtown Progressive Association. As a result it was abandoned and the Wellington Conservation Trust was unable to continue. Quantity: 47 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 10 colour original negative(s) comprising 37 images. Physical Description: Photographic prints, film negatives

Date: 1997-1999

From: Pledger, John H, fl 1970-2002 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6656-2

Description: Comprises part 2 of the conservation plan for 1 Tonks Avenue, Wellington, prepared by Pledger in 1997 and revised in 1999, with evidence and text references Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 22 February 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/0784-F

Description: The front of Old St Paul's Church, and the spire, covered in scaffolding. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 22 February 1968. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [1989]

By: Shepherd, Rona Winsome, 1921-2011

Reference: MS-Group-1097

Description: Comprises correspondence, notes, brochure for the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society and garden design plan for the proposed restoration of the birthplace Also subject files, research notes and correspondence relating to Shepherd's involvement with the Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 46 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Garden design plan by Prue Stannard

Date: 5 October 1991

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

Reference: EP/1991/3065

Description: George Hooper, photographed outside the restored Christ Church, Taita, Lower Hutt, on 5 October 1991 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: ca1840s-1995

From: Cook, Rodney, 1930-: Collection relating to refurbishment of Parliament and Government Building

Reference: PAColl-6035

Description: Photographs record in detail the process of restoring and refurbishing Parliament House, the General Assembly Library, the wooden Government Departmental Building, and a section of mosaic in the entrance hall of the Public Trust Building. There is also a group of photographs showing, in general and in detail, the travelling exhibition designed to show New Zealanders what was being done to their government centre. The albums are well documented and most of the craftspeople and others involved in the project are identified. These are part of a larger collection which includes notes compiled as part of the historical research for conservation reports on the restoration and refurbishment. There are copies of various conservation reports and some specifications for the work to be undertaken, including copies of related architectural drawings. Also progress reports from Cook, the site representives of Howard Tanner & Associates, are included. These are held in Manuscripts and Archives. Arrangement: Transparencies at PA12-1738 to PA12-1763. Negatives at 1/2 180984 F - 1/2 181010 F, and 35mm, 24082 - 25041. Rod Cook was an architect with The Ministry of Works. In 1980 he prepared a report for the stengthening and refurbishment of the Parliamentary Library. This was not acted on at the time but formed part of the background work for the later restoration of the building. From 1986 to 1989 he worked for the General Manager of Parliament preparing the architectural brief for the restoration, and with Chris Cochran of the Historic Places Trust, a conservation plan for the Parliamentary Library and Parliament House. He retired at the end of 1989. The restoration job was won by Warren and Mahoney. They subcontracted Howard Tanner and Associates of Sydney as conservation architects. And they subcontracted Rod Cook to be conservation architect on the spot for Parliament and the old wooden Government buildings. Most of these photographs are Rod Cook's records of these jobs executed between 1992 and 1996. Quantity: 14 album(s). 140 b&w original photographic print(s). 578 colour original photographic print(s). 259 colour original transparency/ies. 986 colour original negative(s) 959 are 35mm negative strips. Altogether these comprise 3,289 images. 108 b&w original negative(s) In the form of aperture cards. Transfers: Aperture cards transferred to Drawings and Prints.

Date: 1960-1993

By: Leahy, Anne, active 1949-1995

Reference: MS-Papers-5332

Description: The correspondence began after an archaeological field trip and the early letters are largely about archaeology and the people associated with it in New Zealand. Later Hosking became associated with Historic Places Trust and interested in geology and crystals and the correspondence broadened to include these topics. Family information is also exchanged. Accompanying material - Donor has supplied brief abstracts of some of the letters, including names of people mentioned Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Hosking has included hand-drawn maps and diagrams

Date: 1886 - 1907 - 1988 - 1887 - 1995

By: Beard, James Albert, 1924-2017

Reference: E-549/554-f

Description: Includes copies of 1888 and 1907 drawings, Ministry of Works and Development plans of site, elevations, ground and upper floor plans, Synaxon plans, of site, drainage, location, James Beard & Co room surveys, cross-sections, relative floor plans and ground levels, ammended foundation details, new timber piles, stair survey notes, new floor and ceiling plans and elevations. Title taken from inside front of first volume. Quantity: 6 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 6 volumes of approximately 100 pages each, 300 x 430 mm, containing both photocopies and pencil plans on stiff tracing paper. Provenance: Donated by Mr Jim Beard, in 1996.

Date: ca 1980s

From: Eglinton, Graham Edward, 1923-2005, and Frank Malcolm: Photographs

By: Duston, Maurice, -2006

Reference: PA1-q-1206

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Graham Eglinton in circa 1980s about the restoration of his cottage in Carterton. Contains black and white and colour photographs, taken by mainly unidentified photographers, of the cottage before and during restoration, and some typed captions. Images show interior and exterior views, the replacement of totara weather boards, re-roofing with cedar shingles, restoration of verandah and fretwork, and installation of a septic tank. Some people are shown. Scrapbook also contains correspondence and newspaper clippings about the cottage, and a scrap of newsprint (dated 1892) that was retrieved from the wall lining. Loose accompanying material includes photographs of a horse-drawn cart, a photograph of the cottage taken by M. C. Duston, mounted on card titled "Settlers cottage", handwritten research notes on the history of the land and the cottage and related area and people, photocopies of newspaper clippings, photocopy of floor plan and proposed alterations in 1983 and news clipping for the 2003 sale of the cottage. Title supplied by library Graham Eglinton bought and started restoring (in 1982) the 1870s house at 1341 High Street in Carterton known as "Daniel Jensens' cottage". The cottage was sold by his son Ray Eglinton in 2003. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 35 colour original photographic prints, 10 b&w original photographic prints, 1 b&w photo-mechanical print, and accompanying loose manuscripts and photocopies.. Physical Description: Photograph album with padded cream cover, used as a scrapbook, 33 x 30cm.

Date: ca 1980s and 1996

From: Eglinton, Graham Edward, 1923-2005, and Frank Malcolm: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1207

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Graham Eglinton in circa 1980s about the restoration of his cottage in Carterton. Contains black and white and colour photographs of the cottage before and during restoration. Images show interior and exterior views. Graham Eglinton's son Ray Eglinton, and other children and adults (probably Eglinton family members) are shown in many images, they are shown both working and relaxing at the cottage. They are frequently shown with tools and wearing swandris or plaid shirts, tool belts, overalls or jeans, and boots. BMX bikes are shown in several photos. One image shows a child posing with his head and hands in wooden stocks next to another child with a bottle. Also includes a copy of a 1916 photograph of the cottage with four children and a bicycle in front of it (one of the children is identified as Rita Nelson), a sketch of the cottage by an unidentified artist, and newspaper clippings. Loose accompanying material includes photographs, photocopies from a publication, and an invitation for Graham Eglinton to afternoon tea at their Carterton residence 'Bushbury' from Alison and Tommy Underhill (1996). Title supplied by library Graham Eglinton bought and started restoring (in 1982) the 1870s house at 1341 High Street in Carterton known as "Daniel Jensens' cottage". The cottage was sold by his son Ray Eglinton in 2003. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 78 colour original photographic prints, 26 b&w original photographic prints, 5 b&w photo-mechanical prints and accompanying loose manuscripts and photocopies.. Physical Description: Photograph album with hardcover and spiral binding, used as a scrapbook, 29.5 x 27.5 cm.

Date: 1894 - 1979

From: Ansell, Robert, fl 1978-2013 :[Architectural plans, including for St Patrick's church, Napier; plans for Gavin Wilson's house, Wellington; plans for museum and art gallery, Hawke's Bay; plan of perspective view of the Beehive, Wellington. ca 1930-1980]

Reference: Plans-2013-002-001/004

Description: Includes west, east, north and south elevations of the original church, completed in 1894, as well as the church's original floor plan alongside the plan affter its restoration in 1979 In 1984 a post-modern neo-classical form by Warren & Mahoney was built, replacing the original wooden church, which was burned down after restoration. The church is also commonly referred to as St Patrick's Cathedral Other Titles - St Patrick's cathedral The article 'Opening of St Patrick's Church, Napier' (Daily Telegraph, November 19, 1894), describing the opening ceremony and the church building itself, is available to view on PapersPast (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, all approx. 595 x 845 mm Provenance: Donation: Rob Ansell, Wellington, January 2013

Date: 6-7 May 1998 - 06 May 1998 - 07 May 1998

From: Government House oral history project Stage I

By: Hawthorn, Raymond George, 1927-2007

Reference: OHInt-0636/4

Description: Ray Hawthorn was born in Wellington in 1927. Gives details of his family background. Describes spending school holidays with his maternal grandfather, a butcher, at Rongotea. Describes his work routine, killing a pig and making sausages. Recalls difficult times during the Depression and his father's unemployment. Describes time off school for infantile paralysis (polio). Talks about growing up in Owen Street in Newtown, Wellington, being a cub and a boy scout and attending Wellington South School. Describes employment as a telegram boy with Post and Telegraph. Discusses restrictions on telegrams during World War II. Talks about becoming Government House delivery boy then being transferred from the Post Office to the Internal Affairs Department. Mentions Albert Naulls. Describes the Official Secretary at Government House, David Fouhy, and comments on the formality. Mentions the Governor-General was Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall. Describes how the butler ruled one half of Government House, the Official Secretary the other. Describes lunches, etiquette, forms of address and curtseying. Discusses formalities at staff meals and explains the hierarchy. Discusses military hero Lord Freyberg who was the next Governor-General from 1946-1952. Comments on Lord and Lady Freyberg as a couple. Recalls visits of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lord Mountbatten, Field Marshall Montgomery and Lyndon B Johnson. Comments on politicians Sir Sidney Holland and Peter Fraser. Talks about the gardens at Government House and changes to the building before a royal tour. Discusses the 1953 Royal Tour, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Mentions the Tangiwai disaster. Talks about getting married in 1956 to Shirley Goldfinch who worked at Government House. Describes his daily working routine, with reference to the mail, becoming senior orderly and later Administration Officer. Discusses the etiquette of presenting decorations. Talks about Lord Norrie, Governor-General from 1952-1957, and Lord Cobham. Mentions Lord Cobham's love of cricket. Discusses relationships between Governors-General and Prime Ministers. Mentions Walter Nash. Talks about English aides de camp before the time of Lord Porritt and changes with employment of more New Zealanders as staff. Describes the replacement of David Fouhy by David Williams as Official Secretary. Discusses the relationship between the Official Secretary and the Comptroller. Describes moving Government House to Auckland for three months each year. Talks about Sir Denis Blundell as Governor-General from 1972-1977 and then Sir Keith Holyoake. Comments on Waitangi Day and protest, Dame Whina Cooper and the 1981 Springbok Tour. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3398.

Date: 8 Mar 2000 - 08 Mar 2000

From: Government House oral history project Stage II

By: Brown, James, 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0642/1

Description: Jim Brown was born in Christchurch in 1925. Gives details of his family background and childhood home on a farm at Russells Flat in Canterbury. Recalls being taught to shoot, fish and box by his father. Mentions that he was in the Army for World War II and the Korean War. Talks about attending school in Fendalton, boarding with his aunties and being an altar boy. Describes getting prizes for boxing at Christchurch Boys' High School and mentions being a welterweight in the Army. Recalls being in army cadets at school and the feeling of responsibility. Describes winning a scholarship to Duntroon and being there from 1945 to 1947. Discusses being posted to Japan in 1948 for the occupation. Talks about his hearing loss from years of working in tanks and with gunfire. Describes being aide de camp for Keith Stewart in 1948 and going to Government House. Describes being in Korea in 1951 and 1952 and his feelings about battle. Recalls returning to New Zealand and marrying Patricia Sutton. Talks about becoming Comptroller at Government House in 1961. Mentions General McKinnon. Describes how Lord Cobham was the Governor-General at the time. Discusses forms of address and his duties including financial duties. Discusses being the first New Zealand born Comptroller. Comments on the relationship between Lord Cobham and the Prime Minister, Keith Holyoake. Mentions that David Williams was the Official Secretary. Recalls the visit of the King and Queen of Thailand. Describes the controversy over the Cobhams' cars. Mentions Mac the chauffeur. Describes becoming an instructor at Duntroon from 1962 to 1965 then going to Waiouru and Linton with the Army. Mentions being Commissioner of Civil Defence from 1971 to 1977 before becoming Official Secretary at Government House in 1977. Recalls interviews with both Sir Denis Blundell, Governor-General when he first arrived, and his replacement Sir Keith Holyoake. Recalls escorting Sir Keith Holyoake to London to get his commission. Describes talking to the Queen. Discusses his daily routine as Official Secretary, the Governor-General's diary and the hierarchy at Government House. Comments on the relationship between Robert Muldoon and Governors-General Sir Keith Holyoake and Sir David Beattie. Mentions Holyoake's health. Discusses the redecoration of Government House by Lady Beattie and the committee she convened, Friends of the House (FROTH). Discusses the 1984 snap election, a media party being held at the time of its announcement and the reaction of journalists. Gives details regarding the proroguing of Parliament. Discusses the 1981 Waitangi Day protests and the 1985 Waitangi Day standoff when Sir David Beattie was kept waiting. Talks about the relationship of David Lange with the Governor-General, the Official Secretary's relationship with the Secretary to the Cabinet and communication with the secretary at Buckingham Palace. Discusses family at Government House mentioning the mother of Sir David Beattie and family weddings. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3403.

Date: 2010

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2010-04

Description: Calendar issued to raise finds for restoration of the church building has as its first opening a form to fill in to make a donation. The other openings are each for two months and show photographs of parts of the church building. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Offset prints, on spiral-bound calendar of 8 leaves, 425 x 302 mm.

Date: 1900-1969

By: Friends of Old St. Paul's Society

Reference: Eph-A-BUILDINGS-Wellington-OSP-1900s

Description: Includes: 1966: Restoration appeal, Old St Paul's Church Mulgrave Street Wellington [ca 1966]. Pamphlet (2 copies) 1967: Restoration work starts on St Paul's. September 1977 [Newsletter] 1968: Friends of Old St Paul's Society. Old St Paul's Wellington (Ministry of Works & Development photo). [Christmas card. 1968?] 1970: New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Old St Paul's. Printed by Universal Printers [1970s?] Folded pamphlet Friends of Old St Paul's. Old St Paul's Wellington, N.Z. Colourchrome series W.T. 5138. Printed by Whitcoulls Limited for the Felicity Card Co. Ltd. Postcard [1970s?] Old St Paul's organ appeal [ca 1970]. Folded card (2 copies) Restoration appeal Old St Paul's Church. Mulgrave Street Wellington [1970]. Pamphlet The Prime Minister and Lady Holyoake request the pleasure of the company of ... at the re-opening ceremony to be held at Old St Paul's ... 29 October 1970. Card (2 copies, one for George Eiby, one for Mr A G Bagnall) Free lunch-hour concerts. A series of lunch-hour concerts to mark the re-opening of Old St Paul's (With Phoenix Choir; Ray Henwood presenting "Five ways to kill a man"; Schola Polyphonica; Mendl Creative Dance Academy; NZ Folklore Society. 9-13 November [1970?]. Flier 1973: Old St Paul's; relighting an architectural gem. Ministry of Works, 1973. Pamphlet (2 copies) 1974: Edward to Elizabeth, presented by Molly Cook. Old Saint Paul's, 9-10 July [1974]. Programme 1975: Son et lumìère in Old Saint Paul's, presented by the Friends of Old Saint Paul's. Net proceeds to the organ appeal. A history of Old Saint Paul's in sound and light. Narrator Joan Howard-Jones [1975?] Pamphlet ; and Programme (2 copies) Old St Paul's Historic Church. [Folded card 1975] 1976: Friends of Old St Paul's newsletter, September 1976. New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Old St Paul's. Wright & Carman, Trentham New Zealand, 1976. Folded pamphlet (2 copies) Old St Paul's Organ Appeal [Folded crad 1976?] 1977: Old St Paul's [Compliment slip 1976/1977] (2 copies) A guide to Old St Paul's. Prepared by Friends of Old St Paul's, PO Box 2336, Wellington NZ, 1977 (2 copies) Friends of Old St Paul's. Christmas card 1977 Friends of Old St Paul's newsletter, September 1977. Organ dedication The New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Friends of Old St Paul's Society request you company at a service of dedication for the new organ by the Rt Rev E K Norman. 26 August 1977; and ecumenical service of thanksgiving, 28 August 1977. Card (2 copies) 1981: A guide to Old St Paul's. Prepared by Friends of Old St Paul's, PO Box 2336, Wellington NZ, [1981?] 1984: A guide to Old St Paul's. Prepared by Friends of Old St Paul's, PO Box 2336, Wellington NZ, 1984 (2 copies) 1991: Friends of Old St Paul's Society Inc. Artistic programme 1991. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 16 August 1994

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

By: Pigney, Ray, active 1988

Reference: EP/1994/2512-F

Description: View of the Parliamentary Library building covered with scaffolding while undergoing restoration. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ray Pigney on the 16th of August 1994. Originally the General Assembly Library building. Name changed to Parliamentary Library in 1986. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 9 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1975-1997]

By: Cook, Rodney, 1930-

Reference: ATL-Group-00635

Description: Includes notes and photographs assembled as part of the historical research undertaken while preparing reports on the refurbishment of the Government Departmental Building, Parliament House and Parliamentary Library, Wellington. Also conservation reports and related architectural drawings as well as progress reports sent by Cook to Howard Tanner & Associates. Rod Cook, an architect, was the site representative for Howard Tanner & Associates (heritage and conservation consultants) on the refurbishment of Parliament House, Parliamentary Library and the Old Government Departmental Building in Wellington Quantity: 986 colour original negative(s). 578 colour original photographic print(s). 259 colour original transparency/ies. 140 b&w original photographic print(s). 108 b&w original negative(s). 42 folder(s). 14 album(s). 7 map(s). 1 box(es). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, maps, and printed matter Processing information: Previous material of the same provenance brought together under the ATL-Group reference number in September 2018.