Health resorts

Date: 1890 - 1900

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Wairakei-1890s-01

Description: Includes illustrations (front cover by W Deverell) of the Wairakei Geyser, the Dragons; Mouth, the Champagne Cauldron, the Eagle's Nest, and Tongariro with a crater lake. There is an advertisement for the Geyser House Hotel, and a letter of recommendation from Dr F H D Allen of Napier. Dated from the 1890s, based on the period in which W Deverell was illustrating tourism brochures. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Folded pamphlet, 180 x 335 mm (open), with stapled inset 162 x 148 mm, folded to 180 x 84 mm.

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1888

From: New Zealand. General Survey Office :The health resorts of New Zealand; the central thermal springs of the North Island / N.Z. Survey Dept. Wellington, 1888.

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1888-01-cover

Description: An arrangement of text, with a circular inset illustration of a geyser. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 225 x 105 mm.

Date: 1965 - 1980

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in places beginning with K. 1900s onwards ]

By: Northern news (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Kaikohe-1970-01

Description: Flier advertising the Ngawha Spa by the lake side at Kaikohe, as a natural cure. Phone number is 235 Kaikohe. Shows a photograph of Ngawha Spa by the lakeside, with the bath house in the left foreground and the old mercury works at the back of the photograph. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of flier, 227 x 146 mm.

Date: 1921 - 1885 - 1867

By: Woods, S J, active 1970s-1980s; Blakeley, Philip William, 1915-1994

Reference: A-003-042

Description: Modern reproductions of artist's impressions of historic buildings of New Zealand: Auckland University, 1921; St Bartholomews, oldest church in Canterbury, 1885; Supreme Courthouse, Wellington, 1867; Oneida Homestead near Wanganui, 1871; The Waimate Mission House, 1831; Bath House, Government Gardens, Rotorua, 1890. Possibly calendars with date sections removed. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S.J. Woods; Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, coloured, each image 228 x 323 mm, on sheet 280 x 372 mm, bound together with metal strip along top.

Date: 21 August 1838

From: Artist unknown: German sketchbook, 1838

Reference: E-318-002

Description: Shows Bad Kissingen with a church spire to the left, the spa buildings and other buildings Other Titles - The Royal Spa in Bad Kissingen. The spa is filled with visitors of all types [translation] Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Der Curplatz ist mit Gästen von alten Nuancen angefüllt Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 170 x 220 mm

Date: [1900-1910]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-013

Description: Views around the Taupo Tongariro area, including Mounts Ngaruahoe and Tongariro, Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, Lake Taupo and Wairakei. There is one image of the Maori interior of Tom Ryan's whare, one of the Terraces Hotel at Lake Taupo, and others of various buildings at the Spa Hotel (Taupo), including the interior of the dining room. This building was the meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu, purchased by John Joshua (proprietor of the Spa Hotel) for use as a smoking room and dining room for the hotel guests. Several images show unidentified Maori women in posed groups, or working with flax, and in one case a woman using a treadle sewing machine. An unidentified man is seen, in several images, fishing at pools below the Aratiatia Rapids. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers around the turn of the 19th-20th century. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

By: Archer, John Wykeham, 1808-1864; Winkles, Henry, 1801-1860 -

Reference: A-098-047

Description: A large spa building in a valley with mountains beyond Title also in German and French. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 102 x 157 mm

Date: 1956

From: [Ephemera on tourism and tourist attractions and facilities in the Waikato Region. 1920-1960s].

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Waikato-1956-01

Description: Envelope shows a map of the Auckland and Coromandel area with Te Aroha marked. The envelope has three stamps and two rubber postmarks, and is addressed to Mr D J Edwards of 20 Koromiko Street, Te Aroha. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph and holograph on postal envelope, 90 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Complete Stamp Company, June 2013.

Date: 1955-1965

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in places beginning with K. 1900s onwards ]

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Kaikohe-1960s-01

Description: Pamphlet advertising the "world famous healing waters" of the Ngawha Springs. Phone number is 73 Kaikohe. Massage and hydrology were offered. Shows a photograph of Ngawha of the hotel with cars from the 1940-1960s? parked outside. Inside are photographs of the dining room and lounge. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 216 x 140 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1930-1939]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1930s-02

Description: 16-page brochure with photographs and text, and front and back cover as photolithographs. The brochure describes various facilities and cures available, including the new Ward Bathhouse, the Blue Bath, and treatments at the Health Spa - with photographs of the Dry Farado electric massage and diathermy treatments, a sinusoidal electric bath, the Bergonie chair, high-frequency valve, ultra-violet ray and Aix massage douche. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 230 x 187 mm.

Date: 22 August 1838

From: Artist unknown: German sketchbook, 1838

Reference: E-318-004

Description: A view of a large spa building with gardens, hills, trees and houses to the left Other Titles - Bad Brukenau Spa with colonnades Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Bad Brückenau. Cursaal mit Colonnaden 22/8 38 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 170 x 220 mm.

Date: [197-]

By: Wilson, Stuart A, 1897-

Reference: MS-Papers-10447

Description: Notes for a proposed publication by D R Walker (lecturer in history, University of New South Wales) to be called, `The Social history of the spas in Australasia' Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (51 p). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: ca 1900-1925

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm); Strong, R, active 1905

Reference: PAColl-7261

Description: Invercargill Post Office and Athenaeum; Bluff east from the wharf; the view down Princes Street with shops on either side such as a chemists and an oyster bar, and trams, horses and carts and pedestrians in the street; Victoria Square, Christchurch with a tram and bicycles; looking south down Queen Street, Waimate; St Augustine's Church, Waimate; two young women next to a statue of Margaret Cruickshank, Waimate; the Alexandra bridge; tourists arriving in the spa grounds, Hanmer; an elevated view of Clyde; and tourists on the wharf at Queenstown waiting to get on the steamship. Quantity: 9 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 13 Mar-11 May 1915

By: Cruttwell, Edward C, active 1915

Reference: MS-0658

Description: The diary kept during his two month sojourn at Hanmer Springs, where he was active in the local church and in organising war relief work such as the Belgium Fund Carnival. It contains a daily record of Cruttwell's activities while at the sanitorium, including the writing of sermons, theological reading, weather conditions, leisure activities, etc. He describes the local Maori and pakeha residents, the surrounding countryside, and gives reactions to war news received in some detail. Included are some newspaper clippings and photographs. A few pages describe his impressions of Christchurch. The diary appears to have been written for Cruttwell's fiancee back in England, and he also refers to having sent the previous diary back to her. Variations in title - On Title page: New Zealand (South Island) Edward Cruttwell was attending a theological college in England when his health broke down and he travelled to New Zealand to recuperate. He spent six months during 1914-1915 travelling in both the North and South Islands. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (70 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph & printed matter (¼ blue buckram, marbled boards)

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

Reference: E-377-021

Description: A view of Lake Rotorua showing Sulphur Point and the Government Baths Other Titles - Sulphur Point Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Rotorua - Sulpher Point - Govt Baths Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 125 x 210 mm.

Date: ca 1895. 1910

By: Sheehy, E M (Mrs), active 1976

Reference: PAColl-0266

Description: Tourist views of Rotorua in colour and photo of Sheehy's Chemist Shop, 80 Courtney Place, Wellington 1/2-068556 Quantity: 8 colour original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Parker, I W (Mr), active 1970s; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959

Reference: PAColl-0245

Description: Views of Ohinemutu, Sanatorium, and Blue and Green Lakes Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Jan-Jul 1906]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-230

Description: Comprises correspondence, accounts, memos etc; identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letter from [?] Endo W L'Estrange, Public Works office, Taihape. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca1930

From: Gibbens, Ken :Photographs of New Zealand, Australia, California, Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji

By: Gibbens, Ken, active 1920s-

Reference: PA1-o-835

Description: Record of a trip through New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).