Born at St John's Wood, London. Consecrated at Westminster Abbey on 29 June 1869, and on 20 July married Eliza Jane (née Webber, 1835-1902). First Bishop of Auckland. Member of the Anglican General Synod, Christchurch, 1898. See DNZB (Vol 2, 1870-1900, p101-102)
Cowie, William Garden (Bishop), 1831-1902
Photographer unknown: Views of New Plymouth, Taranaki and Dunedin
Date: [ca 1890s]
Reference: PAColl-7053
Description: Views mostly in and around New Plymouth but including clergymen gathered for Archdeacon Govett's jubilee in 1898, crowds in Pukekura Park for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubliee in 1897 and a Floral Fete in 1896, a homestead called Tokotahi near the Tiraumea River in Pahiatua County, the old mountain house on Mount Taranaki, and an area called Grant's Braes (now Waverley) in Dunedin. All the views are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002136 to 002173 Quantity: 38 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film 1/2 plate copy negatives
[Thomas, E. A. C.] b. 1825 :Bishop Cowie, Auckland 1878.
Date: 1878
From: Thomas, E A C, 1825- :[Album of a visit to the Motueka area and North Canterbury]
By: Thomas, E A C, 1825-
Reference: E-305-q-008
Description: Half-length seated portrait of (Anglican) Bishop Cowie of Auckland. He is seated at a desk, a book in his left hand Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph with background in colour pencil, 140 x 97 mm on sheet 295 x 245 mm
Sydney Corresponding Committee - Minutes CN/O 1; correspondence CN/O 2; Bishop's corres...
Date: 1821-1880
From: Church Missionary Society : Archives relating to the Australian and New Zealand Missions
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-04-40
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Bishop's correspondence CN/O 3
Date: 1840-1880
From: Church Missionary Society : Archives relating to the Australian and New Zealand Missions
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-04-41
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Various artists :[New Zealand bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with...
Date: 1870 - 1960
From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]
By: Blackwell, Victor, active 1940s?; Calder, Ian Fortune, 1910-1998; Carty, D A, active 1940-1950s; Clapson, Mabel Willard, active 1941-50; Clark, Barbara, active 1933; Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Coates, A, active 1951; Collins, Raymond James George, 1898-1965; Holloway, Ronald, 1909-2003; Hutton, John Campbell, 1906-1978; Lovell-Smith, Colin Stuart, 1894-1960; Main, William, 1934-2023; Penlington, Cecil Spenser, -1964; Stout, James, 1904-1968; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Tilsley, Lydia Louise, 1898-1983; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982
Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-C
Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: A E Caddick (by Colin Lovell-Smith) Rev David Calder (by his son Ian Fortune Calder) Caledonian Society Wellington, Kathleen Campbell 1936 (by Louise Tilsley) Carmelite Monastery (by R Holloway, 1951) D A Carty (by himself) M B Castle (by William Main) R B Castle (by E Mervyn Taylor) Z V Castle (by William Main) George Law Cawkwell (by R Holloway) Thomas Camberlin Chamberlin (by W & A Mussett, Lincoln's Inn) Frederick Revans Chapman, Henry Chapman, Stan Chapman (shows Maori carved box), Christchurch Club of Printing House Craftsmen (by James Stout, 1952) Christ's College 1938 The Churchill Auction of Books and Pictures 1942 (by Hilda Wiseman) Mabel Willard Clapson (2 different by M herself?) J Boyd Clark (by C S Penlington) J J Clark by Barbara Clark 1933) Russell Clark (by himself 1931) Patricia S Johanna Clarke (by Ron Holloway, the Griffin Press) Dr J McMurray Cole, College House Library (by Russell Clark 1950) R J G Collins (by himself, 1923) Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Edward Tennyson Conolly (ca 1903?) Ashley Cook (by Hilda Wiseman, 1951?) S Arthur Cook (by Adele Younghusband 1952) H G Coombs (by Adele Younghusband 1952) Bryan Coote (designed by Victor William Garden Cowie- Bishop of Auckland Graham Crossley (by John Hutton 1930-31) Adrian Patrick Curran (Rev) (by Ronald Holloway, 1900s) Frank I Cooze (by himself 1925) William Charles Cotton (1800s) William Garden Cowie, Bishop of Auckland (1800s) Graham Crossley (by John Hutton, 1930-1931) Quantity: 39 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.
Members of the Senate of the University of New Zealand present at the Annual Session at...
Date: Mar 1893
From: University of New Zealand: Photographs relating to the University of New Zealand
By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964
Reference: PAColl-D-0164
Description: Group photograph of members of the Senate, taken 1893 by an unidentified photographer. Photograph copied by S P Andrew. Names indexed in Name Field Inscriptions: Mat recto - above image - Title; Mat recto - beneath image - Names of those in photograph Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 275 x 362 mm with mount
Miscellaneous papers : Lambeth Conference papers : Orders of ceremonial for consecratio...
Date: 1725-1929
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1527
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
H W Williams - Inward correspondence
Date: Mar-Oct 1933
From: Williams family : Miscellaneous papers, particularly of William, William Leonard and Herbert William Williams
Reference: MS-Papers-0190-10
Description: Correspondents include: J C Andersen; G H Scholefield; S Waddy; J R Elder; S T C Sprott; J Booth; H E Evans; W Simkin (with letter enclosure re Bishop Cowie, dated 1869) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
William Williams - Inward correspondence
Date: Mar-Apr 1870
From: Williams family : Miscellaneous papers, particularly of William, William Leonard and Herbert William Williams
Reference: MS-Papers-0190-02
Description: Includes: Letters to William Williams from his daughter Marianne Williams; Octavius Hadfield; Bishop of Auckland (Cowie); Donald McLean; J Brathwaite; W Ronaldson; F J Moran; W L Williams Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Bowring, Walter Armiger 1874-1931 :The Most Reverend William Garden Cowie, D D Bishop o...
Date: 1902
By: Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; Weekly press (Newspaper); Selig, Phineas, 1856-1941
Reference: B-094-005
Description: Caricature of the Bishop Published as supplement to the Weekly Press March 5th, 1902 Other Titles - Press portraits no. 47 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 440 x 284 mm
Photograph of a sketch by Philip Walsh, depicting Bishop and Mrs Cowie on horseback in ...
Date: [ca 190-?]
From: Clements, Leon Henry, 1928-2016: Photographs relating to Anglican missions
By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914
Reference: 1/2-127113-F
Description: Photograph of a lantern slide that depicts a sketch by Philip Walsh. Sketch shows Anglican missionary Bishop William Garden Cowie, and his wife, on horseback in the driving rain, during travels in North Auckland. Bishop Cowie holds his hat. Mrs Cowie holds an umbrella. Sketch drawn circa 1910s. Photographer of lantern slide, and creation date of lantern slide, unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Williams, Nigel (Canon) :One photograph of Anglican General Synod, Christchurch, 1898
Date: 1898
By: Williams, Nigel, 1901-1980
Reference: PAColl-3384
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprint 264 x 370mm Processing information: From loose prints series ("B" sequence)
William Leonard Williams, William Garden Cowie and Samuel Williams
Date: 1880 - 1902
Reference: 1/2-111110-F
Description: From left to right: William Leonard Williams, Bishop Cowie and Samuel Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
William Garden Cowie, Bishop of Auckland
Date: Between 1890 and 1902
From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district
Reference: 1/1-001285-G
Description: Portrait of William Garden Cowie (1831-1902), Anglican Bishop of Auckland 1870-1902, photographed, probably in the 1890s, by Herman John Schmidt of Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Inward letters - Surnames, Cor - Cox
Date: 1847-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0232
Description: Correspondents include: E B Cornish, Poverty Bay, 1869 (1 letter); W C Cotton, Auckland, 1847 (2 letters); John R Cowan, Napier, 1873 (1 letter); William A Cowan (to Williamson), Orakau, 1870 (1 letter); George Cowie, Wellington, Melbourne & Nelson, 1870-1874 & undated (4 letters); Bishop W G Cowie, Auckland, 1876 & undated (5 letters); Alfred Cox, Hamilton, 1874 (1 letter). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Palmer, Charles, 1841?-1928] :Observer cartoons no. 19 - The Right Rev Dr Cowie, Bisho...
Date: 1882
From: Various artists :Observer cartoons; supplement to the "Observer" [Auckland, Wilson & Horton, ca 1882]
By: Palmer, Charles, 1841?-1928
Reference: A-442-019
Description: Shows a portrait of a bearded Reverend William Garden Cowie seated reading in a padded chair in fron of a bookcase. There is a scallop shell and staff logo at lower left, possibly the logo of artist Charles Palmer. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 355 x 247 mm.
Parnell Hall :Amateur ballad concert (under the patronage of Bishop and Mrs Cowie). Sat...
Date: 1884
From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, 1800s].
By: Auckland evening star (Newspaper)
Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1884-01
Description: Arrangement of text with ornate lettering and border. Performers include: Miss C Kempthorne, Miss M Fairburn (piano), Mr Milligan Hogg, Miss Corbett, Mr Withers, Miss A. O'Neil, Dr Cobbett, Mr Severn, Mr Bryant, Mrs Ruck, Mr J Fairburn, Miss M. Wylde Browne, Miss E White, Master Edgecumbe, Masters Waymouth and Flood, Miss E Flood, Mr A Walker, Mr A Harrington, Miss J Wylde Browne, Miss F Clayton, Miss Ida Kissling, Mr Tor Dawson, Miss M White, Mr Reece Thomas, Miss Hilda Ruck, Mr A Sealey, Mr Dewes. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on cream paper, 224 x 141 mm.
Records of the archbishops : Archibald Campbell Tait - Official letters
Date: 1871-1878
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1521
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Church Missionary Society : Records
Date: 1880-1914
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1825-1827
Description: Further CMS records relevant to New Zealand. Comprise correspondence and precis books 1879-1914, concerning grants to missionaries in New Zealand. Correspondents include Bishop W L Williams, A F Williams, Bishop E C Stuart, W Goodyear, Bishop W G Cowie, Bishop O Hadfield, J McWilliam, G Maunsell and E Clarke. Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983