Taranaki Museum

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company; Taranaki Museum

Reference: A-104-024-b

Description: View from close to the mouth of the river, looking inland. Shows boats on the river, including (possibly) the Cobden ferry, and a horse-drawn cart on the road to the right, leading along the south side of the riverbank towards the houses and shops of the town Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm Provenance: Deacessioned from the collections of Taranaki Museum, 1994.

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 1849 - 1855

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Taranaki Museum; New Plymouth Public Library

Reference: A-284-031/035

Description: Show Taranaki scenes: Interior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Exterior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Alpha flourmill, Huatoki Valley and Victoria Road from Marsland Hill, New Plymouth; Henui (Weekstown) from the coastal dunes; Unidentified New Plymouth outskirts (possibly now Tukapa St / Westown). Attribution based on style. George Curtis arrived in New Plymouth in 1849 on the 'Pekin'. "As soon as a raupo house could be erected by the Maoris at Omata, George Curtis and his family went to live on his farm". (NZ Biogs, 1967, vol. 1, p. 53). Supplied titles. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Recto - beneath image - [Titles as supplied by donor]. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, black and white, varying sizes. Provenance: Original drawings in New Plymouth Public Library tipped into a book, until 1992, then transferred to Taranaki Museum.

Date: 1856 - 1979 - 1860

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Taranaki Museum

Reference: C-108-008-a

Description: Looking north east across the waterfront and the mouth of the Huatoki Stream, with Richard Brown's store in the foreground, the Kawau kainga and Maori Church across the river in the background. Original watercolour in Taranaki Museum (Puke Ariki). On sheet 418 x 584 mm Accompanied by a descriptive leaflet Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 328 x 508 mm

Date: 1856 - 1979 - 1860

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Taranaki Museum

Reference: C-108-008

Description: Looking north east across the waterfront and the mouth of the Huatoki Stream, with Richard Brown's store in the foreground, the Kawau kainga and Maori Church across the river in the background. On sheet 418 x 584 mm Accompanied by a descriptive leaflet Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 328 x 508 mm

Date: 1869 - 1979

By: Rawson, Henry Freer, 1839-1879

Reference: C-108-009

Description: Same as C-108-009-a Original watercolour in Puke Ariki (Taranaki Museum) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, col, 328 x 507 mm on sheet 418 x 584 mm

Date: 1869 - 1979

By: Rawson, Henry Freer, 1839-1879

Reference: C-108-009-a

Description: A close-up view of Omata Stockade Same as C-108-009 A copy of a watercolour in Puke Ariki, Taranaki Museum Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, col, 328 x 507 mm on sheet 418 x 584 mm

Date: [1989]

From: Ireland, Kevin, 1933- : Papers

Reference: 94-180-1/11

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes letter from [?], Orchard House; Jacqueline, Titirangi; Jack [?] Lasenby, Paremata; piece on Ireland and Tiberius at the Beehive; and article on Tony Stones. Also poems from Martin Green, Muriel Herbert and Bill Mitchell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1870 - 1979 - 1879

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: A-408-044/056

Description: A set of plans of an 1870s house, with perpective drawings, elevations, sections and floor plan in its original state and in 1979. Taranaki Museum was renamed Puke Ariki in 2003 Quantity: 13 plan(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, 297 x 420 mm.

Date: 1954-1987

From: Scott, Richard George, 1923-2020: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8572-50

Description: Correspondence covering both editions of the Parihaka book. Not all correspondents indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1890-1973

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-248

Description: Papers realting to the Gudgeon families, including correspondence with the Taranaki Museum and other descendants of the Gudgeon and Craig families re Gudgeon's papers, printed extracts, original correspondence, newspaper clippings and a photograph Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1996-2000]

From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7118-063

Description: Inward correspondence; some outward Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1982]-1989

From: Parkinson, Philip Granger, 1950-: Collection

Reference: 98-160-01

Description: Correspondence with various institutions holding collections of Swainson specimens and drawings. Includes letters to and from Australian Museum (Sydney), Balfour and Newton Library (Cambridge, UK), Auckland Public Library (Auckland), Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard), National Library of Australia (Canberra), Taranaki Museum (New Plymouth), South African Library (Cape Town). Also includes some personal correspondence with individuals. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1993

From: Simpson, Mīria, 1922-2002: Collection

By: Senior, Dwayne, active 1993; Taranaki daily news (Newspaper); Taranaki Newspapers Limited

Reference: PAColl-3086

Description: Miria Simpson taking a tour party around the exhibition Nga Kupu Korero at the Taranaki Museum in January 1993 'Nga Kupu Korero: People of the Treaty speak' exhibition held at the National Library Gallery in 1992, which toured New Zealand. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 1 photocopy/ies in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprint 178 x 244mm, and photocopy 210 x 195mm

Date: 1968-1971

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: 77-107-09

Description: Notes of interviews conducted with women who had moko, and with others who had first-hand knowledge of the custom; it indicates where such people are or were to be found; includes photographs of women with moko. There is is a set of correspondence about moko with informants and ethnologists, entered under Name; this section also includes letter from Bill writing from Daniel W Goldier freelance photographer, Te Awamutu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts

Date: [ca 1940?]

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

Reference: 1/4-015787

Description: Epa (Maori carved wooden slab, from the back or front walls of a storehouse) held in the Taranaki Museum, circa 1940. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

From: Wall, John Reginald, 1870?-1944 :Photographs

Reference: 1/1-013062-G

Description: 10928 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

From: Wall, John Reginald, 1870?-1944 :Photographs

Reference: 1/1-013021-G

Description: 10920 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1934

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1495-1/4-G

Description: View of the punga waka (anchor stone) of the waka Tainui. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1934. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Stone anchor. Tainui Canoe. Mokau An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 6 (PA1-o-194) Mentioned in James Cowan's book \"The Maoris of New Zealand\" (1910), p 68: \"The anchor or mooring stone of the Tainui is on the beach close to the Mokau settlement. It is a peculiarly shaped, grooved and polished rock, something like an hour-glass in outline and about 4 feet in length\". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

From: Wall, John Reginald, 1870?-1944 :Photographs

Reference: 1/1-013063-G

Description: 10927 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).