Building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Stout Street, under construction in 1908. Designed by John Campbell (1857-1942).
New Zealand. Public Trust Office. Wellington
Legal and financial papers
Date: [1906]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-176
Description: Various documents including correspondence, notes and receipts; identified persons entered under Name. Includes some documents in Maori; letter, E J Riddiford re re due by Hoeta [?] Uinini; application re restrictions, [?] Ngarongoa Tamati; letter, Stafford & Treadwell re Hinakitaka and natives to Eglinton, telegram from Seddon re petition of prisoner, Mahikai; accounts of Ngarongoa, Puke, Thomas Hay, [?] Longa, Tamihana te Karu and Jerry Edwin; part of letter, Field to Postmaster, Martinborough re tracing of Watarauiki Te Paki; receipt, James Fox and Heremaia [?] Eruini; letter re Pollhill Gully and Hana Te Awhitu; letter re sale of Ngarara West C; letter re payment to Te Rei re Opau; letter re Matai [?] Paroi of Porirua; letter re Ropata, Hawe and Watson. Language - Many documents in Maori (untranslated) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
View of Stout Street, Wellington, New Zealand - Photograph taken by Ross Giblin
Date: 13 May 1978
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1978/1829-F
Description: View of Stout Street, Wellington, New Zealand. On the left is the old Public Trust building. On the right are the State Insurance building and the Departmental building. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin on the 13th of May 1978. This building is no longer the head office of the Public Trust. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Fidel, 1944-2001 :Public Trust Office. 1979.
Date: 1979
By: Fidel, 1944-2001
Reference: B-160-009-e
Description: Shows the Public Trust Office on the corner of Stout Street and Lambton Quay. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Fidel 1979; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, on sheets 545 x 400 mm.
View of the Public Trust building and Pastoral House, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: 27 January 1977
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1977/0287-F
Description: View of the old Public Trust building and Pastoral House, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 17th of January 1977. This building is no longer the head office of the Public Trust. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
James Beard and Company :Proposed rehabilitation of the Public Trust Building, Lambton ...
Date: 1979
From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]
By: Beca, Carter, Hollings & Ferner Ltd
Reference: Plans-2009-082-5019-004/045
Description: Includes site plans, floor plans, roof plan, sections and elevations of the existing building, and of proposed alterations including a new mezzanine floor above the ground floor. ALso includes exterior perpective drawings of the building from different viewpoints in Lambton Quay and Stout Street. Quantity: 42 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on draughting paper, sizes varying up to 595 x 840 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.
Fidel, 1944-2001 :Public Trust Office. 258/500. 1979.
Date: 1979
By: Fidel, 1944-2001
Reference: B-160-009-a
Description: Shows the Public Trust Office on the corner of Stout Street and Lambton Quay. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Fidel 1979; Recto - beneath image - [Title, signature, and print number] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 545 x 400 mm.
J H Bethune and Company Ltd :Plan of the property of the late Mr W H Quick, no. 38 Well...
Date: 1911 - 1912
By: J H Bethune and Company Ltd; James MacIntosh & Company
Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1912/Acc.2991
Description: Cadastral map showing the estate of the late Mr W H Quick, being 38 Wellington Terrace and 21 and 23 Bolton Street, Wellington. Land is surveyed, numbered and shows acreage. Written on map is: 'To be sold by auction on Wednesday 20th November l/12 at 2.30 pm in J H Bethune Co's auction rooms, Featherston Street, under the instructions from the Public Trustee, J H Bethune & Co, James MacIntosh & Co, joint auctioneers'. The sale notice, with notes about the properties and sale information, is glued along the top left edge of the plan. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, 28 x 21 cm
Legal and financial papers
Date: [1866]-1889
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-162
Description: Correspondence, telegrams, notices and other papers relating to Maori land and business concerns; includes piece in Maori discussing Maori concerns signed by J E Featherston and translated into English (1866); payment note, Watene, Poarore, H A Field, D D McKenzie and one other (1887); note re payment to Field signed by [?] Harukaunui te Hiko; several receipts, Field to Hohepa Horomona (1889-1889) and note re Horomona's indebtedness to Field (1889); receipts, Horomona to Buckley Stafford and Treadwell (1889); and request from Horomona to Field to pay A Chapman (1889); appointment of sitting to confirm lease of Donald Buchanan known as Turangarere (1889); and memorandum, naative Land Court Office to Buckley, Stafford and Treadwell, Nataives to Mungavin re Aotea Nos 1,3,4 and 6 (1889) Letter from Rawiri Puaha re his brother Winera and the title of Aotea Block (1888); letters, Public Trust Office to Buckley, Stafford and Treadwell re Aotea Blocks, `Natives to Mungavin' (1889); letter, H [?] Bevan, Manakau, to Field re Whare Winia and Huritini Block; telegram, A Mackay to Buckley Stafford and TRradwell re Eruini Te Marau of Panui for Kukutauaki No 1 (1889); letter re transfer from Mungavin to McGovern of land at Manaia (1889) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Ball programmes, and assorted music ephemera, collected by Norman Hull-Brown. 1926-1950s]
Date: 1926-1959
From: Hull-Brown, Ian Norman: Collection
Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Hull-Brown
Description: Includes a collection of ball programmes: Undated: Eastbourne Carnival Football Queen No 3 dance programme. Perfumed with Muguet. 1926: Public Trust Office. Annual dance. St Francis Hall Wellington. 11 June 1926. Programme. 1928: Government House Wellington. 25 September 1928. Programme. Government House. 12 October 1928. Programme HMS Dunedin. 27 November 1928. [Programme] Annual Charity Ball. Town Hall. 6th (17 July 1928), 8th (11 June 1930), 9th (17 June 1931), 10th (15 June 1932), 11th (7 June 1933), 12th (20 June 1934), 13th (26 June 1935), 17th (21 June 1939), 18th (5 June 1940) 1929: St Patricks College Old Boys Association. 4th and 6th annual ball programmes. 1929 and 1931. Government House Wellington. 13 August 1929. Programme. 1930: Post & Telegraph Department. Town Hall. 31 July 1930. Programme. [Vivienne Riddiford engagement party - identified in pencil on back, and with the initials "V&M" on front]. 21 October 1930. Programme. [Dr Herbert's 21st party for his daughter - identified in pencil on back]. 12 November 1930. Programme. Featherston Golf Club annual ball. 15 July 1930. Programme; and Menu. Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club. 8 May 1930. [Ball programme] [Palmerston North Golf Club?] Palmerston North. 1 August 1930 (shows humorous illustration of golfers on the front of programme) Masterton Golf Ball (identified in pencil on back). Programme 1930. 1931: B (Dr Herbert's daughter's coming out dance). 27 April 1931. Programme. 1932: Lever Brothers (N.Z.) Limited. Founder's Day celebration. Kirkcaldie & Stains' Ballroom. 16 September 1932. Programme. M.S. [and] J.N. [marriage?] 10 March 1932. Programme. J.P. [and] J.W. [marriage?] Dances. 21 April 1932. Programme Plunket Ball. Town Hall. 15 July 1932. 1933: Programme with red musical stave on the front. [Dr Herbert's daughter's arrival from India. 17/1/33. [Dance card]. 1935: B D G and F N G. 19 September 1935. [Marriage?]. Programme. 1936: Queen Margaret College. 22 August 1935. Programme (front half only) Public Works Department annual staff dance 1936 1937-1938: Marsden School. Debutantes' dance. 21.5.1937 and 6.5.1938. Programmes. George R. J. [and] Elizabeth R. [Ball] programme. 7.5.[19]38. 1939: Mayfair Cabaret. Shell Social Club dance. Thursday 29 June [1939] Post & Telegraph Department annual ball. Dance list and supper ticket. (5 different, including one dated 1939) Queen Margaret College. Debutantes' Ball. 18 April 1939. Programme. 1946: A T Young 22/5/46. Programme. General Motors. "Assembly line" of all those who have served General Motors for ten or more years. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George Wellington. 12 December 1946. Programme. 1948: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. 65th presentation of prizes and annuall. 17 July 1948. Wairarapa Hunt Incorporated. Annual ball. 30 July 1948. Programme. 1949: General Motors. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 15 December 1949. 1950: General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 14 December 1950. 1951: General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 13 Devember 1951. Programme. General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. [Three badges worn by Norm Hull-Brown at these events] Includes programmes: Wellington Orphans' Club. Annual ladies' night. Masonic Hall, The Terrace. 7 August 1930. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Bright and breezy". Majestic Theatre 23 May 1935. Programme. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Brighter and breezier". 11 July 1935. Programme. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Brightest and breeziest". St James Theatre Wellington. 17 October 1935. Programme. Disabled Soldiers Civil Re-Establishment League presents its 1941 monster revue, "Britannia". Opera House, 1-10 May 1941. Programme. 2YA Camp Entertainers come to town with a non-stop variety show. Town Hall Wellington. 25 March 1944. Proceeds to Wellington Red Cross. 2YA Camp Entertainers return to town with another Non-Stop Variety Show. Town Hall Wellington. 4 November 1944. Programme. Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association. Smoke concert. Town Hall, 8 September 1950. Programme (autograph B C Freyberg) New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Non-Stop variety show. Town Hall Wellington. 4 September 1950. For the UN Appeal for Children. One day of your pay will save another child. Compered by Selwyn Toogood. Includes invitations: Nga Tawa Old Girls and Wanganui Old Boys. Ball at Drill Hall, Feilding. 14 June 1937. Invitation. Ohingaiti Citizen's [sic] annual Ball. Friday 12 August 1938. Music by Wellington's foremost dance band, Henry Rudolph's Dance Band. Flier. Wellington College Old Boys' Cricket Club. Annual dance. 9 March 1940. Invitation. Also includes a receipt from the Wellington Performing Musicians Industrial Union of Workers for membership, Mr Hull-Brown, 3 May 1927; and a business card of Jack E Michel, trap-drummer and xylophonist, Fuller's Vaudeville, Ambassador Cabaret. (in "Programmes" folder) Quantity: 30 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) invitations. 20 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (programmes, etc).
Knight album
From: Estate of Mr and Mrs E S Knight :Photographs of Wellington
By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Reference: PA1-o-252
Description: Photograph album of views of Wellington, ranging from copies of early paintings from the 1840s, and early photographs up to the 1870s, to a series of postcards from the 1920s. Most of the early images have clear descriptions, giving year made, location, and in some cases further information about buildings that can be seen. For example, one view shows Kebble's house, now the site of the Grand Opera House. Views in the postcards are identified, but no dates are given. Most of the postcard views were taken by Sydney Charles Smith Inscriptions: Album page - `To E.S.K. with all good wishes for the 8th Nov. 1925, from a wellwisher' (illuminated inscription inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black album, entitled `Photographs'; `E.S.K.' lettered in lower right-hand corner; 26 x 33 cm
New Zealand Historic Places Trust Regional Committee : Conservation study of the Public...
Date: 1976
By: New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Wellington Regional Committee
Reference: MS-Papers-2179
Description: Study of architectural, historical, conservation and functional aspects of the building Publication - Published in modified form as the Committee's Newsletter, vol 1, no 3, 1976 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
View of the Public Trust building, Wellington, New Zealand - Photograph taken by Mark R...
Date: 28 August 1990
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1990/3007-F
Description: View of the old Public Trust building on the corner of Stout Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Mark Round on the 28th of August 1990. This building is no longer the head office of the Public Trust. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative
Garvitch album
Date: [1970s]
From: Garvitch, Jeremy Veniamin, 1890-1990 :Photographs and negatives
Reference: PA1-f-024
Description: Colour photographs of Wellington taken by Jeremy Garvitch in the 1970s. Many of the images show architectural details of buildings, some before buildings were pulled down, some of the buildings still surviving (in 2006). Many others show new buildings under construction (including a sequence showing The Beehive at various stages of construction). Includes views of Dr McGavin's House, built in 1908 by Turnbull & Sons on the corner of Willis St and Ghuznee St., later used by the Red Cross and other organisations. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with teal blue plastic cover and plastic-covered pages; 34 x 34 cm
Various papers
Date: [1898-1899]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-218
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes auction arrangements for Ngarara West A and C blocks; map of land between The Terrace and Lambton Quay with house position; various receipts etc Quantity: 1 folder(s). Handrawn map of area between The Terrace and Lambton Quay near Boulcott Terrace
Campbell, John, 1857-1942 :Public Trust Office, Wellington. P.W.D. 21596. Oct. 1905.
Date: 1905
From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]
By: Campbell, John, 1857-1942
Reference: Plans-2009-082-5019-001/003
Description: Photographic copies of plans of a four storeyed building with a dome above the streetcorner entrance, showing elevations to Stout Street and Lambton Quay, and sections. Other Titles - October; Public Works Department Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.
Papers re the Hoggard estate
Date: [1897-1900]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-046
Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to Susan Hoggard's estate and proposed right of way; also includes costs to J Hoggard Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Public Works Architectural Division] :Government centre Wellington, notional plan [cop...
Date: 1978 - 1988
By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Architectural Branch; Cook, Rodney, 1930-
Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/[1983?]/Acc.37325
Description: Notional plan of the government centre, Wellington, showing land held for the centre, bounded by Thorndon Quay, Pipitea Street, Hill Street, Bowen Street, Balance Street and Waterloo Quay (highlighted in felt pen). Areas represented include: retained old buildings, new buildings or those under construction, future development, land not owned by Crown, land under negotiation, land held for government centre, land held for motorway, Public Trust buildings not required. Several roughly drawn marks over map, probably by architect. Also shows land area bounded by Pipitea Street, Hobson Street, Murphy Street and Fitzherbert Terrace, highlighted in coloured pencils (no reference key for this section). Written on map: AWDO 38482-P1/R2 Commissioner: N C McLeod; senior project architect: G R Hoskins; government architect G D Miskimmin; district architect E K Dinsdale; district design architect F G T Shaw Written on map: Architectural government centre Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Felt pen and pencil, coloured, on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 75.5 x 95.5 cm Provenance: Donated by Rodney Cook, September 1999
Fidel, 1944-2001 :Public Trust Office. 280/500. 1979.
Date: 1979
By: Fidel, 1944-2001
Reference: B-160-009
Description: Shows the Public Trust Office on the corner of Stout Street and Lambton Quay. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Fidel 1979; Recto - beneath image - [Title, signature, and print number] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 545 x 400 mm.
Fidel, 1944-2001 :Public Trust Office. 1979.
Date: 1979
By: Fidel, 1944-2001
Reference: B-160-009-c
Description: Shows the Public Trust Office on the corner of Stout Street and Lambton Quay. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Fidel 1979; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, on sheets 545 x 400 mm.
Accounts and correspondence
Date: [1925]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-243
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes several letters from Field relating to rail services and Field's Express Quantity: 1 folder(s).