St. Michael & All Angels (Kelburn, Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1906 - 1948 - 1957 - 1926 - 1960

By: Clere & Busby (Firm); Girdlestone, Bruce N, active 1957; Gray Young, Morton & Young (Firm); Martin & Dyett (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2003-016-001/022

Description: Includes: Clere plan 1906-1907. Clere & Busby. Kelburn Church site plan. 6 July 1914. Sketch proposal by Rev Mr Watson. 1915. Site plan showing neighbouring houses. [1910s?] Gray Young, Morton & Young. Proposed new organ chamber ... 20 September 1948 [and] June 1950. (3 plans) Rushworth & Dreaper, organ builders, Liverpool. St Michael & All Angels, Kelburn Wellington. Suggested design for organ case. 20.9.[19]48.l 92 drawings) St Michael's Coffee Bar. [Basic layout and floor space, plus two detail plans, and list of expenditure. 1948] Bruce N Girdlestone. Preliminary sketch plans of proposed hall for St Michael and All Angels' Church, Kelburn March-August 1957. (4 diazo print plans) Martin & Dyett. Plan showing layout of existing and proposed buildings. E Dewstone[?] 24/2/[19]60. Details of altar rail (diazo print and two small sketches). Also includes a handwritten envelope listing these plans Related material and possible also duplicate plans at Plans-89-0293/0309. Quantity: 20 plan(s) and two written items. Physical Description: Ink and pencil drawings, watercolours, and diazo plans, sizes varying. Transfers: Tranferred from Manuscripts 88-022-4/10, where there is related material.

Date: 1869-1918

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-809

Description: Album is dated 1869, but some of the photographs may be earlier. Relates to the Powles family in England, especially Ipswich, Suffolk and places near to it. Also has views of Tasmania and New Zealand. There are some interesting house interiors, buildings, and a short series on bush life while clearing the land. Popular taste in painting (art) is recorded in a number of photos. There are some photos of ships, especially warships. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1923 - 1928

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

Reference: Plans-91-0713/0719

Description: Plans for St Michael and All Angels, Kelburn Quantity: 7 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, sizes vary

Date: 1921 - 1950 - 1926 - 1960

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Girdlestone, Bruce N, active 1957; Wilson, Edmund Richardson Fitz, 1871-1941; Gray Young, Morton & Young (Firm); Gabites and Beard (Firm); King & Dawson (Firm)

Reference: Plans-89-0293/0309

Description: Plans-89-0293 = Street plan of electrical cables, 1960s?; -0294 = Street plan for lots 46 to 55, Kelburn Parade, 1960s?; -0295 = Church site plan, by G N Sturtevant, 1926, outlining a proposed (and discarded) plan to place a tennis court behind the church, adjoining Upland Crescent; -0296 = Proposed hall between St Michael's Crescent & Upland Road, drawn by Bruce N Girdlestone, 1957; -0297 = Another version of a proposed hall, drawn by B. N. Girdlestone, 1957; Kelburn District Plan drawn by G N Sturtevant; -0298 = District Plan of church site, 1925 & 1929; -0299 = Site plan, undated; -0300 = Church cross-sections, longitudinal sections and south side elevation, drawn by Edmund P Wilson, 1921; -0301 = Church building, east, west and north elevations, ground floor & roof plans, drawn by Edmund P. Wilson, 1921; -0302 = Proposed new organ chamber by Gray Young Morton & Young, 1950; -0303 = Church elevation, drawn by Gabites & Beard, undated but probably 1970s; -0304 = Additions to hall, probably by Gray Young Morton and Young, 1953; -0305 to -0309 = Plans, elevations and details of new church hall, 1960-1963 drawn by King & Dawson. Plans-89-0300 and -0301 by Edmund P. Wilson are not as the church was built. See also Plans-89-0076 & 0077 for the church as built Quantity: 25 plan(s) including 17 different plans, 8 duplicates of dyeline prints. Physical Description: pencil, pencil & ink, pencil ink and watercolour, dyeline prints 260 x 205 mm to 660 x 850 mm Finding Aids: Detailed list of plans attached to Accessioning sheet.. Provenance: Donation: St Michael's Anglican Church, Kelburn, 1988 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS 88-22, August 1989.

Date: 1971

By: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928-

Reference: C-129-033

Description: Two-panelled window, topped with angels with cymbals and lyre, and the words: "This is my commnandment, love one another as I have loved you", with four panels showing the parable of the Good Samaritan. Another square shows Christ Who "went about doing good" and another square shows the meal at Emmaus. Other Titles - Mayo window Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - centre left - To the Glory of God and in memory of John Frederick Mayo, acting Vicar of this parish August 1940 [to] April 1946 Dated from the artist's inventory. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, in two panels, on sheet in mat 615 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1998.

Date: 1917 - 1919

By: Wilson, Edmund Richardson Fitz, 1871-1941

Reference: Plans-89-0077

Description: Shows south side elevation, longitudinal section,foundation plan, part section of nave and elevation, section of principal, face of end buttress of chancel, side of cross, section of chancel, part of east end, communion rail, prayer desk, and details of pulpit and chancel screen. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - CHURCH OF S MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS KELBURN WELLINGTON N.Z.; Recto - top right - 2 (in circle); Verso - top left - 6A (in circle). / Plan elevations and details of / Portion of Church erected 1919-1922.; Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and watercolour, 511 x 730 mm. Provenance: Donated by St Michael and All Angels Church, Kelburn, in 1984.

Date: 1980 - 1999

Reference: Eph-C-FAIR-1980/1999

Description: Includes the following posters: 1980: St Michael's Church Hall, Kelburn. See you at the Fair, Saturday 27th September; proceeds to Wellington Community Montessori Pre-School Inc [1980] 1982: Newtown Market Day. Wednesday 22nd September [1982] 1983: New Zealand Anglican Chinese Mission Church & Chinese Centre. Anglican gigantic Chinese Bazaar, the biggest bazaar in Wellington. 80th anniversary of the founding of the NZ Chinese Mission. Two Saturdays 3 & 10 September. To be opened by Mr Lindsay Yeo of 2ZB [1983] 1988: 2ZB Great Community Fair. All-day entertainment ... Sunday 16 October 1988, Wellington Show and Sport Centre The Thorndon Fair. Sunday 27th Nov from 11am. Traditional street entertainment, food. For a stall, phone 736-505 [1988] 1991: 1991 Thorndon Fair. Sunday 24 November 11am to 3pm. Tinakori Road if fine; Railway Station if wet. 1992: UNICEF International fair; food, crafts and fun from around the world. Saturday 14 November 1992, Wellington Show and Sports Centre, John Street, Newtown. 1994: UNICEF International fair; see the world in one day. Saturday 5 Nov 1994. Wellington Show Building (2 copies) Quantity: 8 Poster(s). Physical Description: Offset and screen prints, sizes varying around 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 1918

By: Wilson, Edmund Richardson Fitz, 1871-1941

Reference: Plans-89-0076-001/002

Description: First plan shows Part of elevation to south, west end elevation, north side elevation, east end elevation, lonitudinal section, cross section facing east. Second sheet shows ground plan and surrounding landscape and buildings. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - (On Plans-89-0076-001): CHURCH OF S MICHAEL / AND ALL ANGELS / KELBURN/ WELLINGTON N.Z. / Scale of / 8 Feet to / 1 Inch. / E. Wilson/ Architect / Invercargill / 1918; Verso - top right - (On Plans-89-0076-001): 5. (in circle) Mr Wilson's preliminary designs / 1918.; Recto - top centre - (On Plans-89-0076-002): CHURCH OF S MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS / KELBURN WELLINGTON NZ. / Scale of 8 Feet to 1 Inch / Edmund R Wilson / Architect / Invercargill / 1918; Verso - top centre - (On Plans-89-0076-002): 5A (in circle). Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tracing paper, 485 x 600 mm; and pencil and ink on tracing paper, 485 x 645 mm. Provenance: Donated by St Michael and All Angels Church, Kelburn, in 1984.

Date: ca 1940s-1960s

By: St. Michael & All Angels (Kelburn, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-7822

Description: Photographs of personalities, activities and buildings associated with St Michael and All Angels' Church, Kelburn, Wellington, including photographs of renovations to the church and Sunday school events. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 album leaves with 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Reference MS-Group-0608 (88-022); transfer from Manuscripts and Archives, March 2003.

Date: 1973 - 1975

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley, 1928- :[Group of 55 design drawings for leadlight windows, 1970-1996].

By: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928-

Reference: A-325-022

Description: Two-part scene, with two women and a centurion at the left, and Christ on the Cross. At the top are two angels, the elft one holding a crown, and the right one with a chalice. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Beverley Shore Bennett A.M.G.P. / Miller Studios Ltd.; Verso - centre - [Title]; Verso - bottom centre - Roy Miller mid 70s Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 259 x 118 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1998.

Date: 1905-2004

By: St. Michael & All Angels (Kelburn, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0608

Description: Includes minutes of the Vestry Committee, subject files on buildings and church maintenance, fund raising, correspondence, marriage, burial and baptism registers, financial records, service registers, returns of parishoners, minutes of the Young Wives, Young Women's and Men's clubs, and a large collection of parish magazines and newsletters 1938-1967. Also scrapbook of photographs etc. Source of title - Supplied title Anglican church situated on the corner of Upland Road and St Michael's Crescent in Kelburn, Wellington Quantity: 7 box(es) (90 items). 11 volume(s). 4 folder(s). 2.61 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Architectural plans and drawings - To Photographic Archive - Loose photographs. Scrapbook containing photographs has been kept with the collection..

Date: [ca 1970s-1980s]

From: Alington, William Hildebrand, 1929-: Papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-9922-16

Description: Miscellaneous, mostly unidentified projects. Included are - Architectural drawings of art gallery exhibition space. A dance hall. Foyer sitting area, National Art Gallery, 1975. Interiors of houses. Shell service station. Unidentified building with a Chinese look to the roof lines. Plan for a factory building. Interor view of St Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington, showing free standing liturgical altar in front of rood screen. A building in a Maori community. Addition to St Michael and All Angels' Church, Kelburn, Wellington. Unidentified marae. Walkways, gardens and spaces among high-rise city buildings. Photograph of unidentified factory or office building in last stages of construction. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 18 photocopy/ies. 5 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr W H Alington, Wellington, 2006

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-1880s

Description: Includes: ca 1880?: S Michael and All Angels. Parish entertainment on Thursday next. [Concert programme with Messrs Lean, Spensley, Button, McCardell, Cohen, Wood, Knox, Seager, Nottingham and R Parker, Rev E G Penny, Mr Appleby]. Single sheet yellow 1881: The form of prayer and ceremonies to be used at the Consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, New Zealand. 29 June 1881. William Atkin, Church printer, High Street, Auckland, 1881. 1881: The order of the Consecration of the Christchurch Cathedral, New Zealand on All Saints' Day, 1881. "Press" Office Christchurch. 1883: Ye Olde Englishe Fayre in aid of ye building funde of St Peter's Church, Te Aro, Wellington N.Z. Decr I to VIIIth, 1883. Printed by Bock & Cousins, disciples of ye goode masters Caxton & Senefelder [clipping, showing a beefeater, from a larger publication] 1884: Dedication of St Augustine's Church, Napier. The consecration service. 2 October 1884. printed at the "Daily Telegraph", Office, Tennyson-street, Napier. 1886: Diocese of Waiapu, NZ. The form and order of the laying the foundation stone of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Napier NZ, by the Right Rev Edward Craig Stuart, D.D. Lord Bishop of Waiapu. 29 September 1886. Napier, "Daily Telegraph" Office, Tennyson-street, 1886. 1886: The form and order of laying the foundation stone of the Church of S. Mary, Auckland, NZ. February 6, 1886. Wilsons & Horton, general printers, Queen & Wyndham Streets. (2 copies) 1888: Annual report of the Parish of St Paul's, Thorndon, year 1887-88. Wellington, Brown Thomson & Co., printers, 1888. 1888: Order for the consecration of the Cathedral Church of S John the Evangelist, Napier by the Right Reverend Edward Craig Stuart, D.D., Lord Bishop of Waiapu. 20 December 1888. Napier, Printed by Dinwiddie, Walker & Co Ltd, Tennyson-street, 1888. 1889: Clergy list to 30th June 1889. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1956 - 1959

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]

By: Waipawa mail, Waipukurau, Kaikoura and Harpenden advertiser (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-1956/1959

Description: Includes: 1956: Cathedral Church of St Paul, Mulgrave Street. "Christmas oratorio" parts I and II by J S Bach. With soloists Sybil Phillips, Molly Atkinson, Newton Goodson, Donal Munro; string ensemble Ritchie Hanna, organist Molly Withers, conductor Stanley Jackson. 25 November 1956. Programme College of St John the Evangelist Auckland. Order of service for the dedication of the new buildings at St John's College. 19 June 1956. St Mary's Church Hawera. 75th anniversary 1881-1956. Jubilee dinner, 5 September 1956. Toast list. 1957: Cathedral Church of Saint Mary Auckland. Order of service for the Commoemoration of the signing and putting forth of the Constitution of the Church of the Province. 30 June 1957. Christ Church Wanganui. Day of Giving and patronal festival, 26 May 1957. Pamphlet Palm Sunday evening. "Jesus, priceless treasure", by J S Bach (With Joan Wood, Dawn Harris, Gwynffer Roussell, Owen Bonifant, Martin Wilson, organist Stanley Jackson). Cathedral Church of St Paul, Mulgrave Street Wellington, 14 April 1957. Programme St Luke's Church, Rotorua. St Luke's review, Christmas issue 1957. [Newsletter] A record of events memorable in the Diocese of Auckland and the Church of the Province of New Zealand on the 13th June 1957, including the Order of Service for the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, and the Order of Service commemorating the centenary of the signing and putting forth of the Constitution of the Church of the Province The Bishop's Fighting Fund, Diocese of Waiapu. Church extension, old people's homes, Cathedral rebuilding. Fifth year 1957. The Church of St Matthew, Auckland. Festival of the Arts service, 26 May 1957. [Order of service] 1958: Church of the Good Shepherd, Wairau Valley. Dedication and opening by the Bishop of Nelson the Right Reverend F O Hulme-Moir. 4 October 1958. [Order of service] St Peter's Church Wellington. Service of nine lessons and carols. 21 December 1958. [Order of service] Centenary of the Diocese of Waiapu. Centennial supper. War Memorial Hall Napier, 15 October 1958. Programme (2 copies) Hui Aroha 1958 programme. te Kairui (The official magazine of the Wellington Anglican Maori pastorate) Order of service for the Dedication of the Church of St Matthew, Masterton. 19 April 1958. Parochial District of Rotorua. Parish notes and news for World Communion Sunday. 1st Communion of newly confirmed, 5 October 1958. A service of thanksgiving and resolve, held within the walls of the uncompleted St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. 27 October 1958. Centenary of the Diocese of Wellington New Zealand Centenary of the Diocese of Nelson 1858-1958. A service of thanksgiving. Christ Church Cathedral, 28 September [1958]. Order of service 1959: S Chad's, Meadowbank. Christian stewardship sets a high standard of giving. Booklet Embertide letter, February 1959. Let us pray for the increase of the sacred ministry [Preparing for ordination - Cyril Stevens, Harold Titterton, Peter Stubbs, Michael O'Leary, Raymond Ladd, John Nepia, Charles Bennett, Alan Ward] Diocese of Waiapu New Zealand. Parochial District of Otane Hawke's Bay. Form and order of service for the celebration of the Centenary of the consecration of Christ Church Pukehou. 10 May 1959. [Printed by] Waipawa Mail Ltd. Order of service for the blessing of the house & committee room at Murupara, by the Rt Rev N A Lesser, Bishop of Waiapu. 26 September 1959 (2 copies) Parish of Kelburn. St Michael and All Angels' Church. Re-canvass, April-May 1959. Stewardship and report booklet St Luke's Church Rotorua. Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 31 October - 9 November 1959. Programme Murchison Parochial District. Parish luncheon. Saturday 14th November 1959. Programme /menu (With Mr L C Robertson, Mr B C Spiers, Mr A G Blakemore, Mr H D Rouse, Mr A E Watson, Mr B R Mead). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753 November 2022: - St Paul's Memorial Church Putiki. Te Reo of Whanganui (the voice of Wanganui). The official magazine of the Aotea-Kurahaupo Anglican Maori Pastorate. Vol 5, no. 1 April 1957. - Supplement; Te Hepara Pai (The Good Shepherd). Wairarapa Anglican Maori Pastorate. October 1956 [newsletter].

Date: 3 June 1972

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

Reference: EP/1972/2734-F

Description: Acting Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (left), Kevin Williams (centre) and Barbara Williams, nee Muldoon (right), photographed at St Michael and all Angels' Church, Kelburn after the wedding of Barbara and Kevin on 3 June 1972, by an Evening Post staff photographer. Original nespaper caption reads: "It's not easy to have a simple wedding if you are the daughter of the acting Prime Minister. There was a crowd of well-wishers waiting for Barbara and Kevin Williams when they came out of St Michael and All Angels' Church, Kelburn, this morning after their marriage in matching embroidered caftans". (Evening Post, 3 June 1972). Quantity: 6 b&w original negative(s) strip with 17 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: [ca 1964-1990]

By: Searle, George, 1914-2002

Reference: 90-224

Description: Papers and information on New Zealand artists, including prices of New Zealand paintings, graphs of prices, miscellaneous clippings on art and antiques. Also, publications on St Mark's Church, Kelburn, 1964 and 1976, and on the laying of the Seacom Pacific Commonwealth Cable, 1965. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 box(es). 0.40 Linear Metres. Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: [ca 1909-1988]

By: Wood, Frederick Lloyd Whitfeld, 1903-1989

Reference: 90-006

Description: Includes research and student notes, notes on international affairs, cards, cuttings, correspondence on university matters and research notes for Joan Wood's "St Michael and All Angels', Kelburn" (1987). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 91-019 Writer and Professor of History, Victoria University of Wellington Quantity: 9 box(es) Includes 8 drawers of cards. 8 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - The two glass plate negatives and two photographs in file 90-006-04/09 have been transferred to the Photographic Archive - 14/02/2014.

Date: 1969-1974

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-324

Description: A record of stained glass windows designed by Beverley Shore Bennett from 1969 to 1974. The record includes photographs of the graphic designs for the windows as well as the completed windows. Occasionally there is an entry relating to the craftsmen who made the windows. As well as the buildings in the name record field, windows were also designed over this period for a Presbyterian church in Martinborough, a Presbyterian church in Culverton, a church in Waikouaiti Dunedin, a building in Rotorua, and a private house in Dunedin. There is also a photograph of the font that Beverley Shore Bennett designed for Wellington Cathedral in 1969. In 1969 Beverley Shore Bennett designed the font for St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. It was as a result of this that the Dean of the time, Walter Hurst, invited her to design the Holm Window for the Cathedral. This was the start of Beverley's career as a designer of stained glass, a subject she had studied under Frederick Ellis at the Wellington Technical College Art Department in 1946-1947. The window was constructed in the studio of Roy Miller of Dunedin, and Beverley Shore Bennett produced designs for Miller Studios from 1969 until the studio closed in 1987. The craftsman at Miller Studios that made the greatest number of her windows up until its closure, was Paul Hutchins, a Welshman, who joined the firm in 1977. From about 1990 to the early 2000s the craftsman employed on making the windows was Stephen Belange-Taylor, a Royal College of Art London trained stained glass maker, who worked in Britain, France, Canada, and the USA as well as in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1975-1981

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-325

Description: A record of stained glass windows designed by Beverley Shore Bennett from 1975 to 1981. The record includes photographs of the graphic designs for the windows as well as the completed windows. Occasionally there is an entry relating to the craftsmen who made the windows. As well as the buildings in the name record field, windows were also designed over this period for Presbyterian churches in Invercargill, Balclutha and Taire Plain, a church at Scargill Canterbury, a church at Puketapu Hawke's Bay, and a church in Melbourne Australia. In 1969 Beverley Shore Bennett designed the font for St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. It was as a result of this that the Dean of the time, Walter Hurst, invited her to design the Holm Window for the Cathedral. This was the start of Beverley's career as a designer of ecclesiastical stained glass, a subject she had studied under Frederick Ellis at the Wellington Technical College Art Department in 1946-1947. The window was constructed in the studio of Roy Miller of Dunedin, and Beverley Shore Bennett produced designs for Miller Studios from 1969 until the studio closed in 1987. The craftsman at Miller Studios that made the greatest number of her windows up until its closure, was Paul Hutchins, a Welshman, who joined the firm in 1977. From about 1990 to the early 2000s the crafsman employed on making the windows was Stephen Belange-Taylor, a Royal College of Art London trained stained glass maker, who worked in Britain, France, Canada and the USA as well as New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1958

By: Billing, Graham John, 1936-2001

Reference: PAColl-6405

Description: Photographs of Graham Billing, Churches, and clergy. These are part of a larger collection comprising further literary papers, including drafts for "The Chambered Nautilus" and "Lifeboat" novels, poetry drafts, and drafts for "Hercus" and other fragments of unpublished works, including a partial autobiography and other notes relating to Billings' life. Also, correspondence with friends, Alcoholics Anonymous and publishers; financial papers and other miscellaneous papers. Mr Billing mentioned that the draft of The Chambered Nautilus that was loaned back by him had been sent by his publishers to the MacMillan Brown Library. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).