Places

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-079

Description: Views of the Otago Region taken by unidentified photographers, circa 1870s to 1895. Many show buildings in Dunedin, including one house `Lisburn House' built for the Fulton family in 1865; also commercial buildings, church buildings, school buildings (Otago Boys' High School), and Dunedin Gaol. The church buildings include the Chapel in Leith Street, the Chapel in Great King Street, and the Baptist Chapel. Beyond Dunedin there are views of Naseby, Butchers Gully, Port Chalmers, Cromwell, Kyeburn, Shag Valley, and Lake Hayes, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover decorated with gold birds, lettering and decorations outlined in black; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: 30 Sept 1900 - 31 Oct 1900

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PA1-f-143

Description: Arrangement: The album consists of Hill-Trevor's diary of the cruise, with the photographs interspersed with the text. This album documents the cruise of Lord Ranfurly, Governor of NZ, aboard HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and the Kermadec Islands, in October 1900, in the course of which he annexed the Cook Islands and Niue for the British Crown. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: between 1934 and 1935

Reference: PAColl-6619

Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1849-1853

By: Brierly, Oswald Walters (Sir), 1817-1894

Reference: fMS-024-025

Description: General shipping notes of the HMS Rattlesnake 1840-1850 and the HMS Meander 1850-1851. Includes descriptions of rigging for ships and canoes, sketches, vocabulary notes on Australian language and notes on painting technique. Journal kept aboard HMS Meander includes descriptions of Norfolk Island, Port Nicholson May 1850 with descriptions of watering facilities at Auckland and Bay of Islands. Sketches 1849-1853 include Bay of Islands. Sketches in the South seas, includes views of New Zealand. Quantity: 2 volume(s) (400 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (42-47 cm; green buckram)

Date: 24 August 1974

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

Reference: EP/1974/4714-F

Description: The Cook Strait ferry "Aramoana" battling rough seas as she passes through the Wellington Heads into Cook Strait. Photographed by an Evening Post Staff photographer on the 24th of August 1974. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising three images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 6 Aug 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/3313-F

Description: Aerial views of the fire damaged ship Gothic, in rough sea in the Cape Palliser area, South Wairarapa. The blackened bridge and accomodation area are visible. Photographs taken on the 6th of August, 1968, from a Wellington Aero Club aircraft, by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 5 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Reference: PAColl-5144

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-023133 and 1/2-025572. Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1864-1880

By: Glenny family

Reference: MS-0842-0845

Description: Shipboard diaries of Isaac William and his father James Glenny who travelled to New Zealand on the `Mary Warren' in 1864; includes list of passengers. Also two notebooks giving Isaac Glenny's specifications for contracts in Northland, and details of the Volunteer Engineers' unit at Onehunga Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (various sizes and bindings, in red box) MS-0843 is illustrated with code of ship's flag signals

Date: 1880s-1960s

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union: Photographs

By: Breckon, Arthur Ninnis, 1887-1965

Reference: PAColl-6249-2

Description: Photographs of ships, sailors, and seamans union activities. These consist of a conference from some time in the 1830s, an anti Vietnam war protest, and a march for peace probably some time in the 1960s. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). 9 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940s-1960s

By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996; Bull, Lui, active 1998

Reference: PA-Group-00595

Description: The main subject areas include ships, birds (especially sea birds), trees, native forest, places in the form of pastoral landscapes, coastal views, towns and historical buildings. There are sequences of Maori and Pakeha doing crafts, mainly weaving and dying. One sequence of Maori weaving records the process from the cutting and preparation of the flax to the finished product. There are also family portraits and groups, and photographs of friends. A number of photographs were taken to build up a resource of natural textures and patterns such as driftwood, river boulders, and clouds. The subject range of the collection can be accessed through George Bull's card index. The original envelope sequence numbers relating to this can be followed in the negative registers. There are in fact colour negs among the mass of black and white negatives Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-009786, 015246, 082104-F to 083126-F; 1/4-83685-F to 1/4-85607-F; 1/4-87126-F to 1/4-88982-F; 1/4-120202 to 1/4-120218; 1/2-180428 to 180478 and 181299 to 181356; 1/2-233415. Also at 35mm 23691 to 23744; 25047 to 25451; 25617 to 25862; 35mm-91811 to 35mm-91837. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) handcoloured. 5637 b&w original negative(s) Of which 724 are 35mm neg strips comprising 1,953 images.

Date: 15 February 1986

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

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1986/0739

Description: Australian crew member Bronwyn Clark sitting on a deck chair aboard the cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov, Wellington Harbour. A Russian flag is flying behind Ms Clark and Mount Victoria can be seen in the background. Photographed 15 February 1986 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: ca1900-ca1939

By: Clough, Richard Lea, 1939-

Reference: PAColl-4788

Description: Arrangement: Negatives in 35mm sequence at 17762 - 17771. Identification of and information relating to the subjects of the negatives is housed in PAColl-4788-1 (IRN 182384) Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 b&w copy negative(s) 35mm strips containing 42 images.

Date: ca1918-1964

By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997; Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul (Mrs), active 1995

Reference: PAColl-4936

Description: Two albums cover Lewis Taylor's school days at Wellington college, his friends and their exploits - swimming, tramping, hunting and boating. There are also a number of photos of people - probably family members. A third album covers Taylor's trip to Britain and the Continent during the late 1920s. The purpose of this was to try and join the RAF. There is another album of much the same period of a trip to the Pacific Islands. The fifth album records the Fourth Informal Meeting of Directors of Civil Aviation in Asia and the South Pacific, Tokyo, 16-20 November 1964 Arrangement: Albums housed at PA1-o-742 to 744, PA1-q-566 and 567 Quantity: 5 album(s).

By: Jones, Priscilla, active 1994-1995

Reference: PA11-206

Description: Quantity: 2 b&w lantern slide(s).

Date: 1880-1901

By: Romeril, George, 1844-1922

Reference: MS-Papers-0490

Description: Papers contain mainly correspondence, 1898-1899, with various shipping firms concerning the building of a new steamer; also specifications, a blueprint, some official papers, supply lists, applications, miscellaneous correspondence and a few personal papers Captain Romeril commanded the "Kahu" and "Toroa" and traded for many years in the Chatham Islands Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 5 December 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: [ca 16 February 1986]

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

Reference: EP/1989/1713

Description: Soviet cruise liner the Mikhail Lermontov sinking in the Marlborough Sounds, taken ca 16 February 1986 by the skipper of a fishing boat. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Hodgkins, Percy D'Esterre, 1873-1956

Reference: E-405

Description: p.1. [Street scene in ?Dunedin with tram, hansom cab and a reference to the BNZ]; p.2 [Two elderly men]; p.3 Geo McLeod, Star bg [i.e.building?]; p.4 [Man reclining in chair with his feet up]. p.5 [Two men, one carrying a large basket on his shoulder]; p.6 [Two men's faces, with red colouring]; p.7 Sketch for "Land carriage ...". The eleven mile swamp between ?Madialloc and Western port in Victoria. Light carts bring the fish across the neck to Melbourne - 1860. p.8 Coastal steamer entering Preservation.; p.9 [Man in bowler hat and overcoat with walking stick]; p.10 [Three portraits of the same bearded balding man]; p.11 [Sketch of dinghy] Inscriptions: On cover in pencil: W.M.Hodgkins. Several sketches titled, but not all titles fully legible Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) Green card covers, inscribed "The reporter's notebook ... J.Wilkie & Co ... Dunedin". Physical Description: 11 pencil sketches in album of 37 pages, page size 113 x 818 mm Provenance: Hodgkins family by descent to Percy D'Esterre Hodgkins. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts & Archives 1989. MS acc. no. 73-129.

Date: [ca 5 Sep 1968]

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

Reference: EP/1968/3784-F

Description: The ship Gothic, Aotea Quay, Wellington, circa 5 September 1968. Photographs taken by an Evening Post staff photographer. The ship was damaged by fire in the Pacific in August 1968 and was renovated in Wellington before her departure for Britain on 5 September 1968. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 13 April 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/1594-F

Description: View of the inter-island ferry, Wahine, lying on her side in Wellington harbour. The white superstructure just above the water is stained by oil escaping from her tanks. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 13th of April 1968. Wahine was wrecked during a cyclone off Barrett Reef on the 10th of April 1968. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm