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Various architects :[Architectural plans for changes and additions to St Mary's Church,...

Date: 1914 - 1924 - 1958 - 1915 - 1928 - 1982

By: Messenger, Frank, 1865-1945; Syme, Raymond Walter, 1904-1975; Miskimmin, Graydon Douglas, 1926-1989; Crofts, C J, active 1927; Wolfe, L J, active 1941; Alington, William Hildebrand, 1929-; Ingles, R, active 1967; Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012

Reference: Plans-98-007-001/029

Description: Contains plans "Additions to St Mary's for Govett Memorial", "Additions to St Mary's vestry" by Frank Messenger (1914-15) [photocopies]; "Addition to the vestry by R W Syme (1958-59) [photocopies]; Sketch plans of the main church, ca 1927-28; plan of the graveyard after 1862 (one annotated version and one printed version with same information as original); Ministry of Works plans by Government architect G D Miskimmin 1978-82 (based on plans by L J Wolfe 1941, and R W Syme 1958); floor plan drawn by C J Crofts, March 1927; photocopy of perspective drawing of exterior by L J Wolfe 1941; 1983 copy by G H and W H Alington of floor plan by R Ingles 11 May 1967; photocopied letter from Henry Brown and Co., promising to supply church seats, 1904; photocopy of undated (early 1900s) sketch for proposed alteration to door; undated sketch design for altar, and details of doors and frames (both photocopies). Also contains sketch maps of the New Plymouth area. Quantity: 29 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, diazo prints, and photocopies, varying sizes. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Alington in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-250..

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R A Duncan Nurseries Ltd :[Horticultural sales catalogues. 1950-1960s]

Date: 1958 - 1968

By: R A Duncan Nurseries Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Duncan-RA

Description: Mail order catalogues, some illustrated with photographs. R A Duncan Nurseries were situated at 177 Brooklands Road, New Plymouth. Years held are: 1956?, 1960s, 1968 Quantity: 3 album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes up to 215 x 140 mm. Provenance: Some catalogues donated by Lawrie Metcalf in 2008.

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New Zealand lecture, part 4 of 8 sheets of slides

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8810

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. This sheet shows a sheep drover on horseback with a pack horse and two dogs herding a flock of sheep near Gisborne; a woman sitting on a tree stump overlooking Lake Taupo and the mountains; fumarole vents near Lake Taupo; the Chateau Tongariro on Mount Ruapehu; a man standing beside the Crater Lake on Ruapehu; Mount Ngauruhoe; a garden in New Plymouth; a distant view of the house "Tupare" near new Plymouth; Mount Egmont; views on the road to Tokaora; railway line running through the centre of Palmerston North; the Manawatu Gorge; a street in Masterton; the Wairarapa plains and sheep farms; a stand of cabbage trees; dry riverbed of the Putangirua River en route to the Putangirua Pinnacles, and a view of the Pinnacles. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

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