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Date: [between 1894-1897]

By: New Plymouth Photographic & Copying Company

Reference: PA7-58-07

Description: View of the interior of St Mary's Church, New Plymouth looking east towards the altar and chancel from the gallery. Photograph taken by N.P.Photo Co. The stained glass windows in the apse commemorate Sir Harry Atkinson (left) who died in 1892, and the Revd H H Brown who died Sep 1893. The `stars' suggest the decorations were for Christmas. In 1893 the east wall was extended to form an apse and in 1898 the marble reredos was introduced behind the altar. [Information supplied by M Alington, 2008] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 29.3 x 25 cm on card

Date: 1889 - 1899

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930; Coombe, John, active 1927-1946

Reference: C-034-005

Description: A sequence of nine cartoons showing how Te Kooti was dissuaded by the Government from going to Poverty Bay in 1889. Shows police, including Inspector Goodall and Constable Cavanagh, and East Coast Hussars. Also shows Sir Harry Atkinson. Supplement to the Evening Press, March 13th 1889 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 623 x 497 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr John Coombe, Wellington, 2 October 1946. Processing information: Deframed on accession by the Library

Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]

From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts

Reference: MS-Papers-10077-1

Description: Includes a typescript of ‘Journal of a journey from Nelson to the Port Cooper Plains’ (1850-1851) by Edward James Lee, and a typescript of ‘Wakapapa [sic] of Joseph Robinson with explanatory notes, etc’ (1940). Also included is a brief biography of Dr William Chapman, an early physician in Christchurch and a notice of indenture relating to Edward Corner, draper (1837). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description updated 12 July 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: [Between 1886 and 1900]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to the Fell and Atkinson families

Reference: PA1-q-074

Description: Album of portraits, group portraits and landscapes, relating particularly to the Fell family and their family relationships with the Atkinson and Richmond families. Chiefly photographed in the Nelson, Marlborough, Tasman regions. Many of the photographs likely to have been taken by Charles Yates Fell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown covers, lacking spine, 37.5 x 28.0 cm

Date: 1890

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer and free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: J-056-002

Description: Prime Minister Harry Atkinson sinks beneath the waves as the Liberal Ministry wanes, weighed down by rocks tied to his feet named Civil Service, Jobbery, Extravagance, N[ew] P[lymouth] Harbour, Property Tax and Judge Edwards. Meanwhile a shark (William Rees) watches Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Extended Title - The old man of the sea is IN the sea at last, while Rees, Ballance, Fish and other small fry are nibbling at him. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy.

Date: 1889 - 1899

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930; Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: C-034-005-b

Description: A sequence of 9 cartoons showing how Te Kooti was dissuaded by the Government from going to Poverty Bay in 1889. Shows police, including Inspector Goodall and Constable Cavanagh, and East Coast Hussars. Also Sir Harry Atkinson. Supplement to the Evening Press, March 13th 1889 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 623 x 497 mm

Date: 1888

By: New Zealand punch (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: J-065-033

Description: A labourer is carrying a bag addressed 'Melbourne' and his carpentry tools of trade is in conversation with a Chinese man arriving on a wharf who is followed by three others off a steamship flying the flag 'Te Anau'. Photocopy of a wood engraving illustration from a newspaper Other Titles - friends, everthing, anything, protection Extended Title - Labourer - Well, John! We've all got to clear out, I believe, and allow you the freedom of the colony. Ah Sly - You no savee, Mlister, we all you friends! You savee, Mlister Atkinson say 'All will comey back from Vlictoria and bling friends with them!' We fliends! We do eblyding, anyding! We want plotection allee same you. This cartoon was drawn at the time that Chinese passengers from the ship Afghan were refused entry into Australian ports, as Chinese were regarded as undesirable immigrants Sir Harry Atkinson was New Zealand's premier at the date of this cartoon Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: [ca 1883-1892]

By: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918; Smith, F S, active 1880s

Reference: PA1-q-075

Description: Charles Yates Fell photograph album. Many of the photographs taken by C Y Fell. Album created as a memory for relative, Alice Blake (nee Richmond), including portraits and group portraits of family and friends; scenes of holidays around the Totaranui, Abel Tasman National Park area; and the homes of the Richmond family (Fairfield) and the Fell family (St John's) in Nelson. One image shows all the members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 3rd Parliament in 1851 (Most are named). Many of the images are of festive occasions with large family gatherings, including Xmas parties and costumes for a fancy-dress ball at Totaranui (January 1890). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Fell album 2 Inscriptions: Album page - "Alice Blake, from Charles Y. & Edith E. Fell, January 1892. In loving remembrance of old times, St. John's, Nelson, N.Z." Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown paper covers entitled "N.Z." in dark-brown water-coloured letters, 28.0 x 37.5 cm