Places

Date: 1888 - 1957

By: Atkins, Alfred, 1850-1919

Reference: Plans-90-0401

Description: Shows front, back and end elevations and longitudinal section Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Replaced 1957; Recto - centre - A Atkins, architect to the Wanganui Education Board, June 1888; Recto - bottom right - This is the drawing referred to in the contract signed the 13th day of June 1888. signed Smith & Marsh Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on pink paper

Date: 1936 - 1937

From: [Holdsworth, Alice Mabel] 1878-1963 :[Plants and scenery from a New Zealand trip] 1936-1937

Reference: E-252-q-001

Description: Shows boys and girls and Mr Monkhouse doing `Public service', clearing flax clumps near swimming bath [at the Friend's School in Wanganui] Scope and contents information taken from note on lower left beneath image The Society of Friend's School in Wanganui was fostered by the enthusiasm of English Friend, John Holdsworth, who became recognised as the Founder of the School, which was opened in Feb. 1920 on 34 acres, with 20 pupils, staffed by Hugh and Annie Goldsbury for its first year. But financial difficulties forced its closure at the end of 1969 and it was later leased by the Education Department as special school for emotionally disturbed boys. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in album. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 310 x 230 mm in grey buckram album

Date: 1933 - 1951

From: Society of Friends :Photographs

By: Graham, John Lloyd, -1960; Heinegg, Max, active 1966-1976; Tesla Denton Studios

Reference: PA1-f-129

Description: Photographs of staff, pupils and various school activities at the New Zealand Friends' School in Wanganui, between 1933 and 1951. Many people are named, many being listed above. However there are some group portraits with a large number of names which have not been listed. Features Ackworth House in the grounds of the New Zealand Friends School, Whanganui, named after a famous Quaker school in England. Inscriptions: Album page - "Education Committee Minute of 10th Nov. 1939. "Annie Matheson has kindly presented another album for school photographs as the previous one, with its pictorial record of the school's history is full"" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Loose-bound album with brown leatherette cover, tied with cord; 29 x 39 cm

Date: 1916

From: Davies, Dorothy :Box of photographs relating to the work of Dorothy Davies; two albums

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: PAColl-4329

Description: Class photograph of what is probably Wanganui Girls College taken in 1916. Some of the teachers are standing at the sides of the group which are seated and standing in rows outside the building. The photographer was F J Denton. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1909 - 1925 - 1950 - 1918 - 1931 - 1959

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-11-001/154

Description: Includes plans for Wanganui Collegiate by architects John W Simpson (1909), Atkins and Bacon (1909-1918), R G Talboys (1927), Atkins and C H Mitchell (1931), Mitchell & Mitchell (1950s), and Gray Young Morton and Young. Arrangement: Arranged roughly in chronological order, with some miscellaneously dated at the end of the sequence. Quantity: 154 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings and diazo prints on tracing paper, sizes varying around 620 x 820 mm.

Date: 1910 - 2009

Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOLS-Q

Description: Includes material from the following schools: Queen Margaret College. "The merchant of Venice". College Hall, 30-31 October 1919. Programme Queen Margaret College. "The saxon saint" by Robert Kemp, presented by QMC Old Girls' Association. Directed by Sheila K Murray [ca 1955]. Programme (2 copies) Queen Margaret College prospectus 1987 Queen Margaret College open day, 30 April 1994. Flier (2 copies) Queen Margaret College school-in-action days 18-19 February 2000 (with photograph and testimonial from former pupil and television newsreader Hilary Barry). Flier (2 copies) QMC 2000 year 9 musicals. 22 June 2000. Programme Queen Margaret College gala "Manhattan on Hobson". 8 September 2001. Pamphlet with map (2 copies) Queen Margaret College. Testimonial of Pirimia Burger. [2001]. Flier with photograph Queen Margaret College open day and school-in-action day 15-16 February 2002. Flier (2 copies) Queen Margaret College year seven and eight presents "The Rocky Monster Show". 10-11 August 2004. Programme Queen Margaret College Junior School. Grandparents Day church service. St Andrews on the Terrace, 20 October 2006. Order of service Queen Margaret College. Term 4 Soiree by pupils of Annabelle Cheetham accompanied by Rosemary Russell. [2006]. Programme Queen Margaret College. Term 4 Soiree by pupils of Annabelle Cheetham accompanied by Rosemary Russell. 15 November 2007. Programme Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls. Proposal for a School for Maori Girls to be established [ca 1900] Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls. Save Queen Victoria School Appeal receipt and newsclipping 1970. Queen's Park School diamond jubilee church service, 10 October 1954. Order of service. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and fliers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1912

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-883

Description: Mainly photos of secondary school girls of Wanganui Girls' College though a number of young men and Wanganui Collegiate boys are also represented. Many of the photographs have captions and some of the people depicted are named. There are also photographs of children including one of a little girl with a doll's pram decorated with flowers. There is a photograph of Palmerston North High School after a fire, and another of the public swimming pool on Marine Parade, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1926

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-4-007

Description: Three sketches on the page. Back view of a man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe, at Moutoa Gardens, Wanganui. Side profile of head and shoulders of a Maori with chin moko and pendant earring. Stained glass window at Wanganui Collegiate. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Titles Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 140 x 233 mm

Date: Feb 1947, Feb-Mar 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-138

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, Feb 1947 & Feb-Mar 1950. Includes: Three photographs taken during Lyttelton (Main) School jubilee held in Jan 1950 - Group photograph of six oldest pupils (Mr C J Aschman, Mrs M Jenkins (nee Barnes), Mrs C Shand, Mrs M E Morris (nee Roberts), Mrs M J Robson (nee Carson), Mr A Watson; Mr Alfred Day (oldest pupil) ringing the school bell; church parade with W T Lester (former Mayor and ex pupil) & G F Briggs (present Mayor & ex pupil) leading the parade. Photographs published 1 Feb 1950. Includes: Three photographs taken of Marlborough College Golden Jubilee - Mrs W J Girling (Mayoress) with Mrs A Rose & son John; march past of present-day pupils; group photo of former pupils of the 1900 period in uniforms of that time. Published in NZ Free Lance, 23 Mar 1950 Includes: Ministerial house in Harbour View Road, Northland, Wellington (purchased while M J Savage was PM); `Westview', Grass Street, Oriental Bay (considered as a residence for Hon S G Holland but access considered too difficult); house in Derby Street, St Albans, Christchurch (home to Hon S G Holland for 19 years). Published, along with photos of other residences, NZ Free Lance, 1 Feb 1950, p 23. Includes: Photographs taken during Australian Cricket Tour of NZ in 1950 - series of photos of Australia playing Auckland at Eden Park; published in NZ Free Lance, 1 Mar 1950, p 28. Includes: Several photographs taken during Highland Pipe Bands Championships held at Eden Park, Auckland - Auckland & District Pipe Band; Auckland Police Pipe Band; City of Christchurch Pipe Band; Auckland Ladies Pipe Band; also Captain Smeal of Auckland (Chief Marshall). Published in NZ Free Lance, 29 Mar 1950, p 29 Other photographs include: Fire at Smith & Smith Ltd, Cuba Street, Wellington. Published in NZ Free Lance, 11 Mar 1950; Deep sea fishing - Tuna landed by Ron Mathieson, Bay of Plenty on `Galatea', & swordfish landed by Mrs A V Brownson of Auckland at Otehei Bay on `Avalon' (Feb 1950); group photo of 21 members of the RNZAF Catalina crews from No 5 Squadron, Fiji before their departure to join RAF in Hong Kong to replace a detachment of No 88 Squadron, RAF, which is now stationed in Fiji (all named on back). Also: Children cycling along street outside Armstrong's department store, Christchurch (published 29 Mar 1950); `Redhead', Len Southward's speedboat in Evans Bay, Wellington; Sharon & Gaylene Putt of Onehunga at Auckland Zoo holding a honey bear, and with curator R W Roach (22 ar 1950); damage to home of W Laird, Rata Street, Wanganui during worst storm in 35 years (26 Feb 1947); flood damage to bridge in Ashburton area (undated); public visiting `Bellona' (1 Feb 1950); C Class Rifleman Fred Ongley (Justice Ongley) at National Rifle Championships at Trentham (8 Mar 1950). Also: Photographs of Fijian soldiers undergoing special training at Trentham Military Camp - J N B Tonganivalu (first Fijian to undergo the cadet officers' course in NZ); L/Cpl Semi Davui; Sgt J C Kingdon (jungle-fighter before Fijian commandos were formed in WWII). Article and photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1 Feb 1950, p 31. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1898-1925

By: Bradmore, M (Mrs), active 1967; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-4261

Description: Photographs including: Bank of Australasia staff and building ca 1908-1910s, pupils and staff of Wanganui Girls College in 1898, Wanganui Collegiate, St Mary's Cathedral in Timaru, Hydro Grand Hotel in Timaru, Patea and Waverley Cricket Clubs (Cooper Cup match) 1925, promenade at Caroline Bay with Reilly's Dominion Hotel on left, soldiers' memorial in Waikaia, Waikaia Presbyterian and Anglican churches, Wanganui croquet club, and Waikaia bridge. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-031196, 032587, 057199 and 059786 Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: File print at PAColl-5744-27.

Date: 1914-1919

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1643

Description: Record of Arthur Porritt's years at Wanganui College. Photographs include - Sports teams. The whole school. House groups. The staff. The cadet corps. Athletic and swimming events. 1917 production of play "She Stoops to Conquer." Group of old boys. School magazine committee. Prefects. The school gardens. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949

Reference: A-197-028

Description: The school viewed from across a road in front. A chapel on the left Inscriptions: Title in pencil beneath etching; Signed both on etching, and beneath etching in pencil Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching; plate mark 128 x 220 mm on sheet 220 x 290 mm

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949

Reference: A-197-019

Description: A view of the school from the front. One of a series of etchings of New Zealand high schools by this artist Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, brown ink on laid paper, 115 x 250 mm

Date: ca1920

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963; Baker, Gerald S, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-6691

Description: Photograph of Wanganui Collegiate School buildings, taken ca 1920 by F J Denton of Wanganui. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Provenance: Donated by Mr Gerald S Baker, September 2001.

Date: 1919 - 1923

By: Brandon, T C (Mr), active 1996

Reference: PAColl-5246

Description: Relate to donor's father Philip Brandon. One Wanganui Collegiate class photo, two relating to Philip Brandon at Trinity College, Cambridge, and one unidentified New Zealand house Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: circa 1880, 1934 - 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Wade, Keith Reginald, 1920-1992; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-029

Description: Scenic photographs of the North Island, 1934 to 1955. Includes Manawatu - Wanganui, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Taranaki, Northland and Auckland Regions. Also includes photographs of the first school in Palmerston North and the Bank of Australasia Corner, Palmerston North, circa 1880. Photographers include W. Hall Raine, Keith R. Wade, Harold J. Dunstan, J M S Beale, A W Powell, and aerial photographs by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1918

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: 1/1-021193-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1948-1957

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Bremford, S A, active 1934-1948

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-118

Description: Photographs, published or considered for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Names and date of publication recorded on the back. Subjects include: Series of photographs of Timaru taken by Bremsford, Dec 1948 (Waimataitai School, New houses in Selwyn Street, Grant's Hill subdivision, Caroline Bay, etc); Wanganui from the air (Nov 1949); three photographs of the racehorse El Khobar, taken 1955 & 1957; cyclist on tandem bike photographed near Waipukarau (undated); NZ Squadron at sea undertaking anti-aircraft exercises aboard HMNZS Bellona watched by Capt Hammersley-Johnston & officer on watch Lt G Holden (Mar 1949); new .280 service rifle (1951) Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1971

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1095

Description: Presentation album compiled for the occasion of opening Porritt House at Wanganui Collegiate School. Shows school buildings under construction in 1910, and their opening in 1911. Most of the album depicts the life of the school at the time it was compiled. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Porritt House opened in 1971. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009

Date: 1919

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-021195-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).