Places

Date: [1894-1900?]

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-132

Description: Photographs, chiefly of the Wellington area, probably taken by Frank J Denton. A number show the house `Fernhill' in Woolcombe Street (now part of The Terrace), Wellington, views from the house and its gardens. Portraits in clude Laurie Denton, Tom Tolley (locksmith), Alfred Bennett and his family, Mrs Denton Snr, Mrs Waters (had a grocery shop in Dixon Street), G L Adkin (as a boy), Miss Dixon (of the aerated water family, the Dixons of Dixon Street), George Butler (artist), and Beaglehole (David Ernest Beaglehole, father of Professor Ernest Beaglehole, and Professor John Cawte Beaglehole). Also includes photograph of a portrait painted by George Edmund Butler of his father Joseph Cawte Butler (maternal grandfather of John Cawte Beaglehole). Other Titles - Wellington I Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover decorated with painted leaves, 22 x 26 cm

Date: ca1880-1903

By: Sigvertsen, Jeffery R, active 1990s

Reference: PA1-q-546

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand, New Zealand Cities and Maori Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1855-1902]

From: Gore family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9867-2

Description: Comprises correspondence relating to R B Gore's position as curator to the Colonial Museum; `NZ Govt gazette' re meteorological observations (20 Sep 1864); letter to H M Gore from the Public Works Dept re his appointment as secretary to the commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of Seacliff Asylum building (1888); papers re Gore's appointment to the Colonial Museum (1902); letter to H S Gore from the Horse Guards that his brother, Richard, could be substituted for his candidacy (1855); appointment of R B Gore to be clerk in the Adjutant-General's office (1858); biographical piece on R B Gore outlining his background, life and appointments (nd); Geological Survey Office, Dunedin, meteorolgical observations, by R B Gore (Jul 1863); and obituary for Bt Lieut Col Henry Ross Gore (nd) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1853-1902

By: Parry family

Reference: MS-Papers-0262

Description: Personal letters written to Charles and Alice Parry in England by relatives in New Zealand (mainly Dunedin) and Australia. Many descriptions of hard times in Dunedin; the effects of the rush to the goldfields; news of the wars in the north; references to sending New Zealand meat to Britain and some accounts of life in Sydney Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: [ca 1877-1901]

By: Larnach family

Reference: MS-Papers-4894

Description: Consists mainly of letters from Eliza Jane Larnach to her children written from Melbourne in 1877 and Dunedin in 1880. Also contains letters from William J M Larnach to his children, two telegrams addressed to Miss Larnach, a copy of a letter `announcing the death of our great grandfather William Scott', a prayer entitled `a devout prayer in time of danger' and a letter dated 1901, SS Waikare in unknown hand. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-027

Description: This essay tells of the O'Halloran and Fraser families who came from Ireland and Scotland in the 1860s and settled in Otago Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs of family members

Date: 1893-1905

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Fraser, Robert Henry, 1869-1947

Reference: PA12-1434

Description: Stained and painted domestic decorative stained glass in styles mainly derived from renaissance sources by Robert H Fraser. The designs involve grotesques, arabesques of acanthus leaves, vases and urns of leaves and flowers, ribbons, figures of cherebs, and some landscape insets. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [189-?]

From: Giles, T Rex, 1929-2006 :Photographs of deer farming and hunting, opossum hunting, taxidermy, and mining.

By: Billens & Bunting (Firm)

Reference: PA9-091

Description: Photograph of Otago School of Mines, Dunedin, taken ca 1890s by Billens & Bunting of Palmerston North Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Billens & Bunting; Mount recto - bottom right - Palmerston, North Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 13.8 x 20.3 cm, mounted, in frame 36.2 x 41.1 cm

Date: 1890-1905

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Fraser, Robert Henry, 1869-1947

Reference: PA12-1433

Description: Domestic decorative stained glass windows in late 19th century and early 20th century styles. There are spectacular windows in a renaisance style by Robert H Fraser from a house at 384 Highgate, Dunedin. Other windows have flat floral or geometric patterns in unpainted coloured glass. There is a set of windows in the British arts and craft style consisting of clear panes into which have been set circular and hexagonal sections in bright rich colours depicting mediaeval scenes. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Bailey, Conrad, fl 1980 : Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes, one including pressed ferns

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919

Reference: PA1-q-021

Description: Album of pressed ferns, most of which are used to frame images of New Zealand, but some pages consist solely of pressed ferns. The photographs show New Zealand scenes, and include two postcards of collages. One has the legend "Maoridom" and at the base "The old order changeth" with a photograph of Maori king Tawhiao, and various artifacts including taiaha, cloaks, and two preserved heads of Maori. The other shows portraits of a number of Maori men and women, and views of Parihaka and Ohinemutu. Among the views of new Zealand scenery are images of the White Terraces in eruption, the Pink Terraces, Manawatu Gorge, Dunedin, Queen Street (Auckland), Lake Ada, and Tois Tois [sic] Island on the Clinton River, Lake Te Anau. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth-bound album, with gold lettering "New Zealand ferns and scenery"

Date: 1890 - 1900

Reference: MapColl-834.5292gmbj/[189-?]/Acc.53735

Description: Plans of a railway bridge over an unnamed hill and river in Dunedin, 3 separate drawings of Elevation, Section and Plan. Annotations. Title supplied by cataloguer, 3 different plans, Elevation, [Cross] section. Plan of the the railway tracks, unnamed river with low water level and assumed flood level. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and pencil on linen, coloured, annotations, scale indeterminable, 40.7 x 59cm. Provenance: Purcahse from Haywards April 2011

Date: [ca 1880], 1890, [ca 1890s], [ca 1900], [ca 1950s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Fiji. Public Relations Office

Reference: PAColl-10274

Description: Photographic prints comprising: - Six prints showing scenes in Fiji taken circa 1950s. Five were taken by the Public Relations Office, Suva: men with a bullock cart of harvested sugar cane, Nadi; a train hauling a load of sugar cane, Lautoka; aerial view of the Lautoka Sugar Mill in Viti Levu; and an aerial view of fields in the dry zone in Viti Levu; aerial view of Suva, Fiji. One was taken by an unidentified photographer and shows hospital buildings with open air walls, in Apia. - Five stereographs of scenes in New Zealand: overlooking the buildings for the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1890, taken by F A Coxhead; scene near Mitre Peak taken circa 1890s by F A Coxhead; Colonial Museum interior, Wellington, taken circa 1880 by the Burton Brothers; Dragons Mouth geyser taken circa 1900 by Brown and Stewart; White House Hotel exterior, Henley, taken circa 1880 by the Burton Brothers. - One postcard featuring a collage of photographs of Maori women and children, arranged to form the words "Kia Ora". Photographers of original images are unidentified. Bottom right of postcards reads "Ellerbeck Protected 1.9?.05". Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Photograph of Colonial Museum identified from PAColl-3114-2 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s) including one postcard. 5 stereographic cards, with 10 prints in total. Provenance: Purchase, 2014. (Note: The prints were all purchased at the same time but they are not a set of collected items.)

Date: 1895 - 1890 - 1900

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971

Reference: B-190-074

Description: View of a single-masted sailing vessel at the water's edge on Otago Harbour Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top centre - EM Stowe / Dunedin c 1895 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on artist's paper, 125 x 175 mm (sight)

Date: [1860-1890]

From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs

Reference: PAColl-1526

Description: Photographs of Horatio Gordon Robley and his collection of mokomokai and Maori artefacts; water-colour sketch of a young Maori woman by Robley; portraits of Charles Heaphy and Kate Heaphy; views of Auckland Harbour and wharves, Tauranga, and Nicholl's Creek waterfall, Dunedin. Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 watercolour sketch.

Date: 1861, 1904

From: Richmond family : Papers

Reference: 84-056-2/04

Description: Account book belonging to C W Richmond during the time he lived in Dunedin; exercise book belonging to Erica Hoby, student at Miss Richmond's School, Bowen Street, Wellington. Subjects include geography, arithmetic, spelling and Latin Quantity: 1 folder(s) ( 2 volumes).

Date: [ca1818-1901]

By: Tily, Thomas, -1905

Reference: MS-Papers-4839

Description: Consists mainly of correspondence, dated 1818-1901 to and between various members of the Tily family. Also contains copies of `The New Zealand Baptist', `The Missionary messenger' and `The Otago Witness', miscellaneous newspaper clippings, a map of the city of Syracuse, a pamphlet produced by the National anti-corn law league, an 1877 list of teachers holding certificates from the Otago Education Board, two educational certificates, one dated 1884, being a Standard certificate for Paul Tily and one dated 1897 awarded to Walter Tily and other miscellaneous printed material. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Date: [ca 1890s]

By: Price, O'Malley & Company

Reference: PA7-50-07

Description: View of Rattray Street taken from the intersection with Princes Street. The offices of Wises New Zealand Post Office Directory can be seen on the righthand side. Photograph taken by Price, O'Malley & Co (Wellington) sometime after 1890. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 154 x 207 mm on board 200 x 255 mm

Date: [1865, 1900-1905]

By: Macey, William Henry, -1931; J H Bethune and Company Ltd

Reference: PA1-o-1231

Description: Album of views of Picton (including visit of Governor Ranfurly and New Year celebrations); Waimakariri, Broken River (including a workmens's camp) and Otarama from the Midland Railway; Cable Bay (including telegraph staff); Wakapuaka (including native bush); Nelson; Rai Falls; Wellington (showing decorations for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1901); Dunedin (including Larnach's Castle); Masterton (showing earthquake damage to Post Office); Manawatu Gorge Bridge; Wanganui; Taihape; Hamurana Springs; Rotorua; and meeting house at Te Ore Ore. One photograph is copy of an 1865 view of Picton, and the other photographs were taken ca 1900-1905. A number of the Picton images were taken by William Henry Macey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1877-1900]

By: Ulrich, George Henry Frederick, 1830-1900

Reference: MS-2192

Description: Listed by plant families, with their months of flowering; locality specified under name of plant Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (32 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (24cm, red morocco)

Date: 1850-1906

By: Rabey, Christopher, active 1999

Reference: PAColl-6080

Description: Towns and cities. The Makatote Viaduct and Wairoa Bridge. Arrowtown street and Hotel, and the Royal Hotel Riverton, both dating from 1850. Many are early photographs with business signs on shops and views of streets. The Wellington photographs dating from the 1880s show houses on Mount Vectoria and Te Ato Flat. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s).