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Field album 20

Date: [1880s-1900s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-167

Description: Family photographs, chiefly taken by William Hughes Field. Many of the views are unidentified, as are many of the portraits and group portraits. Some family members are identified, and a few taken in Botany Bay, Sydney, show Richard John Seddon and James Carroll speaking at a function. One image is a reproduction of a cartoon by William Hodgkins entitled `Mark Twain at the City hall Dunedin, on original sin (The watermelon story) ... A sketch from the stalls by W M Hodgkins' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green covers, 24 x 31 cm

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Group outside hotel, 1889:Richard Seddon and party on board ship:Remains of torpedo boa...

Date: 1889, ca1900, 1941

From: Lee, W C :Group outside hotel, 1889:Richard Seddon and party on board ship:Remains of torpedo boat in Lyttelton Harbour, 1941

By: Lee, W C, active 1990; Crawford, William Fitzgerald, 1844-1915

Reference: PAColl-1628-1

Description: Includes photo of hotel, probably in Gisborne district, taken by W F Crawford, and the remains of a torpedo boat, acquired during the "Russian scare" in Lyttelton Harbour Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Morice album 1

Date: [Between 1899 and 1902]

From: Morice, Charles George Frederick, 1868-1966 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-162

Description: Views of South African war, showing activities of New Zealand and Canadian troops; many photographs of Afrikaners (including a portrait of Paul Kruger) and Zulu people; photographs of Richard and Louisa Seddon in South Africa, and on board ship en route to coronation of Edward VII in 1901. The album also includes views of Maori officers who travelled to the coronation as part of the New Zealand Army contingent. There are signed photographs of J R Taylor, and H Rees (p 69) Inscriptions: Album page - Charles G. Morice (Ex libris, signature inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, black leather corners and spine; 28.5 x 37.5

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Main, William :Photographs of Richard Seddon

Date: ca1895-1902

By: Main, William, 1934-2023

Reference: PAColl-5819

Description: Richard John Seddon and a Liberal Cabinet, with his family, at the residence of the Earle of Crew in 1897, and being presented with a silver trophy by New Zealand Colonists in London in 1902. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Artist unknown :[Address to] the Right Honorable Richard John Seddon ... from Otago Coa...

Date: 1899 - 1902

From: Various artists :[Addresses presented to R. J. Seddon and Mrs Seddon. 1891-ca.1906]

By: K, J (Artist), active 1902

Reference: D-005-002

Description: Central text panel of praise and welcome, topped by illuminated address, and with monogram of the Otago Coal Miners' Union at the bottom. Decorated mat inset with 6 scenes of coal mines at: Shag Point, Kaitangata (2), Walton Park, Lovells Flat, and Alexandra. Date based on dates of Conciliation and Arbitration Act, Old Age Pensions Act (1898), State Coal Mines Act (1901). The Otago Coal Miner's Union was established ca 1903 Other Titles - To the Right Honorable Richard John Seddon, PC LLD, Premier of the Colony of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - At bottom right of Walton Park and Shag Point insets: J.K.; Recto - top centre - To the Right Honourable Richard John Seddon, PG LLD, Premier of the Colony of New Zealand; Recto - Under each pictorial inset, clockwise from top left: Shag Point, Kaitangata Mine, Walton Park, Lovells Flat, Kaitangata Station, Alexandra.; Recto - Beneath text of addrress, signatures in ink: D. McInnes (President), C.P. Penman (Treasurer), J. Hollows (Secretary), D, Howie, W. Duncan, J. Coulter, T.S. Cairns, W. Alexander, G. Anderson, Adam Thomson, W. Stephenson (Committee). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour (9 insets) in mats 755 x 657 mm.

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Photographs

Date: 1870s-1902

From: Mueller family :Photographs

By: Browne, Charles Pelham, -1916; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-4363-1

Description: Photographs of group including Richard Seddon taken by C P Browne; the US transit of Venus observatory at Queenstown; Granny's hut at Bluff Harbour; bridge over the Shotover River at Arthur's Point; a group including Gerhard Mueller; gold miners next to a river at Orepuki; and a group of Land Commisioners taken in 1902 and including Thomas Humphries, Gerhard Mueller, Mackenzie, Major Richardson, D Barron, G J Roberts, F W Bronte, T S Weston, Marchant, Dr Giles, H McCardell, Col N Y A Wales (taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns); a man using surveying equipment; group including Jakob Luper Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints

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Seddon Collection :Photographs of John Ballance, Richard Seddon, Enderby Island, Matato...

Date: ca1890-ca1906

Reference: PAColl-5704

Description: A group of people near the boat store on Enderby Island about 1900; John Ballance and others unveiling a monument to the Liberal MP for Timaru, Richard Turnbull; Richard Seddon and his party embarking on the Oswestry Grange, the ship on which he died: and scenic views of the Makatote Gorge and the Manganui A Te Ao River. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Miscellaneous personal papers

Date: 1813, [ca 1870s-1930s]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0935A

Description: Letter from John McLean to Dr Peter Wilson, 1813 (some of the contents in Latin); declaration made by R D D Maclean against the Home Rule Bill, Ireland; rules of the Wellington Law Students' Society, 1878; electioneering leaflet entitled `The Right Hon Dr Seddon PC, LLD and John Chinaman', [1898]; examination papers of the Agricultural College, Cirenchester, 1878; Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, 1888-1889 programme; printed sermon in memory of Sir Donald McLean by Rev David Sidey; obituary for Hon Robert Hart, 1894; photograph and drawing of monument erected to the memory of Sir Donald McLean in Napier; subscription list for the entertainment of the Nelson Football team, nd; leaflets re meeting of the Native Land Laws Reform League to be held at Napier, 1893 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Hall-Jones, William (Sir), 1851-1936 : Tommy

Date: 1851-1926

By: Hall-Jones, William (Hon Sir), 1851-1936

Reference: MS-Papers-6186

Description: Draft autobiography by Sir William Hall-Jones. The author writes of himself in the third person, under the name of of Tommy, and uses the pseudonym of Wm J Lenohals. Covers early life in Folkestone, working as a carpenter and builder in Timaru, local body activity, career in Parliament and as a Minister, term as High Commissioner in London, and later life. Includes thoughts, opinions, verse, clippings and pasted-in photographs. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts with holograph annotations, printed matter (photocopies) Finding Aids: Indexed.

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Papers from envelope containing waiata Maori

Date: 1910-1922

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-33

Description: Contains research notes, typewritten and handwritten waiata and newspaper clippings. Includes `A Maori love-song': Whakapukupuke ai au-e! Te roimata i aku kamo...; and an article about `The death leap of Tikawe' with annotations. Also includes `Tangi song' chanted by Takarongi [Takarangi] Mete Kingi and others at the tangihanga ceremony over the late Premier, at Parliament House, Wellington, June 21st, 1906: Whakaronga [whakarongo?] e te rau, tenei te tupuna o te mate, ka iri kia au, i tipu i te Reinga... Another `Tangi song' sung by Wi Pere and other East Coast natives: Haere ra e Koro! Koutou ko matua - unuhia i te rito o te harakeke ka tu i te aroakapa... Also a `Ngai Tahu dirge' sung by Timoti Whiua and Tioti Ropitini [George Robinson] of Wairewa Little River, Canterbury: Pu ma uru, e riringi mai nei-i-e!... Also includes a waiata tangi (mo Te Awaawa, rangatira o Ngati Whakaue mo tona matenga): Ka moe koa Taupiri [Taupori?] o te rewarewa, e tu tai ana ra te Kauika taramea... Also a waiata with translation entitled `Tongakohu's lament. The Maori fairy chief's farewell to Ngongotaha Mount'. Other typewritten and handwritten waiata and extracts. A typewritten chant `The sword chant of Thorstein Raudi' [possibly typed by B Stowell?]. Letter to Cowan by P Buck dated 20th Dec 1922, discusses Cowan having loan of Buck's France diaries and Gallipoli diary. Copy of article from the Akaroa Star about local mountain names and folklore, mentions H T Tikao [Hone Taare Tikao] as having been the source of the story. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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James Cornwall album

Date: 1888-[ca 1930]

From: Cornwall, James Caleb, 1879-1964: Photographs

By: Berry and Company; Bunting, Frederick William, -1913; Canadian Studio; Gregory, George, 1843-1913; Illingworth Toska Studios

Reference: PA1-q-886

Description: Photographs taken between 1888 and circa 1929, chiefly by James Caleb Cornwall of his family, life, and work. Identified photographers of studio portraits include George Gregory (Auckland), Berry and Company (Wellington), Illingworth Toska Studio (Wanganui), Canadian Studio (Auckland), and Bunting Studio (Palmerston North). Many photographs in the album are captioned underneath the image or on the rear of the print. - Contains images relating to Cornwall's work as a creamery manager and farmer. Photographs feature creamery buildings and machinery, the transportation of milk products by horse and cart, and creamery workers. A number of buildings have the text 'NZ Farmers Dairy Union' painted on them. Farming images feature ploughing, clearance of land, and livestock portraits of cattle and horse prepared for showing. cows, and horses. Various dogs, a pig, and chickens are also seen. - Album features images of areas where Cornwall lived and worked. Locations covered are mainly in the Manawatu-Whanganui Region and include Linton, Shannon, Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Longburn, Konini, Oringi, Upper Hutt, and Woodville. Specific locations are the farm of R D Knight at Mangaramarama (near Pahiatua), including scenes from Knight's annual horse sale, the Gaseford [Gaisford?] family property at Oringi, the Longburn Freezing Works, Pahiatua train station. Also included are photographs of houses (one hand coloured), cottages, farm buildings, and a bush camp. - James Cornwall appears in many images and his his friends, family, and associates (including employers) are included. Archie Curry, Florence Swan, Jack Capel, Rob Roy, Leo Harding, R D Knight, Ethel Bailey, Phoebe Bailey, Lucy Bailey, Phoebe Swan, Sydney 'Sid' James Short, Fred Bliss, and Jimmy Muir are identified. Prime Minister Richard Seddon is also seen in one image. Album also contains a group portrait of suppliers to the Upper Hutt creamery and another of the Woodville Fire Brigade. Unidentified people include an ex-girlfriend of Cornwall's (a teacher), men at a bush camp, men driving milk carts, and an unidentified family group. - Futher images include the transportation of wood by horse and cart, flooding at Konini, and some images relating to trains (bridges, locomotives, and carriages). Arrangement: Plastic sleeves removed from original orange plastic clear file photograph album (31.5 x 25 cm) due to conservation concern with tight binding warping prints. Original order of album maintained. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints on yellow backing paper in plastic clearfile sleeves

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Correspondence (ET/MS 46-47)

Date: 1895, 1913

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-05

Description: Letter from George Baxter to The Hon R J Seddon, Nov 29 1895. It discusses stone quarrying and coalmining in Westland and the 8 hour working day. Letter from Alexander H Turnbull to John Kenderdine, Aug 20 1913. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

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Wilson album 6

Date: 1865-1916

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1133

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1868-1916, predominantly dated 1899-1909. Series include: testing the Kaiapoi river dredge and associated luncheon at Oddfellows hall; scenes from Rangiora (gas works, Victoria Park, High Street, Borough Council, Magistrate's Court); Wilson family photographs, including Leonard Wilson and family, Mr and Mrs J L Wilson and mother-in-law Emma Matthews, various outings, and Jamie's first day at school; collected images of North Island scenes (Huntly, Ohakune, Raurimu, Paekakariki, Hamilton); honorary Colonel Lady Plunket presenting colours to Amuri Mounted Rifles at Culverdon, with Colonel Davies, Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins, Lieutenant Northcote (also visit to Kaiapoi Domain and Horsley Down); Kaiapoi scenes (J Beswick's store, Woollen store, ferry, High Street, Cam Road, road bridge, ketch courier, suspension bridge, Charles Street, Raven Street); fancy dress on the SS 'Runic'; and military cadets parading at Rangiora and Lancaster Park. Events include train derailment at Sefton, unveiling of the Kiapohia monument, opening of runanga hall (Tuahiwi), Estelle Wilson's marriage to Oram, party celebrating opening of new Woollen Mills warehouse (Manchester Street, Christchurch), Arbour Day at Kaiapoi Domain, laying of the foundation stone of the Otira Tunnel (Booth, Reese, Howland, Moore, Kaye, Quane, [Lorrison?], Allen, Forster, Williams, and Dobson), Buss farewell garden party at McFarlane's (Rangiora), Lincoln College prize day, Grace and Stead wedding, unidentified Maori wedding, 1901 royal visit (Christchurch), Antarctic expedition garden party at J Kinsey's, Governor Plunket's visit (Waimate), banquet honouring R J Seddon (London), and fire at Woollen Mills costume and cap factory (Cashel Street, Christchurch). Named figures include E W Ralph and his daughter, T Turnbull (in garden at Beauthorne with J L Wilson), Mr A G Ashby, C Moody (on horseback), Mr and Mrs Millar with E Parham, and Makumaku. Group photographs include: Pearce, R Moore, T Wilson, J L Wilson, and C J Cox outside Kaiapoi Press office; Sir John Hall and executive committee of the Christchurch exhibition; E Wildon (president) and Christchurch Golf Club; veterans Perrin, Lane, Dudson, Wright, Bannister, and McDonald outside Kaiapoi Working Men's Club; Kaiapoi Shipping Company promoters; reunion of 'Glentanner' shipmates; Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Committee; Blackwell family; and competitors in North Canterbury ploughing match (W Cunningham's farm). Buildings include Press Newspaper offices (Cashel Street and Cathedral Square), Kaiapoi Woollen Mills (exterior and engine room interior), Kaiapoi Shipping Company premises, Leonard Wilson's greenhouse and conservatory, Christchurch Post Office, St Mary's Church (Timaru), Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Christchurch), Mrs Emma Matthew's cottage, and Horsley Down church. Miscellaneous images include white swans at Kaiapoi Domain, a bunch of bananas, workers and children during harvesting oats at Geo Chilton's farm (Southland), avenue in Samoa, harvesting fleet at Gould and Cameron's farm (Canterbury Plains), repairing overhead wires on for trams (Christchurch), girls in costume (bazaar at King Edward's barracks), Empire Bridge wash out, Timaru penny, R J Alexander memorial (Kaiapoi), Waimakariri Gorge rail bridge, children riding cow, coach at Bealey (West Coast road), Rolleston River bridge, SS 'Wootton' and SS 'Kairaki' (Kaiapoi), Boy Scouts at Woodend, and Queen Victoria monument (Kaiapoi). Postcards include Fairfield Freezing Works and scenes from the United Kingdom (some are hand coloured). Illustration of earthquake and tidal wave (South America, 1867). Also newspaper clippings of fire at Woollen Mill's Men's hostel (Kaiapoi) and shipmates from 'Chariot of Fame' at jubilee. Burton Brothers named photographers of some collected images. Also contains Wises 1895 hand coloured and annotated map of Kaiapoi. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

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Wilson album 10

Date: 1889-1909

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-1137

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1889-1909, with an emphasis on 1901-1903. Series include: Wilson family portraits of Joseph Lowthian, his wife, son Leonard, daughter Estelle, and mother-in-law Mrs Emma Matthews; various views of Highfield Annan settlement land (including Wandle Valley, farmland) with land ballot at Waiau and Canterbury Land Board meeting relating to settlement; Maori performance group (kapa haka) and various unidentified portraits and group images; opening of the Kaiapoi Swimming Baths with Mayor J Daly and Premiere Richard Seddon; re-opening of Ashley Gorge bridge (between Glentui and Oxford); inspection of North Canterbury Volunteer Mounted Rifles by Colonel Porter [Woodend?], with officers including Captain R W Chaffey and Lieutenant Horne; flooding in Rangiora and Waverley; views of Hamner Springs; Kaiapoi railway station buildings (built 1872 and 1904 respectively) and trains, with J Ward opening new station; massed school display at Lancaster Park, with cadet competition and girls' drill; and Governor Lord Plunket (and Lady Plunket) visiting Kaiapoi and Tuahiwi. Events include general election at Tuahiwi schoolhouse, fire at Hobday's Drapery (Christchurch), Lady Stewart and A W Rutherford opening track at Conical Hill (Hamner), reception for General Booth at Cathedral Square (Christchurch), Amuri sheep sale (Culverden), Amberley South African War Troopers Memorial unveiling (with Sergeant Turner), J Ward laying foundation of Kaiapoi Post Office, Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Show, sheep sale at Rangiora, Mrs Harrison Lee addressing temperance rally at Junction Hotel (Rangiora), and Rangiora New Year's Day sports meeting with crosscut sawing event. Named figures include Charles Luger of West Oxford (with goat), Mr Thomas Leech of Brooklands (with woodcarvings), and G H Blackwell. Group photographs include Brown and Alexander wedding at Riverside, Mr Smith's family of nineteen (Oxford), Claire Parham's wedding party, Kaiapoi Men's Hockey Team in fancy dress (cross-dressing), and Leithead and Blackwell family members at Main Drain. Buildings include Jollie's Pass Hotel (Hamner Springs), R Evans' flour mill (Ohoka), Kaiapoi Borough School, John Sims residence (Kaiapoi), Tuahiwi Town Hall, Waverley Railway Station, Hamner Post Office, Hamner Plains Sanatorium, Blencowe Grammar School (Cumberland, England, 1859), Marston (Kaiapoi), and Cheviot Post Office. Interior of Wanganui Museum (featuring [whale?] skeleton) and Christchurch Cathedral. Miscellaneous images include various coach scenes, Paterson's Creek rail bridge (Otorama), sheep dipping in the high country, first grave and early working-man's cottage (Rangiora), scenic images of farmland and mountains in Canterbury Region, sheep at R W Chapman's estate (Lowland Leas), trees planted by J L Wilson and Inspector Buckley at post office site, cliffs at Summerhill, Waimakariri Water Supply (Brown Rock intake), shingle being carted to Main Drain (Skew Bridge, Flaxton), triumphant arc on Kaiapoi Bridge (coronation of Edward VII), Hereford Street (Christchurch), swans gifted to Kaiapoi Domain by Glenmark Station, R Evans' wheat crop at Clifton (Waikari), Waimakariri Gorge railway and dray bridge, entrance to Riccarton Racecourse, crowd in Runanga Hall courtyard (Tuahiwi), HMS 'Powerful' and HMS 'Challenger' docked at Lyttelton, and riverside camping and the bluff at Cheviot. Collected images by named photographers include Maori portraits and objects by Charles Spencer. Album includes cyanotype of Richard Seddon and a group of unidentified men. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

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Middlemass, Mr : Photographs of gum digging, Whakarewarewa and Seddon on a war canoe

Date: ca 1890s

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Beattie & Sanderson (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7221

Description: Photographs of: a group of men with spades digging for gum amongst kauri trees; a group of Maori men, women and children gathered around the hot pools at Whakarewarewa, with the men are pulling on ropes attached to something in the pool, captioned "`Parekohoro' - Whakarewarewa"; and two photographs, one a close-up, of Seddon and party on a waka. They are captioned "The Premier's Visit to Huntly on the Waikato in the war canoe Taheretikitiki" and "The Premier's Visit to Huntly on board the war canoe on way to King Mahuta's residence Waahi". Photographers were Josiah Martin (using the initials J M) and Beattie & Sanderson. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-002406 and 002408 Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

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[Kaihu forest, Bay of Islands, Captain Collin Post, Coronation of King Edward VII, Lady...

Date: 1899-1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-65

Description: Scenes in New Zealand during the term of Lord Ranfurly as Governor, taken by unknown photographers. The top left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-1) showsl a bullock team in the Kaihu Forest, 1899, with a group of men, at the right of which is Richard John Seddon. The top right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-2) shows Government House, Wellington, illuminated for the coronation of Edward VII, 1902. The centre left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-3) shows a scene in the Bay of Islands, with a sailing boat, 1899. The centre right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-4) shows Lady Eileen Knox, 1897. The lower left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-5) shows Captain Collin Post of SS Tutanekai, 1899. The lower right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-6) shows a Maori kainga with a group seated in the foreground. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Six photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

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Vile, Arthur Henry, 1867-1946 : Reminiscences

Date: [1940]

By: Vile, Arthur Henry, 1867-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-5966

Description: The personal, copy-edited, reminiscences of Vile who describes his life as a journalist and editor, newspaper people, political personalities and events in New Zealand. He describes living and working in Melbourne and St Arnaud, Victoria, and his experiences of unionism, his return to NZ in 1889 and working on the `Wairarapa star', his work with the Liberal Party and Richard John Seddon, his move to other newspapers including ones in Hastings, Eketahuna, Oamaru, Woodville, and Christchurch. He describes many of the politicians and other people he met during his working life including John Ballance, Sir John McKenzie, the Plunger (an incarnation of the Jubilee Plunger who was in Australia), G P Donnelly, Shanley (a reporter), his father, Job Vile, Capt Logan, F M B Fisher, the Prince of Wales's visit, Nelle Scanlan, Frank Milner, Sir James Ferguson, Lorimer/McCluskey (a possible member of the Kelly gang), Baird, William Milne, Alexander McMinn, Jock Morris, George Forbes, Capt Russell, Sir Maurice O'Rorke, Sir Thomas Wilford, Tom Duncan, Thomas Lindsay Buick and others. Source of title - Supplied Vile was a journalist and newspaper editor who worked on papers in the Wairarapa, Victoria, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, New Plymouth and other parts of New Zealand Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Duplicated material with holograph annotations, and photocopy

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Kaimata and Dobson hydro-electric plants, Greymouth scenes

Date: [1900s-1930s]

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-18

Description: Photographs of construction and opening of Kaimata Hydro station (opened 1932) and Dobson power station, and Greymouth buildings, floods and shipping. Includes Richard Seddon laying foundation stone. Photographs taken 1930s by L A Inkster of Greymouth, and prints made by Inkster from negatives taken 1890s-1920s by James Ring. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Wilson album 11

Date: 1863-1921

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1138

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1863-1921, with the majority dated 1908-1919. Also includes coverage of South Africa's Eastern Cape and England. Series include: Wilson family portraits, with Joseph Lowthian, his wife, son Leonard, daughter Estelle, mother-in-law Emma Matthews, and brother Thomas. Estelle's children also feature, with some images taken in their adopted home in South Africa. Also Wilson family dogs Bruce and Nigger appear in a number of images. Street scenes and buildings in Kaiapoi are emphasised, with many taken following the July 1918 and 2 September snow storms. A number also depict World War One peace celebrations (including Kaiapoi 'tank' and parade). Interior and exterior images of Kaiapoi Woollen Mills and buildings in Hamner Springs (including Jollie's Hotel, Hamner Hall, Post Office, churches, and Public School) also feature. Events include funeral procession of trooper Nicholson (Kaiapoi) who was killed in the South African War, parade with decorated traction engine (Rangiora), celebration of coronation of Edward VII (Oxford), an unidentified shipwreck, street scene of 1908 Christchurch fire, the relocation of St Paul's Presbyterian Church (Kaiapoi), crowd at collie dog trials (Waikari), delivery of Anderson's boiler to Woollen Mills factory, railway accident at Chaimey's corner and funeral of R J Alexander, Armistice Day celebrations (Rangiora), Lord Ranfurly's visit to Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Ashley water supply project luncheon, and the relocation of assembly rooms building. Named figures include J Lang, J Perrin, and J M McGarvy; Mrs W A Parham with her flock of turkeys; J R Leithead; Chief Dinizulu (postcard from Estelle Wilson, annotated); portraits of soldiers Ralph and Leslie Feldwick (both killed in action in Dardanelles) and soldier C J Brighing; Reverend Wynter Blathwayt, Maaka Hape, and T Hape of St Stephen's Maori Church, J Murray and his three boys in Highland dress; cyanotype of Edward Devine, Miss Alice Bennett and her nieces; Mr Jeffrey; and S Johnston (Kaiapoi Postmaster). Group photographs depict [1st Wellington Battalion?] in France, the officers of the 1st Battalion of the Canterbury Rifles on Queen Victoria's 1887 jubilee, group (mainly Maori) at the Kaiapoi Bridge (1869 visit of the Duke of Edinburgh), Woodend Volunteer Rifles, unidentified Maori group outside Runanga Hall (Tuahiwi), and territorial soldiers in 1913 (Rangiora). Premiere Richard Seddon [last photograph before death?] with group at Newport Railway Workshops (Melbourne), soldiers at Trentham Military Camp (1918), Sir Apirana Ngata and the Mahaanui Maori Council, wedding party photographs from the Leech and Parsons wedding, old scholars of Kaiapoi Church School, North Canterbury Ploughing Match organisers (figures named), Kaiapoi Woollen Mills directors (1879), Captain Chaffey and Lieutenants Douglas and Grey of the Amuri Mounted Rifles, Parham family, and the Matthews family outside school house at Kaiapoi Church Day School. Buildings include Bruce Hotel (Akaroa), Hydro Grand Hotel (Timaru), Kaiapoi Parish Church, Wellington Post Office, Bank of New Zealand (Kaiapoi), Beauthorne, W J Robinson's stables and manager's house (Cheviot), Christ's College (Christchurch), South British Insurance (also Press Office, Kaiapoi), S Baldwin's home (Canada), Buckeye Hotel (with Cob and Co coach outside), Marston (Kaiapoi), J Sim's sawmill and store, Kaiapoi Parish Church, Glenmark Station homestead, Church of the Holy Innocents (Amberley), Woollen Mills Cashel Street, Maori pa formerly at site of Woollen Mills (painting), Malcolm Ross Cottage, and Glen Hoon (Hamner). Miscellaneous images include a volunteer camp in Oamaru (Easter, 1886), Akaroa monument to Captain Stanley, Dunedin (from Roslyn Hill), the construction of the Kaiapoi dredge, Rangiora War Memorial, Tikitere (Rotorua), Ashburton Domain, Wellington (from Te Aro Hill), Challenge Shield trophy (of the 1st Battalion, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers), Volunteer Rifle target practice on Kaiapoi beach, Cam bridge (with unidentified family group), the ferry 'Windermere' with Coniston Lake coach on board, Gore Bay and other images from Cheviot area, Reece Valley, Shetland pony Wee Davie, Kingston-Invercargill coach (cyanotype of photo taken by American Astronomical Mission), Purau farm panorama (site for 1893 volunteer military camp), fancy dress, the ketch 'Jannet', Lyttelton Harbour, the steamer 'Kairaki', farmland at Highfield (Waiau), Amuri, Dogs Creek intake, Otira Gorge, various Blue Mountain scenes (New South Wales), Conical Hill (Hamner), Rogerson Valley, D Rutherford Bridge and upper bridge cutting (Waiau River), an original pen drawn caricature, a copy of a painting of a coach by E M Lovell-Smith, and a number of river, garden, and street scenes. Various images (some postcards) from South Africa include three men in front of a cave, St Andrew's College and St Aiden's College (Grahamstown), Prince Alfred's Guards Memorial and Port Elizabeth, Hellgate, and the road to Walmer. Also images (many postcards) of England, including Penrith, Keswick, Braithwaite, Torquay, Boscobel House and Royal Oak (Shropshire), Cumberland Church, and Christchurch Gate (Canterbury). Collected photographs include many Burton Brothers' images of various New Zealand scenes (mainly scenic, including Wanganui River, Waitakere area, Manawatu Gorge, and Lake Manapouri) and work by other unidentified photographers. Album includes cyanotypes, copies of daguerreotypes, postcards, hand coloured images as well as original and reproduced artworks. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Purchase, 2011. The album was purchased from Mr Robin Rapley of Christchurch.

Manuscript

Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Date: 1905

By: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944

Reference: MS-Papers-5801

Description: Field's papers as Member of the House of Representatives, include correspondence from R J Seddon, and letter from James Toomath re flax industry. Includes petition from ratepayers in the Johnsonville Town District re amendment of the Counties Act. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (38 leaves). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter

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