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View of the lower end of Queen Street, Auckland
Date: [ca 1865-1866]
From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs
Reference: PA1-q-320-69-1
Description: View of the lower east side of Queen Street, Auckland, taken from the west side of the street. Shows row of premises of Williams and Co (far left on corner with Fort Street), Ship Chandlers and Sailmakers, E & H Isaacs, General Merchants, W. Brighton, Outfitters, New Zealand Insurance Company offices, P.A. Philips, Ironmonger, T. Delattre, Homeopathic Pharmaceutist. Several men stand beside a variety of horse drawn carriages and handsome cabs which are parked along Queen Street. Taken by unknown photographer circa 1865 - 1866. Source of descriptive information - Location identified by Library client (see Auckland Street directory 1886-1887). Relationship complexity - copy held in Sir George Grey Collections, Auckland Libraries (4-403) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print
Letter from Maihi P Kawiti to Hauraki
Date: 29 Jul 1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694C-04
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
Jeffcoat family diary
Date: 1867, 1870, 1887, 1888
From: Jeffcoat family : Papers
Reference: MSX-8914
Description: Volume contains financial and personal details for the Jeffcoat family. Diary provides accounts of voyages from Auckland to Napier, sawmilling activities around the Napier region, Maori relations, business transactions, weather, and correspondence with family and business partners (Those named include - Cashmore, Marshall, Sanders, Chambers, Karaitiana, Prentice, Tuley, Holt). Also includes poems written by E J (Elon Jeffcoat) and copied letters (these entries mostly date after 1867), sketches of vessels, and a memorandum of cost of improvements at Cabbage Bay (1870). Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
City of Auckland 1842
Date: [between 1920-1946] - 1842
Reference: WA-03502-F
Description: Photograph of a framed drawing with captions, entitled 'The City of Auckland 1842, Capital of New Zealand, dedicated to the Right Honourable Lord Stanley' taken circa 1930s to 1940s by Whites Aviation. Significant buildings and places are listed underneath in faded writing. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Auckland Races. Patron His Excellency the Governor. Judge T Beckham esq... First day, T...
Date: 1849
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]
Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1849-01
Description: A programme for four races of a race meeting held in Auckland, has an illustration of two galloping horses with their jockeys, at top centre. For three of the four races, the names, ages, owners, weights and jockey colours of each horse are listed. Owners include Mr A Cooper, Lieut. Page, Mr R Graham, Captain Greenwood, Mr McFarlane, Mr Young, Mr Macky, Mr Williamson, Mr Dennett. This programme is for the first day of a three-day racing meeting in Auckland in 1849. The newspapers of the previous week (5 December) issued a plea: “The inner side of the New Race Course having been much cut up by horses being galloped thereon, a practice which, if continued, will be very injurious to the horses running at the ensuing races, the public are requested to abstain from riding on it until after the next meeting. It is particularly desired that all horses training on the Course, be kept on the Outer Circle”. The paper also stipulated that “No race will come off unless there be three entries for the same”; so the second race listed here was only just feasible. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on cream silk fabric, 168 x 138 mm.
Group portrait of King's College students in uniform [Sea Scouts? Cadets?],
Date: [ca 1896-1920]
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-55141
Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation on 8 March 1961. Photographer of original unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative
Interior of chapel associated with King's College, Auckland
Date: [ca 1896-1920]
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-55155
Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation on 8 March 1961. Original photograph taken by Lindsay Mitchell Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative
Letters from F E Maning, some with typed transcripts (ET/MS 1-5)
Date: 1 Jun 1867- 5 Jun 1882
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11750-01
Description: Letters from F E Maning, some with typed transcripts. Three of the letters to local government official R C Barstow and two to John Webster. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Auckland from Greys Avenue
Date: ca 1870
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15
Reference: PAColl-7081-44
Description: Auckland from Greys Avenue, circa 1870. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10 x 13.7 cm approx (unevenly trimmed print)
Letter from Te Keene Tangaroa to McLean
Date: 30 Mar 1871
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0695B-07
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
A sketch of our sitting room
Date: 28 Dec 1846
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diary
Reference: qMS-0122-074
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge of his wife, Sophia, and their son William Samuel Bambridge, in their sitting room, at Purewa. The baby is sitting in a potato basket which has been hung from the ceiling by his mother. The sketch is on p 74 of the diary. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 110 x 145 mm, on sheet 253 x 205 mm
Government House, Auckland
Date: [ca 1860s-1870s]
From: Gilberd, Edward Browse, 1904-1991 :Photographs of Auckland
Reference: 1/2-105456-F
Description: Government House, Auckland, taken ca 1860-1870s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Maori artifacts in the Auckland Museum
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916 :Maori portraits and artifacts
Reference: PAColl-1893-11
Description: An exhibition of Maori artifacts, Auckland Museum, New Zealand. Included are Tiki, flutes, combs, and items carved out of bone. Photographed by Josiah Martin, probably some time in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JM 496 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 15 x 20.6 cm
Creator unknown :Photograph of Government House, Auckland
Date: [188-]
Reference: PAColl-8794
Description: Photograph of Government House, Auckland, taken ca late 1880s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 21.5 x 36.1 cm
Letter from Mitai Penetaui to McLean
Date: 24 Apr 1863
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0687B-19
Description: Letter written from Auckland regarding land sales Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Letter from Wi Parata to McLean
Date: 15 Mar 1873
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0697A-15
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Miscellaneous correspondence
Date: 1884-1936
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-27
Description: Contains correspondence about McDonnell's business as a book trader, letters about land tenure, politics, and letters about the printing of various items (including the establishment of a Maori newspaper for the Labour Party) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Letter from Matene Te Whiwhi and others to Native chiefs (with translation)
Date: 18 Mar 1871
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0695B-04
Description: Contemporary translation and printed version relating to the Franco-Prussian war Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 3 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
Letter from Pita Taurua to McLean
Date: 29 Jul 1865
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0689G-18
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
Government House and gardens, Auckland
Date: ca 1861
From: Urquhart album
Reference: PA1-q-250-02
Description: Government House and gardens, Auckland, circa 1861. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - Government House Auckland NZ Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 12.8 x 17.9 cm, mounted on card Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.