Places

Date: ca 1860s-1890s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Spencer, Harriet Dyke, 1866-1948; London Stereoscopic Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-4721

Description: Photographs on album pages: photograph of Mount Peel Station, its interior and grounds including Mr Acland in his study, his daughters and their friends identified by inititals, including one of L D Acland and B B Acland, the latter knitting a sock, and the Church of the Holy Innocence viewed across a field of hay stacks with the forest planted by Acland behind it; more of the same women boating and picnicking, including a view of a gorge taken by Harriet Acland, a church interior and Bishop Harper playing cricket with a young boy; Ilam homestead covered in clematis with balconies and verandahs and extensive grounds next to the Avon River, and the Watts Russell family group at Pareora August 1894 with their dog and saddled horses in the background; the West Coast Times printing office with the men outside it, C G Tripp and family and a Centerbury view; and two views of Tripp's homestead at Orari. Photographs mounted on card: a studio portrait of Dr Shortland; John Charles Watts Russell taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Rev R H Codrington's garden in Norfolk Island while a missionary in the South Pacific with eight local men, either Solomon Islanders and New Hebrideans; five interior views of a well-furnished house (possibly Wildwood, Christchurch) with heavy wooden furniture and fireplaces, gas lamps, drapery, paintings (including a copy of The Order of Release by Millais) etc.; the officers of HMS Invincible on the deck of their ship next to the lifeboats; a view looking down a street of two boats in "the bay of Taranaki" (probably near New Plymouth) one named SS Taupo ca 1860s; and a view over buildings near the shore in New Plymouth ca 1860s. Loose prints of: a brick-built house with a verandah, and a duplicate of the officers of the Invincible. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 28 b&w original photographic print(s) on loose pages from an album. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-23

Description: William Hunt of the Bluff, Pitt Island, his two mastifs, wife Frances, daughter Frances Mary, and sons Frederick William and Herbert Alexander. They are standing and seated among nikau palms. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). According to George Hough and Bill Carter this a Karl Gerstenkorn photograph taken in 1891. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: 1890 - 1901

By: Shaw, Allen Desmond, 1944-; Child, Edward George, 1860-1949

Reference: PAColl-2171

Description: Photographs of: seven men leaning on shovels outside a hut and two men with shovels holding the reins of drays at the harbour side (both taken by Anglo New Zealand photo); the railway line and water tank at Rata with men, women and children in an open railway carriage on the right; D class locomotive with four men standing next to it; men cutting flax on a wooden jetty next to a river; men outside a hut with piles of flax bundles; the Delphic captioned as "the largest boat that trades to New Zealand" moored in Wellington (taken by E G Child); a large crowd outside the Parliament Buildings for the memorial service on the death of Queen Victoria; and a group of men and one woman outside a corrugated iron hut. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: 1891

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-40

Description: William Hunt of the Bluff, Pitt Island, one of his two mastifs, wife Frances, daughter Frances Mary, and son Frederick William. They are standing and seated among nikau palms. A horse stands in the background. Photographed by Karl Gerstenkorn in 1891. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). According to George Hough and Bill Carter this a Karl Gerstenkorn photograph taken in 1891. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: [ca 1887-1891]

By: Gant, Robert, 1854?-1936

Reference: PA-Group-00058

Description: Two albums of photographs taken mainly in Masterton about 1887-1891, probably by Robert Gant. Most photographs of individual men and groups of men, often posed in tableaux, and including men dressed as women. Many subjects appear to be homosexual men. Most photographs have captions. Some landscape scenes of Masterton, Wellington, Woolwich and other overseas locations. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2007. Albums belonged to Jennifer Blackburn, great-grandaughter of Charles Blackburn (the 'CB' of the photograph captions). Jennifer Blackburn given the albums by her Aunty Coll (Colleen)

Date: 1879-1892

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9826

Description: Photographs of mountaineers, glaciers, mountains, lakes and rivers. Included are - Crossing the Hooker River by cable car (flying fox?). Percy Hawkins Johnson, W Low, J W Annan, George Edward Mannering, and Marmaduke J Dixon in the Murchison Valley, 1880. Irishman Rev William S Green and his two guides, Ulrich Kaufmann and Emil Boss, 1882. Mountaineers George Edward Mannering, Percy Hawkins Johnson and Mamaduke J Dixon photographed in 1889. Lake Pukaki, 1889. Tasman Glacier. Lake Tekapo. Hut in the Godley Valley. Mount Aorangi and the Hooker Glacier. Mount Aorangi seen from Ball spur. Panoramic View of mountains seen from Mount Sealy. Murchison glacier and river. Views of Aorangi, De la Beche Peak, and Tasman Glacier. Views of the Godley Glacier, 1892. Volynteers digging for Smith and Morrison in the avalanch of snow on the Rollesby Range, 28 August 1879. Quantity: 10 card mounts containing 33 images.

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-33

Description: Unidentified house and family, Chatham Island. George Hough and Bill Carter suggest that this is probably the Moreroa homestead of A J Blackiston, Chatham Island. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Hodgkins, Percy D'Esterre, 1873-1956

Reference: E-405

Description: p.1. [Street scene in ?Dunedin with tram, hansom cab and a reference to the BNZ]; p.2 [Two elderly men]; p.3 Geo McLeod, Star bg [i.e.building?]; p.4 [Man reclining in chair with his feet up]. p.5 [Two men, one carrying a large basket on his shoulder]; p.6 [Two men's faces, with red colouring]; p.7 Sketch for "Land carriage ...". The eleven mile swamp between ?Madialloc and Western port in Victoria. Light carts bring the fish across the neck to Melbourne - 1860. p.8 Coastal steamer entering Preservation.; p.9 [Man in bowler hat and overcoat with walking stick]; p.10 [Three portraits of the same bearded balding man]; p.11 [Sketch of dinghy] Inscriptions: On cover in pencil: W.M.Hodgkins. Several sketches titled, but not all titles fully legible Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) Green card covers, inscribed "The reporter's notebook ... J.Wilkie & Co ... Dunedin". Physical Description: 11 pencil sketches in album of 37 pages, page size 113 x 818 mm Provenance: Hodgkins family by descent to Percy D'Esterre Hodgkins. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts & Archives 1989. MS acc. no. 73-129.

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-08

Description: Native forest with nikau palms, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands. In the right foreground seated are (from left) William Hunt, and sons Frederick William Hunt, and Herbert Alexander Hunt. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: [1949]-1999

From: Berzins, Baiba, fl 1960-2000 : Papers relating to the Coates family

Reference: MS-Papers-6723

Description: Comprises list of contents and background information on the collection and the Coates family, particularly relating to the links with Latvia, by Berzins; note on copyright and access to the papers; 11 letters from Kitty Coates to Lucija Berzins describing family matters and aspects of life in Rotorua and New Zealand (1949-1955); six letters from Percy Coates to his niece Lucija Berzins in which he writes particularly of his family and also of life in Timaru (early 1950-1962); letter from Jimmy Coates to Lucija Bezins with letter from Percy Coates to him, with `Reminiscences of a a new chum'; and transcript of the `Reminiscences', probably transcribed by Jeannete Coates; and copy of obituary for Lucija Berzins by Baiba Berzins (1999). Also photocopy of photograph transferred to Photgraphic Archive. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Copy of photograph taken in 1949 of Arthur and Kitty Coates, Win Kellett, Susan Kellett (now Baing), Margaret and Percy Coates.

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-47

Description: A group of Moriori or Maori men and women standing and seated beside two nikau palms. A stand of native forest can be seen behind them in the distance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: 1897-1998

By: Underwood, John, active 1995

Reference: MSX-5111

Description: A history of the Rangitikei Club of Feilding covering the past 100 years and including photographs of individual presidents, a photocopy of the jubilee history 1897-1947, and programme Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, printed matter and photograph (photocopies)

Date: 1898-1963

From: Huggins, Herbert Augustus, 1867-1962 : Papers

Reference: 75-141-2/12

Description: Topics include: Letter from Wm McNickle, Secretary of The Katipo Newspaper Association, 19 Oct 1898; draft of letter re Kilbirnie tramway extension, 10 Jul 1905; letters from city engineer, Wellington City Council to H A Huggins, accounts clerk, Postal Dept re Kilbirnie Tunnel and estimate to enlarge, 1 Mar 1906; papers relating to Church of England Men's Society, 1941; letter from Bertram G Theobold, London re subscription to `Group mind', and occultism, 1922 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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).

Date: 1897-1919

From: Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert, 1862-1940 :Photographs of Tutira and district, Hawke's Bay

By: Guthrie-Smith, Annie Lindsay, 1866-1933; Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert, 1862-1940; Guthrie-Smith, Elma Katherine, 1878-1949

Reference: PA1-o-1641

Description: Photographs taken by members of the Guthrie smith family in New Zealand, Switzerland, Tirol, and Scotland. Included are Strathblane sheep station south west of Gisborne where William Herbert Guthrie-Smith and his siblings Harry, Archibald, Annie, Elma, and a D Guthrie-Smith that may have been James Robert Dennistoun Guthrie Smith, spent the Christmas of 1900. The main photographers were Annie, Elma, William and Harry. Included are - Views of the Hangaroa River. Members of the family, especially as a group, Christmas 1900. Cats, and dogs. Farm activities such as sheep dipping. Native bush in Peel Forest. Men and women on horseback at Strathblane. Snapshots from Scotland of the children of Guthrie-Smith's sister Jean who married James Clarke. The Guthrie-Smith family members at Tutira Station, 1900. Native forest and newly cleared land littered with the trunks of trees. Mangapapa Station being developed, 1900-1901. Groups, especially women, at the winter resort, Chateau d'Oeux, Switzerland, 1903-1904. Women on holiday, Tirol, 1907. Horses ridden by guests to a party given by Guthrie-Smith at Strathblane Station, 1900. Archibald Guthrie-Smith's farm and house, Glenreasdell, Scotland. Fancy dress dinner party, Scotland, 1912. A house called Pitfar, Scotland, that also seems associated with Archibald Guthrie-Smith. Archibald Guthrie-Smith in a traditional Austrian costume, 1912. Climbing party in the Campsie Hills, Scotland, 1912. Winter landscapes, Dumngoyne, Scotland, 1902. Guthrie-Smith women and their motorcar and chauffeur, 1912. Annie Guthrie-Smith with her goats, 1919. Portraits of William Herbert Guthrie-Smith, 1896 and 1902. Sir Malcolm McGregor of McGregor in naval uniform, 1905. Saddel castle, Scotland. View of Little Mount Peel, New Zealand. George and Emily Dennistoun of Peel Forest station, 1907. Picnic party, Mount Peel, 1897. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2010

Date: [October-December 1898]

By: Varlow, Alfred James, 1900-1977; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PAColl-9097

Description: Photographs of the ship 'Mapourika', taken October-December 1898 by James Ring when the ship was stranded at Greymouth beach. Includes photographs of the stranded ship and group portraits of the men who refloated the ship. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1892

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks] 1890-1893

Reference: E-315-q-5-016

Description: Two men in large easy chairs, a third standing in front of a fireplace in a grandly-decorated room Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook, page size 244 x 123 mm.

Date: [1898-ca 1968]

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004 : Photographs relating to Maori

Reference: PAColl-9977-11

Description: Most of the photographs are views taken at a Maori funeral. There are two men seated outside a raupo whare. View of a church in a bare winter landscape in England. Composite photograph (probably a copy print) entitled "The Season's Greetings from the Land of the Maori" 1898, by G T Edwards, Mercer. View across the waters of a bay through branches of a pohutukawa tree. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-16

Description: View of an unidentified house, Chatham Island. The building may be constructed of tree fern logs, but is completely covered with ivy. A group of men, boys, and dogs, and another of women and girls, stand outside the house. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Clayton, Charles A, active 1895-1906

Reference: PAColl-8160

Description: Group portrait of the Mataura Valley troop for the Fourth Contingent, South African War, taken ca 1900 by Charles Clayton of Gore: Back row (left to right): Albert Ward, David Dickson, John Banks, John Sheehan, Jim McLaren, Wilkison, W L Milne, Charles Lacey Front row (left to right): G F Day, J Moloney, Richard Kelly, Alex Keown, John Gouk, Donald Cameron, T Ford Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Clayton. Photographer Gore.; Mount recto - above image - Back Row from left: Albert Ward, David Dickson, John Banks, John Sheehan, Jim McLaren, Wilkinson, W Milne, Charles Lacey. Front Row: G Day, J. Maloney, Richard Kelly, Alex Keown, John Geuak, Donald Cameron, T. Forde. Quantity: 1 colour copy photographic print(s) of a black and white original image. Physical Description: Dye coupler copy print 12.1 x 16.7 cm Provenance: Donated by Mr Ron Keown, Lower Hutt, 2004