Places

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

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-007

Description: A house with garden, alongside either the Ashburton River or a road. The blue colouring suggests the river. The Southern Alps in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-101

Description: View from lower Wadestown or Stowe Hill, past a fence the the roof of a house, towards the harbour and Eastbourne, with Somes Island. Several ships in the harbour. The second word in the title may be Day or Bay or an abbreviation starting with Da. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1885-1900

Reference: PAColl-1942

Description: Wellington streets, dwellings, historic buildings, harbour, ships, wharves and tax department staff 1900 Hunterville main street and unidentified church Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s) loose album pages.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-081

Description: The essay covers the period 1882-1941 and describes the lives of Elizabeth and Alexander Allan, their voyage to New Zealand in 1882 on the Loch Doon, their homes at Cross Creek on the Rimutaka Incline, and Upper Hutt. It describes the railway township of Cross Creek and the Fell railway system; the accident by which Alexander lost his life. The story continues with Elizabeth's life and those of her 10 children and their families especially Helen Includes a family tree Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Photographs of Alexander and Elizabeth, and Elizabeth and Amelia Burrell

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-073

Description: View from lower Wadestown, looking along the Hutt Road towards Petone. A steamer in the foreground and Kaiwharawhara with the Kaiwharawhara Hotel. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: [Between 1886 and 1900]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to the Fell and Atkinson families

Reference: PA1-q-074

Description: Album of portraits, group portraits and landscapes, relating particularly to the Fell family and their family relationships with the Atkinson and Richmond families. Chiefly photographed in the Nelson, Marlborough, Tasman regions. Many of the photographs likely to have been taken by Charles Yates Fell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown covers, lacking spine, 37.5 x 28.0 cm

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-098

Description: Lyttelton Harbour with a small island with building on top, a flagpole or signalling pole and a few trees. Probably Ripapa Island, used as a quarantine station in the later nineteenth century. The Harbour entrance is shown in the background and the island is close to land. Preliminary sketch for a more finished drawing on the preceding page (E-346-2-096/097) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: [ca 1880s]-1993

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

Reference: PA12-10602

Description: Some views of the Catham islands dating from 1993. These include shell middens in sand cliffs, modern Moriori flanking a statue of Tommy Solomon, unidentified township, unidentified island (possibly Mangere), and people gathered at an unidentified event. The rest are copies of historical photographs of Moriori dating from ca 1880s to 1930s. These slides were used by Michael King for a lecture on the Chatham Islands. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies. 12 b&w copy transparency/ies b&W copy transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1880s]-1993

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

Reference: PA12-10601

Description: Views of the Chatham Island from the air and from the ground. Includes exterior and interior views of the Nairn house, and two views of the German mission's stone house below Maunganui. There are also photographs of a dendroglyph, rock carvings, a wooden figure, a canoe, and a patu (stone club). These slides were used by Michael King for a lecture on the Chatham Islands. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies. 6 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1885-1925]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9827-2

Description: Includes - Unidentified river in a gorge, ca 1925. Small river or lake surrounded by trees. Staff at Blue Cliffs Station grouped outside the woolshed, ca 1890. Anama homestead. Photograph of SS Tainui under steam and sail, ca 1885. Photograph of a painting of SS Irnie, ca 1885. Family group on a lawn, ca 1905. Cust village, Canterbury. St James Church Cust, 1891. Views of people on ship's deck. Native forest scenic reserve, ca 1905. Woman and dog, ca 1890s. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1900-ca 1910

From: Main, William :Photographs of the Nelson properties at Pori, north eastern Wairarapa.

Reference: PAColl-7868-1

Description: Photographs of Children, Family groups which include Frank, Archie, Hugh, and Jack Nelson, Jack and Frank's houses at Pori and two views of the drive to Jack's house, native forest and an early morning view of the Forty Mile Bush. One group photographs taken in England in about 1885. There are also two letters from Catherine M Nelson written from Pori in 1902, and an envelope containing pressed plant matter. Catherine M Nelson came from England to visit her New Zealand relatives in 1902. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-015

Description: Canterbury Plains in summer, probably in the Ashburton area, looking past two small houses towards the Alps Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: ca 1880- 1966

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8066-14

Description: Government troops at Parihaka in 1881. Gudgeon with a group of European men and women on the verandah of Queen Makea's house in Avarua, Rarotonga. King Koroki's funeral in May 1966. Edith Tuke and her Napier house in the 1890s. A man on hoseback at "Wairoro." Soldiers with a field gun. A memorial cross. Two children ca 1905. A sheet of 8 postcards relating to Auckland Other material includes short typed notes relating to Gudgeon; a letter to Beryl Gudgeon from the Auckland Museum dated 1936; an obituary for Mr C R Howden; information relating to Arthur Tuke's career dated 1876. Except for the Auckland postcards, the material in this collection was contained in an album entitled "Gudgeon 1965-1920." This album judging from the captions which were on each page, contained photographs relating to Gudgeon's life. By the time the album reached the Turnbull Library, these photographs had gone and it was filled with an assortment of items, none of which related to the captions on the plastic pages. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-069

Description: View looking north from Thorndon, Stowe Hill, or lower Wadestown, along the Hutt Road, with Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings visible. Almost identical to the artist's "Kaiwara" two pages further on in the sketchbook (E-346-2-071) Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-071

Description: View looking north from Thorndon, Stowe Hill or lower Wadestown, along the Hutt Road, with Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings visible. Almost identical to the artist's "Kaiwarra", 2 pages earlier in the sketchbook (E-346-2-069) Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: ca 1880s-1900s

Reference: 1/4-016576

Description: View of Akaroa showing part of the harbour. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-005

Description: Farm workers' houses amongst bush, with a fence-line marking off a hill. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 132 x 185 mm

Date: [Between 1890s and 1900s]

From: Hamerton, N & G (Misses), fl 1967 :Photograph albums of Wellington scenes

Reference: PA1-o-539

Description: Album of photographs of early Wellington, circa 1880s to 1900s. One view shows the wreck of the "Oliver Lang" at Kaiwharawhara. Other views of the harbour show sailing ships, the SS Doric at Queens Wharf, the arrival of the RMS Aorangi, the small ship Manawatu in port, and the Cobar ferry. Away from the inner city and harbour there are three views of native bush with a stream running through, and one of the house under construction. The album is not full, with photographs only found on pages 8-15, and 19-21. The view of the Union Bank of Australia on the corner of Featherston Street and Lambton Quay shows Johnny Martin's fountain in the foreground. There are several views of inner Wellington, some from Bolton Street, with others showing Government House and Offices. The Chief Post Office is seen behind the wharf where the ship Manawatu is moored (p 14) This is the first of two albums which may have been given to the Misses Yamerton as birthday gifts at the same time, both having the same birthday greeting card, and both having a similar collection of photographs, though not all are the same. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 22.5 x 28.5 cm

Date: [1880-1940]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-208

Description: Correspondence, notes, legal material, accounts and other papers, many undated and unsigned, and many fragments and parts of letters; identified persons entered under Name. Includes letters written from Newtown re writer's grandmother, from Pedder re the Wellesley Block Syndicate, correspondence relating to the W T Thorley case, note from Tommy to Will, rental income on cottages, description of gentleman's residence for sale in Palmerston North, telegram from Pryde to Dorothy Pengelly wishing her happiness, fragment of letter from Mabel and last page of one from B H relating to the Bird Protection Society and Kapiti Island. Quantity: 1 folder(s).