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Fearnley, Charles James, 1915-1988 : Papers

Date: 1972-1983

By: Fearnley, Charles James, 1915-1988

Reference: 83-131

Description: Typescripts on architecture in Auckland, Sydney and Little Rock (Arkansas), and on South Island churches, all with photographs; and biography of Charles Fearnley's father, Norman Fearnley Quantity: 1 box(es) wax. 1 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, photographs and negatives Finding Aids: Preliminary lists of church names only.

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Photograph album, particularly featuring building exteriors, chiefly in Christchurch, b...

Date: [ca 1927]

From: Oatham, Margaret, fl 2010 :Photograph albums, particularly featuring building exteriors, chiefly in Wellington, Christchurch, and Palmerston North

Reference: PA1-q-1114

Description: Photograph album particularly featuring building exteriors. All images taken circa 1927. Chiefly taken in Christchurch, but also in Palmerston North and Wellington. Photographer, and compiler of photographs, unidentified. All images of buildings are exteriors unless specified. Page 1: Buildings in Palmerston North - comprising: Tucker's Club Hotel; Grand Hotel; Midland Hotel; Baptist Church; interior and exterior of St Patrick's Catholic church Page 2: Palmerston North and Wellington - comprising: scenes in Palmerston North including The Square and All Saint's Church; overlooking Wellington city from Tinakori hills Page 3: Scene in Manawatu Gorge and buildings in Palmerston North - comprising: near railway line at Manawatu Gorge; Public Trust Office; Municipal Library; Union Bank of Australia; Bank of New Zealand; NZ Clothing factory Page 4: Buildings in Palmerston North - comprising: National Bank of New Zealand; Commercial Building; Technical College; Post Office; Collinson & Cunninghame Ltd; C M Ross & Co Ltd Page 5: Scenes in Wellington - comprising: the ship 'Taranaki'; floating crane 'Hikitea'; Weather Office building, Kelburn Page 7: Churches in Christchurch - comprising: Holy Trinity Church, Avonside; St John's Church, Latimer Square; interior views and one exterior view of St Luke's Church Page 8: Churches in Palmerston North - comprising: St Barbabas' Church, Fendalton, interior view with organ, and exterior view; St Mary's Church, Merivale; St James' Church, Riccarton; St Paul's Presbyterian Church; St Andrew's Presbyterian Church; Page 9: Churches in Christchurch and view of Worcester Street - comprising: Durham Street Methodist Chruch; Knox Presbyterian Church; Exterior and interior views of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament; Worcester Street looking towards Cathedral Square Page 10: Scenes in Christchurch - comprising: 3 views of the River Avon; rose gardens in the Christchurch Domain; winter gardens Page 11: Scenes in the Christchurch region - comprising: scene with harbour, Lyttelton; scene with Christchurch Railway Station; 3YA broadcasting towers and offices; entrance to Lancaster Park; scene in a field at Cashmere Hills Page 12: Scenes in the Christchurch region - comprising: Sydenham Post Office; Riccarton Racecource including grandstand; scene at New Brighton; Redcliffs Beach Page 13: Buildings in Christchurch - comprising: Christ's College; Canterbury College, University of New Zealand (later the Arts Centre); Canterbury Public Library; Training College Page 14: Christchurch and Palmerston North - comprising: St Margaret's College, Christchurch; Christchurch Girls' High School; 2 views of the home of Mr and Mr H L Richardson, Palmerston North; Rangitikei St, Palmerston North; Memorial Statue, The Square, Palmerston North Page 15: Buildings in Christchurch - comprising: Beath & Co; High Street Chambers; Central Chambers housing Elextrolux and Wardell's; Government Buildings; 2 views of the YMCA Page 16: Buildings in Christchurch - comprising: T & G Insurance; Fire Brigade; Technical College; Bristol Piano Company Ltd; Cook & Ross; DIC Page 17: Buildings in Christchurch and Rolleston Statue - comprising: Public Trust Office; St George's Hospital; 2 views of the Public Hospital; Canterbury Museum with Rolleston Statue Page 18: Buildings in Christchurch - comprising: interior and exterior of Christchurch Cathedral; St Michael and All Angels Church and belfry Page 19: Scenes in Christchurch - comprising: Sumner Beach; tramway bridge at Sumner Beach; overlooking the city from an elevated position; 2 views of Cathedral Square Page 20: Buildings in Christchurch - comprising: Clock tower (High/Manchester Streets ? or Victoria Street?); Post Office; 2 views of the United Service Hotel Quantity: 106 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Brown album pages stapled together, 27.4 x 34.4 cm

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Donald, Robert fl 1902 : Letterbook

Date: 1878-1902

By: Donald, Robert, 1890-1902

Reference: qMS-0618

Description: Contracts and specifications for buildings constructed by Donald in Masterton district; correspondence primarily concerned with farming activities Source of title - Supplied Donald was a sawmiller and builder; he also farmed at Bank Farm, Blenheim 1890-1895, and in Canterbury at Chertsey 1895-1898 and Woodside, Highbank, Rakaia 1898-1902 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (1015 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, ms (36 cm; ½ brown calf, blue linen in blue hinged lid box)

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Canterbury University College

Date: [1920-1921]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9827-3

Description: Views of the buildings of Canterbury University Collage, Christchurch. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Gad sir! What architecture! A mixture of Gothic, Gre...

Date: 1955

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-028

Description: Shows an overseas traveller pointing towards the Christchurch Railway Station and admiring the architecture. The building was demolished in 1959 to make way for a new railway station The words 'No. 106 "Railway Station" cartoons, 18th July 55' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 258 x 280 mm

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Streets and buildings in Timaru

Date: 1995

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-18

Description: Photographs of buildings, some taken individually, and others as parts of streets, in Timaru. Quantity: 37 colour original photographic print(s).

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Moffat, M J (architect) : Hallswell Hotel in Halswell

Date: between 1950 and 1959

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

Reference: PAColl-0811-02-21

Description: 3 exterior views of the Halswell Hotel (architect: M J Moffatt) designed and built in the 1950s. Photograph taken in the 1950s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints (61 x 40 mm) glued to lined paper

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Griffin, Denis :Photograph of Canterbury College

Date: ca 1930

By: Chance, George, 1885-1963

Reference: PAColl-4756

Description: The front facade of Canterbury College on Worcester Street. A statue is to the right of the picture on Rolleston Avenue. Photographer was George Chance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976 : The Study of the early buildings in the Canterbury set...

Date: 1935

By: Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976

Reference: qMS-1631

Description: Copy of Mr Pascoe's ARIBA thesis Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (140 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm; brown cloth) Includes illustrations

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Views of Rapaki, the Richardson house, and old farm houses in the Collingwood area

Date: 1992-1994

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PAColl-9938-29

Description: Includes - Views of Rapaki near Lyttelton, the adjacent areas of the Port Hills, and south-eastern areas of Christchurch, December 1992. Views of the garden, and exterior and interior views of Dr Richardson's house, Duthie Street, Karori, Wellington. Sculpture of a woman in the garden of Baigent's farm, East Takaka, January 1994. Views of the house, grounds, and washouse copper, Garrett's farm, Rockville, Aorere (near Collingwood), January 1994. Old laundry and concrete tubs, Ian Langford's farm, Bainham (inland from Collingwood), ca 1994. Exterior and interior views of old houses, and their grounds, Strange's farm, Aorere (near Collingwood), ca 1994. Quantity: 136 colour original photographic print(s).

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Smyth, G Max :Photographs of Timaru and Oamaru

Date: ca 1894-1927

By: Smyth, G Max, active 1975

Reference: PAColl-4686

Description: Photographs of Lord Kitchener's visit to Oamaru, February 1910 with a military parade outside the Opera House; an orchestral group of blind students playing the violin, viola, trumpet and a wind instrument with another man reading a braille score, taken in 1894 by James Ring; a line of decorated horses and carts outside the Prince of Wales bakery in Timaru with St Mary's in the background ca 1910; and the Clayton steam railcar on a trial run at Kurow ca 1927 with railwaymen and public next to it. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Customs House, Timaru

Date: ca 1902

Reference: 1/2-044242-F

Description: Exterior view of the Custom House at Timaru, on the corner of Cains Terrace and Strathallan Street, photographed circa 1902. Shows a stone building in a neoclassical style, with two pairs of columns framing the entrance. Photographer unidentified. Formerly identified as the Supreme Court in Dunedin This building served as the Customs office until 1976, when it was refurbished as a restaurant. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Exterior of the house Matitiki at Opawa, Christchurch, designed by Clarkson and Ballant...

Date: 1906

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-005491-G

Description: Exterior of the house Matitiki at Opawa, Christchurch, designed in the arts and crafts style by architects Clarkson and Ballantyne for Robert Malcolm. Looks across a pond and a lawn, towards a wooden house with a brick chimneys and a corrugated iron roof. Photograph taken by Steffano Francis Webb in 1906. For interior views see 747. House. Interiors. 1906 G 5492 1/1 and G 5493 1/1 This photograph was published in Progress, 1 November, 1906, page 25 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Creator unknown: Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, with spire being rebuilt

Date: [ca 1903]

Reference: 1/2-018021-G

Description: Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, with spire being rebuilt after the 1901 earthquake. Photographer unidentified. The nave, tower and spire of Christchurch Cathedral was completed in 1881. Work on completeing the rest of the building began in 1900. In 1902 the transcepts were finished and work started on the chancel and apse. An earthquake in 1901 cracked the upper part of the spire in two places. In this photograph which dates from late 1902/1903 (see scaffolding beyond the transcept indicating work on chancel) the upper part of the spire has been removed by Messrs Graham and Greig in preparation for replacing this section with a copper covered wooden structure. The Cathedral was completed in 1904. (Information from "Vision and Reality; Christchurch Cathedral in the Square," Colin Brown, Christchurch, 2000 and "A Dream of Spires," Ian Lochhead, Canterbury University Press, 1999, page 153.) Preparation for erecting the scaffolding was reported in the Christchurch Star 15 January 1902. The cross was replaced on the top of the new copper covered wooden section of the spire on 29 June 1903. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Electric power board sub-stations, Christchurch

Date: [ca 1940]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0529-1/4-F

Description: Electric power board sub-stations on an unidentified Christchurch street, photographed circa 1940, probably by a photographer employed by the Municipal Electricity Department of Christchurch. The substation on the left was built in 1920. The one on the right was built in in the 1930s. Publication note - Published in Making New Zealand (Wellington [N.Z.] : New Zealand Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1940) Vol 1, No 13, p 10 Source of descriptive information - File print, MNZ copyright register, MNZ negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Copy, of a photograph from Municipal Electicity Department, Christchurch, made for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).

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Tuarangi Home, Ashburton - Photograph taken by A.W.H.

Date: [Between 1910s and 1920s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Hopkins, Alfred Walter, 1882-1969

Reference: 1/2-000406-G

Description: View of Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. Photograph probably taken by Alfred W Hopkins, bookseller and stationer at 55 East Street, Ashburton Source of descriptive information - Photographer identified as Alfred W Hopkins from image at 1/2-000883 and from Wise's Post Office Directory between 1910s and 1920s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tuarangi Home. Ashburton. Protd. A.W.H. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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Bishopscourt, Christchurch

Date: 1926

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0818-1/4-F

Description: View of Bishopscourt house, a Georgian-style residence in Christchurch, New Zealand, designed by Cecil Wood. Photograph taken in 1926 by an unidentified photographer. Other - Not published in `Making New Zealand' Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Photograph from Gwen Fullerton for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).

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Warner's Hotel and the Lyttelton Times building, Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Date: [ca 1912]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-003973-G

Description: Warner's Hotel, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, with cars parked outside. On the left is the Lyttelton Times building. Photograph taken ca 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Christchurch Central Post Office, Cathedral Square

Date: [ca 1920-1926]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047407-G

Description: Christchurch Central Post Office, Cathedral Sqaure, photographed circa 1920-1926 by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows a two storied brick building with a clock and bell tower. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - SCS C63 GPO Christchurch C63 Box 43 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Woollen Mills, Kaiapoi - Photographer unidentified

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-004332-G

Description: Woollen mill at Kaiapoi, Canterbury. Photograph taken circa 1910, by an unidentified photographer. Other - This is a copy negative made by Steffano Webb. The photographer of the original item is unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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