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Date: 27 May 2005

By: Young, David Christopher, 1947-

Reference: OHColl-0768-1

Description: A recording made at the Wellington Memorial Service for Owen Wilkes, a prominent international peace activist and peace movement supporter who died 12 May 2005. The service was held at the Taraua Tramping Club Hall, Moncrief Street, Mt Victoria, Wellington, 27 May 2005. Speakers on side one of the tapes are George Boraman and Nicky Hager. Speakers on side two of the tapes are Nicky Hager, May Baas, David Young, Bob Rigg, Desmonde Cooper, David Kapper, Carrick Lewis, Ian Prior, Ann Evans, Sylvia Bagnall and Chris King. Speakers on side 3 are Keith Locke, Katherine ?, Kevin Hackwell, Stephanie Mills, Steve Dixon, Lynn Holland, Mark Roach, Chris Manson, Fay Tudor? and Wayne Hennessey. Venue - Tararua Tramping Club Hall, Mt Victoria, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010487; OHC-010488 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 event(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: ca 1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-1752-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-1731 to 1753 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Aug 2001

From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories

Reference: MSX-8196

Description: Reminiscence of this early years growing up in Mount Victoria, Wellington, and teenage years spent in Lyall Bay, Wellington. Describes the family homes at Derby Street and Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria; holidays at Hihitahi; childhood entertainment; war years and visit of the Pamir; hobbies (reading, model-making); years at Clyde Quay School (includes photo of Std 1 taken in 1939) and time spent at Otaki Health Camp. Move to Queens Drive, Lyall Bay and years at Wellington College. Discusses first years of his working life and ends with his move to Upper Hutt as an optometrist with Cocks & Newall, and meeting his wife Valerie Spencer in 1954. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.

Date: ca 1928

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0895-1/2-G

Date: 2001 - 2002

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Clyde Quay School

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2002-03

Description: Each of the twelve openings shows an early photograph of the Mount Victoria suburb of Wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on calendar pages, each 213 x 298 mm.

Date: 9 Jun 2000 - 09 Jun 2000

From: Vintage years - the wine industry in New Zealand

By: Lamb, Joseph (Brother), 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0535/7

Description: Joseph Lamb was born in Wellington in 1934, the twin brother of David Lamb. Mentions he was born at Dr Levy's Private Hospital in Willis Street. Recalls the Pirie St area where they lived. Describes how his father worked for the Ford Motor Company, had an accident and was an early plastic surgery patient. Talks about the deaths of five of the children in the family from the Rh negative factor. Describes how his Irish mother was intended for the convent. Mentions his father was Scottish. Describes going to Buckle Street Convent School. Recalls the school buildings and St Joseph's Catholic Church. Describes enjoying St Patrick's College which was strict. Recalls a booklet about the lay brothers and his decision to become a brother. Describes leaving home for Highden Estate in Palmerston North. Recalls his early days there and the structured environment. Talks about prayer, meditation, the grand silence, examination of conscience, vows and meetings and lectures on religious life. Describes Highden as a working farm. Mentions that there were six brothers in residence and many students. Describes being there from 1953 to 1955 when he went to Mount St Mary Seminary. Describes his work with Brother Maurice Murphy who was in charge of the vineyards at Greenmeadows. Mentions that Brother Basil was the winemaker. Discusses the close planting of the vines, low yield, building up production, the use of oil pots when temperatures dropped, spraying, harvesting, the use of netting to prevent damage by birds and disease. Talks about the arrival of phylloxora. Discusses the work of the other brothers at the Greenmeadows community and its split into priests, students and brothers. Recalls the moving of the wooden buildings from Meeanee to the current site on the hill. Describes how he and Brother John were the first to get diplomas. Discusses his bursary to study viticulture in France in 1965. Talks about grafting. Describes replacing Brother Maurice as vineyard manager and deciding with Brother John on what varieties would be planted. Talks about Tom McDonald, the merger of McDonald's Winery with McWilliams and Tom McDonald's role in establishing the Wine Institute. Describes how the Institute raised the standard of New Zealand's wine exports. Recalls the Hawkes Bay Winemakers Association. Mentions the effect on the vineyard of the 1921 fire and the 1931 earthquake. Describes changes in the wine cellar and wine press. Talks about the Colin (named after John Claude Colin) Library, its move to the Auckland seminary in 1998 and the Marist brothers move from Greenmeadows to Taradale the same year. Describes how the vineyard and winery is now run by lay people with Dave London as vineyard manager and Paul Mooney as winemaker. Interviewer(s) - Janice Aplin Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3120.

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-103

Description: Photographs taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 2004

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Clyde Quay School

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2004-01

Description: Calendar of 13 openings, showing sepia photographs of early scenes from the Mt Victoria area: January. Private wharves on the Te Aro foreshore, 1855. February. Clyde Quay School First XV, 1905. March. Dominion Day at the Basin Reserve, 1908. April. Stranded whales at Te Aro, 1882-1883. May. Public transport prior to electric trams, 1900/1904. June. Corner Pirie Street and Kent Terrace, ca 1886. July. Clyde Quay School renovations, 1935. August. Six-wheel truck trial, mid 1920s. September. Tram crash at the corner of Pirie and Brougham Streets, ca 1920. October. The first pick is swung for the Mt Victoria Tunnel, 1930. November. Mt Victoria from Courtenay Place, 1925. December. Clyde Quay School art class 1949. 2005, and Cover. Te Aro Baths Oriental Bay, 1926. Two copies held. Images reproduced from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Sepia photolithographs on pages each 210 x 300 mm.

Date: 1955-1993, 1996-2002

By: Mount Victoria Residents' Association

Reference: MS-Group-0479

Description: Includes minutes of meeting establishing the association, 18 Aug 1955, minutes, correspondence, reports, financial statements, objections submitted to Wellington City Council re planning consent Set of newsletters 1977-1993; papers relating to Crossways Community House and the Wellington Housing Trust, material from the Wellington City Council concerning town planning matters, and material about the Community Watch Scheme The scrapbooks contain notices and the minutes of the Association, as well as newspaper clippings and from 1998 the `Mount Victoria newsletters' are in scrapbooks Source of title - Supplied The Mount Victoria Progressive Association was incorporated in 1959; in 1981 the name was changed to the Mount Victoria Residents' Association Quantity: 60 folder(s). 2 box(es) (6 file boxes). 0.88 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, duplicated material and printed matter

Date: [193-?]

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

Reference: 1/2-046043-G

Description: 2YA broadcast station, Mount Victoria, Wellington, taken ca 1930s by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 2.Y.A. Broadcast Station Wellington New Zealand "S.C.Smith Photo" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: April - December 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000252

Description: Photographs of the exterior of buildings in Wellington, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast, taken from April to December 2008. Includes Martinborough Town Hall. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "New Zealand Buildings April to July 2008" and "New Zealand Buildings July to December 2008" Quantity: 70 digital photograph(s).