Places

Date: 2005

Reference: MSCD-4905

Description: Computer disc of 47 seconds advertising a 2005 prom night at the Establishment Bar in Courtenay Place. Cover shows a photograph of a view of a locker corridor in a high school. CD insert reads "NOTICE TO ALL PUPILS: CANWEST HIGH CLASS OF '05 PROM NIGHT. 1st December, 6 til late, The Establishment Bar and Restaurant Courtenay Place, City" Quantity: 1 optical disk(s). Physical Description: Computer CD, diameter 120 mm. in clear plastic case

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] 1860 [- ca 1890?]

Reference: E-405-005

Description: Studies of two men. The man on the left is standing, his hand resting on a bar or high table, a cigar between his fingers. The right hand man is possible in the street, delivering something heavy in a large basket balanced on his left shoulder. A note on his chest indicates that he is wearing a blue jumper. Inscriptions: Recto - 'Blue jumper' [written on the chest of the right-hand figure] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch in album, page size 113 x 818 mm

Date: 1868

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096133-G

Description: View of Shortland, showing the New Caledonia Hotel, photographed in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 67 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: 1900-1914

From: Young, Bennett, Edgley and Co : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0498-3

Description: Correspondence: (i) Miss Caroline Baker with George Morill re partnership agreement (23 Feb. 1900); (ii) Wellington Trust Loan and Investment Company Ltd, of the first part, Thomas Whyte Young, Thomas Beaumont Dwan, Lamartine Dwan and Joseph Henrys of the second part, Charles Ernest Joseph Thompson of the third part, and Clara Alice Lorimer and Thomas Lorimer of the third part - Deed of lease for Greytown Hotel (21 Nov. 1904) and (iii) Thomas Beaumont Dwan and Lamartine Dwan to John Roydon Brown re Agreement to lease, Post Office Hotel, Woodville, 9 April, 1914. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 25 June 1971

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

Reference: EP/1971/2823-F

Description: Artist Julia Lynch (Sister Mary Lawrence) painting a portrait of Upper Hutt Arts Society president, Eric Brown, in the lounge Bar of the Quinn's Post Hotel, Upper Hutt. The artist is surrounded by mirrors which allowed views of her at work to be observed by the audience. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 25th of June 1971. This event was staged by the Upper Hutt Art Society and the city's Save The Children Fund sub-branch to raise money for the fund. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negatives, 35mm

Date: 1862-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-0173

Description: Mainly applications for publican and accommodation licences, judgment summons, and plaints. Also some papers from the magistrate's court, Napier, and a copy of a statement made by Hohaia Ngahiwi, 1885. There is also a court book, written in English and Maori recording charges and verdicts of Maori offenders heard in the courts in the Taupo district, 1863-1873; cash book of the magistrate's court, Taupo, 1871-1878; and a general order book of the Taupo police station containing copies of circulars and memos, 1883-1906. Language - Court book written in English and Maori Quantity: 26 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 4 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Provenance: Previously in the collection of Henry Thomas Hill (1849-1933).

Date: 2002

Reference: H-668-021/037

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Democracy Zimbabwe style, reactions to the news that Tau Henare is returning to politics, WINZ gives new hope to struggling artists, aftermath of the twin towers attack in New York, ACC reinstate lump sum payments for sexual abuse victims, Labour Government buy Maori votes through Moari TV funding, modern day Robin Hood and Little John - robbing the poor to give to the rich, levels of public concern over the leadership battle within the Alliance party, Helen Clark prepares for her meeting with George W Bush, Police ineffective at curbing Gang involvement in drugs, Alliance Party alikened to a Palestinian suicide bomber, the rich meet to discuss the plight of the poor, ex-MP's travel perks, Jim Anderton about to jump out of the Alliance waka, Helen Clark trys to convince Peter, her husband, to learn golf so he can play with George Bush, Marian Hobbs as an avenging angel tells commercial radio what to play, the uneven stand-off between Israel and Palestine. Quantity: 17 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 1880 - 1889

Reference: MapColl-v832.1291bje/[188-?]/Acc.25356

Description: Cadastral map of the Parnell Borough of Auckland, from Mechanics Bay, St. Georges and Judges Bay down to Hobson's Bay, including the Waikato and Kaipara railway routes. Shows the Parnell rise and the road to Manukau and Epsom, Gladstone and Avenue Rd, St. Stephens, Ayr and Brighton, as well as the Domain. Sections 1-4 and 95 are shown, and numbered blocks and lots within each section. Grammar School, St Stephen's School, an orphan home, a cemetry, a sawmill the Alexandra Hotel, Windsor Castle. a cattle market and reclaimed land are also shown. A private road is shown off St. Georges Bay Road leading to the only named property, that of Mr Aitken, Section One, (84) - 538. Stamped 'Boylan and Lundon, Civil Engineers' and on the linen 'Imperial tracing cloth' with trademark. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:1 684], 167 x 107 cm.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-039

Description: The essay details the background and life of Henry and Martha Mackintosh (nee Holmes) and their children Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2952

Description: Ttransparencies taken by Cyril Beavis circa 1969 showing views of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis circa early 1970s showing staff and customers of the Royal Hotel bar, possibly Featherston or Lambton Quay, Wellington. Also includes a transparency taken by Beavis in 1968, showing a scenic view of Tolaga Bay, Gisborne. Transparencies showing views of Tolaga Bay, Gisborne are continued at PA12-2953. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in May 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-90.

Date: 1890s-ca1923

From: Brusey family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-974

Description: The first and largest section of this album records a trip in Canada and possibly the United States, made by a young man with a motor car about 1923. The second section are photographs taken on a visit to possibly Hawaii or Tahiti. Local people are recorded as well as a number of yachts tied up along the waterfront of a town, and a white warship. The third section include family photographs taken in Britain in the 1890s, and several shipboard views, two of which show what are probably crossing the line ceremonies involving a canvas swimming pool. Towards the end of the album a group of family photographs are associated with a large wooden New Zealand house. There is no information with the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Jun 1967-Mar 1978

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MSY-5364

Description: Scrapbook of clippings, photographs and brochures relating to tourism and Vacation Hotels, especially Queenstown Quantity: 1 volume(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Loose photographs.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-097

Description: The essay covers the period 1830-1950s and details the lives of George and Tryphena Beer, from their marriage in Wiltshire, time spent of the Victorian goldfields, then to their arrival in New Zealand in 1860s onto the goldfields of Otago. They settled at Queenstown where seven of their eleven children were born. The essay also details the parallel wanderings and adventures of George Beer's brothers Henry, William and John, and sister Sarah Kyle. The story of `The Beers of Mossburn' begins in 1887 when George Beer transfers his hotel from The Elbow, Castle Rock, by teams of horses to Mossburn. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Tryphena and George Beer; Mossburn Railway Hotel; wedding photo of Tryphena Beer and John William Oram, 1908; family of John Alexander Beer and Elizabeth McGowan Henderson, ca 1920; Golden Wedding of John and Elizabeth Beer (nee Henderson), Oct 1950 (photocopies)

Date: 1962

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-137-516

Description: In six cameos two men are seen drinking in a pub and discussing the world's affairs. One of them holds a newspaper open at the 'Race results' and the other comments that he sees that Allan Dick scraped home down in Waitaki. They appear to be talking at cross-purposes, confusing the race results and the by-election but the man interested in the race results says that he's talking about the tax cuts that Keith Holyoake hinted at 'when he had his bloke at the starting barrier'. Refers to Allan Dick's winning of the 1962 Waitaki by-election, after the sudden death of the Hon. Thomas Hayman, who had held the seat from 1949. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, crayon and letratone on card, 280 x 460mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1958 - 1962

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Southland-1960-01

Description: Shows a view of a lake and snowy mountains seen through a window with flowers in a vase on the sill, and curtains stirring in the breeze. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on brochure cover.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 228 x 102 mm.

Date: 1958

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-048

Description: A group of men standing at a bar, up to their waists in water. The barman is offering one customer a drink of water. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: Apr 1978-Feb 1979

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MSY-5365

Description: Scrapbook of clippings, photographs and brochures relating to tourism and tourist hotels, particularly Vacation Hotel, in Queenstown and the Otago Region Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1849-1871]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : Further papers

Reference: MSX-4961

Description: Two passports of Robert Jocelyn Otway (1) issued by the French consul in London when he was a captain (1849); and (2) issued in London, also when he was a captain, and used until 1871 (1859). The 1859 passport has a pocket with several items, clippings regarding Otway's service in New Zealand on `Castor' (1846) Also included are letterheads for the Grand Hotel Central, Lisbon, Hotel de Russie, Naples, Grand Hotel d'Europe, the Boratti d Casaleggio of Turin, Eberle's Royal Hotel, Liverpool, and the Grand Hotel d'Italie at Geneva, kept by Felix Bottacchi Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1970-1975]

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7261-25

Description: Part of folder, Background information, certain hotels formerly administered by Department of Tourist and Publicity, comprising essay on the Chateau Tongariro, draft for a brochure on Waitangi, notes and information on Te Anau Resort Hotel, and some correspondence from various hotel managers, clippings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1911-1914

Reference: PAColl-7439

Description: The old public house in Murchison; a coach and four passing the Commercial Hotel, Havelock; ships at Blackball wharves with timber waiting to be loaded; sailing ships at the wharves at Blackball; and a coach and four driven by George Richardson with passengers, one holding a parasol, at the foot of the Rai Saddle. All prints are of a similar format and are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).