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Articles and letters to newspapers
Date: [19--]
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-137
Description: Undated manuscripts articles etc. Includes notes on Willis Street, Tollemaches; notes on Lower Hutt; New Zealand birds; New Zealand Company ships - Oriental, Adelaide, Aurora; Bishop Selwyn; list of directors of the New Zealand Company; Port Nicholson; reminiscences of old Willis Street; opening of Barrett's Hotel; Government Commissioners' decision,; G F Angas on Wellington, 1845; arrival of Samuel C Brees, surveyor-general of NZ Company; account of a sale of cattle at Bethune & Hunter's auction mart, 25 Dec 1841; naming of Hunter Street after Sir George Hunter; naming of Island Bay (Sir George Hunter proprietor of the estate); account of first race in New Zealand held at Te Aro pa; statement discrediting Governor Hobson's low opinion of Port Nicholson; founding of Wellington Chamber of Commerce, 1856 with names of presidents, 1856-1868 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Photographer unknown: Various scenes in the Wellington region and elsewhere
Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]
Reference: PAColl-6952
Description: 13 miscellaneous images: a house with a verandah and deck chairs; two of battleships, one moored at Overseas Terminal; the marina at Oriental Bay with the boathouses and Mount Victoria in the background; a view over Island Bay; a field of hay stacks; a large railway junction with various rolling stock and chimneys in the background; a view over Days Bay including the pier; men and women rock climbing; two motor buses outside a large house, possibly a hotel, with people milling around; the door to the Observatory Tower at the University of Canterbury; HMS Hood moored at an unidentified location; and people cooking outdoors under an awning. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-058211 to 058223 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives
Group photographs of Erskine College students and staff
Date: 1985
From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9258-22
Description: Group photographs of Erskine College students and staff. 1985 was also the year that Erskine College closed. Quantity: 37 colour original photographic print(s).
Specifications and contracts - Erection of Roman Catholic Church, Island Bay, Wellington
Date: 1906
From: Swan family : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-3928-34
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Ephemera concerning individual schools, with names beginning with I and J ... 2000/2010]
Date: 2000 - 2009
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOLS-I/J-2000/2009
Description: Includes material from the following schools: Island Bay School art auction, 1 July 2005. Auction catalogue Island Bay School fair 2009. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and fliers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.
Wellington City and other locations
Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]
From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey
Reference: PA12-7806
Description: Transparency slides of various locations, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.
Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :Island Bay. George Eiby. 12 Nov '67
Date: 1967
From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. May-November 1967.
Reference: E-471-f-019
Description: Rocky coastline at Island Bay Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink 273 x 360 mm
Job 2266 - Alterations to house at Island Bay for John Drawbridge
Date: 1982
From: Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson Ltd : Architectural records of Bill Toomath and Derek Wilson
Reference: 2005-177-04/10
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Island Bay School :2000 Island Bay historical calendar / Island Bay School. [1999]
Date: 1999 - 2000
From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]
Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2000-01
Description: Twelve openings each showing an historical sepia photograph of a scene in Island Bay. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Calendar of 12 pages, 210 x 297 mm (closed)
Berhampore and Island Bay, Wellington
Date: [ca 2001]
From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region
Reference: PA6-702
Description: Panoramic view of Wellington from the hills west of Island Bay, taken ca 2001 by Clayton Tume. Berhampore and Island Bay can be seen in the centre of the image, with Owhiro Bay to the right. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 12.6 x 56.3 cm
Photographs of Erskine College Chapel
Date: [1930]-1985
From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9258-16
Description: One photograph of the original chapel in the four storied convent building. The rest relate to the gothic chapel designed by John S swan, and built in 1931. Included are are sequence of colour photographs taken during the closure of the chapel in 1985. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s).
Miscellaneous printed material
Date: 1943-1948
From: Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand : Records of the Wellington and Wairarapa Presbyteries
Reference: 88-017-34/6/13
Description: Includes: Proceedings of the Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland, 1943-1944; National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of NZ 16th National Convention Report 1943-1944 (Centennial Year), 1945; Waiwhetu Presbyterian Church, Lower Hutt, reports and balance-sheet , Jun 1946; Island Bay Presbyterian Church Jubilee Souvenir and Programme, 3-10 Oct 1948; Extract from NZ Gazette No 4 27 Jan 1944 (re Marriage Act 1908) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Musical and Dramatic Society Inc: [Flyers promoting productions. 1980-1990s]
Date: 1983
Reference: Eph-B-MADSOC
Description: Includes: 1980s: "Guys & dolls", in association with Silvio Famularo. Flyer has cast list and other production staff on the verso. (2 copies) 1990: "The nobodies from Nowhere". MADSOC Hall, 130 Grant Rd Thorndon. May school holidays, 6-20 May [1990]. Flyer Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 300 x 210 mm.
Island Bay
Date: [ca 1950-2000]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Municipal-Towns, Wellington and suburbs, Island Bay
Description: Photographs of the Wellington suburb of Island Bay, compiled for internal use by the Library of the Evening Post newspaper, ca 1950-2000.
Erskine Chapel and Island Bay
Date: [ca 1960s]
From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs
Reference: PA12-7876
Description: Photographs of Eskine Chapel, Island Bay, Wellington; a gathering of nuns, parents and children at St Madeleine Sophie's School in Island Bay. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides.
Architect unknown :Convent of the Sacred Heart, Island Bay. Proposed additions. 1970s
Date: 1970 - 1979
From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]
Reference: Plans-2009-043-085
Description: Shows a floor plan in the area of the laundry, wood store, copper, vegetable room and meat safe. There is a row of skylights in the passageway at the top of the plan. Date handwritten on verso. File number G 31 B Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil on blue print, 520 x 410 mm.
Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :Island Bay. George Eiby. July '75
Date: 1975
From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook].
Reference: E-480-f-030
Description: Fishing boat and dinghy up on the hard at Island Bay Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 282 x 350 mm
Disasters and natural phenomena
Date: 1939, 1946-1948
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-048
Description: Photographs of disasters and natural phenomena made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of fires in Taupo (20 February 1946) and Hastings (13 February 1946); floods in Hokitika (24 April 1947); floods and storms in Lower Hutt and Wellington (February 1947); land slips; train accidents; a mountain rescue (15 January 1947); and recovery of a truck from a river (7 December 1948). Photographers include M C Lysons and Frank H Preddy. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Tony and Ferdinando Cater holding up crayfish - Photograph taken by Phil Reid
Date: 19 October 1985
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1985/4647-F
Description: Tony and Ferdinando Cater holding up crayfish just after mooring at Island Bay, Wellington. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 19th of October 1985. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Wickham, Charles, 1853-1940s :Inland [sic] Bay; a caryon [sic]. [1930s].
Date: 1931 - 1939
From: Wickham, Charles, 1853-1940s :Family album. Uncle Charlie's unfinished drawings. [1926-1941].
Reference: E-563-q-24
Description: Shows a view of looking east along the coast from Island Bay towards Houghton Bay, with Pencarrow Head in the far right distance. Other Titles - Island Bay; a crayon drawing Quantity: 1 drawing(s) inserted into slits in page of album.. Physical Description: Crayon, 201 x 255 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr Thomas H Hudson of England in 1997.