Places

Date: 1958

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-171/172

Description: Shows elevations and floor plans. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Rubber stamp]: Marlborough Milk Treatment Co., Ltd.; Recto - bottom right - [Rubber stamp]: T. H. Barnes & Co., Ltd. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, 665 x 975 mm.

Date: 1958

From: Finnis, Henry John, fl 1885-1971 : Personal travel diary scrapbooks

Reference: MSY-5713

Description: Finnis describes the Finnis family's second tour of the South Island from leaving Wellington 8 to 22 Apr 1958 with diary entries, brochures, clippings, maps etc. They sailed from Wellington to Lyttelton, drove from Chrsitchurch to Waikuku, to Blenheim via Kaikoura, Blenheim and the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson, Waimea Plains, Kaiteriteri, through the Buller Gorge to Reefton and the West Coast, down to Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers, then back through Lewis Pass and across to Lyttelton and then on to the ferry to Wellington. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1951 - 1956

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Methodist Church of New Zealand. 1950-1969]

By: Wesley Methodist Church (Blenheim, N.Z.); Hale, Allen Matthew, 1890-1973

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-M-1950s-01

Description: Flier advertising a visit of an "experienced missioner in Far West Australia" one of the pioneers of the North West Mission and The Methodist Inland Mission, Missioner from the Northern Coalfields. Now General Suprintendent of the New South Wales Department of Home Missions, and Convenor of the Federal Home Mission Council". Shows a head and shoulders portrait of a bespectacled minister, in an oval inset. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pink flier, 223 x 138 mm.

Date: Feb 1947, Feb-Mar 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-138

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, Feb 1947 & Feb-Mar 1950. Includes: Three photographs taken during Lyttelton (Main) School jubilee held in Jan 1950 - Group photograph of six oldest pupils (Mr C J Aschman, Mrs M Jenkins (nee Barnes), Mrs C Shand, Mrs M E Morris (nee Roberts), Mrs M J Robson (nee Carson), Mr A Watson; Mr Alfred Day (oldest pupil) ringing the school bell; church parade with W T Lester (former Mayor and ex pupil) & G F Briggs (present Mayor & ex pupil) leading the parade. Photographs published 1 Feb 1950. Includes: Three photographs taken of Marlborough College Golden Jubilee - Mrs W J Girling (Mayoress) with Mrs A Rose & son John; march past of present-day pupils; group photo of former pupils of the 1900 period in uniforms of that time. Published in NZ Free Lance, 23 Mar 1950 Includes: Ministerial house in Harbour View Road, Northland, Wellington (purchased while M J Savage was PM); `Westview', Grass Street, Oriental Bay (considered as a residence for Hon S G Holland but access considered too difficult); house in Derby Street, St Albans, Christchurch (home to Hon S G Holland for 19 years). Published, along with photos of other residences, NZ Free Lance, 1 Feb 1950, p 23. Includes: Photographs taken during Australian Cricket Tour of NZ in 1950 - series of photos of Australia playing Auckland at Eden Park; published in NZ Free Lance, 1 Mar 1950, p 28. Includes: Several photographs taken during Highland Pipe Bands Championships held at Eden Park, Auckland - Auckland & District Pipe Band; Auckland Police Pipe Band; City of Christchurch Pipe Band; Auckland Ladies Pipe Band; also Captain Smeal of Auckland (Chief Marshall). Published in NZ Free Lance, 29 Mar 1950, p 29 Other photographs include: Fire at Smith & Smith Ltd, Cuba Street, Wellington. Published in NZ Free Lance, 11 Mar 1950; Deep sea fishing - Tuna landed by Ron Mathieson, Bay of Plenty on `Galatea', & swordfish landed by Mrs A V Brownson of Auckland at Otehei Bay on `Avalon' (Feb 1950); group photo of 21 members of the RNZAF Catalina crews from No 5 Squadron, Fiji before their departure to join RAF in Hong Kong to replace a detachment of No 88 Squadron, RAF, which is now stationed in Fiji (all named on back). Also: Children cycling along street outside Armstrong's department store, Christchurch (published 29 Mar 1950); `Redhead', Len Southward's speedboat in Evans Bay, Wellington; Sharon & Gaylene Putt of Onehunga at Auckland Zoo holding a honey bear, and with curator R W Roach (22 ar 1950); damage to home of W Laird, Rata Street, Wanganui during worst storm in 35 years (26 Feb 1947); flood damage to bridge in Ashburton area (undated); public visiting `Bellona' (1 Feb 1950); C Class Rifleman Fred Ongley (Justice Ongley) at National Rifle Championships at Trentham (8 Mar 1950). Also: Photographs of Fijian soldiers undergoing special training at Trentham Military Camp - J N B Tonganivalu (first Fijian to undergo the cadet officers' course in NZ); L/Cpl Semi Davui; Sgt J C Kingdon (jungle-fighter before Fijian commandos were formed in WWII). Article and photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1 Feb 1950, p 31. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: September 1958, November 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7403

Description: Transparencies of an aerial view of Lake Grassmere, September 1958; and views of Grove Motel, Blenheim, November 1962, taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1953

From: Ashton, Beatrice Ramsay, 1920-1999 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6963-04

Description: Correspondence, notes, reports and press releases relating to the promotion of the New Zealand Players Foundation mostly by Ashton. Her work involved making contact and negotiating with groups and residents interested in theatre throughout the country prior to a national tour by the New Zealand Players. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1957

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-176

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1957 Views of Blenheim showing swimming pool nearing completion; reserve on banks of the Opawa River; Post Office in Market Square; aerial view. Marlborough Sounds - Tennyson Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound; Portage; track in Pelorus Sound; Waipawa Bay; Camp Bay (Endeavour Inlet); canal at head of Kenepuru Sound; Picton harbour. Stockpile of salt at Lake Grasmere; rural scenes near Seddon; bird sanctuary at Kaikoura; rocky coastline; rural scenes in Wairau Valley; Spring Creek; Havelock (south) River from Spring Bridge; Ward Beach (Kaikoura coast); main traffic bridge over Wairau River; memorial stone on church erected by Mr & Mrs Charles Murray in memory of their son Charles H H Murray who died in 1924; French Pass from road approach (with Volkswagen) Also view of Lake Rotoiti (Tasman Region) Jenny Bentham & Edna Edwards (both of Wellington) relaxing on lawn at the Portage (undated). Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1855-1950]

By: Clift, Charles William, 1896-1984; Nisbet, Eleanor M, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: PAColl-4889

Description: New Zealand towns and scenery, Wellington and Brooklyn in Particular during the 1920s and 1930s. Ships, pre schools, churches, holidays and Clift and Jones family portraits Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 248 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 2 album(s).

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7024

Description: Photographs of Marlborough area and Queenstown Lakes area, taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the Cook Monument in Ship Cove; Queen Charlotte Sound from the Resolution Walking Track; Tory Channel; farmland near Grovetown and near Blenheim; clock tower in Blenheim; hills south of Blenheim; Wairau River; near Clarence; Hurunui River; a group being helped from a launch in Queen Charlotte Sound; Cecil Peak and jetty at Queenstown; Frankton Arm outlet; Bennett's Bluff, Queenstown; the Remarkables; Mt Nicholas and Long Gully from the Coronet Saddle. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7023

Description: Photographs of Queenstown Lakes area, and Blenheim area taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown; Greenstone Valley from the lake; an old mining area; Mount Nicholas from Queenstown and from Lake Hayes; the Remarkables; mountains near Grovetown; a rowing boat and people fishing from a point in Queen Charlotte Sound; the Blenheim area; and the Marlborough Sounds from the air. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: October 1956, November 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7402

Description: Transparencies of Picton, October 1956; aerial views of Wairau Plains, November 1962; and fields of flowers, Blenheim, October 1956, taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1941 - 1952 - 1945

By: New Zealand Bulb Growers Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-NZBulb-1940/1959

Description: Mail order catalogues listing gladioli for sale. Years held are: 1941 (2 copies), 1942, 1944 (2 copies), 1945 (2 copies), 1946 (2 copies), 1950 (2 copies), 1952 The managers of the company during this period were Wiliam Julyan, and later Keith Pratt of Blenheim. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 215 x 140 mm.

Date: [1957-1966]

From: Fuller, James Ferris (Brigadier), 1913-2001 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6167-01

Description: Comprises regional files kept by Fuller while at Defence HQ relating to the fluoridation issue (see entry under Place) Quantity: 1 box(es) (hollinger box).

Date: 1951 - 1959

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0718/0722

Description: A series of sheets discussing the layout and town planning of Cambridge, the features that need attention, and the advantages and drawbacks of the existing plan. Includes aerial photographs with corresponding sketch perspective drawings, a map of the central area showing land usage, sketches and photographs of buildings and streets in the town. Date is estimated from the automobile models. Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings and collaged photographs, on sheets 507 x 663 mm.

Date: 1953 - 1954

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm); Eyles, J W, active 1954; Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-167/170

Description: Shows elevations and floor plans. Plans drawn by J W Eyles Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo and ink on tracing paper, sizes vary about 450 x 700 mm

Date: 29 March 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: McCusker, Gordon John, 1892-1966

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-230-01

Description: Marlborough College Golden Jubilee. Debutantes being presented to Mrs T P Shand, wife of the member of parliament for Marlborough. Photograph taken by Gordon McCusker of Blenheim, 29 March 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 157 x 313 mm

Date: 1953

By: V P Haughton & Son (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-095

Description: Alterations to existing premises. Includes plans and sections, and miscellaneous details. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, 555 x 730 mm.

Date: 1959

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-265

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and berries of the puka. Artist's list: Male flowers 7.11.59, from Old Mountain Rd., Kaimai Ra. Female flowers Oct, and fruit March, from Blenheim Appears on page 527 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - Range, Road Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1879-1889, [ca 1910s], 1928, 1930-1942, [ca 1950s-1970s]

From: Hannah family: Collection relating to the Hannah family and R. Hannah & Co. Ltd

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Batchelor's Candid Studio; Don & Beatrice Peat Studio; Redfern Studios Ltd; Russell Orr Ltd; Filmograph Company (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10468-2

Description: Contains photographs of Hannah's shops throughout New Zealand, the R. Hannah & Co. Ltd factory in Leeds Street, and company staff. Photographs were taken between 1879 and the 1970s by the Filmograph Company Wellington, F. G. Barker, Russell Orr, Batchelor’s Candid Studio, Redfern Studios, K. E. Niven Studio, Don & Beatrice Peat Studio, Jerome Studios, and other unidentified photographers. Photographs relating to Hannah's shops show building exteriors and window displays throughout New Zealand between 1928 and circa 1980s: Ashburton, Napier (showing earthquake damage in 1931), Masterton, Wellington (Cuba Street and Lambton Quay), Greymouth, and Auckland (Queen Street, Otahuhu). Other prints depict staff, customers, and shoe displays inside shops in Blenheim, Tauranga, and at 230 Heretaunga Street, Hastings. Further photographs also relate specifically to Hannah’s shops in the Hawke’s Bay, likely during the 1940s and 1950s. Eight prints depict the exterior and interior of a shop identified as “Hastings Branch”. Twelve prints relating to the opening of Hannah's 48th branch on Emerson Street, Napier, show signs announcing an opening sale, customers waiting outside, and the shop filled with staff, customers, shoes, and price signs. Other prints depict similar sales in Greymouth and Whakatane. Nine prints depict the Leeds Street factory interior and successive stages of the mechanised shoe manufacturing process, circa 1908. Prints show the factory layout, women sewing, men using different machines to assemble shoes and attach soles or heels, people packing shoes for dispatch, supervisors in white lab coats, and stacked raw materials or half-finished shoes. One print depicts the view towards Wellington Harbour over houses and commercial buildings on Cuba, Marion and Leeds streets. Several buildings are labelled: R. Hannah & Co., Aspro, People’s Palace, and C & A Odlin Timber & Hardware Co. Ltd. A 1952 copy print is an oblique projection line drawing of the Leeds Street factory. Photographs of staff include portraits of Robert Hannah (circa 1880s), William Hannah (circa 1930), S. L. Blank (1964), R. J. McAsley (1971), and Finance Director N. East (circa 1960s). Group portraits include two prints depicting workers outside the entrance to the R. Hannah Co. Ltd Cuba Street factory and first Cuba Street shop in 1879. Six other group portraits depict possibly managers in the Wellington warehouse "Conference Room" (1966), and supervisors "on occassion of retirement party" (1975). Named staff include: D. C. Brown, D. R. Watt, W. Davis, A. Dowdle, W. Muller, R. McIntyre, F. Owers, A. D. Anton, H. C. Campion, R. Parkes, H. T. Hutton, A. W. Pike, D. G. Finlayson, D. L. Travers, A. Cornish, R. J. Laffan, F. Wigney, J. F. Crump, G. T. Hedges, H. J. Lichtwark, Ray Jones, Denny Dawe, Doug Askew, Hal Crooks, Doug Luke, Ian Walker, and Rex Gardiner. Remaining prints show a Hannah’s shoes display at the 1952 Wellington Winter Show, Robert Hannah and another man with a car (1928), and a horse-drawn float displaying Hannah’s Christmas advertising in a parade at the Basin Reserve (1928). Arrangement: Chronological. Quantity: 81 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 83 photographic prints