Places

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1947-1955

By: Shaw, Geoffrey Conrad, active 1947-1966

Reference: PAColl-6596

Description: 14 photographs of tramping huts and general views: Waerenga hut and Baines hut in the Orongorongo valley; Flora hut on Mt Arthur; ATC huts on Mt Ruapehu and Moumoukai valley; Ketetahi hut on Mt Tongariro; Black Horse Hotel in Nelson; Upper Takaka Hotel, Takaka; a view of Collingwood; two views of the Hutt Valley from the Wainuiomata Hill; band playing in the sound shell at Wellington Botanic Gardens; a street in Kawhia; a hotel in Upper Takaka; and a view of Wellington from Brooklyn. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018137 to 018150 Quantity: 14 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1952

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[39 copies of cartoons from 'Lodge looks at Wellington', Nevile Lodge, 1952]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: H-727-025

Description: Shows six scenes. The first is the railway workshops. The second is a car factory. The third is the soap making factory with bubbles coming out of the chimney. The fourth is the meat works with passers-by holding their noses. The fifth is the rubber factory with workers rolling tyres. The final scene is the Trentham racecourse. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 2 A4 size photocopies sellotaped together

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-041/059

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sports related figures who flourished during the 1940s and 1950s. Includes All Blacks Charlie Oliver, L. Savage, "Has" Catly, and goal-kicker Morrie Doyle, and in other sports boxer Cyril Hurne, American wrestler Dick Raines, and an unnamed female tennis player. Other portraits are of Alex Pratt (manager of Hutt Speedways Ltd), George Welch (secretary of the Wellington Indoor Bowling Association), Mic Zamba (president of the Wellington Softball Association) and boxing trainer Archie Lechie. A number of plain diagrams illustrate boxing and wrestling technique. The original collage of caricatures of McNamara's Southern Cross Collegues used in their 1949 Christmas card and another of two men playing rugby are included. Quantity: 16 newsclippings. 2 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper and blue pencil 295mm x 390mm, black ink and white out on paper 240mm x 285mm, and newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-206

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1948-1956

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-403

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1950s]

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

Reference: PAColl-0811-14-01

Description: Aerial views of the Hutt Valley circa 1950s, taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, all 210 x 156 mm

Date: [1957]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-36

Description: Comprises notes on old occupation site at Kau Bay, Pt Halswell, Wellington Harbour (with maps); map of the Greytown area; map, pa near mouth of Waitotara River; map, Ohawe Village, Waingongoro River; Melanesian greenstone adze, Bethune's sale; new type of patu from Western Marlborough Sounds (with map); melanezoid adze; Maori place-names of Croisilles Harbour, Marlborough Sounds (with map); a series of maps of the NZ Company's 1st general survey, Wellington district; map, native garden, on Owhariu Stream Arrangement: Notebook no 35 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1952-1955

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority : Records

Reference: 75-156-086

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1954-1957

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-352/4

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951); Listener (Periodical)

Reference: A-369-021/040

Description: A collection of caricatures and drawings, mostly depicting New Zealand sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes rugby All Blacks Billy Wallace and Stan Dean, a player whose surname is Drake and another unnamed. The speedway champions depicted are Harold Fairhurst, Percy Coleman and Rich Tunbridge. Cyclist and speedway manager Gerry Mathieson is also included. An elaborate illustration 'A Night at the Opera' depicts a Wellington performance of Puccini's Madame Butterfly and features singers Leo Piccioli, Aldo, Ferracuti, Mercedes Fortunati and Maria Huder, as well as the stage manager Bruno Nofri. A number of smaller cartoons illustrate various happenings in the sporting arena and daily life. Quantity: 19 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 1945-1958

From: Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners : Records

Reference: 78-131-18/14

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1923-1958

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-206/1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1958-1960

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-352/6

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950 - 1982

By: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute

Reference: MapColl-832.4793caq/[195-?]/Acc.43707

Description: Map of the Hutt Valley, bounded by Pauatahunui in the west, Petone and Wainuiomata (south), Rimutaka range (east), and Maymorn Ridge and Hutt forks (north). Formations marked include: Hutt and Trentham formations (Holocene); Pakuratahi gravels, Stoke alluvium and Whitemen gravels (Upper Pleistocene); Belmont gravels, Emerald gravels, Normandale alluvial group and Kaitoke gravel group (Lower Pleistocene); spilites, chert and red and green argillites. Active faults are marked, as are rivers and streams. Major roads and the railway tracks are marked and population centres named. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo on paper, scale [1:63 360], 42.2 x 53.3 cm. Provenance: Donated by New Zealand Oceanographic Institute

Date: 1955 - 1959

From: Orpheus Choir of Wellington :[Programmes. 1950s- ]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Orpheus-1950s

Description: Includes: 1955: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir present "The creation". Conductor Malcolm Rickard (With Dorothy Hopkins, John McDonald, Donald Munro, the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble, organist Peter Averi, pianiste Pauline Jacobs. St James Church Lower Hutt, 2 April [1955 or 1960?]. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir. Second concert for 1955. Conductor Ivan Hills, pianists Pauline Jacobs, Peter Averi; guest artist Sybil Phillips. Hutt Valley High School Assembly Hall, 24 September 1955. Programme (2 copies) The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir (conductor Malcolm Rickard) presents "Messiah" oratorio by Handel. Soloists Edna Boyd-Wilson, Rae Gibbons, Robin Gordon, Kenneth Macaulay with the Alex Lindsay Orchestra, organist Peter Averi, pianist Pauline Jacobs. De Luxe Theatre Lower hutt, 27 November 1955. Programme (2 copies) 1956: Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir, conductor Malcolm Rickard, accompaniste Pauline Jacobs, with the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble and Peter Averi solo organist. St james Anglican Church Lower Hutt. 30 June 1956. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir presents "The creation" by Haydn with guest conductor James Robertson, soloists Sybil Phillips, William Herbert, Donald McIntyre, leader Vincent Aspey, organist Peter Averi. De Luxe Theatre Lower Hutt, 27 September 1956. Programme 1957: Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir presents "Tom Jones" a comic opera; music by Edward German (With soloists Daphne Ellwood, Joan Vause, Thomas Hanna, Peter Nisbet, narrator Willian Austin, pianist Pauline Jacobs, with the Alex Lindsay Concert Orchestra). Lower Hutt Town Hall, 22 June 1957. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir. Soloists Gabrielle Phillips, Marion McMaster, Robin Gordon, Owen Bonifant, Martin Wilson, Donald McIntyre; guest conductor James Robertson; members of the National Orchestra, leader Francis Rosner. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 28 September 1957. Programme HVHS Parents' Association present the Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir in a Carol Concert. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, guest artists Margaret Hunt, Mary McKenzie, Donald Munro; pianiste Pauline Jacobs, organist Peter Averi. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 11 December 1957. Programme (2 copies) 1958: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir, conductor Malcolm Rickard; and Mary Pratt, contralto. Assisting soloists Betty Berry, Peter Baillie, Peter Nisbet, Peter Averi, the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble; choir accompanist Beverley Bell. St James Church Lower Hutt, 4 October 1958. Programme The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir with members of the Wellington Training College Choir. "Messiah" oratorio by Handel, conducted by Malcolm Rickard. Soloists Robon Bell, Treasure Spencer, Robin Gordon, Charles Naylor. Peter Averi at the organ; the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble with solo trumpeter. 7 December 1958. Programme 1959: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Society present "Messiah" oratorio by Handel. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, soloists Mary O/Brien, Mary Pratt, Peter Baillie, Donald Jack; the augmented Alex Lindsay String Ensemble with solo trumpeter Norman Goffin. Lower Hut Town Hall, 13 December 1959. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 1953 - 1965

By: Hutt Valley Electric Power and Gas Board; McLaughlin, Eric A, active 1953-1965

Reference: Eph-B-ENERGY-Hutt-1953/1965

Description: Quantity: 78 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: 78 invoice sheets, 240 x 160 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Barclay Family, Wellington, in 2017.

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: [ca 1948-1955]

By: Harris, Herbert, 1921-2006; Milne, Isabella, active 2010

Reference: PAColl-9779

Description: Photographs of Wellington and Hutt Valley, taken ca 1948-1955 by Herbert Harris of Stokes Valley. Includes views of Slazenger factory, Petone (where Harris worked), Rotorua, and ship Gothic in Wellington Harbour, as Royal yacht for 1953-1954 tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Herbert Harris came from Australia in 1948 to work at the Slazenger factory in Petone. He built his own house in Horoeka Street, Stokes Valley. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-096

Description: The essay covers the period 1839-1957 and details the lives of two Sykes brothers who married Child sisters. William Sykes married Elizabeth (Betsy) Child, and George Skyes married Jane Child, all from Yorkshire. The two couples immigrated to New Zealand on the Bolton in 1839 and settled first in Wellington and then the Hutt Valley. The essay also details the life and family of Robert Wyeth who arrived in Wellington on the Cuba in 1839 and settled in Hutt Valley. Publication - In `Our lesser stars' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.