Places

Date: 1958

Reference: PA6-399

Description: Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - Wellington from Brooklyn 1958 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Five images forming one print, mounted on card

Date: 1958 - 1968

From: [The Marjorie Saunders collection of theatre ephemera, collected by Arthur Saunders. 1940-2006].

Reference: Eph-B-SAUNDERS-Opera-1950/60s

Description: Includes: J C Williamson Theatres Ltd. "The Pajama Game". Australasian tour, starring William Newman and Toni Lamond, Don Richard, and Tikky Taylor. 1958. Programme. Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society presents "South Pacific". Regent Theatre Masterton. 1961. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Theatres Ltd presents David Oxley and Patricia Moore in "My Fair Lady". Directed by John McCallum. Tour inclkuding His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, February 11, 1961. New Zealand manager Arch J. Elliot. Programme. Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society. "The King and I". Regent Theatre Masterton 1962. Programme. Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society presents "Where's Charley?" (based on Brandon Thomas' "Charley's Aunt"). Produced by Paddy Turner. Regent Theatre Masterton. 1963. Programme. Kerridge Odeon ... presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King and I", starring Jeff Warren and Susan Swinford. [1964?] Programme (2 copies) Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society presents "The Sound of Music", produced by Julie Blumsky. Regent Theatre Masterton, July 1968. [Programme]. Quantity: 7 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, approximately 300 mm in height.

Date: 1906-1923, 1958

From: Lander, Roger William, 1903-1980 : Telephone exchange papers

Reference: 80-242-4

Description: Includes list of permanent employees in the Post and Telegraph Department, Apr 1958 Quantity: 1 box(es). Finding Aids: Preliminary list available.

Date: [ca 1958]-1977

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-36

Description: Includes - Views of Christchurch, some showing the new Bank of New Zealand building on The square in the later stages of construction, mid 1964. Photographs of the Christchurch Star offices. These relate to the new Bank of New Zealand building constructed ca 1964. Interior views of the new Bank of New Zealand building on The Square, Christchurch, ca 1965. New buildings, Auckland Hospital and Medical School, 1977. Mon Desir Hotel and surroundings, Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, auckland, ca 1958. Perspective drawing of the Guardiam Trust building, Wellington, 1965. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 84 b&w original photographic print(s). 19 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: 1958

From: Folprecht, Frantisek Josef :New Zealand scenery

By: Folprecht, Frantisek Josef, 1914-1989

Reference: PA12-0030

Description: Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies (35mm).

Date: 1958

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1958

Description: Includes: CAS Theatre presents "Waiting for Godot", by Samuel Becket. Produced by Ronald Barker. [August 1958]. Flyer and programme (2 copies) The Benmoss Circuit by arrangement with Celebrity Circuit Attractions Pty Ltd presents "Ladies' night in a turkish bath", by Cyrus Wood, Avery Hopwood and Charleton Andrews. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 26 December 1958. Programme. CAS Theatre presents "Candida" by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Ronald Barker. University of Auckland Council of Adult Education [1958]. Programme. Community Players. "Yes and no", by Kenneth Horne, under the direction of Mae Cleall. Community Centre Hall, Cambridge terrace Wellington, 24-25 June 1958. Programme Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. Grand Opera House Wellington. 27 November 1958. Programme (2 copies) Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 10 November 1958. Programme. (2 copies) Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. Opera House Palmerston North, 24-26 November 1958. Programme Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. Theatre Royal Christchurch. [1958]. Programme. New Zealand University Drama Festival. VUW Little Theatre. 19-20 August 1958. (VUW "the rope", by Eugene O'Neill, produced by Heather Scott; AU "Empty theatre", by Graeme Nixon, produced by Graeme Nixon' OU "The ass and the philosophers", by Gwenyth Jones, produced by Tudor Bostock; CU "The strolling clerk from Paradise", by Hans Sacchs produced by Joan Jackson). Programme. Shoestring Players Berhampore. "See how they run", by Philip King. Produced by Kemp Eriksen. 24-25 June [1958?]. Programme. Shoestring Players Berhampore "Tell me the truth", by Leslie Howard. Produced by Kemp Eriksen and Alan Smith. South Wellington School Hall. 10-12 November 1958. Programme. Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson in "The chalk garden", by Enid Bagnold. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 5 April 1958. Programme. Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson in "The chalk garden", by Enid Bagnold. Theatre Royal Christchurch [1958]. Programme Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson in "The chalk garden", by Enid Bagnold. Grand Opera House Wellington. 24 April 1958. Programme (2 copies) and flyer. Taumarunui Repertory Society presents "The Hollow", by Agatha Christie. Produced by Anne McClymont. Winter Show Building Taumarunui, 19-22 November 1958. Programme. Thursday Theatre Society Inc. "Cry wolf", by Stafford Byrne. Produced by Bruce Hamlin. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber. 5-7 June 1958. Programme. Wanganui Repertory Society. "Witness for the prosecution", by Agatha Christie. Prodiced by Alexia Rankin. Wanganui Opera House, 26-28 April 1958. Programme Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens. Tour of New Zealand and Australia, 1958. Programme. (2 copies) D D O'Connor in association with R J Kerridge presents Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens. Wellington Concert Chamber. Commencing 31 March 1958. Flyer. Emlyn Williams as "A boy growing up", an entertainment from the stories of Dylan Thomas. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 20 theatre programmes and flyers (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Transfers: Transfer to Published: Wellington Competitions Society festival programme 1918.

Date: 1898, [ca 1923], [ca 1950s-1999]

From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6984-35

Description: Includes newspaper articles re Katherine Mansfield's life and works; The Beauchamp family tree; Photocopy of Mansfield's short story Old tar; The Wellington Girls' High School Reporter (1898); Katherine Mansfield in her letters and works (1958); Katherine Mansfield - an appreciation by H M Tomlinson; Mansfieldiana - a brief Katherine Mansfield bibliography; Photocopy of chapter on Katherine Mansfield from W Walsh's A manifold voice; A reading of Katherine Mansfield's The garden party, by Anders Iversen (1968); Life and letters - Katherine Mansfield drawing on Kathleen Beauchamp, by Anders Iversen; Newsletter No 1 of the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society (September 1988); and A sense of living - Katherine Mansfield 1888-1923 (biographical notes to accompany exhibition on the 100th anniversary of Mansfield's birth) Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.

Date: 1950 - 1958

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmbd/Ka/[1958?]/Acc.6213

Description: Planning map for roads in Kaiwharawhara from the vicinity of the Nagio Gorge road and Fore Street, part of which is closed to vehicular traffic, to Westminster Street. The existing main road is shown with the proposed addition of Pickering Street and the interchange showing traffic directional flows. Includes directional signs to Wellington and Ngauranga. An existing cycle track is marked as is a factory entrance road. Cables Factory, a wool store, bulk stores, a factory, existing shops and houses and a post office are marked. A parking area and bus stops are marked. Pencilled notes include: 7/C Line. 7WE. BP. Title supplied by curator Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and printed collage mounted on paper, partly laminated, scale not given, 11.2 x 35.4 cm.

Date: 1958-[ca 1983]

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-12

Description: Buildings designed by Stephenson and Turner include - Progress photographs recording the construction of the DFC building, Grey Street, Wellington (built for the AMP Society) 15 October 1976 to 9 June 1977. Bank of New South Wales, Queen street, Auckland, including site photographs and interior views of the completed building (site cleared and ready for construction, November 1964). Interior views of Auckland branches of the Bank of New South Wales at New Lynn, Panmure, and Onehunga. Model of buildings constructed on Jervois Quay, Harris and Willeston streets, ca early 1980s (original envelope titled `BP model'). Auckland Hospital buildings, 1958. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 95 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: 2 May 2006 - 02 May 2006

From: Office of the Auditor-General History project

By: Spencer, Alan Morton, 1939-; Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017

Reference: OHInt-0838-08

Description: Interview with Alan Spencer, born Crayford, Kent, 24 January 1939. Talks about his family background and early childhood during World War II in southeast London and Cheshire. Explains his early interest in geography and travel - by bicycle in Britain and by motorcycle in New Zealand. Refers to meeting his wife Jan Gash in 1962 through a church group, marrying in 1964, and their three children. Mentions getting a job as an audit clerk in a London accountancy firm after leaving school, and deciding to emigrate to New Zealand to avoid national service. Discusses being accepted for a public service assisted immigrant scheme and being allocated to the Audit Department when he arrived in Wellington. Describes working in the Credit Section and then briefly in Public Accounts before going to the New Plymouth District Office and later to Invercargill. Talks about the culture in the Department and about living in boarding houses. Discusses the work of district offices, the travel involved, and auditing local bodies. Talks about returning to Head Office, Wellington as an assistant auditor in the Local Bodies Branch in 1967, working with legislation, particularly the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act, and being introduced to the reporting side of the Office. Mentions moving to the Public Accounts Section in 1972, and explains the 'Controller' function of the Auditor-General. Refers to a secondment to Treasury for two years to design a new centralised government accounting system - a computerised system that required departments to take more responsibility for their accounting. Mentions that a large part of his work of the last 20 years of his career was report writing - including the Annual Report to Parliament. Discusses auditors-general in his time and refers to the restructuring of the department under Jeff Chapman into policy and operational arms. Mentions the Public Audit Act 2001 and attempts by Treasury and some members of parliament to reduce the role of the Office. Discusses controversies over members of parliaments' priviledges and advertising by government agencies, referring to the fact that the Auditor-General can only report and has no power of enforcement. Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015410, OHC-015411, OHC-015412, OHC-015413 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 3.29 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5586. Colour and B&W portraits Search dates: 1939 - 1958 - 2006 - 2004

Date: 1958

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-1958

Description: Includes: Auckland Amateur Operatic Society. "White horse inn", a musical comedy in three acts. Producer John N Thomson, choreographer Doreen O'Leary, musical director Lindsay Hall. His Majesty's Theatre, commencing 12 July 1958. Programme (2 copies) Grand Opera Associates in conjunction with the Auckland Festival Society present a season of grand opera, Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" and Giuseppe Verdi's "La traviata". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 24 May - 14 June 1958. Programme (2 copies, one with pale grey cover, one with blue cover) Grand Opera Associates present Giacomo Puccini's "La boheme", Giuseppe Verdi's "La traviata". Grand Opera House Wellington, 9-16 August 1958. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Theatres Ltd by arrangement with Frederick Brisson, Robert E Griffith and Harold S Prince presents "The pajama game". Music and lyrics by Richard and Jerry Ross. Dances staged by Betty Pounder; production directed by Fred Hebert (of New York). 1958 New Zealand tour, April - May 1958. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Theatres Ltd by arrangement with Frederick Brisson, Robert E Griffith and Harold S Prince presents "The pajama game". Music and lyrics by Richard and Jerry Ross. Dances staged by Betty Pounder; production directed by Fred Herbert. [Wellington], commencing 12 March 1958. Programme (2 copies) Light Opera Club and Auckland Repertory Theatre present "Peter Pan", by J M Barrie. Producer and stage director Molly Donald. Ballet mistress Doreen O'Leary; musical director Gordon Cole. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, commencing 11 December 1958. Programme (2 copies) Palmerston North Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society. "Viktoria and her hussar". Produced by Eva Moore; musical director Colin Pickering. Ballet mistress Zoe Bailey. Opera House Palmerston North, 12-19 April, 1958. Programme Tauranga Choral and Operatic Society. "The gondoliers". Produced by John Tully; assistant producers Barbara Jenkins and Nola Spier. Ballets arranged by Undine Clarke. Musical director Ron Horman. Town Hall Tauranga, 9-14 June 1958. Programme Pupils of Wellington secondary schools present "The gondoliers" by Gilbert and Sullivan. Production by Edina Wiggs; musical direction by Hugh Reid. Festival of Wellington, [1958]. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 250 mm.

Date: 1958 - 1959

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1958/1959

Description: Includes programmes for the following performances: 1958: Hastings Musical Comedy Company presents "Showboat". Book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd; music by Jerome Kern. Produced by May Macdonald. Hastings Municipal Theatre 8-20 September; Napier Municipal Theatre, 24-27 September [1958] (2 copies) Kaitaia Dramatic Society in conjunction with the Choral Society and the Orchestral Society, 10th anniversary souvenir programme, "The pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert & Sullivan. College Hall Kaitaia, 30 June - 3 July 1958. Souvenir programme Levin Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents the Horowhenua Manawatu and Wellington Province's premiere of "Naughty Marietta". Producer Jack Baxter; musical director T E Douds. Regent Theatre Levin, 3-8 May 1958. Programme Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society (Inc) presents "The belle of New York". Producer Ernest Le Grove; musical director David Carman. Regent Theatre Masterton [ca 1958]. Souvenir programme Minerva Musical Society 1958 production. "The two bouquets", a Victorian musical comedy by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon. Produced by Antony Vercoe; musical director William Rea. Concert Chamber, Town Hall, 14-18 October [1958]. Programme (2 copies) Stratford Repertory & Operatic Society. "Love from Judy"; book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster; music by Hugh Martin. Producer by Eva Moore. Town Hall Stratford, 19-26 July 1958. Programme Wanganui Musical and Dramatic Society (Inc) presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's stage production "Oklahoma". Produced by Eva Moore; musical director E O Schnack. Opera House Wanganui, 31 May - 7 June 1958. Programme 1959: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints presents Roland and Helen Parry's "All faces west", the inspiring musical drama of Utah's pioneers, featuring Igor Gorin as Brigham Young. Produced and directed by Rulon B Stanfield with Roland Parry as musical director. Hamilton, 7, 11 & 12 December; Auckland, 8-9 December; Hastings 15-16, 18-19 December [1959]. Programme Alexandra Musical Society. "No roads to Arrow", a musical comedy by Syd Stevens and Ewen Cameron. Presented ... for the Alexandra Blossom Festival, 1959. Programme Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society (Inc) presents their Golden Jubilee production "Oklahoma". Produced by Ernest Le Grove; ballet mistress Geraldine Inder; musical director David Carman. Regent Theatre 1959. Souvenir programme Hastings Municipal Comedy Company. "Rio Rita". produced by May Macdonald. Hastings Municipal Theatre 7-19 September; Napier Municipal Theatre 23-26 September 1959. Programme Napier Frivolity Minstrels present "The shriek of Araby", and their 62nd Minstrel Shows. Municipal Theatre Napier, 14-16, 21-23 November 1959. Palmerston North Operatic and Dramatic Society presents "White Horse Inn", by Hans Muller. Produced by Eva Moore; musical director Mr T E Staples. Municipal Opera House Palmerston North, 18 April - 2 May 1959. Programme (2 copies) Wanganui Musical and Dramatic Society presents "White Horse Inn", adapted by Eric Mashcwitz and Bernard Grun. Production by Eva Moore; musical direction E O Schnack. Opera House Wanganui, 3-13 June 1959. Programme Quantity: 14 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 350 mm.

Date: 19 Mar-6 Oct 1958

From: Moule, Henry C C, 1893-1986 : New Zealand letters

Reference: MSX-0581

Description: Subtitled, `Winter in the North Island', book two covers the Moules' journey from Tasmania via to Auckland in the `Monowai'; Moule wrote about the voyage in great detail, the ship, each stage of the journey and particularly of people met and places visited. The letters are also full of family references and jokes. In this volume Moule writes of his and his wife's visits to Northland, Wellington, the Kapiti coast, Lower Hutt, Wanganui, Stratford, and Dunedin, and he describes fully the people he met, especially musicians such as Lilburn and Farquhar, and music events. (Not all places visited listed here, nor entered under Place.) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1958]-1979

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA12-8679

Description: The Beard House and garden at 22 Hauraki Street, Karori, Wellington. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969

Reference: PA12-8811

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. This sheet shows the rock formations at the Putangirua Pinnacles; Wellington City from Mount Victoria; National Airways Corporation airplanes at Paraparaumu Airport, one of which is named Pohowhera (Banded Dotterel) and an aerial photograph en route from Wellington to Nelson; Trafalgar Street, Nelson, and a carved plaque in memory of the early settlers of Nelson; a bus stopped en route to Westport, and views from the bus; beach nearing Punakaiki and a view of the pancake rocks; nearing Fergusons Reserve; the Whataroa River; reflections in Lake Mapourika; St James' Church at Waiho with the view of Franz Josef Glacier through the window behind the altar; a mountain hut at the foot of the glacier; views of the glacier from the end of the road, an ice cave, and ice cliffs; Fox Glacier from the end of the road; reflections in Lake Matheson; aerial view of Aoraki (Mount Cook) taken by Neville Hatwell; the Maruia Springs and the Lewis Pass from the bus. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1958-1973

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-7999

Description: Details of textures and objects found on beaches. Sheds, 1969. House, Bulls, 1967. St Martin's Church, Greatford, 1969. Houses at Brightwater, 1965 and 1973. Garden Party at Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park, Wellington, 1973. Photographed by Helmut Einhorne. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7762

Description: Phase 4 continued - 74. Distant view of Wellington from air; 75. Approaching Paraparaumu Airport. Phase 5; Wellington - 76. Wellington - looking across bay to Miramar and ocean; 77. Wellington - looking at new Rongotai Airport; 78. Lower Hutt, Southwood's fine, melted steel tube; 79. Port Nicholson, Somes Island, looking to Wellington from Gracefield; 80. Port Nicholson, Hutt River, reclamation work; 81. View up Hutt Valley; 82. View from Kelburn Park towards Government House and Hospital; 83. View from Kelburn Park across Lambton Harbour to Mt Victoria, Wellington's highest; 84. View from Kelburn Park across wharves to Petone, Lower Hutt; 85. Ohira Bay; 86. Siren's Rocks; 87. Tetrapods and beakwater in Lyall Bay, Rongotai airport; 88. From Mt Victoria across Evans Bay to Rongotai; 89. From Mt Victoria down to City proper; 90. Small craft in Lambton Harbour; 91. Near Evans Bay; 92. En route to Greytown (Wind); 93. En route to Greytown, eastern side of range. Phase 6 - Palmerston North; 94-96. Central Square gardens, All Saints church; 97. Tower and shell containing clock and chimes from P.O. damaged in earthquake of 1942. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1958 - 1968

By: Kay, Robin Langford, 1919-2017

Reference: B-109-009/015

Description: Contents: Hutt Road near Ngaio Gorge turnoff; houses in Thorndon near Mulgrave St; Petone esplanade; Bolton St cemetery; house in Lyttelton; old customhouse building from Queen's Wharf; houses at corner of Buckle St & Taranaki St. Inscriptions: Signed: Robin Kay Quantity: 7 watercolour(s) & felt pen. Physical Description: Watercolour & felt pen 254 x 375 mm to 320 x 390 mm

Date: [ca 1958]-2006

From: Crook, Gordon, 1921-2011: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9986-4

Description: Includes:- Art work by Gordon Crook, 1950s. Hanging mural by Gordon Crook for Karori Post Office after removal to Teachers Training College. Hall of the New Zealand Chancery building, Washington DC showing banners designed by Gordon Crook, 1979. Proof sheets of Gordon Crook at work photographed by Julia Brooke-White, 2002. Photographs of Gordon Crook and friends, New Zealand, 1990s-2000s. "Fallen Angel" a tableau box by Gordon Crook. Tapestry weaving in progress. Brightly patterned woolen garments at the Chelsea Crafts Fair, London, 1982. Fabric art works by Brenda Ellis, 1998. Gordon Crook's retrospective exhibition at the Wellington City Art Gallery, 1993. Fabric art work by Gordon Crook (this relates to work in "Apocolypse" exhibition, September 2002). Art work in "Apocolypse" exhibition, Idiom Studio, Wellington, 4-22 September, 2002. Gordon Crook's exhibition "Inhabiting the Circle" at Ron Barber's gallery, Aro Street, Wellington, 2006. Gordon Crook's 80th birthday party at Val and Mark Winter's place, 2001. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). 123 colour original photographic print(s).