Places

Date: ca1900-1956

By: Bailey, Colin Lennie, 1906-1997; Bailey, Sue, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-6025

Description: Views of Westport, Denniston, Blackball, Ngakawau, Millerton, Inangahua Junction, Seddonville, Dunedin, Gore, Milford Sound, Greymouth and Taupo Quantity: 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. Provenance: The late Professor C L Bailey, from the VUW Department of Education, collected photographs and other items relating to New Zealand history from members of the public.

Date: 1949-1952, 1959, 1972

From: GirlGuiding New Zealand : Records

Reference: 88-130-23/16

Description: Newsletters compiled by Guides belonging to 1st Westport Lone Guide Company, 1949, 1950, 1952 & 1972; History of Lone guiding in new zealand 1926-1959 (cyclostyled booklet) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1950]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-7919-03

Description: Maps, diagrams, tables etc for completed work, `Tertiary geology of Westport, sheets S23 and S24', for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1986]

From: Bliss, Charles Henry (Dr), 1909-1997 : Papers relating to his life and work

Reference: MS-Papers-5683-15

Description: Comprises pages 331-435, chapters 16-21, with Bliss describing his remaining time in North Africa, appointment to Chhindwara in India until the demise of the British Raj, briefly describes his work in Apia and then his work and life in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1957

By: Turnbull, Arthur, active 1956-2005

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-NZB-1957-01

Description: Commercially printed ticket with the details of venue and date written in ink. Admission was 5 shillings for adults and 2 shillings for children. The verso has signatures of Agnes Hartigan, Anne Struthers, Joy Musson and Jim McHerron. Verso shows this ticket was for Row A, no. 9. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white print and ink holograph on card, 76 x 115 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Arthur Turnbull, Victoria, Australia, in 2007.

Date: [1950]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-7919-04

Description: Outsize maps, diagrams, tables etc from completed work on the tertiary stratigraphy of sheet S12 (Karamea) with notes on the glaciation of North West Nelson for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1953

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6963-03

Description: Correspondence and assessments by Ashton of her visits to Wanganui, Greymouth, Westport, Gisborne, Nelson, Timaru, South Canterbury and Ashburton (some other places included) re state of drama in the various towns and their receptivity to the New Zealand Players Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca1900-ca1950

By: Godfrey, Jennifer, active 1990s

Reference: PAColl-4904

Description: Mainly Westport and largly unidentified views from the West Coast Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-072055 to 072057; 1/2-177610 to 177611 Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1949 - 1950

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-93-0136/0145

Description: Includes plans sections and elevations; for Westport site, also includes details of cylinder support, kitchen cupboards, ironing board, shower recess in bathroom. For Auckland site includes ground and first floor plans only. Other Titles - Westport Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings and diazo prints, sizes varying

Date: ca1950-ca1955

From: Thorp, Nigel fl 1995 :Photographs

By: Ayson, Graeme, 1912-1990; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-

Reference: PAColl-4970

Description: Collection comprises: Photographs of the interior of auction rooms probably in Masterton ca 1950s Photograph of oven designed to measure the moisture content of cheese Portrait of Boby and Irene Lowry on their wedding day on 9 April 1936 Photograph of Buller Press, Wesport, demolishing old Warfdale press Photographs of Bob Lawry private press books and printing on display, taken by his daughter Vanya Lowry Aerial photographs of World War One battlefields in France, specifically Somme Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1951 - 1954

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

Reference: Plans-97-011-022/032

Description: Plans for the branch in Gisborne include: Proposed layout 6.12.[19]51; ground and first floor plans 1.8.[19]53 and 18.3.[19]54. Plans for the Westport branch include: Ground and first floor plans 19.8.[19]53; amended floor plans 20.4.[19]55; sketch plan of proposed alterations 11.9.[19]52; sketch plan by Haughton & McKeon, April 1951; floor plans 11.9.[19]53; and plan and elevation 18.8.[19]53. Plans for the Palmerston North branch include: Sections and elevations June 1953; and, Foundation, ground floor and roof plans June 1953. Quantity: 11 plan(s). Physical Description: Plans, some diazo, some pencil, varying sizes.

Date: 1930 - ca 1950

By: Hughson, W G, active 1930s-1950s; Robertson, I G, -1995

Reference: PA1-q-380

Description: 140 photographs providing a survey of coal mines mining processes and working conditions Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1948-1953

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-10

Description: Reports on Westport Harbour and a report of the West Coast Harbours' committee covering both Westport and Greymouth harbours. Other - Original file NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F10 T01 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1951-1969

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-12

Description: Miscellaneous papers include charts, diagrams, graphs, reports, letters, and a transparency on matters relating to Westport Harbour Other - original file - NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F12 T01 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1946-1959

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-09

Description: Copies of papers, including climatological data and reports on West Coast harbours, Westport, Greymouth and Port Elizabeth Other - Original file titles NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F09 T01-T02 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1942-1956

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-2

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1942 to 1956. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are mountaineers A C Clough, Ron Biggs, and Ken Hall; publican Jack Ritchie; journalist H J E (Bert) Kane; Mrs P Koerstens; and bushmen Doug Macalister and Ron (Tiki) Brimmicombe. There is an unidentified solider and some portraits of unidentified children. Featured natural environments include Tatere Gorge, Lake Haupiri and surrounding area, and the Otira Gorge. Contains prints of individual buildings as well as broader views of towns. A number of wooden buildings are in a state of decay, but houses, churches, and other buildings are still in use. Further images (and series of images) of note include: the transportation by boat of a tractor at Milford sound and a Land Rover to Jackson's Bay; workers at the Kopara Sawmill; industry at Mussel Point; and locomotives, boilers, dredges, and other machinery relating to mining. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: [1955-1959]

From: Cobeldick, Mary, 1948- : Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-11605

Description: Slides taken by Mary Spence and Ian Gladstone Spence in the late 1950s showing Westport and the surrounding area. The slides are annotated with locations and dates. Images include; Derby Street, Westport Flat, Buller River, coal buckets on an aerial ropeway at Denniston, Granity township, children in front of a Scout Lodge, a Scottish marching band, St John's Anglican Church, the cement works, Punakaiki, Victoria Square, municipal buildings, houses, Paparoa Range, a stony beach, and the Lighthouse at Cape Foulwind. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1955-1959]

From: Cobeldick, Mary, 1948- : Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-11606

Description: Slides taken by Mary Spence and Ian Gladstone Spence in the late 1950s showing Westport and surrounding area. The slides are annotated with locations and dates. Images include; Greymouth playground, Port of Westport and mouth of the Buller River, Rintoul Street crossed by Palmerston Street (shows the St James Cinema), Victoria Square, Charleston, a beach, houses, shopes, cement loading silos, railway wagons, community centre, Scout leaders, a Scottish marching band, and and Orowaiti River. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1957-1966]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6167-07

Description: Comprises regional files kept by Fuller while at Defence HQ relating to the fluoridation issue (see entry under Place). Also includes files on information on fluoridation; Auckland City Empowering Act (1959); Auckland Anti-Fluordiation Society (Inc) and correspondence and petition relating to D M Robinson; personal correspondence of Fuller on fluoridation, vols III and IV; and personal correspondence by I M Styche on fluoridation. Quantity: 1 box(es) (hollinger box).

Date: 1939-[1951]

From: Bliss, Charles Henry (Dr), 1909-1997 : Papers relating to his life and work

Reference: MS-Papers-5683-04

Description: Comprises detailed record of operations performed by Bliss while based in the Sudan, the desert, including Alexandria and Assam and later in Chhindwara and Dacca before coming to Samoa in 1948 and NZ in 1949. He has included dates of his service; lists of contents; some personal examinations of conscience about war; diary extracts; surgery statistics and analysis; a report on the working of the Fracture and Rehabilitation Dept; a report on an incident in Pakistan; list of patients seen in 1949; Greymouth and Westport statistics; notes on various medical conditions; diagrams illustrating surgical techniques and results and other notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s).