Places

Date: [ca 1875]

By: Richards, Edward Smallwood, 1834-1917

Reference: PA7-51-02

Description: View taken from Sydney Street West looking towards Bolton Street and south-east towards Te Aro and Mount Victoria. Wellington College can be seen on the extreme right in the far distance. The Colonial Museum in Museum Street is in the foreground to the left. Photograph taken by E S Richards in the 1870s Copy negative at 1/2-021636-F. File print available at PFP-030465. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Looking towards Bolton Street from above Sydney Street West. Colonial Museum in Museum Street on left foreground. Lion Foundry in Waring Taylor Street in background, c 1875 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 18.5 x 28.8 cm

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

From: Estate of Mr and Mrs E S Knight :Photographs of Wellington

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PA1-o-252

Description: Photograph album of views of Wellington, ranging from copies of early paintings from the 1840s, and early photographs up to the 1870s, to a series of postcards from the 1920s. Most of the early images have clear descriptions, giving year made, location, and in some cases further information about buildings that can be seen. For example, one view shows Kebble's house, now the site of the Grand Opera House. Views in the postcards are identified, but no dates are given. Most of the postcard views were taken by Sydney Charles Smith Inscriptions: Album page - `To E.S.K. with all good wishes for the 8th Nov. 1925, from a wellwisher' (illuminated inscription inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black album, entitled `Photographs'; `E.S.K.' lettered in lower right-hand corner; 26 x 33 cm

Date: [Circa 1900-1910]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-245

Description: Photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares. These include family photographs, many of which are not identified. Those whose names are given (at a later date) are Beryl Charlotte Cameron (aged one); Isaac Jeffares himself; and Isaac Jeffares' mother, Mrs Jane Jeffares (nee Warrell). Scenic photographs were chiefly taken in Wellington, with harbour views, Wellington City, and several well-known public buildings; Napier, including Bluff Hill and Cape Kidnappers; and Greymouth. Other Titles - Sunny memories Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 20 x 22 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1930

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2078-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over Wellington city and harbour from Mt Victoria. St Barnabas' Church is in the far right foreground; two ships in the harbour. One ship moored at Clyde Quay Wharf with the marina to the right. Wharf sheds around the edge of the harbour; Jervois Quay; Courtenay Place visible in the centre of the image. Wellington College on the far left in the middle distance. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 17.2 x 90.0 cm

Date: [ca 1936-1940s]

By: Peart, Heaton Clairemont, 1894-1991; Royal Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10255

Description: Photographic postcards of Wellington and Rotorua taken circa 1940s. Three taken by Royal Studios and two by Heaton Clairemont Peart. Photographers of other images unidentified. Wellington City views are taken from Mount Victoria and Tinakori Hill. Prominent landmarks seen in these photographs include the National War Memorial and Carillon, Wellington High School, Basin Reserve cricket ground, Wellington East Girls' College, Wellington College, Winter Show Buildings, Weir House, Wellington Whares, St Gerard's Church, Basin Reserve, Wellington Railway Station, and the road to the Hutt Valley. In Rotorua sites photographed include Whakarewarewa with pa (whare and carvings) and hot pools (including Maori women washing clothes), Government Gardens Bath House and entranceway, Ward Bath house, top of Eagle's Nest geyser at Wairakei, and the shore at Lake Rotorua. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards mounted on two album pages. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints mounted on brown card tied with blue ribbon Provenance: Donor bought them in England and passed them to the Nelson Provincial Museum, who, after consultation with the donor, passed them to the Library.

Date: [1990-1999]

By: Hill, Seddon Henry Watkins, 1917-2007

Reference: MSX-6766

Description: An autobiography by Hill, in two parts. The first covers his childhood, youth, schooling etc in Gisborne, the beginning of his working life, joining the army and serving in Greece and Crete where he became a prisoner of war and his return to New Zealand. The second part focuses on his return to civilian life, training as a teacher and teaching in various schools including Kowhai Intermediate, rural schools, Mt Roskill Grammar School and Wellington College from which he retired in 1978. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (298 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [Circa 1935-1945]

Reference: PA1-o-200

Description: Album of snapshots, chiefly family groups. None are labelled, but it appears the album is of Arthur James Luke and his wider family; two dogs, a spaniel and a small terrier; his home at 84 Bolton Street, Wellington; family holidays at Napier; views of Lowry Bay; and views of unidentified people linked with tennis. Views in Napier include the Napier Botanical Gardens, various monuments including the monument to the South African War, and buildings damaged by the napier earthquake in 1931. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey cloth-bound album, entitled Photographs (in gold lettering); 16 x 22 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available

Date: From 1911 to 1949

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-007

Description: Black & white photographs of the Wellington area, Vol 1 (images 1-240), taken by G L Adkin between 1911 and 1949. Earlier images include the house Fern Hill (at 324 The Terrace), and views from the house; Kelburn Cable Car tunnel, and view of the cable car from Kelburn Park; Wellington Botanic Garden; inner city views of Willis St., Lambton Quay (1913); Lyall Bay, Kilbirnie isthmus, Wellington Heads, Oriental Bay (1913); Harbour and city; swimming carnival at Island Bay; city from Mt Cook trig station (1918); panorama of Thorndon with Pipitea Point reclamation from the Nth end of Barnard St (1923); interior view of the Wellington City Corporation Trams Shed at Newtown; Kemp Point Powerhouse, Evans Bay; Miramar Gas Works (1923); Wider views of the city with Tinakori Ridge from Roseneath, Oriental Bay, Lyall Bay (1926); loading the Maheno (1926). Laying Foundation Stone of new railway station by the Duke of Gloucester, showing steel frame of the building under construction (17 December 1934). Views around the city in 1936, including Worser Bay, Breaker Bay, Dorset Point, Queens Drive, the city (panorama from Karepa St, Brooklyn); "wilds of Wellington" Mitchelltown, Highbury, Taitville, and Kelburn (from Karepa St); snow on hills and at Mt Kaukau (2 August 1936). Centennial Exhibition (6 March 1940). Views around the bays in 1948, Lyall Bay, Evans Bay, Kilbirnie, Eastbourne, Days Bay, Lowry Bay. Comparative views from Mt Alfred (1 taken in 1948, the other in 1905). Pamir sailing ship at Aotea Quay (December 1948); railway yards; Kaiwharawhara Gorge (1948); and the first visit of the Solent flying boat Ararangi to Evans Bay, October 1949.

Date: [1880s?]

From: Heine, Clara Mathilde, fl 1960s : Photograph album and photographs

By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-219

Description: Album containing photographs on pages 1-7 only. The first six are views of the West Coast Road, particularly Otira Gorge, and Bealey Gorge. The photographer's initials `J V', with a five figure number are noted on these West Coast scenes. The 7th photograph shows the old Wellington College building. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown card covered album, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering; 21 x 28 cm

Date: 1987

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1987-1

Description: Bell Canto (the new Wellington vocal ensemble), Inaugural Concert. Guy E Jansen (director), Rae de Lisle (pianist). National Library Auditorium. 30 July 1987. Flyer. Bel Canto presents New Zealand Premiere [of] Christmas Oratorio by Saint Saens. Guy E Jansen (director), Sandra Averi (string orchestra leader), Janet Gibbs (organist), with solists - Diedre Elliot, Paul Whelan, Roger Wilson, Frank Carter, and Denise Wilson. St Peter's Anglican Church, Willis Street, Wellington. 11 November 1987. Flyer. The Budapest Gypsy Orchestra. Dr Jozsef Gyenes (director), Laszlo Berki (leader). 1987. Programme. Camileon (London based trio). Dale Gulliford (cello), Amanda Hollins (flute), Petra Casen (piano). St Andrew's [Presbyterian Church] on the Terrace [Wellington]. 22 March 1987. Programme. The Concert Programme presents Beverly Bergen (soprano) and David Bollard (piano). Symphony House, Willis Street, Wellington. 18 March 1987. Programme. An Evening with Hector Berlioz. Michael Vinten and Peter Walls (conductors). Wellington Town Hall. 8 April 1987. Flyer. International Music Day celebration breakfast organised by the National Music Council of New Zealand. Cables restaurant, 1 Upland Road, Kelburn. 1 October 1987. Invitation. David Kinsella (Australian concert organist). Old St Paul's 2 November, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul 8 November, and Wellington Town Hall 11 November, 1987. Flyer. Michael Edgley International presents Valery Klimov, violin, and Geoffrey Tozer, piano. Australian and New Zealand tour [1987]. Programme Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra. Third world tour of South America, New Zealand, Australia, Oceania, Kenya, Israel, Mauritius, and Reunion. 1987. Programme Institute of Registered Music Teachers, Wellington Branch presents a string seminar and recital with Ronald and Louise Woodcock. Wellington Cultural Centre. 28 March 1987. Brochure. Lunchtime Concerts 1987. Laings Road Methodist Church, Lower Hutt. 1987. Flyer. Music for Brass and Choir. Lower Hutt Municipal Band and choirs of St James Anglican church. John Hanify and Peter Scott (directors). St James Anglican Church, Lower Hutt. 26 July 1987. Programme. The New Zealand National Singing School 1987. Hawke's Bay Community College, Taradale. 5-14 January 1987. Brochure. The Olivers (Robert and Andrea Oliver). Saint Barnabas Anglican Church, Roseneath, Wellington. 29 November 1987. Flyer. Prazak Quartet. Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 7 July 1987. Flyer (2 copies) Round the World on Wings of Song (lecture). John M Thomson. National Library of New Zealand (sponsored by Alexander Turnbull Library Archive of New Zealand Music). 28 September 1987. Invitation. Tawa Schools and Community Music Festival 87. Shona Murray (director). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 22 - 23 September 1987. Programme. Waikanae Music Society presents Sonnerie. Bronwyn Pugh (baroque violin), Robert Oliver (viola da gamba), Robert Petre (harpsicord). St Luke's Hall, Waikanae. 24 May 1987. Programme. Wainuiomata Choir presents Spring by Haydn, and St Cecilia Mass by Gounod. John Knox (conductor). Wellington Railway Station 6 November, and Wainuiomata Community Centre 7 November, 1987. Flyer. Two copies. Wellington College Arts Centre Opening Arts Festival. Wellington College. 10-15 April 1987. Programme. Quantity: 23 programmes and flyers, some illustrated. 2 duplicates.. Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers up to 215 x 165mm in size.

Date: 1947

By: Anderson, Ngaire Ruth, 1927-2013

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1947

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Impresario Alexander Levitoff presents the Titan of the Keyboard, Simon Barere. Australia New Zealand tour, 1947. Programme (beginning with Chromatic fantasia and fugue) (2 copies) Impresario Alexander Levitoff presents the Titan of the Keyboard, Simon Barere. Second concert. Programme Impresario Alexander Levitoff presents the Titan of the Keyboard, Simon Barere. Third concert. Programme (2 copies) British Music Society New Zealand (Incorporated). Third concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 1 April 1947. Programme / flier (2 copies) Colin Horsley. Personal manager Val Drewry. Palmerston North Opera House, Saturday May 31st 1947 at 8pm. [Autographed flyer / programme with photograph] Colin Horsley. Triumphant return of the greatest NZ born pianist. Wellington Town Hall, Tuesday May 20. Box plan opening at Begg's shortly; please watch the papers. [Promotional pamphlet. 1947] Colin Horsley. Dunedin Town Hall, 12 June 1947. Programme Robert Jensen presents a unique musical attraction, a trio of highly gifted young musicians (Raymond Windsor, Wilfred Simenauer, Renais Gage; accompanists John Matheson and Miss B McHutchons). 10 January - 15 February 1947. Programme with portrait photographs (2 copies) Lili Kraus plays Beethoven for China, in the distinguished presence of Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Freyberg. Wellington Town Hall, 22 February 1947. Programme (2 copies) Lili Kraus. Direction New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Recital. Dunedin, 5 March 1947. Programme Lili Kraus. Direction New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Recital. Auckland, 22 March 1947. Programme Lili Kraus. Direction New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Recital. Wellington, 27 March 1947. Programme Lili Kraus. Direction New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Recital. Dunedin, 2 April 1947. Programme Madame Lili Kraus. Pianoforte recitals. Town Hall Tauranga, 23-24 June 1947. Programme (typescript yellow flier) Kraus-Pikler Duo. Sonata recital, piano & violin. Town Hall Wellington, 15 July 1947. Programme (printed by Caxton Press) (2 copies) Lili Kraus, Robert Pikler. Beethoven Cycle; the ten sonatas for piano & violin. Duo for piano & violin. Programme (1st and 2nd programmes in same pamphlet; also inserted "Annotations" and pamphlet on "The sonata for piano and violin up to the time of Brahms" - 2 copies) Henryk Mierowski, famous Polish pianist. Lunch-time recital. Grand Opera House, 30 June [1947]. Yellow promotional flier J & N Tait have the honour to present Henryk Mierowski, famous Polish pianist. New Zealand tour 1947. Second recital. Programme (2 copies) J & N Tait have the honour to present Henryk Mierowski, famous Polish pianist. Lunch-time recital, all Chopin programme. Programme (2 copies) Nelson Male Voice Choir. Final concert 1947 season, 9 December 1947. Programme Palmerston North Choral Union. "Messiah". Opera House Palmerston North, 9 December 1947. Programme St Mary's College. Accompanist Mrs Phyllis Aldridge; proceeds for St Joseph's Orphanage. Programme with watercolour illustration on cover, printed by McKenzie, Thornton, Cooper Ltd, Wellington. Announcing a flying visit by Isaac Stern, brilliant American violinist, with his assisting artist Alexander Zakin. Town Hall Auckland, 16 and 18 September 1947. Promotional flier Isaac Stern recital. At the piano Alexander Zakin. Auckland Town Hall, 18 September 1947. Programme Isaac Stern recital. At the piano Alexander Zakin. Wellington Town Hall, 2 September 1947. Programme Isaac Stern recital. At the piano Alexander Zakin. Wellington Town Hall, 22 September 1947. Programme Isaac Stern recital. At the piano Alexander Zakin. Dunedin Town Hall, 24 September 1947. Programme Isaac Stern recital. At the piano Alexander Zakin. Civic Theatre Christchurch, 25 September 1947. Programme Complying with insistent demand, John Charles Thomas will make a grand farewell apperance in the Wellington Town Hall on Saturday night August 9th. Request programme [1947]. Pink flyer Complying with insistent demand, John Charles Thomas will make a grand farewell New Zealand appearance in the Auckland Town Hall. Plebiscite programme, 11 August [1947]. Flier only Alexander Levitoff presents Ninon Vallin, the ambassadress of art. New Zealand, Australian and Canadian tour 1947. Programme number one Alexander Levitoff presents Ninon Vallin, the ambassadress of art. New Zealand, Australian and Canadian tour 1947. Programme number two (2 copies) Alexander Levitoff presents Ninon Vallin, the ambassadress of art. New Zealand, Australian and Canadian tour 1947. Programme number three (2 copies) Wellington College. Recital of music. Conductor and solo organist Murray Fastier. Concert Orchestra by courtesy of the National Broadcasting Service. Town Hall Wellington, 15-16 April 1947. Programme (2 copies, one foxed) Robert Jensen presents the Young Hawke's Bay Trio (Renais Gage, Tom Gannaway, Marie Gannaway). Town Hall, 10 May 1947. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to quarto size, some illustrated.

Date: 1930 - 1940

By: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968; Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937

Reference: E-604

Description: Includes whimsical cartoons relating to random subjects such as shapes of ears, goldfish, cats in Wellington Zoo, the centenary of the pen-nib 1830-1930, the visit of publisher Jonathan Cape to New Zealand, Railways signs, men typing, modern dancing, motorists' hand signals, a review of 1934, vegetable gardening, Douglas Social Credit supporters' clothing, Scots College boxing championships, short or long pants, noisy cars and pneumatic drills, design of the new car number plates, abstract paintings, Wellington College caps, egg-eating contest at Ormondville, rugby and cricket matches, , middle-aged men, and many more. Also includes a Trevor Lloyd cartoon relating to the 1932-1933 budget. Also includes a programme flier for Archbishop Redwood's Diamond jubilee, Children's gathering, 28 February 1934. The back of one cutting mentioned the date 1933, but the backs of most are undated. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 72 newsclippings (approx), stuck into lined exercise book, with black cover 250 x 200 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Smith's Bookshop Limited in 2003. (Item 18 on "A short list of books for sale", October 2003)

Date: 1880s-1900

By: Keedwell, Robyn, active 1991

Reference: PAColl-1892

Description: Includes images relating to the Wairarapa WFCA and the Marlborough-Nelson Cycle Tour Quantity: 70 photocopy/ies in one envelope.

Date: [Between late 1940s and early 1950s]

By: Luke, Kenneth Ewart, 1890-1965

Reference: PA1-f-034

Description: Aerial photographs of the Wellington region. Many are of the inner city, with views of Parliament Buildings, Government Buildings, railway yards, and wharves. Areas further out include the National War Memorial and Carillon, the Basin Reserve, Wellington College and its grounds, and Lyall Bay. An aerial map of Rongotai through to Lyall Bay shows superimposed plans for the Rongotai airport (page 18). Outer areas of the Wellington region include Eastbourne, Paraparaumu, Days Bay, Lower Hutt and Petone. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover; 29.0 x 39.5 cm

Date: 2014

From: Bailey, David Ross, 1938- : Family history materials

Reference: MSDL-2271

Description: Four part illustrated autobiography by David Ross Bailey, written as a sequel to 'An illustrated history of the Bailey and Lauder families in Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia'. The four PDF files comprise one complete document, with parts labelled A-E. Quantity: 4 Electronic document(s).

Date: [Circa 1915-1925]

From: Avann, Leonard :Photographs of the Benbow, Prince and Birch families

By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PA1-o-027

Description: Snapshots of Wellington, including a view of Wellington College, and one of Worser Bay. Most of the images relate to Solway College, showing teachers, pupils, and some of the buildings. The students and teachers are named, and include pictures of the headmistress Marion B Thompson and her husband the Reverend Laurence Thompson. Among the photographs of students are pictures of Rona Benbow (later Rona Avann, wife of Leonard Avann, creator of the collection). Later photographs show Wellington Teachers' College, the Friends' Hostel, and include a group photograph of teachers at the college, taken by S P Andrew. Another image shows the Training College hockey team, circa 1920s. There are full lists of pupils at Solway College between its opening in February 1916, and 1966, in "Remembrance of things past; Solway College Golden Jubilee 1966" by Anne Tregurtha. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Cloth-bound album with brown paper cover, 175 x 240 mm

Date: December 1928

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Education-Secondary Schools-Wellington College-02

Description: View of Wellington College, northern Newtown, and Brooklyn from Mount Alfred. Wellington College astronomical observatory (the Gifford Observatory) can be seen on the skyline. Photographed in December 1928 for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.5 x 20.7 cm

Date: June 1932

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Education-Secondary Schools-Wellington College-01

Description: View of Wellington College and northern Newtown from Mount Alfred. Photographed in June 1932 for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.5 x 20.7 cm

Date: 1989

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1989/0428/14a-F

Description: The Governor General Sir Paul Reeves and Wellington College Old Boys in a fund raising run supporting the construction of the Child Cancer Foundation's accommodation Photographed on the 3rd of February 1989 for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer