Places

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: [Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers].

Reference: Eph-A-BOXING-1950s

Description: Includes: 1950s?: Wellington Boxing Association. Pass out 1951: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships 1951. Opera House Palmerston North, 24-26 September 1951. Programme 1952: Wellington Boxing Association. George Burke (Wellington) v Alfie Emerson (Australia); and, "Chub" Keith (Wellington) vs Don Mullett (Wellington). 18 February 1952. Programme 1953: Waimate Boxing Association. 25th jubilee 1928-1953. Anniversary programme 19853. 1954: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. Town Hall Wellington. 13-15 September 1954. Souvenir programme. 1954: Gerald Dreyer v Barry Brown. Basin Reserve, 15 January 1954. programme. 1957: Barry Brown (Wellington) v Ulf Christensen (Wellington). Wellington Town Hall, 24 June 1957. Programme. 1959: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. Theatre Royal Timaru, 5-7 October 1959. Souvenir programme Quantity: 1 folder(s) 7 programmes; 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated; some purchased. Transfers: Material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1563..

Date: 1930-1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-146

Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1930 and 1953. Includes two photographs taken at Bradshaw-Holland wedding, 1951; bride & groom (Jowett wedding); Sugeon-Commander R Buddle; Mr & Mrs W Sutherland, 1953; skaters at the opening of the Timaru Indoor Ice Skating Rink, Apr 1951; Jack Hurley's horse `Barras' competiting at Diamond Jubilee Show, Palmerston North, Nov 1950; `Lady Redwin' the best school pony at the Royal Agricultural Show, Auckland 1951 carrying John Davis, Charlie Swanson & Garrie Bowrie. Also delegates at meeting of the primary-producing groups, published in NZ Free Lance, 9 Oct 1946 (include N F Taylor of Waikato; H E Blyde of North Taranaki; E McCullam of South Taranaki. C H Crawford of Takapau, Hawke's Bay; P S Plummer of Waipawa; R W Kebbel of Wairarapa. W N Perry of Cambridge; A P O'Shea of Wellington; B V Cooksley of Wellington; W W Mulholland of Wellington). Also A H Ward (Director of Herd Improvement) and H W Davey of Hamilton, at Dominion Dairy Conference, 1949. Group photograph of Sunlight League Committee, 1940s; gymnastic display by PT instructors of RNZN, 1950. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1950 - 1979

By: Lee, Owen Raymond, 1918-2002; Farmer-Lee, E, active 1970s

Reference: E-615

Description: Includes photographs of drawings of buildings made for his book "Patterns of the past; some historic New Zealand buildings" (1977). Also includes photographs of eight portrait drawings of heads and nudes. The buildings featured in the drawings are (from North): St John's Church Waimate North; Stone store and mission house Kerikeri; Mansion house Kawau; Ferry Building Quay Street Auckland; Chief Post office Auckland; Jewish Synagogue Auckland; Melanesian Mission Museum Mission Bay; Ewelme Cottage Parnell Auckland; Old wooden buildings Victoria Street Auckland; "Alberton" Mt Albert Road Auckland; Mokai ghost town near Taupo; General Assembly Library and Parliament Buildings Wellington; Provincial Council Chambers Christchurch; Provincial Council Buildings - Bellamy's; Langlois-Eteveneaux Cottage Akaroa; Holme Station homestead South Canterbury; Lighthouse Timaru; Springdale historic farm buildings south of Timaru; St Augustine Church of England Waimate; Railway Station Dunedin; Corner of Cumberland and Dundas Streets Dunedin; Law Courts Dunedin; Terrace houses Stuart Street Dunedin; Buckingham Street Arrowtown; Sunderland Street Clyde. There are also three unidentified drawings (E-615-034/036). Also includes three photographs of paintings by E Farmer-Lee: "Feisal's Night Camp", "The Estuary", and Approaching dusk, Denmark, 1972" (E-615-037/039). Quantity: 39 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographs, sizes varying up to 95 x 130 mm. Provenance: From the estate of Owen R Lee. Transfers: Negatives for these photographic prints, acquired at the same time, are housed in the Photographic Archive..

Date: 1955

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

Reference: Plans-97-011-105

Description: Shows proposed alterations to first floor plan. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 460 x 470 mm.

Date: 1951

From: [Ephemera, sales catalogues, and advertising of octavo size, for retail firms, traders, shops and stores. 1951-1954]

By: W T Rawleigh Company Ltd; Owen, Dylan, 1958-

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-1951-01

Description: An order form in the shape of a postcard addressed to the Rawleigh dealer, H O Fort, 3 RD Timaru. The verso shows a list of available products which one could mark with a tick in each box, and post. Items included medicines, toilet articles, toilet soap, food flavourings, spices, food products, cleansers, and stock and poultry preparations (fly killer, colic ease, louse powder, stock and poultry food supplements). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card, 97 x 158 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1951

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-1951

Description: Includes: Auckland Amateur Operatic Society Inc. presents its thirty-second season "Show boat". Produced by John N Thomson. St James Theatre, 19-31 May 1951. Programme (2 copies) Christchurch Operatic Society (Inc) present "Bless the bride", produced by Stan Lawson. Theatre Royal Christchurch, commencing 6 October 1951. Programme Ex-Services Operatic Society Incorporated proudly present another N.Z. premiere "Castles in Spain", a South American musical romance. Produced by Leonard Green; musical director Lindsay Hall. Playhouse Auckland, commencing 20 October 1951. Programme Gisborne Amateur Operatic Society presents "Our Miss Gibbs. Produced by Cecily Gregory; musical director D G Dyer. 1951. Programme (partial) Light Opera Company present the all-time record-breaking comic opera triumph "The merry widow". Producer Molly Donald; musical director Frank Poore. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, commencing 3 November 1951. Promotional pamphlet only Masterton Choral Society presents concert version of "Maritana", composed by Vincent W Wallace. Conductor Robert Matthews; pianiste Hazel Thompson. Knox Hall Masterton, 23 June 1951. Programme (2 copies) Palmerston North Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents "The merry widow". Producer Eva Moore. Opera House Palmerston North, from 24 November [1951]. Programme Palmerston North Technical School presents Gilbetrt & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the guard", with Alex Lindsay Orchestra. Conductor Anthony Larsen; piano Doris Sheppard. 1951. Programme Timaru Choral Society. "The bartered bride", music by Frederic Smetana; libretto by Karel Sabina. Theatre Royal Timaru, 30 July 1951. Programme Wellington Musical & Dramatic Society (Inc) presents "The count of Luxembourg". Producer and musical director Edward Beeby. Grand Opera House Wellington, 21-28 July 1951. Programme (2 copies) and ticket Quantity: 11 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 250 mm.

Date: 1951

From: [Whitefriars Glass Works] :[Six designs for stained glass windows for New Zealand churches. 1940-60s].

By: James Powell & Sons (Firm)

Reference: C-129-029

Description: Shows three-panelled pointed-arched window in later Gothic revival style with white glass background. The central window shows St Michael slaying a dragon, above Joshua in regal dress, and the crest of the airforce, with "Per ardua ad astra" below. The left panel shows Saint holding helmet and spear , above Gideon in armour, and the crest of the army below. The right panel shows Saint Nicholas holding a sailing ship, above David with his harp, and the crest of the navy below. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - 9386/197 1951 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 3 panels stuck to card, 535 x 269 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's London auction 28.5.1997, lot 92.

Date: 1926 - 1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Bremford, S A, active 1934-1948

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-028

Description: Photographs of Timaru, 1926 to 1951, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes several photographs of carnivals, bands playing in the sound shelter and people in bathing costumes at Caroline Bay. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1926 - 1959 - 1927

By: Timaru Agricultural & Pastoral Association (Inc)

Reference: Eph-A-SHOW-Timaru

Description: Includes schedule or catalogues for: 61st exhibition, 28-28 October 1926. Prize schedule and catalogue. 62nd exhibition. 26-27 October 1027. Prize schedule South Island Championship Show, 24-25 November 1959. Catalogue Quantity: 4 album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 215 x 140 mm.

Date: 1954

By: Langwood Studio; Gordon C Pope (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1954-02

Description: Booklet of photographs showing incidents during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Timaru. Shows their arrival by car through a floral arch, their meeting with the Mayor Mr R E White, with the Hon W A Bodkin, a reproduction of an address of welcome by Mr G Harvey, bound by Mr L Dockrill; members iof the crowd present including the Mayor of geraldine mr P H Davis, the president of the NZ Institute of County Clerks (Mr W J Collins), the Mayor of temuka (Mr G A Harris), the Chairman of levels County Council (Mr D C Doake), the crowds along the streets including Kiwis and Diggers, and South African veterans. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 177 x 215 mm.

Date: 1866-[ca 1955]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9827-1

Description: Includes - Photographs of explorer Charles Edward Douglas. Group of men in a cart drawn by four horses, 1920. Group of South African War veterans outside the Beverly Home, Timaru, 1950s. Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd laying a wreath at the Scott Memorial, Christchurch, ca 1928. View of Lyttelton. Men crossing a river. Farmers tree at Beverly. Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. The Prince of Wales at Ashburton, 17 May 1920. Galloway homestead. Fraser's jewellery shop, Timaru, ca 1935. Views of Southland, ca 1905. Crowd at Invercargill celebrating the relief of Mafeking, May 1900. Early settler's houses, one built of cobb and thatched. Photographs relating to the centenary of T & J Thompson Ltd, Timaru, 1944. Brunner coal mine, 1866. TSS Earnlaw on Lake Wakatipu. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950 - 2020

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-T

Description: Includes ephemera for hotels in the following locations: Taranaki (especially around Mount Taranaki, excludes New Plymouth) Tasman (see also some in N - Nelson - folder) Tauranga Te Kuiti Tekapo Timaru Tokaanu Turangi Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1948-1956

From: New Zealand Alliance : Records

Reference: 77-206-09/07

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910-1950

From: Dalgety New Zealand Ltd :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7491-1

Description: Group portraits of staff at Dalgety & Co, Timaru; stock agents' course at Lincoln College, June-July 1948; football team, and unidentified groups. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0387 (Dalgety New Zealand Ltd records).

Date: 1918-1957

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: MS-Papers-3562

Description: Papers include several letters written to Haylock by various people, during the 1940s giving information on his forebears in Akaroa and Banks Peninsula. Also included is an obituary of S C Farr, dated 14 Jul 1918, an article written by Haylock on Captain James Bruce, an autobiographical account of his time in Timaru entitled `Recollections of Timaru 1877-1882' which deals mainly with his activies in the `Rocket Brigade' and the shipwrecks of that era and a newspaper clipping dated 11 May 1957 which also deals with shipwrecks near Timaru. A biographical note written by Haylock's son or daughter gives some details of his life. Source of title - Supplied title Arthur Lagden Haylock was born in Akaroa in 1860. In 1877 he entered the Government Service as a cadet, and was posted to the Land Office at Timaru. His great interest in the sea and ships led him to join the `Timaru Rocket Brigade', a group of volunteers which watched over vessels anchored in the roadstead. He was transferred to Christchurch and then Wellington and after his retirement was active in the Anglican Church's Men's Society and also continued his interest in compiling records of early events, especially shipwrecks. He died in 1948. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1956-1970

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

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-07

Description: Papers include a report on littoral shift and wave problems at Timaru Harbour, by Haudraulics Research Station, England, Feb 1970, Timaru Harbour Board publication on Meat Loading Facilities and Waterfront Industry Commission chart on Bluff Port. Other - NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F07 T01 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1959-1972

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

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-15

Description: Papers include reports, conference papers and investigations for several harbour boards in New Zealand. Also contains photographs of Devonport Naval Base and Lake Coleridge Hydro-electric Power Station Other - original file - NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F15 T01 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1948-1950, 1966, 1979

From: Tomlinson, David Oswald, 1924-2003: Photographs chiefly relating to cycling

Reference: PA1-o-1809

Description: Items collected by David Oswald Tomlinson. Chiefly photographs in an album showing cyclists at bicycle races in Christchurch between 1948-1950 and circa 1950s. Many cyclists and events are named, with information about the race results, and brief comments regarding the photographs and the cycling events. Includes photographs taken at the Canterbury Centennial Games in December 1950. Also includes photo-mechanical prints autographed by Jan Derksen and Arie Van Vliet and some newspaper cuttings dated 1966 and 1979 that relate to cyclists included in the album. Photographer, and compiler of album, unidentified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Small blue photograph album, 25x19 cm

Date: 1955

From: Morris, Raymond, fl 1955-2011 :Colour slides of New Zealand and overseas

Reference: PA12-8447

Description: Photographs of Christchurch, Arthur's Pass, Timaru, and Queenstown, taken 1955 by Raymond Morris. Includes photographs of railway viaduct on West Coast line, winter excursion train at Springfield, swing bridge, cyclists at Caledonian Ground in Timaru, and Queenstown motor camp. Also includes a photograph of Raymond Morris at Arthur's Pass. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: [ca 1952-1960]

From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-1631

Description: Album containing scenic photographs of the South Island from Picton to Invercargill. Publication Note - This photograph album was published in 2002, 'Photography by Gladys Goodall : A record prepared by Gladys, for her sister Edna in 1960, of South Island photography', compiled by Laurence Eagle Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 26.5 x 33 cm