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Date: 1910 - 1930

By: Hazledine, Percival Charles, 1892-1954

Reference: PAColl-3048

Description: Photographs of Invercargill and Southland taken 1910a-1930s by P C Hazledine, portrait and wedding photographer of Invercargill. Includes: two images of nuns of the Good Shepherd; four of the unveiling of the war memorial for Limehills, Barkley, Boggyburn and Otapiri; the North Island Country football team; and the church at Mossburn. Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 1/1-022076 to 022090, 22123 to 22139, 22472 to 22535, 1/2-186459 to 186490, and 1/4-051320 to 051334 Quantity: 100 b&w original negative(s) Approximate figure. Exact number unknown.

Date: [1914?]

By: Giles, Edmund Douglas, 1853?-

Reference: MS-0832

Description: Reminiscence of his early years in Somersetshire including details of the Giles forbears back to 1772; description of the voyage to Nelson on the `John Bunyan' in 1868; time spent in Westport where his uncle Dr Giles was the Resident Magistrate; gold mining on the West Coast; travel to Queensland via Sydney (includes descriptions of Sydney, Brisbane and Rockhampton); working as a bullock driver and later a ration carrier and drover, etc in Queensland; describes station life and his other outback experiences; Kanaka labourers in Queensland; Tasmania; return to Barcoo, Queensland; aborigines in Queensland; time spent on New Hebrides, Fiji and other islands in the Pacific; return to New Zealand; family and travel in the early 1900s. Edmund Giles immigrated to New Zealand with his brother Edgar on the `John Bunyan' in 1868. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (231 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: ca 1907

By: Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?

Reference: PAColl-6576

Description: Two views of the wharves at Westport with many ships moored, one with a man standing punting in the foreground. Photographer was Henry Thomas Lock as identified by the initials HTL. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015412 to 015413 Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1938, 1946, 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-164

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1938, 1946 and 1949. Includes: Collection of photographs taken at the Victory Parade held in London in 1946; sea rescue of NZ coastal ship `Awahou' near Fiji by `Degel', Nov 1949; group photo of members of No 41 Transport Squadron RNZAF who were co-operating with RAF in flying the Singapore-Hong Kong scheduled flights (taken at Officers Mess at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong), 1949. Also: Memorial erected at Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch to victims of Ballentyne's fire, Nov 1947; Solent flying boat over Westport, Nov 1949; wool sale held in Concert Chamber of Auckland Town Hall - auctioneer's view of the buyers; Mrs Alan Grant's tulip farm at `Craigburn', Waimate; S W Moult with his 1898 model International tourer at Paraparaumu School Jubilee celebrations, Nov 1949. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1890-1891

From: National Union of Railway Workers : Records

Reference: MSY-3649

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1914-1930

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/07

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-070

Description: View across flat land with three small carriages on a railway line, trees and mountains beyond Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, page size 105 x 180 mm.

Date: 1913, 1920-1932

By: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-5041

Description: Prospecti, draft annual reports, mining and geological survey reports, and newspaper cuttings relevant to a number of gold and coal mining companies Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres.

Date: 1920, 2000

From: Filer family : Letters from James Filer

Reference: MS-Papers-6930-2

Description: Transcriptions of letters from James Filer to his father and step-mother in the United Kingdom written while he was travelling on the SS `Borda' to Australia via South Africa; also one letter written to them from Westport Filer wrote in diary form describing the course of the voyage, activities and events on board the ship, various sightings from it, their time in Cape Town, and arrival in Australia; included in the transcript are copies of photographs showing the ship, passengers and other aspects of the voyage. The transcriber and editor, Hubert Filer, also divided the account into England to Cape Town, 4-23 Jun 1920, Cape Town to Durban, 25-28 Jun 1920, Durban to Adelaide, 5-22 Jul 1920, Adelaide to Melbourne, 31 Jul-1 Aug 1920, Sydney, 9 Aug 1920 and New Zealand, 22 Aug 1920. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910

From: Swan family : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0109-012

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: 1987 - 1870 - 1879

From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]

By: Gateway Pictures

Reference: B-123-028

Description: Shows two gold-diggers standing outside their hut, with a dog. The photograph was taken in the 1870s. Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm

Date: 1928 - 1930

Reference: PAColl-6549

Description: Two portraits of Harry Holland seated at his desk in his study in his house at Westport, one where he is looking down at his work and another where he is looking at the camera. Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015089 and 012546 Quantity: 2 - print and negative.

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: [Circa 1900s]

By: York Studio (Wellington N.Z.); Beattie, John Watt, 1859-1930; Muir & Moodie (Firm); New Zealand. Tourism Department; Dutch, F W, active 1900-1906; Bateman, J K, active 1945

Reference: PA1-o-035

Description: Album of views of Hobart, Australia, and of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Taken by a number of different photographers, some unidentified, but those identified include the York Studio (Christchurch), John Watt Beattie (Tasmania), Muir and Moodie (Dunedin), and the New Zealand Tourist Department. The New Zealand images range from Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri in the south, to the Rotorua area in the north. Inscriptions: Album page - "Presented to the New Zealand Government by J.K. Bateman, Esq., 12 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1, 10 October 1945" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by J K Bateman, London

Date: 1879-1899

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/03

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Between 1899 and 1902]

From: Morice, Charles George Frederick, 1868-1966 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-162

Description: Views of South African war, showing activities of New Zealand and Canadian troops; many photographs of Afrikaners (including a portrait of Paul Kruger) and Zulu people; photographs of Richard and Louisa Seddon in South Africa, and on board ship en route to coronation of Edward VII in 1901. The album also includes views of Maori officers who travelled to the coronation as part of the New Zealand Army contingent. There are signed photographs of J R Taylor, and H Rees (p 69) Inscriptions: Album page - Charles G. Morice (Ex libris, signature inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, black leather corners and spine; 28.5 x 37.5

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: 2004

By: Buller Historical Society; Bodesheim, Michaela, active 2004

Reference: Eph-A-LIBRARY-2004-01

Description: Pamphlet giving a short history of the Carnegie Library, Westport with photographs, a sketch of the Thames Library, and a floor plan in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy on folded pamphlet, 210 x 100 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Michaela Bodesheim, Westport, in 2004.

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).