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Date: 1920 - 1924

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-1920/1924

Description: Includes: 1920: J Bateson & Son, Townbelt Nursery, Hamilton East. General catalogue 1920. ca 1920: Frankish Bros & Co. Ltd, seedsmen & nurserymen, Wanganui. General seed catalogue [ca 1920?] 1920: D Hay & Son, Montpellier Nurseries Auckland. Importers, raisers and distributors of new and rare fruits, etc. etc. Supplementary catalogue 1920. 1920: Thos Horton Ltd, Premier Nurseries, Hastings. General catalogue of Horton's pedigree fruit trees, ornamental plants, shade trees, rhododendrons, etc. [1920] 1920: Palmerston North Associated Nurserymen's price-list of select bedding & other plants, obtainable from: A C Bradfield; Hepburn & Turner; P D Henderson; Mrs J Imrie; A W Just; W V Kingsbeer; Nairn & Nairn; A J Shailer. 1920. ca 1920: Reliance Seed Store (R A Nicol, Wellington). Hints on gardening [ca 1920] 1921: B H Just Botanical Nurseries, Palmerston North. 1921 cash price list 1921: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu, Auckland. Roses and citrus trees, etc. General catalogue. Season 1921 1921: New Zealand Farmers Co-operative Association of Canterbury Limited. Co-op seed guide 1921 1921: A J Shailer, nurseryman, Scandia St., Palmerston North. Trade register. Summer edition December 1921. [Inside entitled] Duncan & Davies Ltd summer list 1921: T Waugh & Son, Hutt Valley Nurseries, Lower Hutt. Waugh's roses and carnations. 1921 1922: J N Anderson & Son Ltd, Napier. Anderson's general catalogue, 1922-23 1922: J M Baxter, Christchurch. Descriptive catalogue of native trees, shrubs and plants. Season 1922. 1922: W Bayliss & Son. New and rare daffodils and general bulb catalogue. Season 1922-23 1922: Christchurch Nursery Co. Roses, fruit trees etc grown for sale by the Christchurch Nursery Co., premier rose growers. 1922 1922: F Cooper Ltd. Wellington. Seed catalogue season 1922 1922: F Cooper Ltd. Cooper's catalogue of trees, plants, shrubs, etc. Season 1922 1922: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu, Auckland. Catalogue of roses and citrus trees, etc. 1922 1922: Gilbert J Mackay, seedsman and florist, 98 Queen Street Auckland. Mackay's autumn list of sweet peas, flowering bulbs, etc. 1922 1922: C C Rasmussen's catalogue of roses, carnations, ornamental, fruit, hedge and shelter trees, etc. Constantia Nursery, Lewis Avenue, Aramoho, Wanganui. 1922 1923: J N Anderson & Son Ltd. Anderson's select bulbs, 1923-24 1923?: J Bateson & Son, Waikato's premier nurseries, Hamilton East. General catalogue [1923?] 1923: W Bayliss & Son, Brnydwr Nurseries, Jeffrey's Road, Fendalton, Christchurch. Descriptive catalogue of the best and most up-to-date collection of chrysanthemums, carnations, roses, flowering shrubs, cactus, dahlias & fruit trees. Season 1923. 1923: Benefield & Sons, Aramoho Nurseries, Wanganui. Rose & general catalogue [1923] 1923: F Cooper Ltd, Wellington. Seed catalogue, season 1923. 1923: J Johnston & Son, Bella Vista Nursery, Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland. General catalogue [1923] 1923: B H Just, botanical nurseries Palmerston North. 1923 cash price list of fruit trees and shrubs, forest trees, flowering trees and shrubs, hedge trees and plants, etc 1923: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu. Novelties of 1923 1923: Gilbert J Mackay, seedsman and florist, Nurseries near Royal Oak, Onehunga. Mackay's catalogue. Fruit, shelter and ornamental trees, hedge plants, roses, etc. [1923] 1923: C C Rasmussen's catalogue of roses, carnations, ornamental, fruit, hedge and shelter trees, etc. Constantia Nursery, Lewis Avenue, Aramoho, Wanganui. 1923. 1924: A W Buxton Ltd. Buxton's 1924-25 seed list. 1924: Evans & Sawyer, carnation specialists, Manakau. trade list for season 1924. Perpetual flowering carnations and dianthus 1924: Thos Horton Ltd Premier Nurseries, Hastings and Pahiatua. Selected Premier roses, premier trees. [1924] 1924: Ivorys Ltd, Christchurch. Ivory's double-vigour trees for orchard, garden and forest. [1924] 1924: J Johnston & Sons, Ponsonby Auckland, nurserymen. 1924 trade list 1924: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu, Auckland. Catalogue of roses and citrus trees [1924] 1924: Frank Mason, rose specialist, Sandon Road, Feilding. Descriptive catalogue and guide to roses, carnations and other plants. 1924 1924: C C Rasmussen's catalogue of roses, carnations, ornamental, hedge, shelter and fruit trees, etc. Constantia Nursery, Lewis Avenue, Aramoho, Wanganui. 1924 (2 copies) 1924: T Waugh & Son, Hutt Valley Nurseries, Lower Hutt. [General advertising booklet, prepared for the Wellington Winter Show 1924] Quantity: 38 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 220 x 150 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Auckland scenes] / Cranleigh Barton. - [1930s?]

Reference: A-227-050

Description: Shows two buildings, one covered in ivy situated in park type grounds, includes people standing in the grounds. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed: Cranleigh Barton Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: 1834-1988

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2856

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1985-1991

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

Reference: 94-106-43/04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1890-1994]

By: Crosado, Douglas Armstrong, 1921-1994

Reference: MS-Group-0396

Description: Records are mainly of railway trade unions, especially with reference to the railway workshop unions; also research notes and drafts of studies made in the history of the railway workshops and trade unions; the records also include large amounts of circulars, and publications. Crosado's main area of activity was with the Otahuhu Branch of the Railway Tradesmens' Association, and the records reflect this bias. Papers concerning compulsory unionism in the railways and re-organisation of the railway workshops Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: The records have been box-listed. The main unit within these archives boxes are file boxes which have on them Crosado's own file number. Quantity: 120 box(es). 9 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 40.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Mr Crosado's own alphabetical (and somewhat incomplete) index to his file system is at 95-072-100.. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr K Crosado, 1988 & 1995 (88-292 & A95-072) Transfers: To Oral History Collection - 4 boxes of tape recordings made by Mr Crosado - To Serials Collection - 4 boxes of periodicals - To Photographic Archive - Photographs (to be counted). Processing information: Previous access statement "Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was removed on 18 July 2022 when access restriction was updated to 'No access restrictions'.

Date: 1978

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

By: New Zealand National Party; Manukau Institute of Technology

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1978-01

Description: States that if elected R P Ah Chee would be Otahuhu's first National M.P. and New Zealand's first Chinese M.P. This candidate was not elected. Other Titles - Ah Chee achieves Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on either side of pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on pamphlet 200 x 200 mm (unfolded)

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: PAColl-6472

Description: The collection consists of 36 images of West Coast schools, 6 of schools in other areas, 3 of views of other areas and a further 11 images of the tour party themselves and the cars they travelled in. The photographer is unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-002832 to 1/4-002887 Quantity: 56 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1968-1979

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

Reference: 94-106-43/02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1992

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc], 1949- :New Zealand Herald; Cartoons, 11 June - 30 June 1992

Reference: H-012-012

Description: Shows a dole queue sign pointing to a tunnel, labelled Otahuhu Workshops, and dozens of footprints leading into the tunnel. Refers to the redundancies resulting from the closure of New Zealand Rail's Otahuhu workshops and to New Zealand Rail's decision to allow Kaikoura residents to use a rail tunnel because of a slip on the road Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

Date: 1982-1983

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PAColl-0011

Description: Photographs illustrate rolling stock, electronic equipment, personnel and other aspects of NZR operations Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-090

Description: The essay details the lives of the Morriss family who have their origins in 1750 in Barnack, Northamptonshire; they crossed the border to Lincolnshire about 1806, mainly into the parishes of Holbeach and Gedney. In 1854 James Morriss and family emigrated to South Australia, settling near Adelaide. The majority of the family remained in Australia. John Frederick Morriss and his brother George Ackland Morriss came to New Zealand in 1901 on the Belimba. George returned to Australia but John remained, married Ethel Dinnison in Auckland in 1906 and settled at Otahuhu. The essay traces their lives and those of their children Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Photographs of William Wilkin Morriss and his wife Emily Ann (nee Staples), ca 1926; John Frederick Morriss and wife Ethel (nee Dinnison), 1952; Frank Dinnison Morris and wife Gladys Isobel (nee Reed), 1975

Date: 1952-1967

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

Reference: 94-106-43/01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1970-1974

From: New Zealand Family Planning Association : Records

Reference: 97-035-02/19

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1890-1910]

From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs

By: Brown & Stewart (Firm); Whittington, A J (Mr), active 1900

Reference: PAColl-10177-3

Description: Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900, probably in the Auckland area, and sold by A J Whittington, Elstow Photo, and Brown & Stewart. Prints include a living room interior (including teapot, toast rack fruit bowl, decanter flower arrangement, and camera visible), an unidentified Maori family on the porch of a house, a [Kauri logger's?] shack, Colonel Nixon Monument in Otahuhu, and a man milking a cow into the mouth of one cat while others gather around. Quantity: 5 b&w stereoscopic cards (including postcards). Physical Description: Stereoscopic cards

Date: 19 Feb 1993

From: Te Roopu Rawakore o Aotearoa oral history project

By: McCallum, Doug, 1955-

Reference: OHInt-0662/20

Description: Doug McCallum recalls working at Otahuhu Railway Workshops and involvement with trade unions. Describes formation of Auckland Unemployed Workers Union and gives reasons for forming the group. Mentions some of the original members - Graham Wimp, Simon Wallis, Doreen Suttons and Billy Baines. Talks about Advocacy service and drop-in centres at Glen Innes and Otahuhu. Mentions alternative Economic Document. Gives impressions of differences between AUWU and AUWRC. Discusses role of Federation of Labour; Scheme Workers' strikes; attacks on Domestic Purposes Beneficiaries by [Sir Robert] Muldoon; influence of Socialist Unity Party in AUWU; involvement of other factions such as Labour Party and Communist Party; manipulation of unemployment figures by the government; demonstration outside St James Theatre during meeting of Rob Muldoon; Membership stucture of AUWU and `Out of Work' newspaper. Other people mentioned include: Syd Pilkington, Gail Arnott Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Karen Davis Venue - TUC Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010388 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3533.

Date: 4, 5, August 1998 - 04 Aug 1998 - 05 Aug 1998

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Grant, Steve, 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0478/37

Description: Steve Grant born Scotland, arrived in New Zealand 1947. Recalls apprenticeship as an electrician with Union Steam Ship Company. Describes working life on ships before joining the Otahuhu workshops. Talks about union activities at the workshops and how he became General Secretary of the Railway Tradesmen's Association. Recalls introduction of Amenity Blocks. Discusses progression through the union ranks and the role of the RTA; compulsory unionism; branch relationship with union executive; Catholic Action Group at Otahuhu workshops to counter communist influence; Muldoon electioneering in Otahuhu workshops; strength of apprentices during World War II; 1952 Railway strike; working conditions in the Railways during the late 1950s and 1960s and reaction of RTA to new technology. Mentions the introduction of female apprentices into Railway workshops and some of the resulting problems. Mentions Doug Crosado, Ray Gough, Bill Higgins, Harry Taylor, Allan Goldsmith, Richard Prebble and [Brian] Talboys. Discusses the Combined State Services Organisation and the Ruling Rate Survey in relation to Railway Officers Institute. Explains the relationship with Locomotive Engineers' Association, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants / National Union of Railwaymen (employees), New Zealand Engineers' Union and Federation of Labour. Talks about formation of joint union-management scheme - Employees Assistance Programme and its introduction within the Railways. Other topics recalled include: health and safety issues; concerns over asbestos; wage freeze by Kirk Goverment; Compulsory Medical Retirement in 1972; relationship between RTA and Accident Compensation Corporation; education programmes; RTA Journal; Federation of Labour Transport Union Committee; RTA protest over Vietnam War; opposition of Otahuhu branch to Springbok rugby tours; support for international strikes; strike in Twizel; campaign for allowances for apprentices; 1966 strike; Save the Rail Campaign; Employment Contracts Act (1991): sale of New Zealand Rail, with reference to Wisconsin Rail and Ruth Richardson. Mentions Jack Marshall, Tom Skinner, Norris Collins, Trevor Gebbie, Ken Douglas, F P Walsh, Norman Kirk, Koro Wetere. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007578-007582 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.11 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1914.

Date: 1908 - 1910

By: Willott, Victor Alfred, 1888-1932; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-CALENDAR-1909-01

Description: Colourful poster has a perpetual calendar in the centre, and is surrounded by advertisements for local businesses of Pukekohe, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, Otahuhu and Papakura. Above the calendar panel is a circular head and shoulders portrait of a clean-shaven Maori chief with facial moko; he is flanked by illustrations of the Scottish thistle and the English rose. Immediately above the calendar is a line of three-leafed clovers, and other illustrations included a boy and girl scout, and two illustrations of a taiaha and long-handled tewhatewha together. Advertising businesses include: Pukekohe: Herb Brunton, hairdresser and merchant; J Adams & Sons, butchers; H Dell & Sons, saddlers; R Miller, tailor; Frank Perkins & Co, grocers; W Wright, watchmaker Manurewa: Grand View Accommodation House; D R Tabot & Sons, storekeepers Otahuhu: B Jenkins, tailor; T Jameson, bicycle builder Papatoetoe: J Hunter, plumber and gasfitter; S E Moe, motorcycle shop; Frank H Wells, building contractor; W J Dilworth, saddler; G Rawnsley, boot and shoe maker Papakura: Richardson Bros, Papakura Steam Joinery Factory; Papakura Hotel (Mrs W A Waterman, proprietress); A Watson, boot and shoe emporium Text refers to 1906 in the past. The artist Victor Willot was 21 in 1909. Mrs Waterman of the Papakura Hotel died in 1915 aged 74 (information from Papers Past). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on sheet 780 x 580 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private owner, June 2013.

Date: 1917

From: [Ephemera and horticulture sales catalogues issued by New Zealand plant nurseries, 1916-1919].

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-1917-01

Description: Supplementary sales catalogue issued by W E Lippiatt, a rose-grower of Otahuhu. It lists new named roses raised by Alex Dickson and Sons, W E Lippiatt, Croibier and Fils, B R Cant and Sons, McGredy and Son, Alister Clark, Wm Paul and Son, Hugh Dickson Ltd and other raisers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 6 pages, 233 x 155 mm.

Date: 22 Dec 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-54653

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 1 Apr 1961

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-55232

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative