Places

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6952

Description: 13 miscellaneous images: a house with a verandah and deck chairs; two of battleships, one moored at Overseas Terminal; the marina at Oriental Bay with the boathouses and Mount Victoria in the background; a view over Island Bay; a field of hay stacks; a large railway junction with various rolling stock and chimneys in the background; a view over Days Bay including the pier; men and women rock climbing; two motor buses outside a large house, possibly a hotel, with people milling around; the door to the Observatory Tower at the University of Canterbury; HMS Hood moored at an unidentified location; and people cooking outdoors under an awning. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-058211 to 058223 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-111

Description: Scenic views, mostly of New Zealand, some of Australia, and a few taken in Scotland. Photographs mostly taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead; two of those taken in Scotland were by George Washington Wilson (G.W.W.). The album also contains a large number of coloured postcards, coloured reproductions of paintings, and coloured scraps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, with black spine and corners, 27 x 38.5 cm

Date: 1877

From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]

By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm)

Reference: E-927-f-038-5

Description: Shows a view of Timaru from the south, with several ships in toe roadstead, The buildings of the town include a tall smoking chimney. At the left, and steam train travels southward. Date taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 106 x 228 mm.

Date: 1880s

From: Three albums of New Zealand views

Reference: PA1-o-983

Description: Views of New Zealand, comprising Mt Egmont from New Plymouth Domain, Napier, bullock team hauling wool at Cheviot, Wellington, Manawatu Gorge bridge, Manawatu Gorge, Rimutaka railway, Mount Alexander, Otira Gorge, Lyttelton breakwater, Armagh Street bridge in Christchurch, and Christchurch Cathedral. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1900-1912

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7586

Description: Two photographs of Duntroon Railway Station with Campbell Street next to it; men working on the railway near Duntroon railway bridge; the railway bridge at Duntroon; the bridge over the Mangaroa River with some old track next to it; looking down the platform at Palmerston North Railway Station with goods trains in the yards, a passenger express train at the platform, the Railway Hotel on the right and in the distance the businesses of Barraud & Abraham and A Loufresne, builder; Middlemarch Station with the Railway Hotel and a Billiard and Sample Rooms on the right; Fairlie Station with a coal train on the left; and steam locomotives including the Rotorua express at Morrinsville station. Photographer was Muir & Moodie. Two have a stamp, or part, in German on the reverse. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007953 and 007960 (duplicate at 1/2-105892) 1/2-007952 and 007959 are probably part of this collection too. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1899

By: Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: B-094-013

Description: Caricature and full-length portrait of William Rolleston, Superintendant of Canterbury, with a farmer and a sheep tucked under one arm and the Cheviot Railway in the background Published as: supplement to the Weekly Press, May 31 1899 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 452 x 288 mm

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PAColl-7406

Description: Photographs of Auckland including: looking across the harbour to Devonport; the Rakaia in Caliope dock; the Scotch church; looking down College Hill; Victoria Street looking across Queen Street to Albert Park showing businesses in the area such as Sharland & Co and R White boot shop; Mount Eden; the Supreme Court; the flagpole and cannons at the top of Albert Park looking out over the harbour; two views of Karangahape Road showing shops, carriages and carts; the first St Matthew's Church; St Paul's Church on Symonds Street; the public hospital showing the tennis court in front and the screens on the balconies; houses on Franklin Road, Ponsonby; the Railway Station with advertising for the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd and Arthur Cleave & Co; Ponsonby Road with a church on the left and J Clarke, undertakers, on the right; Ponsonby Road with a bakers and butchers on the right; the Synagogue on Princes Street; looking north along Queen Street with the DSC building on the right; a ship in dry-dock at the wharves; Hobson Street with St Matthew's Church on the right; and four views of the wharves including one showing the ferry. Photographs of Lyttelton: two elevated views to the harbour one with a church in the centre and the other with an artist painting the view at an easel; the railway lines at the wharves; and three men next to coal carts being loaded with coal from a ship at the wharves. Described on the reverse of the file prints as "copy negatives taken from faded prints". Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004172 to 004200 Quantity: 30 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1853-1857

By: Selfe, Henry Selfe, 1810-1870

Reference: MSX-8815

Description: Correspondence mainly concerns the Canterbury Association and the settlement of Canterbury Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (27 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, blue pamphlet case)

Date: [ca 1890-1931]

By: Anderson, Freda, active 1980s

Reference: PAColl-7302

Description: Postcards of New Zealand and Australia. Includes: Paihia showing the pier and a sign on a bathing hut for Mon Desir Guest House, with German writing and mention of Tracey's boarding house; the viaduct over the Makatote Gorge on the Main Trunk Railway; a ship moored at Lyttelton wharves; Town Hall and Wynyard Square, Sydney; and Government House from the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1895

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: G-368

Description: At the top left of this view in four sections, Lyttelton, looking north along the railway lines and wharves. In the centre, Christchurch Cathedral viewed from Cathedral Square. Top right is a further view of Lyttelton township from the hills above it, looking down. The bottom half of the picture is a view in Cathedral Square forming a half-circle with Colombo Street looking south to the Port Hills in the centre, and east and west Worcester Street on the left and right. Warner's Hotel and the Central Post Office are to the right of Colombo Street. Main panorama measures 195 x 870 mm ; main title trimmed Lithographed from photographic originals Extended Title - Supplement to New Zealand Graphic, Dec 18, 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, ca 350 x 870 mm

Date: 1929 - 1940

Reference: MapColl-834.44gbbd/[post1929]/Acc.34487

Description: Cadastral and topographic map of Arthur's Pass township showing 109 numbered sections alongside the Bealey River and the railway line. The railway station is marked. Avalanche Creek and Rough Creek intersect blocks of sections. Half of a chain access is noted alongside part of the Bealey River. Roads are shown. Areas of land are divided by colour coding or cross hatching to determine Railway Land or that which is under the control of the Board of Control for Arthur's Pass National Park. Note on left of map states: Arthur's Pass township area edged red is the area vested in the Board, over which they have leasing powers by special Act. Area edged yellow is railway Land and the part of this land with a hatched edging, is the approximate area which the railway authorities have agreed to hand over to the Board. Area shown cross hatched is area which the Hon. the Minister of Lands has agreed to hand over to the Board. Action in this direction is under way. All the rest of the land is already under the control of the Board except the bed of the Bealey River, and action is being taken to bring this under the control of the Board. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on paper, scale not given, 66.7 x 35.8 cm.

Date: 1934

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Mt-Cook-1934-01

Description: Combination of colour print, photographs and text on brochure. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Coloured print on folded brochure, 228 x 380 mm.

Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]

From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts

Reference: MS-Papers-10077-1

Description: Includes a typescript of ‘Journal of a journey from Nelson to the Port Cooper Plains’ (1850-1851) by Edward James Lee, and a typescript of ‘Wakapapa [sic] of Joseph Robinson with explanatory notes, etc’ (1940). Also included is a brief biography of Dr William Chapman, an early physician in Christchurch and a notice of indenture relating to Edward Corner, draper (1837). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description updated 12 July 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: 1901-1916

By: Mellor, C W (Mr), active 1901-1917

Reference: PAColl-9559

Description: Collection comprises: Album pages of New Zealand scenes including views of Dunedin, Invercargill, Wellington, Whanganui River, Rotorua, Rimutaka Incline, Christchurch, 1901. Some of the photographs are attributed to C W Mellor. Group portraits of officers during World War I, including C W Mellor Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: [1903-1920]

By: Grant, F J, active 1980s; Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-0362

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of New Zealand made by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Many of the images are of military inspections and displays by school children. There are also displays of Maori dancing and singing, the sailors of the HMS Renown, on which the prince had travelled , prior to their soccer match in Dunedin, the prince addressing the crowds etc. A number of the images are in two-part panoramas. Also included are four scenic photographs by the New Zealand Tourist Department which may have been taken in 1903. The photographer for the tour photographs was Guy. Other - Similar images at 1/2-032642, 045102 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Hart, Campbell & Company; New Zealand Railways; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-025

Description: Album of photographs collected by Albert Percy Godber which related to his interests. Photographers include Daniel Manders Beere, William Thomas Locke Travers and James Ring. Scenes in Australia include Adelaide waterworks, Currency Creek, the Murray River Bridge, the Thorndon Park Reservoir, and Port Adelaide River road & rail bridge. New Zealand scenes are chiefly in the South island, many relating to early railway construction, particularly areas involved in working on the Dunedin to Balclutha railway along the Waimakariri River, and around the Purakanui Cliffs. Of particular interest throughout the album are the construction and design of railway features such as bridges, viaducts and tunnels. North Island railway scenes include the Rimutaka Incline, the bend known as `Siberia', the Summit, and Pakuratahi. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 4 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 42 x 33 cm

Date: ca 1930s-1940s

Reference: PAColl-6610

Description: 9 views of Canterbury towns: Lincoln hotel, supply store and railway station; Hawarden Post and Telegraph Office; Waikari Post and Telegraph Office; street scene in Waikari; the promenade at Caroline Bay with a large hotel above it; the premises of the Dominion Compressed Yeast Company in Christchurch; and an unidentified town which is probably Timaru with boats moored in the harbour. Photographer unidentified. The image which is probably Timaru is identified in the negative accession register as Rotheram but this town is inland and near neither a lake nor a river therefore this is not likley to be correct. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018080, 1/4-018082 to 018088, and 1/4-018170 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1920

By: New Zealand Railways. Christchurch Section; Alex Wildey Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1920-05

Description: Booklet contains two publications: New Zealand Railways. Christchurch District. Visit of HRH The Prince of Wales to Christchurch, May 13th to 16th, 1920. Races at Christchurch, May 15th 1920 (26 pages) New Zealand Railways. Christchurch District. Visit of HRH The Prince of Wales to Ashburton, Temuka, Timaru and Oamaru, May 17th 1920 [and] Departure of HRH The Prince of Wales from Lyttelton, May 21st 1920. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 26 and 16 pages, each 260 x 195 mm, inside purple suede cover 272 x 205 mm, with gilt lettering. Accompanying original envelope Provenance: Donated by Mr R Waters, 1980. Accompanying envelope is addressed to the Prince of Wales, per favour R W McVilly, esq, General Manager, New Zealand Railways. Presumably it was never presented; or else presented and abandoned.

Date: 1872-1971

By: Brittenden family

Reference: MS-Papers-2055

Description: Letters and transcripts, press cuttings and other papers of three brothers who emigrated to New Zealand and Australia, 1877-1889, with their families, from Deal, Kent, England. They were members of a large party of watermen brought out to New Zealand as a group, generally referred to as the Deal Boatmen. Letters from Edward, who arrived on the "Star of India", 1874, comment on social conditions, and life on South Island railways, 1877-1912 (with diary of voyage from Lyttelton to UK on the SS `Turakina', Jul-Aug 1906); also his wife's and family's letters 1914-1958. Letters from James, comment on Dunedin, 1889-1892, giving first impressions, prices, trade union matters and working conditions. Letters from Frederick describing voyage to Lyttelton on the `Olive' in 1878, first impressions of Canterbury (later of Melbourne). Also letters of family members in South African War, World Wars I and II, and later papers; with notes, photographs and genealogical information. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Canterbury Museum, Archives Department, holds the original shipboard diary kept by Fred Brittenden and transcript of letter written by Fred, September 1878 Quantity: 2 folder(s) (50 pieces). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs (photocopies) Provenance: See collection file