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Date: [Early 1880s?]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PA1-q-153

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers, circa early 1880s. Images include several Maori groups, Maori kainga, meeting houses, carving; a large number of views of mud pools, geysers, hot springs, and in particular views of the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera eruption in 1886. Other views show areas of the South Island, including Dunedin City, Oamaru, Christchurch; and the North island including Auckland, Thames District (a number showing aspects of gold mining in the area). The last photograph, of the R.M.S.S. Zealandia was taken by Taber Photo, San Francisco. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with grey blue cover, black corners and spine edged with gold; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: [1950-1977]

By: Isdale, Alistair Murray, 1911-2001

Reference: 74-087

Description: Comprises comprehensive drafts of histories of the Thames region, mostly taken from newspapers, and presented chronologically. Box 1 has Isdale's `History of Thames Borough' (pp 1-6209); box 2, `In extenso notes for history the `The River Thames'' (pp 1-8094); and box 3, further typescripts (pp 3152-7547, and pp 7548-8094). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Carbon typescripts with holograph annotations Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: [1937]

By: Nicholl, William Sharman Crawford, 1851?-1937

Reference: MS-1713-1714

Description: The first part describes gold prospecting at the Thames & Coromandel, in Fiji, & at the Klondyke; the second part the start of mining at Waihi Arrangement: MS-1713-1714 are boxed together Quantity: 2 volume(s) (94, 26 pages). Physical Description: Mss (26 cm; dark brown imitation leather folder) Provenance: The manuscript was received through Mr J P Wilson of the Waihi High School, who notes that the 2nd part was received in 1937. The writer died a few weeks later.

Date: 1880-1889

By: F Bradley & Company; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-o-497

Description: Album of photographs compiled ca 1880s, from print published by F Bradley & Co, of Christchurch. Comprises views of Shag Rock, Timaru, Christchurch, Bealey, Greymouth, Oamaru, Rangitata River bridge, Dunedin, Taupo, Waimakariri River bridge, Governor's Bay, Kaiapoi, Arthur's Pass, Kawau Island, Cheviot, Akaroa Harbour, Alfred Falls, the Pink Terrace, White Island, Otira Gorge, Pigeon Bay, gold mining at Thames, Nelson, Heathcote River, the cable car across the Taramakau River, Sumner, and Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu. Also included are carte de visite portraits of Maori. Among the photographers whose work is shown are Herbert Deveril and Daniel Louis Mundy. Each photograph has a printed inscription attached on the back of the page. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 17 Jun 1997

By: Costar, Dorothy Christina, 1942-; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; New Zealand. Department of Corrections

Reference: OHColl-0549/1

Description: Dorothy Christina Costar born Thames. Outlines family background - father, a miner, later worked for A & G Price, Thames. Mother was dental receptionist for [Mr] Shaw, the dentist, Thames. Describes: Thames which had a population of five and a half thousand people; schools - Thames South and Thames Central, with reference to Miss Baker; school uniforms; Church of Christ Sunday School and picnics in the Kauaeranga Valley. Refers to six o clock closing and recalls a fatal accident when friend was killed and comments on the $50 fine driver received. Mentions different attitude towards drinking and driving in those days. Recalls various jobs - Jamesfield clothing factory and Hutton the jewellers before joining the WRNZAF at Wigram, 1961 ending up as Flight Sergeant in charge of the joint services telephone exchange in Wellington. Recalls amalgamation of services, with reference to Ministry of Defence. Backgrounds circumstances leading to career with Prison Service and refers to Rev Hoddinutt. Commenced at Mt Eden prison October 1966 as assistant matron. Refers to Miss Molloy (Molly), chief matron who wore a veil. Describes process of training, with reference to examination subjects, psychology, penology, criminology and Acts and Regulations. Refers to the old Raven's Matrice test - psychological test. Discusses Arohata, the women's borstal: its daily routine; uniforms; punishment, with reference to deprivation of privacy; recreation; transportation of prisoners between Arohata and Dunedin women's prison. Talks about the integration of Mt Eden Prison and preparation for women prisoners and choosing staff. Discusses changes to the system and notes there is now more emphasis on rehabilitation - people have case management and are assessed to see what their needs are. Mentions the introduction of computers and health and safety courses, with reference to AIT [Auckland Institute of Technology]. Refers to Alternatives to Violence Programme, started by Quakers (Society of Friends) and mentions PARS (Prisoners' Aid & Rehabilitation Society). Other topics discussed include: split of the Justice Department into Corrections and Courts, with reference to Penal Division; numbers of Maori and Pacific Island offenders; glue sniffing; drug addiction; policy for mothers and children; change in hierarchical structure; child abuse, with reference to Women's Refuge; and the rebuilding of Mt Eden which commenced 1986, with reference to the Mason Clinic. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Venue - Mt Eden Prison Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008078-008080 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2235.

Date: 12 May-28 Jul 1998 - 12 May 1998 - 28 Jul 1998

From: Neonatal Nursing Oral History Project

By: Harison, Christopher Stratford, 1929-

Reference: OHInt-0131/20

Description: Christopher Harison was born and raised in South Africa where he trained as a doctor. Describes working in hospitals as an obstetrician in Great Britain and South Africa, including time in a mission hospital in South Africa. Also describes being in private practice there. Recalls his feelings about Sharpeville. Describes the decision to come to New Zealand and his work as the first obstetrician in Thames. Discusses his attitudes to home birth and abortion and involvement with SPUC. Talks about National Women's Hospital and the `unfortunate experiment'. Describes appearing before the Medical Council. Comments that his career has encompassed major developments in obstetrics and midwifery, the growth of the home birth movement and feminism and the restructuring of the health services. Discusses his approach to teamwork in obstetrics, the development of screening tests in pregnancy, the identification of high risk, the reorganisation of obstetric services on the Coromandel, medical and midwifery education and changes in nursing education. Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) - in 3 folders. 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 2 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1742, OHDL-000833.

Date: [ca 1880s-1900s]

By: McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-q-105

Description: Gold dredges, gold sluicing, and machinery associated with gold mining in the South Island. Includes a few photographs taken in Australia, particularly the Pioneer Tin Mine in Tasmania. Inserted in a pocket in the front of the album are 19 loose prints, chiefly showing various claims in the North Island, some of which are taken by H J Locke. Also named in these images are the Saxon Mine and Ivanhoe Mine. Pinafore Claim was located at Waiotahi, Thames. Cambria Claim was a gold mine located in Thames. Gold King Dredge was on the Clutha River near Roxburgh circa 1899. Title supplied by Library. Date range estimated partly on dates that dredges were known to be operating. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-062522 to 062553, and also includes those in the vicinity of 1/2-062625 and 1/2-062630 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled black exercise book, entitled `Photographs. Dredges. Sluicing. Machinery. New Zealand. Australia'; 35 x 23 cm Provenance: Purchased from American Book Service, 1975

Date: [ca 1910-1926]

By: Daniell, Charles Edward, 1856-1939; Jenkinson, George F, active 1900s-1920s; Watson, Alexander James, -1920; Causley, Frederick J, active 1910s

Reference: PAColl-0327

Description: Loose photographs from the collection donated by C E Daniell via the Waikato Art Museum in 1973. The images are: the shop front of Hetherington's Ltd, drapers, showing the unsealed road in front of it, probably in Thames (taken by F J Causley); the New Zealand Dairy Association Ltd factory at Matangi (taken by G F Jenkinson); men working on the construction of Messrs Carr, Pountney & Co's wool stores in "Mitchell" reinforce concrete blocks, 1910; shop front of Paul's Book Arcade in Victoria Street, Hamilton, showing books and toys for sale; a house with a woman on the verandah; a wooden building; six men moving a wooden building down a steep slope; scaffolding above The Cosey Corner during the construction of Wesley Chambers, showing omnibuses in the street alongside, one of which has a pram tied to the radiator; a large group of men, women and children outside the Waihou Valley Co-op ca 1914 (taken by A J Watson); and a building with a painted advertisement for the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company Ltd on it and a wooden building being constructed next to it. A number of the prints have a WAM (Waikato Art Museum) Negative Number on the reverse too. Collection also includes four albums Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-077109 to 077111, 077125, 077127, 077131 to 077133 and 1/2-077948 Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Papers-3763 : Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers.

Date: 1862-1883

By: Haslam family

Reference: MS-Papers-3895

Description: The papers chiefly comprise letters to the Haslam family in England from Frederick, Lewis, Sarah Ann and Thomas Self. They include descriptions of daily life in Auckland, 1863-1883, Frederick's service in the Auckland militia, 1863-1864 and a visit by Thomas to the Thames gold field in 1870. Also a log kept by Frederick aboard the `Silver Eagle' on the voyage to New Zealand, 1862-1863. Typed transcripts of the letters and log are also included. Papers accompanied by a genealogical chart of the Haslam family dated 1982. Source of title - supplied title Sarah Ann Haslam and her brother Frederick emigrated to Auckland from England in 1862 aboard the `Silver Eagle'. Their brother Lewis joined them in 1865 but was drowned the following year when the `Kiwi' was lost with all hands off the New Zealand coast. In 1863 Sarah Ann married Thomas Self who had been a fellow passenger aboard the `Silver Eagle'. Frederick served with the Auckland militia during 1863-64 and was involved in action against Maori forces in the vicinity of Papakura and Drury in South Auckland. Unable to find suitable employment in New Zealand he returned to England in 1867. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typed transcripts (photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 24 October 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1869 (2012)

By: Whitlock, George Thomas, active 1856-1869; Le Couteur, Tim, active 2012

Reference: MS-Group-2075

Description: Whitlock's journal of his voyage to New Zealand and life in Auckland after arrival. Details food, weather, recreation and general conditions on board, mentions specific fellow passengers, notes Cook's voyages to Cape Town, Tasmanian history (discovery and convicts), describes first impressions of Auckland, Thames goldfields, New Zealand climate, Maori, Land Wars, and land grants and claims. Includes an electronic transcription of journal by Tim Le Couteur. Source of title - Supplied by Library Whitlock travelled to New Zealand in 1869 aboard the `Coulnakyle'. Worked for the New Zealand Herald in Auckland. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 0.02 Linear Metres.

Date: [Between 1863 and 1872]

From: Holder, Miss: Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-030

Description: Album of undated photographs taken by Daniel Louis Mundy, owned by `Miss Holder' (her name printed facing page 1) Scenes are all of the North Island, in particular Bay of Islands, Thames, Rotorua, Taupo, Waikato and Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leather-bound album entitled `New Zealand views'; 30.5 x 42.0 cm

Date: [ca 1860s-1890s]

By: Ellings, E E (Mr), active 1976; Frith, Henry Albert, -1912

Reference: PAColl-6072

Description: Photographs of Thames, taken circa 1870s. Some photographs identified as being taken by Henry Frith. Photographer/s of other images not identified. Photographer and likely dates identified by researcher June 2020. Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-065400 to 065421 Quantity: 22 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: ca 1937-1950

From: Jones, Winifred, fl 1950-2004 :Photographs relating to Frederick Jones

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966

Reference: PA1-o-1230

Description: Album containing photographs relating to the work of Frederick Jones as Postmaster General and Minister of Defence, including photographs of opening ceremonies for post offices around New Zealand, the Jones family, the Achilles arriving at Auckland, and Jones meeting various personalities. Album also contains souvenir items from the opening of the Chief Post Office, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leather bound album 24.5 x 31.2 cm

Date: ca 1867-1880s

By: Tensfeld, John, active 1869-1882

Reference: PAColl-7478

Description: Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland with the Supreme Court on the left; Eden Crescent, Auckland with the Supreme Court in the distance; elevaated view of Grahamstown looking towards the wharves with the Moanataiari Hotel in the foreground; a view of Shortland; view of Nelson looking across the harbour to the Post Office on the waterfront and the cathedral beyond; and the waterfront at Hokitika showing a bonded store on the left and a boat and a coil of rope in the foreground. Photographer was Tensfeld. The prints have the same format and two are duplicates of prints in the Tensfeld album PA1-o-493 but the provenance is otherwise unknown. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004560 to 004563 and 004777 (copy negatives from original prints) Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1875

By: Severn, Henry A, active 1875

Reference: F-013

Description: Subject: View of Thames from sea, with ships in harbour; identifies Kuranui Battery, Shotover [Mine], Long Drive Tunnel, United Panning Association, Caledonian, Caledonian Battery, Government Buildings, St George's Church, Gas Works, Grahamstown and Shortland, Gas Works, Grahamstown and Shortland. Ink inscription on accompanying label: "Sketch panoamer [sic] of Thames Goldfields. General register 2501" On view at the Philadelphia Exhibition, New Zealand Court, June 1876 (see New Zealand mail, 5 Aug. 1876, p. 16b) Other Titles - `Sketch panoamer of Thames Goldfields. General register 2501' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed; Recto - "Gold obtained [pounds] 4,315, 284 since 1867" ; the sum is written on a label, pasted near the sum "[pounds] 2,563,287". Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone ; image, 4067 x 445 mm on sheet 4170 x 550 mm

Date: 1868, 1871 etc

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-041

Description: Photographs of the North Island of New Zealand taken by Daniel Mundy during the 1860s to 1871. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in this album at p. 51) The Thames goldfields are shown in a number of images, including some with captions Shortland and Grahamstown (now part of Thames); the Moanataira [i.e. Moanatairi] wire tramway, with the Rainbow Hotel nearby; Hunt's claim (known as the Shotover Mine); the Missouri Battery; the Bank of New Zealand building at Grahamstown; and miners' huts. The timber industry is shown with kauri logs being transported by bullock teams and awaiting transport by water. Photographs associated with Maori include military outposts at Terewera (i.e. Tarawera) and Ormond; "Kawiti's Runanga, or court houses, now `tapu', Waiomeo, Bay of Islands" (p. 21); "limestone caves at Waiomeo [sic], Bay of Islands; the burial place of the Mangakahia tribe. Strictly tapu" (p. 22); "Group at Waimeo feast, Bay of Islands" (p. 20); "Native feast - or bone-scraping at the burial of the remains of several chiefs at Waiomeo, Bay of Islands" (p. 46); "Waipawa Valley, Poverty Bay, scene of the massacre by Te Kooti" (p. 47); "Here the moa feet impressions were found, Poverty Bay, Sept. 1871, D.L.M." (p. 51). There are two-image panoramas of the Thames goldfields and Napier. In this album they are not on following pages, but are separated. (Thames goldfields, Mundy numbers 121 & 120, here seen on pages 9 and 15); Napier (Mundy numbers 164 & 165, here seen on pages 50 and 52). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm

Date: 1882-1890

From: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914 :Photograph albums

By: Foy Brothers (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Pulman (Firm); Scowen, Charles T, active 1870s-1890s

Reference: PA1-q-255

Description: Album of views in Auckland, Thames, Coromandel and Papanui (all New Zealand), Norfolk Island, Egypt (including the Suez Canal), Aden, Bombay, Ceylon (including Colombo), Victoria (including Ballarat, Geelong and Melbourne), Kilkenny, Paris, Bordeaux and London. The photographs were collected by Philip Walsh, and include photographic copies by Josiah Martin of paintings by Walsh himself. The photographers include Josiah Martin (Auckland), Foy Brothers (Thames), Pulman (Auckland), and Charles T Scowen (Colombo). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album, impressed with black and gold pattern; 35 x 27 cm

Date: Between 1860 and 1870

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-039

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, both North and South Islands, taken by Daniel Mundy between 1860 and 1870. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p. 51). The views include a number in the Thames goldfields, with scenes of gold batteries, miners' huts, and a tramway. Mundy includes two rivers which are now differently named, the Tekihe River [i.e. Taheke River], and Tiremakau River [i.e. Taramakau River]. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; spine title "New Zealand scenery, 1860-80. Mundy. 4638-4685"

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)