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Manuscript

Blackball District Coalminers' Union: Minute books

Date: 1945-1961

By: Blackball District Coal Miners' Union

Reference: qMS-0237-0238

Description: Full minutes of monthly meetings; contains some sets of accounts. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (34cm, ½ brown suede leather)

Manuscript

Grey Miners Central Committee - Miners cavil lists for Blackball Colliery

Date: 1942-1946

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-108

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Bailey, Sue :Postcards of New Zealand from the collection of Professor Colin L Bailey

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.

Manuscript

Communist Party of New Zealand Mines Blackball Branch - Minutes

Date: 1941-1945

From: Murdoch, Eric, fl 1930-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSY-3976

Description: The volume includes minutes, financial records and newscuttings Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Manuscript

Blackball district of the United Mine Workers of New Zealand - Book of clearance cards

Date: 1940-1947

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-017

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Manuscript

Roa State Miners Union - Blackball Colliery wage slips

Date: n d

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-036

Description: Wrapped in brown paper Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Murdoch, Eric, fl 1930-1943 : Papers

Date: 1903-1943

By: Murdoch, Eric, active 1930-1943

Reference: MS-Group-0374

Description: The papers include material relating to the Communist Party in Blackball, lecture notes from the Workers' Educational Association of Otago University on Man's place in Nature, and personal papers of Harold Davis The papers are those of the donor's father, Eric Murdoch, who was an electrician from Glasgow. He was a member of the Communist Party, and secretary of the local branch; he wrote some of the minutes. The papers of Harry Davis are separate from those of Murdoch but were collected by him. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 6 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr G Murdoch, Wellington, 1995

Manuscript

Diary

Date: 19 Mar 1913-14 Dec 1914

From: Hall, William Arthur, 1891-1915 : Diary and certificate

Reference: MSX-6804

Description: Diary kept by Hall who emigrated to New Zealand in 1913 and worked on the West Coast in mines, including Blackball, and various parts of Canterbury including Christchurch, as a general labourer and handyman; includes accounts, expenses, his observations and participation in the 1913 strikes on the coast, a record of the noon weather while he was sailing, notes etc. Also two dried leaves, one with `Capetown May 16th 1913. A Hall' written on it and the other with `From Capetown May 16th 1913. To My Dear Mother from Arthur'. Accompanying material - Biographical notes supplied by donor; and photocopy of photograph transferred to Photographic Archive Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Manuscript

Blackball District Coal Miners' Union - Rules and regulations

Date: n d

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-073

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Blackball School : Registers

Date: 1895-1993

By: Blackball School

Reference: fMS-Papers-6659

Description: Comprises photocopies of daily attendance register for Blackball Public School (1899); examination register (1928); and registers of admission (1895-1993) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photcopies)

Manuscript

Blackball District Coal Miners Union - Bank account deposit slips

Date: 1947-1956

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-018

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Photographs of Blackball and London

Date: 1970-1995

From: Pearson, William Harrison (Dr), 1922-2002: Photographs

By: Chapman, Robert, active 1970; Stenhouse, Donald, 1936-2018

Reference: PAColl-5368

Description: Blackball on the West Coast, and photographs of the house in Haverstock, London where Bill Pearson lived in the 1950s. These photographs are part of a larger collection comprising correspondence, academic and literary, including correspondence with Michael King re biography of Frank Sargeson and with Brian Easton re University of Auckland Winter Lectures based on Pearson's `Fretful sleepers'; poems by Michael Rhodes, typescript and printed poems by Glover, Baxter, etc; corrections to `Henry Lawson among Maoris' and miscellaneous personal papers and printed matter Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 15 colour original photographic print(s).

Manuscript

Miners' Relief Fund - Receipts and payments ledger

Date: 1931-1933

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union : Records

Reference: 80-307-66/08

Description: Includes Auckland Branch - Blackball Miners' levy statement, nd Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Blackball District Coal Miners Union - Minutes of a meeting

Date: Jun 1960

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-011

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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South Island prints two

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

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Photographs of floods, slips, and dredges in Greymouth area

Date: 1890s-1970s

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

By: Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Inksters Ltd; Quinn, Joseph, -1998; Ring & Inkster (Firm); Ring, James, 1856-1939; Sidney Riley Studios

Reference: PAColl-9680

Description: Photographs from the Ring & Inkster Studio taken from the 1890s to the 1970s relating to floods and slips, and dredges in the Greymouth area. Views of Greymouth include: aerial view of the town, circa 1950s; Mawhera Quay after a flood, circa 1890s; Gilmer's Corner after a flood, circa 1890s; aerial view of subdivision, circa 1970s. Group photographs include: group of women in the 1950s [possibly a reunion]; school photograph of girls attending a convent school, 1937; wedding group taken in Sydney, Australia, by Sidney Riley Studio, circa 1923; family group seated outdoors on a large rock, circa 1920; Grey County Councillors, circa 1912; Inangahua Silver Band taken in Greymouth during band competitions, 1975. Blackball aerial tramway (or ropeway) crossing the Grey River on large pylons, seen from the foot of Coats' Terrace, circa 1900s [this tramway began operation in 1893, and was replaced by rail in 1910]. Views of landscape and countryside include: two panoramas of the Punakaiki River, 1927; panorama of Nine Mile coast road, 1927; two panoramas of a landscape featuring nikau palms and damaged bush, 1927; panoramic view of Punakaiki, 1927; two panoramas of Ten Mile on coastal road, 1927; and a country race track and surrounding countryside, circa 1970s. Accompanying material - An inventory of shipping, Greymouth by the Inksters Ltd. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s).

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Residents of Blackball outside the Blackball Post Office - Photograph taken by an unide...

Date: 1988

From: Exhibition prints from Post Office Documentary Project

Reference: PAColl-D-0933

Description: Photograph of (possibly the entire population of) Blackball outside the post office. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 288 x 382 mm

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[Ephemera relating to various miscellaneous hotels in locations or towns beginning with...

Date: 1930 - 2020

Reference: Eph-B-HOTEL-N/Z

Description: Includes ephemera from hotels in the following locations: Napier: Deco Dreams 1999 Oamaru: Oamaru Licensing Trust. 1979 Queenstown: Parkroyal 2004 Rotorua: Hyatt Kingsgate 1980s Taupo: Taupo Timeshare Resort 1988; Village Resort 1988?; Kaimanawa Lodge; Huka Lodge Tauranga: Fantail Lodge 2010 Te Anau: Fiordland Hotel 1968 Tekapo: Lake Tekapo Alpine Inn Tokaanu: Tokaanu Hotel 1946 Tongariro. Chateau 1980 Tongariro Lodge 2010? Turangi: Turangi Hotel; Turangi Leisure Lodge Waikanae: Waikanae Hotel. 2008 Waikato: Waikato River Lodge, Reporoa. 1986 Wairarapa: Wharekauhau Country Estate. ca 2000; Copthorne (Solway Park) 2008 Waitangi: Waitangi Hotel 1972 Wanaka: Wanaka Hotel 1968 Wanaka: The Moorings. 1990s West Coast: Blackball Hilton 1999; Buller Hotel 1935 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Manuscript

Blackball District Coal Miners Union - Ballot slips and election results

Date: n d

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-018A

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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[Ephemera concerning individual schools, with names beginning with B. 1940-2009]

Date: 1940 - 2009

Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOLS-B-1940/2009

Description: Includes: Baradene College of the Sacred Heart. Centennial music concert, 22 August 2009. Programme Belmont School presents "Reach for the rainbow". 2004. Programme Bethlehem School. Official opening of new classroom block by Right Hon. Walter Nash. 21 November 1959. Programme Blackball School 75th jubilee celebrations 27-29 March 1970. Programme Black's Point School eighty-fifth jubilee 1876-1961. 29 September - 1 October 1961. Souvenir programme Brandon Intermediate School. Brandon 77. "If you sell yourself to the Devil"; rock opera. Music by Chris Norton, Composer in Schools for 1977. Programme Branston Intermediate School. official opening by Minister of Education Honourable B E Talboys. 1 May 1971. Programme Brooklyn School. Souvenir jubilee programme 1883-1949 Brooklyn School centennial parade 1983. Cyclostyled flier Brooklyn School cushion concert 1991. Programme Brooklyn School. School handbook and directory 1999 Burwood School jubilee 1872-1947. Celebrations October 1947. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and fliers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

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