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Date: 18 Oct 2006 to 24 Jan 2007 - 18 Oct 2006 - 24 Jan 2007

By: Kennett, Jonathan Peter, 1967-; Otari-Wilton's Bush Trust

Reference: OHColl-0830

Description: The project covers the history of the 100 hectare, publicly owned Orari-Wilton's Bush Reserve which celebrated the centenary of its inception as a botanical reserve as August 2006. The content of the interviews includes information about the history of the area, the development of the reserve, including design, rock gardens, the neglect after the Second World War, collection of plants, plant propagation and conservation, activities designed for public participation and enjoyment and the work by volunteers. The interviewees are, Janet Braggins and Barbara Anderson Jarnell, Robert Brockie, Sandra Clarke, John Dawson, Rewi Elliot, Robert Fantl, Ian Fleming, Barbara Hampton, Margaret Mole, Michael Oates, David Bidgood and Tim O'Leary, Alick Poole, John Riseborough, Helen Waugh, John Waugh. Interviewer(s) - Jonathan Kennett Quantity: 24 C60 cassette(s). 15 printed abstract(s). 15 interview(s) 2 are joint interviews. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1947-1955

By: Shaw, Geoffrey Conrad, active 1947-1966

Reference: PAColl-6596

Description: 14 photographs of tramping huts and general views: Waerenga hut and Baines hut in the Orongorongo valley; Flora hut on Mt Arthur; ATC huts on Mt Ruapehu and Moumoukai valley; Ketetahi hut on Mt Tongariro; Black Horse Hotel in Nelson; Upper Takaka Hotel, Takaka; a view of Collingwood; two views of the Hutt Valley from the Wainuiomata Hill; band playing in the sound shell at Wellington Botanic Gardens; a street in Kawhia; a hotel in Upper Takaka; and a view of Wellington from Brooklyn. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018137 to 018150 Quantity: 14 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-032

Description: Album contains coloured photographs with views of New Zealand, and some unlabelled family photographs, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, circa 1950s. Images also include three of Oregon and the Oregon State University. New Zealand views are concentrated mainly in the Wellington area including the Wairarapa, Milford Sound and the Dunedin area. Note handwritten at top right-hand corner of the cover reads "Aerial. Qtn-Milford 1957 & Chch-Qtn. (Air & bus)" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue covered album, with "Photographs" lettered in gold, 255 x 380 mm

Date: 1934

Reference: PAColl-7010

Description: Photographs of the celebrations for Archbishop Redwood's golden jubliee in 1934 including the mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral, the parade along Lambton Quay, and the assembly in Athletic Park. Also included are events outside the Maori catholic church and presbytery in Otaki. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-094358 to 094381 Quantity: 22 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1900 - 1930

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, Dorothy Evelyn, 1887-1963

Reference: E-754

Description: Includes pencil and watercolour sketches of Botanical gardens Wellington, manuka in Botanical Gardens Wellington, near Wellington, Point Howard from the road to Lowry Bay Petone, the Heads from York Bay Wellington, native beech York Bay Wellington, Egmont from Mokoia (several sketches), Mokoia homestead (2 sketches - similar to watercolour at B-163-005), stream near Melville Rd Kaponga, tree manuka on the "Round trip" D[awson] Falls, adult totara and weinmannia racemosa at the edge of the paddock at D[awson] Falls, Hastie's Hill, totara at D[awson] Falls - stem is shortened in this drawing, totara at D[awson] Falls. Latest date may be around 1930 - this is the date of the watercolour of Mokoia homstead at B-163-005. Inscription inside front cover indicates that the sketchbook was given to Dorothy E Moore from her mother in 1900 and then to Dorothy's sister John L Moore in 1920, also by the mother. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hardbound red buckram sketchbook with gold-inscribed title "Sketches" on front cover, with 19 leaves, each 165 x 225 mm.

Date: ca 1910

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-2386

Description: Postcards: Ohura River, near houseboat, Wanganui River; a retouched one of a group of day-trippers on a punt ferry on the Manawatu River near Palmerston North; a retouched one of Newtown Park; the lake in Newtown Park with some penguins on the bank; a "Greetings from Wellington" postcard with the word Wellington filled in with photographs of the city; and two women in the Wellington Botanic Gardens. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

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: 1904-1916

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1556

Description: Photographs relating to R V Kay and his family. Includes photographs of Pencarrow, Ward Island, Victoria University College, Hospital ship Maheno, Wellington views, Sybil Satchell and her mother Mrs Edith Satchell, Louis Vincent Kay and his wife, picnics, drilling at Nelson College, Huntley School in Marton, public buildings and botanical gardens in Wellington, Japanese warship at Clyde Quay Wharf during WWI, sailing with Clement Watson in Wellington Harbour, Waikanae views, Karori military camp, group portraits at 'Sunnybank', Huntley School group portraits, 'Moana Mara' homestead in Levin, Gladstone Road, holiday in Russell, Bay of Islands, and Public Trust picnic at Days Bay. relating to Satchell family. Includes photographs of family members, recreation by rivers, tug-of-war game, automobile travel, picnics, golf playing, pheasant hunters and friends. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 195 x 240 mm

Date: ca 1920

By: Hewitt, George R, active 1920-1985

Reference: PAColl-0601

Description: Postcards collected by the depositor while working as an able seaman on HMS Renown during the tour by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Black and white postcards of Auckland, Christchurch, particularly the botanic gardens, Lyttelton, Picton, and Samoa and colour postcards of Wellington. Quantity: 43 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-004-003

Description: Part of Kelburn in the foreground, with a track leading towards a low hill. The established buildings of Thorndon below, and looking along the Hutt Road north towards Petone and the Tararuas. Tinakori Road can be seen running along the base of the hill to the left. The view may be taken from a high point in land that now forms part of the Botanical Gardens. Inscriptions: No inscriptions Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 267 x 440 mm

Date: 1997-1998

From: Scoble, Juliet Rosalie, 1955- :Chiefly photographs of New Zealand railway locomotives, rolling stock and stations

Reference: PA1-o-1873

Description: Photograph album containing colour prints of scenes around Wellington, taken by Juliet Scoble between 1997 and 1998. Most photographs are dated and identified. Inscriptions: On album cover: Wellington Album Book No 311 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with plastic pockets, 16.3 x 12.1 cm

Date: [ca 1928]

By: Mayne, Elsie Florence, 1909-1996

Reference: PA1-o-1768

Description: Photograph album documenting a trip to New Zealand in circa 1928 made by Mrs Elsie Florence Mayne (nee Cannan) of Australia and her husband Allan Mayne. Comprises photographs likely to have been taken by Mrs or Mr Mayne, also postcards, and tourist photographs. Album probably compiled by Mrs Mayne. Images comprise scenes taken around New Zealand. North Island locations include Auckland, Rotorua and Taupo districts, the Wanganui River, and Wellington. South Island locations include Blenheim, Nelson, Christchurch city, and the West Coast region, including Franz Josef Glacier. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Soft-covered photograph album, entitled 'Portraiture'; 18 x 25.5 cm, containing 65 images Provenance: Ms Shepherd is the niece of Mrs Elsie Mayne.

Date: [190-?]

By: Dust, I R (Mrs), active 1973

Reference: PAColl-4344

Description: Postcards of Newtown Park with a crowd gathered outside the pavilion, Timaru from St Mary's Church tower, duck pond in Timaru Botanical Gardens, Wellington Post Office, St Mary's Church in Timaru, Church of the Sacred Heart in Timaru, Auckland wharves, Sumner beach with the railway, Cuba Street in Wellington, Christchurch intersection, and Dargaville streets. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 1/2-151782 Quantity: 13 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1979-1983

By: Andrew, Alison Helen, 1919-2002; Brandon, Jocelyn A, active 2002

Reference: PA1-q-920

Description: Album of views in Southland, Wanaka, Castlepoint, Belmont, Wainui Bay, Wairoa, Kopanga, and Tokomaru bay taken in the 1970s-1980s by Alison Andrew. Many of the photographs were taken during visits to friends who feature in the images. Also recorded are their children, houses, farms, and especially their gardens. One goup are of gardeners at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden in the Wellington Botanic Garden mulching the roses with spent mushroom mould. Other events recorded are the Castlepoint races and weddings. Alison Andrew was the gardener at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden in the 1970s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: August-September 1994

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PA1-o-1717

Description: Includes - Coastal views, Riverton area, Southland. Riverton and Tuatapere. Fiji includes - Landscape views. A wooden house. Batiri orange orchard. Coastal viwes. Nukubati resort, Nukubati Island. Malcolm and Katy's wedding, Holy Trinity Cathesral, Suva, 3 September 1994, and the dinner and party after the wedding. Edmund Hillary, and a group of people in a restaurant. Fijian adults and children. In the Wellington Botanic Garden, Tulip Sunday 1994. Friend and family in New Zealand. Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1901]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-296

Description: Photographs, probably taken by G W Barltrop. Scenes in the first part of the album are of the South Island, mostly around the Dunedin area, and further south, in Invercargill and Bluff. There are two panoramas, one of Port Chalmers and one of Lumsden. Most are landscapes, but a few show groups of people, including five young girls in the Dunedin Botanical Gardens, and a man driving a horse and buggy at Manuka Creek, with two young women sitting beside him, and a third woman standing by the horse's head. A graveyard scene is a close-up view of two headstones, one for Catherine Louisa Schaw (widow of John S Schaw), who died in 1874 aged 71. North Island scenes show a church at Levin; and views of the countryside, a bullock pulling a laden cart, and at the Rimutaka Summit all taken on a train journey. Group portraits include one of a large family group, with two young boys in the foreground with a cricket bat and cricket pads; and two large groups of men and women associated with the Missions to Seamen. One image show a plaque erected `In memory of twelve officers and seamen who were drowned or died from exposure, by the wreck of the Barque Lizzie Bell near the Oeo River, July 24 1901, erected by members and friends of the Missions to seamen, Wellington, New Zealand'. There is also a photograph of the wreck of the ship Antiocco Accame, which was stranded at Katiki Beach, Otago, on 31 October 1901. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1935-1945]

Reference: PA1-o-200

Description: Album of snapshots, chiefly family groups. None are labelled, but it appears the album is of Arthur James Luke and his wider family; two dogs, a spaniel and a small terrier; his home at 84 Bolton Street, Wellington; family holidays at Napier; views of Lowry Bay; and views of unidentified people linked with tennis. Views in Napier include the Napier Botanical Gardens, various monuments including the monument to the South African War, and buildings damaged by the napier earthquake in 1931. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey cloth-bound album, entitled Photographs (in gold lettering); 16 x 22 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-q-056

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand and Australia photographed by Frank Arnold Coxhead (F.A.C.). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue buckram cover, with spine title "New Zealand and Australia, 3360-3417", 31 x 27 cm

Date: [ca 1900]

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

Reference: PA1-o-101

Description: A first edition of coloured postcards with views of Wellington and district, and the West Coast of New Zealand, circa 1900. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Postcards with paper cover, pages interfolded within an acid-free album, 30.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1909-1910

From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-029

Description: Photographs chiefly taken by Harold Hislop, including scenic views of Wellington Harbour (1909), and the Queenstown area (1910). Domestic scenes include interior views of three Wellington homes: Brentwood (Karori), Clovelly (Wadestown), and one on the Terrace (probably 148 Wellington Terrace, owned by David Milligan). Outings in the Wellington area include group portraits at the Botanical gardens, the Wellington Bowling Club, and the Wellington Zoo (one photograph of `King' the lion) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown mock crocodile cover, `Photographs' in gold lettering; endpapers decorated with gold tracery surrounding tiny blue-grey floral pattern; 19 x 40 cm