Places

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-043-a

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-043

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm

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: 1866-[ca 1955]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9827-1

Description: Includes - Photographs of explorer Charles Edward Douglas. Group of men in a cart drawn by four horses, 1920. Group of South African War veterans outside the Beverly Home, Timaru, 1950s. Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd laying a wreath at the Scott Memorial, Christchurch, ca 1928. View of Lyttelton. Men crossing a river. Farmers tree at Beverly. Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. The Prince of Wales at Ashburton, 17 May 1920. Galloway homestead. Fraser's jewellery shop, Timaru, ca 1935. Views of Southland, ca 1905. Crowd at Invercargill celebrating the relief of Mafeking, May 1900. Early settler's houses, one built of cobb and thatched. Photographs relating to the centenary of T & J Thompson Ltd, Timaru, 1944. Brunner coal mine, 1866. TSS Earnlaw on Lake Wakatipu. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1911

By: Wanganui chronicle (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-E-POLITICS-1911-02

Description: Shows portrait of leaders and members of Parliament, with central portraits of the Speaker Hon A R Guinness and leaders Joseph Ward and William Massey, with a photograph of a greeting party at a Maori marae, between them. Seventy-seven other smaller portraits are shown. The portraits are interspersed with advertisements for the South British Insurance Company Ltd, Munning's celebrated jams, Thomas Brown Ltd (Christchurch coal merchants), and many other Christchurch and Wanganui businesses. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on wall chart. Physical Description: Offset print, 890 x 572 mm.

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s

Reference: A-109-043-b

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm Processing information: Transferred from the collection of the National Library of New Zealand, November 1975

Date: 1866-1867

By: Braithwaite and Morton (Firm)

Reference: Micro-MS-0684

Description: Outward correspondence of a firm of iron merchants, operating in Christchurch and Nelson. Mostly concerns supplying fencing materials to Canterbury runholders, but includes letters to Government regarding materials for telegraph and railway needs. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 270 pages).

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10953

Description: Interior views of the New World Supermarket, Linwood, Christchurch. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies lcomprising 7 images.

Date: 1977 - 2015

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Thompson, Hamish Charles McFarlane, 1957-

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2015-03

Description: Spiralbound calendar of twelve openings, showing: January: Cyril Paskell, Hillview Fish Supply, 80 Barrington Street, 1977 February: Carlton Florists, 1 Papanui Road, 1977 March: Frank Tinning, Super Veggie Man, 252 Colombo Street, 1977 April: Reg Smith, Upper Riccarton Hardware, 3 Waimairi Road, 1977 May: Bibba Boutique, 90b Riccarton Road, 1977 June: Dennis Kalin and George O'Reilly, Armagh Bookshop, 166 Armagh Street, 1977 July: Mark Coburn, Everybody's Butchery, 372 Selwyn Street, 1977 August: Rowan Gibson and Wyn Tinnion, Holmwood Dairy, 62 Holmwood Road, 1977 September: Sydenham Dealers, 461 Colombo Street, 1977 October: Mary Gray Confections, Hereford Court, 116 Hereford Street, 1977 November: Theatre Royal Tobacconist, 147 Gloucester Street, 1977 December: Bob Blair, Cellar Ghost Cellars, 157-161 Colombo Street, 1977 The cover shows the image for August. Two copies held. One copy is accompanied by single sheet of thumbnails of each image. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Spiralbound calendar, 295 x 210 mm.

Date: 1889

Reference: Eph-A-PRINTING-1889-02

Description: Toast list in the shape of a bunch of five cigars tied with a yellow ribbon. Inside is the printed toast list, with proposers and respondants: J P Cooper, G Tombs, J C Wilkin, J O'H Anthony, A Andrews, J Costley, E Hicks, T Cooper, Messrs Burgess, Clark, McLeary, Horwood, C H Lascelles, W Jackman, H W Burgess, G R Hart. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card folded to 105 x 68 mm (irregular) Provenance: Donated by the Ferrymead Printing Society, Christchurch, in 2014

Date: 7 Apr 1998

From: Interviews with Avice Hill

By: Hill, Avice, 1906-2001

Reference: OHInt-0463/02

Description: Quantity: 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1765. Number of interviews/events: 1

Date: 1989

From: Interviews with Avice Hill

By: Hill, Avice, 1906-2001

Reference: OHInt-0463/01

Description: Quantity: 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Brief summary and notes are bound in with abstract of second interview. Number of interviews/events: 1

Date: 1892

From: [Theatre programmes for opera performances in New Zealand. 1890s].

By: Union Printing Office

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1892-01

Description: Programme for a production by J C Williamson's Comic Opera Company, with numerous advertisements for Christchurch businesses, and many short jokes. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, each 275 x 220 mm.

Date: 1905

By: Willis & Aiken Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TRAM-1905-01

Description: Timetable for the tram lines operating in Christchurch in 1905: Papanui; Fitzgerald Avenue to Bealey Avenue; Sydenham and Cashmere Hills; Lincoln Road; Square and Ferry Road; Linwood and New Brighton. Includes illustrated advertisements for J Ballantyne & Company, Bishop & Co (wines & spirits, Armagh Street), E Reece & Sons (hardware), G Coates & Company (importers), Eastern Tea Company, Mason Struthers & Company, J M Heywood & Co Ltd (carriers), Ashby Bergh & Co (stoves), Strahan's Fish Game Poultry & Fruit Supply, Geo Simpson (builder), New Zealand Insurance Company, Charlie Ball (cycles), H B Lane & Son (butchers), Chas Duggan & Sons (decorating), R Hall's Belvue House (accommodation), J A Lummis (sign painter and decorator), Australian Alliance Assurance Co, Geo T White (watchmaker), Lethaby's Umbrellas, Watson's Whisky, Frank A Cook (grocer, tea merchant), Pitcaithly & Co (Halswell Quarry), Young & Fisher (boots & shoes). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 48 pages, 120 x 60 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, United Kingdom, in 2013.

Date: 1878-1887

Reference: Micro-MS-0374

Description: Outwards correspondence referring mainly to affairs at his sheep station at Swannanoa, Canterbury, and his real estate and other business interests, including his direction of a tramway company in Christchurch Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 500 pages). Physical Description: Holograph Finding Aids: For description of contents see: Brown, J E Description of diaries, letters and other items (1961) at q012 NZ & Pacific Collection.

Date: 1858-1860, 1961, n d

By: Olsen family

Reference: MS-Papers-6420

Description: Correspondence between members of the Olsen family resident in Christchurch, Lyttelton, Wellington and New Plymouth (1858-1860). They are Frederick and Eleanore Olsen writing from his `establishment the Welllington Coffee House Lambton Quay' to his brother and sister, Mr and Miss Chapell, and friends; Elmett H and Edward Olsen of Wellington and Lyttelton writing to their uncle and aunt; a daughter writing to her mother from Lyttelton; and Edward Olsen, New Plymouth, writing to his cousin. The correspondents write of their family situations, their experiences following immigration, the costs of living and difficulties of finding work, Wellington's terrain and frequent earthquakes, and their changing family circumstances. Also includes letter from W R Chappell of Newhaven, Sussex to Mr Keeble regarding copies of the Olsen letters sent to him and their possible value to students of pioneering days (1961) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: [ca 1916-1919]

By: Hay, James Lawrence (Sir), 1888-1971

Reference: 89-397

Description: Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Sir Hamish Hay, Christchurch, Dec 1989, Jan 1990 Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: [ca 1890-1900]

By: Foster, Susan E, 1946-; Beckett, Ethel Mary, active 1890s; Beckett, Amy Middleton, -1964; Beckett, Thomas Wrench Naylor, 1839-1906; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6244

Description: Photographs, mostly of the South Island, from the collection of the Beckett family. Most were taken by Ethel Mary Beckett, with some being the work of Amy Middleton Beckett. The work of Wheeler & Son, of Christchurch, and Albert E Winzenberg of Masterton is also represented. A photograph of Palmerston Atoll, in the Cook Islands, is included in the collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181858-G to 1/2-181894-G Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1885; 1865-1876, 1878-1883

Reference: Micro-MS-0373

Description: William Vance Brown's diary describes farming and social conditions on his uncle's sheep station at Waiiti, and contains a description of a tour within New Zealand prior to his departure for the United States of America. John Evans Brown's diaries describe farming, social and domestic activities on his sheep station at Swannanoa, Canterbury. He also lived at various times in Christchurch from 1870 and refers to business interests, civil affairs, his participation in provincial and national politics, and social life in Wellington and Canterbury. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (1 + 18 vols, ca 782 pages). Physical Description: Holograph Finding Aids: Description of contents at beginning of reel See also: Brown, J E Description of diaries, letters and other items (1961) at q012 NZ & Pacific Collection.

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-041-1

Description: A view of High Street Christchurch showing the Post Office straight ahead and businesses on the left. Those that can be identified are: J Sheen (Boot and Shoe Depot); C W Duckworth (Grocer); J Taylor (Draper) and on the right; W S King (Upholsterers and Manufac[turers] and C Hydes (Boot Factory). Also shows horse drawn vehicles on the street. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - High Street - Christchurch Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 139 x 215 mm