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New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music :Verbrugghen Orchestra (New South Wales S...
Date: 1922
From: [Music programmes 1922]
By: A E Purse (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1922-01
Description: Programme featuring works by Wagner, Massenet, Weber, song by F David (Sung by Rose Alba), Liszt, Rossini, Tschaikowsky, Alfred Hill ("Waiata Poi"), Percy Grainger, Mendelssohn. The cover shows a head and shoulders portrait of Henri Verbrugghen. Alfred Hill was the assistant conductor. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 217 x 142 mm.
Canterbury Museum (Christchurch, N.Z.): Te hokinga mai; featuring Mo Tatou - the Ngai T...
Date: 2010
From: [Posters and other ephemera of A3 size relating to Maori issues. 2010-2014]
By: Canterbury Museum (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-2010-01
Description: Exhibition booklet with photographs of taonga on display. Contains essays by Mark Solomon, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Moana Tipa. The final pages contain a full catalogue of the exhibition. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 28 pages, 275 x 272 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2010.
Railways album 12
Date: [Between 1938 and 1940]
By: New Zealand Railways
Reference: PA1-f-061
Description: Album of publicity photographs, and photographs of posters and advertisements taken by unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. Many of the images in this album were taken for a series of articles written by Oliver Neal Gillespie between January 1939 and June 1940, published in the New Zealand Railways Magazine. The series was entitled "Buy New Zealand goods and build New Zealand. New Zealand Industries Series". These contribute the largest group of images in the album, covering a wide range of industries. They include men's and women's clothing manufacturers; electrical engineering companies such as Pallo Engineering (petrol pumps), National Engineering (Neeco electric ovens), Standard Engineering Company; tobacco factories; potteries; Nugget shoe polish factory; brushware factories; and companies associated with the manufacture of food products (eg Watties canneries, Edmonds Baking Powder, Griffins and Bycrofts biscuit makers, and Whittome & Stevenson sauce and pickle makers. There are other sequences of images, including newly built state housing in Lower Hutt, with some houses still under construction beside the Hutt River, a streetscape, and a children's playground (p 7-8); a large crowd joining in a send-off of R.S.A. men to Australia in April 1938; a train laden with boxes of oranges from Rarotonga, the "Special orange train from Auckland"; and photographs of charts showing the progress of the New Zealand Government Railways, with railways workshops staff organisation charts (for Otahuhu, Addington, Hutt & Hillside Workshops (p 28-29). On p 35 there are views of a new hangar at Rongotai Aerodrome, under construction, then views of the completed exterior and the interior with a row of Blackburn B-5 Baffin bi-planes. Several images show collection of Railway sports trophies (including cups for their cricket teams), and two views of New Zealand Railways staff member Neil Edwards, a tennis champion who represented New Zealand in Britain in 1939. Pages 39-41 show the construction of a large dredge on the West Coast; p 57 show a burst watermain on Waterloo Quary, wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 7'; 41 x 61 cm
Hewitt, Helen Verity, fl 1998 : Henry John Sealy and Emma Booker Askin; A Family History
Date: 1998
By: Hewitt, Helen Verity, active 1998
Reference: MSX-4762
Description: Family history based on the diaries written by Henry John Sealy between 1858 and 1878. Relationship complexity - A copy of John Sealy's dairy located at MS-Copy-Micro-0046 Sealy emigrated to New Zealand in 1858 with his younger brother Edward Percy (b.1839). He worked as a land surveyer in both the Hawkes Bay and Canterbury Regions. He retired and died in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Helen Hewitt, Australia, 1998
Webb, Steffano Francis, 1880?-1967 :Postcard No 18 - Statuary at the N.Z. International...
Date: 1906 - 1907
By: Webb, Steffano Francis Pavlovich, 1880-1967; Smith & Anthony Ltd; Summers, Charles Francis, 1858-1945
Reference: E-278-q-100
Description: Postcard with a photo-mechanical reproduction of a photograph, taken by Webb. It shows three statues by Charles Francis Summers - Susannah surprised by the Elders; Zephyr & Cupid; Baccante and the infant Bacchus - all exhibited at the New Zealand International Exhibition, 1906-1907. Postcard printed by Smith & Anthony Limited, ca 1907 The works were sold by Summers to the commissioners of the Christchurch exhibition. In 1908 the sculptures were purchased by Dept of Tourist & Health Resorts for the Rotorua Bath House. All were sculpted in Carrera marble and are examples of the Neo-Classical style. [See - www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz 2009] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 80 x 130 mm on card
[Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers. 1960s]
Date: 1960 - 1969
From: [Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers].
By: Wellington Boxing Association
Reference: Eph-A-BOXING-1960s
Description: Includes: 1960s: Canterbury Boxing Association. Itinerary card, NZ Junior Boxing Championships 1960: Boxing tournament (Main fight Mosese Varasikete v Sonny Pehi). Athletic Park, 27 February 1960. Programme. 1962: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. YMCA Stadium, Gisborne, 10-12 September 1962. Programme 1963: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. Canterbury Court Stadium Christchurch, 23-25 September 1963. Official programme 1964: 52nd New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. Town Hall Wellington, 28-30 September 1964. Souvenir programme (Front cover shows Wally Coe, NZ and British Empire Welter Champion; inside are brief notes on 1963 winners: Bill Kini, Bruce Johnstone, Tommy Dunn, Murray Emmerson, Wally Coe, Brian Maunsell, Manoel Santos, Turori George, John Wills and Brian Kendall) 1968: Manawatu Boxing Association presents the New Zealand Senior Amateur Boxing Championships 1968. Izadium, Fitzherbert Avenue Palmerston North, 23-25 September 1968. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 programmes; 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Boxing New Zealand in 2007. Transfers: Material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1563..
Xmas shoppers' & gift givers' guide. Printed by Simpson & Williams Ltd., 169 St Asaph S...
Date: 1933 - 1935
From: [Ephemera, sales catalogues, and advertising for retail firms, traders, shops and stores. 1930-1939]
By: Simpson and Williams Ltd; Southwell, Cynthia, active 1997
Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-1934-01
Description: Booklet advertising goods for sale from various Christchurch retail outlets: Provincial Hotel (for liquor supplies), H C Urlwin Ltd (electrical appliances), Ashby Bergh & Co Ltd (household, sporting and camping goods), Butlers (N.Z.) Ltd (Ekco radios), Penrose's Shoe Store, Minson's (tableware and household goods), Knowles (poultry and fish), Blackwell Motors (Chevrolet), Watkinson's Ltd (automobile electrical supplies) , Simpson & Williams Ltd (books and gifts), Alston's (bags and luggage), Stacey & Hawker ("S.X." bread), Smart & Son's Ltd (pavers, concrete and asphalt work), Meltzer Bros (tents), Waddell's (grocers), Canterbury Frozen Meat Co (butchers), Herb Laban Ltd (menswear). Other Titles - Christmas Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 20 pages, each 240 x 180 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs C Southwell, in 1997.
Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :Christchurch from Cathedral. [ca 1890s]
Date: 1880 - 1900
From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]
Reference: E-278-q-075
Description: Birdseye view of the city from the cathedral spire looking along Columbo Street towards the Cashmere hills. Horse-drawn carts are lined up in Cathedral Square below. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm
Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :Christchurch from Cathedral. [ca 1890s]
Date: 1880 - 1900
From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]
Reference: E-278-q-076
Description: Birdseye view of the city from the cathedral spire looking down at Cathedral Square to the Post Office building. Horse-drawn carts and carriages can be seen in the square below. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm
Smith & Anthony Ltd (Christchurch) :The panoramic road to Hanmer / compiled & lithograp...
Date: 1916
By: Smith & Anthony Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Canterbury-1916-01
Description: One side of the folded sheet shows a bird's eye view of "The road to Hanmer from Christchurch, with labels for Papanui, Styx, Belfast, Chaney's Corner, Whites Bridge, Kaiapoi, Woodend, Waikuku, Saltwater Creek, Leithfield, Amberley, Greney's Road, Glasnevin, Waipara Bridge, Weka Pass, Waikari, Hurunui, Culverden, Montrose, Upper Waiau Ferry, and Hanmer. Also marked are the following hotels (in order from Christchurch to Hanmer): Papanui, Phoenix, Belfast, Royal Hotel (Woodend), Royal Hotel (Leithfield), Railway Hotel and Crown Hotel as well as Frew Brothers Garage (all Amberley), Great Northern Hotel and Star & Garter Hotel as well as Mercer's Garage (all Waikari), Hurunui Hotel, Culverden Hotel, and Jollie's Pass Hotel and St Helen's Station (Hanmer). Rivers are named or shown: Waimakariri, [Kaiapoi], Ashley, Saltwater Creek, Kowai, Waipara, Hurunui and Waitohi, Waiau. The verso includes advertisements for Star Motor Petrol, the 1916 Overland, Ford cars, Goodrich tyres (from E W Pidgeon & Co Ltd), Motorol oils, Dunlop Tyres, Culverden Hotel, W D Berry & Co Garage in Christchurch. Also shown are photographs of the Troopers' Memorial Amberley, Weka Pass, Hurunui Hotel, and Culverden Hotel. Dated from an advertisement for the 1916 Overland, Colonial model. Other Titles - The road to Hanmer from Christchurch Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on sheet, 235 x 990 mm, folded inside cover to 235 x 110 mm.
[Ephemera and horticulture sales catalogues issued by New Zealand plant nurseries, 1920...
Date: 1920 - 1924
Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-1920/1924
Description: Includes: 1920: J Bateson & Son, Townbelt Nursery, Hamilton East. General catalogue 1920. ca 1920: Frankish Bros & Co. Ltd, seedsmen & nurserymen, Wanganui. General seed catalogue [ca 1920?] 1920: D Hay & Son, Montpellier Nurseries Auckland. Importers, raisers and distributors of new and rare fruits, etc. etc. Supplementary catalogue 1920. 1920: Thos Horton Ltd, Premier Nurseries, Hastings. General catalogue of Horton's pedigree fruit trees, ornamental plants, shade trees, rhododendrons, etc. [1920] 1920: Palmerston North Associated Nurserymen's price-list of select bedding & other plants, obtainable from: A C Bradfield; Hepburn & Turner; P D Henderson; Mrs J Imrie; A W Just; W V Kingsbeer; Nairn & Nairn; A J Shailer. 1920. ca 1920: Reliance Seed Store (R A Nicol, Wellington). Hints on gardening [ca 1920] 1921: B H Just Botanical Nurseries, Palmerston North. 1921 cash price list 1921: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu, Auckland. Roses and citrus trees, etc. General catalogue. Season 1921 1921: New Zealand Farmers Co-operative Association of Canterbury Limited. Co-op seed guide 1921 1921: A J Shailer, nurseryman, Scandia St., Palmerston North. Trade register. Summer edition December 1921. [Inside entitled] Duncan & Davies Ltd summer list 1921: T Waugh & Son, Hutt Valley Nurseries, Lower Hutt. Waugh's roses and carnations. 1921 1922: J N Anderson & Son Ltd, Napier. Anderson's general catalogue, 1922-23 1922: J M Baxter, Christchurch. Descriptive catalogue of native trees, shrubs and plants. Season 1922. 1922: W Bayliss & Son. New and rare daffodils and general bulb catalogue. Season 1922-23 1922: Christchurch Nursery Co. Roses, fruit trees etc grown for sale by the Christchurch Nursery Co., premier rose growers. 1922 1922: F Cooper Ltd. Wellington. Seed catalogue season 1922 1922: F Cooper Ltd. Cooper's catalogue of trees, plants, shrubs, etc. Season 1922 1922: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu, Auckland. Catalogue of roses and citrus trees, etc. 1922 1922: Gilbert J Mackay, seedsman and florist, 98 Queen Street Auckland. Mackay's autumn list of sweet peas, flowering bulbs, etc. 1922 1922: C C Rasmussen's catalogue of roses, carnations, ornamental, fruit, hedge and shelter trees, etc. Constantia Nursery, Lewis Avenue, Aramoho, Wanganui. 1922 1923: J N Anderson & Son Ltd. Anderson's select bulbs, 1923-24 1923?: J Bateson & Son, Waikato's premier nurseries, Hamilton East. General catalogue [1923?] 1923: W Bayliss & Son, Brnydwr Nurseries, Jeffrey's Road, Fendalton, Christchurch. Descriptive catalogue of the best and most up-to-date collection of chrysanthemums, carnations, roses, flowering shrubs, cactus, dahlias & fruit trees. Season 1923. 1923: Benefield & Sons, Aramoho Nurseries, Wanganui. Rose & general catalogue [1923] 1923: F Cooper Ltd, Wellington. Seed catalogue, season 1923. 1923: J Johnston & Son, Bella Vista Nursery, Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland. General catalogue [1923] 1923: B H Just, botanical nurseries Palmerston North. 1923 cash price list of fruit trees and shrubs, forest trees, flowering trees and shrubs, hedge trees and plants, etc 1923: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu. Novelties of 1923 1923: Gilbert J Mackay, seedsman and florist, Nurseries near Royal Oak, Onehunga. Mackay's catalogue. Fruit, shelter and ornamental trees, hedge plants, roses, etc. [1923] 1923: C C Rasmussen's catalogue of roses, carnations, ornamental, fruit, hedge and shelter trees, etc. Constantia Nursery, Lewis Avenue, Aramoho, Wanganui. 1923. 1924: A W Buxton Ltd. Buxton's 1924-25 seed list. 1924: Evans & Sawyer, carnation specialists, Manakau. trade list for season 1924. Perpetual flowering carnations and dianthus 1924: Thos Horton Ltd Premier Nurseries, Hastings and Pahiatua. Selected Premier roses, premier trees. [1924] 1924: Ivorys Ltd, Christchurch. Ivory's double-vigour trees for orchard, garden and forest. [1924] 1924: J Johnston & Sons, Ponsonby Auckland, nurserymen. 1924 trade list 1924: W E Lippiatt, Otahuhu, Auckland. Catalogue of roses and citrus trees [1924] 1924: Frank Mason, rose specialist, Sandon Road, Feilding. Descriptive catalogue and guide to roses, carnations and other plants. 1924 1924: C C Rasmussen's catalogue of roses, carnations, ornamental, hedge, shelter and fruit trees, etc. Constantia Nursery, Lewis Avenue, Aramoho, Wanganui. 1924 (2 copies) 1924: T Waugh & Son, Hutt Valley Nurseries, Lower Hutt. [General advertising booklet, prepared for the Wellington Winter Show 1924] Quantity: 38 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 220 x 150 mm.
Booth, Leonard Hampden, 1879-1974. Attributed works :Bishop Julius [and] Hon George Jon...
Date: 1907
From: Booth, Leonard Hampden, 1879-1974 :[Cuttings of cartoons and caricatures from the "Exhibition sketcher" (Christchurch), the "Triad", and the "Sydney bulletin". 1906-1915].
Reference: A-350-013
Description: Shows, on the recto, a full-body standing portraits of Bishop Julius, hand on hips and wearing 'an expression of contempt for the frivols of Society'; on the verso, profile and three-quarter standing portraits of the Hon George Jones and Mr Robertshaw, of the Dresden Piano Coy. also includes anonymous images of a stout bandsman playing a tenor horn on a hot day, and a baby using a flask and tube like a musical instrument None of these drawings are signed, but the style and date in the journal suggest these works are by Booth Extended Title - From: The exhibition sketcher, Feb 16, 1907 p 15 Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on pages of journal; sizes vary Provenance: Donated by Ms Honiana Love, in 2000.
Nairn and Son's, florists and nurserymen, palm nursery, Christchurch, N.Z. :Plant catal...
Date: 1904
By: Nairn & Sons Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Nairn-1904-01
Description: Catalogue of coniferous trees and shrubs, hedge and edging plants, hardy herbaceous plants and tubers, roses, camellias, begonias, pelargoniums, dahlias, fuchsias, chrysanthemums, fruit trees. Exhibited in 'To market, to market' Exhibition of advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. First Floor foyer, National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 1 v., illus., some col., 241 mm.
Reception of Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Ranfurly by the citizens of Ch...
Date: 1897
By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-VICEREGAL-1897-02
Description: A programme of entertainment by a banjo band, with songs by Mrs E T Robinson, Mr J P Newman, the Liedertafel, Miss Alice Gray, Mr A Millar, Mrs B H Burns, Mr P Hockley, Miss Lilian Smith, Mr Russell Halley, Miss Hilda Meadows, Mr W Izard, Miss Davie, Mr Seager, Mr C Morris, Miss Annie Lake, Mr W A Day, Miss Alice Corrick. Accompanists were Miss Jennie West and Miss Constance Lingard. Front cover shows printing block vignettes of the British coat of arms, a lutist, and decorative panels. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, red and gilt, on pink sheet folded to 224 x 142 mm.
Brewster's Rare Books :Christchurch views
Date: 1930s
By: Brewster's Rare Books (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-7398
Description: Collection of cyanotype views of Christchurch by an unknown photographer, comprising: Ford Model T delivery van of Henley Dairy after a road accident Two-horse water wagon, possibly at Ferry Road, Christchurch Fire engine number 6 of the Christchurch Fire Brigade, with crew Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cyanotypes
Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives
Date: [ca 1905-1926]
By: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955
Reference: PA-Group-00396
Description: Dry plate glass negatives, 1/2 and 1/1 size made by the Christchurch photographer Adam MacLay, packed in ca 300 photographic plate boxes. Mostly portraits and groups. Considerable proportion interleaved with leaflets, magazine leaves, etc. Considerable proportion numbered by photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-118174 to 118219, 118222 to 118251, 118256 to 118499, 118501 to 118547, 118693 to 118697, 118798 to 118849, 118851 to 118879, 118901 to 118973, 162915 to 163404, 163406 to 163619, 163622 to 163679, 163682 to 164078, 183115 to 185908, 1/1-021626, 021630 to 021635, 021711 to 021713, 023062 to 023077, 023327 to 023357, 023378 to 023408, 023418 to 023741, 023892 to 024087, 026032 to 026517, 026529 to 026547, 026558 to 026577, 026808 to 026809, 028087 to 029454. Quantity: 6982 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1997. Reference number changed from PAColl-5333 to PA-Group-00396 in 2009.
Photographer unknown :Photographs of the Royal Tour 1927
Date: 1927
Reference: PA-Group-00431
Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.
Davis, W, fl 1875 : Illuminated address
Date: 31 Dec 1875
By: Davis, W, active 1875
Reference: fMS-Papers-3482
Description: An address presented to W Davis on his resignation from the Survey Office, Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and mss (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Anonymous donation, Jun 1962
Davy, P, fl 1895-1896 : Diary of a voyage to New Zealand
Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896
By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896
Reference: MS-Group-0708
Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon and Godley, John Robert : Letters to J E FitzGerald
Date: 1849-1861 (1940)
By: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862
Reference: MS-2205
Description: Letters mainly concern the foundation and settlement of Canterbury Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (1, 180, xvii pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; ¼ dark green morocco) Finding Aids: Indexed.