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Date: 1952-1954

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/19

Description: Correspondence and papers include Royal Humane Society of New Zealand re awards; office machinery, 1953; Westminster Abbey Appeal; G D Lintott & Co Ltd, Auckland and Marketing Services (NZ) Ltd, New Plymouth re decorations for Royal Visit ; coronation celebrations; Banks Theatres Ltd re Anzac Day screenings of movies at Paraparaumu and Paekakariki, 1953; The Greater Wellington and Hutt Valley Public Relations Bureau Organising Committee report, 1953; New Zealand Library Association Inc re archives and boundaries of the county; Hutt Valley Prevent Drownings Committee re campaign, 1952-1953; Hutt Valley Returned Services Association Inc Building Appeal for new building in Dudley Street designed by Structon Group Architects; England to New Zealand Air Race Appeal by Canterbury International Air Race Council; Chatham Islands County Council re county overseer, 1952; The British Empire Christian Crusade, 1952; and other miscellaneous matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1936-1938

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/11

Description: Correspondence and papers re New Zealand Standards Institute (2nd Annual Report), 1938; Upper Hutt Fire Brigade; National Relief Fund for Spanish Refugee Children, 1938; Guildford estate, Silverstream, 1938; New Zealand Forestry League; National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum, 1938; state funeral of Sir Truby King, 1938; National Committee of Swimming & Life Saving, 1937; Far East Relief Fund, 1937; fire districts, 1937; water connection at Gracefield Road, 1937; testing of motor vehicles (Chain Testing Stations), 1937; King George V National Memorial Fund, 1937; highway lighthouses, 1937; coronation celebrations, 1937; Eastbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1937; Forest and Bird Protection Society re Days Bay, 1937; introduction of `Milk in Schools', 1937; accommodation for bathers at Waikanae Beach, 1937; night soil depots in Upper Hutt, 1936 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [188-?], 1901

From: Sullivan, John Paul, 1948- :Photographs

By: New Zealand Photographic Company (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-8581

Description: Comprises: Portrait of a woman, taken between 1888 and 1895 by the New Zealand Photographic Coy. of Wellington. Planting of "Coronation Oak", celebrating the coronation of Edward VII of England in 1901. W H Field is standing 5th from right. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1901

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1902-01

Description: Certificate to be presented to a school child, with space to fill in child's name and the name of the school. The image shows central portraits in oval insets, of King Edward VII and his consort Alexandra, with the royal flag and the New Zealand flag. At the edges are clematis flowers, and two scenic views: one of the Waikato River and one of Rotorua. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wilson & Horton, Lith, Auckland Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 219 x 295 mm.

Date: 1953

From: Cobeldick, Trevor Murray, 1946-: Collected papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-1464

Description: Photographs of a procession celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Christchurch, taken 1953 by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1930s-1950s?]

From: Creator unknown: Lantern slides, chiefly of trips overseas, plants, and gardens

Reference: PA11-281

Description: Lantern slides of gardens, flowers, houses and buildings, farming, and vacations in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, circa 1930s-1950s. Photographer(s) are unidentified. Some images are labelled with captions naming the subject. Slides include: - Photographs relating to gardening, including a variety of flower gardens and vegetable gardens. These include an unidentified woman in her vegetable garden on a farm with a spaniel watching on, a man with a plough in a vegetable garden on the same farm, and a group of unidentified women with a wheelbarrow full of produce. Two studio images show plants formally arranged in pots [possibly copies?]. - Image of houses and buildings in New Zealand, including unidentified villas, Auckland University Clock Tower, 'Otahuna' (the residence of Sir Heaton Rhodes in Tai Tapu) with field of blooming daffodils in the foreground, [railway?] sheds at the Port of Tauranga with Mount Manganui in the background, the T&G Building and adjacent earthquake memorial colonnade in Napier, and the Cawthron Institute building and garden in Nelson. Set also includes images buildings in England including a country cottage, Tudor houses [in Chester?], the chapter house of an unidentified cathedral, and Georgian terrace houses. The English images also include unidentified people. - Holiday photographs include Milford Sound, Farewell Spit (with lighthouse and dunes), and coastal and lake scenes (with boats, including the launch 'Ratahi'). Unidentified people appear in a number of these photographs. Also includes a single photograph of the Pan American Airways (Pan Am) seaplane 'Honolulu' on the water and two photographs of the parade at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London, with one showing Queen Elizabeth in her carriage. - Images relating to farming and industry include a ewe and a lamb in a paddock, a flock of sheep being corralled by farm dogs, hay making, wool being loaded onto a barge, and [flax?] drying in a field. Arrangement: Set contains slides from box 6 Quantity: 26 b&w lantern slide(s). 14 colour lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: 1937

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1937-01

Description: Certificate issued to children in 1937 shows portraits of George VI and Elizabeth his wife, between a red and gold standard at the left and a New Zealand flag at the right. The panel is bordered by a red white and blue edging with stylised red roses and crowns. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card, 202 x 250 mm.

Date: 1937

By: Collins Print

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1937

Description: Includes: 01. Buckingham Palace [King's address to ex-Servicemen]. 27 June 1937. 02. Otaki Coronation Ball. Wednesday May 12th 1937. Otaki Railway Theatre, 8 pm to 2 am. God bless our King and Queen. Collins Print, Otaki. 03. The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI & Queen Elizabeth. Official souvenir programme. Printed and published for King George's Jubilee Trust by Odhams Press Limited, Long Acre London, WC 2, England 04. Royal pageantry, by Marjorie Bowen. Published by Moss Bros & Co. Ltd. 12th May 1937. Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm. (each item is in its own folder)

Date: 1937

By: Tuapeka times (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1937-1

Description: Includes: Coronation album, published by the manufacturers of De Reszke Cigarettes [album with text, and 48 of a possible 50 stickers in place]. Formerly owned by J Cory-Wright Coronation calendar 1937. [Small gilt calendar booklet marking the coronation of Edward VIII in 1936] Coronation souvenir presented to Kelvin Ching in commemoration of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 12th May 1937. [Card] British-Israel World Federation. Coronation souvenir 1937. Order form (on folded pamphlet) A form of divine service commended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for general use on Sunday May 9th 1937, being the Sunday preceding the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Printed by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. Lawrence Coronation celebrations. Wednesday 12th May 1937. Souvenir programme. Tuapeka Times Print "Long may they reign!" A souvenir of the coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. May 12th 1937. Official programme of the Marlborough celebrations issued by the "Come to Blenheim" Association Napier Coronation souvenir and order of celebrations, May 12th 1937. God save the King! Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Order of divine service on the occasion of the coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937. United Citizens' Service held in the Town Hall Dunedin NZ, under the auspices of the Dunedin Council of Christian Congregations, on 12th May 1937, on the occasion of the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 12th May 1937. Order of service Wellington Navy League. [Portrait photograph of King George VI, presented by the Wellington Navy League in honour of the Coronation ..... in brown folded pamphlet] To celebrate the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Aide-de-Camp in Waiting is desired by His Excellency The Governor-General to invite [Mr and Mrs R W McVilly] to a garden party at Government House, Wellington on Friday the 14th May 1937 [Invitation card]. The Keeper of the Privy Purse is commanded by Their Majesties to invite the [Right Honourable M J Savage] to take part in the ceremony of planting a grove of oak trees in Windsor Great Park ... 19 June 1937. [Invitation card, and response card annotated with instruction that Savage declined, and nominated Walter Nash to take his place] The Keeper of the Privy Purse is commanded by Their Majesties to invite the [Hon Walter Nash and Mrs Nash] to take part in the ceremony of planting a grove of oak trees in Windsor Great Park ... 19 June 1937. [Invitation card]. Also includes an instruction sheet which originally accompanied a plan of the Grove and a windscreen label Two-sided plastic "coin" showing a profile head of King Edward VIII coronation 1937, with a red, white and blue riboon between each side Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Engravings, offset prints, etc, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1902

By: Willis & Aiken Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1902-1

Description: Includes: Coronation luncheon to veterans and returned troopers, Dunedin, 26 June 1902. J A Park, mayor, chairman Executive Committee. Menu / toast list The form and order of the Service that is to be performed, and of the ceremonies that are to be observed, in the Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in the Abbey Church of S Peter, Westminster, 26 June 1902. [Book hardbound in purple velvet, inscribed to Louie, 9 August 1902] Canterbury's official souvenir of the Coronation of King Edward VII, June 25 and 26, 1902. Willis & Aiken, Printers, Christchurch. 32 pages Order of service to be held in the Synagogue Wellington on the day of the Coronation of our Sovereign Lord King Edward VII. June 26th 1902. Post Print. Service by the Rev H Van Staveren assisted by a full choir under Herr Max Hoppe; accompanist Mr P Levi. St Paul's Pro-Cathedral. Coronation Day, June 26th 1902. Service at 10.30 am. Admission ticket [authorised by] T H Sprott, vicar Coronation Day, June 26 1902. NZ souvenir [silk ribbon showing a full length portrait of Edward VII] Coronation Celebration Committee, Wellington, NZ. June 26th 1902 [red silk ribbon] Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, offset prints, etc, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1902

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1902-2

Description: Includes: Long live our King and Queen. Souvenir of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, June 26, 1902, from the Government of New Zealand, to [Miss Pearl Margetts], attending [Taumatatahi] School. Govt. Print. Wgtn. Long live our King and Queen. Souvenir of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, June 26, 1902, from the Government of New Zealand, to [M Ina Franklin] attending [Dreyerton] School. Govt. Print. Wgtn. Long live our King and Queen. Souvenir of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, June 26, 1902, from the Government of New Zealand, to [Master Herbert Butler] attending [Aramoho] School. Govt. Print. Wgtn. Long live our King and Queen. Souvenir of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, June 26, 1902, from the Government of New Zealand, to [Miss Hilda Judd] attending [Petone State] School. Govt. Print. Wgtn. (Accompanied by newsclipping showing Mrs Hilda Holt (nee Judd) holding this certificate in about 1984) Coronation of Edward VII. Invercargill, June 1902. W Smith, Commercial Printer, Esk Street, Invercargill [Programme] Coronation Sunday, June 29 1902. Special service, Trinity Wesleyan Church, Wellington South. Minister Rev George Bond. Printed by the New Zealand Times Co., Ltd Church of England. Holy Trinity, Gisborne. The form and order of service for use on Thursday 26th June 1902 at 8.30 am, being the Coronation Day of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Rev W Walsh, vicar. Times Print, Gisborne NZ Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Presbytery of Auckland. order of service at St Andrews Church Auckland, on Thursday 26th June 1902 being the Coronation Day of Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra. ... Rev W Gray Dixon, will preside. Wilson and Horton, Printers, Auckland The form and order of service recommended for use in the churches of the Church of England throughout His Majesty's Empire, on Thursday 26th June 1902 ... Lyttelton Times Co Ltd, printers, Gloucester Street, Christchurch, NZ St Paul's Pro-Cathedral. Special service. Thursday June 26th 1902, being the Coronation Day of Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Printers, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, 50461 To celebrate His Majesty's Coronation, the Governor and Countess of Ranfurly request the honour of Mr & Mrs W H Field's company at a reception, Tuesday 1 July [1902] To celebrate His Majesty's Coronation, the Governor and Countess of Ranfurly request the honour of Mr & Mrs W H Field's company at a ball, Wednesday 6th August [1902] Quantity: 8 colour art print(s) plus duplicates. Physical Description: Engravings, offset prints, etc, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1953

By: Craig Printing Company

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1953-04

Description: Booklet containing the order of service for a ceremony to be held at the A & P Showgrounds, Invercargill, 2 June 1953. It included a military parade, a service conducted by Rev D Stewart Millar (Chairman of the Invercargill Ministers' Association, and Vicar of St John's Church), with readings by Rev C B Boggis, address by Rev L H Ker (Moderator of the Presbytery of Southland. The back page mentions a pageant to be held that afternoon, a concert in the evening, and a ball to be held the following evening. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 218 x 143 mm.

Date: 1899-1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-65

Description: Scenes in New Zealand during the term of Lord Ranfurly as Governor, taken by unknown photographers. The top left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-1) showsl a bullock team in the Kaihu Forest, 1899, with a group of men, at the right of which is Richard John Seddon. The top right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-2) shows Government House, Wellington, illuminated for the coronation of Edward VII, 1902. The centre left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-3) shows a scene in the Bay of Islands, with a sailing boat, 1899. The centre right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-4) shows Lady Eileen Knox, 1897. The lower left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-5) shows Captain Collin Post of SS Tutanekai, 1899. The lower right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-6) shows a Maori kainga with a group seated in the foreground. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Six photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: 1940-1957

By: Holland, Sidney George (Rt Hon Sir), 1893-1961

Reference: MS-Papers-1624

Description: Opposition papers and correspondence; Ministerial and PM's subject files; National Party, policy, and campaign material; speech notes. Also some memorabilia and scrapbooks of photographs and press cuttings Member of Parliament (National) 1935-1957; Leader of the Opposition, 1940-1949; Prime Minister, 1949-1957 Quantity: 699 folder(s). 16 volume(s). 20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Sound and Music Centre - Recording of `To Elizabeth' by Miss Dorothy Stewart, New York - To Photographic Archive - Albums and loose photographs (some albums and scrapbooks have been kept with the collection. See Series 8).

Date: 1953

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1953-01

Description: Menu, with inserted swatch of ribbon in red white and blue at top left of the front cover.The menu is printed inside, and features oysters, fish and chicken. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Gilt letterpress on folded card, 152 x 102 mm, with ribbon insert. Transfers: Donated with the Dorothy Neal White papers, in 2004..

Date: [1920s-1950s]

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

Reference: PAColl-9543-26

Description: Photographs of West Coast scenes, personalities, comprising: Damage to buildings caused by cyclones Ceremonies marking coronation of King George VI of England, May 1937 Laying foundation stone for Wesley Hall Greymouth Baptist Church Presbyterian Church, Tainui Street, Greymouth Church of England choir Buses and trucks Photographs taken 1920s-1950s by James Ring and L A Inkster of Greymouth Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1934-1936

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/10

Description: Correspondence and papers re Upper Hutt District Dental Clinic, 1936; Coronation celebration souvenirs (King Edward VIII), 1937; Health Stamp Campaign, 1936; Australasian Performing Rights Association Ltd, 1936; electrification of Hutt Valley line, 1935; address of welcome to HRH Duke of Gloucester, 1935; farewell for Lord and Lady Bledisloe, 1935; first AGM and Conference of New Zealand Branch of the Royal Sanitary Institute, 1935; charitable aid to Pinehaven families, 1935; Young New Zealand League re welcome for HRH Prince Henry, 1934; Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, 1934; New Zealand Forestry League (address by Lord Bledisloe), 1934; and other miscellaneous matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Transfers: To Other - To Curios - 2 Coronation badges, produced to celebrate the coronation of Edward VIII by H Ordell & Son, Christchurch.

Date: [ca 1902]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-79

Description: Scenes in Temuka and Wellington City taken by unidentified photographers The upper photograph, (PA1-f-195-79-1) shows a garden party in Temuka. The middle (PA1-f-195-79-2) and bottom (PA1-f-195-79-3) photographs show Government House and Government Buildings, illuminated to mark the coronation of Edward VII, in 1902. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three photographic prints mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

From: Olsson, Arthur Leslie, 1923- :Photographs

By: Warren, D M, active 1887

Reference: PAColl-0903

Description: Photographs of rows of bell tents at Rangiotu Camp in 1915; Duke of Windsor reading a speech from a podium probably during his tour in 1920; a post office decorated for the coronation of George V in 1910 with a large crowd in front; montage of photographs of rulers and generals - the Presidents of France and Portugal, Albert I of Belgium, the Kings of Montenegro, Italy, and Serbia, George V of Britain, Tsar Nicholas II, Emperor of Japan, Earl Kitchener, Admiral Jellicoe, General French, and General Joffre; HMS Powerful in Sydney Harbour; a view of possibly Whanganui River in Wanganui; the graves of the sailors of the Lizzie Bell (spellings as on the reverse of the photograph) - David Lang, John Portland, Henry Frederickson, John Perry, William Simmons, William Blimer(?), William Savel, Earnest Campbell, Thomas Cut, Alfred Jones and James Welltean; Star Dairy cart; and an unidentified street scene. Arrangement: 1/2-080875, 080876, 080883, 080885, 080887, 082009, 082010, 082012 Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.