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Date: [ca 1930-1943]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-198

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1930s-1940s Churches at Hawera, Palmerston North, Opotiki, Te Aroha, Waipukurau, Nelson, Queenstown and Pararaka. Whangarei - Central Park/Mair Park, Mt Darby golf links, children playing in a dinghy at Matapouri, tennis courts. Russell - View of foreshore, and view from the hill with Achilles in port. Tauranga - Causeway between The Mount and Tauranga, pier at The Mount, Mission House. Palmerston North - Boys' High School and baths, View of North side of The Square. Napier - Harbour under construction, view from the hill looking south, The Esplanade showing gardens, children's play area and Sound Shell, National Tobacco Company, T & G Building, Government buildings in Shakespeare Street, Civic Square. Hastings - Poplar Avenue, Cornwall Park, W L C McLean's house Swarthmore at Havelock North with vineyard. Gisborne - Gladstone Road, aerial view of town, river view. Cambridge - Bowling green, BNZ building, clock tower & National Hotel (with caravans parked outside the hotel), etc New Plymouth - Aerial view of 72nd Annual A & P Show; Moturoa; ships in port. Invercargill - The Little Playhouse, Government buildings, Southland Museum, 1943. Also - Children from Kerikeri School leaving for a swim; Arawa Street, Matamata; Lake Drive, Hamilton; view of Lyell township; Burke's Pool, Opihi; Denniston township; Caroline Bay, Timaru; main Street, Winton; shipping at Bluff; Oban township, Stewart Island; view of Picton harbour from Hotel Terminus; Alexander Street, Te Awamutu; Arawa Street, Matamata; Wairoa from Te Uhi Hill; Art Gallery, Wanganui; view of wanganui from Aramono.. Quantity: 76 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1866-1867

By: Illingworth, J E, active 1866-1867

Reference: MS-1068

Description: Gives much political and social gossip of Wellington, describes sheep runs in Hawke's Bay and the Wairarapa, as well as his trips to Christchurch, Auckland, Parewanui and Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Illingworth came to New Zealand with H J Kennard who was representing Kennard Brothers in negotiations with the Wellington Provincial Council over the patent slip at Evans Bay; he made brief trips to Auckland and Christchurch and in Dec 1866 was present at the Manawatu purchase meeting at Parewanui Pa, after which he visited Wanganui and travelled by canoe on the Wanganui River. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (409 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (22 cm; ¼ brown calf, brown morocco boards)

Date: 1909

By: Napier Harbour Board

Reference: MS-Papers-2946

Description: Includes report (author unknown) prepared for the Napier Harbour Board on the question; most of correspondence in the form of clippings from the `Hawke's Bay Herald' Other Titles - Hawkes Bay Herald (Newspaper) Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter

Date: [1974-1983]

From: Action for Environment: Records

Reference: 96-204-2/13

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1875

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

By: Mercer, Robert, active 1964

Reference: PAColl-3388

Description: Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: One album page 236 x 310mm Provenance: Found in the loose prints seqence ("B" sequence)

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7815

Description: Transparency slides of Napier and Gisborne, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1940

From: Abbott, Leonard A, 1923-2007 :Sketches of a voyage to New Zealand, May 1940 [Facsimile of the New Zealand section of a sketchbook]

Reference: E-819-011

Description: Shows a view from the sea to the north of the Bluff, with some houses on the hill, and the port at the far left. Other Titles - 9. "The Bluff", from the deck. Napier, 22 May 1940 Extended Title - From his 'Sketches of a voyage to New Zealand, May 1940', page [11] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy 180 x 280 mm.

Date: 1931

From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931

Reference: PAColl-0153-01

Description: View of the damage to Port Ahuriri, Napier, after the earthquake of 1931. Piles of rubble can be seen, and shells of some buildings. Three men can be seen walking in the distance. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1931. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - The Port, Napier Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2359-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from a steep grassy hill over Petane village (now known as Bay View) on the left. The Petane Hotel and the Hawke's Bay Motor Co. Ltd & Sadlery & Bait Stables are seen centre right. There is a house on a knoll overlooking a farming valley on the right. Hills behind. Harbour and possibly the Port of Napier in the far left middle distance. Between the village and the sea on the left there are some fields, some areas under cultivation, and a tennis court in the left foreground. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Napier from Petane. No. 220; Marginal notes on negative - Distant view of Napier from Petane. 1927. Get distance in if possible Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 123.0 cm

Date: 1916

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-025

Description: Shows a view accross Napier Harbour towards hills, probably the Kaweka Range. The view is from a hill looking down. Grass, trees, a road with a woman walking on it, and the edge of a house are all visible in the foreground. A steamboat is shown on the water. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 175 x 270 mm in mat 360 x 480 mm

Date: Jan 1959, [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Werren, Douglas John 1930-2007: Transparency slides

Reference: PA12-11318

Description: Transparency slides taken by Doug Werren, January 1959 and circa 1950s to 1960s. Includes two series of shipping images: one set of aerial photographs shows the Norwegian freighter 'Golden Master' beached off Matakana Island after striking Okaparu Reef and another set, taken from Bluff Hill Domain, shows cargo ships docked at Port of Napier and the view north to Westshore and Ahuriri Estuary. A single photograph features swimmers and sunbathers on the beach in the foreground while a cargo ship passes off the point. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: 1880-1880

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-16

Description: Printed matter from Appendices to the Journal of House of Representatives, 1880 and sketches of plans of various harbours Other - original file - NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F16 T01 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-015

Description: Shows a view of Napier's Westshore, or Western Spit. There is a house to the right of the picture, and rowboats sitting on the flats. The Kaweka Ranges are in the distance. The light in the sky suggests sunset or sunrise Western Spit is now known as Westshore Other Titles - Westshore Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - From Watern Spit April 5th 1900 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 132 x 184 mm

Date: 1900

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-014

Description: Shows a rowboat in the foreground with a folded-up sail lying the length of it. Fishing nets can be seen drying to the right of the picture. The view is probably looking north-west, with the Kaweka Ranges in the distance Significant view of the harbour, being prior to the 1931 earthquake that raised the sea floor by 2.7 metres, with the Ahuriri Lagoon and tidal flats drained Western Spit is now known as Westshore Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - Inner harbour Napier [in biro] / The Watchman Wetsern Spit April 5th 1900 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 132 x 184 mm

Date: 1923

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-018

Description: Shows a view from a domestic garden, with border plants along a wooden fence. Beyond can be seen thick bush, with a view to the harbour between the trees, and the Kaweka Ranges in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 128 x 180 mm

Date: 1900

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-016

Description: Shows two women (or possibly children) swimming in the sea at Westshore, Napier. The eastern hills of Napier are visible in the distance. On the verso, a vague pencil sketch of bush including cabbage trees, with a pale blue sky in waterclour Other Titles - Westshore Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - West shore Napier [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 105 x 165 mm on sheet 145 x 205 mm

Date: 1955-1976

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6470

Description: Lake Rotoiti. Lake Waikaremoana. Ruatahuna. Tree decorated with lights, Napier. View from the Wairoa highway. Hereworth boys school, Havelock North. Tutaekuri River. Te Mata Peak. Moere Springs Scenic Reserve. Coastal views, Kawhia Harbour. DC10 at Auckland Airport. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: [1940-1950]

By: Isdale, Alistair Murray, 1911-2001

Reference: MS-Group-0997

Description: Unpublished manuscript, presumably by Isdale; title continues; `...war worn territory, land of much beauty, till now isolated'. Also letters from Hammond to Harry written from Thorntons Bay, Coromandel, listing New Zealand books held by Hammond, and giving biographical information about illustrator Miss L A Daff (1948). The history of northern Hawke's Bay begins before Maori arrived, covers the Maori history of the area, tells of the arrival of Europeans, the missioanries, settlement and farming, establishment of local government business and services, looks at the contemporary position of Maori in the area, tourism, schools and other aspects. The decorated cover has a photograph of the Carroll Memorial Hall, Waihirere, illustrations of Maori design and photograph of a vessel on the back cover Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See J G Wilson's `History of Hawke's Bay' with which Isdale was involved Quantity: 2 folder(s) (one in a case folder). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Crows Nest Books, Hamilton, Apr 2001 The cover is illustrated in black and white ink and possibly pastel

Date: [ca 1904-1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-092

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, and New Zealand ports, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1904-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Aerial photograph of Lyttelton Harbour; series of photographs of ports - Ahuriri (Napier), Timaru, Dunedin, Bluff, Gisborne, Wanganui and Waitara. Also: Wreck of iron barqe Antiope (14 Sep); wrecked barque Rewa near Kawau Island; MV Hornby Grange at Auckland prior to departure for Britain; scow Bee stranded at mouth of Puhoi River; schooner Fairburn stranded on Opotiki Bar; coastal steamer Awahou; wrecked NZSCo steamer Tongariro on Bull Rock, off Portland Island (Aug 1916). Series of photographs of the sailing ship Pamir; Orient Line steamers Orsova and Orcades; sailing ship Canterbury in Timaru Harbour, Apr 1904; barque Joseph Craig damaged in Rangitoto Channel tied up at King's Wharf, Auckland, 1912; 2 unidentified ships in NZ waters. Also a number of overseas passenger and cargo ships. Quantity: 47 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 2 album leaves with 5 black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints

Date: 1927, June 1930, 1931, 1941

By: Pearson, Alfred William, active 1924-1949

Reference: PAColl-8529

Description: Photographs of the Royal New Zealand Navy ca 1927-1941, probably taken by Alfred William Pearson. Includes images of the Napier earthquake, naval cruisers, ports and harbours in New Zealand and overseas, and group portraits of seamen from the HMS Dunedin. Most of the photographs are dated and identified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Arranged roughly into chronological order but kept in original groups where these are obvious Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by Gloria Fay, Wainuiomata, 2005 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-8326 : Pearson, Alfred William, fl 1931 : Note book on the Napier earthquake.