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Turnbull Library events
Date: ca1987-1991
From: National Library of New Zealand: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-5801-3
Description: Launch of publication "Katherine Mansfield Manuscripts in the Alexander Turnbull Library", Alexander Turnbull's birthday celebration and farewell to Jim Traue 1990, Alexander Turnbull Library's Founder's Day celebration 1990, Turnbull Library staff reunion late 1980s, Depositing of the Korean War Veterans Roll of Honour 1991, Alexander Turnbull's 121st birthday celebrations 1989, Reception for the Holmes Miller papers 1990. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original transparency/ies.
Local issues
Date: 1902-1903, Jan-May 1905
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-116
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes assessment by an engineer of damage to land by the Waikanae River with suggestions for improvement, part of telegram from Pukere, correspondendence re access of Eclipse Lambert, correspondence re conditons at Reikorangi, letter from D [?] Hannan re section at Horowhenua and papers re Field's claim for compensation re the purchse of Kapiti Island by the Government Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Photographer unknown: Views of Wellington and Murchison
Date: [ca 1929]
Reference: PAColl-6887
Description: 16 views of Wellington and Murchison including: Oriental Bay from the west and the east; a park on Oriental Bay looking towards the harbour with a family with a pram pic-nicking; two of J O Smith's gentleman's outfitters on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, one with the Government Buildings in the background and one taken from them; the Carillon from Buckle Street; the Hikitia lifting a buoy in Wellington Harbour; Seatoun taken from the north; the steamer Cowan (location unknown); three men, one in a uniform, standing next to a car with Newman Bros Ltd on the windscreen; a display for visiting dignitaries in the form of a human Union Jack possibly in Athletic Park for the Duke of York's visit; the Public Library building on Mercer Street with the Technical College and the Town Hall in the background and Wakefield Street to the right; Willis Street looking south; and three showing the damage after the 1929 earthquake to H J Hodgson & Co General Merchants and Ross's Hotel in Murchison and Nelson Boys' College. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044200 to 044215 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives
Photographs of school and other libraries
Date: ca 1980
From: National Library of New Zealand: Photographs
Reference: PA12-1198
Description: Book collections of National Library Regional Offices and interiors of the Dunedin Teachers College library Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand, "NZ" series
Date: 1939-1945
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-015-02
Description: Life and training at Trentham Military Camp, training at Burnham Military Camp, Home Guard, Ruapehu draft parading through Wellington Arrangement: This collection is made up of file prints attached to cardboard mounts. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection contains material belonging to the "NZ" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). (Feb 1995). Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).
McEwan days, the early history of the Dunedin Public Library
Date: 2000, [ca 1908-1917]
From: Ronnie, Mary Allan, 1926-2023 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7155
Description: A draft article on the Dunedin Public Library, with reference to the first City Librarian, William Barker McEwan, and to other important figures in the early history of the Library. Includes citations and references. Originally written by Ms Ronnie for the New Zealand Library Association. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript
Photographer unknown: Views of Auckland and Portland
Date: ca 1920s-1930s
Reference: PAColl-6612
Description: 9 views of Auckland and Portland: the front of Prince Albert College; view of the swing park in Myers Park; views of Myers kindergarten; view looking down towards the kindergarten and the buildings beyond; Portland Hall and Portland library from the front; closer view of Portland library; and three views of Auckland zoo. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018120 and 1/4-018179 to 018186. Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: film negatives
Slides of Wellington and St Bathans :Prints, postcards, newspaper clippings, ephemera a...
Date: 1960, 1964-1965, 1967, 1969, 1970-1980
From: Heine, Lynette Sibyl :Slides of Wellington and St Bathans :Prints, postcards, newspaper clippings, ephemera and souvenirs of Europe
Reference: PAColl-1161-2
Description: Quantity: 400 colour lantern slide(s) (approximately) in one box.
Auckland libraries (file)
Date: [1960-1976]
From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers
Reference: 80-063-059
Description: Booklets, clippings, brochures and notes relating to Auckland Public Library, the Auckland Institute and Museum Library and Auckland University Press Also file of clippings relating to Halley's Comet Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research notes on John Harris
Date: 1903-1980
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: 94-106-15/09
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Album relating to career as librarian
Date: 1979-1989
From: Ronnie, Mary Allan 1926- : Chiefly photographs taken during Ronnie's travels overseas and in New Zealand
Reference: PA1-q-1164
Description: Photograph album compiled by Ronnie containing photographs of images related to her work in libraries, 1979-1985. Photographs mainly taken by unidentified event photographers. Album covers library related events Ronnie attended, including: the 1975 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Regional Conference in Canberra; final graduation at the New Zealand Library School, with Education Minister Mervyn Wellington and Laurie Cameron (1979); dinner during Library of Congress Center for the Book Tour in Hawaii with Dorothy Chandler and unidentified Hawaiian woman (1979); farewell from the National Library (Dec 1981) with various staff members (also Alexander Turnbull Library staff); with Prime Minister Robert Muldoon at the launch of the final volume of Graham Bagnall's National Bibliography; Bob Duthie's farewell with Wynne Colgan; the launch of the Kurzweil reading machine for the blind with Mervyn Wellington; and with Catherine Tizard, Bill Clark, and an unidentified donor at the unveiling of a photo of the Ponsonby Boys Drum & Fife Band at the Leys Institute. Auckland Public Library events include: the opening of a bible exhibition with David Lange and C Reed; Saving the Whirinaki Forest Park exhibition with David Bellamy and Tizard (Sep 1984); the blessing of a Maori carving and the opening of a Maori Manuscripts exhibition with Canon Kaa, Tizard, and Rewa Fletcher-Cole (Nov 1984); and a book sale at the Library (March 1985). Photographs also contain unidentified persons. Also contains an image of Ronnie on a Dart River Jet Safari en route to a conference in Queenstown. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ringbound photograph album with plastic floral covering on carboard cover
Scrapbook
Date: 1867-1888
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-1545
Description: Letters and newspaper clippings related to Mantell's political activities including, Legislative Council, Wellington Cemetery, Sir John Logan Campbell's land claim in Auckland, and Wellington libraries Quantity: 1 volume(s) (70 pages). Physical Description: Ms (25 cm; green cloth, in blue case)
Buildings, and an architectural model
Date: 1968-[ca 1978]
From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs
Reference: PA12-8681
Description: Includes - Details of General assembly Library building, Parliament, Wellington, 1975. Christ Church, Taita, 1975. Mrs Beard and children on veranda of Beard House, 22 Hauraki Street, Karori, Wellington, 1968. Model of the Wellington motorway through the Shell Gully area, and surroundings, 1971. Detail of the second building for the Public Service Investment Society, corner of Ballance and Featherston Streets, Wellington, ca 1978. Quantity: 14 colour original transparency/ies.
Shannon Public Library :"This Library is your property; please use it and respect it". ...
Date: 1969
Reference: Eph-C-LIBRARY-1969-01
Description: The kind of cover was wrapped around books at the time of issue, to protect them. This example features advertisements by local businesses, including Cyril Booker (builder), Shannon Joinery, Shannon Drapery, C R Collecutt Ltd (pharmacy), Don Wilton Ltd (men's and boys' outfitters), Shannon Panel Beaters (Joe Pape, proprietor). Inscriptions: Recto - centre - Published by Bayfield Services, Ltd, Box 532, Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on dustjacket, 214 x 506 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2001.
Speeches and article
Date: 1996, 2000
From: Ronnie, Mary Allan, 1926-2023 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6776-2
Description: Article, `Library education in New Zealand; the role of the New Zealand Library Association' by Ronnie (7th Australian Library History Forum, 1996); and talks by Ronnie, `Memories of Otago and Southland libraries and librarians, an unmethodical wander' and `The Immortal story, the Dunedin Burns Club (Jan 2000) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Wainuiomata Public Library
Date: 1959-1960
From: Hutt County Council : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1293-553
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Newtown Public Library
Date: ca 1900s
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16
Reference: PAColl-7344-21
Description: An electric tram passing the Newtown Public Library. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Damaged Plunket rooms and Library
Date: [19 Jul 1950]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/173/07-G
Description: Wooden house which is the centre for the Khandallah Plunket Rooms and Library has part of a roof blown onto its existing roof. Photograph taken circa 19 July 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Photographs of Otago buildings
Date: Sep 2007 - Nov 2008
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-000271
Description: Photographs of Dunedin, Oamaru, Roxburgh, St Bathans, Alexandra, Milton, Lawrence, Wedderburn, and Ranfurly buildings, 2007-2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "Buildings Dec 2007 to Jan 2008" and "Buildings September to November 2007" Quantity: 146 digital photograph(s).
[Postcard]. Library Westport N.Z. [ca 1910].
Date: 1908 - 1912
From: [Postcards collected by May Stephens. 1900-1920s]
Reference: Eph-POSTCARD-Stephens-03
Description: Shows the Westport Free Library, a Carnegie Library, built in 1904. It has an arched doorway flanked on each side by three arched windows. A man stands in the street outside and there is a bicycle leaning against the building. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 90 x 139 mm.