Places

Date: 1860-1900

By: Masterton Historical Society

Reference: PAColl-7329

Description: Photographs of Masterton including: Bannister's farm on the north bank of the Waipoua River at Akura with Charles Bannister standing on the bank; the militia of 1866, presenting arms, led by Captain Walter Perry (all names given in the caption); the Coles' house on Bridge Street (now Queen Street) and a studio portrait of what may be the Coles family; views of Queen Street; a crowd in the street for the opening of the new Post Office with the Public Institute behind it; a sale of sheep at the saleyards; a procession by friendly societies past the Prince of Wales stables; James Wrigley and his family outside his bootmaking business; James Wrigley and his wife and son John; a cart travelling over the Te Ore Ore bridge; the Anglican church; the first Post Office next to Iorn's Bannister store ca 1856; panoramic views of the town; the Waipoua River near the site of the old Kaikokirikiri Pa; Masterton school picnic at Woodroofe's farm; a painting of Worksop Farm owned by the Dixons by Charles Barraud; a band and procession on Queen Street passing Westlake's saddlery and Winzenberg's photography shop; Masterton's first band outside the Royal Hotel with E Braggins, the licencee and conductor (other names given on the reverse of the print); a ballast train coming from the ballast pit near the railway train with men standing on the carts; the Wrigley family in a field of cattle at their farm; a baby show; an 1854 land receipt for a section purchased by Iorns; a group of eighteen blacksmiths holding their implements; Liberal Party celebrations at Solway Show Grounds after the 1905 election with Seddon, Ward and others (named on the reverse of the print); William Hodgson Donald; Sergeant Price of the Masterton police; Donald Solway Donald; Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon; W W McCardle; and a tinsmith, one of the early residents. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Negatives were allocated at 1/2-003434 to 1/2-003471 and 003673 to 003674 (duplicate at 1/2-004343) although only sixteen of these were made. Replacement negatives for two images at 1/2-132742 and 151351. 1/1-000763 to 1/1-000778 may also relate to this collection.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-054

Description: Title continues:`...the Wiltons of Wellington'. Story of the Wilton family who emigrated to Wellington from Somerset on the `Oriental' in 1841. They were at the forefront of the development of early Wellington. From here some of the family moved to Masterton at its formation. A suburb in Wellington is named after the family Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-076

Description: An account of the life and times of the Hopkins family, in particular George and Adelaide who emigrated with five children in 1874 on the Golden Sea. Seven more children were born in Masterton. The writer follows the life of the seventh child Charles, on the land and during World War I, and married life Publication - Essay published in `Our lesser stars' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Family photographs including one of pupils at Kohinui School 1932

Date: 1856

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/[1856]/Acc.23102

Description: Cadastral map of the Masterton Small Farm settlement, showing numbered land blocks with acreages, runholders' names, reserves. The area includes the Ruamahanga and Waipoua Rivers, Kuripuni and Wai Po Kako Creek. The town area of Masterton is marked but is not subdivided into sections. Includes some roads. Farm blocks are numbered and include owners' names. Names include: C. Hare, R. Hare, P. Sullivan, L. J. Evans, Taverner, W. McKelvey, W. Anketell, W. Chamberlain, McKenzie, G. Bull, S. E. Seymour, E. F. Eaton, John Jones, John Webb, Thomas Tinney, James May, C. Collett, A. McKenzie, E. Chamberlain, M. McKenzie, T. W. Tankersley, L. Potts, Thomas Webb, C. G. Crosse, Ihaia Te Wakamaire, W. P. Nix, J. Tucker, A. Hayward, C. Bennington, W. T. Ward, R. Craig, Chas. Dixon, Charles Matthews, A. Matthews, J. Matthews, D. Cochran, T. Child, J. Harding, S. B. Hewett, W. B. Burgess, E. Dixon, W. B. Burgess, H. Bentley, J. Smith, H. Russell, R. W. Smith, A. de Lisle, W. L. Buller, S. Downes, J. Lambert, J. Dixon, R. Childs, W. Knight, G. S. Pratt, E. Bradshaw. Print taken from aperture card Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 42 x 59.2 cm.

Date: 1890-1902

By: Beard, Frances, -1937

Reference: MSX-9124

Description: Volume contains handwritten recipes compiled by Mrs Beard and written down in her journal. Includes recipes for ratafia biscuits, royal pudding, French honey, scrambled eggs, lemon sponge, lemonade, tapioca cream, arrowroot pudding, peach jelly, raspberry vinegar, Turkish delight, dainty cakes, hop beer, tomato sauce, fig jams, hunter's beef broth, chutney and pie melon jam. Also recipes for traditional medicines including cough mixture and gargle for sore throats. Instructions for making saddle polish and a newspaper cutting of handy household hints. The remainder of the journal includes notes on the height and weight of family members, address lists and an epitaph from the Bible "Here lies an old woman who always was tired..." Source of title - Suplied by Library Mrs William Gascoyen Beard was a mother of five children living in Masterton during the 1890s. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1960s-1980s

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-03/4

Description: Contains extracts from various published texts about the Maori occupation of the Wairarapa and Wellington areas, copies of published papers about archaeeology in the Wairarapa by B G McFadgen, B F Leach and H M Leach, course notes for an archaeology course administered by Victoria University, notes about Wairarapa archaeological sites that Cairns intended to visit or had visited, a note book with information about the geology and geography of the Wairarapa area Also contains notes from the Maori Land Court minute books about the history of various blocks of land in the Masterton district, and notes from interviews with Wairarapa kaumatua about aspects of Maori settlement in Wairarapa, including information about the carved posts at Papawai marae Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1916 - 1919

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1915/1919

Description: Includes: Undated: Hellenic Travellers Club. Gallipoli ceremony [1916-1950s?] 1916: Anzac Day, first anniversary. Town Hall Auckland, April 25 1916. Programme ANZAC Day, Masterton, April 25th 1916 Anzacs' Concert. Town Hall, Friday Dec. 1st 1916 in aid of Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association Funds. Programme and songbook with loose sheet music for "God save the Tzar". Souvenir to commemorate the exchange of flags between New South Wales Railways and New Zealand Railways, unfurled on Anzac Day, 25th April 1916 at Petone Railway Station. (Poem "The day" by Henry Chappell on verso) Programme, 1st anniversary of the Landing at Anzac. Military sports held at Tel-el-Kebir, April 25th 1916. Programme Anzac Day, Easter Sunday, April 23rd 1916. (The Parish Church of the NZ Depot, England). Service; the 1st anniversary of the landing of New Zealand troops in Gallipoli, April 25th 1915. 1917: Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association. Remember Anzac. Anzac dinner to commemorate the landing at "Anzac", held in the Town Hall Wellington on Arpil [April] 25th 1917. [Printed by] N.Z. Free Lance, Wellington. [Menu and toast list]. 1918: Souvenir programme of The Landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25th April, 1915. Programme of proceedings on Anzac Day, Thursday, 25th April, 1918, by the New Zealand Forces stationed at Sling Camp. [Printed by] Geo W Jones, Typ., at the Sign of the Dolphin in Gough Square, London, E.C.4 [1918] To the memory of our brave comrades. Anzac Eve gathering at Grand Opera House, Wednesday April 24th, 1918, under the direction of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Clubhouse Society, J I Fox manager. New Zealand Times print [1918]. Third anniversary of ANZAC Day; celebrations held at the New Zealand Infantry Base Depot, France, April 25th 1918. Programme (Together with a letter from the Dunedin Returned Services' Association to the Dunedin City Librarian, 21 May 1952 enclosing the programme) 1919: Anzac Day celebration. Government Gardens, Rotorua. Friday April 25th 1919. Chronicle Print Rotorua. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Engravings and offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1898-1993

By: New Zealand Engineering Union

Reference: MS-Group-0371

Description: The records include minute books, case files and correspondence for the Wellington Branch and the Head Office. There are also some records of the Hutt Valley, Masterton and Auckland branches. Included is a minute book for the Wellington Trades Council, 1898-1900. For the history of the union see the name entry, and Roth, H R: Advocate, Educate, Control, the history of the New Zealand engineers' union 1863-1983 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 30 volume(s). 6 box(es) (106 folders). 3.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, NZ Engineers Union Inc, 1995

Date: ca 1920, ca 1935

By: Allied Freightways Ltd

Reference: PAColl-3186

Description: One photo of the Masterton agents for NZ Express Co, ca.1920, and one of a truck on King's Wharf, Wellington, ca.1935 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 6x4 in

Date: 1909 to 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-008

Description: Photographs supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes of Annals of the Tararua Range (Vol 1, figures 1-146). Images show geology, topography, physiography and flora of the Tararua Ranges. Views of the Tararua Ranges, with peaks named (figs 1-6); ascent of Mt Waiopehu (3588 ft.), 22 Jan 1909 (figs 8-10); 1st crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 13-19 Feb 1909, finishing on a campsite on the farmland of Alfred Deal at Waingawa, also a view of Mr Deal's house, and views of Masterton, including the Masterton Post Office and public gardens (figs 11-45); visit to the High Fall on the Poruriri Ridge near Tokomaru, 30 Oct 1910 (figs 46-49); ascent of Mt Tawirikohukohu (3455 ft) via the Ohau Rover, 18 Dec 1910 (figs 50-52); 3rd ascent of Mt Waiopehu, 3-6 Jan 1911 (Figs 73-76); across the Tararua Range via Palmerston North-Pahiatua Road, 22-23 Jan 1911 (figs 73-76); visit to the Ohau-Mangahao divide via the southern branch of the Ohau River, 12 Feb 1911 (figs 77-83); 2nd crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 9-17 Feb 1911 (figs 84-128); ascent of Te Paki trig station on the Tararua foothils east of Shannon, 10 Dec 1916 (figs 129-132); topography & physiography of the valley of the Makahika, tributary of the Ohau River, 6 Jan 1918 (figs 133-134); 2nd ascent of Te Paki & topography of the Upper Tokomaru Valley, 28 Apr 1918 (figs 135-136); 1st visit to the No.1 gorge on the Mangahao River, 29 Feb 1919 (figs 137-138); topography & physiography of the Waireka & Wainui valleys, 13 Apr 1919 (figs 139-142); physiography of the Poruriri Ridge & Mangaharakeke Falls, on the Tararua western foothills near Tokomaru, 24 Aug 1919 (figs 143-146).

Date: 1910

By: Jones, Priscilla, active 1994-1995

Reference: PAColl-4193

Description: Masterton Post Office opening day, J R Redstone's coaches, Gisborne, and house team at Waikaremoana power scheme Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1886, 1993

From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account

Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3

Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1935 - 1936

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Kelly, Bertie Fleming, 1888-1962

Reference: Plans-93-0554/0562

Description: Includes floor plans of home science block and workshop building, basement plan and first floor plan of the practice flat; floor plans of the south and north classroom wing and assembly hall; site and drainage plan; plans elevations and sections of the workshop building and home science block; floor plan showing the new library on the existing block plan; electric lighting plans; detail of assembly hall lighting and trusses. Quantity: 9 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on oil-impregnated paper, 695 x 900 mm.

Date: Feb-Dec 1974

From: Young Men's Christian Association National Office : Records

Reference: 95-017-17/17

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1943-1944

From: New Zealand Red Cross Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0258-04A

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1941, 1948, n d

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-4/5/45

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1901-1922

From: Robinson, Henry Charles Lancelot, 1873-1934 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4124-2

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1940

By: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953

Reference: Plans-84-0032

Description: Shows longitudinal section, cross section, front elevation and floor plan Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on blue paper

Date: Dec 1955-Jan 1956

From: Franken, Paul Joseph, 1935- : Collection

Reference: MSX-4534

Description: Note book diary for 195-1956 kept while Franken was based near Masterton Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PA7-53-24

Description: View of the railway station, sheds and sidings. Photograph taken by A E Winzenberg, exact date unknown Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Cowan Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.2 x 29 cm