Places

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0386

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Bath grounds, Hanmer, taken ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1890 - 1910

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-072

Description: View of River Avon and Victoria Bridge Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

Date: 1914 - 1925

Reference: E-278-q-105

Description: View of the single-storey stone rest house or tearooms known as The Sign of the Bellbird, in Kennedys Bush Reserve. The front door is open. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Rest House - Kennedys Bush, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, NZ Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 75 x 110 mm on card 114 x 152 mm

Date: 1914 - 1925

Reference: E-278-q-105-A

Description: View of the single-storey stone rest house or tearooms known as The Sign of the Bellbird, in Kennedys Bush Reserve. The front door is open. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Rest House - Kennedys Bush, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, NZ Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 75 x 110 mm on card 114 x 152 mm

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

Date: 1880 - 1900

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-078

Description: View looking down onto Lyttleton from a hill. Ships can be seen docked at the wharves and in the harbour. In the foreground to the left are two carts, one filled with soil [?]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

Date: 1914 - 1925

Reference: E-278-q-105-B

Description: View of the single-storey stone rest house or tearooms known as The Sign of the Bellbird, in Kennedys Bush Reserve. The front door is open. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Rest House - Kennedys Bush, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, NZ Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 75 x 110 mm on card 114 x 152 mm

Date: [Between 1914 and 1937]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-406

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers; and several scenes showing Canterbury Mountaineering Club annual sports days over a number of years. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Many of the people and places photographed are listed above. Most of the landscape photographs are again fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [240 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 2010

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-11226-20

Description: Folder contains application form, copies of legal papers relating to land ownership, notes on members of the Mulholland family and the history of their farms, and copies of photographs. Original owner was Daniel Mulholland, from 1886. Current owners are Mark (great grandson of Daniel) and Barbara Mulholland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material, with some mss annotations

Date: Apr-Nov 1945

From: Johnson, Ralph, 1950- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11840-18

Description: Written from Hanmer Springs where Joan Oldman was serving as a nurse. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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.

Date: 1950 - 1960

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-172

Description: Shows six frames. Under the title, text reads 'I think, what this lady really has in mind is a 'Helicopter hall'. The first frame shows the Christchurch town hall with a helicopter rotor on its roof. The cartoonist suggests it could also serve as a temporary railway station. The second frame suggests the 'Helicopter hall' could serve as a new Supreme Court. The next frame shows the hall acting as a 'stand-in stand' at Lancaster Park, while one of the stands is being rebuilt. The fourth frame pictures the cartoonist looking up at the 'Helicopter hall' and text reads 'We could use it as a combination bus shelter and telephone box at our corner.' In the fifth frame, the hall serves as a roof for the Centennial Pool, and in the final frame, it serves as a breakwater wall, bathing shed and Saturday trading post in Sumner Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: May 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1271

Description: River Avon, Christchurch. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken May 1955 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

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.

Date: 1956-1969

From: Bateson, Frank Maine, 1909-2007 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8405-1

Description: Comprises correspondence re the establishment of Mount John Observatory. Much of the correspondence is with American astronomers. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Dr F M Bateson, 2005

Date: 1881-1897

From: Letters relating to New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-6200-02

Description: Comprises letters from Rev W R Campbell, of Waiau, to his cousin, Patrick Campbell, of Edinburgh, re financial problems, family affairs, requesting money, describing a new church at Culverden, a promise from the Minister of Lands for a church at Hot Springs, schooling and his children, his assisstant, Rev A Treadwell and other matters; also includes three receipts for money received from Patrick Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1924-1937

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-769

Description: Opens with views of the site of the Arapuni Hydro scheme and the Paturuahine Gorge which was flooded to form Lake Arapuni. This is followed by images of the repairs to the one of the water channels that took place in 1932. The rest are photographs of the dam at various stages of construction, the dam completed, views of the new lake, water flowing over the spillway, and the Arapuni falls created below the dam Two views of Atiamuri show the Pohaturoa Rock in the background Ten images of Stewart's Claim, a location south of Okarito, show scenic views some with gold dredging equipment lying around, a beach and a river estuary on which is a barge loaded with pipes. Eight images record before and after effects of controlled blasting on a limestone bluff at Cobden Quarry, Greymouth, photographed on the 15th of January, 1932 The last section are views of the construction of the Waitaki Hydro, and the new Lake Waitaki. There are also several images of the Mokau Falls at Waikaremoana Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-10

Description: Story of the Cook family of Northern Ireland and Springburn, mid Canterbury. William Cook senior and his wife Mary Jane immigrated to NZ on the `Varuna' in 1874. It is also the story of a blacksmith shop (McFarlane and Cook, Lyndhurst) from 1887-1976. For most of this time (1890-1969), William Cook junior, and his family were involved in the business. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Photographs and family tree

Date: 1894 - 1895

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Tasmania and New Zealand sketch book, 1883-1896

Reference: E-175-f-052

Description: Looking down from a high point close to Lyttelton towards Governor's Bay and The Head of the Bay, with the Port Hills all round. A road, possibly the Sumner Road, is visible on a headland far below Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 132 x 213 mm

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: PAColl-7440

Description: A tennis court; in the distance a group of men and women on a playing field in front of a grandstand; and people leaning against a fence in front of a grandstand with horses being led past at the start of a race. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).