Places

Date: [1890-1965]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-075

Description: Typescripts and photocopies of articles, `Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill)' by M H Wynyard; `Maori geographical knowledge and mapping; a symposium' by P L Barton (Turnbull Library record, v13, n1, May 1980); `A Sketch of Maori church work on the East Coast in early times' by J G Baker; letter with notes on Buin stone implements (1965); manuscript of Eruera Te Uremutu from the Polynesian Society library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Typescript with ms annotations Photocopy of ms

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-029

Description: Shows a view of the city and harbour of Auckland from Mt Eden, with Josiah Clifton Firth's house in the lower left, and Mt Eden Prison in the middle distance. North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the distance. The top of the Coromandel Peninsula can be seen in the right distance. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 228 x 354 mm.

Date: December 1955, 2 April 1957, January 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7661

Description: Transparencies of Mount Eden, Auckland City, taken 1955 and 1957-1958 by Whites Aviation. Comprises view of Auckland from Mount Eden, aerial views of Mount Eden, and Mount Eden kiosk. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PAColl-7406

Description: Photographs of Auckland including: looking across the harbour to Devonport; the Rakaia in Caliope dock; the Scotch church; looking down College Hill; Victoria Street looking across Queen Street to Albert Park showing businesses in the area such as Sharland & Co and R White boot shop; Mount Eden; the Supreme Court; the flagpole and cannons at the top of Albert Park looking out over the harbour; two views of Karangahape Road showing shops, carriages and carts; the first St Matthew's Church; St Paul's Church on Symonds Street; the public hospital showing the tennis court in front and the screens on the balconies; houses on Franklin Road, Ponsonby; the Railway Station with advertising for the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd and Arthur Cleave & Co; Ponsonby Road with a church on the left and J Clarke, undertakers, on the right; Ponsonby Road with a bakers and butchers on the right; the Synagogue on Princes Street; looking north along Queen Street with the DSC building on the right; a ship in dry-dock at the wharves; Hobson Street with St Matthew's Church on the right; and four views of the wharves including one showing the ferry. Photographs of Lyttelton: two elevated views to the harbour one with a church in the centre and the other with an artist painting the view at an easel; the railway lines at the wharves; and three men next to coal carts being loaded with coal from a ship at the wharves. Described on the reverse of the file prints as "copy negatives taken from faded prints". Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004172 to 004200 Quantity: 30 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-041

Description: Three views on one page. The top view is of Mount Eden in the distance seen from the North Shore, with a jetty and boats in the foreground. At the bottom of the page, upside-down, are two coastal profiles, probably of Kawera Island outside Tauranga Harbour Other Titles - Karewa island Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 254 x 178 mm (page size).

Date: 1905-1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-833

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1945-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-170

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1945-1959 Views of Orewa; Waiwera; Milford Beach (with holiday makers & life guards); Oneroa Beach, Waiheke Island; beach at Devonport; children playing on beach; Westhaven & St Marys Bay taken from harbour bridge; lower Queen Street with Post Office building on left. Views of the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Cenotaph; Robert Burns statue in Auckland Domain; Yvonne Sloan, Auckland Training College student on the steps of the Museum; Tamaki Drive (includes Tamaki Yacht Clubhouse); Savage Memorial; Panmure Basin (& leisure craft at anchor); Parnell Baths & Judges Bay; donkey rides at Mission Bay; Cornwall Park (& view of One Tree Hill); views from Mount Eden, one looking towards Manukau Heads with Mount Eden in foreground, the other looking towards city and Rangitoto. Auckland Railway yards taken from Gladstone Road, Parnell, 1957; aerial view of Waitemata Harbour looking towards Firth of Thames (Whites No 42969); Morris Minor parked on scenic drive, Waitakere Ranges. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

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

Reference: PA12-7817

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

Date: 1907

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

Reference: A-462-086

Description: Recto, two views of Auckland Harbour from Mount Eden, one placed on top of the other which, placed side by side, would form a panorama. The top shows Rangitoto Island on the left, and looks out towards St Heliers and Buckland's Beach in the foreground, with a glimpse of Brown's Island, Motuihe and Waiheke Islands in the distance. The bottom view shows Rangitoto on the right, with a view across North Head and Devonport in the middle ground, and Auckland Hospital and grounds in the foreground. On the verso, a sketch of Mount Albert from Cabbage Tree Swamp, part of what is now Kingsland. A colour code has been pencilled in for later inclusion, and emboldened in ink Not certain if the mount from Cabbage Tree Swamp is Mount Albert or Mount Eden Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, pen and pencil on two sides of sheet, 250 x 310 mm

Date: 1907

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

Reference: A-462-087

Description: Recto, a view of Auckland Harbour with bush, houses in the foreground and yachts on the water; below it, a steamer, a yacht and a three-masted ship in the harbour with Rangitoto Island rising in the background. Verso, top view is of Mount Eden from Cabbage Tree Swamp, with a view towards the harbour from Arch Hill below it. A colour code has been pencilled in for later inclusion Not certain if the mount from Cabbage Tree Swamp is Mount Albert or Mount Eden Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, pen and pencil on two sides of sheet, 250 x 310 mm

Date: 1914 - 1916

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

Reference: Plans-2002-058-089-140/141

Description: Includes site plan showing locality, roads and topography of the site. Also includes a page showing designs by (1) Messrs Arnold & Abbott, (2) Messrs Hoggard Prouse & Gummer, and (3) Mr H C Grierson. The design by Hoggard Prouse & Gummer was the one finally built. Folder number assigned by the Library. The building was opened in 1916; plan was probably made in the preceding year or two. Quantity: 1 plan(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 595 x 630 mm.

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-069-2

Description: A view of Auckland from 'Flagstaff Hill' (an earlier name for Mount Victoria), showing Remuera, Mt Hobson, Mt Eden and the harbour Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Auckland from Flagstaff Hill. North Shore, (Remuera), (Mt Hobson) (Mt St John) (Mt Eden) (Harbour) - 19/9/82. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 68 x 361 mm

Date: 1866-1943

From: Comrie, William James (Very Rev), 1860-1945 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0011-28

Description: Includes the following: The Break of day (11 vols), 1 Dec 1937-Jun 1939. The children's missionary magazine of the Presbyterian Church of NZ. Onward (St James Presbyterian Church, Wellington), No 2 Aug 1926 and No 6 Dec 1926 St David's Presbyterian Church, Otorohanga church newsletter, Vol 1 No 3 Aug 1941 and Vol 1 No 2 [ca 1940] St Paul's Church, Napier newsletter Jul 1943 South Westland Presbyterian News, Aug 1928 The St Andrew's Echo, Vol 12 Sep 1935 and Vol XIV Sep 1937 Mt Eden Presbyterian Church Messenger, Feb 1933-Dec 1941 The Pioneer, the magazine of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Auckland, Sep and Oct 1935 New Zealand Presbyterian, May 1866, Apr 1867, 1872 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000682-G

Description: View looking down Nugent Street, Mount Eden towards Mount Eden. Two children are standing on the footpath on the righthandside of the street looking at the photographer. In the middle distance is the Kauri Timber Company Ltd timber yard. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mt.Eden from Nugent St. 2463D William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: ca 1910

Reference: PAColl-7482

Description: Two views of St Baranabas Church, Mount Eden showing the old and new parts; St Matthews Church with a tram passing; Grafton Bridge seen through foliage; and Clarendon Hotel on Queen Street oppposite a statue of Sir George Grey. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004729 to 004733 Quantity: 5 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1862

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-009-1

Description: Panoramic view from Mount Eden looking north to North Head, Rangitoto and beyond. Partington's windmill can be seen on the far left. Published in the Illustrated London news in 1862. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 100 x 350 mm

Date: ca 1923-ca 1924

From: Derbidge, M (Mrs), fl 1920-1935 :Photographs of the Derbidge and Harding families

Reference: PA1-o-1186

Description: Photographs of the Hall and Harding families and family friends, and views of Canterbury, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, the West Coast, Rotorua, and Auckland, taken ca 1923 to 1924 by Mrs M Derbidge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Between 1873 and 1880

Reference: PA7-45-38

Description: Panoramic view taken from Mount Eden looking east over Epsom, Newmarket and Remuera towards Orakei, showing Clifton House (known as Firth's Castle, owned by J C Firth) in the foreground. St Mark's Church on Remuera Road is in the far distance on the right. Photograph probably taken in the 1870s by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Another print of this image is at PA7-45-37. It is unclear from which print the copy negative was made. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Auckland - Epsom c1880s Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 265 x 350 mm on mount same size

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-095/096

Description: Shows prisoners' hulk (the Marion), Mt Eden & Fort Britomart. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Auckland from the Falcon & Prisoners hulk. Mt Eden Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 160 mm

Date: [between 1916-1925]

Reference: PAColl-8605

Description: Photograph forming part 1 of a 2 part panorama showing houses and streets in the suburb of Mt Eden, Auckland, taken between 1916-1925 by an unidentified photographer. Other - Part 2 of the panorama is at PAColl-7081-35 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Dated by Library client. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 2078 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.8 x 19.1 cm, mounted on card