Places

Date: 8 Oct 1993 - 08 Oct 1993

By: Clunie, Fergus, active 1985-1994

Reference: OHColl-0155/1

Description: Fergus Clunie was Director of the Fiji Museum until the mid 1980s when he came to New Zealand and worked on a King Country farm. He became curator of Pompallier House, which was in dire structural trouble, in early 1988. The Trust (Historic Places Trust) wanted to resolve problems with the building. Refers to Alan Nixon, chief engineer for the Works Consultancy, Ruth Ross, Pompallier House historian, Mr Wilson, project manager, and Jeremy Salmond, conservation architect. Gives details of restoration and describes the goal of achieving a self-generating income for the building compatible with the building's history. Interviewer(s) - Gerry Brackenbury Venue - Russell Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005462 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1. 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete Transcript - Ab 1081.

Date: 1875-[ca 1920]

By: Worsfold, Louisa Blanche Norwood, 1872-1947

Reference: qMS-2294

Description: Covering the period, 1875-1920, this work contains much biographical information as well as descriptions of the social life of the area Source of title - Title page Variations in title - Spine title: A history of Russell Quantity: 1 volume(s) (123 pages). Physical Description: Typed transcript (35 cm; yellow buckram)

Date: 1954 - 1955

By: Lee-Johnson, Eric Albert, 1908-1993

Reference: A-260-029/035

Description: Sketches of historic buildings Quantity: 7 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographs of pencil drawings 303 x 255 mm Provenance: Donated by Historic Places Trust (See TL 3/1/1/4, 24 Sep 1969)

Date: ca 1900s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 17

Reference: PAColl-7489-90

Description: Elevated view of Russell with Pompallier House in the foreground, other buildings along the waterfront and the wharf in the distance next to the hotel. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1823-1949

By: Kaikohe Parochial District

Reference: Micro-MS-0882

Description: Marriages, Paihia and Kororareka, 1830-1841; marriages, Bay of Islands and Pararaka, 1857-1866; baptisms, 1823-1840 & burials, 1830-1842, Paihia and Kororareka; burials, 1872-1912, Pararaka; burials, 1843-1949, Russell; marriages, 1858-1881, Paihia; marriages, 1852-1871, ?; baptisms, 1855-1949, burials, 1852-1885, Paihia; baptisms, 1840-1844, marriages, 1840-1877, burials, 1841-1879, Paihia Relationship complexity - Other registers at Micro-MS-0263 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1840-1956

From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-14

Description: Registers for St Aidan, Remuera, 1955-1963; Kororaka and Waimate, 1840-1874; Russell, 1852-1871; St Heliers, 1899-1945; St Peter's Church, Takapuna, 1892-1954; St Paul's by the sea, 1927-1949; Parish of Takapuna, 1954-1956 (contd on reel 15) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller details.

Date: ca 1900-1925

By: William Beattie & Company; Hewitt, Sharon, active 1981

Reference: PAColl-0139

Description: Shows a range of New Zealand towns, houses, churches and some other buildings, mostly unidentified. Also shows some natural history. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1934

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Northland scenes] [1930s to 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-034

Description: Shows a courtyard in the middle of a dwelling with stairs on the right leading to the upper storey of the dwelling. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 310 x 270 mm

Date: 1977 - 1978

By: Coy, Robert, active 1970s

Reference: A-017-007

Description: Shows Pompallier House amongst trees. Reproduction of original signed pen and ink drawing dated 1977 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w 230 x 300 mm

Date: [1950s-1970s]

From: Nicholls, Trevor, 1929- :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-7485

Description: Colour slides of various parts of New Zealand, taken 1950s-1970s by Trevor Nicholls. Includes: 1. Whangaroa Harbour, St Paul's Rock ca 1972, 2. Te Pahi, 3-4. Marsden Point 1976, 5. Mangamuka Forest, 6. Formation at Kerr Bluff (North Cape), 7. Cape Reinga, 8. Church at Russell, 9-12 Piercy Island, 13. Pompallier House, 14. Waimate Mission House, 15. Warkworth Satellite dish, 16. Lyttelton, 17. Addington railcar, 18. Dunedin 1950s, 19-20. Church Havelock (New), 21. Brooklyn mid 1950s (from Washington Ave), 22. Foxton, flax mid 1950s, 23. Wesleyhaven, Naenae mid-late 1960s, 24. Statue at Paraparaumu Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour film negatives

Date: ca 1930s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

Reference: PAColl-7344-69

Description: The beach at harbour at Russell with some small boats moored in the water. A lamp on The Strand is in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1960s-1970s]

From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8184

Description: Views of New Zealand. Includes - Waitangi Day celebrations. Landscape views with rivers, coasts, and sounds. Views of Russell. Views of Milford Sound. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1963-1965]

By: Mortimer-Jones, Clive, 1880-1965

Reference: MS-Papers-6011

Description: The reminiscences comprise four items relating to Mortimer-Jones's time in Northland, `Some New Zealand coastal steamers and my 1910 visit to Kaitaia; the little coastal steamers of NZ', `The old mission house at Waimate North', `Christ Church, Russell' and `Churches in the north'. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-5871, letters written by Mortimer while a home missionary Accompanying material - Letter from John Mortimer details re the Mortimer-Jones name and obituaries for Clive Mortimer-Jones Mortimer-Jones was a clergyman who came to New Zealand in 1909. For 3 and a half years after his arrival he was Superintendent of Home Mission Clergy looking after the pastoral needs of pakeha in the Bay of Islands. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts with corrections

Date: 1955 - 1969

By: New Zealand Historic Places Trust; Lee-Johnson, Eric Albert, 1908-1993

Reference: E-279-q-051

Description: Postcard showing Pompallier House, Russell from a painting by Eric Lee-Johnson, 1955. Built in 1841-1842 as the printing house of the Catholic Mission of Bishop Pompallier; later a private house. Administered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 110 x 150 mm

Date: 1975

From: Stafford, Donald Murray, 1927- :Russell - Waitangi; art prints from original drawings by Don Stafford. Rotorua Thermalart Productions [1975].

Reference: A-104-038

Description: A view of the front of the police station at Russell, a two-storied house with high gables. The view is from the waterfront and there is a rowboat upside-down on the stony beach in the foreground Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 203 x 254 mm, in envelope.

Date: 1869

From: Pope, James Henry 1837-1913 :Scrap book [1860s]

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914; Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Illustrated New Zealand Herald (Newspaper); Kemp, Thomas Samuel, 1842?-1875

Reference: E-043-q-071

Description: A view of Russell, looking along the beach-line, with houses and a wharf. According to the Illustrated London news 'After Mr Philip Walsh of Russell'. The same engraving was also reproduced in the Illustrated New Zealand herald, February 1869, Vol 1 no 24, p.8. The Library also holds a watercolour version of the same scene by Thomas Samuel Kemp, dated 1866 (B-079-001) Extended Title - Reproduced in Illustrated London news, Volume 55, 25 September 1869, p. 304 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, stuck to page 215 x 275 mm

Date: 1976 - 1978

By: Coy, Robert, active 1970s

Reference: A-017-013

Description: A view from the road of The Gables Restaurant on the waterfront at Russell. A two-storied building with balcony in the upper storey. Other houses visible further along the road Reproduction of original signed pen and ink drawing dated 1977 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w 230 x 300 mm

Date: 1928 - 1930

From: Ephemera, pamphlets and fliers advertising and promoting tourism in the Bay of Islands

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau; L T Watkins Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Bay-Of-Islands-1928-01

Description: An illustrated pamphlet giving a description of the bays, from Zane Grey, Lord and Lady Grimthorpe, Sir Harry Lauder, Lord and Lady Hillingdon, and Leander J McCormick. The verso advertises businesses in the Bay of Islands: NZ Deep Sea Angling Ltd, J Holmes and his launch "Lorna Doone", Baker Bros (Russell), Duke of Marlborough Hotel (Russell), Arlidge Brothers launches (Russell). Dated ca 1928, from reference to Zane Grey's book "Tales of the angler's Eldorado, New Zealand" (1926)) and from references to Harry Lauder and Lord and Lady Grimthorpe. Quantity: 1 pamphlet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded pamphlet 230 x 100 mm. Provenance: Nash donation 1980s.

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: 1800-1866, 1992

From: Edney, Clive, fl 1992-2003 : Papers relating to Robert Edney

Reference: MS-Papers-4674

Description: A biography by Clive Edney tracing Robert Edney's life from his early life in England, transportation to NSW and life in New Zealand. Much of the documentation of his time in New Zealand centres around his participation in the events in the Bay of Islands and Kororareka in the 1833-1840 period. Collection consists of two slightly different copies of this biography. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). Provenance: Clive Edney is a descendant of John Edney, younger brother of Robert Edney