Places

Date: 1895-1966

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: Series-4925

Description: Papers, including prose and descriptive writing (about places, people, and events), travel diaries and letters Quantity: 13 folder(s).

Date: 1896-1957

By: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1132

Description: Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies. Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman. Source of title - Supplied The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies. Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed listing available.. Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: 1995-2002

From: Fry, Alexander Sydney, 1926-2006: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8493-1

Description: `When can you start?', an autobiography of Fry's life up until the 1960s describing his childhood, education, war service and employment as a journalist for the Southern Cross newspaper and the New Zealand Listener and editorial work for A H & A W Reed. Chapter 1 begins with Fry arriving in Wellington from Christchurch in 1948 and he describes his experiences working as a journalist for the Southern Cross newspaper and gives his impressions of Wellington, including being a student at Victoria University College in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He then reverts back to his childhood, describing growing up in Wallsend and Christchurch, attending Papanui Technical College and being apprenticed as an electrician. Chapter 10 ends in 1944 when Fry enrolled in the Royal Navy 21st Fleet Airm draft to be trained in England. Names referred to in the text are entered in the name index. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1843 - 1939 - 1847 - 1945

Reference: MapColl-832.47p/[197-?]/Acc.23130

Description: Map showing old military installations from the New Zealand Wars, 1843-7 and the home guard sites of New Zealand Army in World War II. Sites from the New Zealand War include Te Rangihaeata's stronghold (1846), the site of a chapel and the colonial cemetery at Pauatahanui, military trenches (one named McKillops), the barracks of the 65th regiment, the officer's quarters, the Boulton's Hotel of 1847, Troopers Hill, isolated Maori grave along Paekakariki Hill Road, the landing stage of the 58th and 65th regiments, Tandy's constablulary's post and the Waitaha Maori at Ration Point. Sites during World War II include the home guard headquarters of 1941 at Jones Deviation, the 1939 New Zealand Army Unit and United States Marines 2nd division near Kakaho Stream, as well as the Duck Creek saw mill at Bradey's Bay. Shows J Walker's homestead. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 34.2 x 36.6 cm.

Date: [ca 1896-1949]

From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks

By: Duncan family

Reference: MSX-8288

Description: No 1 Scrapbook `Archibald Duncan - Family matters' begins with brief details of his family and his career with the Customs Department, including examinations he passed. Also invitations, examination results, marriage notices, obituaries, letters of condolence, etc relating to the following families - McMurrich, Anderson, Cruickshank, Duncan, Easton, Osborne, Richardson, Telfer, Walker, Corr, Dobbie, Crosbie, Tait, Lawson, Cranstoun. Names and places mentioned have been added to Name & Place fields. Other - Explanatory notes for the scrapbook, compiled by Gordon Duncan (son), are in MS-Papers-9224 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 1897-1996

By: Macdonald family

Reference: MS-Group-1690

Description: The first folder comprises papers and correspondence relating to Colin Campbell Macdonald, in particular to his service in World War I, to his wife, Olivia Rosalind, to the Macdonald family in general, and to the related Sanford family. Includes results of genealogical research, family trees, reports of the voyage to New Zealand on the NZSC vessel Waimate and other papers. The second folder contain papers related to John James Macdonald, his dealing in antiques, his service in World War II, including a number of short sketches made on envelopes, and his death. Includes a letter from Eric Lee-Johnson, his brother-in-law. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, photographs and printed matter Provenance: From estate of Elizabeth Lee-Johnson, daughter of Colin and sister of John Macdonald Transfers: A large collection of photographs relating to the Macdonald family have been transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: 1872-1971

By: Brittenden family

Reference: MS-Papers-2055

Description: Letters and transcripts, press cuttings and other papers of three brothers who emigrated to New Zealand and Australia, 1877-1889, with their families, from Deal, Kent, England. They were members of a large party of watermen brought out to New Zealand as a group, generally referred to as the Deal Boatmen. Letters from Edward, who arrived on the "Star of India", 1874, comment on social conditions, and life on South Island railways, 1877-1912 (with diary of voyage from Lyttelton to UK on the SS `Turakina', Jul-Aug 1906); also his wife's and family's letters 1914-1958. Letters from James, comment on Dunedin, 1889-1892, giving first impressions, prices, trade union matters and working conditions. Letters from Frederick describing voyage to Lyttelton on the `Olive' in 1878, first impressions of Canterbury (later of Melbourne). Also letters of family members in South African War, World Wars I and II, and later papers; with notes, photographs and genealogical information. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Canterbury Museum, Archives Department, holds the original shipboard diary kept by Fred Brittenden and transcript of letter written by Fred, September 1878 Quantity: 2 folder(s) (50 pieces). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs (photocopies) Provenance: See collection file

Date: 1899-1945

By: Klee, A A (Mr), active 1975-1998

Reference: PAColl-5657

Description: Relate mainly to the donor's father, George Klee. Shows George and his brothers as volunteers for the South African War. George as a volunteer in the artillery at Wellington taking part in training and activities supporting the Home of Compassion. There are some photographs dating from World War I and World War II, but the largest group relate to the ship 'Janey Seddon' and her use by the Fort Dorset Garrison for towing shell practice targets into place. George Klee captained this ship during World War II. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1871-1970

From: Little family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2133-5

Description: Sundry newspaper cuttings relating to history of the Nelson area and the Little family as well as cutting relating to the North African campaign

Date: 1920, 1944-1997

By: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006

Reference: MS-Group-2284

Description: The collection comprises four folders on Robert Martin's career as a post office employee and telegraphist, while the rest consists of papers, scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings relating to his military service during World War II in North Africa, Italy, and the Solomon Islands with the Field Ambulance service of the New Zealand Medical Corps. Correspondence with his brother, Martin, and his sister, Valerie, are included, as is correspondence with two of his comrades in the Field Ambulance. Also included is a typed translation of a Japanese diary which he acquired during the Solomon Islands campaign, probably on Mono in the Treasury Islands, and a typed copy of the diary and other papers of his friend, Colin John Arroll, who also served with the Field Ambulance. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Reflecting the circumstances of their accessioning, the collection is divided into three series. Quantity: 19 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: A descriptive list compiled by the donor of the contents of the second accession (A2014-183) may be found in the backfiles held in the Reference Section of the Alexander Turnbull Library.. Provenance: Donated in two lots by Mrs Janet Hannan, Wanaka, during 2014. The first donation consisted of Robert Martin's civilian career as a telegraphist for the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department, and the second his photographs, correspondence and diaries from his military service in World War II. His friend, John Colin Arroll, who also served with the Field Ambulance, sent Robert Martin a copy of his diary, reminiscences and other papers. Donor is Robert Martin's daughter. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00859 - To Photographic Archive - Albums and other photographs - Photograph albums transferred to Photographic Archive..

Date: [ca 1870?]-1971

From: Lutheran Church of New Zealand: Records

By: Anderson's Studio; Bell Brothers (Firm); Dunlop, John, -1925

Reference: PAColl-10092-2

Description: Photographs relating to the Lutheran Church of New Zealand, taken circa 1870-1971. Images include ministers, parishioners, church buildings and events and are taken by mainly unidentified photographers - Contains photographs of young Lutherans Sergeant Robert William Heine, Corporal Bertram Frederick Drogemuller, Private Victor F Eggers, Morris Desmond Jurgens, Hamuera Paul Te Punga, and John Rudolph Bensemann, all of whom were killed in World War II. Other named figures include: Joe Heibner of Whanganui; Neudorf Sunday School teachers Mrs K Treanor and Mrs H Krammer and their class on 1970; the Lutheran Women of New Zealand Executive Committee of 1970, including K Walker, L Wiebusch, C Clausen, I Christensen, and D Davidson; the Panel of Pastors of the Lutheran Church of New Zealand Convention (1971); the LCNZ delegation to Brisbane (1970); and a newspaper clipping from the Australian Lutheran Almanac of Paster J F Goessling. Also contains two group portraits of unidentified families ca 1900 [illegible writing on back of prints], one from Ohotu and the other at an unidentified location. - Featured buildings include interior and exterior images of Lutheran Churches in Christchurch and Wellington, and an group outside a Lutheran building in Auckland. - Identified photographers include John Dunlop (Wanganui), Bell Brothers (Marton), and Anderson's Studio (Palmerston North). Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Silver gelatin and albumen prints

Date: 1869-1960's

By: Heinz, William Frederick, 1899-1976

Reference: ATL-Group-00587

Description: Photographic prints, copy prints, newspaper illustrations, and negatives taken and compiled by William Frederick Heinz, including images cited in his publications as William F Heinz Collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-022298 to 022300, 032190 to 032218, 092270 to 092293; 1/2-044212 to 044230, 044337 to 044393, 044510 to 044534, 044628 to 044654, 054158 to 054213, 084408 to 084447, 186852 to 186880 Quantity: 126 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 12 colour original negative(s). 60 b&w original negative(s). 1 folder(s).

Date: 1806-1962

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2797

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [1855-1951]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Miscellaneous items transferred from Printed Collections

Reference: MS-Papers-6058

Description: Comprises papers removed from `NZ Trades and Labour Conference Reports' (1895-1911) including notes by A G Bagnall, notes on 1904 conference, clippings, copy of letter sent to MPs after Auckland conference by W S Moxsom (1909), memorandum for W B Sutch re merging of Social Democratic Party with NZ Labour Party (1940), and circular letter for St Mary's Church, Karori (1951); words for song to the tune of the `Volga boatmen' of the NZASC (1942); correspondence between Turnbull and Robert McNab removed from McNab's `Murihiku' (1904, 1908); bill of exchange, Navy & Foreign, William Noble, paymaster (1873) removed from `Journal' of Commodore Goodenough (1876); errata to J G Wilson's `A History of Hawke's Bay' and clipping (removed from same); transcription of plate in Russell church for Augustus Hamilton in English and Maori; list of subscribers for Gudgeon's `Defenders of NZ' (1886); clipping removed from Elder's `Letters and journals of Samuel Marsden' (1934); typescripts of letter, Joseph Churches to his family, from `Letters from settlers and labouring immigrants...NZ Co's settlements...' (1843); note probably by Alexander MacKay from New Zealand Land Court `Important judgements...' (1879); notes re notes in T Musgrave's `Castaway on the Auckland Isles' (1865); letter H R H Balneavis to John Houston (1930) Also photocopies of notes by John Houston on sheets from the `The lore of the whare wananga' by Elsdon Best from Reserve Coll; notes from copy of Hooker's `Handbook of NZ flora' signed by Walter Mantell, copy going to reserve collection; notes from Reeves' `The Long white cloud' (copy owned by John Houston); notes on Napier Post Office (1969) Other Titles - History of Hawke's Bay by J G Wilson Other Titles - Murihiku by Robert McNab Other Titles - Defenders of New Zealand by T W Gudgeon Other Titles - Letters and journals of Samuel Marsden, ed by J R Elder Other Titles - Castaway on the Auckland Isles...Capt Thos Musgrave Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: From Book Collections - - From Serials Collection -.

Date: 1861-1945

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2976

Description: Comprises selected papers from the log of HMS Sutlej, the Gaskell collection and letters of bishops and deans, the full autobiography of A H Gibson, and the selected papers of Sir Henry Roscoe, Samuel Alexander and Sir Claude Auchinleck Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1870s-1960s]

By: Elder, Jonette, active 2008-2010; Baily, Henry Hall, active 1861-1910; Bishop-Osborn, John, 1851?-1934; Bock, Alfred, 1835-1920; Burton, Walter John, 1836-1880; Clifford, J, active 1870s?; Clifford, Samuel, 1827-1890; Wherrett, Charles, 1832-1882; Woolley, Charles Alfred, 1834-1922

Reference: PAColl-9787

Description: Photographs of Francis and Shaw families, Hobart, Wellington and New Plymouth. Includes carte de viste portraits (most unidentified) from Hobart, Melbourne; Oldham and Halifax, carte dev viste landscapes and scenery of Hobart; Studio portraits of the Francis family in New Zealand; wedding portrait of James George and Nola Ross Francis in 1950; New Zealand soldiers at Rotorua; Group portraits of New Zealand soldiers during World War Two; Plumbing Apprentice group portrait; St Thomas' Young Men's Bible Class of 1931 Accompanying material - Photocopies of newspaper article, James George Francis' birth certificate, register entry for marriage of James George Francis and Nola Ross Elder, and death certificate for James George Francis (See Photographic Archive back file) Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Ephemera Collection - Box of ball cards, WW2 greeting card, 15 Coast Battery Christmas cards 1933-1935, 2 Christmas cards, St Thomas' Church (Wellington) first communion card for Kezia Shaw 1901, Victory Day pamphlet, 1946, Modern album containing Shaw family postcards. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Correspondence relating to Shaw family funerals, death certificate for James George Francis, marriage certificate for James George Francis, photocopy of marriage certificate for James Ernest Francis - To Book Collections - 1 Bible, 2 Book of Common Prayer, Mylius's School Dictionary, St Thomas' Parish Magazine March 1915, Mothers Union Dominion News Oct 1934..

Date: 1860, ca 1880s, ca 1930-1956

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-016

Description: Miscellaneous photographs on general subjects made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. They include photographs of the Portobello Marine Research Station, the Chinese Notables Conference of 1947, The Avenue, Wanganui in 1860, Charleston ca 1880s, the war cemetery in El Alamein and Maori digging for Toheroa on Ninety Mile Beach in 1934. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1887-1950s]

By: Seaward, Neville Stephen, 1913-2005; Tan, Sunny, active 2011

Reference: PAColl-9900

Description: One group portrait, an albumen print, of men with guns, possibly hunters, titled 'At the Butts Reefton Queen's Jubilee'. Notes on back read 'Luch. NZ Alpine Photo'. Photographer unidentified. Taken in 1887 or 1897 (The Golden Jubilee of 1887 celebrated 50 years of Queen Victoria's reign. Her Diamond Jubilee was held in 1897.) One of men and a woman in a canoe on the Avon River, Christchurch, taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. One of Dawson Falls Mountain House, Mount Taranaki, showing children outside, taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Four taken during World War II comprising: A scene with troops on board a ship to Crete, Greece, showing Maori troops, possibly members of the Maori Battalion, performing an action song. They appear to be being accompanied by a piano accordian; Undated photograph of New Zealand troops playing rugby in Egypt before a very large crowd; a photograph of the camp at the 1st New Zealand General Hospital, Helwan, Egypt, 14 Jan 1941, with 'KSRA' noted on the back; soldier at an unidentified location photographing a tree with external roots and multiple trunks. Four scenic views of New Zealand taken circa 1950s. Three are taken by N S Seaward and show Wellington Harbour and surrounds, Milford Sound, and Queenstown. The fourth shows Oriental Bay, Wellington, and is taken by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and an albumen print Provenance: Donated by Sunny Tan, Wellington, 2011 Transfers: To Other - From Cartoon Archive: B-184-066 to B-184-070, and C-164-048: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- : [6 cartoons by Trace Hodgson] - To Ephemera Collection - Tanner Bros Ltd : The water front, Auckland. For auld lang syne. Maoriland postcard. FT Series X.2/704. [ca 1910] (Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Auckland-1910-01).

Date: 1889, 1940-1941, 1973

By: Hampson, Martin Heywood, 1886-1941

Reference: MS-Papers-1472

Description: Papers relating to his legal practice, particularly concerning the visit to England in 1940-1941 (folders 1-4 and 8). Also John Rogan's letter book, 1889 and Rogan family papers (folders 5 and 6). Notes by Judith Hampson on the family (folder 7) Source of title - Supplied title Born at Rotorua, Hampson studied law at Auckland University College before returning to practise in his home town in 1908, where he developed a strong interest in Native Land matters. In 1912, he married Catherine (Kate) Hand Rogan, daughter of Judge John Rogan. In Sep 1940, he was in England to represent the appellants Hoani Te Heuheu Tukino and the Aotea District Maori Land Board before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and to present a Memorial on the claims of the Maori people under the Treaty of Waitangi. Hampson returned to New Zealand in May 1941 but died on 12 Jun. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available, with useful introduction on the family.