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Date: [ca 1975]

By: Hinkley, Tony, 1940-2001

Reference: PAColl-8002

Description: Photographs of staff and tunnellers of the Rangipo North section of Tongariro Power Project, taken ca 1975 by an unidentified photographer. All individuals are identified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Arranged into order as per listing provided with photographs Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 16.2 x 21.6 cm Finding Aids: List of photographs that identifies individuals filed with photographs. Provenance: From the estate of Tony Hinkley, 2004 Transfers: To Book Collections - Programme for the official opening of the Rangipo underground power station, 18 November 1983.

Date: 2000

By: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-643-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Politicians response to digital television, matchfixing in cricket, community responsibility for child abuse, Maori support of disgraced Maori MP and lack of support for abused Maori children, Fiji - banana dictatorship, Middle East peace process, concern over disparity between NZ and Australian defence forces reimbursement for serving in East Timor, Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday, space exploration, world opinion swings againsgt Israel's heavy-handed tactics, ACC payouts in Australia, cost cutting measures in the NZ Police Force, silencing Dover Samuels and social policy critics, high cost of yachting's Viaduct Basin, state-owned enterprises over-spend on conferences, British royals have a go at the tabloid press, Mark Todd's chances of selection damaged following sex and drug scandal, South Africa's reluctance to comment on Zimbabwe, terrorism in NZ? or just plain violence, Human genetic secrets uncovered, 'closing the gaps' policy, May Day and workers' rights, Fiji embroiled in racism, the price of the American Presidential election and recounts, Prime Minister announces she not going to attend Waitangi on Waitangi Day. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies photocopies of computer print-outs, A4 size.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of computer print-outs.

Date: [ca 1930-1940], 1980

By: Chapman, Catherine, active 1980

Reference: MS-Papers-10881

Description: Interviews on life at Kaingaroa, work and bringing up families in the bush Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Spectrum (Radio documentary) Material collected and recorded by Catherine Chapman of NZ Forest Service in 1980; used in Spectrum radio documentary 1981 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations (photocopies)

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-661-001/061

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 61 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 1860

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning employment, career choices and vocational guidance]

By: Taranaki (N.Z. : Province). Provincial Council

Reference: Eph-B-EMPLOYMENT-1860-01

Description: Flier asking for men to work on earthworks at Mount Eliot (Puke Ariki, New Plymouth), the pay to be at the rate of 6d per hour. Those interested are asked to apply on the ground in person at 11.30 on Thursday 15 March 1860. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy on blue sheet, 297 x 210 mm.

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-027

Description: Shows four men standing around a table chopping with large knives. A large cauldron is shown at the left. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 27. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-029

Description: Shows two men standing at a table where containers are filled by machine nozzles. At the left, a man lowers or lefts a heavy object above a vat, using a pulley. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 29. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and wash drawings, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

Date: 1857-1859

By: Pope, John, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: MS-1852

Description: Records two years spent in farm work, logging and pit-sawing at Okains Bay. Includes details of bushfires, floods, pig-hunting, drunkeness, homesickness, seasonal celebrations, mosquitoes, local tragedies and an earthquake. Author unknown but possibly the work of John Pope, a young Londoner employed by Thomas Ware Sen. for a time. Pope left Canterbury for the Tuapeka Goldfields in 1861. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (112 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (19cm; brown boards in green tie case)

Date: 1911

By: Brown, S J, active 1911

Reference: MS-Papers-2548

Description: Copy of a letter dated 12 October 1911, commenting on a recent article about William Golder, 1810?-1876. Gives information on a night school run by Golder, and rates of pay for nineteenth century labourers working for the Government in the Hutt Valley. Accompanying material - accompanied by obituary of John Golder from the New Zealand mail, 3 December 1902. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - donated by Mr L Cleveland, Wellington, 1983 (with William Golder's The philosophy of love, Wellington, 1871 (Reserve GOLDER)).

Date: 1906 to 1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: PA1-o-368

Description: Interior and exterior views of the Roslyn Woollen Mill taken circa 1906, including scenes of the various activities from sorting fleeces, spinning wool, weaving, and the finished cloth. Images show machinery, and factory workers (both men and women). Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Views of Roslyn Woollen Mill Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Views of Roslyn Woollen Mill, Dunedin. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1984

By: Wellington Media Collective

Reference: Eph-D-LABOUR-1984-03

Description: Poster shows silhouettes of a line of labourers pulling on ropes, against a red sky. Date and artist verified in "We will work with you; Wellington Media Collective 1978-1998 (2012), page 30 Other Titles - Third Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Four-colour plus three-colour blend screen print, 537 x 432 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: [ca 1900, ca 1920s-1940s]

By: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: PA-Group-00795

Description: Glass negatives of a range of subjects taken by an unidentified photographer chiefly circa 1920s and circa 1940s, but also two taken circa 1900s. Images fall into three broad groups: - Unidentified portraits (including the two taken circa 1900s) - Staff and factory floor images taken at suit manufacturer J A Wilkinson & Son Ltd, possibly in Wellington circa 1940s - Scenes in Wellington, and scenes and buildings in Auckland and Wellington Specific items show a table of wedding gifts, the ship 'TSS Wahine' with a damaged bow at Pipitea Wharf, Wellington, in June 1936, a group outside a meeting house circa 1920s, an unidentified building decorated with ships wheel motifs, a significant ceremony outside an unidentified building under construction circa 1920s, Auckland University clock tower circa 1920s, Auckland Railway Station, and Oriental Bay marina, Wellington. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 28 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negatives, 4.75 x 6.5 inches, and 6.5 x 8.5 inches Provenance: Negatives were found in a Wellington house, possibly in Karori.

Date: 1881-1930

By: Harwood, Alfred Thomas, active 1881-1930

Reference: 90-174

Description: The diaries (1896, 1906, 1908-1911, 1918, 1920, 1923-1924, 1926, 1930) contain brief entries recording work as a grave digger, gardener and farm hand, expenses and excursions, visits and entertainments. The letters are from Mr Harwood's father and are dated 1881-1889. Also included are bill of sale of furniture (1936), and the grant of a loan (1906). Source of title - Supplied Alfred Thomas Harwood worked as a farmhand, gravedigger and casual gardener in Christchurch. Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1906-1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: PA1-o-371

Description: Views of various factories and businesses in the Auckland Region, taken circa 1906, by unidentified photographers. They include interior and exterior views, and employees. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Factories and workrooms, Auckland Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Factories and workrooms, Auckland. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 31.0 cm

Date: [ca 1 Sep 1969]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1969/3743-F

Description: Mr T Victory drilling out the ports of Mrs P Hoey's oven for the conversion to natural gas. Photographs taken in Newlands, Wellington, circa 1 September 1969 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1880 - 1895

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-031

Description: Shows three men seated and standing at a bench where cans are processed. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 31. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

Date: ca 14 Mar 1983

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1983/0905-F

Description: Workers preparing to paint the corrugated iron roof of Todd Motors in Porirua, photographed circa 14 March 1983 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Original caption reads: "Armed with brooms and hose (from left) Ross Storey, Reid Ratana, Tom Allen, Rangi Teina, Richard June, Mysi Pulotu and Havila Aiona prepare for the next stage of their mammoth task under the direction of foreman Eddie Trinder in the background." (Evening Post, 14 March 1983). Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Roof of Todd Motors, Porirua, painted with 6000 litres of paint." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1892

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks] 1890-1893

Reference: E-315-q-5-023

Description: At the top, two separate pencil drawings. On the left, a short stout woman holding a broom, possibly the Hodgkins' family servant 'Phemie' (Euphemia). On the right, a stout casually dressed working man. Below, in ink, a bowling match with a man cheering as a bowl runs down the green, another man in a top hat seated on the side, watching the game. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil or ink on laid paper glued into sketchbook, page size 244 x 123 mm.

Date: 1906 - 1907

By: Drewitt, George, active 1906-1907

Reference: MS-Papers-4055

Description: Diary consists of brief daily entries which mainly record what work was done that day Source of title - supplied title George Drewitt was living in Ruatangata, Northland during 1906 and 1907, where he worked as a labourer on the railways Quantity: 1 folder(s) (68 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1876-1910, [ca 1983]

By: Bryant, Agnes Ruth Maude, 1896-1988

Reference: MS-Papers-3899

Description: Reminiscences cover the period 1876 to roughly 1910. They consist of: Robert Greig's story as told to Agnes, recalling Robert's early life in and around Wellington and its environs; Phoebe Monk's story, also written in the first person, telling of her experiences dealing with life in the bush; Agnes' account of her childhood in Reikorangi and her account of the Reikorangi district with reference to religion, school, sport, doctors, roads, sawmills etc. Accompanied by genealogical charts of the Monk and Greig families, with annotations, probably in Bryant's hand. Source of title - cover title Agnes Greig was born in 1896. She grew up in a large family, the eldest of twelve, living in the isolated bush near Reikorangi, south east of Waikanae. Agnes' father, Robert Greig, had come to New Zealand in 1876. He had spent his boyhood in Wellington, leaving home in his early teens in search of work. He found employment on the railways, as a general farm hand, and as a bush labourer clearing and felling bush between Makara and Waikanae. In 1895 Robert married Phoebe Monk, who had grown up in Makara and they set up home near Reikorangi. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (41 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and typescript (photocopy)