Places

Date: Mar-May 1881

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-03/3

Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field below; also includes coded telegram from Sir John Hall re Parihaka, interview with Te Whiti Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes printed map of Mikonui Water Race near the settlement of Ross [Totara District]

Date: 1895 - 1897

By: Weeks Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1895/1897

Description: Includes: 1895?: Wednesday popular concert, Wellington (with Mabel Jones, Mr F W Jones, Mr E J Hill, Miss Parsons, Mr J M Clark, Mrs H J Miller, Mr W J Haybittle). 5 June [1895?]. Flier / programme Wednesday popular concerts, Wellington (with Mabel Jones, Mr F W Jones, Mr Geo Parsons, Mrs H J Miller, Mr J M Clark, Miss Clarice Brabazon, Mr E J Hill, Mr Walter Haybittle). 5 June [1895?]. Flier / programme 1895: Auckland College and Grammar School Old Boys Association. Celebration of the twenty-sixth anniversary of the foundation of the school. Programme of smoke concert. Sydenham Presbyterian Church. Soiree and concert; welcome to Rev R S Allan. Thursday October 10, 1895. Programme /flier. Weeks, Printer, High Street, Christchurch - 13016. (With performers Mr Lovell, Miss Neave, Mr John McLean, Miss Watson, Mr Russell Halley, Misses Kissel and Bella Forrester, Miss Aggie Currie, Mr H Johnston, Miss Picken, Mr A J Sparkes) 1896: Caledonian Society of Wellington. Eleventh annual concert under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency the Earl of Glasgow, the Countess of Glasgow & suite. opera House, 24 September 1896. Conductor Mr John McGlashan, accompanist Miss Upham, director of music Mr John Jack. Programme (With performers Mr Hugh Wright, Miss Orr, The McGregors, Mr D Campbell, Miss Jeanie Ramsay, Mr A S Paterson, Mr A Nicol) Wellington Industrial Exhibition 1896-7. Evening opening performance in Entertainment Hall, 18 November 1896. Programme (With Maugham Barnett's Musical Society performing "Hinemoa" by Arthur H Adams and Alfred F Hill; and the Festival Choral Society singing psalms and anthems, including anthem "The earth is the Lord's" composed by T Tallis Trimnell) (2 copies) Wellington Industrial Exhibition. First national night (England), under the direction of Mr Robert Parker. Programme (With performers Miss Dugdale, Mrs Burfoot, Madame Eveleen Carlton, Mr R B Williams, Mr J Murrell, Mr J Whittall) 1897: Whiteley Hall. Orpheus Musical Club's concert. 15 July 1897. Cowen's cantata "The rose maiden". Taranaki Herald Print. Programme / flier. Quantity: 7 programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1945

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1945

Description: Includes: Auckland Repertory Theatre. "Musical chairs", by Ronald McKenzie. 3-8 December 1945. Programme. "Cathedral steps"; an anthology in praise of Britain. England's spectacular play-pageant framed by Clemence Dane on a plan produced by Basil Dean. Produced for the first time in New Zealand by Kathleen Falconer, James Clark musical director, for the NZ Red Cross Society Dunedin Sub-Committee. His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin. 30 October - 3 November 1945. Programme. Epsom Girls' Grammar School and Auckland Grammar School. "The merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare. Director Allan McSkimming, Leah Roseveare. Musical director Frank Price. His Majesty's Theatre Queen Street. 4-6 October 1945. Programme. NZ Army Education Welfare Service. "Night must fall", by Emlyn Williams. Produced by S/Sgt Ulric Williams. Parish Hall, Suva. 19-20 July 1945. Programme. Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society. "Ladies in retirement". Produced by Nola Millar. R.S.A. Hall. 24-26 October 1945. Programme (2 copies). "Worm's eye view", by R F Delderfield. Produced by William Hodge. Grand Opera House Wellington. 16 October 1945. Flyer. Quantity: 6 theatre programmes and flyers (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [1927-1995]

From: Ogilvie, Gordon Bryant, 1934- : Papers relating to Denis Glover

Reference: MS-Papers-7252-005

Description: Comprises letter from Ogilvie to Auckland Grammar and reply from the school's archivist; photocopies of parts of history of the school and listings of Glover's activities while he was there Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1880 - 1889

Reference: MapColl-v832.1291bje/[188-?]/Acc.25356

Description: Cadastral map of the Parnell Borough of Auckland, from Mechanics Bay, St. Georges and Judges Bay down to Hobson's Bay, including the Waikato and Kaipara railway routes. Shows the Parnell rise and the road to Manukau and Epsom, Gladstone and Avenue Rd, St. Stephens, Ayr and Brighton, as well as the Domain. Sections 1-4 and 95 are shown, and numbered blocks and lots within each section. Grammar School, St Stephen's School, an orphan home, a cemetry, a sawmill the Alexandra Hotel, Windsor Castle. a cattle market and reclaimed land are also shown. A private road is shown off St. Georges Bay Road leading to the only named property, that of Mr Aitken, Section One, (84) - 538. Stamped 'Boylan and Lundon, Civil Engineers' and on the linen 'Imperial tracing cloth' with trademark. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:1 684], 167 x 107 cm.

Date: 193? - 1937

By: Withiel-Thomas, Arthur, active 1935-1937?; Shand, Jocelyn, active 1990s?

Reference: PAColl-3265

Description: Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Frank Duncan and Company; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA5-0012

Description: View of the Boys Grammer School, Auckland. Photographed by Frederick George Radcliffe, and published by Frank Duncan & Co. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 82 x 135 mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2067-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from Mount Eden over part of Auckland City and Auckland Harbour with Rangitoto Island centre right distance. Auckland Grammar School with playing fields is in the centre middle distance. Many small boats in a bay left distance, with a larger ship just visible between the city and Devonport. Houses visible amongst trees in Remuera below on the slopes of Mt Eden. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2071 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Auckland Harbour from Mt Eden. No. 3A; Marginal notes on negative - 3A 3A 3A [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 132.6 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2071-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from Mount Eden over part of Auckland City and Auckland Harbour with Rangitoto Island centre distance. Auckland Grammar School with playing fields is in the centre of the image. Remuera housing amongst trees in the right foreground. New houses under construction in the centre right foreground on the right of a large two-storeyed brick and timber semi-detached house with a tiled roof. Quarry in the left foreground. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2067 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Auckland N.Z. from Mt Eden. No. 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 117.0 cm

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: 1900 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOLS-A-1900s

Description: Includes: Ahititi, Okau, Tongaporutu Combined schools 75th jubilee, 16 March 1974. Programme (cyclostyled)Aranui High School Community Learning Centre. Adult Education programme. Term 2 1995 Archerfield [School concert and prizegiving]. Thursday 16 December 1915. Programme Ashburton College Community Learning Centre. Programme 1996 Ashburton Netherby School. 25th jubilee celebrations, 20-21 October 1984. Programme Ashburton Technical College. Golden jubilee 1912-1962. 21-23 April 1962. Programme Auckland Grammar School. 90th anniversary programme 1959 Auckland Grammar School cadets. The colours of the Auckland Grammar School Cadets, the gift of the ladies of the school, presented to the Battalion by Field-Marshal Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, March 2nd 1910 [Card] Auckland Grammar School concert. Scots Hall, Symonds Street, 21-22 September [1900s]. Programme (with performers R Collins, J Diggle, B Bilton, B Broadfoot, G L Hesketh, B R Mason, J Buckley, J C W Pelham, M J Larsen, K J A Johnstone, L O Waugh, etc) Auckland Grammar School 90th anniversary [1959]. Programme (2 copies) Auckland Grammar School centenary. 4 programmes (opening of the Centennial Centre 31 May 1969; Centennial concert June 1969, Centennial dinner 31 May 1969, Centennial service 1 June 1969) Auckland Technical School. Short prospectus of classes for the session 1905. Avondale College annual concert. 16-17 August 1957. Programme Avondale College. Fourteenth annual concert, 20-21 August 1958. Programme Avondale College fifteenth annual concert, 17-18 August 1959. Programme Awatapu College. Pamphlet 1998. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and fliers, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Some Auckland Grammar ephemera donated by Ms Diana Ranger, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.

Date: [ca 1916-1920]

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

Reference: 1/2-001193-G

Description: View of Auckland Grammar School taken from Kyber Pass Road looking south showing the front of the building. Mount Eden can be seen in the background. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Other Titles - Auckland Boy's Grammar School Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Boy's Grammer School. Auckland. No 131E 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: 1922

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048760-G

Description: Mount Eden, Auckland, photographed in 1922 by Sydney Charles Smith. Auckland Grammar School is on the left. A group of houses are in the foreground. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: circa 1915-1930

Reference: 1/1-006745-F

Description: Auckland Grammar School, Auckland, photographed between circa 1915-1930. Photographer unknown. The school was designed by Richard Abbott and C Le N Arnold, in the Spanish mission style. It was opened in 1916. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative