E W Mills and Company Ltd

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-047

Description: Three-quarter portrait of architect Sidney George Chaplin. Title from inscription below image. Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 305 x 254 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr E. E. Moult, Wellington, in 1991. Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".

Date: 1883

Reference: Eph-C-INSURANCE-1883-01

Description: Arrangement of text, in black and red various typefaces. The page also advertises the Public Trust Office of New Zealand, and the following small businesses: C Gamble, tailor and hatmaker; E W Mills & Co, furnishing ironmonger and iron merchants; Mrs Freeman, pastrycook; John Watt, bookseller; J & R Barlow, fruiterers and poulterers; Edward Anderson, importing merchant; J E Evans, addler; M Cleary, fruiterer; H T Price, hairdresser; and John Thorburn, clothier. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet 450 x 285 mm.

Date: [ca 1921-1960]

By: Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: 91-187

Description: Selected contract files for roofing, including that of the Wellington Railway Station, papers and contracts re fibrolite asbestos sheeting, stock books for roofing tiles, steel shutters and sashes, a wages book, and motor body fittings catalogues. Relationship complexity - Two other collections of E W Mills & Co Ltd are held by MSS & Archs - at qMS-1367-1370 are 4 minute books ranging from 1883-1965, and at MS-Papers-5343 is a small collection of catalogues, wages books and product publications Eric Moult worked for E W Mills all his working life. Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 1885-1948

By: E W Mills and Company Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-5343

Description: The collection comprises two wages books (1889-1893, 1893-1896); a handwritten volume listing tools of trade and everything associated with the hardware business; various catalogues of hardware fittings; a John Duthie circular (1885); a draft covenant between C J Pulley and E C Mills (1902); two press items; an E W Mills catalogue; `A glossary of Old Sheffield trade words and dialect', compiled and edited by B Ronald Dyson (1936); an `Illustrated price list, tools for all trades' no 18, November 1927 for McLean & Archibald; and `Machinery' (May 24, 1923) Relationship complexity - Minute books for E W Mills & Co Ltd at qMS-1367-1370 (1883-1892, 1891-1900, 1919-1945 and 1945-1965) and at Moult, E E (91-187) are Business records for E W Mills & Co Ltd, 1921-1950 A Wellington hardware and engineering firm Quantity: 1 box(es) (Hollinger box). 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two small group photos, two large mounted group photographs, probably taken in Christchurch and one long rolled photograph. Catalogues include illustrations of hardware, plumbing, agricultural implements, tools and machinery

Date: [ca 1877-1898]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1027

Description: The papers relate to R D D Maclean and include memos re Hawke's Bay County Council meetings; accounts; draft petition re the government taking over the Terraces Hotel, Taupo, as a sanitorium; correspondence and estimates re Maraekakaho; papers re property, politics; the `Scots minstrelsie: a national monument of Scottish song' (an annotated flyer); financial matters, information brochure for the Grammar School, Napier; brochure for the Hawke's Bay Amateur Athletic Club and Wanderers Bicycle Club combined sports meeting; Napier Rowing Club circular letter and Maclean's membership card; correspondence re freight of a cross and tablet from Edinburgh to NZ. Identified persons entered under Name; many are not identified. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1883-1901, 1919-1965

By: E W Mills and Company Ltd

Reference: qMS-1367-1370

Description: Minute books of the hardware and engineering firm of E W Mills and Co Ltd of Wellington from 1883 until liquidation in 1965 Relationship complexity - Two other E W Mills & Co Ltd collections are held, one of Moult, E E (91-187) which includes stock and balance books and catalogues, the other at MS-Papers-5343, including wages books and catalogues Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (32-37 cm; various bindings)

Date: [1900s]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-316

Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: 1870-1927

Reference: PAColl-5025

Description: Hunter st/Jervois Quay view of E W Mills and Co Building ca 1920, carte de visites of buildings from ca 1870s, and views of a masculine tea party in a Christchurch garden Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-041

Description: Profile caricature portrait of architect Rene Natusch, architect. One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Title from inscription below image. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 306 x 253 mm. Provenance: Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world". Processing information: Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947.

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-045

Description: Three-quarter profile caricature portrait of architect Thomas Herbert Bates. Title from inscription below image. Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers; Unsigned and undated. One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 304 x 252 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr E. E. Moult, Wellington, in 1991. Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-049

Description: Profile caricature of Mr J. H. Maples, smoking a pipe. Title from inscription below image. Purchased with set of 12 caricature of architects, also executed in 1947, for the boardroom of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers Executed with a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 303 x 255 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr E. E. Moult, Wellington, in 1991. Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".

Date: [1871-1940]

From: Brandon family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5634-5

Description: Comprises share certificates, some accounts, prospectuses, transfer and declaration of trust for companies listed under Name entry Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1889-1934

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-8/3/13

Description: Misses E E K & L K Marten, Wellington (Fire insurance policy), 1921; Augustus, Francis Augustus, Christopher and Agnes Meech, Pongaroa, 1891-1934 - Title deeds for members of Meech family and several others: Hugh Somerville and Ebeneezer Grossett, Aohanga; George T Norman, Pongaroa; Bessie Brenton, Pongaroa; William Henry Meech, Makuri. James Wilfred Mexted, Tawa Flat, 1925; E W Mills & Company Ltd, Wellington, 1889 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-038

Description: Three-quarter portrait of William John McKeon, smoking pipe. Title from inscription below image. Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 303 x 254 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr E. E. Moult, Wellington, in 1991. Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-048

Description: Profile portrait of architect Harold George Davies. Title from inscription below image. Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 304 x 254 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr E. E. Moult, Wellington, in 1991. Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".

Date: 1901-1904

By: Watt, George Thomas, 1871-1933

Reference: PA1-o-516

Description: Photographs of family and friends, and scenes in the Wellington area and Hawkes Bay, taken by George Thomas Watt People and places named are listed in the headings above. Two images show the Wellington Post Office in the daytime and night time, when decorated in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. The night view shows the Post Office brightly lit with decoration. In the middle of the album is a group of 6 tourist-style photographs of young Maori women. One image shows the house owned by Thomas and Matilda Watt, at 172 Hastings Street, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, spine brown taped, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 22.5 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-039

Description: Three-quarter profile head of Bernard W Johns, Wellington architect and son of H.T. Johns, architect. Title from inscription below image. Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - iNevile /Lodge/ 47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 302 x 254 mm. Provenance: Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".

Date: 1895

From: F W Niven & Co. :View of Wellington N Z [ca 1895] from Hill Street, Thorndon. F W Niven & Co. [lith] Ballarat, [Victoria, ca 1895]

Reference: D-002-008-001

Description: Top left panel shows small vignettes of the buildings and premises of the following businesses or organisations: E W Mills & Company Ltd, agents for safes, strongroom doors, Ransomes, Sims and Jeffrey's agricultural implements; Felton and Guilleum's "Neptune" barb and other fencing wires; Leonard and Ellis' "Valvoline" machinery, cylinder and axle oils; W B Haigh & Co.'s woodworking machinery, Planet junr implements of all kinds for farm and garden use; Valentine & Co.'s varnish and coach colours. Shows illustrations of a plough and a weighing machine above, with the exterior of the building in Lambton Quay below. Grey Valley Coal Company Ltd, sellers of Coalbrookdale, Newcastle and Greymouth coal; fire tiles, fire bricks, fire clay, coke and firewood. Manners Street, Wellington. Shows at left an illustration of the shop frontage, and at right the timber and tile yard with a wooden tower above it. The Wellington Biscuit and Confectionery Company, manufacturers of all descriptions of biscuits and confectionery. Awarded first medals at Sydney and Wellington Exhibitions. Sole N.Z. agents for the Britannia Liquorice, Refinery, Pontefract. Farish Street Wellington. Shows an illustration of the street frontage of the premises, flanked by tilted illustrations of a section of the biscuit manufacturing department and of the packing room. St Paul's Church of England Cathedral, Wellington, shows an illustration of Old St Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Murphy Street. Extended Title - Top left panel from their "View of Wellington, N.Z., from Hill Street, Thorndon" [ca 1895] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 280 x 395 mm.

Date: [ca 1860]

From: Allom, Albert James, 1825-1909 : Photographs from the Allom collection of Edward Gibbon Wakefield papers

Reference: 1/2-031733-F

Description: Part 4 of an 8 part panorama of Lambton Quay, Wellington, and surrounding area, circa 1860. Shows Lambton Quay and hills behind. Piles of timber are in the foreground. The businesses on the Quay include (from left to right) :unknown, W James (furniture), Johnsons, Prossors, Crown & Anchor hotel, Ashtons, E W Mills, unknown, Lewis Moss, unknown. The house belonging to John Farr Hoggard (the first postmaster) is on the hill above, with Mr Hays house to the right of that. Photographer unidentified. Part 4 of an 8 part panorama. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1947

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995

Reference: A-279-042

Description: Three-quarter frontal caricature of architect George Ronald C. Muston. Title from inscription below image. Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 300 x 252 mm. Provenance: Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".