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Brooke-White, Julia, 1942-: Photographs

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Date

Apr 1953-Dec 1954, 1962, 1964-1965, 1977-1987, Nov 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000-2003, 2008

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Brooke-White, Julia Stace, 1942-

Reference

PA-Group-00421

Description

Collection comprises:

Photographs of art nouveau joinery designed by Wellington architects, Crichton and McKay, in 1909 for C H Dickerson of `Brentwood,' Karori Wellington. Photographed by Julia Brooke-White for the Alexander Turnbull Library in November 1990.

Photographs of Festivals of Pacific Arts 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, taken by Julia Brooke-White.

Prints and negatives for a book, `Every Kitchen tells a Story' written by Clare de Lore, and published by Harper Collins, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2000.

Photographs (album, negatives and prints) relating to Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands and of Department of Conservation volunteers and paid workers, mainly carrying out meteorological observations there, from 1953 to 2003. Includes negatives which show art works which were the basis of a series of wall plaques around the living room walls of the workers' hostel on Raoul Island.

Photographs taken 1977-1987 in Fiji including events, boats, buildings, industries, people, and activities. Also includes photographs taken in New Zealand of personalities, Crescent Engineering business, 2003, and Nambassa Festival 1979.

Three photographs of of the hall at `Brentwood' taken by Harold Hislop in 1910, and showing this joinery in it original position, can be found in album PA1-f-29, pages 24 and 25.

In ca 1979 `Brentwood' was demolished. Joinery installed in 1909 was sold at Dunbar Sloans Auction House soon after. Malcolm Sheffield bought it and installed some of it in his Oriental Bay house in 1990 which is where these photographs were taken.

Photographs of Raoul Island were taken while Julia Brooke White was there as a volunteer in 2001, and as a paid worker from 2002 to 2003.

Accompanying material - See back file under 'Brooke-White, Julia Stace', in Photographic Archive for further details about this collection. Includes photocopies of articles about the Festivals, many of which feature Julia Brooke-White's photographs. Also includes notes on the Raoul Island wall plaques (including individual titles) which are the subject of the negatives.

Title supplied by Library.

Drawings and prints holds plans made by Wellington architects Crichton and McKay, for the joinery for the new `Brentwood' interiors. These plans include plans and elevations of the whole house as well. Drawings and Prints reference is Plans-93-0274.

Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s) 4"x 5". 8 colour copy transparency/ies 4" x 5". 2223 colour original transparency/ies. 607 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 2338 images. 42 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 62 images. 750 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 4 digital print(s) 2 black and white, 2 coloured. 1 album(s). 1228 photograph(s). 1643 colour original transparency/ies.

Physical Description: Film negatives, transparencies, photographic prints

Processing information: The 2020 accession is awaiting processing.

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4 b&w copy negative(s) 4"x 5", 8 colour copy transparency/ies 4" x 5", 2223 colour original transparency/ies, 607 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 2338 images, 42 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 62 images, 750 b&w original photographic print(s), 1 colour original photographic print(s), 4 digital print(s) 2 black and white, 2 coloured, 1 album(s), 1228 photograph(s), 1643 colour original transparency/ies, Photographs, Film negatives, transparencies, photographic prints

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