ICI New Zealand

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: ICI New Zealand; Alexander, John Hood, 1916-1975; Dominion Breweries Ltd; United States Information Service; New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society; En-Zed Card & Calendar Company Ltd; Baptist, Miranda, active 2006

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1960s

Description: Includes calendars: 1960: Alexander Turnbull Library (with reproductions of artworks by George French Angas). Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. Early Wellington; a selection of engravings from the 1847 portfolio of S C Brees, esq. 1960 calendar. 1961: Harry H Tombs Limited. Printers and publishers at the Wingfield press. Calendar Dec 1960-Nov 1961. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Some early New Zealand churches associated with Bishop Selwyn. Original pen and wash drawings by John H Alexander. 1961 calendar. (2 copies) Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway enthusiasts' calendar 1961 United States Information Service. "Americans at work". Calendar 1961. 1962: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Early watercolours of the South Island of New Zealand 1845-51, by Sir William Fox KCMG, from the Hocken Library, University of Otago. 1962 calendar. (2 copies) Shell Oil New Zealand Ltd. 1962 calendar presenting a series of pen and wash illustrations of historical New Zealand buildings by John H Alexander. Evening Post Wellington. 1962 almanac (with reproduction of Peter McIntyre painting of Willis Street showing the Evening Post building) 1963: Trevor Strange (Waikanae Beach). Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1963 calendar. Harry H Tombs Ltd. Calendar 1963 (with reproduction of "A Christmas picnic in New Zealand" by K Airini Vane). 1964: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. Calendar 1964. 1965: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd (Auckland). [Gotgried Lindauer Maori portraits at Auckland City Art Gallery - includes portraits of Haora Tipa Koinaki, Julia Martin, Tokena te Kerehi, Sophia the Guide, Ratene, Renata Kawepo]. 1965. (2 copies) Bruce Calendar Co Ltd (Ashburton). King Dick Motor Wrecking Co. Ltd (Invercargill). Calendar 1965 (2 different images) 1966: Dominion Breweries Ltd. Waitemata House, Auckland New Zealand. Gold media award, Olympia, Great Britain. By courtesy of the Kelliher Art Trust, twelve reproductions of original oil paintings of New Zealand landscapes by a representative selection of English Australian and New Zealand artists. Calendar for 1966. (Artists include: William Dargie, John Loxton, Claude Muncaster, Douglas Badcock, Rubery Bennett, Douglas Pratt and Ernest Buckmaster) 1967: En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd. The Milford track New Zealand; the world's finest walk. Illustrated calendar 1967. Hodder & Tolley Ltd, seed, grain, produce and fertilizer merchants. Calendar 1967 Waikanae Supermarket Ltd. Greetings from your Four Square grocer. 1967. 1968: Four Square calendar 1968. 1969: Shell calendar. Bicentenary of the voyage of discovery by Captain James Cook 1769. (2 copies) Spa Road Four Square Store. Calendar 1969. Evening Post Wellington. 1969 almanac (with reproduction of painting of the Wellington Club by Rodger Harrison (winner of the Kelliher Prize 1968)) Wellington Teachers' College Students' Association Arts Council. Calendar 1969 (Reproductions of drawings of Fiordland National Park by Alan Howie) Centregraphic Limited. 1969 calendar of original illustrations from the books first published 1790 of Captain Cook's voyages of discovery 1768-1780. (2 copies, one in pieces) Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Edwards, Henry Phillip, 1913?-1987; Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; ICI New Zealand; McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; Maclennan, Stewart Bell, 1903-1973; Mason, Frank Henry, 1876-1965; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Waghorn, Reginald James, 1898-1987; Woods, George, 1898-1963

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1950s

Description: Includes calendars: 1951: Imperial Chemicals (N.Z.) Ltd. The growth of a colony; original pen drawings by Russell Clark. [Calendar 1951]. New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1951 (showing a reproduction of a painting by Allan Mitchell, of "High summer East Cape - end of day on the road - the long trek from Te Araroa to Taneatua"). 1952: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Nga Rangatira (The chiefs). [Calendar. 1952]. Pen portraits by Henry Edwards. Includes portraits of Hongi (1777-1828), Tamati Ngaporo (1804-1885), Tamati Waka Nene (1780-1871), Rewi (1815-1894), Wiremu Tamehana (1800-1866), King Tawhiao (1825-1894). (2 copies) 1953: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. [New Zealand historical scenes sketched by Peter McIntyre. Calendar. 1953]. (2 copies) New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1953. [featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II]. 1954: Imperial Chemical Industries. Original lino-cuts by Stewart Maclennan. [Calendar. 1954]. (2 copies) 1955: Imperial Chemical Industries(N.Z.) Ltd. A series of Polynesian legends by E Mervyn Taylor, George Woods, Russell Clark, Henry Edwards, Peter McIntyre, S B Maclennan. [Calendar 1955]. 1956: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. A selection of New Zealand paintings from the National Art Gallery. [Calendar]. 1956. 2 copies. Includes works by Nugent Welch, Sydney L Thompson, Cedric Savage, J C Hoyte, Cecil F Kelly, H Linley Richardson 1957: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Power in New Zealand; original drawings by R J Waghorn. [Calendar]. 1957. 1958: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. University institutions of New Zealand; original pencil drawings by F V Ellis. [Calendar]. 1958. (2 copies, one donated 2003) New Zealand Shipping Company. New Zealand Line. "When sails beat steam"; an episode in the roaring forties in 1895 - sailing vessel Turakina and steamship Ruapehu. From a painting by Frank H Mason. [Calendar] 1958. [Signed: B C D'Arcy Maxwell (4th Officer S S "Ruapehu" at the time) Nelson N.Z. 1958]. 1959: Exide Batteries of New Zealand Limited. Calendar 1959 .. with reproductions from a series of twelve colour photographs Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. A selection of early colonial water colours from the Alexander Turnbull Library. [Calendar. 1959]. 2 copies. Includes works by G H Page, William Fox, George Grey, G F Von Tempsky, William Packe, and E C Wyvill. New Zealand Free Lance annual. Calendar 1959 ("Roadside scene, Lake Wanaka, Otago"; presentation plate issued with New Zealand free lance annual 1958) Quantity: 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: [ca 1964]-1971

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-28

Description: Photographs of corrosion of the internal metal surfaces of the chimney of Dunedin Hospital's boilerhouse. BP House, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, built 1968-1970. Includes - Architectural plans. A site photograph before demolition. Exterior and interior views of the completed building. ICI House, Molesworth Street, Wellington, complete and occupied February 1965. Includes - site photographs. Architectural drawing and model of the building. Exterior and interior views of the completed building. BP House. Associated construction progress photographs at PAColl-9842-29-08 to PAColl-9842-29-57. ICI House. Associated photographs at PAColl-9842-29-01 to PAColl-9842-29-07. Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s). 9 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1921

By: Clark, Johnson, 1882-1957

Reference: F-012

Description: An aerial perspective of the factory buildings and houses of the Colonial Ammunition Company, with the full name inscribed on the roofs of several different buildings, the initials CAC on other buildings, a smoking chimney to the left and a shot tower on the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title; also bottom right, artist's name, address and date The CAC was later integrated into ICI Johnson Clark was the architect for the complex, built in 1913 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Grey watercolour, 482 x 1233 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1962

From: [Calendars for the years of the 1960s, of approximately A3 size].

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; ICI New Zealand

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1962-01

Description: Reproductions of six watercolours in the Hocken Library, Dunedin: Allington, Waimea South ... George Duppa's; Melville Cove ... 1845; Port Lyttelton ... immigrants luggage disembarking; Riwaka Valley, Nelson, 1847; Mr Rhodes station, Acheron Bay, Canterbury. Includes a page of descriptive notes Published by I C I as their 1962 calendar Two copies held. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured letterpress calendar 435 x 285 mm

Date: 1958-[ca 1984]

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-33

Description: BNZ Centre, Wellington, and other buildings include - Colour proof sheets of interiors of Wellingtom office buildings. These include ICI House, BP House, and Bank of New South Wales. Taken in 1978. Construction photographs relating to Shell House, The Terrace, Wellington, 31 December 1958 to 2 November 1959. Photographs relating to the BNZ (Bank of New Zealand) Centre, Wellington, constructed in the early 1970s and early 1980s. These include - Polystyrene models of the building and its surroundings. Perspective drawings of the proposed BNZ Centre tower and its forecourt. Views of Wellington from the harbour with outline of BNZ Centre tower drawn in. Photographs of model of the BNZ Centre. Photographic survey showing the state of the steel framework of the BNZ Centre tower in 1979 (by this time it had been exposed to the weather for six years). BNZ Centre under construction, 1981. Mock up of the completed BNZ Centre tower seen from Lambton Quay. View of almost completed BNZ Centre tower from Lambton Quay, ca 1982. View of BNZ Centre foyer at night, ca 1984. Two unidentified Bank of New South Wales buildings, ca 1980s. Coloured perspective drawing of proposed postal centre. BP House. Associated construction progress photographs at PAColl-9842-29-08 to PAColl-9842-29-57. ICI House. Associated photographs at PAColl-9842-29-01 to PAColl-9842-29-07. Shell House. Associated construction photographs at PAColl-9832-32-21 to PAColl-9842-32-40 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s). 24 colour original photographic print(s). 2 photocopy/ies. Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: 1869 - 1959

From: [Various artists] :I C I calendar, [Wellington] 1959.

By: Wyvill, Edward Christopher (Rev), -1889; ICI New Zealand

Reference: C-086-1959-02-6

Description: View looking up the Flaxbourne River towards hills, with the station buildings in the middle distance and a barn to the right. There is a flax bush in the left foreground Colour reproduction made of the Library's watercolour at B-035-004 for the I.C.I. 1959 calendar Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 236 x 336 mm

Date: 1967

By: King & Dawson (Firm)

Reference: C-121-033

Description: Shows altar and outdoor altar both at east end. Hall adjoins cathedral on south side. Site bounded by Molesworth Street, Hill Street, Eccleston Hill, and ICI building carpark. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - SAINT PAUL'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL WELLINGTON / AS APPROVED BY SYNOD / THE PLAN OF THE HALL IS NOT NECESSARILY FINAL / COMMENTS BY PARISHIONERS ARE INVITED / IN WRITING TO :/ "THE CHURCH WARDENS" / BOX 12044 BY 18 JULY; Recto - bottom right - SCHEME A / JUNE 1967 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, 570 x 715 mm.

Date: [ca 1964]-1970

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-29

Description: ICI House, Molesworth Street, Wellington, complete and occupied February 1965. Includes - Site photographs. Collage of building on Molesworth Street. Cardboard models showing the relationship of the building to St Paul's Cathedral. Precast concrete panels and stair units on construction site. BP House, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Progress photographs recording construction of building from 25 February 1968 to November 1970. Building opened in November 1970. BP House. Associated photographs at PAColl-9842-28-28 to PAColl-9842-28-31. ICI House. Associated photographs at PAColl-9842-28-33 to PAColl-9842-28-63. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1962]-1977

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-38

Description: ICI House, Molesworth Street, Wellington, ca 1962-1995 includes - Perspective drawing of the building, ca 1962. Models of the building. Building under construction. Views of completed building, ca 1965. Views of the interiors. View of the building as Deloitte House in 1995. Models of BP House, Wellington. University of Auckland School of Medicine. This includes - Perspective of Pre-clinical Building, 1967. Views of completed buildings, 1977. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-0973/0974

Description: Shows First floor plan and third floor plan, indicating accommodation for: (First floor) toilets, lunch rooms, Captain Falconer, NZ Shipping Company stores, R Hill & Sons, Canada Pacific Railway, Wheat Committee, L McCartney, Army, strong room; (Third floor) Imperial Chemical Industries, J Murray, Army, toilets. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, 375 x 495 mm.

Date: 23 Jan 1986

From: NZOHA Fletcher Challenge Ltd Oral History Project

By: Watt, John Stephen (Dr), 1908-1996

Reference: OHInt-0001/22

Description: John Watt was born in Boulder City, near Kalgoolie, Western Australia in 1908. Outlines family background - paternal family came from Scotland where they were farmers and agricultural workers, maternal grandfather, a colliery engineer who emigrated to Australia. Talks about family coming to New Zealand in 1913 and father working as a watchman for Auckland Harbour Board. Recalls childhood memories: flu epidemic, 1918; secondary education at Auckland Grammar and tertiary at Auckland University, winning a Rhodes Scholarship in 1931. Refers to other Rhodes Scholar that year, Jack Lovelock, who studied medicine and in the 1936 Olympic Games won the 1500 metres gold medal. Talks about returning from Oxford and lecturing in soil science at Massey University before taking an appointment with ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in Billingham, Britain, managing a plant making methyl methacrylate - raw material for Perspex, an essential development for fighter pilots (World War II). Mentions Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft. Talks about pollution control. Describes work for ICI in Australia before returning to New Zealand to join Fletchers, becoming general manager, Industrial Consulting Division in 1954. Compares company styles of ICI and Fletchers. Mentions company colleagues: L J Stevens (Legal expert); E Lyall Young (Commercial Division), a builder; H L Parker (Housing); R T (Bob) Arkley; I D McAllister; A W (Alec) Craig; S E Kingston; C J Maindonald; W A (Bill) Bourke; J L (Lou) Hahn; A T (Arthur) Jewell; H F (Harry) Molony; George Fraser. Discusses manufacturing activities, e g plywood, particle board, marble company and the use of linseed oil. Explains uses of duroid and bituminous paints. Refers to 1958 start of particle board manufacturing and the Mt Cook Hermitage Hotel construction. Explains background to Pacific Steel. Mentions Kaisers (USA) who built utility ships during World War II and their association with Fletchers feasibility study of iron sands smelting. Mentions A G K N (Guest Keen Nettle-Powles) project. Other projects and contracts discussed include: Lyttelton Tunnel, Kauri Timber Co. purchase (1961); Bechtel Fletcher Wimpy Joint Marsden Oil Refinery Contract (1962); first shopping centre at Pakuranga (1965); Marsden Power Station (1965); Kapuni Pipeline Contract (Jack Smith, product manager); establishment of Fletcher International (1969) and further re-organisation of company in 1970 with reference to Jock Turpin; Rotokawa sulphur deposits. Gives views on Fletcher Challenge merger and contrasts Hugh Fletcher, J C Fletcher and Sir James. Discusses other activities involved with including: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (now National Research Council); Dairy Research Institute; Atomic Energy Committee. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 3/88 East Tamaki Road, Papatoetoe Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 0157.

Date: 1957-1967, 1966

From: New Zealand Truth : Files of the Financial Editor

Reference: MS-Papers-1188-156

Description: Also includes Annual report for Imperial Chemical Industries (NZ) Ltd (1966) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1980-1988

From: Johnson, Louis, 1924-1988 : Literary papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-8095-350

Description: Names of correspondents entered in name index Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1960 - 1999

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Water-1900s

Description: Includes: 1960s: National Water Safety Council. Keep afloat for hours with little effort. Learn drownproofing, a method of survival swimming [1960s] 1963: Saved by firing his distress signal. Be sure your boat is equipped with radio & hand flares or rockets and smoke signals when going to sea. R E Owen, Government Printer Wellington New Zealand, 1963. 1974: National Water Safety Council. These children are your responsibility. No afterthought has the power to bring back a life ... [1974] National Safety Association of New Zealand: [Open gate and ball in a pond. 1970s?] ca 1980: Stop your dreamboat going up in smoke ... sponsored in the interests of small boat safety by the Marine Insurance Council of New Zealand in association with the Small Boat Safety Committee and the New Zealand Water Safety Council [1970-1982] (2 copies) 1982: Neill, Cropper & Co. Ltd. Don't overpower, don't overload, don't overlook these safety items. Produced in the interests of Boating Safety by neill, Cropper & Co. Ltd in association with the Small Boat Safety Committee and the NZ Water Safety Council [ca 1982] (2 copies) ICI Tasman Limited. Consumer Products Division. Susan Applesmith. Nine months on-the-way, three years growing, 2 minutes drowning. What a terrible waste! Produced for the protection of our most precious heritage in association with New Zealand Plunket Society and New Zealand Water Safety Council [ca 1982] (2 copies) 1985: New Zealand Water Safety Council. Two of the deadliest killers in New Zealand [katipo spider and water]. 1985 (2 copies) 1986: Insurance Council of New Zealand. Bottoms up! Don't drink and sink [1986] Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to around 500 mm.

Date: 1948

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards]

Reference: Eph-A-HOUSING-1948-01

Description: Pamphlet shows an illustration of a bungalow on the front cover. An accompanying slip printed by Winstone Limited shows that the manufacturers were A W Hawksley Ltd, Gloucester, England, and implies that there was a home on display at Waterloo Quay. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Folded pamphlet, 210 x 155 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1989

Reference: Eph-B-SEWING-1900s

Description: Includes: 1932: McCabe Academy of Dressmaking. S[c]hedule of sewing competition open to all [1932]. Flier 1960s: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Lightning coloured dress zip. Packet [1960s] 1961: Lucille Rivers. 'Dressmaking'. Presented by Arthur Barnett Ltd, Dunedin. Booklet of 36 pages 1980: Bernina. Your guide to the best sewing machine for your purpose. 1980. Pamphlet 1981: Bernina, the right choice. [Specifications and prices. 1981] Husqvarna sewing machines. [Specifications and prices]. Effective 20 February 1981 Husqvarna. Lightweight versatility ... the new Husqvarna 3410. Flier [1981] 1982: Pfaff Knitwit classes, fabrics, patterns. [Course outline / application form. 1982] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Colour print on items varying in size up to 250 mm.

Date: 1985-1989

Reference: Eph-C-HEALTH-1985/1989

Description: Includes: Undated: Community Health Project. On the road with the Health Van! [1980s?] National Kidney Foundation of New Zealand. Good bladder control; minor incontinence is common - but don't ignore it [1980-1990s?] National Kidney Foundation of New Zealand. How's your kidney been? [1980-1990s?] National Kidney Foundation of New Zealand. Sign up to give life ... be a donor [1980-1990s?] 1985: Muscular Dystrophy Association New Zealand. Sandra Blewett's swimming for those who can't. Please support Sandra's double crossing of Lake Taupo. Saturday Jan. 28th [1985] [New Zealand Medical Association]. We regret that the Minister of Health has not made the extra subsidy available to patients of this practice. We think that it should be available for all children. If you agree, drop him a note and tell him so [1985] (2 copies) Your blood could save a life. Blood donors, mobile unit will be located at .... [1985] (2 copies with different handwritten venues) 1986: Is your back a pain in the neck? The Back and Neck Self Help Support Group ... 3rd Floor, Williams & Adams Building, 72 Taranaki Street. Everyone welcome [1986] (2 differing in handwritten content) ICI New Zealand Limited. Support cot death research. Babies in danger; families in distress. Cot Death Awareness Programme 1986. New Zealand Blood Transfusion Service needs you! Your blood could save a life. Become a donor ... Chaucer Press [1986] Wellington Blood Transfusion Service. New blood needed now! Be a donor [1986] 1987: The Alexander Technique. Public talk and demonstration by David Moore. 181 Tasman Street, 1 November [1987]. Double-sided sheet Cancer Line carries on! Momentum, December 1987 [Tabloid paper] Otaki Health Camp. Friday 8th May, Street Day Appeal, 1987. South Pacific Commission. The game of good health. 1987 [Board game] 1988: The New Zealand Blood Transfusion Service. Bleed a little for a friend. Become a donor (Please note: You don't get AIDS by donating). Chaucer Press [1988] Urgent; blood donors needed [1988] 1989: National Kidney Foundation of New Zealand. Six warning signs of kidney and urinary tract disease. Kidney Awareness Week, 30 April - 6 May 1989 (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to around 450 mm.

Date: 1960

From: Angus Corporation: Photographs of building construction

Reference: PA1-q-463

Description: Photographs of the construction of the manufacturing and storage facility for Imperial Chemical Industries (NZ) Ltd in Seaview, Lower Hutt, between April and November 1960, taken by William E Toms. Source of title - Title from album cover

Date: 1968

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-54265-F

Description: 2 Oct. 68, Bank of New South Wales employee's gathered around computer, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) single image. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: no 880/68F.