Seismological Observatory (N.Z.)

Date: 1949

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Loose sketches of Wellington removed from sketchbooks by Mr Eiby]. 1949, 1971-1988

Reference: B-148-043

Description: View of a stone building with hexagonal turret, opened at Kelburn, Wellington in 1907 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 160 x 210 mm, on sheet 207 x 318 mm

Date: 1967

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. December 1967-May 1968

Reference: E-473-f-002

Description: Shows Carter Observatory and Seismological Observatory Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 272 x 360 mm

Date: [Between 1926 and 1954]

From: Marsden, Lady Joyce : Assorted photographs and negatives from the papers of Sir Ernest Marsden

Reference: PA1-o-135

Description: Album of photographs relating to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Reasearch presented to Dr Ernest Marsden in 1954. Includes detailed photographs of various laboratory procedures and apparatus, including meat dehydration plant in the Meat Research Laboratory; mass spectrometer; electron microscope; Borthwick Beta-Ray apparatus; soil consolidation machines; geothermal bores; knock resistance tests, with a CFR engine; separating constituents of butter fat, the Fats Research Balance Room; members of the Soil Survey Conference in Napier, 1950, and members of the Geological Survey Conference in 1952; Rongotai Aerodrome under construction; the Magnetic Observatory building in Christchurch; the Dominion Observatory, and the Seismological Observatory; Crop Research Division buildings; Hop Research Station; members attending the Grasslands Conference in 1933; and members attending the Seventh Pacific Science Congress in 1949. Inscriptions: Album page - Presented to Dr. E. Marsden with the good wishes of the senior staff of the D.S.I.R. and in appreciation of the help & encouragement he has given them throughout the years of his association with the Department, 1926-1954 (With 30 signatures) Dr Ernest Marsden was Director of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research from 1926-1947 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown album, 26.5 x 32 cm

Date: 26 Jun 1999

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Brodie, James William, 1920-2009

Reference: OHInt-0427-27

Description: James William Brodie recalls childhood in Napier; housing; earthquake (1931); part-time job as paper boy, promotion to inspector of runner boys; Cadet position in Department of Lands and Survey and five years at University, part-time. Describes: Coastal Radar Installations; making contour maps; Surveying and Photogrametric Branch; marriage to Audrey (1945) and transfer to DSIR. Gives details of work at DSIR, including: Import Consents for Radio-active Isotopes from Harwell, UK; recruitment for geophysical units, Magnetic Survey & Ionosphere Research Laboratory in Christchurch; Seismological Laboratory; Oceanographic Observatory in Wellington, and the formation of the Geophysics Dept (including all three units) under Eddie Robertson ex Imperial College London University. Describes three years in Geophysics Division; geothermal project Wairaki, with Ministry of Works drilling 1950; seismic surveys of dams in Waikato Region. Describes overseas travel - 1954 ANZAAS (Australia & New Zealand Association for Advancement of Science) in Sydney; CSIRO (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation) laboratory at Cronula, Australia and 1958 to British Isles, Europe and USA to Oceanographic Research activity for 6 months. Describes work with international oceanographers, International Committee on World Oceanography, Bathymetric Charting, financed by ruler of Monaco. People mentioned include Dr Marsden, Frank Callaghan, W M Hamilton, Charles Watson Munro and Geoff Markham. After retirement spent one year living in Jakarta and describes Lutheran Missionaries work with recovered lepers and living conditions in Jakarta and rural Indonesia. Explains how wife and children were involved with the Society of Friends (Quakers) and his interest in the Friends history. Mentions proposed series of Quaker Historical manuscripts to be published [by James and Audrey Brodie] funded by Yearly Meeting [of the Society of Friends]. Mentions his involvement since 1979 with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom publishing. Mentions other interests since retirement: Board of Trustees of National Art Gallery and Museum; Royal Society and a member of project development team for Museum of New Zealand. Awarded OBE [1984} for services to marine science. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Accompanying material - Copy of Curriculum Vitae of James William Brodie and list of publications Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007465-007469 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 5.05 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1887 (2 folders), OHDL-000816. Search dates: 1920 - 1999

Date: 24 May 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/2210

Description: Technician Mrs C E Lock pointing to the visual seismograph at the Seismological Observatory, The Terrace, Wellington, on the day of the Inangahua earthquake. Tremors caused ink to be splattered from the seismograph onto a desk. Photographed 24 May 1968 by an unknown Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm