Department stores

Date: 1920

By: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1920-01

Description: Includes advertisements and illustrations for items on sale at Kirkcaldie & Stains, Wellington. Includes soft furnishings, clothing, millinery, Indian lace, embroidered edgings, handkerchiefs, veils, gloves, socks, haberdashery, art jewellerypatent medicines and toilet preparations, handbags, china, glassware, tableware, cutlery, and needlework novelties. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Sales catalogue of 48 pages, 272 x 215 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland, Wellington, in 1965.

Date: 1990 - 2005

By: Bailey, Margaret Lockhart (Dr), 1945-

Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-Bailey-2010

Description: Includes bags from: Ballentyne's Fashion Central Ltd (2 different) Ben Rumble Communications Ltd Countdown Foodmarkets Farmers Frankies Fashion Centre Kirkcaldie & Stains Living & Giving Mervyn Adams Shoes Spotlight Stores (NZ) Ltd Vodafone The Warehouse (3 different) Whitcoulls Ltd Quantity: 16 colour art print(s) on plastic bags. Physical Description: Print on plastic bags, sizes varying up to 560 x 400 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Margaret Bailey, Stratford, in 2010.

Date: 1927

By: James Smith's (Firm); Hutcheson Bowman & Johnson Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1927-01

Description: Includes advertisements and illustrations for items on sale at James Smiths store in Wellington. Green cover has a gilt illustration of a kiwi, a tree fern and a mountain, and the back cover shows a gilt illustration of a flag superimposed on a picture of the department store building. Inside are tourist promotion photographs framed in Maori motifs, of a Maori hongi, Lake Whakatipu [sic], the Arthur River, Pukekura Park, the drop scene on the Wanganui River, The Hermitage and Mt Sefton, Waitomo Caves, the Buller Gorge, Queen Charlotte Sound, and a montage of photographs of various departments within James Smith's store. There are also advertisements throughout for Parisian neckwear, Phoenix hosiery, Coty toilet goods and perfumes, Abelco shirts, retail advice from John Sincerity, and subscriptions to McCall printed pattern books. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Sales catalogue of 16 pages, 182 x 250 mm.

Date: 1990

From: [Three dimensional curios in the Ephemera Collection]

By: Wellington Coin Club

Reference: Eph-014

Description: Commemorative coin to mark the 150th anniversary of the Wellington Coin Club has the Kirkcaldie & Stains crest on one side. The woven brand tag shows the Kirkcaldie and Stains logo in gold on black. Quantity: 2 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal medal in green hinged box, 75 x 57 x 28 mm; black and gold woven brand tag 100 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kirkcaldie & Stains, ca 1990.

Date: 2005 - 2009

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains: [Ephemera, advertising pamphlets and booklets]

By: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-KS-2005/2009

Description: Includes: Christmas promotional pamphlets and booklets for 2005-2009 Flyers for Ashley Fogel clothing, Jane Daniels clothing, Chloe perfume, and $20 gift card promotion Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd grooming & dress policy [booklet for staff. 2009] (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kirkcaldie & Stains in 2013.

Date: 2013

By: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2013-01

Description: Calendar shows black and white photographs of the various buildings occupied by the retail company, and the changes to the main building, in 1864-1868, ca 1868, 1870-1876, ca 1897, 1897-1917, ca 1908, 1927, 1928, 1954, 1963 and 2001. The front cover shows the Lambton Quay building in about 1910. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Calendar of thirteen openings, 305 x 305 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kirkcaldie & Stains in 2013.

Date: 1990 - 1999

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains: [Ephemera, advertising pamphlets and booklets]

By: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-KS-1990s

Description: Includes: Christmas is at Kirkcaldies [1999] Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kirkcaldie & Stains in 2013.

Date: 2000 - 2004

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains: [Ephemera, advertising pamphlets and booklets]

By: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-KS-2000/2004

Description: Includes: Christmas promotional pamphlets and booklets for 2002-2004 Invitation to a spring fashion event, 16 September 2004 Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd dress code [booklet for staff]. 2003 Quantity: 1 folder(s) 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kirkcaldie & Stains in 2013.

Date: 1990 - 2009

By: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-KS-1990/2009

Description: Includes: 1990: Standards on logo usage [1990] 1995: Kirkcaldie & Stains prospectus [1995] 2000s: Green plastic bag. 2000s 2009: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd. Logotype application guide. Logotype colour guide; Address guide [2009] Zwilling Promotions; Staub; Masterclass bakeware; Manicure. (Advertising pamphlet) Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kirkcaldie & Stains in 2013.

Date: 2010 - 2015

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains: [Ephemera, advertising pamphlets and booklets]

By: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-KS-2010/2015

Description: Includes: 2010: Gourmet Christmas hampers & wine gifts 2010 2011: The Black Fashion card; from Wellington's fashion destination Elizabeth Arden Retreat; facial therapies, beauty makeovers 2012: Gourmet Christmas hampers & wine gifts 2012 2013: Gourmet Christmas hampers. Celebrating 150 years (2 copies) Store directory (2 copies) 2014: Gift card (expiry date 4 August 2015) (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Kirkcaldie & Stains, 2013 and by Diane Woods, Wellington, in 2016.

Date: 1977

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-135-122

Description: Shows a menswear department in a store. Holyoake is leaving with a suitcase in his hand which has his initials on the side. The shop assistants are discussing what he has purchased. Refers to Holyoake becoming Governor-General. Extended Title - Let's see, he want's one fore and aft hat with fringe, size seven ...... Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 265 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1908 - 1912

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Clere & Clere (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-026-018/022

Description: Shows ground, first and second floor plans, elevations, and sections. Includes an indication of accommodation for D Benjamin & Company on the ground floor. The date 1910 is suggested because D. Benjamin and Company went out of business in Christchurch by about 1910-1912 and would be unlikely to be mentioned by the 1930s, the previous date suggested for this group of plans. Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, sizes varying around 550 x 1100 mm.

Date: ca 1900-1980s

Reference: PAColl-7983

Description: Collection comprises: aerial view of Lower Hutt, Edward Prince of Wales on his 1920 tour, wedding portrait taken ca 1900, Tahitian dancers, portraits of Maori women and children, drawing of Queen Elizabeth II, men plowing a field, a woman and her child at the beach, young men outside Cotter & Fitzpatrick Family Butchers shop ca 1900, and view of women in a department store ca 1930s. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990 - 2005

By: Bailey, Margaret Lockhart (Dr), 1945-

Reference: Eph-D-BAGS-Bailey-2010

Description: Includes bags from: Christmas wishes Downtown Duty & Tax Free (Bag produced by Gispac) Eco Pal Biodegradable Plastics K Mart Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd Lands for Bags (Bag produced by Trigon Plastics (Wgtn) Ltd) Mitre 10 (Bag Kiwi made by Elldex) New World Supermarkets Ltd Radfords Home Furnishings Save The Children Fund Trigon Plastics Ltd Freeze 'n Find bags The Warehouse (2 different) Woolworths (Bag by Chequer Systems Ltd) Quantity: 16 colour art print(s) on plastic bags. Physical Description: Print on plastic bags, sizes varying up to 760 x 400 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Margaret Bailey, Stratford, in 2010.

Date: 1935

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Clere & Clere (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-026-015/017

Description: Floor plans and sections. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings, sizes varying around 590 x 750 mm.

Date: 22 Oct 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Nathan, Lawrence David Jose, 1910-1987

Reference: OHInt-0083/12

Description: Lawrence Nathan was born 18 April 1910 in Auckland. Details his family background, childhood and education. Describes his career with the family firm of L D Nathan and Co Ltd, starting as an office boy in 1928, director in 1935, chairman/managing director 1944 and retirement from the board in 1980. Discusses his Jewish background, anti-Semitism, family's long association with New Zealand, involvement in Jewish and Auckland civic affairs. Talks about the changes in the company through the years. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - 75 Pines Road, Epsom, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001383/001384/001385/001386 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0206. One b&w photo, portrait ca 1930.. Three xeroxes from "As Old As Auckland", by Lawrence D Nathan, published 1984. Lawrence D J Nathan at his work desk; with the directors of L D Nathan and Co Ltd, 1960; small portrait from the dustcover of the book, ca 1984. Search dates: 1910 - 1986

Date: 22 November 1989 - 22 Nov 1989

By: McKenzie, Roy Allan (Sir), 1922-2007; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHColl-0144/1

Description: Sir Roy Allan McKenzie was born Wellington in 1922. Outlines family background. Describes childhood, moving to Christchurch and meeting Charles Kingsford-Smith in 1928. Describes mother, Annie May McKenzie and father, Sir John McKenzie. Outlines father establishing business, later setting up philanthropic trusts, father's politics and own politics. Mentions religion and attending Sunday school regularly. Discusses school, particularly Timaru Boys High School, teacher and mountaineer Lud Mahan, school friends Admiral Sir Gordon Tait and David Leishman; Depression 1930s and the family farm in Christchurch. Talks about the death of brother Donald Hugh McKenzie in 1942. Recalls outbreak of World War II and war service in RNZAF and in RAF Bomber Command. Outlines involvement in sport, particularly tennis and horse racing as a breeder and trotting driver. Describes father's interest in horse racing and breeding and the beginnings of the Roydon Lodge Stud. Comments on politicians Walter Nash, Peter Fraser and compares Bob Semple to father. Discusses first work experience with accountants W H and R J Nankervis (now Ernst Young and Co) and qualifying as an accountant (ACA) in 1948. Describes working for Marks and Spencer and J Raymond Wilson in the United Kingdom in 1948; becoming interested in retailing; the training, management and business practices of Marks and Spencer; the qualities of a good buyer. Talks about joining J R McKenzie Ltd in 1949, working in the Buying Department and in many other areas and setting up a new branch in Kaitaia. Mentions working in the stores during the school holidays since primary school. Describes own role between father and other staff and father's strong influence on the firm and on the board until his death in 1955. Mentions general manager Alf Duncan. Talks about meeting and marriage to Shirley Elizabeth Howard in 1949. Discusses appointment to the board of directors in 1952. Comments on the keen competition between McKenzies and Woolworths and compares the two firms. Refers to other competitors McDuffs and Selfridges. Discusses brand name Roydon and advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing own goods. Discusses managers Eric Truscott, Mr Duncan - who later set up Duncan's Drapery Stores in Lower Hutt, Mac MacGregor, Bing Crosbie?, Fred Henson, Bessie Train and Thelma Gibbs. Comments on the role of women managers during and after World War II. Refers to company director Ken Campbell and general manager Hugh Carter. Discusses resignation as executive director in 1968 following conflict between progressive and conservative attitudes within the firm. Describes the takeover of J R McKenzie Ltd by L D Nathan Ltd in 1979. Outlines involvement in philanthropic trusts - J R McKenzie Youth Education Fund, appointed to J R McKenzie Trust 1946 and chaired trust 1973-1987. Explains role of investment company Rangatira Ltd. Discusses attitude to charitable work, involvement with the community, the need to support organisations and the need for more flexibility which led to setting up the Roy McKenzie Foundation. Describes the influence of Rotary, joining the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, the importance of education and refers to Sir George Curry and John Watson. Discusses involvement with Birthright, Te Omanga Hospice and other organisations. Talks about the contribution made by women to own and father's work. Further information was added after the interview about the importance of Rotary's contribution to the trusts and the contribution of the trustees of the foundations. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Sponsored by - J R McKenzie Trust Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - At Sir Roy's home at Lowry Bay, Wellington Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0544. 2 photographs: 1. Lady McKenzie & Sir Roy McKenzie at time of investiture of KBE on 1 January 1989 (40th Wedding Anniversary); 2. Roy McKenzie in grounds of Te Omanga Hospice, Lower Hutt 1988. 3 photocopies of b&w photographs; 1. L-R Mrs Gwen Sweet, Mr Barry Sweet, Mrs Shirley McKenzie, Mr Roy McKenzie, HRH Prince Charles, Colonel Frank Rennie and Mrs Colleen Rennie, Outward Bound, Marlborough Sounds ca 1985; 2. Roy McKenzie driving `Arania Scott', winning at Hutt Park Raceway, Wellington, 3 December 1979. Search dates: 1922 - 1989

Date: 21 Oct 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Rayner, Aroha Valerie, 1911-1999

Reference: OHInt-0083/16

Description: Aroha Rayner was born 27 Dec 1911 at Te Aroha. Describes family background, childhood and education. Details 43-year career (1928-1971) at L D Nathan and Co Ltd, starting as a shorthand typist and rising to Head Typist from 1946, in charge of all female staff. Discusses close contact with all senior staff and with the Nathan family. Talks about the development of the company during her career. Includes 30 minutes' interview in conjunction with Alan Bellamy. Online abstract for OHC-001399 not available, see printed abstract. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - 25 Morvern Road, Epsom, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001396/001397/001398/001399, OHLC-000508/000509/000510 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0210. One b&w portrait on retirement, 1971.. Three xeroxed photos. Portrait, ca 1955; full-length portrait, ca 1935; portrait of Thomas F Morton, ex General Manager, L D Nathan and Co Ltd. Search dates: 1911 - 1928 - 1986 - 1971

Date: 19 Nov 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Clarke, Joseph Stewart, 1914-1992

Reference: OHInt-0083/03

Description: Stewart Clarke was born 28 Dec 1914 at Wellington. Describes his family background, education, childhood and retailing career, starting as a boy employee of McDuffs Ltd in 1932. Discusses joining J.R. McKenzie Ltd in 1938, managing various branches including Rotorua (1946-1960). Talks about being Head Office Branch Controller, from 1960 until retirement in 1972, including responsibility for executive training. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Clarke's home at Mount Roskill, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001356/001357/001358; OHLC-002334/002335/002336 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0197. Search dates: 1914 - 1986

Date: 22 Nov 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Olsen, Jessie, 1903-1988

Reference: OHInt-0083/13

Description: Jessie Olsen was born 17 Sep 1903 in Newtown, Wellington. Describes family background, childhood, education and early jobs. Discusses marriages to Thomas Robert Train (1899-ca 1974) and Arthur Alfred Olsen (1904-1967). Details her 47 years with J R McKenzies Ltd in Wanganui, New Plymouth, Auckland and Hawera. Describes her role as manageress of various stores, including during WWII. Talks about coming out of retirement in 1966 to help with decimal currency conversion. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mrs Olsen's home in Morningside, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001387/001388/001389; OHLC-002337/002338/002339 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0207. Two b&w photos. Portrait, 1936; portrait, 1975.. Two xeroxed photos. One in 1978; full-length portrait, 1934. Search dates: 1903 - 1986