Nelson newspaper published 1857-1920. A committee of six including William Wilkie was the driving force behind the new venture, and it invited William Nation, a Sydney-based publisher with his own press, to move to Nelson to establish the newspaper. Nation and his family moved to Nelson the same year and the first issue of the Colonist was published from Wilkies store on 23 October 1857. David Mitchell Luckie became joint proprietor and editor in 1863.
Nelson Colonist (Newspaper)
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[Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]
Date: 1919
Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-2
Description: Includes (numbering continues from Folder 1): 13. Thanksgiving and memorial service. Town Hall Wellington on Sunday April 13th 1919, at 3 pm. Ferguson & Osborn Ltd [printers] 14. "God save the King"; programme of peace celebrations, Wanganui, NZ, 19 July 1919. Official programme 15. Peace thanksgiving service 1919. "Come before His presence with singing". Issued by A H Reed, Express Co.'s Building, Dunedin [Sheet music for: "There's a light upon the mountains", "These things shall be! a loftier race", and "God of Nations at Thy feet". 16. Souvenir of the Great Peace, NZ. Compiled by Collinson & Cunninghame Ltd of P[almerston] N[orth], NZ for free distribution. 14th Aug 1914 - 28 June 1919 [folded card] 17. Auckland Star Peace Commemoration number, Saturday July 19, 1919 [Miniature 4-page pamphlet] 18. Peace celebration; souvenir of the Childrens' Day, Masterton, 21.7.19. [Facsimile, on back of Wairarapa Archival Society invitation to the opening of the inaugural exhibition at the new Wairarapa Archive, 22 August 1997] 19. Colonist Extra, Nelson, Saturday June 21, 1919. Germans accept peace terms 20. Souvenir peace programme. Programme of Peace Day celebrations [including the procession of British and Allied Troops]. Printers, The Gainsborough Press, 48 Frith St, W 1. Publisher S Chandler, 5 St Anne's Court, W.1 [London] 21. [Undated]. Extracts from First World War histories [typescript booklet] 22. Peace Day celebrations. Havelock, Saturday July 19, 1919. Guardian Print. 23.J R Akersten, photographer, Havelock. [Postcard photograph of children's parade, probably during Peace Day celebration, 19 July 1919] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..
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[Two orders of service for mourning the death of Queen Victoria. 1901]
Date: 1901
By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper); Nelson Colonist (Newspaper)
Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1901-05
Description: Includes: Death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Memorial service, Botanical Gardens Reserve, Sunday 27th January 1901. Hymns. Colonist print [Nelson?] Mourning service for her Late Majesty Queen Victoria. Sunday 3rd February 1901. Express Print [Blenheim?] Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, sizes varying up to 345 x 218 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Mr R A Hickson in 1976.
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Newspaper cuttings relating to Nelson
Date: 1899
From: Ranger, Diana Rosemary, active 1973-2009 : Personal papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11424-1
Description: Folder comprises small scrapbook of newspaper cuttings compiled by William Lusty relating to local politics in Nelson during 1899. Cuttings come from Nelson newspapers including the Nelson Evening Mail and the Nelson Colonist. William Lusty worked for a period at the Nelson Evening Mail Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material
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Notes and research material
Date: 1840-1876, [1966-1968]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: 2003-325-10
Description: File of letters of enquiry relating to Brunner research and file of newspaper extracts from vrious newspapers; most correspondents and institutions entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Photographer unknown :Portrait of David Mitchell Luckie
Date: [ca 1870-1909]
Reference: PA2-2596
Description: Portrait of David Mitchell Luckie, taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1870 to 1909 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
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[Artist unknown] :Timetable of the Dun Mountain bus running between Nelson and the port...
Date: 1867
From: [Artist unknown] :Timetable of the Dun Mountain bus running between Nelson and the port. [Nelson, C. & J.T. Bray, 1867?]
Reference: C-069-001-top-right
Description: The top right section of an illustrated timetable. Includes pictures of a range of Nelson businesses including The Colonist, newspaper and advertising Office, Waimea Street, T. B. Louisson, house and ship painter, Bridge Street, R. Simpson, cooper, Hargreaves butcher, Bridge Street, H. Hounsell, General Furnishers, Rod & Hounsell, Brightwater Mill and S. Wakeford, iron proprietor, Bridge Street. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, section of whole measuring 575 x 450 mm