Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills

Date: [1870s]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence (Miss), fl 1973 : Photograph albums

By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-053

Description: Album of pressed ferns, and photographs of Dunedin buildings, taken in the 1870s by J W Allen. Includes one postcard "Maori land. The Maori portraits are originals taken from life" taken by the Burton Brothers. Other Titles - New Zealand ferns Inscriptions: Album page - G.S. Christie, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, 3rd June 1968 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album in dark green cover entitled "New Zealand ferns", 37 x 29 cm

Date: 1906 to 1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: PA1-o-368

Description: Interior and exterior views of the Roslyn Woollen Mill taken circa 1906, including scenes of the various activities from sorting fleeces, spinning wool, weaving, and the finished cloth. Images show machinery, and factory workers (both men and women). Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Views of Roslyn Woollen Mill Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Views of Roslyn Woollen Mill, Dunedin. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1908

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the New Zealand Navy, merchant navy, naval defence]

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Martin, J W H, active 1908

Reference: Eph-A-NAVY-1908-01

Description: Colour postcard issued to mark the visit to New Zealand of the American Fleet in 1908 shows head and shoulders vignette portraits of five men: the Mayor of Auckland (Arthur Myers), the Governor of New Zealand (William Lee Plunket), Admiral Sperry, the Premier of New Zealand (Sir Joseph Ward) and the Hon Mahuta, M.L.C. There is a central scene of the American Fleet in the Waitemata Harbour. A text panel at the lower edge summarises the history of the United States. The top corners show the American and the New Zealand flags. The verso has an advertisement for Roslyn All-wool underwear. Other Titles - Printing Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 92 x 143 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2015 form the Complete Stamp Company.

Date: 20 October 1993; 13, 14 November 1993 - 20 Oct 1993 - 14 Nov 1993

From: Otago Women and Work - Paid and Unpaid Oral History Project

By: Jones, Adele, active 1992; Wilkinson, Ellen Mary, 1909-1995

Reference: OHInt-0148/29

Description: Ellen Mary Wilkinson, nee Lillicrapp (nicknamed Paddy) was born in Oamaru. She was a member of a family of 17, 5 brothers and 11 sisters. She spent her early working life at Bruce Woollen Mills at Milton and became very efficient on the Toer machine. She worked as a kitchen hand, waitress, shopkeeper, shop assistant and dressmaker at Roslyn Woollen Mills. She worked hard and learnt many skills over her lifetime. She married William Urwin Wilkinson in 1929 and helped him with his printing work. They had one daughter who died, and 3 sons. Later in life she was mother to a state boy for 10 years. Paddy explains that she accepted her life as it came. Feels that her greatest achievements were excelling at golf. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Alexandra Interviewer(s) - Adele Jones Venue - Alexandra Accompanying material - Employee register showing Lillicrapps working at the mill Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-018575-018577; OHLC-010014-010016 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 Electronic document(s) recording information form. 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-6432 and OHDL-000762. Photographs of Paddy as an elderly woman; with Fetival Queen and Princesses in September 1993; working on a hoisery machine

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Ross and Glendining Ltd

Reference: Pan-1353-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over the Roslyn Woollen Mills factory in the centre of the image. Smoking chimney stack in the centre. Scrub and bush-clad hills beyond the factory, with some groups of single-storeyed houses and small paddocks, some with cows and horses grazing. Road runs behind the factory across the centre of the image. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Roslyn Woollen Mills. No. 1. 1 B&W Dunedin; Marginal notes on negative - 5 5 5 5 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 117.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Ross and Glendining Ltd

Reference: Pan-1352-F

Description: Panoramic view over the Roslyn Woollen Mills factory taken from a steep hill behind. Farmland and houses on sloping land to left and beyond the factory. A group of houses is partially hidden by pine trees in the right foreground. Scrub and bush-clad hills behind the factory in the centre. Factory chimney stack left centre with smoke visible. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Ross & Glendening [sic]. Dunedin. No. 2. 2 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 6 6 6 6 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 121.3 cm

Date: 1960-1966 - 1968-1969

From: Cooper, Johnny, 1929-2014 : Collection

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Cooper-1960s

Description: Includes: Undated: The Avengers, New Zealand's formost [foremost] pop group. Decal (3 copies) Complimentary pass (2 yellow and 2 pink tickets) Decca Records 23rd release. ... the motion picture "The Grenn [sic] Miller story" [Pamphlet in English and Chinese] Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Map on card [1960s?] Best wishes from Peter Posa [1960s]. Signed card (2 copies) Gary Rogers Photography, 127 Cashel Street, upstairs, opposite Beaths [Christchurch. ca 1960s]. Business card Exclusively styled for you Sir, by His Lordship, Wellington, New Zealand [Clothing label. 1960s] The Titans; top Dunedin dance band. Modern, Old time. manager David J MacDonald. Business card [1960s?] When touring take a Roslyn bathing costume. N.Z. made. On tour, at picnic, in camp, Roslyn rugs ensure your comfort. Label on string [1960s?] 1965?: Johnny Cooper's "Mammoth" talent show. Voting paper [1965?] (2 copies) 1966: Foxton Beach Improvement Society & Ratepayers' Association (Inc). Beautiful Foxton Beach for your entertainment. Change of programme every day, 26 December 1966 to January 1967 1968: Kenneth Alexander Studios, 70 Queen Street, Masterton. Price list [1968?] The Philips mono mains Carrygram gives you the big clear sound of a full sized gram ... in a handy sized pack [1968?] (Photoshows the Fourmyula) Norfolk House, 186 Willis St Wellington. Under new management. Casual accommodation ... from $3.00 per day. Card The Simple Image; Vote "Spinning, spinning, spinning" for Loxene Gold Disc Award 1968. Card (2 copies) 1969: Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association. Night Show programme. "New Zealand Pastoral Queen" quest. 22 February 1969. Material for 1967 is in a separate folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on pamphlets and flyers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-0771

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Looms. Roslyn Mills, Dunedin, taken by Geo Crombie, ca 1900. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Loome, Roslyn Mills, Dunedin; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Photograph by Geo Crombie Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-0865

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the warping machines, Rosalyn Woollen Mills, taken by Geo Crombie, ca 1900. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Warping machines. Rosalyn Woollen Mills; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Photograph by Geo Crombie Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-0772

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Carding machines, Rosalyn Woollen Mills, taken by Geo Crombie, ca 1900. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Carding machines. Rosalyn Woollen Mills; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Photograph by Geo Crombie Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Ross and Glendining Ltd

Reference: Pan-1355-F

Description: Panoramic angled view down over the Roslyn Woollen Mills factory. Large water resevoir in the right foreground. Tall trees in the centre behind the water tank with a group of houses partially visible behind the trees. Areas of farmland on rolling hills, and a scrub and bush-clad hill in the centre background. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Roslyn Woollen Mills Dunedin N.Z. No. 612; Marginal notes on negative - Ross & Glendenning [sic]. Dunedin. Roslyn Woolen [sic] Mills. 1 B&W. No. 3. Total 4 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 4 4 4 4 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 120.3 cm

Date: 20 Nov 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-61138-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-0920

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Looms. Roslyn Mills, Dunedin, taken by Geo Crombie, ca 1900. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Loome, Roslyn Mills, Dunedin; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Geo Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1870s-1920s]

Reference: PAColl-9494

Description: Collection comprises tourist and scenic views of New Zealand, including envelopes of collectible souvenir photographs of New Zealand cities Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) stereoscopic images. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopic images. 93 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 12 Oct 1957

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-44626-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 12 Oct 1957

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-44625-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills

Reference: Eph-C-COSTUME-1930-02

Description: Advertising card shows an illustration of a women with bobbed hair, wearing a cream silken petticoat. She has a brown cloth draped over her right shoulder. The sentence "Whatever the Weather, Roslyn is Right!" was used in newspaper advertising 1930-1935. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on heavy card, 348 x 269 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, in 2017.

Date: 1954-1976

From: Downard, Ida Christina, 1913-2006: Photographs and correspondence with family

Reference: MS-Papers-12068

Description: Comprises a register, probably created by Ida Christina Downard, in the form of an exercise book containing descriptive information for the 35 mm colour slides taken by Downard between 1958 and 1976. Information in the register relates to her inscriptions on the slides, and to the image content including: the visit of the Queen Mother in 1958, the opening of Wellington Airport and other ceremonial occasions, weddings and other social events, private and public gardens, and holidays in the North Island of New Zealand. Also includes: a handwritten note, a copy of the 'Daily Mail' newspaper dated 3 June 1953, and a copy of the Ross & Glendining Limited Director's Report and Annual Accounts 1954 (contains photographs and text relating to the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Roslyn Worsted & Woollen Mills on 27 January 1954). Relates to slides housed at Library reference PA12-PA12. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, handwritten note, and school exercise book containing handwritten lists. Processing information: Record reference number and description updated on 14 June 2016 to reflect correct material description and new shelf location.

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills

Reference: Eph-A-KNIT-1960s-01

Description: Washing instructions for Aotea Hi-Fi triple knitting wool. The wool is probably acrylic because steam pressing must never be used on it. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on both sides of leaflet, 76 x 127 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Shirley Megget in 2006.

Date: 1970

From: Various publishers :[Aotea knitting patterns and pattern books. 1960-1980s]

By: Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills; Llama Productions Ltd; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-KNIT-Aotea-7341

Description: Knitting pattern for double knitting (8-ply) wool, cover showing man and woman in twinsets. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of sheet, 213 x 280 mm, folded 213 x 140 mm.