Algernon Charles Gifford established the observatory named in his honour at Wellington College in 1911. Gifford taught at the college, 1895-1927. Wellington College are fund raising in 1999 to restore Gifford's 5 x 1/4 Zeiss refractor telescope and house it in a new dome.
Gifford Observatory (Wellington, N.Z.)
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Papers relating to visit to New Zealand in March 2002
Date: 2002
From: Pickering, William Hayward (Sir), 1910-2004 : Papers relating to association with New Zealand and career in the United States
Reference: MS-Papers-8979-15
Description: Includes papers re reopening the Gifford Observatory by Pickering, visit to Westlake Boys High School, text of talk titled `Havelock New Zealand' and text of speech delivered to Institute of Professional Engineers Conference, Mar 2002 titled `Innovation and engineering' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
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Correspondence relating to the Gifford Observatory Trust
Date: 2000
From: Pickering, William Hayward (Sir), 1910-2004 : Papers relating to association with New Zealand and career in the United States
Reference: MS-Papers-8979-13
Description: Correspondence with Gifford Observatory Trust and Wellington College relating to the raising of funds for the restoration of the Gifford Memorial Observatory Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
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History of the Gifford Observatory oral history project
By: Head, Marilyn, active 1992
Reference: OHColl-0357
Description: Project interviews key players in the Gifford Observatory, Wellington. Interviewees: Sydney Cummings, Jack Hutchings, William Newell, William Pickering, Tom Richards, Victor Stanley, David Waters. Interviewer(s) - Marilyn Head Arrangement: Abstracts: OHA-6280 to OHA-6286 Original recordings: OHC-017623 - OHC-017639 Tape numbers - OHC-016293 - OHC-016296; OHC-017623 - OHC-017639 Quantity: 17 C60 cassette(s). 7 folder(s) agreement forms. 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstract(s) to come. Processing information: Interviews not yet described: Jack Hutchings, William Pickering, Tom Richards, William Newell, David Waters, Sydney Cummings; brief record only for Victor Stanley.
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Opening of the Gifford Observatory at Wellington College
Date: 1 December 1924
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-045592-G
Description: Opening of Gifford Observatory at Wellington College, 1 December 1924. Shows a crowd in the foreground and Algernon Charles Gifford standing in the doorway. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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View of Wellington College looking south, Wellington City, New Zealand
Date: 1925
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Education-Secondary Schools-Wellington College-05
Description: View of Wellington College showing the Cricket Pavillion, Firth House, East School, West School, and the Gifford Observatory. Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper in 1925 by an unknown photographer Cricket pavillion built 1924; Firth House tender notice in Evening Post 20 December 1922, foundation stone laid 25 June 1923, opened 1 December 1924 (architect Charles A Lawrence of Swan, Lawrence & Swan); East School built 1874 and 1883, spire removed 1909, demolished 1931 (architect Christian Julius Toxward); West School tender accepted October 1907, building completed 1908, demolished 1969,(architects Penty and Blake); Gifford Observatory seen here was built 1924. All of the architects involved were Wellington architects. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.7 x 32.2 cm
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View of Wellington College looking south, Wellington City, New Zealand
Date: 1925
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Education-Secondary Schools-Wellington College-06
Description: View of Wellington College showing the cricket pavillion, Firth house, East School, West School, the dining block, and the Gifford Observatory. Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper in 1925 by an unknown photographer Cricket pavillion built 1924; Firth House tender notice in Evening Post 20 December 1922, foundation stone laid 25 June 1923, opened 1 December 1924; Dining block foundation stone laid 25 june 1923, opened December 1924: East School built 1874 and 1883, spire removed 1909, demolished 1931; West School tender accepted October 1907, building completed 1908, demolished 1969, architects were Penty and Blake; Gifford Observatory seen here was built 1924. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.7 x 32.2 cm
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Zeiss refractor telescope at the Gifford Observatory, Wellington College
Date: [ca 1911]
From: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Albums and photographs
Reference: 1/2-034901-G
Description: Five inch Grubb refractor telescope at the Gifford Observatory, Wellington College, photographed by Algernon Charles Gifford circa 1911. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).