Earthquakes

Date: Sep 1997 to May 1998

By: McConnochie, Helen, 1925-

Reference: OHColl-0445

Description: Talks to eleven survivors of the 1931 Napier earthquake who were mainly teenagers at the time of the earthquake. Interviewees are Gordon Amner, Keith Dick, John Hohepa, Althaea Sheppard, Russell Spiller, Agnes Terrill, Dorothy Beddows, Christina Ennor, Leonora Martin, Kenneth Spiller and Douglas Storkey. Other - Agreement form says tapes held at Hawkes Bay Museum Archive (Alexander Turnbull Library not mentioned) Interviewer(s) - Helen McConnochie Quantity: 13 C60 cassette(s). 11 printed abstract(s). 11 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete Summary provided.

Date: 1919-1932

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-25/1

Description: Newspaper clippings pasted in exercise book re Kapiti Island, Taupo earthquake, Waikuku earthquake, Wellington hinterland and water supply, Lower Wairarapa Valley floods Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1929-1934]

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Reports and newspaper clippings

Reference: MS-Papers-7325

Description: Reports on nitrogen fixation, Arapuni hydroelectric works, correspondence, typescripts in relation to the Rimutaka Incline and Taranaki/Auckland railway lines, copy of the `Electrical times' Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Electrical times (v85, n2206, 1 Feb 1934) Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further material relating to F W Furkert Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dr R J Furkert, Kelson, Lower Hutt, per Mr G Mew, Jan 2002

Date: 1925-1986

From: Syme family (N.Z.): Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4405

Description: The papers comprise of a number of essays and papers written by Syme. These include; `The Design of Gold Dredges', `Effluent Treatment' (part of a symposium on engineering in the meat industry), `The operation of small refrigerated stores and chillers' (a talk to the NZ Bacon Curers' technical conference), `100 years of the meat processing industry in NZ', `Ships, Waterfronts and Harbours', `National and local disasters' (including information and views on the Murchison and Napier earthquakes, Tangiwai, the King's Wharf ammonia escape and the Raetihi, Ballantyne's and Horitiu Engine room fires), ` Ships and Shipwrecks' and a poem on meat research prior to 1986. Also included in this collection is a paper by F J Jones on `Specification for the calculation and record of strengths of New Zealand railway bridges' and `Dredging as a profitable means of working alluvial auriferous drifts' by W H Cutten. Also included is a copy of Syme's New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers certificate, some biographical details about Symes and part of a 1976 AFFCo staff newsletter which gives details of Symes' career with the company. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1898 - 1942 - 1902

By: Moffitt, Rita Evelyn, 1909-1983

Reference: PAColl-1367

Description: Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: 1931

By: Millier, Ethel, active 1920-1994

Reference: PAColl-3749

Description: Ethel Millier and friends were on their motorbikes at the time of the Napier earthquake. The bikes were thrown off the road . They were not injured. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1966

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-133-535

Description: Three children in descending order of size, dressed in raincoats, hats and gumboots, run up the path towards their mother, happy expressions on their faces - The earthquake jammed all the school doors and we can't get in! She is standing in the doorway of the house, wearing an apron and hair in a scarf, and is shaking a broom, a doubtful look on her face. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 287 x 390 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1867-1933

By: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933

Reference: ATL-Group-00435

Description: Notebooks, correspondence, and papers relating to the history, geology and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on Maori canoes, art and history, the moa, education, hydro-electricity, the Shakespearean controversy, his political beliefs, and other subjects. There are also land deeds and papers of W Howard Hill and William Colenso. Notebooks, correspondence, and papers on the history, geology, and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on moa, Captain St George's diary, Shakespearean controversy, and other topics. Papers include notes and papers on geology, history of the Kaingaroa-Taupo area, Te Kooti campaign, and early history of New Zealand; correspondence from W Colenso to Mrs E Hill. Also journal for 1897 which deals largely with school inspecting in Hawke's Bay. Henry Thomas Hill was the Inspector for Schools for Hawke's Bay and the East Coast. He joined the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute in 1884 and became President in 1891 and managed the Colenso Bequest for the Institute. Quantity: 159 folder(s). 1.16 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available - see backfile.. Transfers: MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) Inventory notes the transfer of 9 photographs to the Photo Section, 18 September 1960.. Processing information: ATL-Group-00435 formed in 2019, merged previously separated collections - MS-Papers-0004 (Series A), MS-Papers-0146 (Series B), MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) and MS-Papers-0172 (Series D) - of the same provenance. NOTE: Series numbering by staff, 18 June 1987.

Date: 1917

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952; Clere, J E (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: Plans-80-0877

Description: Grand front entrance to a Gothic style cathedral with a tall spire, intended for the site of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington, although part of the General Assembly Library building is shown on the right, on the wrong side. Clere was the Diocesan Architect for Wellington. This design was not as built. It may have been intended to be in reinforced concrete. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 580 x 288 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr J. E. Clere, Wellington, 31 July 1963

Date: Feb 1931

By: Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977

Reference: PA6-277

Description: Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Napier after the Great Earthquake & Fire, 3rd Feb 1931 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1830-1950]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Miscellaneous items transferred from Printed Collections

Reference: MS-Papers-6005

Description: Includes invitation to Herbert Corder's lecture on `Militarism and international relationship' and notes re this (10 Jul 1911, Christchurch); photographs of sketches by John Caughley of earthquake effects (from accessions 6179-6181) (1904); notes re Jessie Mackay's `Land of the morning' (from copy in Printed collections); poem, `Nature and faith'; geometrical exercises; diary kept by very elderly man in Nelson area (1950); part of play script; letters from John Beecham and unknown person (1830, 1851); and programme, Garrison Theatre, Bulford (between 1914-1918) Also Mt Cook School Old Scholars Association annual report (1927); military papers for Pte E W Guise (1919); `West Coast times' extra re defeat of Stafford ministry; souvenir to commemorate the meeting of British and NZ troops in Egypt with poem by Drummer T Black (1915); circular letter from Colin Graham Scrimgeour (1943); schedule of authorised abbreviation symbols with mss annotations (from the J C Yaldwyn collection); graph showing education expenditure for twenty post-war years (from `Making NZ' papers); statement, apparently by J C Andersen, re visit Sir Truby King paid to the library (1935); promissory note (1885); diagram re tap (1887); NZR pass for opening of the Otira tunnel (1923); letter, from [?] Bain to Mrs Still (1879); and photocopy of marriage certificate, Edwin Hill to Esther Fannie [?] Winders (1879); Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1994

From: Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 1 March 1994 to October 1994.

Reference: J-030-001

Description: Shows a large hot sun shinning down upon a group of starving, homeless people. They have no shoes and are partially dressed in tattered rags. There is a paper lying nearby with the heading "The Western World" and articles on the L.A. earthquake, the fires in Australia and floods in New Zealand. Suggests that the problems in the Western world are minor compared to the poverty in third world countries. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 16, 23 August, 13 Sept, 1994 - 16 Aug 1994 - 13 Sep 1994

From: The Men in Our Lives oral history project

By: Jones, David, 1914-1999

Reference: OHInt-0406-19

Description: David Jones born Wanganui, 1914. Outlines family background - maternal grandparents from County Cork, Ireland - mother born in Greymouth - Uncle Jack became Mayor of Greymouth. Talks about the West Coasters. Recalls the Chinese gold miners and the differences in their work conditions from the other miners. Describes growing up in Wanganui; family house in Keith Street; Masonic Lodge; father's fear of fire as a result of the great Raetihi bush fire in 1918. Recalls going to work in an electroplater's shop and at the age of 15 `doing a man's work for a slave wage'. Talks about the lack of a trade union covering electroplaters in Wanganui and the subsequent working conditions. Explains electroplating process. Moved to Wellington and recalls decent pay and work conditions and his first union meeting at the age of 22 when he requested that the Wanganui and Palmerston North area be covered by the engineers union which did eventuate. Explains that conditions had improved on moving back to his former job. Other recollections include: fishing; native school, Putiki; Maori canoes on the river; cherry trees planted by Mother Mary Aubert; influenza epidemic 1918; end of World War I celebrations; 1920s earthquake; big flood in 1926 and Foster's Hotel fire. Recalls declaration of World War II and joining Expeditionary Force, travelling in `The New Amsterdam' to Sydney, then to Singapore where they transferred to the `Aquatania' bound for Egypt. Was part of the 4th anti-aircraft regiment. Has vivid recall of events, relating many stories and mapping his movements during the war and comradeship. Talks about the dreadful living conditions during the war and gives his opinions on war. Mentions Battle of Alamein. Moved from the deserts to Bari, Italy and relates stories from the Sangro River. Talks about the fall of Cassino and experiences in Italy. Talks about life after the war and his research into rammed-earth building, using that method to build his own house which he describes. Talks about his book on the subject of rammed earth building that is being published at present. Recounts his involvement with RSA and Vietnam issues - was totally opposed to the Vietnam war. Gives reasons for living so long in Wanganui and the changes he has seen in the town. Recounts his involvement with the Four Seasons Theatre. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Michelle Horwood Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - 22 Ngatarua Road, Wanganui Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007598-007600 ; OHC-006766-006767 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1917. Photocopies of 3 photographs: (1) David Jones Italy 1942; (2) David and Aunt Avril Jones and brother Lou; (3) David and Lou 1940.

Date: 1940-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-126

Description: Photographs related to geography and geology, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1940 and 2000. Images related to geology are arranged alphabetically from C to LA. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-587-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. Jack Elder tries to explain his innocence in awarding a travel grant to a school cultural group containing colleagues' daughters. NZ First waken from political death in time to campaign for the 1999 General election. A green lipped muscle reads scary stories from the book 'Tales from the Lab' to his children. Refers to research into cancer cures. Infant looks suspiciously at mother's nipple and opts for the scrambled egg if there's any chance of the milk having been genetically modified or irradiated. NZ and Australian Ministers of Health have declared war on depression. A drepressed man says over the breakfast table, when politicians start slashing their wrist in large numbers, then he'll cheer up. Over a beer two men discuss All Black coach, John Hart's performance. Police warn the public of an IBM fugitive. Refers to the IBM scoop of public money for a Police computer main-frame that never eventuated. Politicians avoid the responsibility of the INCIS Police computer fiasco. Media woman interviews state minister on the tit for tat shooting down of Indian and Pakistan military planes. She suggests there may be a risk of it leading to nuclear war. The minister says they'll cross that bridge when they come to it. Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley battle it out in the preferred Prime Minister Polls. Shows the Statue of Liberty with a gun to her head. The caption says, 'tighten up the gun laws America, or the lady gets it...' Boris Yeltsin appoints his 5th Prime Minister in 17 months. The new Prime Minister looks distincly uneasy as his chair sits on a trap-door. Shows and elephant (IBM) being sting by a bee (Bill Birch). Refers to the Police INCIS computer fiasco. Earthquake rocks Turkey, they call for help. Academics discuss the government's five-step knowledge-based economy plan to restore NZ's stand of living. One says, 'Sounds fabulous, except that you can't take two steps across an abyss...' New Zealand Black Caps beat the English cricket team. World athletics is shackled by the weight of the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs. Mike Moore leaves government politics with a sense of freedom at last. Possible outcome of mixing human genes into cows. Petrol Companies hold motorists to ransom with higher petrol prices. The shadow of violence hangs over voting in East Timor. Derek Quigley steers the select committee looking into decommissioning NZ's air-strike capability. National are alarmed as they thought Quigley was on their side. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: Feb 1931

By: Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977

Reference: PA6-370

Description: Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Napier, after the great Earthquake & Fire, Feb. 3rd 1931 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1856-1991

By: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992

Reference: 92-204

Description: The papers include diaries, research notes, correspondence and drafts of published work relating to Eiby's scientific work on earthquakes and geophysics, as well as to his numerous other interests including astronomy, theatre, music and film. Included are several unpublished plays and novels. Most material dates from the period after 1950. However there are some earlier papers, including family papers going back to 1856. Relationship complexity - See also 94-224 - John Latter papers which include further papers of George Eiby Eiby retired in 1979 as Superintendant of the DSIR Seismological Laboratory. He published on seismology, astronomy and science history, produced plays, was a founder of the Film Society movement, a musician and exhibited photographs and sketches. Quantity: 5.66 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Processing information: Not yet arranged

Date: 1915-1980

By: New Zealand Red Cross Society

Reference: PAColl-0168

Description: Copying done by M de Raadt in 1779 and 1980 The 11 photographs are all postcards Arrangement: Negatives in 35mm registers at 16051 - 16082. Quantity: 154 b&w copy negative(s). 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Previously NEGColl-69/1

Date: 1983

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-136-149

Description: Shows the Clyde Dam construction site where workers have stopped work and are picketing the site. Refers to the Ministry of Works report on land instability around the dam site, which stated that an earthquake which could destroy the dam was only likely to happen once every 12,500 years. Extended Title - Clyde Dam passes 'quake test. Big shake once in 12,500 years Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 435 x 330 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1966

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

Reference: B-133-511

Description: A comment by a city councillor about Wellington's preparedness is endorsed by illustrations of what the citizens normally put up with. Examples are buildings being knocked down, detours due to the lifting of tram tracks, bewildered people in the streets (pedestrians wait while cars are directed by a traffic officer), and also parliament - 'periodic sharp upheavals centred on a low hill in the city'. Extended Title - This is very true of the capital's citizenry, accustomed as we are to - shattered buildings - rubble-filled roads - streets jammed with bewildered people - and periodic sharp upheavals centred on a low hill in the city Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 286 x 390 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.