Scott, Una Doreen, 1903-1989

Date: 27 Sep 2005

From: Wellington Zoo Centenary oral history project

By: Castle, Maureen, 1933-2018; Castle, Mervyn John, 1937-

Reference: OHInt-0803-03

Description: Oral history interview with siblings Maureen and Mervyn Castle, grandchildren of John Castle one the original benefactors of Wellington Zoo. Describe their grandfather in detail. Recollect his looks and character, and narrate his life in London, immigration to New Zealand and eventually becoming a well known Chemist in Riddiford Street, Newtown. Mentions other family members including their grandmother Annie, their father Mervyn Athol, their uncle Raymond Castle, and their aunts Una and Zillah Castle. Talk about their grandfather founding the Zoo with others including Rev. John Crewes, and the donation of the first animal 'King Dick' the lion. Refer to the letter from Wellington City Council granting their grandfather and the Castle family free admission to Wellington Zoo. Mervyn and Maureen talk about their first memories of Wellington Zoo and being taken there by their grandfather. Recalls an incident where an escaped monkey took refugee in their backyard in Daniell Street in the late 1950s. Mentions elephant rides and hearing the roar of the lion from their home. Recalls the changes in the Zoo during the 1980s. Discuss the necessity of Zoos for conservation purposes and the wonderful work that the Zoo keepers do. Abstracted by - Susan Fowke Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Accompanying material - Copy of letter from Wellington City Council granting John Castle and the Castle family free admission to the Wellington Zoo (Dated: 26 August 1929). And excerpt from "27 Colombo Street Heritage Significance Assessement March 1998" on the Castle Family. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014665 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 40 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5287. Photograph of Elizabeth, Mervyn and Maureen Castle as young children.. Portrait of grandfather John Castle.. Photograph of Zoo founders Rev. John Crewe and John Castle (Date: 1913)

Date: [ca 1900-1940]

From: Castle family : Personal papers and Castle museum report

Reference: MS-Papers-6382-1

Description: Comprises correspondence between family members including letter from Mavis to her mother; and letters from Nell to Una, William Tuck to Mona, C S Low to Mrs Castle, and Gladys to Mavis; education certificates and reports for various Castle family members; vaccination notices; cartoon of Castle as Mayor; poems by Ronald B Castle, `The Brewer's soliloquy' and `The Land of Tane' (1940); and other miscellaneous papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1931

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1931

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Apollo Singers, conductor H Temple White, assisted by Ernest Jenner (accompanist); Dorothy Sawyer (soprano). Second concert of the second season. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 3 October 1931. Programme. Balokovic concerts. Direction J & N Tait. Australia and New Zealand season 1931. Programme no. 1 (2 copies) Balokovic concerts. Direction J & N Tait. Australia and New Zealand season 1931. Programme no. 2 Balokovic concerts. Direction J & N Tait. Australia and New Zealand season 1931. Programme no. 3 Bohemian Orchestra. Conductor Colin Muston. Second concert, eighteenth season. Town Hall (Auckland), 23 July 1931. Programme (Soloists Miss Bunty Stuart, John Bree, Cyril Towsey, Mr W Shepley) Gordon Bryan. Wellington Philharmonic Orchestra. Third celebrity concert, 1931 season. Town Hall Wellington, 3 October 1931. Programme Gordon Bryan piano recital. Girls' College Assembly Hall Wanganui. 12 October 1931. Programme Miss Zillah Castle assisted by Miss Leah Haughton and accompaniste Madame Evelyn de Mauny. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 1 July 1931. Programme (autographed) Peter Dawson - Mark Hambourg concerts. Direction Hugo Larsen & Co. Annotated souvenir programme. First programme (2 copies) Peter Dawson - Mark Hambourg concerts. Direction Hugo Larsen & Co. Annotated souvenir programme. Second programme (2 copies) Peter Dawson - Mark Hambourg concerts. Direction Hugo Larsen & Co. Annotated souvenir programme. Third programme (2 copies) Peter Dawson - Mark Hambourg concerts. Direction Hugo Larsen & Co. Annotated souvenir programme. Fourth programme (2 copies) Wellington Philharmonic Orchestra. Special announcement!! Mark Hambourg and Peter Dawson with Wellington Philharmonic Orchestra, Wellington Town Hall, 28 July [1930]. Flier Wellington Philharmonic Orchestra. Peter Dawson and Mark Hambourg. Second celebrity concert. Town Hall, 28 July 1931. Programme. Hislop concerts. Selections for Joseph Hislop's repertoire of songs, also ballads and operatic excerpts. Solo pianist and accompanist Isidor Goodman. Souvenir book of words - with portrait of Hislop performing with Galli-Curci (2 copies) Joseph Hislop season, New Zealand 1931. Programme no 1 (Flier - 2 copies) Joseph Hislop season, New Zealand 1931. Programme no. 3 (Flier) Joseph Hislop season, New Zealand 1931. Programme / flier (2 different) Mischa Levitzki. Second recital. Town Hall Auckland, 6 June 1931. Programme Mischa Levitzki. Mr E J Gravestock has the honour to announce the 2nd New Zealand tour of the world-famed pianist Mischa Levitzki. Civic Theatre Christchurch, 25, 27, 30 June 1931. Promotional pamphlet with photographs Mischa Levitzki. Mr E J Gravestock has the honour to announce the 2nd New Zealand tour of the world-famed pianist Mischa Levitzki. Town Hall Wellington 16, 18, 20 June 1931. Promotional pamphlet with photographs (2 copies) Mischa Levitzki. Second recital. Town Hall Wellington, 18 June 1931. Programme Mischa Levitzki. Third recital. Town Hall Wellington, 20 June 1931. Programme (2 copies) Mischa Levitzki. Fourth recital. Town Hall Wellington, 22 June 1931. Programme (2 copies) Mischa Levitzki. Third recital. Municipal Concert Hall, Christchurch, 30 June 1931. Programme Methodist Church Lower Hutt. "Elijah". (With Mrs Frank Tunley, Mrs Wilfrid Andrwews, Mr Roy Hill, Mr S Evelyn Rodger, Miss Dorothy Capes, Mrs W G Schmidt, Miss Dorothy Spiller). Sunday 15 November 1931. Programme Nelson Harmonic Society. Grand concert. Cowen's "John Gilpin" and miscellaneous. School of Music, 30 April 1931. Programme Programme of concert in aid of Earthquake Relief Fund. Seatoun, 9 March 1931. (With Ladies' Quartette, Mr Stapp, Elaine Weber, Miss McDavitt, Mr Trevor Fisher, Mr George Neel, Jean Purvis, Miss Hitchings, Mr Graham Ayson, Mr T Wood, Mr Liddle, Mrs Mapleston, Miss Audrey Daniells, Mr Clement May). Programme Song-recital by senior students of Madame Evelyn de Mauny, assisted by Mr Desmond Lavin (violin). Nimmo's Concert Hall, 1 December 1931. Programme (2 copies) Claude Tanner, violoncello [and] pianoforte Ernest Jenner. recital, Nimmo's Hall, Wellington, 15 September 1931. Programme Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemne's Association Male Voice Choir. Third concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 28 November 1931. Programme Wellington Philharmonic orchestra. First concert 1931 in association with J & N Tait. Soloists Joseph Hislop and Isidor Goodman. Town Hall Wellington, 3 June 1931. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Philharmonic Orchestra. Second celebrity concert 1931. Peter Dawson and Mark Hambourg. Town Hall, 28 July 1931. Programme. Thelma Willoughby (pianoforte), assisted by Mona Castle; accompaniste Una Castle. Concert Chamber Town hall, 28 October [1931]. Programme (with photograph of Thelma Willoughby) Quantity: 34 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1920-1932

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-019

Description: Names of some identifiable correspondents entered in Name Field. Also: W J Carlisle, Christchurch, 1923 (re George Willmer); Nancy Carlyon, Wellington, 1931; C E Carrington, 1925; Governor George R Carter, Hawaii, 1920; J Castle, 1923; Mavis B Castle; Una D Castle; J G Castle, Heretaunga School, Havelock North, 1926; G G Caughley, Waipukurau, 1931; Cawthron Institute, 1921 Quantity: 1 folder(s).