Catholic church buildings - Samoa

Date: Between 1923 and 1930

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

Reference: Pan-2428-F

Description: Panoramic view of Apia, looking across the Apia Harbour. Two large steamships are moored offshore, and there a number of small boats in the harbour. Township along the bay includes the Mulivai Catholic Church with its twin towers in the centre of the image, possibly the Apia Clock Tower to the right, and a long two-storeyed building seen between the two ships, centre right. Tree-clad hills in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negatives 19.4 x 107.0 cm

Date: 1972, 1974; date unknown

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-007

Description: Black and white and colour photographic prints portraying people and places in Apia, Upolu, Samoa, dated circa 1972, 1974 and undated. Some images have caption information inscribed verso. Includes: - Bank of Western Samoa building - The Catholic Cathedral in Apia - Government buildings, Apia - street scene - Beach Road, Apia - "The pool at Aggie Grey's Hotel, Apia, Western Samoa" - Polynesian airlines passenger aeroplane at airport - Delegates in formal meeting room, possibly South Pacific Commission. Negatives - 35mm - originally enclosed with these prints. Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s). 21 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints.

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

By: Jaspers, Josephine, active 2009

Reference: PAColl-9537

Description: Photographs of Apia, Samoa, showing Mau prisoners and guards, and Roman Catholic Church, taken by an unidentified photographer. Taken circa 1920s-1930s. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: Donated by Josephine Jaspers, Wellington, 2009

Date: [Circa 1920s-1930s]

From: Taylor, Jill fl 1984 :Photographs relating to Alice Brown, Wellington sports teams, Wellington's Queen Carnival and Red Cross Transport

Reference: PA1-o-492

Description: Snapshots relating to Alice Brown, taken in Fiji and Samoa circa 1920s to 1930s. A few of the images have pencilled captions on the back, but most have no information. Many of the scenes show everyday life in Fiji, including burning off (sugar cane?); meke dancers; various kinds of fruits and vegetables; thatched dwellings; church buildings; net fishing; young boys climbing up coconut palms; a yacht race; Fijians and Fijian Indians; and Europeans swimming and picnicking. Samoan scenes include Robert Louis Stevenson's tomb; a Roman Catholic Church near Apia; thatched houses; a group of European women having a picnic on a lawn, and on a beach wearing swimsuits. There are 20 looses photographs inserted at the end of the album, some of which had originally been attached. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover tied with cord; 19 x 29 cm

Date: 14 March 1889

From: Klein, John C, active 1870-1890: Papers relating to Samoa

Reference: MS-Papers-12538-1-8

Description: Handwritten letter from Father Eugene Didier of Apia, to John Klein, San Francisco. Letter written in French on the eve of the March cyclone. Didier discusses political affairs following the Samoan civil war. Also refers to the translation of another letter, now at MS-Papers-12538-1-4. Title supplied by library. Physical Description: Holograph on graph paper with letterhead, 21 x 13 cm.

Date: 6 February 1889

From: Klein, John C, active 1870-1890: Papers relating to Samoa

Reference: MS-Papers-12538-1-4

Description: Manuscript letter from Mata'afa Iosefa, Magiagi Village near Apia, to John Klein, California. Iosefa comments on the political aftermath from the civil war, including criticism regarding the German government presence in Samoa. Also requests fundraising support from Klein for the construction of the cathedral in Apia. The letter is written in Samoan and annotated with French translations by Father Eugene Didier, as referred to in MS-Papers-12538-1-8. Title supplied by library. Physical Description: Holograph on paper with manuscript annotations, 32.0 x 20.2 cm.

Date: [Before 1930]

From: Gleeson, Francis Joseph 1908-1993 :Album of photographs of the Mau uprising, Western Samoa, 1930

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PA1-o-795-42

Description: The Catholic Church at Apia, Western Samoa, photographed beforew 1930 by Alfred Tattersall. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Catholic church Apia Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 24 x 19 cm mounted on album page

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Hackworth, Philip Vernon, d 1960 :Photograph album

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PA1-q-107-47-1

Description: Young man outside the Catholic Church at Vaimea, Samoa, circa 1920. Photograph taken by Alfred James Tattersall. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Catholic Church Vaimea Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Date: 1865 - 1870

Reference: C-036-005

Description: Extensive view of the waterfront at Apia, viewed from the sea, with canoes, including a large one in the right foreground with a sail, European ships. European-style dwellings along the foreshore with coconut palms. The American flag is flying beside one house. The major buildings have been identified as, from the far left, Ruge's [?] establishment, Protestant Mission House, British and American Consul, Native Chapel and burial ground, Resident British Consuls, R[oman] C[atholic] Chapel, Deans [?] Est[a]b[lishment], Goddefroy and Son Hamburg, Mulingu ... seat of Native Government, now held by Germany. As Godefroy and Son were established in Samoa in 1865, this suggests that the print was produced around or slightly after this date. The wave effects in the foreground mark the edge of the reef from which Apia is viewed. Identifications of the buildings come from a not very legible photocopy of the text accompanying a wood engraving of this same view. The wood engraving is from an unknown source and the Library holds a photograph at negative F-51786-1/2. The wood engraving shows six European vessels in the harbour, as opposed to the one in the lithograph (and several yachts). The wood engraving lacks the large Samoan canoe with a sail in the right foreground of the lithograph. Both views show wave effects in the foreground from the edge of the reef. Exhibited 'Va'aomanu' exhibition celebrating the history and culture of Samoa, based on the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, held in the National Library Gallery, 1 March to 28 June 1998. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 367 x 567 mm