Christchurch City Libraries

Earlier known as the Canterbury Public Library.

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Christchurch Art Gallery :Dark arts; twenty years of the Holloway Press. Christchurch A...

Date: 2014

Reference: Eph-A-PRINTING-2014-01

Description: Exhibition catalogue lists items on display and reproduces pages from several books: Fishwork 2009 (Alan Loney), The dogs of Auckland 1998 (Robert Creeley), Rita: seven poems 2001 (Colin McCahon), The love songs of Ibykos: 22 fragments 1997, You're so prety when you're unfaithful to me 2012 (David Howard), Journey to Portugal 2006 (Michele Leggott), Page: stone: leaf 2013 (Dinah Hawken). Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 160 x 210 mm. Provenance: Received on legal deposit, 2014.

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O'Brien, Brendan, 1959-: Fernbank Studio; away past elsewhere. An exhibition at central...

Date: 2014

By: O'Brien, Brendan, 1959-

Reference: Eph-A-PRINTING-2013-01

Description: Card advertising an exhibition at Christchurch City Library shows juxtaposed illustrative elements: a parasol wearing trousers; a hand pointing at a bluebird. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on stiff card, 110 x 211 mm.

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Photographs of stained glass windows and of the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers

Date: ca 2000

By: Christchurch City Libraries; Lloyd, John, active 2000

Reference: PAColl-6845

Description: Photographs taken by John Lloyd for "Rich man, poor man, environmentalist, thief", by Richard Greenaway, published in 2000 to commemorate the millennium and the 150th anniversary of the founding of Canterbury. Collection comprises: Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers, showing room with bay window, in which Frederic Richardson Fuller set up moa skeletons unearthed at Glenmark. Stained glass windows in St Michael's Church, commemorating Maria Thomson (Mrs Charles Thomson). Quantity: 8 colour original photographic print(s).

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Armson, William Barnett, 1833?-1883 :[Notable Victorian Gothic buildings]. Published by...

Date: 1874 - 1983 - 1880

By: Armson, William Barnett, 1833?-1883; Christchurch Civic Trust

Reference: C-117-036/040

Description: Includes reproductions of: St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru. W B Armson, architect, 1880. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin. W B Armson, architect, 1879. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Strange & Co., Christchurch. W B Armson, architect, 1874. Reproduced courtesy of the Canterbury Museum Christchurch Public Library. W B Armson, architect, 1875. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Christchurch Boys' High School. W B Armson, architect, 1879. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 450 x 635 mm.

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Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa :Christchurch International A...

Date: 1959 - 2009

By: New Zealand Micrographic Services Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-LIBRARY-LIANZA-2009-01

Description: Shows a reproduction by New Zealand Micrographic Services, of a poster held by Christchurch City Libraries, dated ca 1959. It is a view along an airport runway with a plane taxiing towards the viewer and the new airport buildings in the right background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 430 x 308 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Penny Carnaby, Wellington, in 2009.

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Armson, William Barnett, 1833?-1883 :[Notable Victorian Gothic buildings]. Published by...

Date: 1874 - 1983 - 1880

By: Armson, William Barnett, 1833?-1883; Christchurch Civic Trust

Reference: C-117-036-a/040-a

Description: Includes reproductions of: St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru. W B Armson, architect, 1880. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin. W B Armson, architect, 1879. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Strange & Co., Christchurch. W B Armson, architect, 1874. Reproduced courtesy of the Canterbury Museum Christchurch Public Library. W B Armson, architect, 1875. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Christchurch Boys' High School. W B Armson, architect, 1879. Reproduced courtesy of Collins, Hunt and Loveridge Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 450 x 635 mm.

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Christchurch City Libraries :Remembering the First World War 1914-1918. Christchurch Ci...

Date: 2014

By: Christchurch City Libraries

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-WWI-2014-CCL

Description: Nine postcards, each showing an image from the collections held in Christchurch: Gas mask and uniform, Pearce family. Private collection, Kete Christchurch Trench Collection. Hugh Mills, unknown, Ray Grubb CCL-Trench-041A A Christmas greeting - Kia ora-0091-0009-a With every wish that's brightest and best PCol-0091-0027-a Aotearoa - Christmas card 1917 PCol-0091-0026-a Overseas Club - Empire Day certificate PCol-0091-0017-a Peace celebrations Christchurch City Libraries CCL-C81041223-001 Portrait. Christchurch City Libraries Arch431-010 Heartiest greetings card Christchurch City Libraries Arch431-012 Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on postcards, 148 x 106 mm. Provenance: Donated by Margaret Hurst, Wellington, in 2014.

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National Library of New Zealand :Matapihi; open the window ... www.matapihi.org.nz. MP ...

Date: 2006

From: National Library of New Zealand :[Ephemera of octavo size]

By: National Library of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-NATIONAL-LIBRARY-2006-01

Description: Cards promoting the Matapihi website, each card showing an example of an image from institutions contributing to the site: 01. Otago Museum ("Maori art" tea cup and saucer) 02. NZETC (New Zealand Electronic Text Centre)(Letter from J C Beaglehole to his mother, 1926) 03. Auckland City Libraries (Ferdinand von Hochstetter, enlargement of "From the isthmus of Auckland with its extinct volcanoes" 1859) 04. Christchurch City Libraries (Cashel Street looking east, 1920s) 05. Alexander Turnbull Library (John Reginald Wall. Men competing in an egg and spoon race ca 1927) 06. New Zealand Film Archive / Nga Kaitiaki o Nga Taonga Whitiahua (Frame enlargement from "The bush Cinderella" 1928) 07. Otago Museum (Tuatara skin) 08. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (Don Binney "Sun shall not burn Thee by day nor moon by night") Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on postcards 101 x 152 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2006.

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Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch CB...

Date: 23 Mar 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000711

Description: Photographs of Christchurch CBD Red Zone showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 23 March 2012. Includes photographs of demolition sites (Shands [Shades] Arcade, Brannigans building, Hotel Grand Chancellor, BNZ building), damage to the Christchurch Cathedral (in particular the Rose window), views from Victoria Square, salvaged stone and windows from 205 Manchester Street building, buildings with large steel strut braces across the front, cleared sites, intersections, interior view of the Christchurch City Library with books on the floor. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 23 - CBD red zone" Quantity: 131 digital photograph(s).

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Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch city

Date: 1 Apr 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000730

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 1 April 2012. Particularly of Oxford Clinic Hospital demolition, Canterbury Society of Arts building prior to demolition, Christchurch Convention Centre, City Centre Map detailing the 'Red zone' which remains cordoned off from public access, signs protesting the demolition of heritage buildings, businesses notifying customers of continued business despite demolitions, demolition site of St Mary's Merivale, art installations on Kilmore Street, Victoria Clock Tower, Knox Presbyterian Church, Blax Espresso Bar, Dorset Towers under demolition, Brigittes (Aikmans Road, Merivale), Oxford Terrace builing demolition, Design and Arts College of New Zealand, Demolition machinery and trucks, new buildings being erected in Armagh Street, The Grange Motel (Armagh Street), rubble of Amuri Courts carpark, Crown Plaza Hotel in later stages of demolition, photograph installations on boarded up portions of Cranmer Court building, Guardian Trust building at Petersborough Street, Ironside House, Quinns specialist ladies department store in shipping containers in Merivale. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 01 - City" Quantity: 115 digital photograph(s).

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Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch CBD

Date: 2 May 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000743

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 2 May 2012, particularly of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows bumper sticker ('Kia kaha I'm staying Christchurch), Unlimited School, Christchurch Cathedral, Canterbury Provincal Council Chambers, Alice in Videoland sign, restoration work on buildings in High Street, views of buildings (including Westpac building, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr), Hotel Grand Chancellor and Crowne Plaza demolition, Clarendon Tower, Magistrates Court repair, pavement deformation from liquifaction, workers doing remedial work to buildings, repair work on Edmonds Clock Tower, new construction at 75 Manchester Street, demolition of 248 High Street, street views of intersections of Colombo & Gloucester, Armagh & Colombo, Gloucester & Manchester, Hereford & Manchester, Cashel & Manchester streets, Chancery Lane, Central Library (exterior and interior views), overgrown gardens in Victoria Square, Medlab building under demolition, memorial tributes at PGC (Pyne Gould Corporation) building, 'Info Gap' on the corner of Colombo and Petersborough streets (Students from University of Technology Sydney urban design projects). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 02 - CBD" Quantity: 118 digital photograph(s).

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Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch Ci...

Date: 8 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000724

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 8 February 2011. Particularly of Christchurch City CBD, Riccarton and Bealey. Shows photographs of the temporary InterCity bus depot and Thai restaurant operating out of a caravan and container at Bealey Avenue, damaged Christchurch Cathedral (including the salvaged spire), Central Library in Petersborough Street, make-shift coffee shops in Colombo Street, people witnessing the demolition of a Brannigans building, workers on the site of the Provincial Council Chambers, demolition of the Gallery Apartments, stencillism art, Archives NZ building in Christchurch, Under the Red Verandah (cafe & restaurant), damage to St James Church and Antonio House on Riccarton Road, tombstone of Sibylla Emily Maude (pioneer nurse), St Peter's Anglican Church, the site and remaining rubble, bell tower and oak tree of St Luke's Church, a memorial on the fence outside the St Luke's Church site of 185 crosses signifying the deaths on Feb 22, demolition workers, demolition of Crowne Plaza, cafes and restaurants on Victoria Street, and views from the roof of the BNZ Building (Cathedral Square) showing many of building in the process of being demolished or yet to be demolished (Triangle Chambers, Millennium Hotel, City Council Building in Tuam Street, Holiday Inn Hotel, Police Station, Ibis Hotel, MFL Building, Grant Thornton Building, Christchurch Cathedral, Pacific Tower, Clarendon Towers, Rydes Hotel, Government Life building, Farmers building, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 8 - City, CBD, Riccarton, Bealey" Quantity: 114 digital photograph(s).

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Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Sumner

Date: 4 May 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000746

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 4 May 2012, particularly views of Sumner. Shows the cosy container installation of knitted squares, preparations for the Sumner village fair, the site of the Council Chambers and Sumner Library (closed since Feb 2011), German Master Bakery truck food stall, 'Out of the Box' contemporary furniture store operating in shipping container, decorated shipping containers on the Main Road (protecting the road from further rock falls), the new Tuam Street City Library, views of the cityscape from Cashmere. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 04 - Sumner, container cosy, library, city scape" Quantity: 45 digital photograph(s).

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Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly street views of pr...

Date: 8 June 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000770

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 8 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of street views of light snow near prominent buildings and building demolition sites in Christchurch central city in the late afternoon light. Includes views taken on Armagh street showing Victoria Square Apartments and Craigs Investments Partners House, the National Bank Victoria Square branch in Isaac House, the Forsyth Barr building near the junction of Armagh and Colombo streets Includes views taken on Gloucester street showing empty site of demolished Brannigans building at 182 Oxford Terrace and 86 Gloucester street, Christchurch City Central Library, entrance to Farmers car parking building, the Crystal Plaza arcade at 106-118 Gloucester street, the site of the demolished MFL Mutual Fund building with Forsyth Barr and Price Waterhouse Coopers buildings behind, empty site of demolished Star building and Coachman Inn with Novotel Hotel behind, scaffolding on the Isaac Theatre Royal, empty site of demolished State Theatre (housed DFS Souvenirs) in foreground of Price Waterhouse Coopers and Forsyth Barr buildings. Includes views taken around Cathedral square of Grant Thornton House, Government Life building, the Police kiosk and Camelot Hotel. Also a view of parked cars on site of demolished buildings at 36-40 Cathedral Square and 103-105 Worcester Street (Warners Hotel and Bailies Bar, Metro Gold Class Cinemas, Brittens Motorcycles and The Press building) with the new Press building and Novotel Hotel in background. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 08 CBD - Street by Street (sample)' Quantity: 16 digital photograph(s).