Porteous family
Porteous family :Family photographs and photographs of towns and schools in the Gisborn...
Date: ca1910-ca1920
By: Porteous family
Reference: PAColl-7595
Description: Comprises photographs, probably taken by John Porteous, relating to his educational activities (mostly in native schools) and family. The localities are in the Gisborne Region and include Tikitiki, Tuparoa, and Reporua. Specifically, one group of photographs record a rugby match between Tikitiki and Rangitukia schools, and two others show Reporua school children collecting driftwood from the beach and participating in an Arbour Day celebration in 1912. There are a general views of Reporua and Tuparoa and one of Reporua School. Other images are of people grouped in front of unidentified meeting houses. There is also a view of East Cape, unidentified landscapes one with a bridge, a midden of human bones, and a group of Fijians in traditional dress The negatives are family photographs Arrangement: Negative at 1/4-107919-G to 1/4-107961-G Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 44 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1079 - Transfer from Porteous family papers (MS-Group-1079).
Porteous family : Papers
Date: [1885-1961]
By: Porteous family
Reference: MS-Group-1079
Description: Comprises papers relating to John Porteous's education and achievements as a teacher; papers relating to his wife, Agnes Porteous, and her death; papers relating to his daughter, Ailsa Porteous; sample school exercise books and other papers Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 21 folder(s). 4 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs R Underwood, Kelburn, Wellington, Feb 2002, on behalf of the Porteous descendants (represented by David and Alison Tait, Christchurch); further donation from Mrs A Tait, Christchurch, May 2002 (A002-148) Transfers: To Newspaper Collection - Issue of `Evening post' - To Serials Collection - Several issues of `Weekly news' and `Free lance' - To Book Collections - Calendar for the year 1891/University of Otago; New Zealand royal tour pictorial record for the Evening Post 1953. - To Photographic Archive - 23 black and white prints and 44 black and white negatives, probably taken by John Porteous, mainly relating to his educational career and family. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - One chromolithograph print showing a cross with poppies - To Sound and Music Centre - Selected non-New Zealand songsheets and printed music (10 cm).