Hotel Grand (Taumarunui, N.Z.)

Date: 1919 - 1938

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-090-042/050

Description: Includes floor plans, roof plan, elevations and sections, details of facade, roofing and entrance door. Quantity: 11 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper and waxed linen paper, sizes varying up to 600 x 800 mm. Processing information: Folder number assigned by the Library.

Date: 1896, 1934

By: University of California, Santa Cruz

Reference: MS-Papers-12678

Description: Collection of papers comprising: - Undated letter from Sister Hobbs to G.F. Saunders in response to his questions about Wiremu Rātana and Rātana Pā. Written on letterhead from the Grand Hotel, Taumarunui. - Note from G.F. Saunders to [Morrell]. Appears to have been sent with Sister Hobb's letter. Written 9 December, 1934 in Wanganui. - One double-sided page from an 1896 publication by James Mackay titled 'Whakaaturanga o nga tikanga o te whakapuraretanga o Hauraki mo te mahinga koura / Narrative of the opening of the Hauraki district for gold mining', pages 31 and 32. Text relates to land claims in the Pakararahi block. Title supplied by Library. Full text of publication by James Mackay, 'Whakaaturanga o nga tikanga o te whakapuraretanga o Hauraki mo te mahinga koura / Narrative of the opening of the Hauraki district for gold mining', available at BIM 1453 and MS-Papers-11946-052 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Papers were found within a bound volume held by the University of California Library, Santa Cruz. The volume, "Ratana, the Maori miracle man: the story of his life, the record of his miracles", was published in 1921 and later acquired by the university library, which was founded in 1965. No other information regarding the custody of the material is available.

Date: ca 1910

From: McKellow, Robert :Photographs of towns in the Rangitikei district

Reference: PAColl-6500-02

Description: Hotel Grand, Taumarunui, circa 1910. Some boys are walking in front of it, there is a caged bird on the upstairs verandah, and next door is T W Smith, drapers and mercers. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1919

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-090-047

Description: Includes elevation of the frontage of a three-storey building, including the details of the front door, roofing tiles, windows, wrought iron bars, the outline of a shop front to the left of the door. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on waxed linen, 452 x 715 mm

Date: 1919

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-090-048

Description: Includes section through end portion and section through centre portion. All floors and a verandah roof are shown with details of supporting structures, roofing and interior and exterior finishings Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on waxed linen, 452 x 715 mm