Mount View Lunatic Asylum (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1989-1990

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-125

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Selected names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1878-1890

From: Kennedy, George Alexander, fl 1870-1900 :Programmes [for Wellington theatre performances, 1870s-1890s, indexed by title].

Reference: Eph-B-THEATRE-1800s-01-1/2

Description: This listing is for the first half of the volume at Eph-B-THEATRE-1800s-01. Includes programmes for: Wellington Choral Society. "Elijah". 23 December 1878. Kaitangata Relief Fund. Programme of concert at the Imperial Opera House, Wellington. 4 March 1879. Monday popular concerts at the Athenaeum, Monday 12th, 21 June, 28 June [1879] Wellington Choral Society. Third private concert. Athenaeum, 21-22 July 1879 Wellington Choral Society. Public Concert 26 July 1879. Wellington Choral Society. 8 August 1879. Wellington Choral Society. Fourth private concert. Arcade Hall, 9 September 1879. Princess Theatre 17 October 1879. Farewell performance of the Bijou Minstrels. Wellington Choral Society. First subscription concert. Theatre Royal, 24 October 1897. Academy of Music. 29 November 1879. "The sorcerer". Parochial Association of St Paul's Wellington. St Paul's Church Room, Tinakori Road. The last concert of the course, in aid of the Library fund. 8 December 1879. Oratorio in aid of the Wellington Choral Society. "Elijah". 23 December 1879. Wellington Choral Society. Second subscription concert. Arcade Hall, 11 March 1880. Wellington Choral Society. Sacred concert. Theatre Royal, Good Friday 26 March 1880. Monday Popular Concerts. Complimentary farewell concert and presentation of address and testimonial to Thos Garrard, esq. Athenaeum, 24 May 1880. Academy of Music. 17th season. Wellington Choral Society. "Eli" Oratorio by Michael Costa. 15 July 1880. New Volunteer Drill Shed. Grand opening concert. 21 August [1880]. Wellington Choral Society. 17th season. Theatre Royal, 3 September 1880. Athenaeum Hall. Concert given by Mr Sidney Wolf. 9 November 1880. Theatre Royal. In aid of the Friends of the Wellington Choral Society. 7-9 December [1880?]. "The sorcerer". Wellington Choral Society. Athenaeum Hall. 1 August 1881. Mrs George Cotterell. Concert. Theatre Royal. 30 August 1881. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand performance in aid of the Dewar Relief Fund. Theatre Royal, 9 September 1881. Mr Hautrie West. Grand Orchestral and ballad concert. Athenaeum Hall. 21 October 1881. St John's Presbyterian Church Willis Street. Musical and literary entertainment in the schoolroom, Dixon Street. 25 October 1881. Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert in aid of the Mount View Lunatic Asylum recreation fund, will be given in the Theatre Royal, 11 November 1881. St Peter's Church Te Aro. Grand choral festival. 22 December 1881. The Harmonic Club, Wellington. Second private concert. Church Room Tinakori Road, 5 May 1882 (Robert Parker, director) St Paul's Choir. Complimentary concert to Mrs George Cotterell. 25 May 1882. Parochial Association of St Paul's. Mr R[obert] Parker's lecture "Two musical giants". 23 June 1882. Athenaeum Hall. Miss Black's concert. 15 August 1882. Catholic Choirs of Wellington. Grand vocal and instrumental concert. Athenaeum Hall, 23 August 1882. Hobson Street Wellington. 9 September 1882. "On shore and sea". "Trial by jury". Harmonic Club Wellington. Third private concert, Athenaeum Hall. 22 September 1882. Wellington Orchestral Society. Inaugural concert 29 September 1882. Harmonic Club Wellington. Fourth season. Programme of first private concert, Athenaeum Hall. 15 December 1882. Wellington Orchestral Society. Inaugural concert. 16 March 1883. Wellington Orchestral Society. Third concert. 9 July 1883. Programme. (With Mr Kennedy, Mrs Birch, Mr Beetham, Miss Edith Pynsent, Miss Campbell, Mr Wilson, Miss Warren, Major Eccles, Miss Williams, Mr Jackson, Miss Whitaker, Mr Monro). 16 August 1883. "Crutch and toothpick" a comedy in three acts by George R Sims. Tinakori Road, Monday 6 August 1883 (With Miss M Richmond, Miss Moorhouse, Miss Williams, Mr A R F Johnston, Mr W FitzGerald, Mr H Gully, Mr E B Brown, Mr G Kennedy, Mr Brotherton. Thespian Club. "The old story". Theatre Royal, 26 February 1884. Harmonic Club Wellington. Second concert. 23 June 1884. Theatre Royal. Friday June 27 1884. Programme of a grand vocal and instrumental concert tendered to Mr C M J Edwards, previous to his departure for Australia by the leading musicians of Wellington. Musical director Mr Robert Parker. Oriental Bazaar concert, Church Room, Tinakori Road. 5 August 1884. Mr Robert Parker's fifth annual concert. 30 September 1884. Hutt Amateur Dramatic Club. "Old soldiers". Odd Fellows' Hall, Lower Hutt. 8 and 10 October 1884. Harmonic Club Wellington. sixth season. First private concert 18 December 1884. Tinakori Road Church Room concert in aid of the Hospital Convalescent Fund. 3 March 1885. St John's Schoolroom Willis Street. Concert in aid of the Organ Fund. 23 March 1885. Wellington Orchestral Society. Sixth concert. 16 April 1885. Harmonic Club Wellington. Sixth season. Second private concert 19 May 1885. Wellington Orchestral Society. Concert. 22 June 1885. New Zealand Industrial Exhibition 1885. Grand performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah". 6 August 1885. Harmonic Club Wellington. Sixth season. Third private concert. 22 September 1885. New Zealand Industrial Exhibition 1885. Grand performance of the Festival Chorus of "The Ancient mariner". Conductor Robert Parker. 29 october 1885. New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Wellington Orchestral Society. 3 October 1885. Saturday afternoon concerts. Director Herr Benno Scherek. May 22 and June 19, 1886. Churchmen's Club. Social evening. 2 September 1886. Parochial Room Karori. Grand entertainment. 11 November 1886. Harmonic Club. Open night. 18 March 1887. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The overland route". Theatre Royal 5 April 1887. St Peter's Schoolroom. Grand concert. 14 April 1887 (Arthur Clothier, Miss Stanford, Mr J H Atkinson, Mr Ansell, Miss Little, Mr Clothier, Miss A Crease. Conductor Hautrie West, Pianist Mrs J R George. G.F.S. Concert. [30 May 1887] (Mr Hardwick, Mr Kennedy, Mrs Webb, Mr Widdop, Mrs England, Miss Nesfield, Mr Johnstone, Mrs Parsons. Harmonic Club. Third & last private concert of the eighth season. Thursday 13, 1887. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Our boys". Theatre Royal. 29 July 1887. Ye Yule-tide Mummers. "Tom Cobb". Theatre Royal. 4 August 1887. Girls' High School Wellington. Concert under the direction of Mr Robert Parker. 29 August 1887. Theatre Royal. Grand tableaux and waxworks by the students of the School of Design and friends. Descriptive lecturer Mr E Wakefield; musical director Hautrie West. The Thalian Club. "Naval engagements" and "Mad as a hatter". Parochial Hall Karori. 27 October 1887. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "A bad penny", and "The wedding march". Theatre Royal. 14 December 1887. Thalian Club. "Cut off with a shilling" and "Betsy Baker". Karori. 15 December 1887. Harmonic Club. Open night. 16 March 1888. Grand complimentary farewell concert tendered by the citizens of Wellington to the Rev L M Isitt on his leaving the city, at which an illuminated address will be presented by the Hon Sir Harry Atkinson. Opera House. 23 March 1888. St Peter's Church, Wellington. "The holy city" by A R Gaul. 29 June 1888. St John's Schoolroom Wellington. Grand concert in aid of the funds of the Ladies' Christian Association. Conductor Mr Robert Parker. 2 July 1888. Mr Macduff Boyd's Orchestra, assisted by Mrs Greenwood and Mr E L Widdop. First grand concert. St John's Schoolroom, 5 July 1888. Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "Iolanthe". Theatre Royal. 24-25 July 1888. St Mark's Schoolroom. Choir concert tongiht (Friday) (with Mr J E Page, Mr W H Harwick, Miss B Gaby,Mrs Webb, Messrs Plimmer and E L Widdop, Boyd, Kennedy, Schwartz, Hamerton, Kayll, Misses Norris and Alice Widdop, Mr J H Otto Schwartz. Mr Robert Parker's ninth annual concert. 20 September 1888. Harmonic Club. Third private concert, ninth season. 29 September 1888. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The old story". Theatre Royal. 30 October 1888. Grand tableaux waxworks and statuary by the students of the School of Design and Friends. 1-2 November 1888. Mr Robert Parker's eighth annual concert. 14 November 1887. New Zealand Musical Festival. Programme of the first ... to be held in the Garrison Hall. 27, 28, 30 November and 1 December 1888. St Mark's Church, Sussex Square, Wellington. "The Messiah". 18 December 1888. New Zealand Musical Festival. Complimentary concert tendered to Mr Robert Parker, musical director. Garrison Hall Wellington. 3 December 1888. Garrison Hall Wellington. Handel's oratorio "The Messiah". 20 December 1888. Conductor Robert Parker. Wellington Harmonic Society. First concert. Theatre Royal, Johnston Street. 2 May 1889. [Concert with Messrs Macduff, E E Widdop, E Hill, Boyd, Kennedy and Hamerton; Misses Williams, Campbell, Medley, Whitaker, Dr Maitland Gledden. 1889]. Wellington Harmonic Society. First season, second concert. 6 August 1889. Costa's oratorio "Naaman". Rossini's "Stabat Mater". Theatre Royal. 10 August 1889. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The Guv'nor". Theatre Royal. 20 August, 1889. Mr Robert Parker's tenth annual concert. Theatre Royal. 29 August 1889. Odd Fellows' Hall, Petone. Vocal and instrumental concert in aid of the fund for enlarging Petone Church Room (Hotop, Kennedy, King and Hamerton sang in one item). 30 November [1899] Petone Church of England Choir. A vocal and instrumental concert in aid of the Choir funds. Odd Fellows' Hall. 5 December [1889]. Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "Rip van Winkle" by Planquette. Opera House. 4 February 1890. Mr Charles Santley. Opera House, 8 March 1890. Orchestral Society. First chamber music concert. Exchange Buildings. 21 August 1890. Mrs Bahnson's Evening concert. Wellington Opera House. 5 September 1890. Orchestral Society. Second chamber music concert. Exchange Hall, 8 September 1890. Orchestral Society. Third chamber concert. Exchange Hall. 25 September 1890. Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "The sorcerer". Opera House. 8 October 1890. Inscriptions: centre - [Inscribed in gilt on cover]: Programmes G.A.K. Quantity: 80 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (programmes). Physical Description: folder with hard covers, 310 x 222 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs G A Kennedy in 1941.

Date: 1898-1922

By: Arnold, Edwin, 1845-1924; Mawson, Sue, active 2002

Reference: MS-Papers-7237

Description: The papers include correspondence with government ministers and prison officials relating to the administration of prisons, suggested reforms and the cases of individual prisoners; correspondence with prisoners and ex-prisoners relating to their circumstances and rehabilitation and correspondence relating to the work of the Wellington Prisoners' Aid and Rehabilitation Society. There is a limited amount of correspondence with inmates of mental hospitals. Also fragmentary drafts of a proposed autobiography including accounts of aspects of Arnold's work with prisoners and mental hospital inmates and newspaper cuttings. Relationship complexity - See also Wellington Prisoners' Aid and Rehabilitation Society records (MS-Group-1036) Edwin Arnold was appointed Visiting Justice to His Majesty's Prisons, Wellington and Official Visitor for the Mount View and Porirua asylums. He also served as as president of the Wellington Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. Quantity: 32 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1910

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/1-022810-G

Description: View of Newtown, Wellington, looking over houses on Tasman Street and Adelaide Road towards Government House and Mount View Asylum. Photographed 1910 by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top centre - Site of new Gov. Residence 1910 V23 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1875]

From: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936 :Album of photographs relating to Wellington

Reference: PA1-q-120-28-1

Description: Looking south east over the Basin Reserve, Wellington, circa 1875. St Mark's Church, Wellington College, Oliver's Caledonian Hotel, and Mt View Asylum are in the background. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Cricket Match. Basin Reserve; Album page - above image - St Mark's Church; Album page - above image - Wellington Boy's Coll; Album page - above image - Mt View Asylum Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).