St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Date: 1900

From: St John's Church (Willis Street, Wellington) : Records

Reference: 82-230-32/09

Description: Souvenir of combined encampment held in the Richmond Domain, Christchurch involving Young Men's Bible Classes of St John's Church, Wellington and St Paul's Church, Christchurch, April 1900. Includes watercolour by Robert Proctor of St Paul's Church, Christchurch Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy), photographs and watercolour

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Bailey, Conrad, fl 1980 : Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes, one including pressed ferns

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-030

Description: Album of photographs mostly of towns and buildings in Canterbury and Otago, chiefly taken by the Burton Brothers, circa 1880s. They all show city scenes including street views, and images of important buildings. The buildings include church buildings, bank buildings, insurance company office buildings, and hotels (both exterior and interior views of the Grand Hotel, Dunedin). In the North Island, there is a view of the Auckland Synagogue, and a view of Taratahi Homestead, the home of Lady Tancred and Sir Thomas Tancred, in the Carterton District. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth-bound album with leather spine and corners, lettered in gold "Views of New Zealand"

Date: 1905

From: Stiller, John 1945- : Documentation of historic pipe organs in New Zealand

Reference: 82-112-08

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: [Between 1897 and 1901]

From: St John's Church :Photographs of church buildings, personalities and activities

By: Davis, T, active 1890s; Howitt, Adam, 1871-1954; Jupp, George Henry (Rev), 1878-1955; Lowe, E C, active 1900s; Thornton, C J, active 1910; Tustin, William Henry, 1880-1970

Reference: PA1-o-451

Description: Photographs relating to St John's Presbyterian Church in Wellington. They include views of St Paul's Presbyterian Church in Christchurch in 1898 and in 1901 when there were combined encampments held in Christchurch, involving Young Men's Bible Classes of the two churches. Many of the photographers are identified (names listed above). One photograph shows Dr John Elmslie of St Paul's Church, standing at the pulpit which is decorated with flowers, with the word "Mizpah" picked out in white. Several images show Dixon Street houses above St John's Church (p 09), and "fallen houses" (p 25) Another group of images show triumphal arches celebrating the arrival in Wellington of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall in 1901. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album (lacks cover); 27 x 23 cm

Date: 1870 - 1899

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-P-1800s

Description: Includes: 1875: St Paul's Church Ladies' Tract Society. Christchurch monthly tracts. Vol. 4, no 12, March 1875 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: [192-?]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-026320-G

Description: Shows unidentified wedding party standing outside St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, circa 1920s. The door behind the group is the rear door on the east side of the church behind the minister's vestry. Second photograph of two wedding party portraits. Taken by Christchurch Photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Location idnetified by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/1 plate

Date: [ca 1905-1926]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-163279-G

Description: Shows wedding portrait of bride with veil and flowers and bridegroom standing outside St Paul's Presbyterian Church. The window in the background is the ministers vestry window, and the other wall is the porch of the east door that was destroyed in the arson attach of 2009. Second of two wedding party portraits; first is whole plate size view of wedding group. Photograph taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay between 1905-1926. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Location identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [192-?]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-026319-G

Description: Photograph of unidentified wedding party, bride, groom, bridesmaids, flower girl, best man, father, all in 1920s fashions. One of two wedding party portraits. Group is standing outside the St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Christchurch. The door behind them is the rear door on the east side of the church behind the minister's vestry. Taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Location identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/1 plate

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-023063-G

Description: Shows an unidentified wedding party standing outside the minister's vestry window of St Paul's Presbyterian Church, on corner of Cashel and Madras Streets, Christchurch. Group includes bride, bridegroom, bridesmaid, flower girl and two men (possibly best man and father). Wedding attire is formal, includes bridal veil, bouquet, gloves. First photograph of two wedding portraits; second is half plate view of bridal couple. Photograph taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Location identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/1 plate

Date: 3 May 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000745

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 May 2012, particularly aerial views of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Shows views of schools, parks, Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall), suburbs, rock falls, cliff collapses, demolition and damage to buildings, and the changing landscape of the city following demolition. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 03 - flying Ross" Quantity: 113 digital photograph(s).

Date: [between 1919 and 1939]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007258-G

Description: Shows interior view of Saint Paul's Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, showing pipe organ (installed 1905), pulpit, pews, and memorial brass plaques to commemorate the fallen of World War One. Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch between 1919 and 1939. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Source of descriptive information - Date identified by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [between 1868-1898]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: 1/2-092746-F

Description: Cashel Street, Christchurch, showing St Paul's Church. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers between 1868 and 1898. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).