Normanby

Date: 1947 - 1994 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Br-1900s

Description: Includes: John Bright's Nursery (Palmerston North). "The garden glorious". [Catalogues] 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1960-1961 A M Brljevich & Sons, nurserymen, 9 Waipa Street, Birkenhead, N.5. Alpe Bros & Co., printers, Auckland [May 1947] M E Brogden, daffodil specialist, Normanby, Taranaki. Daffodils for delivery February-March 1969. A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, climbers, fruit trees and bushes, hedge & shelter trees. 1952 A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Supplementary rose catalogue 1956 D & P.J. Brown, growers of fine plants, 79 Vernon Road RD 1 Tauranga (David and Pauline Brown). Catalogue 1, Autumn 1994 (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 200 x 150 mm. Provenance: Catalogues donated from various sources, including Helen Smith, Lower Hutt, in 2015.

Date: 1875

By: Gundry, William John, 1842-1877

Reference: MapColl-832.295ac/[ca.1875]/Acc.448

Description: A copy of a cadastral base map of Normanby includes named streets around the central square. Sections are numbered. Sketches of residences include the following names: Hone Pihama, O'Connell, J. Chubbin, C.N. Campbell, F. Woller, Captn. Skeet. Gibson's Store and Southby's Store are both sketched at the top left. The railway line from Taranaki is shown by the drawing of a steam train. At the top of the map a mirror image of a handwritten title states '1st. Plan of Normanby'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 59.2 x 66.4 cm. Provenance: Two signatures of W. Gundry are found at the top and bottom of the map.

Date: 1900, 1923 - 1933, 1938, 1947

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

By: Wells, Robert Ernest, 1905-2006

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2

Description: Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1878 and 1880]

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Sharp & Sons (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6014-1-12

Description: The Armed Constabulary redoubt at Waihi, Taranaki, taken, probably in the 1870s, by Sharp & Sons of Wanganui. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Sharp & Sons; Mount recto - bottom right - Photos Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 131 x 207 mm on mount 252 x 315 mm

Date: [Between 1878 and 1880]

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Sharp & Sons (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6014-1-11

Description: The Armed Constabulary band at Waihi Redoubt, taken, probably in the 1870s, by Sharp & Sons of Wanganui. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Sharp & Sons; Mount recto - bottom right - Photos; Mount recto - bottom centre - A.C. Band. Waihi Redoubt Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 132 x 207 mm on mount 252 x 315 mm

Date: 1924

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2-140

Description: Photo of a war memorial at the Waihi Cemetery at Normanby showing names of men belonging to the colonial forces who died in engagements during 1868. Photographed in 1924 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Photos of Historical Interest; Verso - centre - Print 1. The memorial created to those who fell during three engagements in the Maori War. This memorial is to be seen at the little-known Waihi Cemetery at Normanby, South Taranaki. The cemetery is laid out on the side of a hill, known as the "Waihi Redoubt". Near the summit, the hill is very strongly entrenched, the trenches, 10 to 12 ft deep, being in a perfect state of preservation. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.4 x 11.2 cm

Date: 1951-1952

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0236-053

Description: Includes schedule (1913) and copy of rules of 1891 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2006-2007

From: La Plante, Steven, fl 2001-2015: Photographs of war memorials

Reference: PAColl-10421-04

Description: Photographic prints showing war memorials, chiefly for WWI and WWII, in various localities in the North Island. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s) (Resin coated silver gelatin prints).

Date: 2000-2007

From: Maclean, Elizabeth Susan, 1932-2011 : Research papers relating to Frederick de Jersey Clere

Reference: MS-Papers-11828-23

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1912-1925]

By: Peter Pan Studio; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-1177

Description: Photograph album of photographs and postcards relating to an unidentified New Zealand family. Compiled by unidentified person, possibly Gladys. Some images are annotated with names, dates and scene descriptions. Taken by photographers Wrigglesworth and Binns, Peter Pan Studios (Wellington), and unidentified photographer(s) between circa 1912 and circa 1925. - Images chiefly show family and friends at home and on holiday, and participating in various recreational activities, cricket, tennis, boating, swimming, and visits to the zoo, deer park and seaside. Also includes wedding scenes and adults and children with household pets and horses. Includes women in 1900s and 1920s fashions, wearing fur coats, cloche hats and carrying parasols. - Identifiable images include: the Hydro Grand Hotel, Timaru; the gravestone of Elizabeth, wife of Robert A Lilley (died 30 Nov 1925); and New Plymouth city and Pukekura Park. Also includes the post office, water tower, the band rotunda and tea kiosk in King Edward Park in Hawera, and St Pauls Church in Normanby. Also includes the old Government Buildings and Pipitea Wharf sheds in Wellington; the HMS 'Chatham'; Auckland city and harbour; and three ladies in a airship theme peep board at the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition in Dunedin 1925-1926. - Images of identifiable people include: Ken Impett (?), Frank Fahey, G Nairn, T Brankin in army uniform (circa World War One). Also shows Leonie Kirkman (dated May 6 1925) and British comedian Wee Georgie Wood at the Christchurch trots on 13 August 1925. - Includes a small set of pictures taken in a Pacific or Melanesian location showing local children and adults, and an European woman. Includes a photographic calendar containing a scene of a man carrying a child, inscribed on reverse with New Year greetings from 'May' and identifying the image as 'Isaac and Joeli' . - Also includes three sets of tourist photographic postcards featuring beaches, landmark buildings and street scenes in Wellington and in Christchurch circa 1912 to 1925, plus scenes at the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition Dunedin 1925 to 1926. - Album contains loose prints. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey cardboard cover, titled 'Scrap Book' with coloured illustration of a girl and boy on a see-saw, 28.5 x 23cm Provenance: The donor works as a prop buyer for films and had purchased the album from Ethel Anne Antiques in Hawera ca 2010. The album was used for reference purposes, e.g. set dressing ideas, during the making of the film 'Predicament'.

Date: 1879

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: A-472-021

Description: Ink and pencil drawing published with the caption 'The Normanby redoubt (Taranaki), 1879' and source credit 'From a sketch by Mr. James Robson', on page 482 of James Cowan, 'The New Zealand Wars' (1956 edition). Depicts a redoubt built by settlers at Normanby (Matariki), near Ketemarae, Taranaki. Annotated "A frontier post", "For 'Enzed Junior' to go in Cowan's story 'Frontiersmen'", and "The Settlers' Redoubt at Ketemarae, Taranaki, 1879." This image was published in Cowan's 'The New Zealand Wars, Vol II'. This redoubt was built by the settlers at Normanby (Matariki), near Ketemarae, in Taranaki, during the critical times on the Waimate Plains. It was afterwards garrisoned by an Armed Constabulary detachment, and a watch-tower was built as shown below. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, 105 x 168 mm, mounted on cardboard, 140 x 200 mm. Transfers: From MS-Papers-11946-207..

Date: 1899

By: Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0975

Description: Details of new chancel Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 515 x 685 mm

Date: 1924

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2-135

Description: Photograph of a building at Waihi Redoubt, Normanby with carved poles standing at each corner and enclosed behind a wooden fence. Taken 1924 by Robert E Wells. Other - same photo as PAColl-0001-2-2-136 Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Photos of historical interest 1924; Verso - centre - Print 2. Specimen of Maori carving to be seen at Waihi Redoubt, Normanby, South Taranaki. The trenches just below, surround this on 4 sides, in the shape of a square. Quite a number of "Maori holes" are to be found on the far side of the building.; Verso - bottom centre - Robt E Wells, Box 114, Hawera Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.2 x 15.6 cm

Date: [Between 1878 and 1880]

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Sharp & Sons (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6014-1-14

Description: The Armed Constabulary redoubt at Waihi, Taranaki, taken, probably in the 1870s, by Sharp & Sons of Wanganui. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Sharp & Sons; Mount recto - bottom right - Photos Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 127 x 206 mm on mount 252 x 315 mm

Date: [Between 1878 and 1880]

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Sharp & Sons (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6014-1-08

Description: Armed Constabulary officers at Waihi Redoubt, taken, probably in the 1870s, by Sharp & Sons of Wanganui. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Sharp & Sons; Mount recto - bottom right - Photos; Mount recto - bottom centre - A.C. Officers, Waihi Redoubt. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 132 x 207 mm on mount 252 x 315 mm

Date: 1868

From: Garvitch, Jeremy Veniamin, 1890-1990 :Photographs and negatives

By: Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936

Reference: PA7-14-02

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1920

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9075

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to the Waikato and Taranaki campaigns of the New Zealand Wars. Some are notes from interviews with Major D H Lusk and J G Beamish. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1924

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2-136

Description: Photograph of a building at Waihi Redoubt, Normanby with carved poles standing at each corner and enclosed behind a wooden fence. Taken 1924 by Robert E Wells. Other - same photos as PAColl-0001-2-2-135 Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Photos of historical interest 1924; Verso - centre - Print 2. Specimen of Maori Carving. This is to be seen on the summit of an old Maori fort, close to the famous British Waihi Redoubt. The trenches just below, surround it on 4 sides in the shape of a square. Quite a number of "Maori holes" are to be found on the far side of the building. The Waihi cemetery is laid out on the "southern" slope of this fortified hill. The carved poles were presented to the Normanby Town Board, after their removal from the Christchurch Exhibition. These same poles have figured very largely in the history of the township, as the innocent cause of many a storm.; Verso - bottom centre - Robt E Wells, Hadfield Hostel, Kelburn, Wgton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.2 x 15.6 cm

Date: 1988

From: Clark, Fiona :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1302-04

Description: Margaret Busby, Post Mistress Jane Lawrence, and Mary Martin in Normanby Post Office. Photographed by Fiona Clark on the 25th of January, 1988. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome colour print

Date: Sep 2007 - Nov 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000272

Description: Photographs of Stratford, Eltham, Hawera, Patea, Inglewood, Douglas, Norfolk, and Whangamomona buildings, 2007-2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "Buildings Dec 2007 to Jan 2008" and "Buildings September to November 2007" Quantity: 129 digital photograph(s).