Libraries - New Zealand

Date: 1848-1986

By: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MS-Group-1901

Description: Comprises three boxes relating to NZ Historic Places Trust; library survey (1959) with correspondence; papers re NZLA; papers re National Library; files re Bagnall's position as librarian, National Library Centre (box 5) and including correspondence, visit to Australia, National Bibliography file, manuscript in Taranaki Museum, Judy Hornabrook; Carnegie Corporation, library group papers; and a box of papers re the NZLA (box 6). Includes manuscripts of, and research material on, William Colenso; correspondence and notes on his history of the Wairarapa and files on the National Library. Further personal papers including correspondence, reports, research notes, literary drafts and printed material related to his local historical work, professional life as a librarian, bibliographer and author. Includes extensive newspaper cuttings collated for Bagnall's research into local histories of the Eastern Bays of Wellington and the Wairarapa. Source of title - Supplied by Library Librarian, bibliographer, author and local historian. Bagnall was Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library from 1966 to 1973. One of his most significant achievements was his 35 year involvement compiling and editing the New Zealand national bibliography. Quantity: 25 box(es). 4 folder(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, ephemera, photographs and printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Book Collections - 5 boxes of book catalogues and published material - To Ephemera Collection - 2 boxes of booklets and printed material - To Photographic Archive - 38 Black & white photographs, 10 colour photographs, and negatives (PA-Group-00656).

Date: 2017-2019

By: Gisborne District (N.Z.). District Council; Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa; Lower Hutt City Libraries

Reference: Eph-A-LIBRARY-2017/2019

Description: Includes: Booklet from Hutt City Libraries entitled "What's On at Hutt City Libraries" from November 2018; Save the date card from LIANZA for "World Library and Information Congress 86th IFLA General Conference and Assembly" held from 28 July to 5 August in Auckland; Booklet from HB Williams Memorial Library entited "Our Library Building". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 4pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1930 - 1927 - 1950 - 1939 - 1938 - 1963

From: [Ephemera, New Zealand and overseas, collected by Arthur Nelson Field. ca 1920-1960]

Reference: Eph-A-FIELD

Description: Includes: New Zealand: Wellington Public Library. Accessions January, February and March 1910. New Zealand Parcel Post. Ticket. Printed 1915, rubber-stamped Takaka, 18 September 1916. Robbialac, for cycles, motor cycles and motor cars. [Distributed by] Teagle Smith & Sons Ltd, Wakefield Street, Wellington [Sample paint card. 1927?] [Invitation card]. You are invited to view recent paintings by Cedric Savage at Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, from November 9th to November 22nd [1940-1950s?] Nelson Institute Library. Book mark [Printed by Stiles 90300 [1940-1950s?] Soviet armed might; warning by U.K. Defence minister. West still a long way form parity. [Newsclipping, Nelson evening mail, 28 July 1951] U.S. aid, military and economic. Programme for 1952; General Marshall's report [Newsclipping, Nelson evening mail, 28 July 1951, page 5] Compliment slip of H J Kelliher [1950s?] England: Consumer Money League & Local Notes Association. National Municipal note issue by order of the Burgesses & Council of Birkenhead. 1.6.1934 [Proposed consumer money bank note] (2 copies) Consumer Money League & Local Notes Association. National Municipal note issue by order of the Burgesses & Council of Manchester. 1.6.1934 [Proposed consumer money bank note] (2 copies) Consumer Money League & Local Notes Association. National Municipal note issue by order of the Burgesses & Council of Birkenhead. 1.6.1934 [Proposed consumer money bank note] (2 copies) Australia: Issued by L.G. De Garis, The Credit Crusade "Sarnia", 266 Latrobe Terrace (PO Box 59) Gellong, Victoria, Australia. Associated with anniversary remembrances, 'Sarnia' date-line. Year 60, day 360 [ca 1960?] Brussels: Aux Editions du Racisme Paneuropeen, Andre Savignon (Prix Goncourt). Dans ma prison de Londres, 1939-1946. Et si les Francais, aussi, avaient su cela! ... [Promotional flyer for Savignon's book, 1963] (8 copies) United States?: Five years of progress, by Franklin D Roosevelt [Pamphlet about the rise in unemployment, 1933-1938] Country of origin unknown: A country without territory [re the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] Quantity: 13 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (plus duplicates where noted). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to octavo size

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: A H & A W Reed (Firm); Blennerhassett, Jean Elizabeth, 1919-2008

Reference: Eph-A-LIBRARY-1960s-01

Description: Postcard shows a photograph of the Country Library Service's book van parked outside a wooden building with a short glass turret. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 102 x 153 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2148..

Date: [ca 1965-1970s]

By: McEldowney, Walter John, 1921-2015

Reference: MS-Papers-11835

Description: Report by W J Eldowney entitled 'The National Library and the University Libraries' Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (with MSS annotations) Provenance: Previously held by National Archives, Wellington, N.Z. Processing information: From Book Collections - Previously catalogued as PAM 027.5 MCE

Date: [21 August 2015]

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: [Original cartoons by Chris Slane featured in a retrospective exhibition at Alta Gallery, Wellington, 8-22 October 2016.]

Reference: A-474-036

Description: A school boy knocks on the door of a rural dunny, thinking it is the local library. A thumb sticking out the door indicates a building close by, looking almost identical, with a 'Library' sign above the door. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - SLANE.co.nz [in graphite] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and graphite on card, 227 x 303 mm

Date: 1972-1994, 2005, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: Series-6136-7

Description: Transparencies of exteriors and details of public buildings taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton. Mounts are annotated with the building name or type and location. Dates are sometimes annotated; photographer name is annotated infrequently. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in three five-row, 30 slides per row, metal cases labelled "Public Buildings 1 North Is", "Public Buildings 2", and "Public Buildings 3". The arrangement was generally geographical from north to south in the first two cases and from south to north in the third, and from top to bottom of each row and from left to right in each case. Quantity: 345 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from original container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom. Sheets containing fewer slides than the total number of pockets denote the end of the contents of an original container.

From: Kiddey, Christine (Collector): [Collection of bookmarks. 1930, 1970-2016]

Reference: Eph-F-BOOKMARKS-Kiddey-2

Description: Box 2 includes bookmarks arranged in subject categories L-Z: 15: Libraries - Wellington 16: Libraries - Lower Hutt 17: Libraries - Upper Hutt 18: Libraries - North Island 19: Libraries - Christchurch 20: Libraries - South Island 21: Library supplies & services 22: Miscellaneous 23: Museums / Galleries / Exhibitions 24: Te Papa 25: Places 26: Political 27: Publishers 28: Reading / Book awards 29: Religions / Spiritual / Philosophy 30: Theatre / Dance / Concerts 31: 2018 supplement to the collection 32: Outsized cards (kept in compartment at the right) Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1940-2020

By: Lower Hutt City Libraries; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library; Wellington (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: Eph-A-LIBRARY-Wellington-1940/2020

Description: Comprises ephemera of octavo size relating to libraries in Wellington, New Zealand from 1940 to 2020. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 31 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 2014-2019

From: Alexander Turnbull Library: [Ephemera of octavo size]

By: Alexander Turnbull Library; Friends of the Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-TURNBULL-2014/2019

Description: Comprises ehemera of octavo size related to the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2014 to 2019. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 37 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1938, 1955-1956, 1970-2012

By: New Zealand. Country Library Service. Hamilton

Reference: MS-Group-2148

Description: Collection comprises correspondence and published material relating to the Country Library Service. Also newsletters from the National Library Service and vehicle plans for the Country Library Service bus. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs, printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Photographs of the Country Library Service bus and Library users. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Plans for the Country Library Service bus. (DP-2013-020;F-094-1/3) - To Ephemera Collection - Postcards of the Country Library Service bus..

Date: 1968-2000

From: Ronnie, Mary Allan, 1926-2023 : Papers

Reference: Series-0661

Description: Papers relating to the National Library Act including article and correspondence Quantity: 5 folder(s).

Date: 1940, 1965, 1972-1992

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Research inquiries and reports

Reference: 2004-035-1/8

Description: Material comprises correspondence, reports and booklets including "The case for free library service" (1940) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1998-2002, 2007

By: Traue, James Edward, 1932-2023

Reference: MS-Papers-9035

Description: Comprises correspondence and aother papers associated with the Royal Society of New Zealand's Marsden Fund and its financing of the history of print culture in New Zealand project, together with notes compiled on index cards of reading and library research, and of grantas to individual public libraries Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 3 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr J Traue, Wellington, 2008

Date: [1956]-1986

By: Alley, Geoffrey Thomas, 1903-1986

Reference: MS-Papers-8130

Description: Library-associated papers from Alley's estate; includes correspondence with the University of Western Ontario; letters and obituaries relating to Keyes Metcalfe; letters relating to Alley's retirement; part of letter relating to closure of Silverstream Hospital; file relating to the New Zealand Library Association Legislation Committee; general file relating to libraries; and series of radio talks Alley gave on notable New Zealand librarians Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts, duplicated and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs at PAColl-8106.

Date: 2006

From: National Library of New Zealand :[Ephemera of octavo size]

By: National Library of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-NATIONAL-LIBRARY-2006-01

Description: Cards promoting the Matapihi website, each card showing an example of an image from institutions contributing to the site: 01. Otago Museum ("Maori art" tea cup and saucer) 02. NZETC (New Zealand Electronic Text Centre)(Letter from J C Beaglehole to his mother, 1926) 03. Auckland City Libraries (Ferdinand von Hochstetter, enlargement of "From the isthmus of Auckland with its extinct volcanoes" 1859) 04. Christchurch City Libraries (Cashel Street looking east, 1920s) 05. Alexander Turnbull Library (John Reginald Wall. Men competing in an egg and spoon race ca 1927) 06. New Zealand Film Archive / Nga Kaitiaki o Nga Taonga Whitiahua (Frame enlargement from "The bush Cinderella" 1928) 07. Otago Museum (Tuatara skin) 08. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (Don Binney "Sun shall not burn Thee by day nor moon by night") Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on postcards 101 x 152 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2006.

Date: 1996

From: Simpson, Mīria, 1922-2002: Collection

Reference: 2002-379-024

Description: Note in Simpson's hand, `Distribution booklet, micro-fiche, micro-films, 1996' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Oct 1976-Jan 1977

By: Rochester, Maxine K, active 1987

Reference: OHColl-0671

Description: Interviews conducted by Maxine Rochester for her thesis about the American influence on New Zealand librarianship, as facilitated by the Carnegie Corporation of New York grants, in the 1930s and 1940s. Interviewees are Archie Dunningham, Sir Alistair McIntosh, G T Alley, C W Collins and Mr Harris. Interviewer(s) - Maxine Rochester Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-019864 - OHC-019870 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 3 C120 cassette(s). 5 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Maxine Rochester Search dates: 1930 - 1949

Date: 2000-2003

By: Donald, Mary, active 1992-2020; Bondy, Jeff, active 1980-2022; Bone, Viv, -2008; Day, Kelvin, active 1980-2022; Goldsmith, Paul, active 1970-2022; Kawana-Brown, Eve Margaret, active 1980-2022; Lambert, Ron, active 1972-2002; Johnstone, Anne, active 2000-2003; Porter, Suzanne, active 1980-2022

Reference: OHColl-1273

Description: Diary style oral history interviews with eight people involved in the development of Puke Ariki, carried out by Mary Donald and Anne Johnstone between 2000 to 2003. Some contributed regular diary interviews over the period of the project and others contributed one or two interviews. Interviewees are: Kelvin Day, Suzanne Porter, Ron Lambert, Viv Bone, Jeff Bondy, Paul Goldsmith, Simon Pickford, and Eve Kawana-Brown. There is also a copy of a Radio New Zealand interview with Suzanne Porter. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Digital abstract files were numbered 1 to 40 by the interviewer to match the chronological order of each recording in the project. Each file is also identified by the last name of the interviewee. The library archivist has grouped the digital abstract files for each interviewee, and arranged each abstract file in date order. Puke Ariki is a combined museum and library in New Plymouth which opened in June 2003. It is an amalgamation of the New Plymouth Public Library (founded in 1848) and the Taranaki Museum (founded in 1919). Post 1989 both institutions came under the governance of the New Plymouth District Council which lead the development and continues to govern Puke Ariki. Thirty-nine interviews were carried out between 2000 to 2003 by Mary Donald and Anne Johnstone. Quantity: 42 C60 cassette(s). 35 Electronic document(s) digital abstracts and project overivew. Finding Aids: Full list in Oral History backfile.. Search dates: 2000 - 2003