Wellington Region (N.Z.) - History

Date: 1885 - 1990 - 1889

By: Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council

Reference: Eph-E-LOCAL-Wellington-1990-01

Description: Poster shows on the front a photograph of Wellington 1885-1887 from Tinakori Hill and two inset photographs of views from the location of the Carter Observatory in 1889 and 1990. The verso shows text and historic photographs of Wellington, the Hutt Valley, Woburn, Waiwhetu, Upper Hutt, Paremata, Days Bay, Titahi Bay, the Rimutakas, Waikanae and Otaki. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on both sides of poster, 840 x 590 mm.

Date: [ca 1910], 11 May 1973

By: Hancock, David, active 2015

Reference: PA-Group-01009

Description: Collection comprises two sets of negatives: One set of 17 images relates to Nicholas Reid and his family. Taken at Maoribank, Upper Hutt, circa 1910 by unidentified photographer(s). Images chiefly show the Reid family home, land Nicholas Reid and family members in the garden. Also includes outdoors scenes showing: the Hutt River, two men and a dog rowing on the Hutt River, men stacking hay on a cart, family members sitting in a horse and trap, a ramschackle hut [whare?] at Maoribank [possibly the Haukaretu Maori settlement], and a line of World War One cavalry cantering along a country road. One set of 36 images shows New Zealand writer Barry Crump and his family at their residence at Waihi. Taken by David Hancock on 11 May 1973. Includes images of a house exterior, Crump chopping wood, and a group in a living room that comprises Crump, a woman [possibly his third wife Vanda Hill], two children, and an unidentified man. The film negatives taken circa 1910 are unusual because film was not widely used in New Zealand at that time. List of names for Reid family members written by donor stored in Photographic Archive back file. Bibliography - the images related to the Reid family have been published online on the 'Classorama' website at Title supplied by Library. Source of descriptive information - the donor. His enclosure for the 35mm negatives was labelled '474 Crump at Waihi 11/5/73'. See Upper Hutt City Library reference 178 'CD of photos of Reid family at Maoribank, early 1900s'. Arrangement: Negatives are held at 35mm-101293 to 35mm-101298 (Crump), and at 1/2-237286 to 1/2-237303 (Reid). David Hanock is the great grandson of businessman Nicholas Reid who had a house at Maoribank, Upper Hutt which he used for weekends in the early 1900s. David Hanock is a photographer, and took photographs of Barry Crump and his family in 1973. David's mother was the grand-daughter of Nicholas Reid. She, later, with her husband, purchased the Reid's house in the early 1950s, and the donor lived there as a child. Exact connection with Crump is unknown. Quantity: 17 b&w original negative(s) (Film of 1/2 plate size). 6 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strips, with 36 images. Physical Description: Half-plate film photonegatives and 35mm film negative strips

Date: 1939

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: A H & A W Reed (Firm)

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-039

Description: Published for the Wellington Provincial Centennial Council by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1939. Includes clippings and a typescript about the Māori history of Hongoeka, Taupo Pā, Plimmerton. Other Titles - The city of the strait: Wellington and its province: a centennial history Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volumes, clippings and typescripts

Date: 13 June 1989 - 1990

By: Priestley, Dinah, 1938-

Reference: OHColl-1157

Description: Interview with Lesley Robinson, son of Gordon Coates' head gardener at Premier's House, by Dinah Priestley, conducted in June 1989. Discusses Robinson family coming to live at Premier's House in 1928. Audio recording of 'The Premier's House: An atmospheric sound tape', recorded in 1990. Conveys, through snatches of conversation, song and music, some of the sounds heard at the house and its garden between 1840 and 1990. Includes short interviews with Mrs Alexander MacIntosh and Lesley Robinson. Written, directed and produced by Dinah Priestley for the Department of Inernal Affairs Accompanying material - Booklet by Dinah Priestley, 'The Premier's House', published 1989 Interviewer(s) - Dinah Priestley Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-11492 - OHC-11493 Quantity: 2 C62 cassette(s) copies of original recordings.. 1 interview(s). 1 event(s). 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Dinah Priestley Search dates: 1989 - 1990 Processing information: Interview not yet described

Date: 1977

From: [Ephemera of octavo size promoting the publication of books and new book titles]

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works and Development

Reference: Eph-A-BOOK-1977-A-01

Description: Pamphlet advertising a forthcoming history of Bolton street cemetery, by historian Margaret Alington, shows a photograph of the chapel erected in 1866 for funeral services. There is an order form for the book on the inside right page. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, folded to 240 x 156 mm.

Date: 06 Nov 2000

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Taylor, Jean, 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0593/46

Description: Jean Taylor was born in Upper Hutt in 1938. Describes the Upper Hutt church, now the Wesley Centre. Mentions that it was transported in two parts from Whiteman's Valley to its current site. Refers to the road over Mangaroa Hill used for logging purposes, the route of the railway line, McLaren Street houses which were part of the timber milling project, the development of sections in that area. Mentions delivering Crosslink magazine and the monthly church paper. Explains what the transition to a co-operating parish was like, names the Presbyterian worship centres of St. Andrew's, Iona, Brown Owl. Recalls her Methodist Church social life, mentioning Sunday School, crafts, youth group, all run by Mr. Heyhoe, also Bible Classes and camps. Recalls Sunday School at the Druid's hall with its' beer smell. Names Otaki City Mission camp, children's health camps, Salvation Army Camp in Akatarawa, Solway at Masterton. Explains her father's refusal to allow her to work at Methodist's Children's Home in Masterton. Relates working at the Reserve Bank until after her marriage and rest homes once her children had grown up. Mentions the influence of Phyllis Keen, nee Hounsell in setting up the Girls' Brigade with Ann Thomas, nee Wright. Recalls the Girls' Brigade guard of honour at her wedding, being chaplain for a year during Kay Malpass' leadership. Talks of her enjoyment of home group, the development of her faith and confidence. Explains about her mother's loss of a baby. Relates about a Wesley Centre builder, Jack Lloyd, his faith experience when a sailor, reaction to his Bible reading. Describes her faith experiences, Christian Fellowship and Women's Aglow meetings, Order of St. Luke, Robert Frost, speaking in tongues. Discusses resurrection and cremation, 'seeing' her minister, Stan Olds, in the last moments of his life, enter another dimension. Explains about the establishment of Care and Craft nationwide and her work as a volunteer, mentions a stroke patient. Describes the indoor game of Rummi Cub or Kub. Relates difficulties with the Privacy Act, mentions District Nurses. Talks of homosexuality in the church. Relates community attitudes to the church and church people, and her family's church membership. Talks of attitudes to ministers, mentions Norman Knipe, Graeme McIver and Stan Olds.. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHA-9301, OHA-9302 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3009, OHDL-000964. Portrait photograph taken at time of interview. China birds on mantelpiece

Date: 28 Dec 2006

From: Otari Wilton's Bush oral history project

By: Clarke, Sandra Stelfoxe, 1942-2019

Reference: OHInt-0830-03

Description: Interview with Sandra Clarke, born Te Aroha, 1942. Outlines her childhood in Te Aroha and her move to Wellington to go to university. Describes her first home at the top of Tinakori Hill, and the development of her interest in gardening with native plants. Briefly mentions working for the National Library, and then returning to research after redundancy. Gives details of the early history of the Wellington region from the 1820s including Maori migrations, battles, gardens, and allocation of land plots. Discusses her interest in local history including writing a commissioned history of Aro Valley and running seminars on the histories of the Wilton, Chapman and Izard families with Helen Waugh. Mentions other historians including Elsdon Best and Antony Dreaver. Gives details of the history of the Otari-Wilton's Bush area from pre-European times, including land ownership issues, flax clearance, and the role of Colonel McCleverty. Mentions Morrie Love being an expert for the early 1900s. Discusses involvement with Otari-Wilton's Bush including her first visit in 1974, the 1995 Draft Otari Management Plan, and becoming a trustee on the Otari-Wilton's Bush Trust. Interviewer(s) - Jonathan Kennett Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015366, OHC-015367 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.38 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5564. Search dates: 1942 - 1820 - 2006

Date: 1911-1969, 1976-1981

By: Hoskins, Barbara, active 1941-2015

Reference: MS-Group-2222

Description: Collection comprises papers originating from Barbara Hoskins's maternal (Nimmo) and paternal (Anton) families, and from her own career and personal life. Mainly comprises papers and ephemera belonging to her father Sidney James Anton and mother Sybil Edith Anton (nee Nimmo); notably 1920s dance cards, World War One soldier's diary and wallet, All Black, Springbok and British Isles tour itinerary cards. Includes material relating to her aunt Kathleen Frances Viard Nimmo, her uncle William Henry (Bill) Nimmo, her grandmother Edith Agnes Nimmo (nee Fitzgerald). Also includes Barbara Hoskins's work books and diaries for Owhiro Bay School and Island Bay School in late 1970s to early 1980s, and ephemera items related to the religious and social etiquette for her birthdays, engagement and marriage events circa early 1950s. Accompanying material - See Manuscripts backfile for Field Librarian notes and preliminary listing. Also contains copy of genealogical newsletter for Philps descendants, and four print-outs made in 2015 of Google Map webpages which show the geographic locations and route taken by Sidney Anton during his service in World War One. Source of title - Supplied by Library See published work "Analysing a sardine box : Sid Anton's war diary, photos, notes, and ephemera / Colin Feslier for Barbara Hoskins" 2014. Barbara Hoskins lived in Island Bay, Wellington, taught at Island Bay School between 1970 and 1981, and was involved in the local St Francis de Sales church. She is a member of the Wellington Southern Bays Historical Society and has written articles on the social history of Island Bay and the 1918 influenza epidemic. Her maternal family the Nimmo family lived at Standen Street, Karori from 1907, and is related to the Philps family who emigrated in 1841. Her mother Sybil Edith worked as a telegraphist as did her aunt Kathleen Frances Viard Nimmo. Her father Sidney James Anton served in New Zealand Field Artillery on the Western Front during World War One. He travelled on the transport ship HMNZT No.4. "Tahiti" via Freetown, Sierra Leone where soldiers contracted the 1918 influenza virus. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 5 volume(s). 1.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed material, ephemera Provenance: Family papers and photographs were handed on to Mrs Hoskins after deaths of family members - her aunt Kathleen Frances Viard Nimmo, and her parents Sybil Edith and Sidney James Anton. Some material was originally stored and donated to the Library in a sardine box. Transfers: Material of the same provenance was accessioned by the Library Photographic Archive, and Drawing, Prints, & Paintings curatorial sections. See PA-Group-00867. - To Photographic Archive - Five photograph albums, one glass plate negative (broken) & large collection of original photographic prints - To Drawings & Prints Collection - drawing book belonging to Ursula Nimmo (see E-957-q)..

Date: 1973-1975

From: Karori Historical Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12090-2

Description: Handwritten article 'Karori before 1860' written by Margaret Patrick to deliver to the history group of the Wellington Federation of University Women (1975 version). Includes a hand-drawn map of the New Zealand Company 100 acre sections, created in 1973, based on an original map dated 4 January 1843. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs (on ruled paper), and one hand-drawn map (ink on paper)

Date: 1872-1980s

By: Karori Historical Society

Reference: MS-Group-1406

Description: A collection of manuscript material relating to the Karori Historical Society including correspondence, maps, diaries, transcripts, articles, and research papers. Includes some original historic documents and ephemera collected by members of the society, scrapbooks, and notebooks containing research notes, and loose papers. The historic documents include an 1872 land deed for Maungatapu near Morrinsville, and receipts dated 1890s-1901. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 11 folder(s). 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Two volumes, and eleven folders of typescripts, holographs, maps, and printed material Transfers: Photographs from the Karori Historical Society can be found at PA-Group-00157.. Processing information: At the time of processing the accession (2016-0323), a previous collection from the same provenance was brought into this collection. The previous collection was held at the library reference number (MS-Papers-8092), which includes the items now at (MS-Papers-8092-1), and (MS-Papers-8092-2). New series were created during processing this accrual in August 2016, to reflect the collection as a whole.

Date: 1951, 1974

From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-9212

Description: Comprises an essay on the history of the Wellington- Hutt Valley Urban Motorway from early settlement up until 1951. Also includes one item of personal correspondence to Mr and Mrs R G Curry from Joan, 1974. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscript and typescript

Date: [19--]

By: Baillie, Herbert, 1863-1941

Reference: MSX-8756-8757

Description: Notes were apparently to form basis for a history of Wellington. References mainly from `Wellington Independent'. Quantity: 2 volume(s) (42 leaves each). Physical Description: Typescripts (27 cm; blue cloth)

Date: August 2015

From: Barton, Paul, active 2015: Collection relating to a voyage by the ship 'Olympus' to New Zealand

Reference: MSDL-3671

Description: An illustrated electronic article by Paul Barton about the voyage of the ship 'Olympus' to New Zealand from December 1840 to January 1841 under charter with the New Zealand Company. In particular the article focuses on the emigration of Thomas and Mary Bluett, their children Thomas and Mary Ann, and other Bluett relatives on board the 'Olympus'. Includes the reproduced text of a ship notice, and New Zealand Company application form, certificates, and regulations. Also includes a list of passengers, and a table of the nutritional value of the on board diet. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

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).