Electric industries
Reefton Electrical Transmission of Power and Lighting Company : Records
Date: [1888-1895]
By: Reefton Electrical Transmission of Power and Lighting Company
Reference: MS-Papers-9937
Description: Mostly comprises orders for equipment and some instructions on work details Source of title - Supplied Pages torn from copy books Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (three pages encapsulated) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr G Max Smyth, Oamaru, Jul 1975
V P Haughton & Son, architects :Proposed alterations to premises, 33 The Terrace, for M...
Date: 1951 - 1952
By: V P Haughton & Son (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)
Reference: Plans-97-011-207/212
Description: Shows floor plans and elevations. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, sizes varying.
Smither, Michael Duncan, 1939- :[Transformer station and observatory] 1971.
Date: 1971
By: Smither, Michael Duncan, 1939-
Reference: C-074-020
Description: A transformer station and observatory, probably in Taranaki Limited edition of 23 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 458 x 558 mm
Creator unknown: Panorama of Jas J Niven & Co Ltd staff members, Christchurch
Date: ca 1938
By: Archer, John A, active 1999
Reference: PA6-880
Description: Panoramic photograph taken circa 1938 by an unidentified photographer showing a group portrait of staff members of Jas J Niven & Co Ltd, Christchurch. The portrait has been taken outdoors and includes 47 people in the foreground and the company buildings in the background. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - 'X Norman, Front row, 2nd from right. XX Tom Bassett, 2nd row, No. 11 from left. John Davis – front row No. 10 from left. Staff from J. Niven Ltd, Christchurch, 1938/39??' Company is officially called Jas J Niven & Co Ltd, however in the name authority term it is called J J Niven and was founded by James J Niven, hence the discrepancies in the name. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) Panorama. Physical Description: Gelatin silver photographic print, 14 x 40 cm. Processing information: This item was flattened as part of a panorama flattening project in 2022. It had previously been stored rolled.
Cable Price Downer : Further records
Date: 1907-1989
By: Cable Price Downer
Reference: 91-299
Description: Includes minute books for A & G Price, J Shaw Ltd, W G Lowe & Son Ltd, NEECo Ltd, Eldorado Investments, Tapper Transport, Kiwi Engineering Ltd, William Cable Ltd, Price-Norsteel Ltd; invoice books and other financial repords for A & G Price and Tapper Engineering, CPD miscellaneous records, NEECo order books, National Electrical and Engineering Co (NEECo) birth and development, NEECo register of director's shareholdings, annual reports for William Cable and CPD and other records. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See also 91-214 and 98-281 Quantity: 10 box(es). 11 volume(s). 3.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.
Cable Price Downer :Photographs of factories and products supplied by A & G Price Limited.
Date: [ca 1914-1970s]
By: Cable Price Downer
Reference: PAColl-2331
Description: Photographs of machines, and other products supplied by A & G Price Limitied, and Price Motherwell Limited. Also shown are the interiors and exteriors of the firm's factories. There are some staff photographs. One album dating from ca 1914 illustrates products supplied to New Zealand clients by The National Engineering Company Limited, Christchurch. This company was an agent for The General Electric Company, and the British Thomson-Houston Company. Quantity: 210 b&w original photographic print(s). 142 colour original photographic print(s). 4 album(s).
Cory-Wright & Salmon Ltd : Further records
Date: 1898-1988
By: Cory-Wright & Salmon Ltd
Reference: MS-Group-0334
Description: Records include minute books, 1933-1984, financial accounts, 1924-1987, articles of associations, 1933, pension fund minute books and related papers, 1954-1984. Also minute book of Samuel Brown, 1954-1967, Joseph Nathan & Co, 1973-1988 and files relating to the supply and installation of electrical equipment by Turnbull & Jones, 1978-1987 and records relating to Tatra Industries Ltd, 1956-1978 Also correspondence with British and European engineering and electrical companies, 1923-1925; miscellaneous papers relating to Silston and Isabel Cory-Wright and printed matter, including World War One military manuals and publicity material relating mainly to electrical engineering firms in Europe Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further Cory-Wright records Cory Wright & Salmon. Wellington engineering firm. Formed as a partnership in 1920 Quantity: 6 box(es). 8 volume(s). 17 folder(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donated by Cory-Wright and Salmon Ltd, 1992, 1994, Ken Cory-Wright, 1998 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 box of photos, negatives and postcards relating to Staff Nurse Isobel MacLennan and her future husband, Captain Silston Cory-Wright war experiences during World War One and their tour through Europe in the 1920s; further box of photographs transferred Apr 2001.
Hubbard, James, 1949- :Electrical authority. 3 February 2014
Date: 2014
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0027345
Description: Cartoon shows an electrical cord labelled, 'Electricty authority' depicted as a snake. The cord/snake says, "You are not being over charged for electricty!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark, 1958- :Power plays. 12 March 2014
Date: 2014
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0027585
Description: Cartoon shows two frames. The first shows the 'Balance of power' as dollar signs rising from an electricity bill. The second frame shows 'Staying power' being the power bill payable on 20 September, the recently announced date of the 2014 General Election. Refers to the political impact of rising electricity prices. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Ask at your local Department of Labour Office. ACCES...
Date: 1988
By: New Zealand. Department of Labour
Reference: Eph-D-EMPLOYMENT-1988-02
Description: Shows a photograph of hands using wires to make connections on electronic circuitry panels. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 420 x 595 mm.
Tyne and Wear Archives Department : Miscellaneous collections
Date: 1852-1929
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1831-1833
Description: Selected records relating to Australia and New Zealand. Includes papers of Stuart Rendel of the armaments firm Sir W G Armstrong & Co, re purchase of arms and gunboats for the Australian colonies 1878-1881; letters of Elizabeth Spence Watson re emigration of industrial girls to Queensland 1881-1884; records of the Newcastle Guardians of the Poor re emigration of paupers 1923-1929; papers of Charles H Merz and William McLellan re electrification of railways in Australia and New Zealand (including photograph albums) 1908-1926; correspondence between William L Harle and Sir William Hutt 1835-1849; records relating to the North British Australasian Company 1855-1860; papers of the Swan family re Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1882-1885; letters of John Miller, an emigant to Victoria, 1852-1853. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983 Photograph albums, mainly relating to Australian railways.