Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Date: ca 1900s, ca 1919-1924, ca 1930s

By: Chaplin, Reginald Wilfred, 1904-1978; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: PAColl-7970

Description: Reginald Chaplin's collection of photographs, taken by Chaplin or an unidentified photographer, depicting New Zealand places and people. Comprises a photograph album of New Zealand scenes and family holidays, and glass plate negatives of Christchurch City and Lyttelton scenes including ships in harbour. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-110000 to 110016-G, album at PA1-o-1228 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 16 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Individual descriptive records for the negative glass plates were added to the collection hierachy and the quantity corrected from 17 to 16 plates in February 2024.

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Craig, Elsdon, 1917-1980 : Maps

By: Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.15bje/[186-?]/Acc.43430

Description: Cadastral map, with some topographical features, showing Taparahi No. 1, No. 2 and a portion of No. 3 land blocks in the Thames and Tairua regions of the Coromandel Peninsular. Taparahi No. 2 and 3 are further divided into Taparahi No. 2A consisting of 984 acres, Taparahi No. 3A, 574 acres, Taparahi No. 3B, 40 acres and Taparahi No. 3C being 1715 acres, 3 roods and 13 perches. The area of Taparahi No. 1 is shown as 3098 acres, Taparahi No. 2 as 3280 acres and Taparahi No. 3 as 2330 acres. Land blocks surrounding the three Taparahi blocks are named as Hihi and Piraunui, Puke[tui], Pakirarahi No. 2, Ruapekapeka, Owhataroa No. 1 and Ipuwhakatara. Topographical features indicating bushland, rivers or streams are shown in black ink. Red ink lines, suggesting boundary limits between the blocks are also shown. The following Maori words are also written in various places on the map; Te Ruakaka, Tawhitiwhiti, Koronga, Te Pukahu, Puwhakakiki and Kaira. Referenced to NZMS 13 AK 10 Thames Survey District and AK 11 Tairua Survey District, Wellington: New Zealand Lands and Survey. 1934. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, scale 1:15 840, 45 cm x 48.5 cm.

Date: 19 April 1983

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1983/1389-F

Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "The proposed auction tomorrow of a valuable 16th-17th century Cambodian buddha is concerning members of the Cambodian Buddhists' Association who wish to obtain the sacred figurine for their own religious services...The president of the Cambodian Buddhists' Association, Mr Bunthan Chan, said the 70cm-high figurine had a great religious and cultural significance for the displaced Cambodian community...". Photograph taken on 19 April 1983 by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 1987-1991

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-162

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Selected names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1890-ca 1899]

By: Herrmann, Louisa Marian, 1864-1955; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: PAColl-8336

Description: Photographs demonstrating the strength and resiliance of "Victor" bicycles. One shows a group of nine men, four of whom have loaded themselves onto a bicycle. The other shows a bicycle being ridden down the front steps of the old Chief Post Office, Wellington. Photographed by Louisa Herrmann some time in the 1890s Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 9.5 x 14 cm, on mounts 10.6 x 16.7 cm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2005

Date: [ca 23 Jan 1993]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1993/0371

Description: Dunbar Sloane auctioneer Andrew Grigg pushing a 1958 Studebaker Champion car into a car park alongside the auction rooms in Maginnity Street, Wellington. The car was to be auctioned a few days later. Photographs taken circa 23 January 1993 by Evening Post photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 1970-1979

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to antiques, the antique trade and antique fairs in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-ANTIQUES-1970s

Description: Includes: 1970s: J Travis & Co. Ltd Antiques. Catalogue of fine paintings and antiques to be offered for sale by auction at the Hotel St George Wellington in the Palm Lounge, 3 March [1970s] 1971: Christmas antique sale. 10 December 1971. [Catalogue] 1972: Catalogue of antique sterling silver and fine old Sheffield plate, to be sold at the James Cook Hotel, The Terrace, Wellington, 15 September 1972 English antique furniture to be sold at the James Cook Hotel, The Terrace, Wellington, 15 September 1972 [Catalogue] 1973: New Zealand Antique Arms Association (Inc). [Yearbook 1973-74, with inserted membership card for 1974-75] 1974: Out of the attic; exhibition of antique dolls & toys. Taj Mahal Gallery (opposite Downstage Theatre Courtenay Place) 17 July - 31 August 1974. Flier 1975: University of Canterbury Department of Extension Studies. Antique furniture. Evening lectures, September-October 1975. Pamphlet / application form 1978: J Travis & Co. Ltd Antiques. Catalogue of antique dolls, dolls houses & furniture, early children's books & games and a collection of antique typewriters to be offered for sale by auction at "The Town House" Oriental Parade Wellington, 28 October [1978] 1979: Dunbar Sloane Ltd. Antique chattels, the grand old colonial home, 192 The Terrace Wellington, 31 March [1979] Catalogue (with loose folded sheet of photographs) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1982

From: Ephemera and auction catalogues, up to quarto size, for auctions held in New Zealand]

By: Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-AUCTION-1982-01

Description: Lists the items for sale, including structural fittings and complete contents of ground, first and second floors. Includes doors, windows, fire places, art works, china, plumbing fixtures, appliances. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Catalogue of 8 pages, 296 x 212 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr A Richard Stone in 2002.

Date: 1924

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: PA6-670

Description: Panorama of Picton looking south-west. The view includes the harbour, the town, and the surrounding mountains. Photographed by Robert Percy Moore in 1924. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Panorama of Picton N.Z. 1924. No 1. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 93 x 7 cm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2005

Date: [ca. 1200]

By: Dunbar Sloane Ltd; Hispanic Society of America

Reference: MSR-55

Description: Monograph is comprised of seventy-nine sermons pertaining to the Annunciation, Advent, Christmas, and then proceed through late December and early January with St Stephen, St John, the Holy Innocents, the Circumcision, Epiphany, Sundays after Christmas, Purification, and then to the movable feasts dependent on Easter: Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Quinquagesima, and Lent. Among this latter group are moral expositions, exhortations to penitence, and sermons concerning Old Testament figures such as Noah, Abraham, Isaiah, Esau, Isaac, and Susannah. The text then jumps to the Sundays after Trinity Sunday (f.40), and then to the feasts of SS. Peter and Paul, the Assumption, and St John; and for Angels, All Saints, Confessors, and Virgins; the volume ends with three sermons for the dedication of a church. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s) 6 paper leaves, 67 vellum leaves. Physical Description: Bound manuscript, title 'XXXVI JNC-SE PER AN MS' in glit on spine with blue, brown and red ink on vellum, 255 x 175mm. Provenance: Previously sold by Christies, London, to a private New Zealand based collector in November 2008. Christies catalogue provenance states, ‘Perhaps from the Dominican convent of San Domenico, Gaeta [Italy]’. It was also once owned by the Hispanic Society of America from which it was deaccessioned.

Date: 1999-2006

From: Peter, Juliet : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9642-12

Description: Papers (including correspondence and financial papers) relating to individual works by Juliet Peter, to exhibitions (in selectively indexed galleries), and to sales Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, holographs, printed material

Date: 1966-1993

From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5292-055

Description: Includes drafts of outward letters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1861 - 1890

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: E-418

Description: Show New Zealand and Australian scenes. Photographs undated, originals dated 1861-1868 Numbers 1, 2, 4 and 8 are reproduced as engravings in The Australasian Sketcher, 2 Sept 1876 p88, Jan 1877 p173 & p196, April 1878 p12 Inscriptions: Verso - [All titled and signed by Chevalier]; Recto - [on four works] Mrs Worsly from N Chevalier Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing. 11 photograph(s). Physical Description: 11 sepia photographs, each mounted on card, in folder (watered cloth covers, imitation leather binding) each card ca 178 x 228 mm

Date: 1905-1940

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-11946-004

Description: Papers relating to Henry Stowell, including correspondence, research notes, draft articles, whakapapa, waiata, photographs, and clippings. Also the cardboard folio that these papers were kept in. - A letter from H E Partridge to Henry Stowell, dated 8 June 1905, relating to an enquiry about moko. Partridge includes a copy of a letter that he had received from S Stuart, and a pencil sketch that had accompanied Stuart's letter. The drawing is of a Māori man's head, with moko on his face. The sketch is allegedly 'Te Kuku' who Stuart says was killed by Captain Cook's men during his first encounter with Maori at Poverty Bay, in 1769. - A letter, dated 13 December 1938, from Dunbar Sloane relating to a stone patu that Henry Stowell had sent to them for sale, which was (according to Stowell) of Moriori origin. - A letter from the Public Trust Office in New Plymouth to Olive Townsend, relating to the estate of her mother, Mary Rachel Stowell (Henry Stowell's wife). - Two photographic prints of waterfalls in the Bay of Islands, and a newspaper cutting featuring one of the waterfalls (clipping is dated 2 July 1932). - A typescript of an article about the Maori language, including structure and numeration. - Whakapapa relating to Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Ruanui and Nga Rauru. - A pamphlet for Tales of the Maori Coast by James Cowan. - A photograph of Henry Stowell circa late 1930s to early 1940s. - Waiata, including a lament 'of a forsaken bride' He tangi na te wahine ki te tane (in Māori with an English translation handwritten next to the Māori text). Also some waiata, correspondence and articles relating to Sir James Carroll 'Timi Kara'. Language - Some whakapapa, correspondence and waiata in the Māori language. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, printed matter, typescripts, photographs Transfers: Publications that were housed in the same folio are now held in MS-Papers-11946-025..

Date: 1969-1997

From: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6634-141

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes correspondence relating to Margot Philips and non-sale of Gant's painting by her at auction and correspondence with the State Library of New South Wales re greeting cards by Dorothea MacKellar Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1908 - 1910

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: C-047-051

Description: Caricature portrait showing Sir Thomas Mason Wilford in mayoral robes. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - With the compliments of / LOW Sir Thomas Wilford was mayor of Wellington 1909-1911. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on white card, 485 x 401 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 20 April 1989, lot 356.

Date: [ca 1986-1991]

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4650-09

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; identified persons entered under Name below. Also includes letter to Paul relating to baldachin in S Michael's; letters from Dick, Epsom; and Bob and Noel, Remuera. Some of the correspondence includes poems. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1475-1500

By: Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: MSR-25

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: For more information, see detailed record on the National Library Catalogue. Provenance: 19th-century armorial bookplate of Charles Robert des Ruffieres; sold from the estate of Ruffieres at Sotheby's, 4 March 1899, lot 1755, to Dobell. 20th-century pictorial bookplate of E.C. Simpson; remained in family following Simpson's death; sold at Dunbar Sloane Wellington

Date: 1998

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7811-163

Description: Letters from a wide variety of correspondents. Not all indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1915 - 1935

By: McCracken, Francis, 1879-1959; Dunbar Sloane Ltd

Reference: G-483

Description: Recto shows the artist, wearing white shirt and black trousers, holding palette, seated at table with vase of flowers. Verso shows two plates holding pears, four more pears near the plates and one bunch of bananas. Quantity: 2 oil(s) on same board, one on recto, one on verso. Physical Description: 2 oil on board 520 x 668 mm (sight) and 496 x 645 mm (sight)