War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Date: 1843 - 1939

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/[ca.1843]/Acc.7915;7918;8370;8371;8372

Description: Cadastral map, with topographic features, of the Hutt River valley from an area north of the Stokes Valley bridge to the harbour. Includes the road which runs parallel to the river. High Street, Victoria Street, Railway Avenue, and Hutt Road are named. The settlements of Richmond, Aglionby and Britannia are named. Includes numbered sections with owners' names. Clifford, Molesworth, Taine, Park, Child, Alzdorf, Hanson, Stokes, Dr. Evans, Riddiford, Dr. Dorset, Swainson, Barton, Compton, Captain Daniell, Colonel Wakefield, Burcham, Bidwill. Several areas of native reserve are marked as are the sites of a pa, Hughes' House, Masons House, Boulcott's House, Molesworth Farm, Aglionby Arms, Queens Head Inn are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Hand-written along bottom of sheet 5: Photostat of plan in Survey office, Wellington. L. Hall, 1939 Quantity: 1 map(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale not given, 196.7 x 63 cm., sheets 64.1 x 45.2 cm. and smaller

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Wellington Chamber of Commerce :Photographs of members and conference groups

By: Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982

Reference: PAColl-D-0863

Description: Large group of men and women seated outside the Lower Hutt War Memorial Library with the Mayor in the centre front row. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 333 x 495 mm on card 440 x 570 mm

Date: 27/2/56

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-056417-F

Date: [ca 1930], 1946-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-175

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Kapiti coastline (including view looking north from Paekakariki); Lower Hutt - St James' Church; council buildings; Riddiford Baths; library; St Stephen's Presbyterian Church; aerial view of southern end of Lower Hutt (over Moera); elevated view of Naenae (showing Rata Street School in foreground). Rimutaka Hill Road; Kaitoke, 1948 (shows swing bridge); filtration plant site (Hutt River) re Kaitoke Waterworks construction; bridge at Pakutatahi; Akatarawa Valley road (with Morris Minor at roadside); house in Akatarawa Valley; Hutt Valley Pony Club members with their ponys on Akatarawa Road; Kapiti coast looking north from Paekakariki. Middle Run, Gladstone in Wairarapa - Daffodils in paddocks at Middle Run (owned by Mrs W H Booth), and view of homestead Elevated view of Miramar looking south-west; Lambton Quay with Kirkcaldie & Stains on left; Pigeon Park; Wellington Botanic Garden and tulip beds; view from Mount Victoria looking towards the Basin Reserve, Mount Cook and Brooklyn, with houses in Mount Victoria in foreground (taken ca 1930). Demonstration house at Karori designed and built by The Architectural Centre, 1949 Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

By: War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.); Davis, Dennis, active 1989

Reference: PAColl-1169

Description: Images of Maori and scenic images of New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 11 colour photo-mechanical print(s) and. 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) in one envelope.

Date: ca 1948 - 1966

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Ian Hulse Photography

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-018

Description: Photographs of Lower Hutt, Petone and Wellington city, taken circa 1948 to 1966, for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Included are photographs of streets, libraries, public swimming pools, the construction of the Petone overbridge, the Hutt River, the Hutt Recreation Ground, Petone foreshore, the opening of the Hutt Estuary Bridge, Percy's Reserve and State housing. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 8/11/55

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-145846-F

Date: 1940

By: Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1940/Acc.37623

Description: Cadastral map of the Taita district, from Lincoln Ave northeast to CT 228/154, showing numbered sections, acreage and owner's names. Names of owners with over five acres include: GJJ Mitchell, AR Barnes, G August and Alice August, G Hooper, Mona C Ronning, J Bentley & CE Bentley. P Walters, VE Bradstock, Public trustees, EW Saunders, Emily K Ray, JE August, H L August, CL Harris, L Harris, TJ Harris, D Dickee, Caroline M McGrath, Hutt River Board, PCA Cameron, A de B Brandon, Alice M Bennett, WMW Buck, Marjorie McKenzie, WF Ward, Mary A McKenzie, Taita Cemetery, F S Hewer, F Ferretti, JC & Grace Mabey, F Bartlesen, R Bartosh, F Westbury, J Robertson, J F Walters, A Walters, C S Brandon, Florence E Grove, Jean Ford, P C Armitage, J H Butler, F S Hewer, CK Drummond, A Gadsby, SJ Avery & 7 others, Isabella Gordon, A Gordon & Isabel Pescini. Several properties between 3 and 7 acres are marked 'Native owners'. Roads, mostly unnamed and one proposed, the Taita cemetery, part of the railway line to Napier, and part of the Hutt River are shown. The survey district is Belmont, IX and X. Pitcaithly's Siding is shown. Written under title (before copying): Lance Hall collection Includes an inset map of a different scale showing five properties on the southern side of the Main Hutt Road, between the cemetery and south of the Mabey Road intersection. Signed L Hall, 1940. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 64 x 45 cm. Provenance: Lance Hall collection.

Date: 1881

By: Briscoe, Edward Villiers, 1824?-1899; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1881/Acc.10470

Description: Cadastral map, with acreage and survey measurements, of sections 24 and 28, Hutt District, Wellington, bounded by sections 25, 29 and 31. Section 24 is shown to be owned by Fitzherbert and section 28 by Richard Barton. Shows the Hutt River's path as at 1881, the main roads, shingle beds, Waiwhetu Road, the town settlement of the eastern side of the river including the Mechanic's Institute, post office, family hotel, Whitewood Hotel, the new bridge's toll house, the new bridge, as well as the Railway Hotel and school house south of the bridge. Several properties, showing acreage and owners name are shown, including Mary Roy, Sir Francis D Bell and Henry S Harrison, T Burt, HW Petre, B Buck, W Bishopp (sic), G Hill, JL Phillip, J Dodd, W & J Hall. Stamped indexed. Written on map: 42/49. Registered DP 24 - 67. Written on map: See also plan 41/25, 41/6, 41/8, 42/32 DP 89 180/35, 180/23, 323 41/14. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, 44.5 x 60.4 cm. Provenance: From the Lance Hall Collection.

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.); Hall, Lance, 1899-1985

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.7922

Description: Cadastral map of part of the Roll Plan 544 held by the District's Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Shows the Hutt District and part of the Harbour District and the Lowry Bay District. Each district is divided into numbered 100-acre blocks, listing owner's names, including: Molesworth, Watt, Child, Capt. Daniell, Hanson, Hunter, Wickstead, Capt. Smith, Catchpool, Dr Evans, Kettle, St. Hill, Alzdorf, Riddiford, Stokes, Bidwell, Duppa, G Robins, J Forbes, W Tod, E Dunlop, D Grant, A Tennant, Hart, Partridge, Wieford, Parke, ?Revans, Col. Wakefield, Jackson, Wallace. The map was surveyed by S.C. Brees, who was the principal surveyor for the New Zealand Company. The map shows the original 100 acre blocks as they were surveyed and sold. See also second copy of map (positive photographic copy, shelved at Acc.7921). Written on this map (before copying): '50. 544. 2nd Jan, 1843'. Written on map verso: 'Hutt Valley 2nd Jan. 1843. S.C. Brees RP 544.' Written on recto: 'R[oll] P[lan] 544, By Sam Chas Brees, Principal surveyor NZ Company, 2nd Jany 1843.' 'Please return Lance Hall.' See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which is the entire map on several sheets. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 59 x 44.5 cm.

Date: 1955 - 1956

From: [Mitchell, Victor Leonard William] 1925-1980 :[Studies for the Lower Hutt War Memorial Library murals. 1955-1956]

By: Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980

Reference: B-125-101

Description: Inscriptions: Recto - centre - Man's greatest wealth is kno... Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 141 x 227 mm

Date: 1955 - 1956

By: Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980; Christopher Moore Gallery

Reference: B-125-001/110

Description: Studies and portraits of well-known and less well-known Lower Hutt and Wellington personalities. Other Titles - Portrait studies for the Lower Hutt War Memorial Library murals. 1955. (Christopher Moore Gallery, 1992) Other Titles - Journey into immortality (Christopher Moore Gallery, 1992) Quantity: 108 drawing(s). 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: 108 pencil, 2 photographs, sizes vary

Date: n d

From: Crane, Wendy, 1936-: Papers relating to the life of Robert Henry and Vivienne Ellis

Reference: MS-Papers-6969-4

Date: [1995-1998]

From: Traue, James Edward, 1932- : Further papers

Reference: 2002-328-13

Description: Reports, surveys and correspondence relating to statistics Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1028

Description: All views were taken in the environs of the Lower Hutt civic centre including school children and adults sitting in the sun outside the Hutt War Memorial Library. Frame 9 shows a group of young boys on a bench seat with buildings in the background showing signs for the National Mutual Life Assurance Society and Woolworths. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 2 Mar 1960

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

Reference: EP/1960/1483-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/2211-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/2212-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/2212a-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 28 February 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177063-F

Description: The Goveror General Sir Willoughby Norrie speaking from the Dais to people seated, during the opening ceremonies for the Lower Hutt War Memorial Library, photographed by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm