Railways - New Zealand - Taranaki Region

Date: [ca 1939]

By: Kennedy, William McLaughlin, 1857-1949

Reference: MS-1112

Description: A series of short accounts on the history of numerous organisations and institutions of Stratford, including a substantial section on the Stratford-Auckland Main Trunk Line Bound at end: Charity A Hunt Women's organisations in Central Taranaki Quantity: 1 volume(s) (102 pages). Physical Description: Ms and typescript (25 cm; grey buckram)

Date: [1929-1935]

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-5995

Description: Comprises NZ topographic map (NZMS 1 S157, `Heath' (2d ed 1987)) with L Ursula and Furkert Pass highlighted; `The New railway link, Ohura route joins Taranaki and Auckland, 1901-1932 (Taranaki Herald, 5 Nov 1932); `Oamaru Harbour works, proposed breakwater extension', a report by Furkert (Oamaru herald 12 Sep 1933); `Electric power system; 70th anniversary' (Evening post, 8 Feb 1935) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes map showing Lake Ursula and Furkert Pass (Southland region)

Date: [1929-1934]

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Reports and newspaper clippings

Reference: MS-Papers-7325

Description: Reports on nitrogen fixation, Arapuni hydroelectric works, correspondence, typescripts in relation to the Rimutaka Incline and Taranaki/Auckland railway lines, copy of the `Electrical times' Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Electrical times (v85, n2206, 1 Feb 1934) Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further material relating to F W Furkert Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dr R J Furkert, Kelson, Lower Hutt, per Mr G Mew, Jan 2002

Date: 1917

By: Hackworth, James Brooks, 1853-1933; Hackworth, Ethel Winifred, 1888-1975

Reference: A-075-012

Description: Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 142 x 233 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850?-1936? :[Sketchbook; New Zealand, South American, Canary Islands, and English scenes, 1870s?]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-044-q-2-010

Description: The railway in the foreground, Mt Taranaki beyond Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil in album, page size 228 x 296 mm

Date: [1920-1948]

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5960-5

Description: Comprises speech for opening of Stratford Main Trunk railway with detailed report on its construction (1932); list of Furkert's major `hands-on' projects; note by J Robertson re photographs; speech for River Control Commission; note on irrigation and speech or article, `Irrigation schemes in New Zealand'; presidential address on irrigation; notes re the history of the electrical industry in New Zealand; article, `Conditions of contract' (New Zealand engineering, Apr 1948); letter from H L Cole re James Watt Bi-Centenary with annotated `James Watt Bicentenary commemoration, 1936, Wellington, New Zealand, prelude', a background to Watt's engine Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 21 March 1989 - 21 Mar 1989

From: NZOHA Country Library Service Oral History Project

By: Blanchard, Dorothy Alice, 1915-2013

Reference: OHInt-0058/03

Description: Dorothy Blanchard gives details of her family's background, describing her father's career as a tailor and his lameness as a result of an accident. Mentions various treatments including a surgical boot. Gives detail about her mother's family, upbringing and how her parents met. Describes her childhood in Christchurch, her father's membership of the Clothing Worker's Union, her parents' Anglicanism and attitude to reading, contact with Maori and discipline. Talks about developing goitre and the treatments. Describes her education including time at Canterbury University and Teachers' Training College. Talks about Brian Mason, other students, schools she taught at, meeting David Blanchard and other people in the Tokirima community. Recalls attitudes to sex and childbirth at the time. Describes the early stages of her marriage including learning to cook on a coal range, building their house, the remoteness of the farm and the composition of the mainly farming community. Discusses her husband's childhood, family and schooling and their own children. Recalls her first contact with the Country Library Service with reference to Eve Franklin and Margaret Gow. Notes that the Tokirima `B' library was originally in the home of school teacher Mr A E Dear and how she took over when the Dears left. Talks about how the library operated and its users. Discusses changing reading tastes. Talks about drivers and their backgrounds and interests with particular mention of Jim Sutherland and Joy Tutty. Reads a morning talk written by George Corbett which details the Service. Discusses the subscription system and the library shifting to the local Tokirima School. Notes that Tokirima is 22 miles from Taumarunui and the difficulty of driving on the roads. Describes the variable frequency of the book van visits and the rail system of delivery of books in between times. Comments on the building of the main trunk line through Taranaki and the rail services that were available. Mentions the Tangiwai rail disaster. Talks about community activities she was involved with and comments on Tokirima community life. Talks about local Maori. Recalls the temporary downturn of use of the library when television first introduced and how the library was moved and operated from the school house. Refers to help from Rosemary Corbett. Comments on the end of the country library service and mentions the loss of other services including closure of passenger rail services. Details her husband's death and her subsequent selling of the land and moving to Marton. Describes current television, radio and reading habits. Reference to Hugh Lorimer and other library staff. Venue - Marton Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mrs Blanchard's home at Marton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002046, OHC-002047, OHC-002048 Tape numbers - OHA CLS/2624, 2625, 2626, 2637, 2628, 2629 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0307. Printed abstract contains two portrait photographs of Dorothy Blanchard Search dates: 1915 - 1989

Date: December 1925

From: Ellis and Burnand Ltd: Panoramic photographs of the timber industry in King Country, New Zealand

Reference: PA6-861

Description: Panoramic photograph taken by an unidentified photographer in December 1925, showing Gardiner's Saw Mills site in King Country, New Zealand. A building is located on the left-hand side of the image, next to which are several stacks of timber. A railway runs alongside the building. Title taken from item. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Gardiner's Saw Mills | 010 | Dec. 1925; Verso - bottom right - King Country | New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panorama. Physical Description: Gelatin silver print, 21.7 x 117.3 cm.

Date: Nov-Dec 1891

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-181

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Mrs Scott, Women's Suffrage Committee, Lynton, Sydney Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1924-1925]

By: Roberts, Frederick Kelly, 1904-1997

Reference: fMS-Papers-6043

Description: Survey field book kept by Roberts of survey from Tahora to end of the western section of the Stratford-Okahukura railway up to the western end of the tunnel (1924-1925). Includes stations, roads, deviations, some land ownership information, location of streams and rivers and tunnel details. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph with technical data and drawings (photocopy) Survey maps accompanying technical data

Date: ca 1910

From: Zachariah (Zak), Joseph 1863-1965 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-0043-2-02

Description: New Plymouth railway station on the beach-front, circa 1910. Shows a pedestrian overbridge in the foreground, a road on the right, and New Plymouth township in the distance. Photograph taken by Joseph Zachariah. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.1 x 20 cm

Date: [1950s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091564-F

Description: View of the port and Paritutu with the railway in the foreground from the Europa oil tanks photographed by Robert E Wells probably in the late 1950s. Caption - Port from Europa tank - for S Price [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Between 1889 and 1890

Reference: 1/4-008786

Description: Gang of 16 railway construction workers and an engine crew next to a locomotive on the Taranaki line. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1910

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-011703-G

Description: Shows large piles of concrete blocks at various intervals along railway lines, which run through a wasteland. On one side of the railway tracks are tiny huts or temporary accommodation. Photograph taken by James McAllister, circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Moore, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-181-008

Description: Mount Egmont in the background, the farmhouse in the middle distance, a low conical hill in the left foreground and the curve of the railway lines with the station sign on tall poles Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 158 x 242 mm

Date: ca 1910

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-012254-G

Description: Shows a large piles of concrete blocks alongside railway lines, which run through a wasteland. In the background are trees and some wasteland. Photograph by James McAllister, circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [191-?]

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-012575-G

Description: Public Works train, with F class steam locomotive, at the Skinner Road ballast pit, about three miles east of Stratford. Photograph taken circa 1910s by James McAllister. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass dry plate negative

Date: 1938 - 1939

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Holmwood, Edward John Evelyn, 1910-1987

Reference: Eph-E-RAIL-1930s-05

Description: Shows a snow-capped Mount Taranaki seen from the recreation ground in New Plymouth, with a decorative wooden bridge in the foreground, over a stretch of water. There is a tree fern in the left foreground, framing the scene. In conversation with Hamish Thompson in 2005, Jim Morrison, an employee of the Railways in 1947-1987, attributed this poster to artist John Holmwood. Dated with reference to the fact that the poster may be one of the six new posters mentioned in the Railways Department's annual report for 1938-1939. They are described as reaching "a new standard for New Zealand" with "excellence in their design and printing". Peter Alsop reports (email 28 January 2020) that three of the six appear in a photograph held by Rotorua Museum; the photograph also shows a poster for the New Zealand Centennial, suggesting a date of around 1939. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 1015 x 640 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2004.

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Potter, G, active 1974

Reference: 1/2-050981-F

Description: (Wb ?) class steam locomotive (shown here after it ran off the end of a safety siding), and railway workers, between Midhurst and Mount Taranaki, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads "Between Midhurst & Mt Egmont. Branch line for metal. Very steep. Train ran away & ran off end of safety siding. Sent from Eastown to place engine on line again. (1920s)" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1912

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-010075-G

Description: Public Works Department locomotives, and workmen, in the Taranaki region, 1912. Joe (Witnoski?), foreman plate layer, is fourth from the left. Possibly taken at the (36? or 33?) mile peg camp on the western side of the Whangamomona Saddle, used as a temporary terminus while the Whangamomona tunnel was being constructed. The locomotive on the left is possibly D315. L507 is on the right. Photograph taken by James McAllister. Note on back of file print reads: see also 1/1-012574 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative