Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948

Date: 1929

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Edmund Anscombe & Associates

Reference: Plans-80-1185

Description: Plan for an arcade leading to the Cable Car terminus, with a series of shops lining the arcade. An alternative with an insurance office at the rear has been pasted over the first option, showing shops only See Plans-80-1186 for the proposed top floor of this building Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, hand-coloured, on paper, 734 x 425 mm

Date: 1936

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948

Reference: Plans-90-1676

Description: Plan for a small wooden two-bedroomed house with sunporch on Marama Terrace, Rona Bay, Eastbourne See also Plans-90-1677 for site plan Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, hand-coloured, 413 x 632 mm Provenance: Donation: Bulleyment Fortune Architects, 1989

Date: 1937

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Edmund Anscombe & Associates

Reference: Plans-80-1168

Description: Shows living and storage rooms above business premises running between The Terrace and No. 216 Lambton Quay. Wentworths was a photographic business Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Blueprint on paper, 502 x 399 mm

Date: 1942

Reference: Eph-A-DISABLED-1942-01

Description: Order of ceremony with text explaining the value of such a centre. Participants in the ceremony were the Governor-General, and Hon R Semple, Mayer T C A Hislop,Hon W Perry (President of the RSA), the Prime Minister Peter Fraser, and the architect Edmund Anscombe. The back cover shows a perspective drawing of the two-storeyed building. The centre was in Lloyd Street, Mt Victoria, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 218 x 172 mm.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Telford, William Borthwick, 1884-1979

Reference: Pan-2063-F

Description: Panoramic view of a large one-and-a-half storeyed brick farmhouse with slate roof. Upstairs room in gable over porch at the front entrance. Plants climbing up pillars at each end of the verandah. Circular drive with a car parked by a garage and outbuildings to the left of the house. Lawns in the foreground, flower beds on left, large unmown area in front to the right. Another car on the drive to the right. Shelter belts of pine trees behind the house except on the far right where there is rolling farmland. Wide garden border to right of drive beside a fence in front of the paddocks. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2075 for more distant view Source of descriptive information - Name of homestead from Heritage New Zealand website: http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5181 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - W.B. Telford, Waiwera, Otago. 2 oils. Red brick house, dark slate roof. All color [i.e. colour] flowers mostly asters. Yellow pansies in middle of lawn. Make front rough grass as nice as possible; Marginal notes on negative - 4 4 4 4 4 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 117.5 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Telford, William Borthwick, 1884-1979

Reference: Pan-2075-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across open farmland with a river flowing from the centre towards the right, also seen on the far left. Brick farmhouse visible on a knoll in the centre middle distance. Large stand of shelter belt trees to right and left of the house. Outbuildings at the same level on the left. Areas of tussock on pastures. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2063 for closer view of the house Source of descriptive information - Name of homestead from Heritage New Zealand website: http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5181 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - W.B. Telford, Waiwera, Otago. 2 oils. Red brick house, dark slate roof. Distant woolshed red. Tussock paddocks; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 107.8 cm

Date: 1936 - 1980

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm); Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948

Reference: Plans-2002-058-004-069/077

Description: Includes perspective drawings, elevations and floor plans. Also includes copies of two original plans by Edmund Anscombe for a new house in Roseneath crescent for Mr J Robertson, esq., 1936; and a site plan of the section in November 1980, showing the owners to be I D Mitchell and R A S Mitchell.. Quantity: 9 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints and ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying around 400 x 660 mm.

Date: 1936

From: Various architects :[Plans by Frederick de Jersey Clere and John Swan, mainly of Athletic Park, Wellington. 1896-1902; and plans of "Olympus" apartments, Oriental Bay by Edmund Anscombe, 1936, and Structon Group 1958].

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Edmund Anscombe & Associates

Reference: Plans-80-1244

Description: Plan for a five-storey apartment block, (the Olympus apartments) with two flats on each floor, on the corner of Oriental Bay and Grass Street (now Wilkinson Street) 'D. M. Wilkinson' appears to be an error for D. N. Wilkinson (David Norman, of 13 Grass Street) who had died in 1919 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print on paper, 478 x 761 mm

Date: 1936

From: Various architects :[Plans by Frederick de Jersey Clere and John Swan, mainly of Athletic Park, Wellington. 1896-1902; and plans of "Olympus" apartments, Oriental Bay by Edmund Anscombe, 1936, and Structon Group 1958].

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Edmund Anscombe & Associates

Reference: Plans-80-1243

Description: Plan for a five-storey apartment block, (the Olympus apartments) with two flats on each floor, on the corner of Oriental Bay and Grass Street (now Wilkinson Street) 'D. M. Wilkinson' appears to be an error for D. N. Wilkinson (David Norman of 13 Grass Street) who had died in 1919 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, hand-coloured, on paper, 475 x 759 mm

Date: 1929

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Edmund Anscombe & Associates

Reference: Plans-80-1186

Description: The top floor of the building leading from Lambton Quay to the Cable Car terminus, showing a lobby and cloakrooms at the top of lifts and stairs, a servery, a restaurant and cabaret with space for a small orchestra at the front of the building, and a banquet hall with a small stage at the back of the building. Possibly never built. See Plans-80-1185 for the proposed ground floor of this building Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, hand-coloured, on paper, 685 x 400 mm

Date: 1937

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Edmund Anscombe & Associates

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0795

Description: Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 680 x 995 mm

Date: 1937 - 2001

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

By: Beard, James Albert, 1924-2017; Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0795/0807

Description: Includes: 0795-0796: Original 1937 plans by Edward Anscombe, showing the ground floor and second floor plans. 0797-0801: James Beard floor plans - Level 1 (with printing museum, restaurant and shops), level 2 (with pottery museum, building museum, roof garden, levels 3-6 (96 apartments), level 7 (mezzanine - 26 apartments) 0802-0807: Similar plans and perpective drawing of the building from the Te Papa side. Quantity: 13 plan(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, sizes varying up to 670 x 990 mm.

Date: 1937

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Edmund Anscombe & Associates

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0796

Description: Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 680 x 995 mm

Date: 1936

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948

Reference: Plans-90-1677

Description: Plan for a small wooden two-bedroomed house with sunporch on Marama Terrace, Rona Bay, Eastbourne See also Plans-80-1676 for plans, elevations and sections of the house Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, hand-coloured, 413 x 632 mm Provenance: Donation: Bulleyment Fortune Architects, 1989

Date: [ca 1926-1939]

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-8721

Description: Photographs of plans, drawings and completed buildings designed by Edmund Anscombe, mostly taken by Frank Giles Barker. Includes: Photographs of Herd Street Post and Telegraph building, Wellington, taken ca 1939 by Frank Giles Barker Drawing of Nathan's Building Drawing of Dental Building Drawings of proposed new premises for Collinson & Cunninghame Ltd, Broadway, Palmerston North, 1932, photographed by Gordon Onslow Hilbury Burt Photograph of men standing outside a Baptist Church Photograph of men standing outside a YMCA building Photographs of a painting of Anscombe's design for Parliament Buildings, Wellington, 1911 Photograph of a drawing of APA Building Photograph of the Festival Hall and Colonnade, New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-1926 Photograph of drawings of Catholic Pavilion, New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 1939-1940 Photograph of drawings for New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 1939-1940 Photograph of drawings of scheme for Adelaide Road Photographs of letters relating to Anscombe's work in the 1925-1926 Exhibition in Dunedin and the forthcoming Centennial Exhibition Photograph of drawing of Die Castings Ltd, Bell Road, Lower Hutt, 1943 Photograph of a drawing of proposed extentions and alterations to Municipal Building Photograph of a drawing of Albert Flats Photograph of Oriental Bay, Wellington, taken ca 1930s Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/1-039296 to 1/1-039322 (whole plate); 1/2-230638 to 1/2-230648 (half plate) Quantity: 6 b&w original negative(s). 32 b&w copy negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Bruce Orchiston had worked for Edmund Anscombe in the early stages of his architectural career.

Date: [ca 1909-1922]

From: Allardice family : Papers

Reference: 83-031-05

Description: Agreement for lease, A Allardice and L P Bartlett, Masonic Hotel (1922); claim, Magistrates Court, Dannevirke, J Allardice and J Mortenson & Co, re affidavit in the matter of the will of J Allardice (1920); originating summons, will, Allardice and others v Allardice & Lloyd; and solicitors' invoices Arrangement: The lease for the Masonic Hotel (1922) is in f-83-031-1 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing in Allardice family Back file.

Date: 1936-1940

From: Heenan, Joseph William Allan (Sir), 1888-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1132-288

Description: Includes memoranda and correspondence, 1936-1940. Centennial Exhibition, Wellington, 1936-1939. Includes correspondence with Edmund Anscombe, Architect, Waitangi Celebrations Mission House, Waimate North, 2 Jan 1940. Correspondence, 1939-1940, Official and other printed papers including New Zealand Centennial Act, 1938, A W Mulligan, General Secretary, Centennial Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs. Correspondence and papers re National and local celebrations, 1936-1940. J W Mawson's Memorandum Centennial Memorials, 9 Jun 1939. Miscellaneous memoranda (26 Apr-19 May 1939) and papes etc re celebrations elsewhere in New Zealand. See folders 356, 357 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1925-1926, 1939-1940]

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948

Reference: PAColl-8526

Description: Photographs of international exhibitions in New Zealand, comprising: Photographs of New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 1939-1940 Photographs of New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-1926, including construction of buildings Arrangement: Albums housed at PA1-o-021 to PA1-o-024 Quantity: 4 album(s).

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Boyd, Jean, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2090-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over rolling farmland. A large two-storeyed Tudor-styled house is centre left in the middle distance, large stands of shelter-belt trees on three sides. Outbuildings among trees on the left. Ploughed fields on the far right and on a flat area nearer the house. Areas of tussock. A road runs across the centre of the image. Sea visible beyond hills in the distance. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Mrs P. Boyd. Lovells Flat, Otago. 1 oils. 2 B&W. Colors [i.e. Colours] same as other view. Red tile roof, light green facing. Pink, red & white roses on right of house. Red geraniums on right of house, close right; Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 119.5 cm

Date: 1940

By: Anscombe, Edmund, 1874-1948; Heenan, Joseph William Allan (Sir), 1888-1951

Reference: Curios-010-004

Description: A wooden plaque presented to Joseph Heenan, Chief executive officer of the New Zealand Centennial celebrations, and Secretary of Internal Affairs. On the burr walnut (?) base, is mounted a silver relief of the elevation of the Exhibition Buildings with the central tower. The dates 1840 and 1940 are at the top corners. The text is inscribed on a strip of silver beneath the building, on the bevelled edge. Anscombe was the architect who designed the Exhibition Buildings. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Burr walnut(?) plaque, 90 x 140 x 15 mm, with silver additions. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-1132. - From the papers of Joseph W Heenan, MS-Papers-1132..