Knox Church (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Date: Oct 1983

By: Chalmers, Jocelyn Margaret, 1951-; Smith, Ann Gladys, 1905-1996

Reference: OHColl-0695/1

Description: Ann Gladys Smith was born in West Otago in 1905. Describes her childhood, family and moving from Glenkenich to Tapanui when she was five. Recalls schooling and attending Sunday School. Describes being housekeeper at the age of twelve, returning to high school, becoming a student teacher at the Glenkenich School and then going to Dunedin to work at the Nisbet Home for children in Andersons Bay. Talks about her decision to become a deaconess and training before going to St Andrew's Church in Hastings in 1932. Comments on the effect of the 1931 Napier earthquake on local people. Recalls her time at Auckland at St David's Church during World War II. Discusses the Emergency Precautions Services (EPS) for civilians in the event of a Japanese attack. Describes going to Inglenook Home for children in Gore in 1948 and then to Knox Church in Dunedin. Discusses her work as a deaconess particularly at Knox Church in Dunedin. Publication - Entry in 'Southern people : a dictionary of Otago Southland biography' Interviewer(s) - Jocelyn Chalmers Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstract(s) to come.

Reference: 1/2-010823-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1921

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: B-167-014

Description: Shows a view of the harbour from "Victoria Street", Dunedin, with Knox Church in the centre and St Paul's Church at the right. "Victoria Street" no longer exist in this position; the street may have been renamed. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 110 x 420 mm.

Date: ca 1900

Reference: 1/2-002247-F

Description: A view looking along George Street with Knox Church on the right. It is captioned "7056 - Knox Church, George Street, Dunedin, New Zealand; the famous edifice wherein the late Dr Stuart preached". Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) of a stereoscopic image. Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Bailey, Conrad, fl 1980 : Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes, one including pressed ferns

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-030

Description: Album of photographs mostly of towns and buildings in Canterbury and Otago, chiefly taken by the Burton Brothers, circa 1880s. They all show city scenes including street views, and images of important buildings. The buildings include church buildings, bank buildings, insurance company office buildings, and hotels (both exterior and interior views of the Grand Hotel, Dunedin). In the North Island, there is a view of the Auckland Synagogue, and a view of Taratahi Homestead, the home of Lady Tancred and Sir Thomas Tancred, in the Carterton District. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth-bound album with leather spine and corners, lettered in gold "Views of New Zealand"

Date: [ca 1908]

By: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-; Cain, Frederick William, 1881-1954

Reference: PAColl-1641

Description: Includes railways, bridges and churches Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2003 - 2004

By: University of Otago

Reference: Eph-E-UNIVERSITY-Otago-2004-01

Description: Calendar which can be used on either side, as each has a full chart of the months of the year 2005. One side shows a reproduction of a Christopher Aubrey landscape, and the other side shows a fantasy illustration by Greg O'Brien. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on both sides of sheet, 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Hocken Library in 2012.

Date: 1960 - 1964

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-P-1960/1964

Description: Includes: 1960s: St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Paeroa, from a 1959 photograph [Greeting card] 1960s?: Christian education. Training for mission. Published by the Committee on Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church of new Zealand [1960s?] 1960s: The Church's Ministry to the Sick. Leaflets 1, 2 and 3, For those facing an operation, For those facing a long illness) 1960: Knox Church centennial dinner, 21 May 1960. Menu and toast list 1960: Festival of nine lessons and carols, Seatoun Presbyterian Church, Choir of Scots College Boys. 4 December 1960. [Programme] 1961: Waikaka Presbyterian Parish. Jubilee 1961. Functions of commemoration, 28-29 January 1961. Souvenir programme. Ensign Print, Gore. 1961: First Church of Otago, N.Z. Centenary service. Lodge Otago Kilwinning no 417, S.C. 19 March 1961. Order of service 1962: Matawhero Parish. 90th anniversary celebrations 1872-1962. Service of thankgiving and dedication, 28 October 1962. [Order of service] 1963: St Jame's [sic] Church Bulls. 90 years life & work 1873-1963. Souvenir; [and] Service of thanksgiving, 5 July 1964. Order of service 1963: Pukekohe East Presbyterian Church. Service of dedication, 7 April 1963 [Order of service] 1963: St Paul's Napier. One hundred and fifth anniversary being the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. 10 February 1963. [Order of service] 1964: Parish of Amuri. Centennial celebrations at Leslie Hills. 1 February 1964. Commemoration of the first recorded service of a parish minister, Rev William Hogg, held at Leslie Hills 1864. Order of service 1964: Parish of Amuri. Centennial celebrations at Waiau Church. Parish service of re-dedication, 2 February 1964. Order of service 1964: Parish of Amuri. Centennial celebrations at St Andrews Church Culverden. Parish service and dedication of organ. Conducted by Rev R S Keenan; preacher Rev R M Rogers, Moderator of Christchurch Presbytery. 16 February 1964. Order of service Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1862-[ca 2005]

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Hinemoa (Ship : 1876-1944); Meluish, William, 1822?-1888; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PAColl-10718

Description: Contains photographs relating to the Hansen family, circa 1862 to 1990s. Taken by Hansen family members and photographers including Frank Arnold Coxhead, Fredrick George Radcliffe, Arthur Waldemar Schaef, William Meluish, and Burton Brothers. A commercial set of "New Zealand Graphic Series" stereoscopic prints shows a trip down the Whanganui River and the town of Whanganui. These are taken by Fredrick George Radcliffe with the exception of one photograph by Arthur Waldemar Schaef. The collection also contains a stereoscopic print titled "Milford Sound Starvation" by the Burton Brothers showing two men posed with empty barrels and an empty bottle on the rocky shore at Milford Sound. Photographs by Frank Arnold Coxhead show numerous views of Puyseger Point and its surrounds including Preservation Inlet. Futher nineteenth century prints include photographs, largely taken in Fiordland and the Otago Region, of landscapes (including Milford Sound, Dunedin gardens and coast, and Lake Wakatipu and surrounding peaks) and buildings in Dunedin (Garrison Hall, Knox Church, First Church, and Royal Exchange Hotel). There are also photographs of roading (Otira Gorge, Hokitika Road), railways (Rimutaka Incline), and an unidentified shepherd with his dog and herd of sheep. Other photographs include a William Meluish photograph of the goldrush at Gabriel's Gully, Tuapeka, taken in 1862. There are photographs relating to roads, railways, buildings, mainly in the Otago Region Assorted family prints from circa 1900s to 1930s include a photograph of Anders Hansen on board the government steamer 'Hinemoa' and further photographs taken on board the 'Hinemoa'. Other identified Hansen family members are George and Annie Hansen, who are also photographed on board a ship, which is likely bound for the Auckland Islands circa 1925. Other photographs relating to boats and shipping include row boats and small steamers on the water [delivering supplies from lighthouse tenders?] and wool being loaded into barges at a coastal woolshed and wharf. Photographs from the Wellington Region show Eastbourne and Wellington Harbour scenes. Photographs relating to a coastal farm, possibly Orongorongo Station, feature farm buildings, an unidentified group of three women and a boy riding in a cart drawn by a draught horse with another saddled horse behind, and two men shooting and bludgeoning a shark on the rocky shore. There is also a photograph of an unidentified wedding party. Two photographs from circa 1990s to 2005 show carved greenstone and bone Māori artefacts, collected by Anders Hansen and his family when he was the lighthouse keeper at Little Papanui on the Otago Peninsula. A Hansen family trip to Rarotonga and Aitutaki in 1977 includes photographs of accommodation (a resort, Rapae Motel) and other buildings, beach scenes, vehicles (bus, cars, motorcycle, tractor), a variety of flora (trees, flowers, and other plants), a waterfront scene, thatched roofs under construction, and local people (children by the road, women collecting water lilies, group selling produce). Identified buildings are Cook Island Liquor Supplies and a post office. Also photographs relating to Vaipae and the Ngatangiia Passage. Donor identified some images as being taken on a journey to the Auckland Islands. Greenstone and bone artifacts that appear in photographic prints are now at the Otago Museum. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). 54 colour original photographic print(s). 13 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) stereoscopic. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints and ephemera. Provenance: Series of photographs by Frank Arnold Coxhead were given to Anders Hansen by the photographer while he was the lighthouse keeper at Puysegur Point circa 1880s to 1900s.

Date: 1883

By: Begg, Samuel, 1845-1919; Illustrated New Zealand News (Newspaper)

Reference: C-068-006

Description: Dunedin City from the low hills north of the city, looking along its main streets and across to the harbour and out to sea. The spires of Knox Church and First Church can be seen. Much detail of individual houses. Part of the Botanical Gardens in the left foreground Signed lower right, SB, almost certainly Samuel Begg, who worked for a range of illustrated newspapers in New Zealand at this period Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 295 x 425 mm

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047634-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] [ca 1865?]-1896

Reference: E-147-127

Description: A Dunedin street scene showing a church, possibly Knox Presbyterian Church, George Street. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) pasted in. Physical Description: Monotone wash, 114 x 185 mm

Date: [1890s to 1910s]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-550

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken in the South Island, except for one view of `Woodcroft', the home of Dr John Kinder in Arney Road, Remuera from about 1880 until his death in 1903. Many of the South Island views are related to early surveyors William Duncan Ross McCurdie and his wife Olga McCurdie, and Ernest Herbert Wilmot, who were surveying land near Tahakopa, Tautuku, McLennan Valley and the Catlins. Several show the homes of early settlers in the Tahakopa Valley. Of particular interest are a view of women voting at their first election at Tahakopa (28.11.1893); one of an early settler's first home at Tahakopa; the first boat sailing up to Mr McCurdie's camp; and a group of horsemen on a beach, parading before going to war (1914). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light maroon cover, darker spine and corners; 25 x 20 cm

Date: [Bween 1870 and 1885]

Reference: PA1-o-091

Description: Album of early New Zealand scenes, mainly taken by the Burton Brothers. Images include gold digging, gold dredging (image of Sew Hoy's dredge), and gold sluicing, one showing the flume on a Scandinavian race at St Bathans. There are a number of views of the Pink and White Terraces, scenes of Maori life in the King Country, and scenic views of Dunedin and the Queenstown-Lakes District. The album consists of about 71 pages, of which 25 are empty. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon covered album, 23 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by Kings Cottage Museum, Australia, 1987

Date: [1865, 1900-1905]

By: Macey, William Henry, -1931; J H Bethune and Company Ltd

Reference: PA1-o-1231

Description: Album of views of Picton (including visit of Governor Ranfurly and New Year celebrations); Waimakariri, Broken River (including a workmens's camp) and Otarama from the Midland Railway; Cable Bay (including telegraph staff); Wakapuaka (including native bush); Nelson; Rai Falls; Wellington (showing decorations for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1901); Dunedin (including Larnach's Castle); Masterton (showing earthquake damage to Post Office); Manawatu Gorge Bridge; Wanganui; Taihape; Hamurana Springs; Rotorua; and meeting house at Te Ore Ore. One photograph is copy of an 1865 view of Picton, and the other photographs were taken ca 1900-1905. A number of the Picton images were taken by William Henry Macey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

By: Hunter, Norman Mitchell, 1859-

Reference: E-328-f-008-3

Description: A front view of Knox Church, George Street Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Knox Church Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 87 x 57 mm

Date: 1900 - 1919

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-P-1900/1919

Description: Includes: 1901: Order of proceedings in connection with the consummation in Dunedin of the Union of the two Presbyterian Churches of New Zealand, commencing 31 October 1901. Otago Daily Times Print 1905: Fourth centenary of the birth of John Knox. Commemorative celebration by Dunedin Presbytery in First Church. 23 May 1905. Programme Presbyterian Church of New Zealand General Assembly 1905. John Knox Quatercentenary demonstration. Choral Hall Auckland, 10 November 1905. The Right Rev David Borrie, Moderator of the General Assembly, in the chair. Order of service. 1909: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Knox Church Dunedin. Opening day, 23 June 1909. Dedicatory service Knox Church Dunedin. Social meeting to welcome the Rev Robert Evan Davies, M.A., as Minister of the Church. Sunday School Hall, 12 November 1909. Programme. Jolly & Braik, printers Rules of the St Paul's Presbyterian Choir, Invercargill, 1909. McConechy & Joyce, Print, Crescent. 1911: Presbytery of Dunedin. Order of service in the First Church of Otago on Thursday 22nd June 1911, being the coronation day of Their Majesties King George and Queen Mary. Rev Graham H Balfour [presiding] 1914: Young Men's Bible Class Union and Institute of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Programme for Easter Camp & Conference. The Domain, Papanui, Christchurch, 10-13 April 1914. Frasers Ltd Print 3102. 1915: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Twelfth annual Bible Class Summer Conference. Palmerston North, 25 December 1915 to 2 January 1916. [Programme] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1869-190-

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Tensfeld, John, active 1869-1882

Reference: PAColl-2150

Description: Cityscapes; street scenes; historic buildings; landscapes; chronological tree of NZ history. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: 2008, 2014

From: Ronnie, Mary Allan, 1926-2023 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12584-3

Description: Personal papers of Mary Allan Ronnie. Includes a 2008 copy of the 'Knox News', featuring an obituary for John Dickson, written by Ronnie. Also included is a 'thank you' card and two photographs relating to the Balclutha Public Library centennial celebrations. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed newsletter, greeting card, and colour photographs.

Date: 1977-1979, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12285

Description: Transparencies of New Zealand South Island churches taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St Paul's Presbyterian Church in Oamaru, St Luke's Anglican Church in Oamaru, St John's Anglican Church in Waikouaiti, Knox Church in Dunedin, First Church in Dunedin, Dominican Priory in Dunedin, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Dunedin, and Sacred Heart Church in Dunedin. Title transcribed from item. Some slides have dates annotated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a six-row metal slide case, each row holding 25 slides, and the case capable of holding up to 150 slides. Arrangement was largely geographical in that churches from the same location were generally stored together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.