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Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
- Date
- 1968-1992
- By
- Sutherland, James Hector, 1925-
- Reference
- PAColl-5553
- Description
Photographs of the National Library's Country Library Service covering areas in the North Island from the 1960s to the early 1990s. These photographs are part of a collection held in Manuscripts comprising notes, library lists, and handwritten manual compiled by James Sutherland while working for the mobile library of the New Zealand Country Library Service in the 1970s and 1980s.
Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-077900 to 078343-F
Quantity: 10 album(s). 28 b&w original negative(s). 149 colour original photographic print(s). 442 b&w original negative(s).
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- 10 album(s), 28 b&w original negative(s), 149 colour original photographic print(s), 442 b&w original negative(s), Photographs
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Travels of a Country Library Service Bookvan; East Cape Trip, April and May 1971; Septe...
Date: 1971-1972
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-843
Description: The journey begins at Palmerston North and includes Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty. The van follows State Highway two with frequent deviations from it into various back block localities. Another section of the journey is from Wairoa to Taupo via Lake Waikaremoana and the Kaingaroa Forest. Children as library users and at some of the schools where the van stops are featured. There are a number of photos of the power houses at Kaitawa, Tuai, and Piripaua Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Travels of a Country Library Service Bookvan; Auckland trips
Date: 1972-1974
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-846
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Travels of a National Library Bookvan, upper Northland, April to May 1972
Date: 1963-1972
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-841
Description: Towns and localities of northern Northland in 1972. Children of the region and a junior Colf Club competition at Towai. The country Library Service's Bookvan features in many of the photographs. There is also a small group of photographs taken at Cape Reinga in 1963. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Mobile Library Services and Country Library Services
Date: 1968-1992
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
By: Sutherland, James Hector, 1925-
Reference: PA1-o-840
Description: Mainly a record of the Mobile Library Meet sponsored by U-Bix (photocopiers) and held at Palmerston North on the 10th and 11th of January, 1992. Images of Book vans from various cities are well represented. There are also a number of images of National Library book vans of the 1960s, and one of a more recent van being custom built at Hawke Coachwork Ltd, Takanini, South Auckland. There is an article on Jim Sutherland from the Manukau Courier, 1989, and a paper by him on the Manukau City Mobile Library Service. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Date: 1970s
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
By: Sutherland, James Hector, 1925-
Reference: PAColl-5553-1
Description: Quantity: 99 colour original photographic print(s). 80 b&w original photographic print(s).
Travels of a Country Library service Bookvan; Lower Northland
Date: 1978
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-845
Description: Beginning at Snell's Beach opposite Kawau Island the journey is through the Rodney, Whangarei and Kaipara districts. The images in the album end with Muriwai Beach south of the Kaipara Harbour. Included is a photograph of the gravestone of Gordon Coates at Matakohe, public war memorials at Waipu, the station and railway yards at Waiotira, and the public libraries at Leigh, Kaipara flats, and Te Arai Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Readers in the Country Library Service bookvan at Waiomu, 1973
Date: 1973
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-849-21-3
Description: Photograph taken by Jim Sutherland, the driver of the van. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6 x 6cm
Country Library Service van at Pakaututu, Thursday 26 November 1970
Date: Thursday 26 November, 1970
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-844-15
Description: Photograph taken by Jim Sutherland, the driver of the van. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6 x 6cm
People selecting books in a Country Library Service Bookvan
Date: 1972
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-847-8-3
Description: A group of people including two women selecting books from the New Zealand Country Library Service bookvan at Ngamatapouri, Taranaki. Photographed by James Hector Sutherland on the 25th of May 1972 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 25/5/72. Ngamatapouri Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Siver gelatin print
National Library Bookvan encampment
Date: 1970-1979
From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation
Reference: PA1-o-848-36-2
Description: Country Library Service bookvan encampment somewhere between Kiritehere and Whareorino, Waitomo District. The driver has hung his washing out on a line, one end of which is attached to the van. Photographed by James Hector Sutherland in the 1970s Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Kiritehere to Whaeorino Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print