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Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
- Date
- [ca 1960 - 1989], [ca 1990s - April 2000]
- By
- Curriculum Oral History Project Committee; Mahoney, Frank, active 1967-1968
- Reference
- PA-Group-00948
- Description
Collection comprises albums, loose prints, negative strips, and proof sheets which chiefly relate to the staff and work of the Curriculum Development Unit/Division of the Department of Education. Collected by those who worked at the unit in Wellington. Photographs taken circa 1960s to circa 1989 by unidentified photographer(s). Some images taken circa 1990s and circa 2000 during Unit reunions. Some (possibly many) taken by Frank Mahoney who worked as a photographer for the Department of Education, and by former staff members. Some photographs have captions, many of which are comic annotations intended for display.
Images are chiefly informal views of gatherings and parties, including farewells, held in the workplace or in private homes. Includes many (mostly unidentified) portraits of members of the Unit.
Also includes images which were probably taken for publication or display as part of the work of the Curriculum Development Unit/Division, the Visual Production Unit, and the School Publications Branch. These are chiefly negatives and proof sheets. Images show classroom activities in music, Maori studies, science, reading, and art; pupils and teacher trainees at Kelburn Normal School circa early 1960s; and the Careers in the Public Service 1968-1969 recruitment campaign.
Other negative format images show the Unit/Division staff practising waiata, an in-service training day for teachers, social gatherings, and a powhiri at Hamilton Teachers College. Further negatives show the work of the Visual Production Unit, in particular the 'Education 100 years 1877-1977' exhibition in a school hall to mark the centennial of the Education Act. Identified solo portraits show Dave Francis, [?] MacPherson, and Doug Gunn, taken circa 1973-1976; plus 'Unit mug shots' taken Christmas 1975.
Accompanying material - paperwork relating to the New Zealand Curriculum Oral History Project is in the Photographic Archive backfile.
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Relationship complexity - see material relating to to the Curriculum Development Unit at Library reference MS-Papers-11821, and OHColl-1119. Also see offical Department of Education records for the Unit held at Archives New Zealand.
The Committee created 10 oral history interviews and collected the photographs from people who worked in the unit.
Quantity: 1 album(s). 192 b&w original negative(s) strips with 647 images (includes 35mm and 120 strips). 3 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original negative(s) roll with 16 images. 57 colour original transparency/ies (35mm slides). 29 b&w original photographic print(s) proof/contact sheets with 444 images. 76 b&w original photographic print(s). 115 colour original photographic print(s). 7 colour original negative(s) strips with 25 images. 2 b&w original transparency/ies (positive prints, 10x8 cm). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera (accompanying lists containing identification information).
Physical Description: Photograph albums, photographic prints, proof sheets, negatives, slides, and transparencies
Transfers: Collection as a whole accepted into Photographs and transfer made from there. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Papers relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division in the Department of Education (MS-Papers-11821).
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 album(s), 192 b&w original negative(s) strips with 647 images (includes 35mm and 120 strips), 3 b&w original negative(s), 1 b&w original negative(s) roll with 16 images, 57 colour original transparency/ies (35mm slides), 29 b&w original photographic print(s) proof/contact sheets with 444 images, 76 b&w original photographic print(s), 115 colour original photographic print(s), 7 colour original negative(s) strips with 25 images, 2 b&w original transparency/ies (positive prints, 10x8 cm), 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera (accompanying lists containing identification information), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Negatives, Transparencies, Dye coupler transparencies, Dye coupler prints, Group portraits, Portraits, Photograph albums, photographic prints, proof sheets, negatives, slides, and transparencies
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Comic items, views of social occasions, and reunion portrait
Date: [ca. 1980s], April 2000
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
By: Woolf, Simon John, 1960-
Reference: PAColl-10281-1
Description: Chiefly comprises photographs of Curriculum Development Unit/Division staff at social occasions. Includes prints mounted on card and Department of Education letterhead which have accompanying comic text for the 'Caption Contest' entries and the 'CDU Think Tank colour supplement'. Most views taken circa 1980s by unidentified photographer(s). One print taken April 2000 by Woolf Photography, Wellington. Views include a farewell, staff at a Christmas lunch at Valentines Restaurant (Petone), Guy Jansen and another man shifting a piano into a moving truck, and a man clearing his office shelves. Includes a group portrait of former staff taken on the steps of the Old Government Buildings during a reunion in April 2000. A reunion of the former staff of the Curriculum Development Unit/Division was held in April 2000. Organised by Ken Miller and Rory O'Conner. Quantity: 10 colour original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Discussion group and window cleaning
Date: [nd]
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: PA12-11036
Description: Chiefly comprises scenes of a small group of men eating scambled eggs at a table and discussing documents on a clipboard. Photographer unidentified. Three views show window cleaners at work on the exterior of a Wellington City high-rise building. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
Staff socialising
Date: [nd], 29 Nov 1979
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: PA12-11035
Description: Chiefly comprises scenes taken at an unidentified staff function showing speeches being made and people socialising over the food table. Photographer unidentified. One set of slides show scenes taken of staff at the Visual Production Unit party at Lopdell House on 29 November 1979. Identified people are Russell, Frank, Gordon, Jeni Horn, Mrs Reyudeveld [sic], and Peter Hilde. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.
Views of men at a public bar and in a wine cellar, and miscellaneous scenes
Date: [nd]
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: PA12-11037
Description: Chiefly comprises scenes showing men drinking at a public bar and posing beside huge oak barrels in a wine cellar. Photographer unidentified. Includes miscellaneous views of people eating, a man in overalls holding golden ingots (bricks), vegetation, and a rusty metal object on river shingle. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.
Various photographs of CDU and VPU staff, pupils, and events
Date: April 1963, [ca. 1963 - 1989]
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: PAColl-10281-3
Description: Photographs of the Curriculum Development Unit staff, and the Visual Production Unit (VPU) staff. Chiefly shows interior views of staff in the office. Comprises proofs sheet and photographic prints. Taken in April 1963, and mainly between circa 1963 to 1989 by unidentified photographer(s). - Includes one view of two National Film Library staff preparing primary school filmstrips for dispatch. Taken April 1963. - Includes one view of three people presenting a 'Resource for Social Studies' kit to Phil Amos (Minister of Education 1972-1975). - Includes views of staff at social occasions, and two views of mascot toys. - Includes exterior views showing staff, including Jill Marion Goodwin, outside the VPU office above McGregor Wrights Gallery in Lambton Quay, Wellington, and furniture being moved from Rossmore House, January 1977. - Includes a view of His Excellency Sir Arthur Porritt, Lady Kathleen Porritt, and Prime Minister Keith Holyoake greeting Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and Princess Anne on the wharf beside the gangplank of the HMY 'Britannia'. - Includes views of VPU work: standing display boards featuring 'Picture Packs' and 'Film strips', pupils and staff at an 'Education 1877-1977 - 100 Years of National Education System 1877-1977' event in a school hall, and VPU staff working on illustrations for 'Education 100'. - Some prints are mounted on card and some prints are illustrated for comic effect; probably used for display. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 b&w proof sheets, containing 219 images. 4 colour original photographic print(s).
Photograph album of workplace buildings and staff events
Date: [ca. 1970] - 1975
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: PA1-q-884
Description: Photograph album in ringbinder folder containing views of buildings and staff of the Curriculum Development Unit of the Department of Education. Taken circa 1970s to 1975 by unidentified photographer(s). Some views possibly taken by Frank Mahoney. Prints are mounted on card, probably for purposes of display. Chiefly shows interior views of staff members socialising at daytime and nightime functions, and staff packing or unpacking their desks. Some views show flagons of 'Villa Maria' red wine, and large bottles and flagons of beer. Several prints feature Jill Marion Goodwin. Includes views of staff socialising at a seminar on 29 May 1975, and at a staff party in December 1975. Prints show male and female staff wearing 1970s fashions, and smoking inside. Includes exterior views of an old villa on Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington with a sign 'Curriculum Unit, Dept. Education', and the Saywell Building (1924) on Lambton Quay. Includes three loose sheets with prints mounted on them, probably for display purposes. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown ringbinder with 'Olympic University ring binder' in gold lettering on cover, 34.5 x 24cm
Photograph album relating to staff social functions and marae visit
Date: [ca 1972-1980s]
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: PA1-q-881
Description: Album contains photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division of the Department of Education, collected by those who worked at the unit in Wellington. Photographs chiefly taken circa 1972 to circa 1980s. Photographer(s) unidentified. Some views (possibly many) taken by Frank Mahoney who worked in the Unit. Some photographs identified and/or dated. Chiefly shows staff at social functions; Christmas parties, lunches, morning tea, farewells, a clown costume event, and a pot luck dinner. Includes views of the staff on a marae visit circa 1980s, the demolition of a large villa (possibly the former workplace), and large group portraits. Identified staff are Doug Gunn, Jack Cox, Don Welch, Dudley Wills, Ormond Tate (back view), Bill Mabbett, Barbara Mabbett, Lyall Perris, Don Ferguson, Paul Vincent, Harvey McQueen, Diane Crew, Jane Mahoney, Russell Aitken, Bob Stothart, Steve Benson, David McDonald, Michael Keith, Lorne Davidson, Chris Davidson, Helen Shaw, Peter Bleakley, Bruce Ramage, Guy Jansen, Delphine Cox, Anne McKinnon, Ken Millar, David Wood, Gill Patterson, Jenny Aitken, Roy Phillips, Margaret Campbell, Judy Chambers, Gail Andrews, Ray Hollis, Barbara Collins, Ro Griffiths, Andy Begg, Bevan Werry, Russell Frampton, Ian Bassett, Janet Winter, Bev Abbott, Peter Morrow, Margaret Mooney, and Beverley Bell. Views include men wearing shorts and long socks, a man smoking a pipe, and a man using a polaroid camera. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red vinyl album with floral gilt motif on corner of front cover, 31 x 35cm
Various photographs of staff
Date: [ca. 1970s - 1980s]
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: PAColl-10281-2
Description: Photographs of Curriculum Development Unit/Division staff at social occasions and at the office. Comprises proofs sheet and photographic prints. Taken between circa 1970s to 1989 by unidentified photographer(s). - Includes portrait of Director-General of Education William Leslie Renwick taken circa early 1970s, accompanied by photocopy of the print with text. - Includes views of three people presenting a 'Resource for Social Studies' kit to Phil Amos (Minister of Education 1972-1975). - Includes a print of a newspaper photograph showing Vince Catherwood speaking to teachers at the Hutt Valley in-service day July 1980. - Includes two group portraits of the staff of the Current Development Division taken circa mid 1980s, and in 1981. Each image is accompanied by a paper document listing the staff members. - Includes two images of staff members Chris Davidson, Tim McMahon, Alda Guy, Peter Morrow, and Vince Catherwood at a social function with a Gorillagram performer in action, taken circa 30 Sep in either 1989 or 1990. - Includes one set of colour views of 'Curriculum Development Unit/Division Personnel' taken at social functions at the Old Government Buildings and other venues. Probably taken at a reunion. Most prints are numbered on the reverse to match the numbered names on an accompanying paper document listing personnel. - Includes miscellaneous larger portraits showing a small boy, a sports team (possibly Chinese Malay young men), and a group portrait of young people of various nationalities holding a roll of paper (possibly Colombo Plan students). -Some proof sheets have matching negatives. Names in this record selectively indexed. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 b&w proof sheets, containing 225 images. 103 colour original photographic print(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera (lists of names). Provenance: Portrait of William Leslie Renwick donated by Margery Renwick.
Unidentified man at staff party
Date: [nd]
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: 10X8-2205
Description: Informal view of man laughing at staff party in large format for projection display. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original transparency/ies (positive print, 10x8cm).
Unidentified woman and bearded man at staff party
Date: [nd]
From: Curriculum Oral History Project Committee: Photographs relating to the Curriculum Development Unit/Division
Reference: 10X8-2206
Description: Informal view of unidentified woman and bearded man smiling at staff party, in large format for projection display. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original transparency/ies (positive print, 10x8cm).