Convent of the Sacred Heart (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1960 - 1963

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Haughton & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-043-059/068

Description: Includes floor plans and elevations of a three-storey building, known as the Coen Wing. File number G13 A Other Titles - Coen Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1215.

Date: 1967

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Haughton & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-043-186

Description: Shows a floor plan with gymnasium, laundry, plant room, community refectory, kitchen, room for altar bread. Shows the gas and drainage pipes in colour. File number G 13 B Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 570 x 700 mm.

Date: 1985

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9258-22

Description: Group photographs of Erskine College students and staff. 1985 was also the year that Erskine College closed. Quantity: 37 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1956 - 1959

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-043-042/044

Description: Includes ground, first second and third floor plans, elevations of the dining room, wall and construction details. File number G 18 and G 19 Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1215.

Date: 1906 - 1915

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936

Reference: A-429-002

Description: Shows a watercolour plan of the convent grounds, with grass areas, the convent fields, a neighbour's field and house, roadside grassed area, and an area of shrubs or trees at the right. File number G 33 B Date "1910s?" is written on verso. Style is similar to that at A-429-001, which is dated "1906?". They may have been made at the same time. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing, 204 x 263 mm.

Date: 1926

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Kelly, Bertie Fleming, 1888-1962

Reference: Plans-2009-043-183

Description: Shows floor plans, back and front elevation, end elevation, and sections, of a two-storey classroom block, with a small tower with cross, on the ridgepole. File number G 35 This plan was not used. Date taken from accompanying enclosure and inscription on verso. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil on blueprint, 555 x 647 mm.

Date: ca 1910s

By: Jones, Laurie D, active 2003

Reference: PAColl-7711

Description: Photographs of scenes in Island Bay and Wellington, taken ca 1910s by an unknown photographer. Includes scene on the deck of HMS New Zealand, a sailing ship at the Wellington wharves, horse racing on a beach (probably on the south coast of Wellington), feeding horses on a farm, and an unidentified house and family in Island Bay. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-108009 to 108012, 1/2-201518 to 201522 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s) proof sheets. Provenance: The negatives had been found in the 1980s in the shed of a house on the corner of Clyde and Avon Streets, Island Bay.

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

By: Murphy, N (Miss), active 1960s?

Reference: PA12-7877

Description: Photographs of Island Bay, taken by Miss N Murphy; of Erskine School, dormitories and school grounds. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1928

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936

Reference: Plans-2009-043-195

Description: Shows floor plans of parts of the basement and ground floor, showinh the parlour and hall in the basement; and recreation room and chapel on the ground floor. File number G 32 D Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 305 x 593 mm.

Date: 1974

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Haughton & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-043-184

Description: Shows plans for schemes 1, 2 and 3. Shows floor plans, sections and details of the opening between a classroom and the St Anthony's Wing. File number G 31 A Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 570 x 880 mm.

Date: [1930]-1985

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9258-16

Description: One photograph of the original chapel in the four storied convent building. The rest relate to the gothic chapel designed by John S swan, and built in 1931. Included are are sequence of colour photographs taken during the closure of the chapel in 1985. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1954 - 1955

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-043-033/035

Description: Includes ground and first floor plans, elevations and sections, and a perspective sketch of a two-storeyed classroom block. File number G17 Quantity: 20 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1215.

Date: 1977 - 1980

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Kofoed, Kenney & Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-043-100/113

Description: Set of plans including site plan, and floor plans for a building of four levels. Includes a proposed new school development plan for Erskine Colelge, named as such in the 1980 plans. Quantity: 14 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, 425 x 595 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1215.

Date: 1915 - 1929

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936

Reference: E-107

Description: Small folder of four floor plans, with typescript lists in French of the numbered rooms and areas on each plan. Also includes a watercolour plan of the whole convent propoerty, and a later newsprint photograph clipping of the convent buildings in 1929, with a key to the identity of each building. Also shows a subdivision plan of the area between Adelaide Road (later Melbourne Road), Avon Street (formerly Holloway Road), Hadfield Street (later Volga Street), and Mace Street. File number G 3 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, typescript and newsclipping, held inside folded cover, 210 x 140 mm.

Date: 1948 - 1949

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

By: Kelly & Mair (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-93-0767/0772

Description: Includes plans, elevations, details, of a two-storeyed convent with ten bedrooms and a science classroom. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink on tracing paper, and diazo prints, sizes varying Provenance: Donation: Bulleyment Fortune Architects, 1988

Date: [ca 1930-ca 1999]

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9258-19

Description: Roman Catholic church centennial, Basin reserve, Wellington, 1938. Procession, Erskine College, 1939. Bishop Wade, 1930. Debutant Ball, 1950s. Carmelite nuns at erskine College, 1949/1950. High altar, Erskine College chapel, 1955. Visit of Lady Cobham, 1960. Combined Catholic Schools Conference, 1960s. Visit of Sister Mary Luke Tobin, 1965. Closure of Erskine College, 1985. Figures of angels from Erskine College Chapel in Sacred Heart Basilica, Wellington. Groups photographed during the centennial of the Sacred Heart and 75th anniversary of Erskine College, 1980. Moving the timber house which was the original Sacred heart Convent building, Island Bay, 1990s. Workshop for the embroidered hangings for the new Globe Theatre in London, Erskine College, 1990. Moving the Lisieux building, Erskine College, 1983. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 66 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1979

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Haughton & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-043-185

Description: Shows a floor plan for a five-unit accommodation block. Each unit is self-contained and sleeps one person. File number G28 D Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 425 x 595 mm.

Date: 1944

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Kelly, Bertie Fleming, 1888-1962

Reference: Plans-2009-043-011/012

Description: Two sheets, one showing the existing floor plan and one showing the proposed floor plan, which extends into the clothes drying area and includes larger accommodation for the scullery, refrigerator and fruit store. The St Anthony's Wing is on lower right of both plans. File number G4 Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil on diazo prints, 450 x 510 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1215.

Date: 1962

From: Various architects :[Architectural plans from the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1922-1984]

By: Kelly & Mair (Firm)

Reference: E-108

Description: Small folder of five plans, including four floor plans of the rez de chausee (ground floor), premier etage, second etage and troisieme etage (first, second and third floors). The key and labels are all in French. Each plan shows the year in which each portion of the buildings was erected (1916, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1949, 1958, 1961) Small folder of five plans, Also shows a subdivision plan of the area bounded by Melrose Road, Buckley Road, Hadfield Street, Volga Street, and Mace Street. The area known as Spion Kop is at the far left of this subdivision plan. File number G 13 A.I. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawings, inside folded cover, 225 x 290 mm.

Date: ca 1905-ca 1943

By: Ball, Jennifer, active 2003

Reference: PAColl-8038

Description: Photographs of Sir Francis and Lady Bell's houses at Lowry Bay; the family of Harold Featherston Johnston; girl students of the Convent of the Sacred Heart (later Erskine College) Island Bay Wellington; a cricket team and student group taken at St Georges School Wanganui; wedding groups. The weddings are of Kathleen and Willie Levin (of the Levin & Co family), Naney and Douglas Young, Jocelyn Riddiford and Jim Vogel, Betty and Ralf Lowry, and Barbara and Stephen Glover. They date from 1931 to about 1943. Caroline Johnston's father, Harold, was a son of Charles John Johnston of Homewood, Karori, Wellington. The Johnston family and descendents lived at Homewood from 1852 to 1925 (info from "Homewood and its Families". Smedley, Beryl. Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1980). Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-201535-F to 1/2-201582-F. Quantity: 26 b&w original negative(s). Provenance: The album was compiled by Caroline Johnston, the mother of Jennifer Ball.