Wellington Boys' Institute

Date: 1908 - 1947

By: St. John's in the City (Church : Wellington, N.Z.); Andrew, Earle William, 1909-1986; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982; Pattillo, Cecil Wright, 1875-1968; Thomson, James, active 1928-1929

Reference: PA-Group-00499

Description: Photographs of church leaders; Young Men's Bible Class, particularly camps attended by them in the 1930s and 1940s; the harrier team in 1932; soccer team in 1908; Douglas and Dulcie Ward on their wedding day at the doors of the church with choir members; senior girls' camp in 1931; J G W Aitken with boys from the Boys Institute; a studio portrait of the wife of an undertaker who lived near the cemetery ca 1920s (from notes with photograph); a bed with the caption "the John Boal cot" and others. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0268 (82-230) : St John's Church : Records. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1994. Reference number changed from PAColl-2823 to PA-Group-0499 in 2009. Prints originally housed at framed prints 65, 223, 228, 229, 231-234, 238, 242, 243, 249

Date: 1895

By: F W Niven & Company; New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z. : 1874); New Zealand mail (Newspaper)

Reference: D-002-005-a

Description: A sheet of advertisements. A series of illustrated advertisements depicting the commercial and industrial life of Wellington and showing and naming shops, the Boys' Institute etc. Same as D-002-005 Extended Title - Supplement to: N Z Times nd NZ Mail Wellington Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 585 x 954 mm

Date: [ca 1900s]

From: St John's Church (Willis Street, Wellington) :Photographs of church personalities and activities

By: Vinsen, William Henry, 1876-1962

Reference: PAColl-D-0141

Description: Group photograph of members of the band with their instruments taken in the studio of W H Vinsen, Wellington Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - Boys' Institute Band. G A Troup in suit Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 227 x 385 mm mounted on card

Date: 1930; undated

From: Barnao, Giuseppe Antonio, 1926-: Photographs of Wellington

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10502

Description: Three mounted photographic prints, including one taken by The Crown Studios in 1930, and other undated, by photographers unknown. - View over Wellington Harbour, annotated "now Commercial Union Offices". - View over Wellington, with "Wellington 1851" scratched in plate, (where "1851" is the negative number, rather than a date). - Group portrait of a brass band in uniform, annotated "Boys' Institute Wellington, 1930", and a studio imprint "The Crown Studios, Cuba St. Wellington", blindstamped on recto. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted photographic prints.

Date: 1900 - 1969

Reference: Eph-B-SWIMMING-1900/1969

Description: Includes: 1909: Learn to swim in 6 lessons. Miss Cunningham instructor. Thorndon and Te Aro Baths [Photocopy of advertisement from programme for J C Williamson's Star Dramatic Combination at Eph-A-DRAMA-1909] 1926: Wellington Centre N.Z.A.S.A. Carnival no. 2. Monster opening carnival, Te Aro Baths, 18 December 1926. Programme 1934: Wellington Amateur Swimming Club. "House" Swimming Relay Race. Circular letter date-stamped as received 1 February 1934 1944: Wellington Centre N.Z. Amateur Swimming Association. Wellington Centre Championships. Thorndon Baths, 5 February 1944. Programme 1945: As it might be: Oriental Bay; architect's conception [proposal to make Oriental Bay suitable for bathing]. Reprinted from "Evening Post", 10 February 1945. Flier 1946: Nelson v Wellington. Buchanan Cup and Centre championships. Thorndon Baths, Murphy Street, 26 January 1946. Programme Wellington Centre NZASA. Peck Shield Harbour Race. Hataitai, 9 February 1946. [List of competitors and handicaps] 1950: Nelson Centre N.Z.A.S.A. Visit of the Empire Games representatives. Municipal Baths, Nelson, 27 February 1950. Programme 1957: New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. Wellington Centre. Buchanan Cup contest, Nelson v Wellington. Nae Nae Olympic Pool, 2 February 1957. Programme 1958: Wellington Boys' Institute & NZ Surf Life Saving Assoication. Joint Street Day Appeal, 22 May 1958. Circular letter to parents 1960s: New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. Wellington Centre. Our children need this pool .. what sort of new pool is suggested for the people of Wellington? [early 1960s?]. Flier 1962: New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. This is to certify that Olga Biddington will have qualified for this certificate ... [Certificate showing stickers 1962-1964] 1964: City of Dunedin. Moana Pool souvenir including offical programme for the opening water carnival, 14 November 1964. 1967: Aquabear Swim School. Tuition at Freyberg heated indoor pool. Winter prospectus 1967. Flier / enrolment form New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, Wellington Centre. Hutt Valley v. Wellington, for Mary Dowse Memorial Cup. Nae Nae Olympic Pool, 10 February 1967. Programme 1969: Doughty Swimming Pools. Individually styled. There's no pool like your own pool. PO Box 218 Feilding [Advertising pamphlet ca 1969] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset on programmes and fliers, sizes varying under 330 mm.

Date: 1900-1939

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1900/1939

Description: Includes: 1903: Missions To Seamen, Whitmore Street Wellington [Bazaar]. 29-30 April 1903. Programme and souvenir (green cover) 1906: Te Mata Athenaeum. Fancy fair & fete in the Te Mata Hall, 28 September 1906. Programme 1910: Boys' Institute Garden fete. Botanical Gardens, 12 March 1910. Ticket Missions to Seamen (Wellington, N.Z.) :Programme & souvenir of the Grand Comet Bazaar, August 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 1910. (2 copies) 1920?: "Taurima", Hamilton Rd., Kilbirnie (by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Huggins). Garden fete and fancy fair (in aid of church funds). 21 February [1920?] 1925: Rev T Fielden Taylor's Grand Egyptian Market [in aid of homeless children. Wellington] Town Hall, 2-27 June [1925]. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 17 Dec 1954

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1954/2810-F

Description: The band of the Boys' Institute, 17 December, 1954. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1891-1978

By: Tyndall, Arthur (Sir), 1891-1979

Reference: MS-Papers-2002

Description: Papers covering Tyndall's service as civil engineer in Public Works, Western Samoa Public Works, Highways, Mines, and Housing Construction Depts; judge in Court of Arbitration, 1940-1965; ILO Commissioner in various countries; with personal reminiscences. Includes unpublished autobiography, official and personal correspondence, documents, financial records, notebooks, reports, speeches and articles; also records of Associations, press cuttings, photographs, and annotated published material Quantity: 394 folder(s). 11.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Paper inventory for MSI-Papers-2002-395A and MSI-Papers-2002-395B is available in the Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Distance researchers may request a copy be sent to them.. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Tyndall, Arthur (Sir), 1891-1979: Photographs relating to road and building construction (see Library reference PAColl-0866). Processing information: Records in this collection were updated on 13 June 2023 when the Access Statement "Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was changed to "no access restrictions", and the Access Conditions text "Access requires the permission of the Chief Librarian. Restriction does not apply to pictorial material in Series 6" was removed.

Date: 1853, 1875, 1891

From: Martin, Thomas Frederic, 1852-1929 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0118-08

Description: Includes copies of relevant acts and also subscription list for Boys Institute Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1930 - 1980

From: [Ephemera relating to marching competitions, marching teams and marching girls. 1900-2000s]

Reference: Eph-A-MARCHING-Wellington

Description: Includes: 1948: Wellington Centre. Centre Championship programme. Athletic Park, 6 March 1948. 1949: Wellington Interhouse Marching and Recreation Association. Association Championships. Basin Reserve Wellington, 5 February 1949. Souvenir programme 1950: Centre Championship programme. Athletic Park, 25 February 1950. (2 copies) 1952: Massed Marching Festival presented by the Wellington Centre to farewell the Blair Atholl (Dunedin) Team prior to their departure for Great Britain. Petone and Lower Hutt, Wellington, 29 March 1952. Programme 1954: Wellington Centre Marching Association. Annual Centre championship competition. Maidstone Park Upper Hutt, 11 December 1954. Programme Wellington Boys' Institute. Floodlight display presented at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday 14 December 1954. Programme Wellington Marching Association. Annual Championship competition. Basin Reserve, 13 March 1954. Programme 1955: Wellington Marching Association. Annual Championship competition. Basin Reserve, 26 March 1955. Programme 1957: East Harbour Marching Association. Opening Day ceremony. 10 November 1957. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and offset prints on programmes pamphlets, sizes varying

Date: 2 Jun-12 Jun 1936

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1132-240

Description: Includes his contribution to Presentation portrait to National Art Gallery. Includes booklet, Sir George Troup. His work for the Wellington Boys Institute Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1918 - 1990

By: Wellington Boys' and Girls' Institute; Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Don & Beatrice Peat Studio; Minifoto Studio Ltd; Photo News Ltd; Hanwin Studios

Reference: PAColl-2124

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm-18704 to 35mm-18727 Quantity: 186 b&w original photographic print(s). 170 b&w original photographic print(s) on 10 proof sheets. 213 colour original photographic print(s). 92 colour original negative(s) 35mm film strips. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 90-048.

Date: [1900-1974]

From: St John's Church (Willis Street, Wellington) : Records

Reference: 82-230-36/4

Description: Comprises `Souvenir Knox College, Dunedin, NZ' (ca 1924) for the St John's Young Men's Bible Class, Wellington; clippings; clipping and report on the memorial window for the late John G W Aitken (1923); St John's song book (duplicated typescript) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920-1932

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-090

Description: Names of correspondents not entered in Name Field include: Wellington Competitions Society; Wellington Fire Board; J W Weston; I W Weston; F P Wilson (Professor of History, Victoria University College). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/213/03-G

Description: Sir Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General, and Lady Freyberg look at a boy's woodwork during the Governor-General's visit to the Boys' Institute. Photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/213/01-G

Description: Boys and men boxing during the visit of the Governor General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, to the Boys' Institute. Photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1950-1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/142/18-F

Description: Councillor Macalister with some boys and a soccer ball at the opening of the Boys' Institute holiday camp. Photograph taken 5 May 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 1895

From: F W Niven & Co. :View of Wellington N Z [ca 1895] from Aurora Terrace. F W Niven & Co. [lith] Ballarat, [Victoria, ca 1895]

Reference: D-002-005-003

Description: Top right panel shows small vignettes of the buildings and premises of the following companies: Offices of the "New Zealand Times" and "New Zealand Mail", Lambton Quay J Staples & Co. Limited, brewers and bottlers, Molesworth and Murphy Streets William Wiggins, wholesale saddler and harness manufacturer, and saddlers' ironmonger. Importer of English and American goods, 77 Lambton Quay, Wellington Boys' Institute, presented by Capt F H Davis. Extended Title - Top right panel of F W Niven & Co's "View of Wellington N Z from Aurora Terrace".[lith. ca 1895 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 235 x 410 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/213/04-G

Description: Sir Bernard Freyberg, Lady Freyberg and another man listen to two boy drummers and band during the Governor General's visit to the Boys' Institute. Photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/213/07-G

Description: Boy shows his woodwork to the Governor General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, during a visit to the Boys' Institute. Photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches