Norwood, Charles John Boyd (Sir), 1871-1966

Date: [1942]

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-220

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; includes a number of letters of introduction relating to a visit of Walter Nash to the United States; some contacts replied Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 17 Jan-30 Mar 1938

From: MacGowan, Mary, fl 1936-1938 : Diary of a trip to New Zealand

Reference: MSX-5918

Description: Diary kept by MacGowan while staying in New Zealand with her relatives in Wellington; this volume begins with a picnic and camp at Butterfly Creek, further social and domestic activities in Wellington until her departure on the `Awatea', which is described in great detail, on 1 Mar for Australia where they disembarked at Sydney, were driven up to Brisbane, picking up the `Orontes' there. They then travelled to Tasmania, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle and Ceylon. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: 1927

By: Bock, William Rose, 1847-1932

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1927-01

Description: The photographs contained are of: Title page: "Address to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York from the Citizens of Wellington and District, New Zealand, March 7th 1927". At lower centre is a photograph of Wellington Town Hall with a tower. Lower left shows the signature of the illuminator W R Bock. Two photographs showing the text of theilluminated address Page showing photographic views of the industrial area of Petone, and of the seaside resort of Eastbourne Page showing photographic views of the picturesque settlement of Upper Hutt, and a general view of Johnsonville Page showing photographic views of Titahi Bay at sunset; and of a pastoral scene in the Hutt County A photograph of a carved wakahuia A photograph of the typescript speech by His Worship the Mayor (probably Charles Norwood, though unsigned), and of the Duke's reply (with his signature Albert, by which he was known at that time) Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Photographs 195 x 150 mm, mounted in hardback volume, 275 x 245 mm., front cover with gilded crest of the General Assembly Library Provenance: Previously held in the Parliamentary Library.

Date: 1955-1971

By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002

Reference: PA-Group-00375

Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to fairs]

By: Wellington Show Association

Reference: Eph-B-FAIR-Wellington-Industries-1950s

Description: Programmes list side shows and entertainments, and there are messages from committee members of the Wellington Show Association, including Sir Charles Norwood and Mr J G Marshall. There is a layout of the fair site. Years held are: 20 (1957) (2 copies) 21 (1959) (2 copies) Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets of around 80 pages, each 278 x 210 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2015.

Date: 1930

From: [Show programmes and catalogues of quarto size. 1930-1939]

By: Wellington Show Association; Hutt & Petone chronicle (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-B-SHOW-1930-01

Description: Souvenir booklet includes a history of the show, photographs of Wellington Show Association personnel C J B Norwood and Col. Mitchell; personnel of the Wellington Manufacturers' Association J T Spears and R T M Edmonds; scenic photographs, accounts of the following firms: Spear and Murray Ltd, T Waugh & Son's Nurseries, Taubmans (NZ) Limited, Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Co Ltd, Munt Cottrell Neilsen & Co Ltd, Wellington Mechanical Engineering Co, Stiles & Dean, J G Marshall Ltd, N Z Canister Co Ltd. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, each 278 x 217 mm.

Date: [1970s?], [1980s?]

From: English, Kenneth Hamilton, 1927-2016: Collection relating to the Wellington Show Association and Rugby League

Reference: fMS-Papers-12009-2

Description: Contains photocopies of newspaper clippings related to the Wellington Show Association that were published in The Dominion or Evening Post, 1924-1986. Exact date the photocopies were made is unknown, though likely during the 1970s or 1980s. Material includes advertising and articles about shows or related activities ("Welcome Week", representative sports matches at Newtown Park). Shows specifically mentioned are: Wellington Winter Shows (1924-1931), Olympia Motor Show (1924), Coronation Show (1937), Industrial Jubilee Exhibition (1950), Industrial Fair (1952), and Great Wellington Show (1986). Clippings also depict exhibits at 1930 and 1931 Winter Shows: Winstone model home, Shell Company, Metter's (N.Z.), Birkett & Sons exhibiting Singer Cars, T. Waugh & Son exhibiting plants, and a car polishing demonstration. Some material also relates to the development of the Wellington Show Association (1923-1926) and the permanent Show Building site at John Street (1926-1928). Also includes photocopied pages from Wellington Winter Show programmes (1928, 1961) and letter of congratulations from the Wellington Mayor, Sir Charles Norwood (1926). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One folder containing photocopies of newspaper clippings.

Date: [ca. 1950-1965]

From: English, Kenneth Hamilton, 1927-2016: Collection relating to the Wellington Show Association and Rugby League

Reference: PAColl-10449-1

Description: Contains photographs of Wellington Show Association staff and events taken circa 1950-1965. Prints depict Mr E.R. and Mrs Toop watching motorcycle rider Roy Mahon on the ‘Wall of Death’, a Quality Furnishing Co. Ltd exhibition, and Sir Charles Norwood addressing an official Trade Fair opening. Also includes three group portraits of Wellington Show Association committee members with office staff. Named committee members include: J.G. Marshall (Chairman), C.W. Halliwell (Secretary), C.E. Singleton, F. Kennedy, J. Gray, T. Wells, R. Vercoe. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: One box containing six photographic prints. One is mounted on cardboard.

Date: [ca 1944-1945]

By: Thomas, Minnie Sabrina, 1898-1974

Reference: MS-Papers-12023

Description: Collection comprises six tributes to The Rt Hon Joseph Gordon Coates. The tributes are by General Sir A. H. Russell, Sir William Perry, The Hon Ewen William Alison, Sir Charles J. B. Norwood, T. Clifton Webb, and one unidentified author (name is not discernible from signature). Only two of the tributes are dated; one is dated 24 April 1944 and the other 7 June 1945. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: 1 folder containing 6 typescript and handwritten signed tributes on 7 sheets of A5-sized paper. Provenance: Minnie Thomas had earlier donated her collection to the Palmerston North City Library. The archivist felt these manuscripts were outside the collecting policy of the Palmerston North City Library and transferred them to the Turnbull Library on appraisal.

Date: 1973-1979 - 1996

From: English, Kenneth Hamilton, 1927-2016: Collection relating to the Wellington Show Association and Rugby League

Reference: fMS-Papers-12009-3

Description: Contains administrative records collected by Ken English 1973-1979 while Manager of the Wellington Show Association. Material consists of internal memoranda, reports, and inwards correspondence. Specific matters addressed include staffing and staff interactions (1973), reports from Canterbury and Auckland shows (1973), show building management, organising the Chinese exhibit and a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar (1974), show attendance (1976), and Ken English’s resignation (1979). Also includes photocopied newspaper articles on prominent Wellington Show Association members: Sir Charles Norwood’s obituary (1966) and two articles profiling Ken English after he won the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust award (1973). Contains one invitation in Italian from the Milanese Show Association inviting Ken English to the 1972 Milan Show. Also contains some material from 1996: notes meeting with the NZ School of Dance and Drama (25 June 1996); correspondence regarding the purchase of Wellington Show Building by Wellington City Council (10 September 1996) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One folder containing manuscript and typescript material, newspaper clippings and photocopies.

Date: 1937-1944

From: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club: Records

Reference: Series-6022-3

Description: Contains inwards and outwards correspondence and related documents that have been filed chronologically. Some files are further organised by subject (membership, resignations, bereavements, specific club events) but other files relate to all club matters. The secretarys during this time were R M Smith and J A Carrad. Quantity: 9 folder(s).

Date: July 1949

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

Reference: PAColl-6301-15

Description: Charles John Boyd Norwood (far left) with members of the Free Ambulance Society, July 1949. Location and photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 20/10/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-145786-G

Description: Box 9

Date: 20/10/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-145788-G

Description: Box 9

Date: 1928

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-018795-F

Description: Portrait of Sir Charles Norwood (1871-1966) and his son, Sir Walter Norwood (1907-2000), taken in 1928 by the S P Andrew studio of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 12/53

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-144891-F

Date: 1930-1958

From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8289

Description: Collection comprises: Photograph of Julie Cameron, taken ca 1935, sent by Cameron to Joyce Megget Speakers at a "Distributors" Club meeting, taken 1950 by The Dominion Photograph of Megget and Sir Charles Norwood holding the Sir Charles Norwood trophy, taken March 1958 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Photo of Julie Cameron from MS-Papers-8218-02.

Date: 1934-1935

From: MacKay, Horatio Murdoch, 1886-1968: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0419-023

Description: Correspondence re raising of additional finance. Discusses formation of a company for national air-service with Sir Charles B D Norwood, Dominion Motors Ltd Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1935

From: MacKay, Horatio Murdoch, 1886-1968: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0419-116

Description: Correspondence with Sir C B Norwood re rejection of New Zealand Airways application by the Transport Coordination Board. Includes one letter regarded as crucial to the case (H M MacK to Norwood, 15 May 1935). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 20/10/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-145787-G

Description: Box 9