Youth - Societies and clubs

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: 1860-1861

By: Jones family

Reference: MSY-3936

Description: Contains 16 letters between members of the Jones family and a lecture by John Jones to the Young Mens' Mutual Improvement Society on practical business. Contains family news, church affairs, reactions to the events of the day and business concerns, mostly from John Jones. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (carbon copies) Finding Aids: Typed list in front of volume.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-041/059

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sports related figures who flourished during the 1940s and 1950s. Includes All Blacks Charlie Oliver, L. Savage, "Has" Catly, and goal-kicker Morrie Doyle, and in other sports boxer Cyril Hurne, American wrestler Dick Raines, and an unnamed female tennis player. Other portraits are of Alex Pratt (manager of Hutt Speedways Ltd), George Welch (secretary of the Wellington Indoor Bowling Association), Mic Zamba (president of the Wellington Softball Association) and boxing trainer Archie Lechie. A number of plain diagrams illustrate boxing and wrestling technique. The original collage of caricatures of McNamara's Southern Cross Collegues used in their 1949 Christmas card and another of two men playing rugby are included. Quantity: 16 newsclippings. 2 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper and blue pencil 295mm x 390mm, black ink and white out on paper 240mm x 285mm, and newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 1980-1981

By: Brooklyn Venturer Unit

Reference: MSX-5714

Description: Diary with brief entries in various hands noting finance, names, some activities and other matters Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms L Bevan Smith, Wellington, Nov 2000

Date: 1900 - 1980

By: Eisner, S, active 20th century; Brooklyn Scout Group (Wellington, N.Z.); Scout Association of New Zealand

Reference: Curios-024-a-008

Description: Shows wolf head (embossed) and wording CUBS USA. Housed with another button (Curios-24-a-007). Inscriptions: Verso - (Around circumference): S EISNER RED BANK N.J. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze button, 15 mm diameter, with loop shank. Provenance: Donated by Brooklyn Scout Group, 1989.

Date: 1946

By: Shaw, H (Rev), active 1980

Reference: PAColl-0265

Description: Group photo taken at NCO Training camp, Hastings, 19th-26th January 1946. 1/2-115937 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: August 1986

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6608

Description: Views of native forest and the Waikuku Stream, Oparau. Group from the Hamilton Junior Naturalists Club on the Waikuku Stream. View of Point Howard and Wellington Harbour from top of Howard Road. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard mounts.

Date: 05 Feb 2001

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Bell, Renee Agnes, 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0593/08

Description: Renee Bell explains that she has been known as Heather since her marriage. Describes the informal church life in New Zealand compared to Ireland. Explains how she coped with her mother's death when thirteen and describes her church life when cared for by an aunt. Talks of her youth club membership, the Wellington District Women's Fellowship committee, various church committees, her work in the Thrift Shop and how the profits benefit the community, as well as the Smethurst and Friendship Funds. Relates travelling from Brooklyn to Wesley Taranaki Street. Talks of changes in leisure activities on Sundays, children and young people, gender equality. Interviewer(s) - Elaine Bolitho Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009242 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2971, OHDL-000929.

Date: 1927-2011

By: Scout Association of New Zealand. Wellington Area

Reference: MS-Group-2351

Description: Collection comprises records of the Wellington Scout Area and of the scout groups and scout districts under its jurisdiction. It includes minutes, correspondence, training records, membership files, census returns, renewal and cancellation of warrants, financial records, annual reports, log book and scrapbooks. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: The boxes were arranged in numerical order by Area, District and Group by Scouts New Zealand before the records were deposited with the Library. The original box numbers have been incorporated in the title of each record. The division of the records into three series has also been retained. The Wellington Area was established in 1962 from the former Wellington Province which was set up in 1955. The Area administered a number of districts (groups combined into geographical units)which in turn were subdivided into individual scout groups (local community units). The Wellington Area was abolished in 2007 prior to the reorganisation of Scouting New Zealand in 2008. The national association, officially named Scout Association of New Zealand, was known as Scouts New Zealand from 2008. Quantity: 367 box(es). 73 folder(s). 7 volume(s). 1 Electronic document(s) Textual file: Fmt/40: Microsoft Word, 97-2003. 50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs and printed matter Finding Aids: An introduction to the organisation of Scouting in Greater Wellington and a list of the boxes in the collection compiled by Scouting New Zealand is available as a digital file (. Provenance: Each scout group was responsible for their own records. The records were collected and stored at Brookfields Outdoor Centre in Wainuiomata in 2007. Following the restructure of the organisation the records were stored by the Wellington Area office in 2012. Some records were badly water damaged and destroyed. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Two boxes of photographs PA-Group-01019.

Date: 1932 - 1948

From: Buxton, Trevor Sidney, 1901-1948 :[Landscape design plans for fine gardens in the (mostly lower) North Island; includes two design plans for garden entrances by Trevor's brother, Raymond. ca 1932-1948]

Reference: Plans-2012-011-082-1/2

Description: Broad plan view of the YMCA camp at (or near) Thames, on the Coromandel. Includes a detailed plan view of the cattlestop entrance to the camp. Indicates a range of sporting activity areas, including for cricket, basketball, baseball, archery, tennis and volleyball, as well as a rifle range and a handicrafts hall. Also indicates places for a flagstaff and a camp fire. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Trevor S Buxton NDHNZ / Landscape Architect / Palmerston North Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on transparent paper, 490 x 640 mm; diazo version of same plan, 485 x 650 mm Provenance: Donation: Andrew and Peta Buxton, Christchurch, February 2012

Date: 22 Nov 2000 - 22 Nov 2002

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Johnson, Gwendolyn Beatrice, 1918-

Reference: OHInt-0593/30

Description: Gwen Johnson was born in London in 1918. Talks of her grandfather and father being Methodist ministers and her religious background, the influence of Rev. Morley Jones and outdoor carol singing in Birmingham. Recalls running a youth club at the outbreak of war, changes in membership, riding bicycles, passion plays, the visit to the Methodist youth clubs service in London at the end of the war. Recalls joining the Upper Hutt Uniting Parish when it was being formed. Talks of joint denominational Easter and Christmas programmes, also a joint choir with St Hilda's Anglican Church, and her attitude to prayer. Mentions Baptists. Talks of various churches in the parish and pulling down St. Andrew's. Explains about food banks and the referral system for counselling, Celebrate Jesus 2000 and relates how local denominations work together for the Alpha programme. Explains her children's grounding in the church and her role as church camp leader. Relates the effect of her husband's early death from cancer, his burial on her birthday and the surprise party the following year. Explains the making of peace banners partly in memory of her husband, tying them to the American and Russian embassies during the Cold War and at an Upper Hutt mall. Talks of peace group members and their role in getting Upper Hutt made nuclear free. Describes milk, bread and postal deliveries in early Stokes Valley. Details the parish's outreach mentioning recreational activities at the Wesley Centre, Boys' and Girls' Brigades, the family care programme and OSCAR held in part of Elderslea Hospital. Mentions the purchase of the Bible Church in Exchange Street. Mentions ministers Graeme McIver and Anne Stevenson, also family counsellor Marianne Lester. Interviewer(s) - Elaine Bolitho Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009277 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2993, OHDL-000949. Portrait photograph taken at the time of the interview

Date: 06 Nov 2000

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Taylor, Jean, 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0593/46

Description: Jean Taylor was born in Upper Hutt in 1938. Describes the Upper Hutt church, now the Wesley Centre. Mentions that it was transported in two parts from Whiteman's Valley to its current site. Refers to the road over Mangaroa Hill used for logging purposes, the route of the railway line, McLaren Street houses which were part of the timber milling project, the development of sections in that area. Mentions delivering Crosslink magazine and the monthly church paper. Explains what the transition to a co-operating parish was like, names the Presbyterian worship centres of St. Andrew's, Iona, Brown Owl. Recalls her Methodist Church social life, mentioning Sunday School, crafts, youth group, all run by Mr. Heyhoe, also Bible Classes and camps. Recalls Sunday School at the Druid's hall with its' beer smell. Names Otaki City Mission camp, children's health camps, Salvation Army Camp in Akatarawa, Solway at Masterton. Explains her father's refusal to allow her to work at Methodist's Children's Home in Masterton. Relates working at the Reserve Bank until after her marriage and rest homes once her children had grown up. Mentions the influence of Phyllis Keen, nee Hounsell in setting up the Girls' Brigade with Ann Thomas, nee Wright. Recalls the Girls' Brigade guard of honour at her wedding, being chaplain for a year during Kay Malpass' leadership. Talks of her enjoyment of home group, the development of her faith and confidence. Explains about her mother's loss of a baby. Relates about a Wesley Centre builder, Jack Lloyd, his faith experience when a sailor, reaction to his Bible reading. Describes her faith experiences, Christian Fellowship and Women's Aglow meetings, Order of St. Luke, Robert Frost, speaking in tongues. Discusses resurrection and cremation, 'seeing' her minister, Stan Olds, in the last moments of his life, enter another dimension. Explains about the establishment of Care and Craft nationwide and her work as a volunteer, mentions a stroke patient. Describes the indoor game of Rummi Cub or Kub. Relates difficulties with the Privacy Act, mentions District Nurses. Talks of homosexuality in the church. Relates community attitudes to the church and church people, and her family's church membership. Talks of attitudes to ministers, mentions Norman Knipe, Graeme McIver and Stan Olds.. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHA-9301, OHA-9302 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3009, OHDL-000964. Portrait photograph taken at time of interview. China birds on mantelpiece

Date: [ca 1891-1982] - 2000-2007

By: Wellington Boys' and Girls' Institute

Reference: ATL-Group-00305

Description: Comprises minute books of the Institute, and of its various activity committees, newspaper clippings, annual reports, historical notes, pamphlets, other printed material and records relating to the establishment of a Wellington Boys and Girls Institute youth cafe in Spinks Cottage. Source of title - Supplied title Commenced as the Wellington Boys' Institute in 1891. In 1914, the organisation acquired permanent premises and a gymnasium in Tasman Street. Their name was changed to Wellington Boys' and Girls' Institute in 1981. Quantity: 9 box(es). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Various loose and mounted photographs PAColl-2124 - To Serials Collection - Annual reports - To Book Collections - Royal Life Saving Society handbook of instruction, 1966; St John's Young Men's Bible Class Jubilee History, 1888-1938; Sir George Troup, his work for the Wellington Boys' Institute, 1938.

Date: 1909-1985

By: Brooklyn Scout Group (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0041

Description: The records contain minute books dating from 1926, correspondence relating to administration dating from 1937, material relating to New Zealand and International Jamborees, newsletters relating to Brooklyn and the National Scout Organisation, Jubilee preparations and publications, and ephemera Relationship complexity - Warrant appointing J Styche as Scoutmaster of Brooklyn Troop, 4 Jul 1909 is at MS-Papers-2237 Arrangement: Arranged in series The Brooklyn Boy Scout troop was registered in 1909 Quantity: 36 folder(s). 10 volume(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Brooklyn Scout Group, 1988 (88-021) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Three albums of black and white photos, 1909-1949 - To Published Sound Collection - One 45 r.p.m. record recorded for the 7th NZ Jamboree, Tokoroa, 1975 - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Badge and two brass buttons.

Date: [ca 196-?]

By: Richardson, Jack, 1898-1980

Reference: MS-Papers-2106

Description: Comprises reminiscences of the scouting movement in Johnsonville, particularly from 1915, when Richardson became scoutmaster, until 1916. Mention is made of A B Chap[p]ell who formed the troop. Jack Richardson was born in Johnsonville, and was involved with many Johnsonville organisations Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1919-2001

By: Guides Wellington; Carter, Ethyl, active 1920-1987

Reference: ATL-Group-00884

Description: Wellington Provincial Executive Committee minute books (Feb 1924-Aug 1926, Sep 1926-1999); log book of the 5th Masterton (Weraiti) Company of Girl Guides (3 Mar 1928-Oct 1954); log books for the Brooklyn Company Group (1944), the Ranger Camp, Trentham (1932-1933), for the Wadestown Company (1942-1955) and annual reports (1924-1999). Includes a sound recording of an interview with Ethel Carter and transcript by Wendy Rolls. Also St Paul's Rangers Company log book, 1931-1935, 1st Lower Hutt Guide Company log book, 1927-1935, 1st Lower Hutt Ranger Company log book, 1930-1932, 1st Levin Company register and log book, 1920-1931, 1919-1955, annual reports, 1945-1948 and miscellaneous papers, 1928-1967. Source of title - Supplied. Quantity: 13 folder(s). 11 volume(s). 1.31 Linear Metres. 1 box(es) (A4 box). 1 C60 cassette(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, cassette and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two photograph albums kept by Agnes Hutson. Also six further albums and loose photographs..

Date: 1940 - 1955

Reference: Eph-A-ASSOCIATION-D-01

Description: States the objects of the club, and shows a figure of Dick Turpin the highwayman, on horseback at right. The club's objects were: To increase the general knowledge of the Youth by holding Talks on interesting subjects such as The Motor Car, The Why's of Electricity, Aviation, etc; To assist the Boy to get more out of his hobbies; To make every Boy into a good Citizen; To bring Boys of the District closer together in the bonds of friendship. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on blotter.. Physical Description: Letterpress on blotter, 110 x 190 mm.

Date: [1943-1992]

By: Young Women's Christian Association. Hutt Valley Branch Inc

Reference: MS-Group-0260

Description: Records of the Hutt Valley Branch of YWCA, including papers relating to its hostels at Woburn Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 68 folder(s). 22 volume(s). 1.60 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Hutt Valley WYCA, 1993 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 21 photographs (3 framed) - To Ephemera Collection - 1 painting.

Date: 1975-2009

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1360

Description: The Solomon Islands YWCA archive includes correspondence, the Constitution, Board and Executive meeting agendas, papers and minutes, funding and grant applications and reports, financial statements, reports and addresses by the President, annual reports and press releases The Solomon Islands YWCA was established in 1975 and became operational in 1978. Affiliated with the World YWCA, it is one of the oldest indigenous controlled non-government organisations in the Solomon Islands. Its purpose is to develop the leadership and collective power of young women and girls around the Solomon Islands to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and sustainable environment for all people. Its services for Solomon Islands women include the hostel, the kindergarten and programs for young people. The YWCA has a national office in Honiara and a branch in Munda, Western Province Quantity: 4 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/ For contents of reels see http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/reels/manuscripts/PMB1360.PDF. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

Date: 1880 - 1910

From: [Religious ephemera issued by Christian-based individuals or institutions, of non-specific denomination. 1800s to 1929]

By: Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor; Brown Thomson & Company

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-C-1900-01

Description: Card showing a pledge vowing trust in Jesus Christ, and duties as an active member of the society. There is some decorative block-type at the top. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Gilt letterpress on card, 165 x 107 mm.