Wellington Show Association

Date: 1937

By: Wellington Show Association; George W Slade Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-EXHIBITION-1937-01

Description: Pamphlet giving details about space available to exhibitors for the Coronation show, insurance, building of stands, working displays, light and power, and protection of exhibits. Exhibitors and attendants would have passes. The back page has a Space application form. The inside spread is a plan of the letting space which measured about 290 feet long. The space had an oval garden at its centre and waterfalls in one corner. There was a stadium seating 4000 people. The coronation was that of King George VI. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded sheet, 340 x 217 mm.

Date: 1895-1992

By: Wellington Manufacturers' Association

Reference: MS-Group-0483

Description: Comprises minutes of the Association and associated manufacturing groups in the Wellington region. Also includes records of the Wellington Show Association, including a letter book for the 1896 Wellington Industrial Exhibition. Founded in 1895 as the Wellington Provincial Industrial Association Quantity: 9 box(es) (50 folders). 23 volume(s). 4.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: [ca. 1950-1965], 1970-1986, [1990s?]

By: English, Kenneth Hamilton, 1927-2016

Reference: ATL-Group-00001

Description: Contains material collected by Ken English during his time as a New Zealand Rugby League representative player and official, and manager of the Wellington Show Association. Material includes event programmes, photographs, and administrative records: inward correspondence, internal memoranda, scrapbooks, financial statements, and original and photocopied newspaper clippings relating to his career. Photographic prints depict people, events from the late 1940s until the 2010s. Photographs are taken by Photo News Ltd, N.Z. Newspapers Ltd, Photography by Woolf, K. E. Niven Ltd, Publi Foto, Ian Wallis Photography, Ronald D. Woolf, and unidentified photographers. Many prints have labels or annotations identifying events, people, and dates. Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Photographs have been arranged chronologically. Manuscript material has been left in folder groupings as delivered. Ken English was a police officer in Wellington. He played rugby league for St. George in Wellington, and in 1947 was selected for the Wellington representative side touring the South Island. He played one international test match (against France) in 1951. He was then a member of the 1951/52 "Kiwi" tour of England and France. Ken English was the Manager of the Wellington Show Association 1967-1980. Quantity: 0.90 Linear Metres Papers. 128 b&w original photographic print(s). 9 folder(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three boxes and five folders of manuscripts, ephemera and photographs (0.9 linear metres total) Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection have been indexed.

Date: 1940 - 1969

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to fairs]

Reference: Eph-B-FAIR-1940/1969

Description: Includes: 1940: Tramways Band Christmas and New Year Fair, Evans Bay Foreshore, Saturday Dec 21 1940 to Saturday Jan 4 1941. Flyer 1960: Hutt Valley Industries Fair. Lower Hutt Civic Centre, 19th-27th August 1960. Prospectus and Exhibitors loading schedule Hutt Valley Industries Fair, 19th-27th August 1960. Eggs and milk. Issued with the compliments of (NZ) Egg Marketing Authority Wellington and the Hutt Valley Milk Treatment Station Taita. Printed by Universal Printers Ltd, 22-26 Blair St., Wellington 1961: New Zealand International Trade Fair 1961, 22 Aug to Sept 9th [1961]. Pamphlet and map (2 items). 1962: Wairarapa Industries fair. 29 September - 6 October 1962. Circular letters and conditions (Typescript sheets) 1963: Wellington Show Association. New Zealand Trade Fair 1963. Show Building, John Street, 2-18 May 1963. Prospectus. 1964: Waikato Trade Fair Committee. 1964, Hamilton's centenary year - 100 years of progress at the Waikato Trade Fair. 1968: New Zealand Industries Fair. Canterbury Court, Christchurch, 15-31 August 1968. (Circular letter on mimeographed flyer) Quantity: 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on flyers, pamphlet and booklets, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-EXHIBITION-1950s

Description: Includes: 1950: Industrial Jubilee Exhibition. Show Buildings John St., Wellington, 11-28 October 1950. Souvenir catalogue (2 copies) 1952: Wellington Show and Industrial Fair. Show Buildings, John Street Wellington, 8-31 May 1952. Souvenir catalogue (2 copies) 1953: First New Zealand Easter Show, under the auspices of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association and the Auckland Manufacturers' Association. Epsom Showgrounds Auckland, 1-11 April 1953. Prospectus 1954: Wellington Show and Industrial Fair. Show Buildings, John Street Wellington, 7-23 January 1954. Royal visit souvenir 1959: South Canterbury Centennial Exhibition 1859-1959. "One hundred crowded years". Caroline Bay Hall, Timaru, 13-18 October 1959. Catalogue. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, flyers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: ca 1947-1978

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

Reference: PAColl-10585

Description: Contains 39 photographs, mostly black and white and captioned on the reverse. Included are 21 black and white photographs taken during English's rugby league playing career, in particular of the 1951 playing tour of England and France, These photos show games in progress and the team visiting various places in France and the North of England. Also included are formal team photographs, including the 1951 touring team, The Wellington Police Team, Wellington representative team, Test selection teams (Probables and Possibles), some unidentified teams, and Rugby League officials. Also included are two photographs relating to the tour of the New South Wales Police cricket team: one formal, showing the New South Wales Police and Wellington Police teams, the other showing players walking on to the field. There is a team photo of Philips Electrical Cricket Club, 1966/67 season, Also 12 black and white and three colour photographs, captioned on the reverse, relating to Trade Shows between 1971 and 1978. Events include 1971 International Trade Fair, 1973 New Zealand Trade fair, 1975 World Trade Fair, and the 1978 New Zealand Trade Fair. Subjects include Kenneth English, delegates from Korea, Austria, and Israel, and entertainers and politicians including Keith Holyoake, Ernest Toop, Howard Morrison, and Liza Pope, There is one formal group coloured photograph entitled Executives and Guests, Wellington Show Association 50th Golden jubilee Annual General Meeting. Prints are products of a variety of studios, From New Zealand (National Publicity Studios, Wellington, Photo News Ltd, Wellington, K E Niven Ltd, Wellington, Aunt Maud's Photography, Auckland, Klix Studio, Wellington), England (John Murray, Liverpool, YE News photo, Leeds, Sport and General Press Agency Ltd, London), and France (Photo Montagre, J Lacan, Limoges) Quantity: 36 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 39 photographic prints of various sizes, mostly black and white, and captioned on the reverse Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection are indexed

Date: 1970-1980

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

Reference: MS-Papers-12240-3

Description: Contains correspondence, English's business card, and newspaper clippings related to his career with that Wellington Show Association, ca 1970 to ca 1980. Correspondence includes letters from the New Zealand MPs, Wellington City Council Department of Administration and Finance, The Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, The British High Commission, The Embasy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, an open letter of introduction from Prime Minister John Marshall, and English's 1972 awardee report to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and business-related documents Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection are indexed

Date: 1952

By: Wellington Show Association

Reference: Eph-C-EXHIBITION-1952-01

Description: Large pamphlet explaining applying for a space at the exhibition and the cost of hiring a space. Also gives advice about working exhibitions, lighting, conditions of occupancy, insurance, and sub-letting of spaces. The opened pamphlet shows a detailed plan of the exhibition space with numbered stalls marked. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpess on pamphlet folded to 360 x 215 mm.

Date: 1924 - 1929 - 1932 - 1937

By: Wellington Show Association

Reference: Eph-A-SHOW-Wellington-1920/1939

Description: Includes: 1924: Wellington Winter Show (fat stock show, industrial exhibition, Olympic motor show, produce, pig and poultry show). 5-19 July 1924. Official programme 1929: Wellington Winter Show, industrial exhibition, fat stock, poultry and dog show. 9-27 July 1929. Schedule (2 copies) 1932: Wellington Winter Show and Industrial Exhibition catalogue. 23 June - 9 July 1932. 1937: Wellington Coronation Show, industrial exhibition, motor Olympia and horse events. 1-15 May 1937. Catalogue 1937: Wellington Show Association's fourteenth show, industrial exhibition, horse jumping and dog trials. 1-15 May 1937. Schedule Quantity: 5 booklets. Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 210 x 140 mm.

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: 1960 - 1969

By: Wellington Show Association; Gisborne Jaycee

Reference: Eph-A-EXHIBITION-1960s

Description: Includes: 1960: The Wellington Show Association. Ideal home and garden exhibition. Show Buildings John Street Wellington, 6-21 May 1960. Prospectus [Folded pamphlet] 1961: Gisborne's first Industries Fair, a Gisborne Jaycee project. NZ Loan & Mercantile Agency Co.'s Wool Store, Awapuni Road, Gisborne, 13-17 June 1961. Programme 1965: 13th New Zealand Easter Show. Epsom Showgrounds, 2-20 April 1965. Programme 1968: National travel, outdoor life, sports and industries exhibition, N.Z. Memorial Park Tauranga, 2-11 May 1968. Programme Quantity: 3 album(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm.