Timber

Date: 1981-1989

By: Kirkland, Andrew, 1935-1997; Valentine, John, active 1988

Reference: OHColl-0709

Description: Part interviews with John Valentine and Andrew Kirkland on the history of state forest management in New Zealand. Records the changes experienced by a government department as it became a State Owned Enterprise and then prepared for privatisation. Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 C100 cassette(s). 2 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available for Andrew Kirkland and John Valentine. Search dates: 1970 - 1980

Date: 1886

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Coromandel sketchbook] 1882-1897.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-360-q-028

Description: Two men at the foot of an enormous kauri, sawing. Other Titles - Men cutting kauri with cross-cut saw Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 250 x 180 mm

Date: 1910 - 1985 - 1935

By: Northwood, Richard Alfred, 1881-1955; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-019-a/024-a

Description: 6 images: Dalmation gumdiggers, Ahipara district, 1914; Group in Okahu Bush, near Kaitaia, felling tree for shingles to repair roof of St Saviours Anglican Church, ca 1934; Slab hut, Northland, ca 1930s; Baling flax, Lake Ohia ca 1920; Bullock team hauling kauri log from Hokianga bush 1910s; Gumdiggers camp, Houhora district 1910s. On container: An old gumfield warrior. Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (beneath each of 6 photolithographic images): Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title]; Verso - top left - Photographs by / The Northwood Brothers / Published with the assistance of the Listener Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies of set with 6 images).. Physical Description: Cardboard envelope 510 x 390 mm, containing 6 images 258 x 334 mm, on sheets 350 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited on Legal Deposit, 1986.

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-024

Description: The twisted trunk of a chopped down tree, houses and trees beyond it Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: [ca 1841]

By: Blackett, J N, active 1841

Reference: MS-Papers-3587

Description: Chiefly notes about New Zealand timber which appear to be based on those in Polack, J S, `New Zealand: being a narrative of travels and adventures...' (London, Richard Bently, 1838). Also brief notes about Mr Southee's farm, the valley of Awaroa River, marble, Kaipara Harbour, Porirua harbour and river and the Waipa Valley. Source of title - Title page Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 pages on 4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs M Wilson, 1965 Processing information: Formerly Misc MS 1283

Date: 1800-1802

Reference: qMS-0706

Description: Describes the voyage past Three Kings, North Cape, Cape Brett, the Cavalles, Poor Knights and Great and Little Barrier Islands, and particularly the Coromandel Peninusla. The were in NZ waters from 13 April to 17 June 1801. Extract confined to the movements of the ship in NZ waters following the discharge of convicts at Port Jackson when the `Hercules' left for Otaheite Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm, blue pam case)

Date: 1895

By: Lohse, Adolf Heinrich, 1829-1907; Schramm, Leo Paul, 1892-1953; Schramm, Bernadina Adriana, 1900-1987

Reference: A-126-039

Description: Shows country scene in Germany with logs being hauled, and women engaged in domestic activities. Location possibly Paulinenaue, northwest of Berlin. Title from pencil inscription, lower right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] / Ad. Lohse 1895.; Recto - bottom right - (Embossed): SCHOELLERSHAMMER / SCHUTZMARKE Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white, 244 x 325 mm. Provenance: Donated by Paul and Diny Schramm, Wellington.

Date: 1981

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-336-060

Description: Shows a woodpeckers representing 'commercial interests' with a crooked beak from trying to peck a tree representing 'South Wesland'. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 200 x 280 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-013-2

Description: Several young men working on the trunk of a large tree, while others hold firebrands and fire rages in the bush beyond. A flock of birds are in the sky, top left Very similar to 'Burning the bush, Taranaki, 1856' a watercolour at E-453-f-008. 'Bush burning' has a similar trunk fallen across the centre and a man with a firebrand, with the fire just behind the people and the large trunk. The arrangement of the figures and of some surrounding trees and plants is different in 'Burning the bush' and a stronger atmosphere of fear of the fire is present in the latter. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash 140 x 200 mm

Date: 1933 - 1985 - 1935

From: Northwood Brothers fl.1910-1930s :The Northwood Brothers. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of the Listener, 1985. (Imagers of a new land, series 4).

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-020-a

Description: Shows a group of ncluding a hatted minister at left. Three hold teacups, and two hold pieces of watermelon. Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title] / Arthur Northwood photograph; Recto - beneath image - Left to right: Rev E Blackwood-Moore, Len Phillips, Alleyne Holder, Eric Matthews, Frederick Holder, Bob Mumby. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 258 x 334 mm, on sheet 350 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited on Legal Deposit, 1986.

Date: ca 1950s

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union: Photographs

By: Mannering and Donaldson Ltd

Reference: PA1-o-950

Description: Photographs showing logs stacked and bound by chains on the deck of an unidentified ship. Probably photographed in Lyttelton Harbour. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 25 Nov 1998

From: Southland oral history project

By: McGilvray, Madeline, active 1998; Hughes, Milton, 1911-2003

Reference: OHInt-0464/09

Description: Minty Hughes was born in Otautau in 1911. Discusses his father and his work in the flax mill at Pukemaori and his mother's home near Monkey Island, Orepuki. Describes travelling by steamer to Port Craig in 1923 and attending school there. Describes the sawmills at Port Craig, transporting the logs, the Percy Burn viaduct, loading the boats with timber, a brief history of the Craig family and how the settlement got its name. Mentions his job as whistle boy. Talks about the closure of the Mill in 1928. Gives details about grocery prices, meat and bread supplies, how the mill workers were paid, social life and the Lidgerwood machine. Recalls working at the Greenhills stone quarry and the Depression when ten of the family of thirteen lived at home. Describes meeting his wife Hilda, family life, working in the Lillburn Vally, getting his steam ticket in Tuatapere and repairing the Port Craig viaducts. Mentions that daughter Faye is married to country singer Dusty Spittle. Interviewer(s) - Madeline McGilvray Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHMD-0053 Quantity: 1 MiniDisc(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other brief abstract, OHA-2686. Photos of Minty Hughes as a child and possibly at the time of the interview

Date: 25 Nov 1987

By: Rogers, Thomas Ellis, 1937-2013

Reference: OHColl-0165/01

Description: Pilot project involving a life history interview with employee Mr Tom Rogers who, at the time of recording, was District Manager for Bay of Plenty Timberlands. Tom Rogers was born at Kaeo in 1937. Gives details of his family background including his father's emigration in 1927 and settling in North Auckland where he married and farmed. Describes his job as Maori Land Development Supervisor. Talks about his mother's affiliation with Nga Puhi through her father. Comments on the lack of emphasis on Maori culture in his upbringing. Describes leaving high school and joining the Forest Service. Talks about his traineeship from 1955 to 1958 and the importance of training in the Forest Service. Comments on career structure in the Forest Service. Talks about indigenous production in the Service in the 1950s, the trend towards exotic plantations in the 1960s and his concentration on exotic forest management. Comments on politics in the Forest Service and management and union clashes at Kaingaroa Forest. Mentions Lew Skudder, Bernie Hornfeck and Tom Maunder. Discusses the emphasis on multiple use forestry in training in the Forest Service and the debate within Forestry Corporation about training and safety standards. Mentions two fatalities. Comments on the combination of commercial, environmental and social roles of the Forest Service. Notes that problems being dealt with by corporatisation had been recognised by the Service and comments on its paternalism. Describes events leading up to the disestablishment of the state department, attitudes of employees to the establishment of the new Corporation, personal experiences during the changeover period and implementation of the new policies. Comments on the difficulty of change, problems of reappointment and the effects on people of stress. Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Accompanying material - Transcript of an interview with Gerry Morris 3 September 1987; copy of a proposed Forestry Corporation structure for Kaingaroa Forest. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHA-011112 to OHA-011115 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1750. Photocopies of photos of Tom Roberts in 1987, at Forest Service Rangers' School about 1958, at Forestry Training Centre in 1955 and in a group of foresters.

Date: 19 February 1834 - [ca 1990s s- 2020s]

From: Frankcom, Margaret, active 1991-2023: Collection of New Zealand missionary and pioneer mail

By: Wallis, James (Rev), 1809-1895

Reference: MS-Papers-12917-2-2

Description: Lot description from Spink Auction House: "1835 (19 Feb.), entire letter from Rev. James Wallis at Mungungu, Hokianga to London. [...] A confusing letter as there is also a Bro. Whitely at the mission". Refers to Wallis feelings about being "overworked" by William White, and his opinion that White is "concerning himself more with timber extraction than mission work". Item includes transcript. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to Library in a Spinks Auction House folder labelled with lot number "2019". Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains letter, and supporting research documentation.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to timber, the timber industry, wood products in New Zealand]

By: NZ Forest Products Ltd; Wellington Timber Merchants' Association

Reference: Eph-B-TIMBER-1980s

Description: Includes: 1980s: New Zealand Forest Products. The Kinleith story (2 copies) New Zealand Forest Products. The Penrose story (2 copies) New Zealand Forest Products. The Whakatane Board Mills story 1980: Career opportunities with New Zealand timber industry. Saw doctor - specialist [ca 1980] Logging Industry Research Association. Information bulletin 1980 Logging Industry Research Association. Seminar on smallwood harvesting. DB Rotorua Hotel, Fenton Street Rotorua, 17-19 June 1980. programme / registration form New Zealand Forest Products Limited. [Promotional booklet] 1981: Logging Industry Research Association. Information bulletin 1981 (2 copies) 1982: Building Research Association of New zealand. Cost saving in light timber frame buildings; a case study. 1982 R A Graham Ltd. Rimu balustrading components [Price list / flier] Lumber-Lok N.Z. Ltd. Lumberlok timber connectors recommended loadings [1982] New Zealand Forest Service. Commercial Division. Beam in ... on Statecraft Douglas Fir ... it won't let you down! [Pamphlet ca 1982] New Zealand Forest Service. Commercial Division. Don't run the risk of getting timber that doesn't make the grade. Use Statecraft stress-graded timbers ... and be sure! [Pamphlet ca 1982] New Zealand Forest Service. Commercial Division. The remarkable pine ... Radiata pine. [Pamphlet ca 1982] 1983: [New Zealand Sawmillers' Federation]. New Zealand radiatal build with it, bank on it [1983?] (2 copies) 1984: Estimated distribution of sawmill residues for year ended 31 March 1984 Tanalised Timbers (Fiji Islands). Selection and specification. July 1984. Pamphlet Wellington Timber Merchants' Association. Getting lumbered is getting easier [Flier. 1984] 1985: Pine pictorial. 1985 joint promotion issue Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and mimeographs, sizes up to 297 mm.

Date: 1970-1974

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to timber, the timber industry, wood products in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-TIMBER-1970/1974

Description: Includes: 1970s: New Zealand Forest Products Ltd. The Kinleith story [1970s]. Pamphlet New Zealand Forest Products Ltd. Our world of trees [1970s]. Booklet New Zealand Forest Products Ltd. This is N.Z. Forest Products Limited [1970s] (2 copies) 1970: Tasman Pulp and Paper Company Limited. Mill guide; guide to the Tasman Mill Kawerau, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand [ca 1970]. Timber Preservation Authority. Register of plant approvals as at 2 April 1970 (3 mimeographed sheets) 1972: New Zealand Forest Products Ltd, Penrose. Internal telephone directory; revised June 1972 1974: Fletcher Timber Company Limited. Plyco Products Division. Bisonboard. August 1974 New Zealand Forest Products Ltd. Building products technical data 1974. Pinex Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and mimeographs, sizes up to 330 mm.

Date: 1975-1979

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to timber, the timber industry, wood products in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-TIMBER-1975/1979

Description: Includes: 1975: Fletcher Timber Company Limited. Plyco Products Division. Structex exterior structural particle board. July 1975 1976: Whirinaki. The Carter Oji Kokusaku Pan Pacific Ltd refiner mechanical pulp mill and saw mill, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. [ca 1976] (2 copies) 1977: F.I.E.A. New Zealand. 1977 Forest Industries Machinery Exposition. Rotorua New Zealand, 29 March - 1 April 1977. Expo news. 1978: To all logging and equipment personnel. You are invited to attend a seminar on cable logging. Rotorua, 13-15 June 1978. Pamphlet / registration form 1979: International Harvester. Forestry guide. Lithographed in the United States. 1978. Booklet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and mimeographs, sizes up to 330 mm.

Date: 1880 - 1910

By: Wilson, A, active 1880s-1900s

Reference: C-018-007

Description: Shows the railway stationl, a small building on the left, with enormous sections of kauri trunks on the land in front. An inset detail shows a timber carriage. Possibly an original for a book illustration Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - A. Wilson in ink; 2 1907 in pencil; also bottom right, title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing on card, 299 x 435 mm

Reference: MapColl-832.4cbum/[19-?]/Acc.37101-2

Description: Map with topographical features of the Rimutaka Ranges bordering Akatarawa and Wairarapa in the north, southwards to Belmont, Puketaha and the Orongorongo River. Shows railway reserves including part allocation block no. 26, Wellington and Manuwatu Railway Company, the track of the railway line through the area, forest reserves and a timber and water supply reserve. Land blocks on fringes of range are numbered. Shows various dashed lines on the map that possibly indicate tracks. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 51.8 x 44 cm and 51 x 43 cm.

Date: [ca 1 September 1971]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1971/4117-F

Description: Barry Plimmer with his daughter Joanna on his farm at Reikorangi, taken ca 1 September 1971 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Plimmer is cutting wood with a table saw to make fence posts. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm