Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 - Monuments
New Zealand's national memorial to Rear-Admiral Richard E Byrd, U.S.N. Unveiling ceremo...
Date: 1962
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Antarctica, Antarctic exploration, discovery and expeditions]
Reference: Eph-A-ANTARCTICA-1962-01
Description: Front cover gives title superimposed over an illustration of the memorial with figures standing beside it. Inside is the order of ceremony, list of speechmakers, and the back cover gives a list of the members of the Action Committee, Richard E Byrd Fellowship. Back cover also lists the names of the construction contractors and suppliers of materials. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded pamphlet, 137 x 218 mm.
Photographs of various scenes, Antarctica
Date: December 1965
From: Cooper, Charles Stanley, 1920-1999 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6664
Description: Photographs of an expedition to Antarctica in December 1965, taken by Charles Cooper. Includes views of aircraft, interior of buildings including a bar, and Richard E Byrd memorial at McMurdo Station. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. 1 b&w original transparency/ies slide. Physical Description: Transparency slides, 35mm
Richard Byrd memorial, Mount Victoria; Gilbert Stringer at Avalon Studios, Lower Hutt
Date: October 1972, ca 1975
From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints
Reference: PA12-3076
Description: Transparencies taken by Cyril Beavis in October 1972 showing views of the Richard Byrd memorial on Mount Victoria, Wellington and views of Wellington City taken from near the memorial. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis in circa early 1975 showing NZBC director-general Gilbert Stringer at Avalon Studios, Lower Hutt during its construction. Transparencies showing Gilbert Stringer at Avalon Studios are continued at PA12-3077. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "Paul Hamlyn. Byrd Memorial, Mount Victoria, Wellington Oct. 1972" and "Stringer, Avalon". Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.
Wellington City from Mount Victoria
Date: [ca 2000]
From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region
Reference: Pan-2917
Description: Panoramic photograph negative of Mount Victoria (including Richard Byrd memorial) and Wellington Town Belt, with Wellington City and Lyall Bay in the background, circa 2000. Taken by Clayton Tume. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative
Wellington City from Mount Victoria
Date: [ca 2000]
From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region
Reference: Pan-2925
Description: Panoramic photograph negative of Mount Victoria (including Richard Byrd memorial) and Wellington Town Belt, with Wellington City and Lyall Bay in the background, circa 2000. Taken by Clayton Tume. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative
Mount Victoria lookout and view of Wellington City
Date: [ca 2000]
From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region
Reference: Pan-2877
Description: Panoramic photograph negative of Mount Victoria (including Richard Byrd memorial) and Wellington Town Belt, with Wellington City and Lyall Bay in the background, circa 2000. Taken by Clayton Tume. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative
Wellington City from Mount Victoria
Date: [ca 2000-2004]
From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region
Reference: Pan-2989
Description: Panoramic photograph negative of Mount Victoria (including Richard Byrd memorial) with locations including Wellington Town Belt, central city area, Lyall Bay, and south end of Miramar Peninsula in the background, between 2000-2004. Taken by Clayton Tume. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative
Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and persona...
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.
Wellington City from Mount Victoria
Date: [ca 2000-2004]
From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region
Reference: Pan-2991
Description: Panoramic photograph negative of Wellington Central City and surrounding suburbs seen from Mount Victoria Lookout, between 2000-2004. Also includes Richard Byrd memorial. Taken by Clayton Tume. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative
Papers relating to design of Byrd Memorial
Date: 1993
From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9703-051
Description: Papers relating to Byrd Memorial, Mt Victoria, Wellington and Blumhardt's involvement in its design Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence - B
Date: 1942-1967
From: Holcroft, Montague Harry, 1902-1993 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1186-02
Description: All correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to pottery
Date: [ca 1965-1997]
From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9703-045
Description: Includes papers relating to repairs to ceramic tiles on the Byrd memorial on Mt Victoria, Wellington (made by Doreen Blumhardt), financial papers relating to materials and equipment, Japanese script and a practise sheet of characters, notes on an electric kiln, and drawings for a table and stools Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (some with mss annotations], drawings, printed matter
Byrd Memorial at Mount Victoria, Wellington, 1974.
Date: 1973
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-0866
Description: The first two frames show young people with a kite in an area of the Wellington town belt. The rest show an elongated pyramid shape with rocks being used as a climbing frame by a group of children near the Mount Victoria lookout. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 9 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Primary school children on an outing to the Byrd Memorial and the Dominion Museum, 1974.
Date: 1974
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-0918
Description: Scenes of a group of primary school children and teachers having a picnic on Mount Victoria by the Byrd Memorial (frames 1 to 10). A museum staff member is giving a talk to the children seated on the floor in the foyer of the Dominion Museum (frame 11) and a museum guard is standing by a display (frame 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Digital photographs relating to Doreen Blumhardt
From: Blumhardt Foundation - Doreen Blumhardt Oral History Project
Reference: OHDL-000605
Description: Shows family photographs of paternal grandparents (Nathaniel and Christiane Blumhardt); parents David and Magdalena Blumhardt and siblings at Norfolk Street, Whangarei; school photographs at Whangarei High School; Victor Peters conducting the 3YA Orchestra; portraits by Brian Brake; Handwoven scarf in Stewart tartan; Doreen receiving her CBE 1980 with her brother Eberhardt; Friends May Keyes, Brian Brake, Freda Anderson; Former colleagues and students (Ann Wilson); Exhibition openings; Auntie's Cottage (at Arthurs); Harbour View Road; Byrd Memorial; Receiving Doctorate of Letters in 1991; Pottery works of Doreen; Doreen working on pottery; Work for Shapeshifter Exhibition 2004
Newmans bus on Mount Victoria, Wellington
Date: [8 August 1967]
From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives
Reference: 1/2-215277-F
Description: Newmans bus photographed on Mount Victoria, Wellington, 8 August 1967, for Charles Haines Advertising, by K E Niven & Co of Wellington. The Byrd Memorial is in the background. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative 10 x 12.5 cm Finding Aids: Studio card index: no 8959.