Sumner

Date: 1950 - 1960

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-172

Description: Shows six frames. Under the title, text reads 'I think, what this lady really has in mind is a 'Helicopter hall'. The first frame shows the Christchurch town hall with a helicopter rotor on its roof. The cartoonist suggests it could also serve as a temporary railway station. The second frame suggests the 'Helicopter hall' could serve as a new Supreme Court. The next frame shows the hall acting as a 'stand-in stand' at Lancaster Park, while one of the stands is being rebuilt. The fourth frame pictures the cartoonist looking up at the 'Helicopter hall' and text reads 'We could use it as a combination bus shelter and telephone box at our corner.' In the fifth frame, the hall serves as a roof for the Centennial Pool, and in the final frame, it serves as a breakwater wall, bathing shed and Saturday trading post in Sumner Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1917

By: Fear, Robert, active 1988

Reference: MS-Papers-5784

Description: Cooper describes her early life in Greenwich, Kent and Camberwell, Surrey; the voyages of her father, Captain John Parsons, to New Zealand for the Canterbury Association with mention of John Godley, her voyage to Lyttelton in 1853 on the Minerva, life at Dampier Bay (now West Lyttelton) and in Christchurch as a governess, her marriage to Charles Edward Cooper in 1859 and her husband's job with the `Lyttelton Times'; later period living in Timaru and return to Christchurch in 1894; and at Sumner 1899. Many early Christchurch families are mentioned. Anne Elizabeth Parsons was the daughter of the first harbour master of Lyttelton Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). Physical Description: Ms and typescript

Date: 1887

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane 1867-1950 :Sketchbook. [February 1886 - January 1887]

Reference: E-034-4-065

Description: View of Scarborough, Sumner with artist's colour notes Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, 144 x 215 mm

Date: 1932

By: Bruce, Alfred Selwyn, 1866-1936

Reference: qMS-0287

Description: Original manuscript for work published in 1936, with same title. Concerns Christchurch, Sumner and Lyttelton, and covers early history, city geography, old identities, pioneer women, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Publication - The Early days of Canterbury; a miscellaneous collection of interesting facts dealing with the settlement's first thirty years of colonisation Canterbury historian Quantity: 1 volume(s) (201 pages). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; maroon roan)

Date: 1887

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane 1867-1950 :Sketchbook. [February 1886 - January 1887]

Reference: E-034-4-062

Description: Rough sketch of Shag Rock which is between Clifton and Sumner. Beneath the sketch is erased text. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, 215 x 144 mm

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

By: Walker, A (Mr), active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; C M (Photographer), active 1905; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pratt, A A, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6639

Description: Postcards of ferries at wharves in Auckland, interior and exterior of St John's Cathedral in Napier, Waihi from Martha Hill, bowling green on the Domain at Te Aroha, Lyttelton at regatta time, Lyttelton harbour, Opera House, St Luke's Danish Church and All Saints Church and the Municipal Buildings, Palmerston North; the Triangle, Dunedin; Auckland Hospital, Grafton Road; Palmerston North Post Office; a view over Auckland from Mount Eden; the bridge over to the Cafe Continental; Hastings Street, Napier; Perry Street, Masterton with a hall on the right; tea kiosk in the park, Masterton; two carts on the road to Lansdowne, Masterton; the tramline to Onehunga, Auckland; Queen Street, Auckland; and Auckland harbour and wharves. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 151877 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: 1925

Reference: PA1-o-505

Description: Photographs of trips taken in 1925 by an unidentified photographer. On the first trip the photographer goes by car to the Nelson Lakes District, and the Buller River, to the Korere Valley "and so home". The second trip is one travelling to the New Zealand Exhibition at Dunedin in November 1925, though there are no images showing the exhibition. The trip goes from the Buller River; Lake Kaniere; views of the Rimu Dredge; near Jacksons; Otira Station; Otira Gorge; Springfield after a snow fall; Lyttelton Harbour; a visit to the remains of the old homestead at Double Corner, Waipara, with historic white gums; and lastly views from the Summit Road, Akaroa Peninsula. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with soft card cover tied with brown cord; entitled "Trips, 1925" in white lettering; 19 x 26 cm

Date: [ca 1907-1927]

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0022-50B

Description: Includes newspaper clippings, letters and photographs (includes accident to Christchurch-Dunedin Express which happened outside the Railway Station, 4 Jun 1927, and family photos). Some of these relate to Mrs W D Kirkpatrick, infant mistress at Redcliff School until her retirement in 1922 after 15 years service Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1886 - 1887

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane 1867-1950 :Sketchbook. [February 1886 - January 1887]

Reference: E-034-4-059/060

Description: Rough outlines of the coastal landforms at Scarborough, Sumner Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on two page of sketchbook, 288 x 215 mm

Date: [ca 1900-1950s]

From: Rogers, Charles Marsden, 1892-1964 :Photographs

By: Sayers, Alan John, 1915-

Reference: PAColl-7829-1

Description: Photographs of scenes of Wellington and other parts of New Zealand, and images for advertisements. Many of the photographs were taken by Charles Marsden Rogers, but there are also photographs taken by other photographers. Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0387

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a group of people sitting on the rocks at Sumner, taken ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: May-Jul 1903

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-252

Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letters from [?] Hendry or [?] Henly Grant, Bolton Studios, London; and A [?] Kerby, Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex; two plans, one for development of Sumner properties and another outlining sections in the Falsgrave and Leicester streets area bounded by the east and south town belt Quantity: 1 folder(s). Plans of proposed Sumner properties and of land with Falsgrave and Leicester streets and the east and south town belts

Date: 1886 - 1887

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane 1867-1950 :Sketchbook. [February 1886 - January 1887]

Reference: E-034-4-057

Description: View of Scarborough, Sumner Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, 144 x 215 mm

Date: 1938

Reference: PA1-q-052

Description: Album chiefly shows members of a Lands & Survey team surveying boundaries etc, in the Chatham Islands, and in South Canterbury, circa 1938. Residents of the Chatham Islands, various locations in the islands and activities such as sheep transportation from the islands to Lyttelton and Wellington by ship are shown. Another sequence shows drainage and irrigation procedures in South Canterbury. The photographer is probably Russell Gladstone Dick, later the New Zealand Surveyor-General. Other - Source of descriptive information - Card inserted in album which reads "Ample evidence this is a 1938 Lands and Surveys team surveying boundaries etc ... The photographer is shown in photos 126, 127 and 112, and is probably Mr Dick, later NZ Surveyoe General ..." Signed "Rhys Richards". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue cloth-covered album, 35.5 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1908, 1925-1928, 1934

From: Dangerfield, Leonard Joseph, fl 1988-2002 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1154

Description: Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1905-1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-833

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-013

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers, James Ring, Josiah Martin, and Henry Thomas Lock. Includes images of flooding in Blenheim, and a wire cable tram across the Taramakau River (West Coast). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth bound folio album, 415 x 300 mm

Date: 1863

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972

Reference: PAColl-6466

Description: Emily Nalder emigrated to New Zealand and later married Edward Denham of Sumner. Photograph taken in 1863 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Processing information: Print at PAColl-6466-1. Negative at 1/4-02328-F

Date: 1901-1916

By: Mellor, C W (Mr), active 1901-1917

Reference: PAColl-9559

Description: Collection comprises: Album pages of New Zealand scenes including views of Dunedin, Invercargill, Wellington, Whanganui River, Rotorua, Rimutaka Incline, Christchurch, 1901. Some of the photographs are attributed to C W Mellor. Group portraits of officers during World War I, including C W Mellor Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009