Kensington

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

By: Bodleian Library

Reference: PA1-f-014

Description: Collection of photograph album pages (lacking covers) which contain images of New Zealand, and images from trips to Switzerland and England (London and Oxford). Many of the photographs are in colour, taken by Dr Ken Birrell circa 1950s. A number of aerial photographs show areas around the Southern Alps, and Queenstown. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album pages, of varying sizes, lacking covers. 43 leaves are 240 x 300 mm, and 12 leaves are 240 x 375 mm, contained in phase box

Date: 7 Jun 1878

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : Further papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-6368-2

Description: Indenture between Arthur Furneaux Taylor and Stepehn Abbott Cumming and Frederick Banks for lease of land in Kensington Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1932-1933

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1615

Description: Includes photographs of Kensington gardens; Hampton Court; Trinity College, Oxford; Kew gardens; Wilson's at Berkhamsted; Dog cemetery at Hyde Park; Box Hill in Surrey; Davis Cup matches between Australia and England in 1933; Virginia Water; buildings and castles in Warwick and Kenilworth; William Shakespeare's birth place, Stratford-on-Avon; Fire brigade display in Chelsea; Zillah and Mavis on ship (possibly their return voyage in 1934) In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 19.5 x 28 cm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7076

Description: Photographs taken circa the 1960s by John Ingle, when in Scotland, England and arriving in Eastern Canada, including 4 black and white images. London views include red brick buildings in Kensington, Trafalgar Square and St Martin in the Fields, the Albert memorial and a pond in Hyde Park, views of Kensington Gardens including two statues, the Physical Energy Statue and the Peter Pan Statue, and the "County Museum"?; four b&w photographs show houses in Glamis, the church of Glamis, Balmoral Castle, and trees in the Dee Valley; blue bells; Houses of Parliament in London; a double exposure of Mevagissey; a map of Eastern Canada; seabirds on the Atlantic Ocean; approaching Canada; a paper plant and waterfall at the mouth of the St Lawrence River; city of Trois-Rivieres (Three Rivers); and Quebec Cliffs. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies slides. 4 b&w copy transparency/ies b&W copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1931-May 1932

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1614

Description: Includes photographs of views around London, and various parts of England; Zillah with violin case outside Royal College; first snow in London; visiting family friends; children receiving oranges and lemons at St Clement Danes Church. In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 19.5 x 28 cm

Date: 1955

By: Bell, Gerda Elizabeth, 1903-1992

Reference: MS-Papers-7800

Description: Report by Bell on libraries in Sydney, London, Frankfurt Main, Freiburg im Breisgau, Cologne, Munich, Stockholm, Perugia and Rome. While in London she also reported on various schools. Source of title - Transcribed Bell went to Perugia to study Italian in 1954; on her way there she visited libraries in Sydney and London and during her stay visited various libraries in Europe Quantity: 1 folder(s) (25 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Ministry of Education, Wellington, Apr 2002

Date: 1913

From: Murry, M Middleton (Mrs) :Photographs of Katherine Mansfield

Reference: 1/2-028643-F

Description: Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry sitting inside their flat at Chaucer Mansions, Kensington, London. Taken by an unknown photographer in October 1913. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Oct 1913

Reference: 1/2-028635-F

Description: Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry at their home at Chaucer Mansions, Kensington, London. Taken by an unknown photographer October 1913. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).