Workshops

Date: [1996-2001]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-125

Description: Various events in which McLeod participated including funerals, workshops, in memoriam services etc Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1911

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

Reference: Plans-92-0158/0165

Description: Includes foundation plan, roof plan, elevations, ground and first floor plans, sections, details of roof and stanchions, details of tanks, girders, flues in engine-room workshops, details of lights in walls of store and yard store, details of gates and fencing, part plan of urinals. Other Titles - New Zealand Quantity: 8 plan(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo prints, mounted on linen, 780 x 765 mm.

Date: 1981, [ca 1983]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5873

Description: Exterior and interior views of Claystore Community Workshop, Devonport, Auckland. Art works include: a sculpture by Rosemary Johnson in the Women's Gallery, Wellington, 1981; an installation by Chris Booth; and a pastel drawing by Gerda Leenards. Information relating to people and evants at the Women's Gallery from Marion Evans, 2007. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Description and date changed 22 June 2022 following information from a researcher.

Date: 1920s

By: Stagecoach Wellington

Reference: PAColl-6158

Description: Most of the photographs show parts of a tram damaged in a frontal collision. Most of the rest record things related to running the tramways; a locked box or cupboard built onto tram shelters containing jacks and other repair equipment; an electric motor or generator from a tram; a workshop bench and the equipment on it; a metal covered hatch in a brick wall through which drivers passed and received their cash boxes. There is one photograph of buses and one other of a truck. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181479-G to 1/2-181504-G Quantity: 22 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1911

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-0951/0953

Description: Includes floor plan, side elevations, sections for a painters' shop, boat shed and timber stack shed. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on dressed linen, sizes varying up to 530 x 685 mm.

Date: 1911

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-0148/154

Description: Shows a block plan, elevations, section with tall chimney, ground plan of boilermakers and blacksmiths room, heavy machinery and fitting shop, roof plan and foundation plan, ground plan of pattern store, shipwright and boatbuilder section, sawmill, iron rack and wire store, salvage store. Quantity: 7 plan(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo prints, mounted on linen, 780 x 765 mm.

Date: 1950

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Kelly & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-93-0800

Description: Shows cross-section, plan above roof, and four elevations; site plan and section through walls. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 525 x 695 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1945

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Kelly, Bertie Fleming, 1888-1962

Reference: Plans-93-0590/0604

Description: Includes site and foundation plan, ground floor and first floor plans, elevations and sections; additions and alterations to workshop block, elevations of heating service, beam details and chimney details. Quantity: 15 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings and diazo prints, sizes varying around 600 x 750 mm.

Date: 1983

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5872

Description: Exterior and interior views of the Stables, Hawkes Bay Community College, 1983. Exterior and interior views of Claystore Community Workshop, Devonport, Auckland. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1921

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-90-1261/1262

Description: Shows floor plan, sections and elevations of a motor garage and workshop. The building is probably just for private use, because the workshops do not have car-width doors, but simply regular doors for human passage. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed linen paper, sizes varying up to 400 x 500 mm.

Date: 12 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Samways, Phil, 1925-2001

Reference: OHInt-0330-24

Description: Phil Samways was born in Auckland, in 1926. Recounts loss of sight and registration with the Foundation for the Blind in 1945. Tells of lack of rehabilitative training, part time work in the Foundation workshops and adult education classes with Ray Brown learning Braille and touch typing. Details workshop conditions and products manufactured including cane and willow furniture, rugs and nets for the navy during World War II. Talks about first outside job in 1960 working for Bell Radio on Dominion Road. Outlines work career and redundancies until retirement in 1978. Mentions the Blind Invalid's Benefit, 1958. Discusses the formation of the workshop committee, his position as a committee member and the establishment of the Dominion Association of the Blind in 1945. Talks about Joe Broadfoot and Wally Christiansen, Foundation directors; Mr Packman the workshop foreman; the attitude of the Board of Trustees. Details the living conditions and lack of stimulus at Pearson House for residents, institutionalisation and restriction of movement outside the Foundation grounds. Mentions lack of socialisation between residents and staff. Talks about segregation of male and female residents and his marriage to a sighted girl in 1948. Depicts the activities and members of the Foundation's Blind Band. Discusses the first meeting of the Dominion Association of the Blind, chaired by Lionel Voice. Recalls Association activities and conferences. Talks in detail about Cyril White and his wife Ethel Gibson, petitions to abolish means testing, the Board of Trustee elections, Bruce Kibblewhite and the Foundation placement services and outside employment. Discusses his first guide dog in 1961, training in Australia and early problems with acceptance of guide dogs in public places around New Zealand. States his position as one of the first guide dog owners in New Zealand. Mentions formation of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association formed in 1962, the Lady Nell School and the National Guide Dog Centre in Australia. Recalls the opening of the Guide Dog Centre in New Zealand in 1972. Remembers the book 'Lady of the Seeing Eye' about the first guide dog in America. Outlines activites after retirement, including further schooling to gain School Certificate, and attempts to learn Braille. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009806 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3281.

Date: 01 Jul 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Cooper, Stanley John Percival, 1912-2000

Reference: OHInt-0330-02

Description: Stan Cooper was born around 1913. Recounts gradual blindness from childhood. Outlines leaving school at fifteen and various jobs during the Depression including farming at Pukekohe, Dargaville and Morewa. Backgrounds involvement with the Foundation for the Blind and employment in the workshops. Recalls Lionel Boyce, the employment officer and outside work in shoe and engineering factories. Talks in detail about the Dominion Association of the Blind formed 1945 and the first meeting held in Newmarket. Discusses poor pay and workshop conditions. Mentions position as chairman of the Auckland branch and funding issues. Recounts formation of Foundation advisory committees and the first annual conference of the Dominion Association of the Blind 1947. Discusses Cyril White, Bill Bryan, Wally Christiansen and Jim May. Mentions changes to blind legislation 1959. Recalls his position as Dominion Association President 1967-1970. Talks about Braille wristwatches and canes provided during registration with the Foundation. Remembers 1935 New Zealand general election in Auckand. States he lived in the first state house in Orakei. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009782, OHLC-4955 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3259.

Date: 10 Jul 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Liddington, Laurel Dorothy, 1927-2002

Reference: OHInt-0330-15

Description: Laurel Mutimer was born in Wanganui in 1927. Talks about her family, and enrolment in Institute for the Blind school in Auckland aged five. Recalls impressions of the school, the routines, students including her sister, teachers, food, exercise programmes, brownie and girl guide groups, disciplinary measures, segregation of the sexes, dances and various lessons. Mentions brief time in workshops and the products made. Outlines wage scale and pensions. Talks in detail about the Foundation library collections and the workings of the telephone exchange. Mentions Braille catalogue system. Shares memories of Clutha Mackenzie and Joe Broadfoot. Mentions marriage to Terry Small in 1949. Tells of the workshop committee and welfare committee, predecessors of the Dominion Association of the Blind. Depicts the restrictions on a boarder with the Foundation. Outlines marriage, time spent in Wellington, contact with the Association and return to Auckland. Talks about relationship and attitude between the Foundation and Association. Mentions Terry Small's Association presidency 1963 to 1967 and 1976 to 1983. Recounts opening of Association Branch at Wanganui and later the Centre for the Blind. Details involvement with Auckland 1YA Radio and Focus magazine. Gives impressions of Wally Christiansen and Jim May. Talks in detail about money management and the Blind Invalid's Benefit 1958. Mentions Bruce Kibblewhite. Tells of marriage to Les Liddington 1976. Discusses issues faced raising sighted and non-sighted children. Talks about house fire due to Guy Fawkes sky rocket. Illustrates social scene in Wanganui. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009795, OHLC-004960 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3272.

Date: 20 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Morris, Thomas, 1912-

Reference: OHInt-0330-20

Description: Thomas Morris was born in Rangitaiki in 1912. Details limited education in a sighted school and registering with the Jubilee Institute in 1924. Talks about new director, Clutha Mackenzie, a former Minister of Parliament who succeeded Charles Frayling. Discusses Eric Frayling. Names Institute Board of Trustees chairman H.E. Vale, replaced by A.J. Hutchinson in 1928. Discusses the Jubilee School, learning Braille, boarding at the Foundation, school routines, staff, meals and outings. Mentions school bell that came from Governor General John Jellicoe's warship the Iron Duke. Recounts different housemasters including Bob Byres, Mr Watford, George Pilgrim and Harry Wayne. Recalls beginning work in the Foundation workshops around 1932. Lists different products manufactured and other Foundation industries for blind workers. States he worked there for forty five years. Talks about Wally Christiansen. Discusses the procession of matrons including Mrs Whellan, ex matron of Mt. Eden prison. Outlines the division between staff and residents. Mentions permissions process to get married. Details the arrest of Clutha MacKenzie in 1938 on indecent assault charges, the Supreme Court trial and his leaving the Institute. Mentions Tom Sneddon, the arresting detective. Discusses other directors Joe Broadfoot and Wally Christiansen in detail. Talks about Jim May. Talks about Morton Aldis and his article 'Betrayal of the Blind', 1932. Discusses the formation of the Dominion Association of the Blind in 1945. Outlines decision not to join the Association and the gradual improvements in working conditions in the workshops under Wally Christiansen. Details the 1931 strike by basket workers. Talks about involvement in the Blind Band and fellow musicians Alan Morton, Julian Lee, Bob Martin, Stewart Gordon and Joe Papish. Talks about his wife Blanch McKenzie who worked in the library with Gladys White. Outlines life after retirement in 1975. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009802 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3277.

Date: 09 Feb 1995

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Middleton, Osman Edward Gordon, 1925-2010

Reference: OHInt-0330-19

Description: Ted Middleton was born in Christchurch in 1925. Backgrounds early education, work experience and time spent in the Air Force and New Zealand Army during World War II. Remembers diagnoses of retinitis pigmentosa and army discharge 1945. Outlines university education, marriage in 1949, having children and first publishing experiences. Details varied work experiences. Mentions defamation action brought against Truth NZ Limited 1945, reaching the Supreme Court. Describes receiving the New Zealand Literary Fund Scholarship and Letters. Recalls registering with the New Zealand Foundation of the Blind in 1957 and joining the Dominion Association of the Blind. Mentions earlier job for the Newmarket News that required an interview with Wally Christiansen, the Foundation director and attending Association meetings. Details experience of visiting Foundation workshops and the shocking conditions. Talks about Jim May, a welfare officer and finding work on a switchboard. Mentions Artie Foster. Outlines literary success including the Hubert Church Award in 1959. Expresses appreciation of talking book service and his first talking book, acquired in 1963 and narrated by Frank Sargeson. Discisses perceived problems with the Foundation inlcuding limited employment opportunities. Talks about Cyril White. Details technological advancements in reel tape recorders. Remembers impressions of Wally Christiansen. Outlines process of learning Braille. Mentions Bob Wright, the New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind President 1975 to 1976. Discusses Bill Bryan, Geoff Gibbs, the Queen Street march of 1978, the Foundation Board of Trustees, national Association conferences, David Sherry, problems in education and the relationship between the Association and the Foundation for the Blind. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009800, OHC-009801 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3276.

Date: 1962

From: Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson, architects :[Architectural plans. 1955-1988].

By: Toomath, Wilson, Irvine, Anderson Ltd

Reference: Plans-2005-057-0155B

Description: Includes floor plan and section of a square room with ceiling vents and an exhaust fan at the apex of the roof. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 535 x 760 mm.

Date: 1961 - 1963

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

By: Gabites and Beard (Firm); Robson, Stanley Rex, 1920-1977

Reference: Plans-2009-082-7238-001/077

Description: Plans for a two-storeyed building, many made by consulting engineer, S Rex Robson. They include: 001-020: Exterior perspective drawings, site plan, elevations, sections, details of boiler house and paint shop, window and louvre details, lightcourt elevations, stair details 021-040: Details of toilet, locker room, Screened room, laboratory, interior glazing, sliding doors, kitchen, switch room, waste payout, foundation and ground floor slab details, foundation wall reinforcing 041-060: Roof and first floor truss details, column details, steel deck floors, precast concrete units, boiler house structure, foundations and ground floor slab, revised design for boiler house and paint shop block, water connection locality plan, site layout revised to include Meteorological store, overall floor plan 061-077: 2nd scheme sketch plans (floor plans), revised site layout, 3rd scheme sketch floor plans, floor plans, elevations and sections, kitchen details, charts about seismic moments. Quantity: 77 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on draughting paper, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803.

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

Reference: PAColl-6963

Description: Assorted views of army life and family photographs many of them taken on a beach. One of a hot air balloon is advertising Hudson's Baking Powder with the slogan "Bound to Rise". Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059554 to 059869 and 106041 to 106083 Quantity: 316 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1933

From: New Zealand Geological Survey :Photographs of the Dominion Museum

Reference: PAColl-0060-2

Description: View of the Dominion Museum in Museum Street, Wellington. Taken by an unidentified photographer from above an oak tree, showing the junction of Sydney Street West and Museum Street. The museum workshop is on the right. Mr Hutchins, the gardener, can be seen on the lawn with his dog Tiger, in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1948

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0303/0306

Description: Shows a perspective drawing on a patio with French doors opening from the dining room. Also shows a floor plan and east elevation. Also shows a plan of a prefabricated workshop. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 470 x 405 mm.