School records

Date: 1858 (1954)

By: Pipiriki School

Reference: MS-1777

Description: References to baptisms performed by Rev Taylor, and murder committed by the Nga-ti-tu at Kirikiriroa Quantity: 1 volume(s) (3 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; white wraps, in grey pamphlet case)

Date: 1883-1983

By: Brooklyn School (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: 84-219

Description: Records comprise school log books 1929-1967, pupil registers for Vogeltown and Brooklyn schools 1883-1969, minutes of staff meetings 1957-1967, School Centennial Committee minutes 1982-1983, historical notes and correspondence, 1983, registration cards for Brooklyn School Reunion, and large number of class and historic photographs (photocopies). Original photocopies have been transferred to Photographic Archive. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See further records at 89-231 Vogeltown School, which opened in 1883 and was situated on the Ridgway, was the first in the area. In 1898 a new school was opened on the present site. In 1903 the name was changed to Brooklyn. Quantity: 2 box(es). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Loose photos (mainly classroom 1955-1984 and some historical) - PA-Group-00461 - To Other - Brass plate - Brooklyn Play Area 1924.

Date: 1844-1845, n d

Reference: qMS-1408-1413a

Description: Attendance rolls generally kept by native school teachers, though there is evidence of William Colenso's hand in some of them. Earliest register (1844) is for the school at Waimate, Northland; the remaining books relate to schools in the Wairarapa district. It is noteworthy that both Mohi Torohanga and Paratene Te Okawhare are listed as pupils at the schools; they are the source of the text scribed by Te Whatahoro and subsequently used by S P Smith in writing about Maori cosmology and origins (See JPS 103 no 2); other notable pupils include Te Horo and Paora Te Potangaroa who both established prophetic movements (see Elsmore, B 1989 Mana from Heaven) There is a note on one of the books in Elsdon Best's hand. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 7 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (29 cm; brown paper wraps, in maroon linen tie case)

Date: 1946-1948, 1950, 1952-1953

From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11112-027

Description: Folder comprises reports, correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to medical education, including post-graduate study and the establishment of a second medical school in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, printed material (with some mss annotations)

Date: [ca 2013-2014]

From: Day, Melvin Norman, 1923-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12414-01

Description: Material compiled by Oroya Day, containing biographical information and ephemera about Melvin Day, covering the period 1929 to 1957. Includes school reports, awards, certificates, and prizes, correspondence, newsclippings, a watercolour artwork, testimonials, material relating to war service (including photographic prints), photographs, articles, material relating to the annual Rotorua Society of Arts Exhibition, copies of notebook and diary entries, material relating to teaching career, catalogues, booklets, a guarantee for a watch which was given to Mrs Day in 1954, original artwork for a New Zealand Chinese cookbook and a copy of the book. Title taken from original enclosure. Arrangement: The contents of this item were received by the Library in a ringbinder containing clear plastic sleeves; the order of the material in the ringbinder has been retained. Quantity: 1 box(es) containing 18 folders.. Transfers: The contents of MS-Papers-12414-01 and MS-Papers-12414-02 were originally received in one ringbinder.. Processing information: The contents of each plastic sleeve have been rehoused into archival folders, one per sleeve, and the label information on the sleeves has been transcribed onto the folders. The sleeves have been disposed of. Within the folder photographic prints have been placed in photographic enclosures and left in situ. Negatives have been separated for preservation purposes. A separation sheet has been left in the folder indicating the reference number for the negatives.

Date: [ca 1924-1960]

From: Smith, Shirley Hilda Stanley, 1916-2007 : Papers

Reference: Series-5512

Description: Shirley Smith received most of her schooling at Queen Margaret College, Wellington and Nga Tawa, Marton. She was a student at St Hugh's College, Oxford, 1935-1939. Between 1941-1944 she was a lecturer in Classics at Wellington and Auckland university colleges and lectured on constitutional and Roman law at Victoria University College, 1958-1960. The series contains stories, school exercise books and reports from her school days, notes she made on clasical studies while a student at Oxford University and for the various lectureships she held in New Zealand. Also includes correspondence relating to this period, in particular correspondence written while she was at Oxford University.

Date: 1912-1958

From: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3776-1/2/8

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1931-1940

From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two

Reference: MS-Papers-4808-4

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1928-1930

From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two

Reference: MS-Papers-4808-2

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1946-1956]

From: Dunningham, Archibald George William, 1907-1996 : Libraries and librarians as I knew them

Reference: MS-Papers-6024-07

Description: Includes information on the United States Information Library and its director, Mary Parsons, who helped set up the New Zealand Library School. Articles on the establishment and opening of the library school and articles written by its early directors, Mary Parsons and Nora Bateson.

Date: 1980-1981

From: Tintner, Tanya, fl 1980-2002 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8458

Description: Lists of performances at the 34th and 35th Cambridge Summer Schools of Music, 1980, 1981. These relate to recordings at MSCD-0155-0156 and MSCD-0158-0166. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1898-1941, 1959-1969

From: Wellington Central Baptist Church : Records

Reference: 92-248-10

Description: Contains annual reports, minutes, correspondence and financial statements of the Young Men's Bible Class Union; Sunday school minutes, correspondence, exam papers and accounts ledger; Indian friends file, jubilee (1928) and constitution papers Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: ca 1950-1980

From: Ashton-Warner, Sylvia, 1908-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4425-132

Description: Includes: `Evolution of a book', Ihaka books, Turi books, `Dady D Says', `River stories',`I love today',`Litterbug',`O children', `Judy's writing book' journal articles and printed matter without Sylvia Ashton-Warner references Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Typescripts (mainly carbon and photocopies) and printed matter

Date: 1972-2004

By: Institute for Early Childhood Studies

Reference: ATL-Group-00846

Description: Collection comprises papers relating to early childhood education, training and policy. Includes reports, submissions, policy documents, educational material, catalogues, miscellaneous early childcare booklets and printed material. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 12 box(es) (file boxes). 3 C60 cassette(s). 1.30 Linear Metres. 1 C90 cassette(s). Physical Description: Mss, typesciprt & printed matter Provenance: The items held in this collection were formerly part of the Early Childhood Archive. Transfers: Collection received into Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there..