Teachers - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Date: 1921, [1930-1950]

From: North, Esther Mary, 1892-1968 : Papers

Reference: MSX-6015-6016

Description: Address book kept by North. Also diary for 1921 kept by her while teaching at Pahiatua District High School and in London and Kentish Town at the beginning of her grant of one of the University Passages to Europe. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (two pieces in case folder).

Date: ca 1930-1970

By: Wanganui Newspapers; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Elmar Studios; Stapleton, V A, active 1932-1938; Richards' Studios

Reference: PAColl-0725

Description: Photographs of Elsie Betts-Vincent spanning her lifetime. Studio portraits of her as a young woman ca 1930s; class photograph with her pupils at Wanganui Girls College 1925; two photographs of the girls in costume for productions produced by Betts-Vincent ca 1938; with a group of unidentified men at an event in Sydney ca 1926-1932; four photographs of her as the nurse in a production of Romeo and Juliet ca 1940s; at a music teachers' conference with J J Murphy ca 1960s; playing the piano ca 1970s; and at a lunch ca 1970s. Also include an unknown shipwreck and a table laid out in a hall with a wedding cake and other food. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1890

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0537

Description: Shows an elevation and plan of existing outbuildings, elevation and plan of a new washhouse, elevation and plan of the two-bedroomed teacher's residence. Dated around 1890, but it is possible the plans date from slightly later. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Reduced copy (diazo print), 345 x 235 mm.

Date: 1989-1995

By: Blanchard, Dorothy Alice, 1915-2013

Reference: MS-Group-0439

Description: Blanchard tells the story of her life, her childhood, school years, training as a teacher and subsequent life living on a farm at Tokirima. Although largely chronological she makes many connections with the past. The autobiography resulted from an oral history interview (prior to deposit in 1989; tapes with Oral History Section) which indicated Mrs Blanchard had a much longer story to tell than could be told on tape. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - My road to Tokirima Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: 1916

From: Davies, Dorothy :Box of photographs relating to the work of Dorothy Davies; two albums

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: PAColl-4329

Description: Class photograph of what is probably Wanganui Girls College taken in 1916. Some of the teachers are standing at the sides of the group which are seated and standing in rows outside the building. The photographer was F J Denton. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890-1945]

From: Estate of W Wilson :Photographs of the Wilson family and Eketahuna

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; NZ Camera-Craft Company; Valerie Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0436-1

Description: School photographs, one from Eketahuna District High School 1938; roll of honour for Eketahuna District High School; G Dawson and M(?) Ramsay in their navy uniforms 28th Feburary 1940; Mr Hornblow and Mrs Dickson at a formal dinner; the Queen Mother at a gala event on the upper gallery of a theatre; the Queen Mother with Bishop Owen; Mrs Wilson and Miss C M Wilson in front of radio equipment; John Dawson's graduation photograph; Mr Wilson leaving his house in a top hat; the post office at Eketahuna before 1934; two photographs of William Muir Wilson's grave; a group photograph of nine men in business dress (uncaptioned); and a postcard of Eketahuna in the snow. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-065853 to 065863 Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Date: 4 Oct-10 Nov 1848

By: Baker, William Te Huia Bailey, 1828-1865

Reference: MS-0124

Description: Covers period as schoolmaster on the Wanganui River with Rev Richard Taylor Quantity: 1 volume(s) (24 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; ¼ maroon morocco)

Date: ca 1890-1910

By: Bunting, Frederick William, -1913; Bethelsen, Anders, active 1900; Bethelsen, Kristine, active 1900; Patterson, R I, active 1984

Reference: PAColl-0728

Description: Photographs of people who lived in Mangaweka ca 1900 including the pupils of the school. One shows girls dancing round a may-pole in the rain and another the Rangitikei River in flood. Bunting is the only photographer identified. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by R I Patterson from the estate of Anders and Kristine Bethelsen.

By: Heine, Clara Mathilde, 1891-1975; Billens, Henry, 1846-1936

Reference: PAColl-4401

Description: Studio photograph taken by Billens of the staff of Palmerston North High School in 1917 (whether the Boys' or Girls' High School is not specified but with six female members of staff it is more likely to be the Girls') with the following names given: Hodges, W Anderson, I Colquohoun, A J Ironside, John Murray, Mr Vernon (Head), C N Heine, ? Piggott, Doris Hurt, M J Macaulay, Heni Park. View up the drive towards the Home for the Aged Needy in Newtown, Wellington with staff standing in front of it ca 1890. See Donation Book for details of deposit. Arrangement: Album at PA1-o-219. Loose photographs at PAColl-4401. Original negative of the Home for the Aged Needy at 1/2-032552. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1914-1919

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1643

Description: Record of Arthur Porritt's years at Wanganui College. Photographs include - Sports teams. The whole school. House groups. The staff. The cadet corps. Athletic and swimming events. 1917 production of play "She Stoops to Conquer." Group of old boys. School magazine committee. Prefects. The school gardens. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009

Date: 1909

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-020897-G

Description: School children in class at Makowhai School, Manawatu. Two teachers are in the background. Taken by Frank J Denton in 1909. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1890

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0880

Description: Shows a block plan of the residence, new washhouse, and existingdoutbuiling. Dated around 1890, but it is possible the plans date from slightly later. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 13 Oct 1993

From: Slices of lives oral history project

By: Oka, Yoshinori, 1946-

Reference: OHInt-0407-10

Description: Yoshinori Oka was born in Japan in 1946. Gives details of his family background and his interest in music (played harmonica and clarinet). Mentions matchmaking in Japan. Talks about the education system in Japan, teaching there and approaching the New Zealand Education Department about teaching in New Zealand. Describes teaching in Kawerau from 1989 to 1993 when he moved to Palmerston North. Compares life, customs and education in New Zealand with those in Japan. Refers to his blue-grass band at Kawerau. Abstracted by - Susan Hawes Awards/funding - Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - 6 Galway Street Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006825-006826 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1581 and OHA-1581a (Additional material). 2 Photographs

Date: Between 1900 and 1910

By: Ahern, Maureen, active 2002

Reference: 1/2-197544-F

Description: Photograph of Alexander McMinn (1842-1919), teacher, journalist and newspaper proiprietor of the Rangitikei and Manawatu, and his sons Leslie, Gordon, Archibald Forbes, Garnet Alexander and Francis Alexander, taken ca 1900s by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 12.5 x 10 cm

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001374-F

Description: Mrs K Skwaiko watches her pupils study in the boys' classroom at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001369-F

Description: Teacher Miss Rolinska passes a bottle of milk to Stefania Serdynska at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Title amended in October 2018 following information from a researcher.