Ship captains
Simpson album : Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other I...
Date: April-June 1903
By: Read, G A, active 1903; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931
Reference: PA1-o-468
Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Other Titles - Visit of members of New Zealand legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Inscriptions: Album page - The voyage, of which the accompanying photographs form a partial record, was undertaken in April-June, 1903, for the purpose of giving Members of the New Zealand Legislature an opportunity of seeing the Cook and other Islands, which were annexed to the colony in June, 1901. In all fifteen islands were visited, eight of them being within the extended boundaries of New Zealand, and the remaining seven belonging to one or other of the adjacent groups - viz., Samoa, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and Fiji. The total distance travelled was 8,015 miles and th time occupied,, seven weeks. A detailed report on the visit will be found in parliamentary Paper, 1903, A.-3B. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm
William Esdaile Thomas - Diary
Date: 1863-1864
From: Wills Johnson, Kate Miria, 1929-1995: Papers and photographs relating to the Chatham Islands
Reference: 2000-068-29
Description: Two typescripts of diary of various voyages kept by the Resident Magistrate, Captain William Esdaile Thomas while travelling aboard the `Sea serpent' from Wellington to the Chatham Islands; one typescript was loaned to Wills Johnson who edited it and typed another Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Previous access statement 'Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was removed in May 2022.
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Man performing]. Lighting. P[ort] C[halmers]. W. ...
Date: 1883 - 1885 - 1895
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893
By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898
Reference: E-324-q-1-029
Description: Top left, a chromolithograph showing a singer or actor in bow tie and suit. Top right, a pencil drawing signed W H showing a large sailing ship unloading in Port Chalmers, looking out into the harbour. Bottom left, a further pencil sketch with a scene on a ship's deck. Bottom right, a lithograph head and shoulders portrait of a bearded ship captain in cap and uniform Quantity: 2 drawing(s). 1 colour art print(s). 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: 2 pencil drawings, one chromolithograph, one lithograph, sizes vary, glued to album page
Illustrated London news :Captain Levy, Master of the Schooner Eclipse [1865]
Date: 1865
From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]
Reference: E-372-f-041-1
Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of Captain Morris Levy Captain Levy, was on board his schooner, Eclipse, when Rev. C. D. S. Volkner was captured from it by Pai Marire Maori in 1865. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Volume 47, July 1865, p. 80 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 98 x 78 mm
Burgess, Isaac James, b 1824 : Papers
Date: 1828-1880
By: Burgess, Isaac James, 1824-1904
Reference: MS-Papers-1585
Description: Comprises baptismal certificate, school records, indenture certificate; correspondence with Alfred Domett, the Colonial Secretary, when Burgess was commander of HM colonial brig `Victoria' (1847-1850); papers relating to his duties as chief harbourmaster and pilot at Auckland (1868-1894), including testimonials from Gore Browne and Sir George Grey; and brief family history Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs transferred to Photographs.
Artist unknown :Captain Matthew Flinders, R N. Published 30 September 1814 by Joyce Gol...
Date: 1814
By: Joyce Gold (Firm)
Reference: A-040-022
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Flinders, who first circumnavigated Australia. He is shown in uniform. The portrait is in an oval Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Stipple engraving 85 x 75 mm
Photographs of Richard Seddon's tour of the South Pacific Islands in 1900
Date: 1900
From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir) 1851-1936 :Photographs
By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s
Reference: PAColl-5287-1
Description: Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s).
Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903
Date: 1903
By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903
Reference: PA1-o-933
Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Belonged to William Henry Triggs (1855-1934)
Craddock album 4
Date: [Circa 1914-1919]
From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India
Reference: PA1-o-115
Description: Album includes a large section of British naval ships, some travelling in convoy, some camouflaged, with closeup views of armaments and naval personnel, taken by unidentified photographers during World War I. It appears that the creator of the album was serving on the SS Parattah. A section in the album covers a port-of-call by the Parattah to Nauru and the Loyalty Islands, showing scenes and aspects of life on the islands, including several related to the phosphate industry on Nauru. There are a number of images of a group on camels near the Spinx and pyramids in Egypt, dated 1919, followed by a section on the Yosemite area, California, with scenic views of mountains and valleys, and several showing the "largest tree in the world". The last section in the album covers the royal tour of HRH The Prince of Wales in 1920, in Sydney. Views of decorations in the city, crowd scenes, and night scenes of decorative lighting and fireworks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon album, 23 x 34 cm
Edwin family :Photographs
Date: [ca 1880s-1920]
By: Edwin family; Gorton, Millicent, 1877-1966
Reference: PA-Group-00056
Description: Photographs relating to the career of Captain Alexander Mitford Edwin in the Mediterranean and East Africa during World War I and as a shipmaster for the Union Steam Ship Co. During the war Captain Edwin commanded the Wahine, the hospital ship Marama, and the Willochra. He brought the reconditioned Wahine back from England in 1919, and for 13 months before he retired in March 1922 he commanded the Tahiti in the San Fransisco service Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints at PAColl-6231; Negatives at 1/4-090477 to 090482 Quantity: 3 album(s). 116 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w original negative(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 1 b&w original photographic print(s) ambrotype. Physical Description: Albums, photographic prints, negatives, postcards Provenance: Millicent (Lilly) Gorton was the daughter of Captain Robert Atherton Edwin, and sister of Captain Alec Mitford Edwin. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-0267 : Edwin family : Papers (except 2 albums which appear to have been given directly to Photographic Archive when the collection was originally received by the Library in 1966).
Pearce, O M (Mrs), fl 1990 : Material relating to the early history of the Fairchild an...
Date: 1838-1911
Reference: MS-Papers-10529
Description: Research notes compiled by Mrs Pearce on Liddell, Fairchild and Charlton families, early settlers, mainly in the Kawhia area Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs O M Pearce, Plimmerton
Seddon's trip to the Pacific islands album
Date: 1900
By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s
Reference: PA1-o-461
Description: Photographs all taken by Frederick W Sears. Other Titles - Cover title - The Premier's trip to the Pacific Islands Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "The Premier's trip to the Pacific Islands" in gold lettering; 17.0 x 21.5 cm
Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903
Date: 1903
By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903
Reference: PA1-o-819
Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Provenance unknown. Previously housed in NZ & Pacific collection
Photographer unknown: Views of W F Massey and official party on their way to New Zealand
Date: ca 1921
Reference: PAColl-6597
Description: Four photographs of William Ferguson Massey's voyage back to New Zealand in 1921. Joseph George Ward is one member of his party which makes the date more likely to be ca 1919 as Ward left Massey's coalition after that date. There is a photograph of Massey with the ship's captain, Ward asleep in a deck chair, Massey and some others of his party, and the party at the harbour in what is possibly Pago Pago, American Samoa. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018076 to 018079 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives
Illustrated London news :Captain Levy, Master of the Schooner Eclipse [1865]
Date: 1865
From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
Reference: E-106-f-051-1
Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of Captain Morris Levy Captain Levy, was on board his schooner, Eclipse, when Rev. C. D. S. Volkner was captured from it by Pai Marire Maori in 1865. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Volume 47, July 1865, p. 80 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 98 x 80 mm
Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903
Date: 1903
From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir) 1851-1936 :Photographs
By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903
Reference: PA1-o-818
Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album
Surville, Jean Francois Marie de 1717-1770 : Journal and log of a voyage across the Pac...
Date: 1769-1770
By: Surville, Jean Francois Marie de, 1717-1770
Reference: qMS-1955-1958
Description: Includes one volume of Errata Relationship complexity - Published version available at 910.8 Hakluyt; microfilm at Micro-MS-0183 Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (38 cm; ¼ blue morocco, blue linen)
Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 :Johnstone - Comdr. Turon. Sepr 1853.
Date: 1852
From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers
Reference: E-199-q-034
Description: Portrait of Commander Johnstone in uniform. He wears a peaked cap with braid, and may be a ship's captain. Turon is in New South Wales Other Titles - Commander Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white 103 x 69 mm
Maskell, Alfred Ogle, 1845-1912: The Voyage of the Asterope, Aberdeen clipper from Lond...
Date: 1865-1868
By: Maskell, Alfred Ogle, 1845-1912
Reference: MS-1560
Description: Maskell gives a very full account of the voyage including the death of the ship's doctor on 27 Aug 1865. The account of the voyage is preceded by two sketches, possibly of the author; two letters to his mother are tipped in; one provides first impressions of Wellington, Christchurch and W M Maskell's Canterbury farm, Broadleaze Source of title - Transcribed Variations in title - Binder's title : Log of voyage to New Zealand, 1865 Maskell was a cabin passenger aboard the Asterope Quantity: 1 volume(s) (62 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (24 cm; ½ dark brown morocco, brown cloth) Two sketches possibly of the author
Millar, Ross :Photograph of the officers of the SS Manuka
Date: Dec 1929
By: Millar, Ross, active 1980s; Esquilant, William Charles, 1866-1952
Reference: PAColl-0223
Description: Photo showing officers of TSS Manuka which was wrecked off Long Point, taken by William Esquilant of Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).