Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968

Date: [ca 1965]

By: Hunt, Donald Milan Leigh, 1915-1990

Reference: PAColl-0820

Description: Photograph of Mr A Leigh Hunt standing outside the Dominion Farmers' Institute, Featherston Street, Wellington, taken ca 1965 by an unidentified photographer Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Mr. A. Leigh Hunt. Aged 89. Outside Dominion Farmers Institute 110 Featherston St Wellington; Verso - centre - Mr. Leigh Hunt was founder of company who constructed Dominion Farmer Institute, built 1917-1920. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 26 x 20.4 cm Provenance: Donated by Mr D L Hunt, 1974

Date: 1926

By: Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/1926/Acc.9296

Description: Cadastral map, part surveyed, of Cashmere subdivision, Khandallah, Wellington, showing Sections 1-9 Ranui Road and 1-44 St Lawrence Cres, Awa Road (Indus Street) and Raumati Terrace. Several sections have the letter 'G' annotated in ink. Three sections are marked sold, some are marked bought, some are highlighted, and some contain notes that are hard to decipher. Land blocks II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, and the streets Kupe Terrace and Moera Road are marked. Includes a locality plan showing the Khandallah Station, Kaiwarra (Kaiwharawhara) Station and Stream, and the land blocks in question. Stamped A Leigh Hunt, Wellington. Written on map: HD3/166/84; 9 Mar 1933; File 2/34/90 Written on map: A Leigh Hunt, real estate agent, Dominion Farmers Institute, Wellington Stamped Return to records Written on reverse: 15 Inscriptions: A Leigh Hunt; Return to records Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale [1:1 584], 41 x 43 cm.

Date: 1938

By: Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968

Reference: Plans-80-1158

Description: Details of 2nd floor plan of 63 Willis Street Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Stamp: A Leigh Hunt, Land & estate agent Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper

Date: 1926

By: Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm); New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/1926/Acc.11043

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map of subdivision of Onslow Road, Cashmere, Wellington, showing numbered sections with acreage, many of which are marked sold. Marks main Hutt Road, Wellington-Wairarapa Railway, and includes a locality map. Stamped A Leigh Hunt; Return to Records; 9 Mar 1938 Written on map: HD3/166/85; File 2/34/90 Signed Seaton Sladden & Pavitt Includes note 'Boundaries and areas checked with DP 8007; other notes difficult to decipher Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 40 x 4202 cm

Date: 1922-1932

By: Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968

Reference: PAColl-7590

Description: Photograph of 7th Conference of Association of NZ Chambers of Commerce; views of trips in the North Island, views of lighthouse, pines and dunes on Farewell Spit, and some images of damage from Hawke's Bay earthquake and the camp for survivors Quantity: 64 b&w original negative(s). 25 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original transparency/ies. Transfers: See associated manuscript material received in 1961, 1973, and 1980 at MS-Group-1880 Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968 : Papers..

Date: 1886-1930

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-03

Description: Contains inwards correspondence from people whose surnames start with the letters F, G and H Transcriptions of selected letters from Fleck to Best published in: Alice Hunt, 'Samoa, 1917. Dear Mr Best ~: Letters 1917-19, Samuo to Wellington' (Palmerston North: Manuia Books, 2016). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1908

By: Maisey & Johns (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-1181

Description: Details of ground, first, second and third floor plan Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - A Leigh Hunt, Land and estate agent; Recto - bottom right - This is a copy of original plan, may be altered since then, March 1908; Verso - top centre - In pencil: Austin Bennett Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on pale green paper

Date: 1938

By: Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968

Reference: Plans-80-1157

Description: Details of 2nd floor plan and roof plan Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A Leigh Hunt.... Dominion Farmers Institute Wellington Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on parchment paper

Date: 1907-1959

By: New Zealand Sounds Hydro-Electric Concessions Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-0157

Description: Records of New Zealand Sounds Hydro Electric Concessions Ltd, incorporating also the records of the Milford Sound Nitrate Syndicate Ltd, and various research studies on the feasability of nitrate and aluminium production and other possible uses for electric power produced in Fiordland. Includes newspaper clippings on the Bowen Falls controversy. The bulk of the records are concerned with the period ca 1920-1930. The records include correspondence, a cash book, a financial ledger and a number of printing plates. Source of title - Supplied by Library Accompanying material - Accompanied by biographical details about Joseph Orcheston, founder of the company in Back file Relationship complexity - The second volume of the Directors' Minutes (MSY-3183) is held under A92-022 The Company was founded in 1925 by the donor's father, superseding a previous Milford Sound Nitrate Syndicate. Both companies had been formed with the intention of exploiting the hydro-electric potential of Fiordland. The company was fully active only from 1925-1927 It was the first company to investigate Milford Sound and Lake Manapouri for its potential to produce hydro-electric power. Quantity: 4 volume(s). 32 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, and maps Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs have been transferred (PAColl-8585) - To Cartographic Collection - Various maps.

By: Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968

Reference: PAColl-4489

Description: Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-021068 and 1/2-C-024583, 1/2-032602, 043205, 075413 and 137291 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Prints at PAColl-6208-16, PAColl-6348-04, PAColl-6407-96 and PAColl-4489-01..

Date: 1947

By: Dyett, Henry Lewis Percy, 1889-1975

Reference: MapColl-832.47981gbbd/1947/Acc.9677

Description: Surveyed cadastral map of subdivision 33 in Tawa, of numbered, part surveyed sections with acreage, in Kiwi Crescent and Tainui Crescent, and part of Chester Road. Contains note 'Areas and distances subject to final check by Survey Department when plan is deposited therewith'. Stamped: A Leigh Hunt, land & estate agent Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale [1: 792], 51 x 55 cm.

Date: 1922

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ha/[1922]/Acc.12552

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map of the subdivision of Mrs Howarth's sections in Hataitai into 20 lots, numbered as 1-10 Evans Bay Road and 11-20 Belvedere Road. Lots show acreage; those sold are marked in red. Lot 17 is marked reserved. The sole agent for the sale is Arthur Leigh Hunt. Annotations on the map include: 'Ward surveyor, pt Lot 3 D.P. 65, pt Sec 4, Evans Bay Survey District'; prices of sections 1-16 (varying from 180 to 320 pounds sterling); the number 98; stamp duty; and sale information on Lot 16. Ward surveyor mentioned on map is possibly Thomas Ward of Wellington. Written on reverse: Mrs Howarth's sections, Evans Bay Title in square brackets added by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil, part coloured, on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 37 x 44 cm

Date: 1940 - 1999

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to demography, population, statistics of population density and growth]

Reference: Eph-B-POPULATION-1900s

Description: Includes: 1947: Dominion Settlement and Population Association (Inc). Immigration and Population Conference, Wellington, 22 July 1947. Agenda; [and] List of Association members as at 1945; [and] Statement from Mr Leigh Hunt Dominion Settlement and Population Association. Australasia for the Asiatics?; the challenge of under population", by John Hogan. Reprinted from "Democracy", June 15th 1947. "Portrayal of a fool's paradise", by Lieut-Col. Sir Clutha Mackenzie, Dehra Dun, U.P., India [ca 1947] 1966: Appeal for population control. Published by E Geiringer. Printed by John Milne Ltd, 166 A Cuba St., Wellington. 1997: The Population Conference; people, communities, growth. Te Papa Tongarewa, 12-14 November 1997. Programme / registration form Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Bill Sheat, Lower Hutt, in 2015.

Date: 10 Sep 1908-17 Nov 1910

From: Wilson, James Glenny (Sir) 1848-1929 : Leonard J Wild collection of Sir James Wilson papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0137-06

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory summarising contents of letters available.

Date: 1926-1951

From: New Zealand Vocational Guidance Association : Records

Reference: 82-086-26

Description: Includes: Prospectus of New Zealand Migration, Lands and Projects Ltd, 1926 and related correspondence from A Leigh Hunt to Percy Sargood of Dunedin; Christchurch Vocational Guidance Centre Advisory Committee; Report of Vocational Guidance Master, Christchurch Technical College; Christchurch Girls' Employment Sub-Committee; Boys' Employment Committee; Address to Headmasters' Association on vocational guidance, 1927; Vocational Guidance Department of YMCA, Christchurch; Proposals of Technical Schools Teachers' Association relating to juvenile employment; and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920-1932

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-042

Description: Names of selected correspondents entered in Name field. Others are: Erica Hoby, 1922; H D Skinner (Hocken Library) re journal of William Wales and other mss, 1920; Harry G Hodges, Gisborne (bookseller), 1925; W H Hodson, 1925; Mrs Hofland, Java, 1928; E Pauline Hogarth, 1927; Edward N Hogben, Auckland, 1922; G H Holford, Christchurch, 1925; Reginald A Hollands, 1924; M Hollier, 1926; R W Holmes, Wellington, 1922; Honolulu Paper Co, 1926; James Hornlly (T Cook & Son Ltd), London, 1931; Andr. Fred. Host & Son (Denmark), 1922; John Houston, Hawera, 1932; Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, 1926; John H Howell, 1927; Evelyn B Howes, 1925; J H Hudson, 1923; Mildred Huggins, 1927; L Humphrey, Marton, 1927. H L Humphreys, Dunedin, 1925; Beatrice Humphries, 1927; T Humphries, 1927; Oline M Hunter, 1925; Alex Hunter, Hawera, 1927; Peter Hunter, Studholme Junction, 1924; R Hutcheson, Wakefield, 1924; G R Hutcheson (Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson Ltd, Wellington), 1931; S J Hutchins, 1925; Major Hutton, Bangor, 1920; Philip Hyatt, Texas, 1928. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1930-1942]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-087

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes part of report on censorship; notes on Mortgage and Tenant Relief Act; list of members of House of Representatives with private addresses (1931); notes on the state of the economy and the world situation; explanatory statement on the Rural Mortgagors Final Adjustment Bill; file of papers relating to legislation on Scenery Preservation Act and Native Plants Protection Bill including petition of Walter John Percy re destruction of native flora; report of the secretary of Wool Publicity (NZ) to England and France which ends with `Why England will never be a fashion centre'; notes on draft of Preferential Voting Bill; memorandum to Wellington Town Clerk on Rural Mortgagors Final Adjustment Bill (1935); letter re rating liabilities under Mortgage Corporation Bill; notes on assistance required under Mortgagors and Tenants Relief Act Also application by R Hooper to sell Wellingotn rural land to W J Fairley (1944) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 12 Feb-29 Sep 1921

From: Wilson, James Glenny (Sir) 1848-1929 : Leonard J Wild collection of Sir James Wilson papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0137-22

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory summarising contents of letters available.

Date: 1928, 1936, 1963-1967

From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers

Reference: 84-115-06A

Description: Contains papers on steel industry (1964-1966); the firm 3M New Zealand (1966); Auckland Star feature on Auckland reaching 500,000 (1964); Transport Licensing Amendment (1936); Ivon Watkins Dow Industries (1964-1965); Leigh Hunt's Manapouri Hydro Scheme (1928); re motor industry (1966); correspondence with economists on various industries (1960s); particle board industry on West Coast and in Nelson (1960s)) Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: [1911-1939]

From: New Zealand Sounds Hydro-Electric Company : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-8261-5

Description: Some inward and outward administrative correspondence, reports, etc; also Bruce Orchiston's thesis report for `A manufacturing centre for the electro-chemical and electro-metallurgical industries of New Zealand (1939) Quantity: 1 folder(s).