Owen, Reginald Herbert (Archbishop), 1887-1961

Date: 1931-1955

From: Burton, Ormond Edward, 1893-1974 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0438-037

Description: Correspondence from H J Hayward (24 Feb 1940) represented the Rationalist Association and Sunday Freedom League. Includes a letter by James Olphert dated 17 March 1931 which contains a detailed account of the Hawke's Bay earthquake (Napier earthquake). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1955

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1950s].

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1955-02

Description: Programme booklet for a Maori youth festival with guest of honour Mr T T Ropiha, official guests Rev R H Owen, Rev W N Panapa, Rev E J Rich, Hon E B Corbet[t], Rt Hon Walter Nash. The chairman of the organising committee was Rev M Bennett. The hui included sporting competitions, a speech contest and Maori dance contest. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 203 x 128 mm.

Date: 1947-1948, 1958

By: White, Nora Margaret, active 1958

Reference: MSY-7122

Description: Travel scrapbook compiled by Miss White during her round trip from New Zealand to England in 1947-1948. White left Auckland aboard the `Rakaia' on 27 Mar 1947, arriving in London 30 Apr 1947. The first two items in the scrapbook are a summons for a King Neptune event aboard the `Rakaia' on 12 Apr 1947 and a beer coaster for Heineken beer from Colon, Panama. The next pages are filled with ephemera items collected from White's travels around the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe. Included are theatre programmes, postcards, photographs, admission passes, sketch maps, an invite to a Presentation Party at Buckingham Palace, horse race programme for Royal Ascot, tourist programmes and leaflets, menus, newspaper cuttings relating to Wimbledon tennis championships, London Olympic programmes (1948), Royal wedding programmes and newspaper cuttings of churches and cathedrals, and "Rimutaka Jockey Club" race programmes circulated as a shipboard event. White left London aboard the `Rimutaka' 13 Oct 1948, arriving in Wellington 22 Nov 1948. The latter part of the scrapbook records a journey by White to the Lambeth Conference in England in 1958. White was secretary to Anglican Archbishop Owen. Left Lyttelton 13 Mar 1958 arriving in London 13 Apr 1958. Sailed aboard the `Port Auckland'. Collected ephemera include postcards, programmes, tourist maps, booklets, invitations, guide books and an itinerary relating to White's travels in England, Italy and Venice. Also newspaper cuttings relating to the Lambeth Conference and postcards of various churches visited. On 17 Jul 1958 White launched the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand's vessel the `Waikare' in Glasgow. White's father C G White was a director of the Union Steamship Company in Wellington. Includes an invitation to the launch and telegrams from New Zealand. White sailed from London aboard the Shaw Savill Line ship `S.S. Athenic' on 11 Sep 1958, arriving in Wellington 13 Oct 1958. Shipboard records include a menu, passenger list, postcard of vessel and programmes for the "Athenic Jockey Club's" Atlantic meeting. Source of title - Supplied by Library Miss White made two visits to the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s. She served as Anglican Archbishop Owen's secretary on the second trip. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, photographs, ephemera and printed material Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms D Holderness, Christchurch, Sep 2013

Date: 1906, 1916, 1929, 1954-1958

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Te Whaiti, Teoti Kerei Te Hioirangi, 1890-1964

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-03

Description: Includes: Envelope addressed to the Hon. Secretary, New Zealand Moderate League, PO Box 798, Wellington Admission and membership tickets to events in the Wairarapa, including Greytown, [1920s-1950s]. (Housed in brown envelope by the Library) Kindest remembrances and all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year from Mr and Mrs G Te Whaiti, 1 Main St, Greytown. Christmas card T W Ratana, Ratana, Wanganui. Phone 842s. Business card Waiata aroha na Hine Matioro mo te Kani a Takirau o Te Tai Rawhiti; Hinematioro sings her love for her absent relative, Kani a Takirau. Translated from the Maori original by Mr A J Knocks, Otaki, Wellington, N.Z. H A Cooper, Printer, Kaiapoi (Words in Maori and English) 1906: He Kaupapa Korero. Kereitaone, Hanuere 29th 1906. Flier 1916: Maramataka mo te tau 1916. Turanga, Na te Wiremu Hapata i ta ki Te Raukahikatea, 1915. (Calendar booklet) 1929: Te Ore Ore Meeting House (Improvement Fund). Social & dance. 9 July 1929. Ticket (2 copies) 1954: Reception to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the Maori people. Rotorua, 2 January 1954. Programme 1955: The Archbishop and Mrs Owen wish to entertain to Luncheon on one of the days of Synod the Clergy and Synodsmen who do not live in Wellington ... Thursday 14 July [1955]. Invitation card in dated envelope 1957: We invite you to the Unveiling of the Windows in memory of Bishop Bennett and Sir A T Ngata in the Chapel of S Michael and All Angels, Hukarere School on Saturday August 24th, at 11 a.m., and to Lunch afterwards. Invitation in envelope addressed to Hori Te Whaiti, Greytown, and postmarked 1957. 1958: Order of ceremony for 'He Powhiri', held at Takipu Marae relating to Apirana Ngata and King Koroki, 7-8 Maehe 1958. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed pamphlets and flyers, sizes varying up to 250 mm. Processing information: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, August 2022. Previous Library reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-2. Previous title: [Ephemera relating to Maori, mainly in the Wairarapa district, deposited by the Te Whaiti family. Folder 2].

Date: ca 1930-1954

By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington; Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Rembrandt Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); S P Andrew Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0723

Description: Set of photographs by Rembrandt Studios of the sequence of events in the laying of the foundation stone of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by Queen Elizabeth II. Also a photograph by Crown Studios of the same event and another photograph of Mrs M Bullock. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From MS-Papers-1925.

Date: [1903-1964]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-045

Description: Comprises papers relating to both Wanganui Collegiate School, the Whanganui Board of Trustees and Nga Tawa. Including letters, programme for Speech Day (1926), material re Frank W Gilligan's appointment as headmaster of the collegiate (1935), a review of the industrial school estate (1940), board appointments, the false accusation against Mr Empson (1903), share application form for board of trustees (1949), retirement of Rev C F Pierce (1931), circulars, fundraising, Riddiford's resignation from the board (1950) and other papers. Most is for Wanganui Collegiate-related matters but some letters etc for Nga Tawa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]

By: Blundell Brothers Ltd; Wright & Carman Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940-1960s?: Form of institution and induction to the cure of souls. Sanctioned for use in the Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand. Printed by Blundell Bros Ltd, Willis Street, Wellington 1940: All Saints', Palmerston North. Parish magazine no 266, September 1940 Church of the Province of New Zealand. Order of service authorized by the Bench of Bishops for use in all churches on Sunday January 7th 1940, the special day of thanksgiving for the mercies of God vouchsafed to our Colony and Dominion during the first hundred years of its ordered National life, 1840-1940 1941: Karori and Makara "Parish news". Vol. XII, no.2, August 1941. 75th anniversary number S Paul's Centenary. Unveiling in Emily Place of commemorative tablet by His Excellency the Governor-General Sir Cyril Newall, GCB, 3 pm Sunday 27th July 1941. [Order of service / flier] 1945: Christchurch Diocesan Sunday School Teachers' Association. Jubilee celebrations 1895-1945. Radiant Hall Christchurch, 21-22 August 1945. Boolet Christ Church Taita 1845-1945. A service of thanksgiving to Almighty God on the one hundredth anniversary of the Church. 7 October 1945. Order of service 1946: [Church of England Missionary Society. Typescript notes about its grwoth and progress during the war years] 1947: Melanesian Mission 1849-1947. [Explanatory pamphlet and remittance form] New Zealand Anglican Bible Class Union. A service of dedication, suggested for use on the Bible Class Day of Prayer, Sunday 28 September 1947. Printed by Wright & Carman Ltd, Vivian Street, Wellington Cathedral Church of St Paul Wellington. Anual service of thanksgiving by seafarers 1947. 19 October 1947. Order of service Civic reception to the Right Reverend R H Owen, Bishop of Wellington on his arrival in Wellington, New Zealand by the citizens of Wellington. Town Hall, 11 March 1947. Programme New Plymouth Choral Society. Festival oratorio "The Messiah". St Mary's Church New Plymouth. 4 December 1947. Programme 1948: St Peter's Willis St. Parish magazine. Centenary number 1948. Centenary celebration 1848-1948. Printed by Wright & Carman, Wellington St Peter's Church Wellington 1848-1948. Centenary Service. A seervice of thanksgiving to Almighty God to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the first St Peter's Church. 19 September 1948. Order of service (2 copies) 1949: St Peter's Church Willis Street. Church and home campaign. Sundays 5 June - 3 July 1949. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1955

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]

By: Blundell Brothers Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-1950/1955

Description: Includes: ca 1950?: Notepaper for Bishopscourt Christchurch (2 sheets) 1950s?: Diocese of Waiapu. Institution to the Cure of Souls. Daily Telegraph Print, Napier, ca 1950s. Form of service (2 copies) St John's Cathedral Church Napier. For use at a civic service. Daily Telegraph Napier [Order of service. 1950s?] 1950: Cathedral Church of St Paul Wellington. Annual service of thanksgiving by seafarers 1950. 29 October 1950. Order of service Cathedral Church of St Paul Wellington. Morning prayer, on the occasion of the visit of His Grace The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England. 10 December 1950. Order of service. Printed by Blundell Bros Wellington. (2 copies, one foxed) Diocese of Auckland. Form of service for the admission of churchwardens. ca 1950 Diocese of Waiapu. The visit to Napier of the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Geoffrey Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England. 6 December 1950. Form and order of service Mothers' Union, Wellington Diocese. Meeting for women on the occasion of the visit of Mrs G F Fisher wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury and central president of the Mothers' Union. Town Hall Wellington, 11 December 1950. Order of service (2 copies, one damaged) New Plymouth Choral Society. Festival presentation of "The Messiah". St Mary's Church New Plymouth, 29 November 1950. Programme "Rangiatea"; he powhiri hui rautau o "Rangiatea". Wharekarakia. Otaki, te 18 o nga ra o Maehe 1950. [Order of service in Maori] Rangiatea Church, Otaki. Centennial celebrations, Saturday 18th March 1950. Invitation from the Raukawa Tribal Executive Committee, with secretary Nepia Winiata. Service in the Town Hall Wellington. Sunday 10th December 1950. Address by His Grace the Most Rev and Rt Hon Geoffrey F Fisher, P.C., D.D., Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England. E.P. Print 30229 (2 copies) S Paul's Cathedral Dunedin. Visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Holy Comunion, 20 December 1950. Order of service Trinity Theological College. Annual social to friends. Bi-Centenary Hall, Pitt Street [Auckland], 30 June 1950. Invitation flier 1952: Holy Trinity Church Gisborne. Form of service for the dedication of the organ. Whitsunday 1 June 1952. Parish of St Andrew, Epsom. Consecration of the War Memorial Chapel by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese and the unveiling of the memorial tablet by Colonel L F Rudd. 20 April 1952. Order of service 1953: The Cathedral. The building of the Cathedral. [Postal appeal pamphlet]. November 1953 Church of St James Lower Hutt. Dedication service. St Thomas's Day, 21 December 1953. Order of service The faith that can change the world. Leader Rev Canon Bryan Green B.D., Rector of Birmingham. Dunedin 10-20 August; Christchurch 23 August - 3 September; Wellington 9-16 September [1953] Wellington Diocesan Mothers' Union. Diamond Jubilee Diocesan festival 1953. Order of service. 1954: Order of service for the laying the foundation stone of the Wellington Cathedral by Her Majesty the Queen. 13 January 1954 (2 copies) St Barnabas Khandallah Re-dedication of the completed church, Boxhill Khandallah by His Grace The Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand, the Most Reverend R H Owen. 9 September 1954. Order of service 1955: The Bishop's Fighting Fund. Collector's handbook 1955. St Paul's Waiwhetu. Dedication of parish hall by the Most Rev. R H Owen, Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand. 29 January [1955]. Order of service Holy Trinity Church, Richmond, 1855-1955. Centennial programme St Augustine's Church Petone. Order of service for the unveiling and dedication of the War Memorial Tablet, by the Venerable H S I Kenney. 1 May 1955 St James' Mokoia golden jubilee 1905-1955. 19 June 1955 [Card showing the church building] Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Transfers: Public records of NZSO transferred to Archives New Zealand in 2013.. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753 November 2022: Form and order of service to be used in the laying of the foundation stone of the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in Hukarere School, Napier. 27 August 1950.

Date: 1935, 1955-1960

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-041

Description: Comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the appointment of Reginald Henry Owen as bishop of Wellington (1935); and papers relating to the preservation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul (Wellington) (1955-1960) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1919-1964]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-5714-5

Description: Comprises letters of institution for Riddiford as a lay canon of the Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese of Wellington (1947); correspondence and papers re Riddiford gift of land for Marsden School and other related matters (1920-1964); amended list of Masterton Club members (1922); clipping re Lower Wairarapa Development Scheme (Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 Mar 1963); and financial papers re Ruamahanga Station (1919) and letter and memo from Wheeler [?] re Te Awaiti (1921?) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900 - 1948

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986; Coulls, Culling & Company; Lee-Johnson, Eric Albert, 1908-1993; W. P. B. (Artist), active 1901

Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-O

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Dan O'Connor (Tani Hokona)(by Eric Lee-Johnston, 1947-48) Richard Oliver (possibly by himself) Florence Onslow (engraved by W P B, 1901) Erling Orbell (by Leo Bensemann, 1938) Otago Boys' High School (printed by Coulls, Culling & Co Ltd) Otago Girls' High School (by Coulls, Culling & Co Ltd) Reginald H Owen (by O.U.P, ca 1920) Another plate for Jane Mander by Stephen Champ, showing a fantail on a log, is now in the framed sequence. Quantity: 7 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-208

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1920s-1950s. Names of most subjects entered in Name Field. Also includes: D (or William) Murphy, a rat catcher, 1938; Monoghan (Catholic priest), 1934; Mme T Murashkina (Stalingrad deputy mayor), 1951; Sir James O'Grady (Labour MP in England and later Governor of Tasmania), 1931; Duke of Orleans, 1933; Hon William Ormsby-Gore, 1920s; Squadron Leader Orlebar, 1931; Dwight W Morrow (USA Ambassador to Mexico), 1927; General Eoin O'Duffy (Leader of the Ireland's Army Comrades Association "Blue Shirts"), 1930s; Dr Thomas F O'Higgins and two sons (senior Irish politician and founder and president of Army Comrades Association), 1933; Augustus Muir, 1935; Red Moore; Colonel & Mrs Robert Montgomery, 1951; Thomas J Mooney; Lord Moyne; H U Moffat (Premier Southern Rhodesia), 1932; L A Mussent (Leader of Dutch Nazi Party), 1940; Flying Officer J A Mollison; Admiral William S Moffett, 1933; Sir Landon Ronald, principal of Guildhall School of Music, London, and Benno Moiseiwitsch, 1935. Women honoured by Women's National Press Club of Washington for their outstanding achievements in 1948 (named on verso); Admiral M P O'Callaghan (naval tutor to King George & commander of HMS Philomel), 1931. A McAulay, M O'Brien & W S Bennett; Flying Officer Harold Owen (Australian pilot), 1929; W J R Christophersen & A M Ongley (selectors); Mrs A Oliphant of Dunedin (passenger on Athenia), 1939; Dr F W Norwood (Congregational minister of London) and family, 1934. Quantity: 85 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [1915-1959]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-040

Description: Comprises letters from various church people and some drafts of outward letters from Riddiford and includes minutes of Wellington Diocesan School, Nga Tawa (Feb 1929), circular about Trentham Military Camp re work of church in camp (1915) and on reverse of draft letter to the Bishop (1945) is a summary of Te Awaiti shearing shortages (1941); also letter from E J Rich, Archdeacon of Wellington re Bishop's stipend (1950) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Between 1952 and 1960

Reference: PAColl-7797

Description: Photograph of Reginald Herbert Owen, Archbishop of New Zealand, taken, probably between 1952 and 1960, the years of his archeopiscopate, by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned gelatin silver print 20 x 15 cm (visible image) in matte 25.4 x 20.2 cm

Date: 1918 - 1934

By: Speed, Harold, 1872-1957; Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington

Reference: G-650

Description: Three quarters frontal portrait of Bishop Owen, in his graduation robes (hatless), seated in a chair The work was framed in London. The inscription "Harold Speed replica" suggests that it was a copy, possibly given to the sitter and brought with him to Wellington R H Owen was Bishop of Wellington from 1947 and Archbishop of New Zealand 1952-1960. In this portrait, he appears much younger than 60, his age on arrival in Wellington. He was ordained in 1918, after graduation from Oxford in 1914. This portrait may have been done in 1918, or during his subsequent headmastership of an English boys' school, or on his 1934 appointment as Fellow & Chaplain of Brasenose College, Oxford. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Harold Speed Replica Harold Speed was a London artist. Quantity: 1 oil(s) in broad gold wooden frame. Physical Description: Oil on canvas 900 x 710 mm (sight) Provenance: Donation: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Welllington