Originally incorporated with the Nelson Institute. In 1963 it separated from the Institute to form the Nelson Provincial Museum. Includes the Bett Collection.
Nelson Provincial Museum
Photographer unknown :Timber & earth cottage, Bamford Cottage, Nelson [ca 1890]. Bett C...
Date: 1987 - 1895 - 1905
From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]
By: Gateway Pictures
Reference: B-123-033-a
Description: Shows a woman in an apron and mob cap, outside the door of the cottage. In the foreground the driveway leads to the house flanked by trees and grasses. Identical to the image in Photographic Archive, 1/2-047234-F (on Timeframes - q.v. for more information about the construction of this "mud and stud" cottage). Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Other Titles - The Bamford's house and garden, Brook Street, Nelson 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm
Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948: Panoramic photograph of Wellington
Date: 3 Jan 1930
By: Nelson Provincial Museum; Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948
Reference: PA6-520
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Nelson Provincial Museum, 1993
Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :First anniversary regatta, Nelson, 1 February, 1843 / Shell ...
Date: 1843 - 1983
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Shell Oil New Zealand; Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: C-087-006
Description: View of a regatta on Nelson Harbour Reproduction of a watercolour in the collection of Nelson Provincial Museum Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia 289 x 495 on sheet 420 x 610 mm
Tyree Brothers (Firm) :Goldminers' slab huts, Dogtown, Slatey Creek, Nelson. Nelson Pro...
Date: 1987 - 1890 - 1899
From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]
By: Tyree, Frederick, 1867-1924; Gateway Pictures
Reference: B-123-030-a
Description: Shows a group of goldminers in the 1890s, outside their wood and corrugated iron huts. Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Other Titles - Slaty Creek Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm
Blackett, John, 1819-1893 :Cross-road, Motupipi to Clifton [copy of ms map]. [Signed] J...
Date: 1867
By: Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: MapColl-834.1gmbd/1867/Acc.14188
Description: Map showing proposed new road between Motupipi and Clifton, Tasman Region, showing Motupipi River, the mud flat, swamp, Caldwell's Creek, and Lovel's fence. Also shows two Native (Maori) reserves, Motupipi Jetty, Abraham's fence, Motupipi Pump Road, and land belonging to Thomas Wills. Neighbouring sections are marked with a number or letter. Other Titles - Crossroad, Motupipi to Clifton Other Titles - Cross road, Motupipi to Clifton Inscriptions: Signed: `John Blackett, Prov Engineer Janry 14th 1867' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale [1:3 168], 32 x 59 cm
Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :First anniversary regatta, Nelson, 1 February, 1843 / Shell...
Date: 1843 - 1983
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Nelson Provincial Museum; Shell Oil New Zealand
Reference: C-087-006-a
Description: A regatta in Nelson Harbour Reproduction of a watercolour in the collection of Nelson Provincial Museum Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia 289 x 495 on sheet 420 x 610 mm
Cotterell, John Sylvanus, 1820-1843 :Masacre Bay, drawn by John Silvanus Cotterell [cop...
Date: 1843
By: Cotterell, John Sylvanus, 1820-1843
Reference: MapColl-834.1a/1843/Acc.16450
Description: Sketch of Massacre Bay (Golden Bay), showing the station, Takaka, Toupo, and naming many other bays (writing hard to decipher). Copy made from Scrapbook of Issac Mason Hill, Micro MS-0366, in Manuscripts Other Titles - Massacre Bay drawn by John Silvanus Cotterell Signed J Cotterell Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 30 x 42 cm.
Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913 :The Maitai hop-gardens, Nelson ca 1870. Nelson, Nels...
Date: 1870 - 1977
By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: C-079-050-a
Description: Shows the Maitai Valley with Hooper and Dodson's hop gardens in foreground No 200 of limited edition of 1,000 Issued with text-sheet Reproduction of watercolour in Bett collection Nelson Provincial Museum Accompanied by a newsclipping advertising the reproduction at $10.00 plus 25c postage Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph image 295 x 470 mm on sheet 440 x 580 mm Provenance: Donation: Legal deposit, 1977
Nelson Provincial Museum : Photograph of Rutherford's house
Date: ca 1930s
By: Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: PAColl-4537
Description: The house at Spring Grove, now called Brightwater, where Ernest Rutherford was born. The house became very delapidated before it was finally demolished in the 1930s. Photographer unidentified. Rutherford's father later built up a successful flax-milling business at Pungarehu in Taranaki. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Tyree Brothers (Firm) :Goldminers' slab huts, Dogtown, Slatey Creek, Nelson. Nelson Pro...
Date: 1987 - 1890 - 1899
From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]
By: Tyree, Frederick, 1867-1924; Gateway Pictures
Reference: B-123-030
Description: Shows a group of goldminers in the 1890s, outside their wood and corrugated iron huts. Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Other Titles - Slaty Creek Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm
Cotterell, John Sylvanus, 1820-1843 :Waimea South, preliminary lines [copy of ms map]. ...
Date: 1843
By: Cotterell, John Sylvanus, 1820-1843
Reference: MapColl-834.1gbbd/1843/Acc.16451
Description: Topographical sketch of Waimea South, Tasman District, showing the Waiti (Wai-iti) River and the Wairoa River. Includes notes: teetotal section by S Saunders, and the names Jones, Hildreth, and M Creeth. Note on catalogue card: Same size photographic copy Note on catalogue card: [1842 or 1843] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [ca 1:39 600], 30 x 42 cm
Photographer unknown :Timber & earth cottage, Bamford Cottage, Nelson [ca 1890]. Bett C...
Date: 1987 - 1895 - 1905
From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]
By: Gateway Pictures
Reference: B-123-033
Description: Shows a woman in an apron and mob cap, outside the door of the cottage. In the foreground the driveway leads to the house flanked by trees and grasses. Identical to the image in Photographic Archive, 1/2-047234-F (on Timeframes - q.v. for more information about the construction of this "mud and stud" cottage). Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Other Titles - The Bamford's house and garden, Brook Street, Nelson 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm
Early documents relating to Nelson
Date: [ca 1842-1916]
Reference: Micro-MS-0618
Description: Contents include Nelson Provincial Council records; papers re immigrant ships `Emma Colvin', `Cresswell', `John Masterman', `Inchinnan'; Diary of expedition to Kawatiri and Araura by Heaphy and Brunner; The Alima Roarer, a paper of the 15th regiment, 1916 etc Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Complete list of contents appears on the reel.
[Creator unknown] :Map of suburban land, Waimea Plain [copy of ms map]. [1843]
Date: 1843
By: Cotterell, John Sylvanus, 1820-1843; Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: MapColl-834.1gbbd/1843/Acc.16452
Description: Cadastral map possibly by John Cotterell showing numbered land blocks at the Waimea Inlet, and the Waimea River, Nelson, and the coastline. Written at bottom of map: W West Note on catalogue: same size photographic copy Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [ca 1:31 680], 30 x 42 cm
Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913 :The Maitai hop-gardens, Nelson ca 1870. Nelson, Nels...
Date: 1870 - 1977
By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: C-079-050
Description: Shows the Maitai Valley with Hooper and Dodson's hop gardens in foreground No 199 of limited edition of 1,000 Issued with text-sheet Reproduction of watercolour in Bett collection Nelson Provincial Museum Accompanied with a newsclipping advertising the reproduction at $10.00 plus 25 cents postage Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph image 295 x 470 mm on sheet 440 x 580 mm Provenance: Donation: Legal deposit, 1977
No reply or information available
Date: 1984 - 1988
From: Kirkpatrick, Brownlee Jean, 1919-2007:Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield
Reference: MS-Papers-11923-10
Description: Collection of largely carbon copies of letters to which no reply was received or the requested information was not forthcoming. Includes copies of letters to the following individuals and institutions together with a small number of replies: - Nipissing University College (Ontario, Canada) - George J Zytaruk - Eigra Lewis Roberts (Gwynedd, Wales) - Doubleday, Doran Incorporated (New York) - Editorial Bruguera (Barcelona, Spain) - Plaza Janes (Barcelona, Spain) - Centro Editor de America Latina (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Nelson Central Library (Nelson, New Zealand) - Nelson Provincial Museum (Nelson, New Zealand) - Radio New Zealand - Fergus Dick - Canadian National Institute for the Blind (Toronto, Ontario) - Academic Press of Canada (Ontario) - Viking Press, Incorporated (New York) - The Scholarly Press (Michigan) - Books for Libraries Press (New York) - Holt Rinehart & Winston, Incorporated (New York) - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Incorporated Book Publishers (New York) - reply included - signed Roger W Straus - Burt Franklin, Publisher (New York) - McGraw-Hill International Book Company (New York) - Mrs Penelope Charteris (Brighton) - Wellington Girl's College - Head of English - Frederick Muller, Publishers (London) - Mr Eric Stevens (London) - Clarke, Doble & Brendon Ltd (Plymouth) - Sally Giray (London) - Professor C K Stead - University of Auckland - M Lyons (London) - Schools Council - North Wales Counties Joint Education Committee (Bangor, Wales) - Editions Stock (Paris) - South African Broadcasting Corporations (Johannesburg, South Africa) - Alternative Cinema (Auckland) - Downstage Theatre Company (Wellington) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph and typescript
Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Date: 1985-1988
By: Little, Rosie, active 1950-1996; Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: OHColl-0053
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Quantity: 186 C60 cassette(s). 31 printed abstract(s). 32 interview(s).
Nelson Provincial Museum: Collection
Date: [ca 1900s- 1970s]
By: Nelson Provincial Museum
Reference: ATL-Group-00907
Description: Various items deaccessioned by the Nelson Provincial Museum. Includes transparencies and photographic prints of families living in the area, landscape photography from around the Tasman District, Nelson region and Malborough Sounds, and a postcard album. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 109 colour original transparency/ies. 20 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on programme (folded). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) glass opalotype. 1 album(s). Processing information: This ATL group record was created in August 2023 to bring together transparencies, ephemera, and other material from this donor.
Correspondence
Date: 1954-1987
From: Scott, Richard George, 1923-2020: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8572-50
Description: Correspondence covering both editions of the Parihaka book. Not all correspondents indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Richard Dell - Papers
Date: 1969-1988
From: Dell, Miriam Patricia (Dame), 1924-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11638-17
Description: Professional correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s).