Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Kinsey, William H S, 1860-1931

Wellington photographer with studio in Lambton Quay from 1891. Also an artist who exhibited at the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts in 1889, as a pupil of Morison's School of Art. Member of the Heretaunga Mounted Rifles. See Biographies Index and Art Biographies Index for further details

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Brown, Byron Paul, 1866-1947 :Photographs

Date: [ca 1860s-1930s]

By: Brown, Byron Paul, 1866-1947; Billens Studio; Butterfield, Frederic Augustus, active 1938; Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Hay, Mary-Annette, 1925-2024

Reference: PAColl-9373

Description: Photographs of Byron Brown and family taken ca 1860s-1930s by a variety of photographers. Includes photographs of; his wife, Susie Brown nee Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Bright; his parents Arthur and Jane Brown; his wife's parents Mary Ann and Frederic Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Brown; and Bright and Brown properties and businesses in Otaki. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 29 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photographic prints and photocopies Provenance: Donor is grand-daughter of Byron Brown. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1739 : Brown, Byron Paul: Papers. See also Oral History Collection..

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Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931 :Photograph of Sir Walter Buller

Date: December 1896

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-9587

Description: Cabinet card seated portrait of Sir Walter Buller, taken December 1896 by Kinsey of Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchase, 1995

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Photographs relating to the Bibby family and store, Lunesdale Farm, and Kairakau Beach

Date: [ca 1860-ca 1990]

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

By: Bartlett & Andrew Ltd; Billens & Bunting (Firm); Brown, William Edmond, 1840?-1922; Golder, William Wilford, active 1890s; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Lovell-Smith Photography; Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948; Pattillo, Cecil Wright, 1875-1968; Royal Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Shackelford, Thomas George Sidney, -1946; Shanly, F J, active 1911; South Pacific Photos Ltd; Zenith Studios

Reference: PAColl-2838-2

Description: Comprises photographs relating to the Bibby family, Bibby's store in Waipawa, Lunesdale Farm, and Kairakau Beach, taken between circa 1860 and circa 1990 by various photographers, several of whom are unidentified. Contains photographs relating to the Bibby family taken between 1872 and 1990, including: Scenes at 11 Rose Street, Waipawa; Portraits of members of the Bibby family, including James Woodhouse Bibby, Mary Glover Bibby, Thomas Bibby, Hugh Bibby, Tui Bibby, and Basil Bibby; A portrait of members of the Hutchinson family, taken circa 1917; Mary Glover Bibby and sons James and Edward, taken circa 1872; Ann (Nan) Bibby and "Pet", the horse, taken circa 1908; Members of the Bibby family at Hugh Bibby's funeral, taken 1987. Also includes several photographs of Edward Stuart Bibby, including the wedding and honeymoon of E S Bibby and Mabel Katherine Bibby (née Hutchinson), taken 1926; E S Bibby and Mabel Katherine Bibby at the investiture for Edward's MBE, taken 1964; E S Bibby and children at Mary Speirs' birthday party, taken 1987; and a formal portrait of E S Bibby, taken 1990. Also contains photographs taken at Lunesdale Farm between circa 1860 and circa 1990, including: Lunesdale Cottage, taken 1884; Lunesdale Woolshed, taken 1888; farm staff loading bales of wool at Lunesdale Woolshed, taken circa 1900; McLeod's Mill, known as Mason & Co Sawmill, taken circa 1904; Brown's Whare at Lunesdale, taken circa 1912; and several photographs of "The Cottage" at Blackburn Ridge. Also includes photographs taken at Kairakau Beach during a Bibby family holiday in 1930s, and photographs of the Bibby store, Waipawa. Also includes 25 negative and photograph envelopes, many of which are annotated by members of the Bibby family. Quantity: 5 colour original photographic print(s). 5 b&w copy photographic print(s). 25 item(s) of photographic ephemera negative and photograph envelopes, annotated. 66 b&w original photographic print(s).

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New Zealand Times literary staff - Photograph taken by William Henry Scott Kinsey

Date: 1903

From: Scholefield, Adela Lucy Stapylton, fl 1908-1963 :Photographs of a seated group and the HMS New Zealand

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PA7-58-20

Description: Group photograph of fifteen unidentified male journalists. Photograph taken in the studio of W H S Kinsey, Lambton Quay, Wellington, 1903 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.5 x 28.5 on mount 35 x 45.8 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs G Scholefield, 1 Apr 1965

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Photographs of the Wilson family and Eketahuna

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.

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Photographs of Godfrey Simon Harcourt and others

Date: [ca 1897]-1943

From: Coleridge, Kathleen Anne, 1944-: Collection

By: S P Andrew Ltd; Bristow Mawley (Firm); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-10170

Description: Comprise: 1. Portrait of Godfrey Simon Harcourt, taken by S P Andrews Ltd 1924; 2. Portrait of Godfrey Simon Harcourt, taken byS P Andrews Ltd ca 1928; 3. Portrait of Godfrey Simon Harcourt, taken by Bristowe Mawlet, ca 1932-1933; 4. Portrait of Godfrey Simon Harcourt, taken by SP Andrews Ltd 1941. 5. Group portrait of Charles James Stanton Harcourt (1877-1965) with two other unnamed officers, all wearing the uniform of the Wellington Guard Rifle Volunteers, taken between 1897-1900 by Kinsey (probably William Henry Scott Kinsey) of Lambton Quay. Harcourt is on the right of the photograph. Title supplied by Library Note: Elsa Mawley, of photographers Bristow Mawley, was a cousin of Godfrey Harcourt's father (she was the daughter of his mother's father's younger brother). Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931 :Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers Amusement...

Date: 1895

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-D-0022

Description: Group photograph of the Amusement Committee. Back row: Gunners A Rodger, A McLaren, J Ross, H Woolcott, A Robertson (Hon Secretary), C Petersen. Middle row: Gunner F Pearce, Gunner W Hare, Lieut E Bell, P.O. J Rabe (Hon Treasurer), Lieut K Hume, C.P.O. A Armstrong, Gunner H Dawson. Front row: Gunner T Hall, Gunner R Couper, Gunner J Donaldson, P.O. R Davenport, Gunner C Broomhall. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Names of those in photograph; Mount recto - above image - Title and date Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 39 x 49 cm with mount Provenance: Anonymous donation, 27 Nov 1962

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Photographs relating to Maria Hitchcock

Date: 1903-1909, 1924, 1927, ca 1944

From: Hitchcock family: Collection

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Lawson, Albert, 1844?-1901

Reference: PAColl-10659-012

Description: Photographs relating to Maria Hitchcock taken by mainly unidentified photographers. Includes group portrait of the staff of Wellington Training College (including Maria Hitchcock) circa 1906 with people identified; image of Maria Hitchcock knitting circa 1944; "Olive and Marie and birthday cake"; two women at "58 Wright Street"; "Baby [and] Jean Park" at Hokitika 1924; group portraits of people at Lawyer's Hutt, Kaniere Lake, West Coast Region, at Christmas 1908 and January 1909; Frating Abbey, Essex, United Kingdom; image of the church at Waikouaiti, Otago where Henry Hitchcock and Maria Thompson were married in 1879; and photographs of the wedding of Edward and Elizabeth Hitchcock in 1911. Some of the photographs were enclosed with a letter from Archie Park written in 1986. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: From box 9 in the donor listing. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s) and 1 accompanying letter.. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera letter.. Physical Description: Photographic prints, sizes vary, some mounted on card, some with manuscript annotations.

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Various documents

Date: 1848-[1934]

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

Reference: fMS-Papers-6904-03

Description: Conveyance between Frances Smith and Eliza Cauty and involving Eliza Mary Loasby, Andrew Loasby, Catherine Sedcole Cauty, Emily Ann Richardson, Josephus Hargreaves Richardson, James Thomas Cauty, Amy Beetham, Frederick Beetham, Charles Cauty, Florence Cauty, Ann Martin, Richard Bowden Martin, Frederick Hayes Cauty re land on Tinakori Road and the Paritutu Line; mortgage; marriage certificate signed by Robert Cole for Thomas [?] Barrow to Olive Anderson (1848) and on verso, plan of graveyard plot; will; marriage certificate; and memorandum of transfer; plan of house at Waipori Street, Island Bay, by Roger Bacon for J Taylor and specifications for this at 73-128-055 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Creator unknown :Portraits of Sir Walter Buller and Lady Buller

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-9586

Description: Comprises: Formal portrait of Sir Walter Buller, taken ca 1890s by Kinsey & Co of Wellington Portrait of Lady Buller, taken ca 1880s by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Seed family :Photographs

Date: 1850s-1930s

By: Seed family; Canadian Photo Company; Greenway, S H, active 1890; Gilchrist, William, active 1890; Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Connolly & Herrmann (Firm); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Wright, W Edward, active 1890; Colborne, Arthur Francis, active 1889-1903; Sawyer, W A, active 1890; Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Berry, William, active 1877-1926

Reference: PAColl-3307

Description: Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographs relating to Gascoigne and Rowe families

Date: [1880s-1930s]

From: Galbreath, Ross Alan, 1946- :Photographs

By: Abba, David, active 1880s; Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); D Abba & Son (Firm); de Meillon, J H C, active 1900s; Edmonds, W M, active 1890s; Gunston & Company; Hall, Clarence R, active 1910s; Holden, George W, active 1880s; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Peter Pan Studio; Watson, Robert T, active 1910s

Reference: PAColl-9632

Description: Photographs of people, scenes and personalities associated with the Gascoigne and Rowe families in New Zealand and England, 1880s-1930s. Quantity: 71 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Collection as a whole received by Photo Archive items transferred to Ephemera Collection. - To Ephemera Collection - Bible & Prayer Union 1892 Member's Card - Phoebe Gascoigne; Passenger flying at the London Aerodrome, Hendon Souvenir - Joseph William Gascoigne (Eph-A-PEOPLE-Gascoigne).

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Nicholls, Harry Edgar, 1857-1938 :Photographs

Date: [ca 1890s], 1934

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; New Zealand Photographic Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Greenwood, Mary Elizabeth, 1873-1961

Reference: PAColl-9579

Description: Photographs of Harry Edgar Nicholls, comprising: Cabinet card portrait of H E Nicholls and William Simm in a production of 'The Magistrate', taken 9 November 1896 by Kinsey of Wellington Cabinet card portrait of H E Nicholls, taken ca 1890s by The New Zealand Photographic Company of Wellington Copy of a photograph of H E Nicholls, taken 1934 by Elizabeth Greenwood of Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Nicholls family, 2009 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Nicholls, Harry Edgar, 1857-1938; Papers (MS-Group-1809) - Transfers - From Manuscripts and Archives : Ms-Group-1809 : Nicholls, Harry Edgar, 1857-1938 : Theatre notebooks and papers.

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Portrait of John Boal - Taken by William Henry Scott Kinsey

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: St John's Church (Willis Street, Wellington) :Photographs of church personalities and activities

By: St. John's in the City (Church : Wellington, N.Z.); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-D-0138

Description: Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - John Boal (YWBC) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured. Physical Description: 442 x 290 mm on card

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Frances Hodgkins Estate :Photographs relating to the Hodgkins family

By: Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947; Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Johnstone & Company; Batchelder & Company; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0880

Description: Photographs of the Hodgkins family, taken by various photographers. Portraits include Alexander Garrick, Mr and Mrs W M Hodgkins, and Mrs Rich. Other images are of gallery walls covered in paintings (possibly the 1869 Fine Arts Exhibition held in Dunedin), a young boy in a striped shirt and hat, an elderly man in breeches and leg warmers (possibly Switzerland), and scenes in Venice, taken by unidentified photographers. These were left with several William Mathew Hodgkins sketchbooks acquired by the Alexander Turnbull Library in March 1977 Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s) albumen, silver gelatin.

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James, Edna: Photographs of the Mills, Elliott, and Jupp families

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

From: James, Edna: Photographs relating to the Elliott, Mills and Jupp families

By: Brown, John Henry, active 1899-1906; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Berry and Company; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-10608-1

Description: Group and individual portraits of men, women and children, mostly unidentified, taken circa 1900 to 1920, by a variety of studio photographers. Identified portraits are of Elliott children, Raymond Howitt as an infant, and John Ellliott, and a group photograph of men posing outside an industrial building which includes John Elliott. Studio photographers are J H Brown, Kinsey, Berry & Co, Bragge, and Peter Pan Studio, all of Wellington, and Bell & Greig Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Pedler, Graham, 1950?-: Photograph of a group of men associated with the Wellington Mea...

Date: 1895 - 1978

By: Pedler, Graham, 1950?-

Reference: PAColl-10707

Description: Group studio portrait of 17 men in suits, probably associated with the Wellington Meat Export Company, Ngauranga, Wellington, taken 1895. The photograph was probably taken by William Henry Scott Kinsey. The individuals are not identified. Photographic Curator identified Kinsey as the probable photographer because of similarities with studio props in other photographs held by the library that are known to be by Kinsey (see Library reference PA9-029, for example). Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: When donor acquired the photograph it was mounted, but the mount was later lost. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donor had acquired the photograph in Wellington in 1978.

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Kirkcaldie & Stains' Cricket Team - Season 1892-93

Date: 1892-1893

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd: Papers and records

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-D-1550

Description: Studio group portrait, black and white photographic print, featuring members of the Kirkcaldie & Stains cricket team for the season 1892-1893. Photograph by W Kinsey. Title, names of team members, and photographer printed in gold lettering on mount. Named members of the team comprise: - N Hooper - R M Roberts - E Atmore - E C Hall - A H Herbert - W Bentley - J J Wildermoth - A H Jackson - A Watt - A H Wallace - J G Dawson (Captain) - A Kohn - W Hendry - G Lanham - H A Kirkcaldie [Herbert Allan Kirkcaldie] - J J Ritson Various members of the team are holding cricket equipment, bats, balls, and protective shin pads. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted black and white photographic print, 36.7 x 49.8 cm. Processing information: Item deframed by Library.

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Album of portrait photographs

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s] - 13 April 1881 - 20 March 1877 - 3 August 1882 - 2 October 1875

From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Baillie, Gordon, 1827-1875; Bardwell, William H, active 1858-1888; Bowness, Moses, 1833-1894; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton, Walter John, 1836-1880; Carnell, Samuel, 1832-1920; Clarke Brothers (Firm); Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Clifford & Morris (Firm); Clifford, Robert, active 1865-1885; Corbett, James, active 1873-1895; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Ferrier and Rock (Firm); Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898; Grand & Dunlop (Firm); Henry, J T, active 1866-1884; Isaacs, David Morris, 1824?-1909; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Lawson, Albert, 1844?-1901; Macey, William Henry, -1931; Martin, Charles, 1842?-1905; Nicholas, Richard John, active 1868-1881; Perkins, William Herbert, -1927; Phillips, Samuel, active 1858-1910; Redfern, George W, -1901; Sargeant, Albert, active 1878-1885; Schourup, Peter, 1837-1887; Swan, George Henry, 1833-1913; Tait Brothers (Firm); Tassell, Frederick W, active 1901; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Vorley, Herbert Henry, 1840-1880; Walmsley, Charles, 1862-1941; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-1295

Description: Photograph album with carte de visite and cabinet photograph portraits of unidentified subjects, mostly taken by New Zealand photographers and studios, circa 1880s. Includes portraits taken by at least 37 different identified studios and photographers operating in Blenheim, Hokitika, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, and in England and Australia, including Ballarat, Carlisle, and Ambleside. Some portraits feature hand colouring. Includes landscape photograph of a church building with spire, and Norfolk Island pine trees in foreground. Also includes carte with verse "Oh hear us when we cry to Thee | For those in danger on the sea"; and a birthday card with inscribed "I wish thee all the joys of earth | All peace that life can bring. | Contentment, happiness and mirth, | Free from misfortunes sting." Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 69 photographs and 2 cards (carte de visite, cabinet photographs, and greeting cards). Physical Description: Photograph album, brown leather binding, 24 leaves with gilt edges, 29.5 x 23 cm, containing 53 cartes de visite and 16 cabinet photographs; 2 printed birthday greeting cards.

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Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931 :Portrait of W M Wright, President of Public Ser...

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: New Zealand Public Service Association : Collection

By: Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-D-0500

Description: Mounted portrait of W M Wright Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 430 x 290 mm