Notes on Photographic Archive Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume XXII, Issue 1, 1 May 1989, Page 67

Notes on Photographic Archive Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY 1987 TO DECEMBER 1988

This is the first list to be published and covers material acquired since the establishment of the Photographic Archive as a separate section in January 1987. Acquisitions of photographs are listed selectively in the Turnbull Library Record to alert scholars to newly acquired material judged to be of research value. For items marked ‘Access subject to sorting’ the Library would welcome notification that access will be sought, preferably with an indication of a likely date.

chun family. [Photograph album] loan: Mrs R. Young, Palmerston North. Chun family album, 19305-19405. A comprehensive record of a Chinese family in New Zealand. Copy negatives of images from the album have been retained by the Archive. cody, Wellington thomas Gordon. [Negatives] donation: Mrs Patricia Fry, Wellington. 200 negatives taken by W. T. G. Cody during the 1920 s and 1930 s in Ohakune, Wanganui and Wellington.

denniston, g. g. [Photograph Albums] loan: Mrs G. Denniston, Masterton. Two albums of photographs showing Gallipoli and the Western front, World War One, compiled by G. G. Denniston, Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Copy negatives of images from the albums have been retained by the Archive. deste, eileen. [Negatives] purchase. Glass and film negatives by Eileen Deste, a commercial photographer in Wellington during the 19305, mosdy showing the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 1939-1940.

dore, j. b. c. [Negatives] donation: Mrs Yvonne Chamberlain, Masterton. Ca. 100 glass negatives of the Manapouri, Te Anau, Mossbum district, taken between the 1900 s and the 1930 s by J. B. C. Dore, a hotel keeper, launch operator and pioneer of tourism in Fiordland. Access subject to sorting. fearnley, Charles. [Negatives] PURCHASE. Ca. 6000 negatives of architectural subjects taken throughout New Zealand between the 1950 s and the 1980 s by Mr Charles Fearnley, a prominent architectural historian. Access subject to sorting.

fell, Charles y. [Photograph album] donation: Mrs B. Hector, Eastbourne. Album of photographs compiled by C. Y. Fell, in the 1890 s and 1900 s, showing the Atkinson family at Eastbourne, Wellington and Nelson. This complements a similar album already held by the Archive (PA Series l:q:Fell). kozera, stefania. [Photograph albums] donation: Mr G. Philpott, Johnsonville. Two albums of photographs compiled by Mrs Stefania Kozera, who arrived as a refugee from Poland with her children in 1944. They depict life in the Pahiatua refugee camp, 1944-1947. paetz, Alfred ross. [Negatives] donation: Mrs Edris Schenk, Queensland, Australia. 1013 quarter-plate negatives, on glass and film; showing Birkenhead, Wanganui, Rotorua and Australia. In the main this is a record of Mr Paetz’s family, but it also covers the cities in which they lived. A very lively collection, strong on social activities in the 19205.

travers, william thomas locke. [Negatives] donation: Mr Peter Maplesdon, Nelson. Six 10 " x 8 " wet collodion negatives showing the Evans Bay Patent Slip in the 1880 s. Wells, Robert E. [Negatives and prints] donation. Mr Wells has made regular donations to bring up to date a collection of 222 prints and more than 1000 negatives, taken while a country teacher at schools through the North Island from the 1920 s until the 19505. The collection includes strong coverage of the Mokau River district in the late 19205.