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Kelleher, Jack A. (c1919-) re 'Upper Hutt: The History'
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Archives TypePapersDescriptionIncludes notes and resources used in preparation of 'Upper Hutt: the history', into which were incorporated research notes for an earlier publication. Also includes a set and marked-up first issue of the 'Upper Hutt Times' newspaper.
Scope & contentIncludes notes and resources used in preparation of 'Upper Hutt: the history', into which were incorporated research notes for an earlier publication. Also includes a set and marked-up first issue of the 'Upper Hutt Times' newspaper.
This collection does not include either personal papers, or any records to do with work outside Upper Hutt.
Organisation & ArrangementThe notes and records had been arranged in an alphabetical sequence.Other material appeared to have been kept as separate items.
Scope & contentIncludes notes and resources used in preparation of 'Upper Hutt: the history', into which were incorporated research notes for an earlier publication. Also includes a set and marked-up first issue of the 'Upper Hutt Times' newspaper.
This collection does not include either personal papers, or any records to do with work outside Upper Hutt.
Organisation & ArrangementThe notes and records had been arranged in an alphabetical sequence.Other material appeared to have been kept as separate items.
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Lions Club president Bill Downs, district governor Ron Usmak at hand-over of new Chrysler ambulance.
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Archive Reference26Date rangec1970-1990Quantity1 linear metre
Provenance
HistoryJack Kelleher was a journalist who worked in the Upper Hutt area at two periods, as editor of the 'Upper Hutt Times' newspaper 1949-1951, during which time he prepared a manuscript history of Upper Hutt (25 copies of this were published by the Upper Hutt Library from stencils in 1971), and again in 1990-1991 in revision of this earlier text for 'Upper Hutt: the history' (published in 1991 by the Upper Hutt City Council).
Publication of 'Upper Hutt: the history' began from an initiative by the Upper Hutt Valley 1990 Community Committee, which was collecting historical memoirs, and was later overseen by an Upper Hutt History Book Committee with the support of the Upper Hutt City Council.
An introductory note to A26/1 (F) (Copies of 'Upper Hutt Times') states:
"This is a copy of the first issue of the Upper Hutt Times. Along with the rest of this file of the paper from its inception on May 18 1949 to April 18 1951 it was the property of the Editor, J.A. Kelleher, who passed the papers to the Upper Hutt Council in 1977. He left the project in April 51 to work full-time as features editor of the morning daily Southern Cross and then as sub-editor on the Daily News, New Plymouth, and returned to edit the last four issues of the Upper Hutt Times (included on this file) in June-July 1953. While at Upper Hutt he lived at the Provincial Hotel (Mr and Mrs Tom Fisher) in the two-year period, and in the later period had a flat, with his wife, at the residence of Mrs Lomas, Russell St. In this later period he was also beginning an association with The Dominion, then as Hutt Valley reporter, later as Chief Reporter and Editor. Editors in 1951-1953 included R. McCormick and N.J. Harfield. Volume numbers followed calender years; the last should have been 5, not 6. Mr Kelleher, originally of Miramar, had been with the Evening Post, Hawera Star, Truth and various Australian papers before he was engaged by Upper Hutt businessmen and farmers to highlight in a weekly an Upper Hutt town planning controversy. Director and general manager was R.A. Row, of Fortune Lane, a retired Army brigadier. Commercial development at that time could not support two papers, and the Times, off the press of a Wellington job printing plant, was the more costly to produce."
Publication of 'Upper Hutt: the history' began from an initiative by the Upper Hutt Valley 1990 Community Committee, which was collecting historical memoirs, and was later overseen by an Upper Hutt History Book Committee with the support of the Upper Hutt City Council.
An introductory note to A26/1 (F) (Copies of 'Upper Hutt Times') states:
"This is a copy of the first issue of the Upper Hutt Times. Along with the rest of this file of the paper from its inception on May 18 1949 to April 18 1951 it was the property of the Editor, J.A. Kelleher, who passed the papers to the Upper Hutt Council in 1977. He left the project in April 51 to work full-time as features editor of the morning daily Southern Cross and then as sub-editor on the Daily News, New Plymouth, and returned to edit the last four issues of the Upper Hutt Times (included on this file) in June-July 1953. While at Upper Hutt he lived at the Provincial Hotel (Mr and Mrs Tom Fisher) in the two-year period, and in the later period had a flat, with his wife, at the residence of Mrs Lomas, Russell St. In this later period he was also beginning an association with The Dominion, then as Hutt Valley reporter, later as Chief Reporter and Editor. Editors in 1951-1953 included R. McCormick and N.J. Harfield. Volume numbers followed calender years; the last should have been 5, not 6. Mr Kelleher, originally of Miramar, had been with the Evening Post, Hawera Star, Truth and various Australian papers before he was engaged by Upper Hutt businessmen and farmers to highlight in a weekly an Upper Hutt town planning controversy. Director and general manager was R.A. Row, of Fortune Lane, a retired Army brigadier. Commercial development at that time could not support two papers, and the Times, off the press of a Wellington job printing plant, was the more costly to produce."
Series
Series26/1 Author's notes26/2 Book drafts26/3 Correspondence26/4 Survey26/5 Paste-up and final drafts26/6 Miscellaneous resources
Items
Item Listing26/1/1; author’s notes. Lever-arch file with contents sorted alphabetically, by subject or surname.
Jack Kelleher’s August 1992 label inside the front cover describes the notes as "referred to Archives, Upper Hutt Library, for use by students involved in serious research” and adds that contents should be checked before being put out on public display.
Many of the pages are written on unlined paper, probably in Jack Kelleher’s handwriting; notes from interviews or transcribed from tape, or from library research. There are abbreviations which are not easily deciphered. In some areas, Hilda (Billington?) seems to have been asked to select highlights from other people’s contributions.
Contents:-
A covering letter from Keith Stewart, Chairman, Upper Hutt History Book Committee; original and carbon.
A proof cover of ‘Upper Hutt: The History’.
A single sheet announcing publication; paperback, $39.95; hardbound, $49.95.
Press cutting; ‘Upper Hutt Leader’, 13/8/1964; extract from Dieffenbach’s ‘Travels in New Zealand’, 18343; describes a plateau, possibly Craig’s Flat, or one further upstream.
CORRESPONDENTS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS, from readers of the history.
Phyllis McNab, nee Scholes; 3-page typed letter of comments on ‘Upper Hutt; The History’.
McNab, Phyllis; almost-illegible computer’carbon’ of Kelleher reply, and laser-printed re-typed copy.
Mrs Salvin, mostly on Mungaroa (Te Marua).
ALPHABETICAL LISTING
A
Akatarawa; Mrs Connolly, 24/9/90; two pages of notes.
Akatarawa; 22/9/90; conference with Jack Comeskey, Tony Wall, Brian Rabbitt; Campbells and sawmilling
Akatarawa; 21/10/90; Bert Whiteman; 6 pages; many references to sawmilling, from Akatarawa to Paraparaumu Campbell daughters; school (Karapoti?); Churchills; Nurse Lomas (midwife?); Drillers (?; first letters undeciphered); Campbell family tree and death notices on extra sheets; various Whitemans.
Akatarawa; 3 pages; Birchville store; Clouston Park development; Waikanae road
Akatarawa; 7 pages, Zillah Dalton, nee Gillies (husband, Bob); Benge family; Bob owned Akatarawa Cash Store (no slate), 8 years,, 1950s? Zillah served; other owners.
Akatarawa; two pages of notes from a tour with Jack Comeskey, mostly about various properties in the valley.
Akatarawa; two pages of notes on Coral Kidd, nee Alexander, on Alexanders; mostly relationships; followed by certificate of title for two areas either side of Mangaroa Valley Road, near Whitemans Valley and Mangaroa roads.
Akatarawa; photostat of death notice, (Alfred) Jack Alexander.
Arts; photographer Andy Chaplow; his own business, plus comments on Revelle Jackson, Chapman Taylor, Alan Mitchell, Ian Wallace, Quentin Christie, Ralph Anderson. Andy also a painter; named Eric Brown, John Crump, Peter Scaife.
Arts; photography; 3 pages , Revelle Jackson; personal history, and note on other photographers Alan Mitchell, Ian Wallis, Andy Chaplow.
Arts; sculpture; John Christianson; principally about the ‘Motherhood’ statue, but als o mentions two arts festivals.
Arts; Floral Art Club; manuscript article by Lorraine Clarke, president.
Arts; Embroiderers’ Guild; half-page typed article, unsigned.
Arts; Energy Theatre, primarily for young people; typed description by Philip Bentley.
Arts; Music Society; two manuscript pages, unsigned.
Arts; Arts Society; half-page commentary by Hilda (Billington?) on 1 ½ pages manuscript, unsigned.
Arts; Spinners and Weavers;; two typed pages by Doris Morgan; half-page of notes on highlights by Hilda.
Arts; two pages of artists past and present, recollected by Eric Brown.
Arts; one typed page on Community Gallery and its arts awards; Hilda Billington signature.
Axemen’s Club; one-page manuscript; first-person, but not signed; one of the Whitemans?
B.
Barton family; see also Butler, for Hannah, nee Butler.
Barton family; 3 pages of notes from the Turnbull Library; excerpts from Richard’s 1841 letters, and voyage 1839-1840.
Barton/Butler; one page of notes; from Hannah Butler’s diaries?
Barton; 5-page manuscript by former vicar of Trentham Tom Pearson on Richard Barton’s history, from factor to Betty, Countess of Sutherland;; comments on local names resulting from the connections; Sutherland, Trentham,, Stafford, Gower . . .
Barton; Bob Whiteman anecdote on Wilfrid Barton, listening on radio for Hood and Moncrieff, attempting to fly Australia-Trentham; heard signals for half an hour after government lost contact; Bob Whiteman heard a crash on their farm, but the search found it had been a huge white pine.
Benge; notes from phone interview with Gordon William ‘Massey’ Benge, 86; not many recollections.
Best; from Journal of Ensign Best, by Taylor; two pages of notes on Wellington settlement, 1840, Dieffenbach expedition (up Hutt Valley?) towards Tararuas, and arrival of the Blenheim with 150 Scots in steerage, 11 in cabin.
Birchville; bridges; 1954 letter from Frank Whiteman, after the Tangiwai disaster, on scouring under bridge piers; about 20 years earlier, ‘a young man’ had found one of the piers of a bridge undermined; the pier was washed away two years later, and never found (the bridge was used for another two days); then in 1954 Jack had found he could see right under another pier.
Butler; one page of notes on Butlers, and sources of information on them, found in the Turnbull Library.
Brown family; two-page typescript by James Brown, largely about Catholics in the Wellington region.
Brown family; photocopy of pages 13-19 of the Journal of the Early Settlers’ and Historical Association of Wellington, January 1923;; Reminiscences of a Pioneer Settler, by James Brown, describing voyage out in the ‘Blenheim’, his father’s working on surveying in Lower Hutt, then cutting and sawing timber, carrying goods between the Hutt and Wellington by boat and later by bullock cart and horse cart/s as the business grew. After farming at Belmont, the family sold out, and moved to 200 acres in Upper Hutt. In those days the Hutt River was tidal up to Belmont, and there were no gravel banks.
Brown family; four-page typescript by James Brown (junior); taken from the above.
Brown; singles sheet; James Brown and Mary (Flynn) and descendants.
Brown family; single sheet of notes on James Brown junior’s memoirs.
Brown family; photocopy of article on family reunion; dated 18/12/90.
Brown family; telephone conversation with Jocelyn Wade, on John Downey, involved in land disputes with James Brown; 2 pages dated29/3/91, 3 more on 30/3/91, following her receipt of the printed history.
Brown family; typed letter from Jocelyn Wade, 29/1/91, with comments on the Brown/Downey land transactions.
Brown family; 5 pages of search for Downey/Petre/Brown land transfers, with sketches of areas involved.
Brown family; notes on conversation with Mr Hales, L. H. City Council, on location of Brown land in Belmont.
Brown family; single sheet; Norma Moore identifies the three ships by which three Brown brothers came to NZ.
Brown family; conversation with Norma Moore; National Library letter saying Brown sold land so that Upper Hutt could expand.
Brown family; single page; notes on Mary Flynn, from Mrs Pat Dunstan, Gisborne.
Brown family; 2-page letter covering notes she sent.
Brown family; single sheet; Mrs Norma Moore on various Brown men, and donation of land for church.
Brown family; 2 pages notes on David Brown and descendants, mostly Taranaki.
Brown family; 2-page letter from Patricia Buchler, offering to help with Brown family tree, and second letter accompanying ‘information requested’, with notes on Eltham family.
Brown family; 1912 letter from J. Brown to A J McCurdy, Town Clerk, about buildings on land originally Browns’.
Brown family; 4-page typescript of 23/12/29 ‘Evening Post’ article on death of Mrs Elizabeth Martin, last of the original Brown settlers, with some family history.
Brown family; order of service for Brown family reunion, 30/12/90, with stapled notes on various names.
Brown family; ‘two ‘Leader’ cuttings on the reunion; probably January 2, 1991.
Brown family; copy of marriage register; David Brown, Rosa Jones, 12/9/1866.
Brown family; 1953 letter from Leonard, hoping to get and forward information from cousins in Auckland. In a second letter he passes on dates for the voyage from Scotland.
Brown family; Photostat of Eltham settlement, 1884, with Brown properties marked.
Brown family; detaills of Sarah, married to soldier James Wilson, 1849; moved to Palmerston North, and their son Joseph, a writer.
Brown family; letter from George Shierny, descended from David Brown’s daughter Maud, enclosing plan of Eltham, again with Brown properties identified; it came from ‘The history of Eltham, NZ’ by H J Andrews; a second photocopy has an adjacent page of text; the mqap may have been a fold-out..
Brown family; 2 pages of notes on phone talk with George Shierny, the day before George’s letter.
Brown family; photocopy of 6-page manuscript chronology 1831-1884, and early history, probably from Mrs Pat Dunstan, at the reunion.
Brown family; notes (from Trish at 89 Martin St?); the ‘Blenheim’; George Brown Who’s Who entry; wedding, George/Jemima Hunter, 1875; death notices for James Brown jr, 1916, Andrew Brown, 1926.
Brown family; comment by Teringa Kuri on barefoot Scottish lasses, Kaiwhara. Heaphy quote on Kaiwhara population, 200/
Brown family; marriage details, Andrew Brown, Mary Galloway, 1826, from Porirua Museum.
Brown family; details of Andrew , James and George Brown’s migration to NZ; 1975 typescript by Lorna Sakey, via Tawa Borough Council.; mentions photo album.
Brown family; list of photos in album in Porirua Museum, 1991; the same album?
Brown family; Interview with Mr Sakey; discussion on James, Andrew, George, and William, Mrs Sakey’s father.
Brown family; notes from Upper Hutt-Porirua letters in Lorna Sakey collection; advertisement for Andrew’s stallion Kakapo, at stud LH Mondays, Upper Hutt other days; list of deaths; letters from Paisley, mostly about Browns’ former employers, Coats Cotton Mills’ problems and closure.
Brown family; Kapi-Mana News cuttings; one announces ‘Upper Hutt: The History’; the other is a correction to Mrs Sakey’s parentage; William, not his father.
Brown Owl; tearooms and ownership changes.
Butler; Hannah Barton’s father, John; early history, London/NSW/NZ/England/NZ; clergyman/magistrate, ‘native guardian’.
Butler; a page of notes on sources in the Turnbull Library; calculation on Hannah’s age at various moves.
C
Churches; two pages notes on co-operating Presbyterian/Methodist parishes.
Church; double-sided typed foolscap history of St Joseph’s Church, up to about 1911.
Church; St Joseph’s; hand-written list of priests, 1911-1991
Church; St Joseph’s orphanage centenary press cutting photocopy.
Church; St Joseph’s; orphanage; foundation stone laid 22/11/1950 after 1946 fire; ‘Zealandia’; photocopy.
Citizens’ Support Group; cutting of letter criticising city council, 18/5/90.
City Council; ‘Leader’ cutting; Audit Office report on Taiwanese proposal and spending on Wallaceville hill road.
City Council; ‘Evening Post’ cutting on Audit Office report.
City size; second-largest in area after Hutt County ridings incorporated.
Characters; Comeskey interview, 7 pages; includes Harry Minchin; ‘Black Peter’ (dumb mute?); ‘Creamo’ Jowett; the Southees; Punch/Hank Boulton; Doug Bucknell, and a note on the Prohibition vote of 1914.
Characters; letter from Sadie Hammill, nee Mawby, correcting small mistake in ‘Creamo’; Mawby farm; part became Whakatiki public golf course; later sold by Routley for state housing.
Clouston family; genealogy by Mervyn Clouston; 2 pages introduction, 4 pages of Cloustons from 1005 to1967 or later ; 6-page listing of descendants of David Clouston, Geraldine and Eltham;. covering letter
Clouston family; Arthur apparently illegitimate, brought up in Wellington (or Upper Hutt?) orphanage (and/or foster homes?); son of David’s daughter Katherine.
Clouston family; one page of notes on Arthur and his marriages.
Clouston family; six pages of notes from Charles Clouston; son of Arthur and first wife Myrtle.
Clouston family;; four pages of notes from Ted Howard
Clouston family; nine pages from first wife, later Myrtle Bartlett, and another six pages.
Clouston family; photostat of mayoral election result, 1959, and thanks notice; Kinsman 1217, Manson 1130, Clouston 1126.
Clouston family; Richard and wife Kaye Clouston on birth of Arthur, and his mother.
Clouston family; sheet of notes on Kate and William Clouston, and Geraldine addresses.
Clouston family; Notes from Norma Hulse, Arthur’s second wife, on his early days.
Clouston family; sheet listing various suggested birth dates for Arthur.
Clouston family; note on info from Patricia Harris, Whataroa.
Clouston family; 5 pages of notes on Mervyn Clouston, who had compiled the genealogy.
Clouston family; 3 pages of notes on various Cloustons, from Pam Oliver; relationship unknown; compiled the genealogical data used by Mervyn.
Clouston family; Richard Clouston on death dates Christina and Arthur’s mother ‘Catherine’, and the estate’s division.
Clouston family; single page of notes from Richard on William, Kate, Jack, Arthur, Cherrill.
Cosmopolitan Club; 2 pages of interview notes; manager Bill Hunter; founding and other dates, locations, name change, presidents, club sections.
Cottle family; single page of notes from dentist Bill Nichols, with death notice for Jack Cottle pasted on.
Craig’s Flat; single page of reminiscences by Ruth Keys, nee Craig; her brothers and father had cleared the flat.
Craig’s Flat; ‘Craigs Flat and Canon Point development’ newsletter, UHCC, July 1990
Craig’s Flat; 5 pages of Dennis Ryan (developer) interview notes, beginning with a list of people in photo P2-638-1556, and going on to describe the earlier stages of a 7-stage programme, and the Taiwanese company and personalities involved.
Craig’s Flat; three pages with press cuttings attached.
D
Davis/Gorrie; death notice of Hilda Ethel Davis; annotated Davis/Gorrie; maiden name?
Downing; description of sites in tour of Whiteman’s and Mangaroa valleys with Daisy Downing, nee Renshaw.
Downing; single page of interview notes; Daisy Downing on her family and other people.
Downing; notes from funeral of Lucy Downing Barker, Wallaceville, 1990.
Downing; two pages of print-outs from Petone Settlers’ museum; Oriental, landed Wellington, 31/1/1840; passengers John Downey, unnamed wife and 3-month-old son.
Dunlop; press cutting, 1/10/1990’; ‘South Pacific tyres in line for reprieve’; duty on imports might not be reduced as previously planned.
E
Education; Hutt Independent Boys’ school opening; press cuttings 4/2/91.
Education; Fergusson Intermediate; 5-pages interview notes with Geoff Lane, principal, on the school and the Upper Hutt colleges.
Education; St Joseph’s school and orphanage; double-sided cyclostyled article ‘Catholic education in Upper Hutt’; second side has interview notes from Sister Adrian.
Education; St Joseph’s school; 4-page manuscript, apparently by a retired sister.
Education; St Joseph’s school; list of first trustees, 1989.
Education; St Patrick’s College modernisation; press cutting 23/4/1991.
Education; Upper Hutt School; list of Eduction Board representatives, 1944-1987.
Education; Upper Hutt School; 60th anniverdary press cutting picture; the second building, and the current headmaster.
F
Floral art; press cutting on 1990 NZ sesquicentenary exhibition.
G
Gibbs, Colin; seven pages of manuscript notes, mostly on battles with (and within) an intransigent council; some notes on hid parents.
Golder;, Frank; death notice (13/7/1991).
H
Hazelwood; Jimmy; 4 pages interview notes with great-grand-daughter Sharman Edna Marsh on Hazelwoods, and her Poulson ancestors; May Hazelwood had married Hec Poulson.
Housing; single sheet on starting dates; Kingsley Heights, Timberlea, Chatsworth, Parkdale, Emerald Hill.
Hunter; interview with Doris Amy Mitchell, nee Hunter, born Petone 1903, and living with bootmaker father in (Jina’s) building, Station St; recorded by Bernard Mitchell; first page on family, nine pages including personal account of Benge and Pratt fire, in which her father was injured, and personalities in Station Street area.
I
Industry, Alcatel TCC; press cutting; to provide terminal equipment for PacRimEast fibre-optic cables.
Industry, General Motors; notes on history; Trentham plant closed 21/11/1990.
Industry, General Motors; press cutting; assembly to close; first redundancy notices.
Industry (?); notes on Bedplate Press Museum building (Waiora Cottage), and other heritage buildings.
Industry; timber; see Johnson.
Industry; Trentham Computer centre; note on founding date, and brief description.
Industry; Wright & Carman Ltd; A4 printed history on company letterhead.
J
Jeffries; October 1990 press cutting on election prospects; Jeffries associated with Labour party;, under which local industry had declined.
Johansen; G W Neil Joahnsen, city engineer 1951-1969; 7-page foolscap photocopy of typescript of farewell address to Chamber of Commerce, Oct 1969, with two half-page additions. Combines history of Chamber and Council.
Johansen; three press cuttings on coming trip to Adelaide, to demonstrate Upper Hutt’s town plan, which included a mall and pedestrian precincts, but was not universally approved.
Johansen; 3-page manuscript on his council- engineering work.
Johnson; Rex; 6 pages of bedside interview notes, mostly on sawmills, and Whiteman’s Valley people.
Jones; Lionel; A4 electoral brochure, listing local bodies on which he had served.
K
Kaitoke; photocopy of 5-page 1984 manuscript by J D Hoggard, on ‘who owned what, and when’; discovered after publication of ‘Upper Hutt: The History’. Ivan Ormond Collie death notice attached.
Kaitoke; sketch map drawn by Hoggard’s widow, 2/12/1991.
Kaitoke; Octpober 1990 press cutting on alternative improvements to State Highway 2
Kelleher; page of notes on his times in Upper Hutt, with a cutting (from a ‘Who’s Who’) summarising his life to 1987.
Kemp, Doctor; letter acknowledging loan of ‘History’ proof.
Kingsley Heights; December 1990 press cutting on proposed additional 260-section extension.
Kirton, Weston Ernest (‘Bill’); four pages on interview; mostly his biography.
Kirton; Merle Maria, Bill’s wife; single page; marriage details and Bill’s real name.
L
Land; single page typescript; early details of the New Zealand Company and its predecessors.
Land; 7-page Landcorp typescript on proposed courthouse; first 2 pages summarise land transactions in Wellington area from 1840.
Land; partial copy of 1929 map of Upper Hutt.
Land; three ‘Dominion’ press cuttings; landscapes of the lower Hutt valley for 1885, 1910 and 1936, drawn by Bob Kerr, mid-1990.
Leader; list of press clippings 1969-1976.
Libraries; 2-page typescript, unsigned.
Lower Hutt; extensive press cutting on politics of post-war town development plans.
M
McCurdy; single page summarising Mary Anne’s and A J’s births, marriage, deaths.
McCurdy; 2 pages of notes from Jessie or Jack Danahay, on Angus’s early history.
McCurdy;1 page of notes on ‘Evening Post’ article on Mary Anne, 99, re Angus’s views on name for Upper Hutt.
McCurdy; page of notes from ‘Evening Post, 10/9/68.er Mary Anne’s 103rd birthday; extra details on Bonnie Glen property.
McCurdy; 2-page typescript by Jack Danahay, for his mother, Jessie, nee McCurdy, for her hundredth birthday; ; covers her life and early McCurdy history.
McCurdy; A4 sheet; Grant Tilly sketch of Tinakori Road houses, and part photo of an 185 Wellington lithograph, both showing the cottage at 251 Tinakori Road, where Jessie was born.
McCurdy; single sheet of badly-photocopied photos; Bonnie Glen, Tinakori Road, and trees.
McCurdy; 2-pahe photocopy of letter typed by Aloysius John McCurdy to A.W Foster & Co, London, enquiring about his being probable heir to reputed unclaimed pirate booty held at Dumbarton Castle.
McCurdy; ‘Evening Post’ cutting, 8/9/66; picture and article; Mary Anne McCurdy, 101 on September 9.
Mc Curdy; 3-page interview notes on Craig’s Flat, and A J McCurdy’s early employment in England and Wellington.
McCurdy; Jack Danahay press cutting on McCurdy family’s arrival in Upper Hutt, December 23, 1891.
McEwen, David; one-page manuscript biological summary.
McEwen, Jock Malcolm; 7 typescript pages, probably from an interview; early Maor ihistory,a little on the Rongomai/Rongonui and other place names; then mostly on his grandfather, David.
McEwen, Jock; single page of notes on his history as a Maori carver.
McEwen, Jock; 8 pages of interview notes on Maori history, reviewing draught by Kelleher(?)
McEwen, Jock; 4 pages photocopies, from his books; pages on Orongomai history, pre-European; on marae;, and 2 pages on pre-European and early European exploration of the Hutt Valley.
MvEwen, Jock; press cuttings; ‘leader’, 24/7/74 on Orongomai history and other place names, and a Sunday Times review of Margaret Orbells’Hawaiki’, on Maori traditional history.
McNab; see Scholes.
Maher, Jim, MP; interview notes from Grace McCready, wife of Allan, M P for Otaki, 1960-1978 succeeding Jim Maher; notes on J J Maher.
Maher, Jim, MP; 3 pages notes from interview with grandson Keith on the family.
Maidstone; cutting on Maidstone, Kent; description and history.
Mangaroa School; ‘leader’cutting on 50th anniversary.Scholes
Mangaroa Valley; partial copy of 1915 manoeuvre area map.
Mangaroa Valley; plan of proposed village at Wallaceville.
Mangaroa Valley; plan of proposed subdivision in Wallaceville area; blocks from 5 to 38 acres (2 to 15 hectares) and sketch of later result.
Mangaroa Valley; letter from Defence Public Relations on Defence properties in the valley.
Mann; press cutting; Guide Kelly Mann receives Queen’s Award.
Maymorn; page of notes on the remains of a sawmill.
Medical; press cutting 22/1/91; Charles Burns trust opens recovery house for addiction victims.
Medical; 5 pages of interview notes; Doctor Humphrey Rainey, mostly on doctors from around 1960. Press cutting on first birth in former Elderslea maternity hospital attached.
Medical; further press cutting on same birth.
Messenger, Mervyn; 2 pages interview notes on suffering in Catholic orphanage and Wellington schools.
Music; half-page of interview notes , Celia Southon; wife of guitarist Sam and mother of daughter Sonny, a singer.
Music; typescript from Pete Hall, listing the more prominent local bands and musicians, with interview notes on the reverse and a second sheet, describing the changing scene.
O
Oxford Crescent School; 2 pages interview notes with Jack Wardle, caretaker since opening in 1963, and Rugby coach there.
P
Petone; page of notes on history; a few reference books, then notes from pages of an unnamed (McEwen?) history.
Petre, Hon H W; Page of notes on ancestry and marriages.
Petre; page of notes on lands owned.
Petre; two pages of notes taken from Petre’s ‘An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company’, London, 1842.
Petre; another page of notes on family.
Petre; two press cuttings from the ‘New Zealand Free Lance, 1952; each a 2-page article on the Petre family, by Douglas Cresswell.
Pitman-Moore; Jan 1991 advertisement for product manager.
Pitman-Moore; Feb 1991 ‘Dominion’ press cutting announcing new vaccine factory.
Police; notes on a Sundew Drive ghost, reported 1984; Cruickshank Road murder, 1932, Rimutaka Tavern hold-up, 1985.
R
Railways; Silver Stream Railway museum brochure,
Renshaw, Patrick, lawyer; ‘Dominion’ press cutting on sentencing for fraud. Second unsourced cutting attached.
Renshaw; ‘Evening Post’ press cutting.
River Road; lyrics of Crystal Gale song.
River; Hutt; note on possible Wai-o-Rotu name, and River of Whanga-nui-o-Tara.
Robinson, Don; two pages interview notes, mostly on family.
Robinson, Don; 4-page manuscript on two sheets.
Robinson; manuscript family tree, apparently by Don.
Ross, Wayne, lawyer; press cutting on a lawsuit over a hovercraft deal which had gone sour. This is attached to a printed list of chapters and wordage for ‘Upper Hutt: the History’, dated March 1991.
S
Sawmilling; two pages interview notes with Roger Reddington; orked at Akatarawa mills, later planted and harvested pinus radiate.
Scaife; address for Peter.
Scholes; interview notes, daughter Phyllis McNab, on family, Mangaroa Valley .
Scholes; second page of McNab interview notes, mostly on McNab family.
Scholes; two-page typescript by Phyllis McNab; Symons family and Scholes descendants.
Scholes; four foolscap pages of photocopies of family photographs.
Scholes; see als o correspondent Mrs McNab
Service clubs; Lions; note on date of fountain by railway station; May 1970.
Servicer clubs; Rotary; 4 pages interview notes with Bill Nichols; early history and projects, criticism of current inertia, and list of presidents.
Services; Post Office; dates of new central and Trentham offices and list of three which had closed.
Services; railways; dates of Silverstream and Park St underpasses, and pedestrian subway.
Services; road transport; 2 pages interview notes, senior sergeant Dave Johnston; Transport Dept staff and organisation, comments on effects of river road
Services; road transport; two September press cuttings on re-routing SH2 in Kaitoke area.
Services; road transport; river road dates, and note on pedestrian crossing traffic lights, between Wilson and Princes streets, Fergusson Drive, early 1970s. Second sheet lists AA office opening day 9/67 and removal of last hitching post 2/72.
Services; sewerage; pages 2 and 3 of Hutt Valley sewerage options newsletter No. 3, describing the existing system.
Southee; 2 pages of interview notes on the family, from Mrs Liz Southee; with death notice of Lillian Southee, 83, Sep 1992.
Sport; athletics; Maidstone club 3 pages interview notes, Ken Hammond.
Sport; cricket, hockey; 2 pages f Betty (Thorner) Watt interview.
Sport; croquet/bowls/tennis; Marie Benge interview notes; bowling/tennis club history; started as croquet; other clubs listed.
Sport; gliding; 2 pages interview notes on history; Tony van Dyk.
Sport; golf; single page of notes; Bill James on Whiteman’s Valley; Mrs Brian O’Riley on Blue Mountains.
Sport; harriers; single-page manuscript on Trentham United Harrier Club
Sport; pony club; single page, mostly on John and Kaye Cottle.
Sport; racing; Trentham course; association with Fireworks Fantastic, and change from yearling sales to Magic Millions, 1988.
Sport; racing; Trentham course; press cutting; sale of magic Milions franchise to Wellington Racing Club.
Sport; tennis;2 pages from a 1974 club history by Roly McL Ferkins, read to Kelleher by life member Marie Benge.
Stokes; Graham; July 1992 death notice with notes on his founding the Rugby League club, and receiving a civic award.
Swanson; single page; Mrs K Ruscoe, nee Swanson; she was collecting info on Whiteman’s Valley houses, early settlers and Methodist church.
Symons/Symonds; cutting (from a cemetery guide?) on James Symons, of Vogeltown and Brooklyn; drowned at Otaki.
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Telecommunications; notes on extension of free calling area June 68 and introduction of subscriber trunk dialling April 1976; and extent of underground cabling.
Te Marua; Bloomfield farm; one page telephone interview notes, Brendan Bourke; suggests Barney as a better source.
Te Marua; Bloomfield farm; 2 pages interview notes, father Barney Bourke, describing land use.
Te Marua; Bloomfield farm; one page interview note, Bob Whiteman, mostly on ownership; partial Whiteman family tree.
Te Marua; 1958 3-page Mabel Jackson letter to (undeciphered); her father (and addressee’s?) had been Wellington-Greytown coachmen; her mother had started a Maungaroa school in 1879; lists families there
Te Marua; Mungaroa Hotel; 4-page unsigned foolscap manuscript by a Collins family member.
Te Marua; Stonestead; 2 pages interview notes with owner Kevin Bold; some other area detail.
Te Marua; Stonestead; single-page interview with Mrs Leonie Bold, nee Laurson(?), mostly on the reputed ghost.
Totara Park; info from Chamber of Commerce conference presentation; dates and proposed facilities
Totara Park; 3 pages interview notes, Stuart Matthew, on the companies and persons involved.
Totara Park; 3 pages interview notes, Nelson Spiers; mostly on history and intended development; references to Craig’s Flat and Taiwanese interests.
Totara Park; ‘Evening Post’ press cutting; problems with Taiwanese scheme west of original development.
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Upper Hutt Council; 2 pages press cuttings on proposed purchase of service station land for Wallaceville Road and resulting Office investigation.
Upper Hutt Council; two press cuttings on 1990 revitalisation project.
Upper Hutt Council; 14 pages of interview notes; Bob Vine, Town Clerk 1976-1985, and deputy 1967-1976; reviewing council activities, and mayors’ and councillors’ personalities.
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Waiora Cottage; brief history and name translation; see also ‘Industry’.
Wallaceville, Mangaroa Valley; “see also Alexander, Clifford, Downing’ note; only Downing is indexed.
Wallaceville Animal Research; press cutting; Dr Alan Royal appointed appointed executive director of the Meat Research and Development Council.
Wallaceville Animal Research; photocopy from page 169 of a history; anecdotes.
Whiteman; 16 sheets copying a handbook on St Mary’s Church, Udimore, Sussex.
Whiteman family; three-page typed letter from Julia Whiteman to Martin Bradley, describing search for Whiteman ancestry in Winchelsea area, Sussex.
Whiteman family; list of 3 generations, and of John Whiteman’s 4th-generation family.
Whiteman family; photocopy of marriage register; John Whiteman, Matilda Jane Symons, Wellington, 25/9/1875.
Whiteman family; photocopy of birth register; Henry Whiteman, Wellington, 29/10/1860.
Whiteman family; hand-written copy of ‘Evening Post’ death notice; George Whiteman, died 5/5/1905.
Whiteman family; 2 pages listing Whiteman material in Julia Bradley’s papers.
Whiteman family; pages 8, 10, 11 of interview with Mrs Grace Jollands, on John and Matilda Whiteman.
Whiteman family; 2 pages of interview with Martin Bradley; on George and William, who migrated with their father.
Whiteman family; 2 pages later interview with Martin Bradley on John Whiteman, rifleman, axeman ‘Gallagher’ Whiteman, and Hakaretu property, formerly McCurdy’s strip.
Whiteman family; 2 pages interview notes, Bob Whiteman; mostly on family’s rifle shooting; he was source of Axemen’s Club and Cruickshank Road sawmill pictures.
Whiteman family; page of notes on Coral May (Nelson) Whiteman, plus letter from her with photocopy of Whitemans’ smuggling activities in Sussex
Whiteman family; page with interview notes from Charles Whiteman, on family’s farms and homes.
Whiteman; single page of notes from Daisy Downing interview; Quinn’s Post earlier named ‘The Governor’s; flax industry note; Whiteman grave locations.
Whiteman’s Valley; 3 pages of interview notes, Julia Mason; death notice of Lucy Downing ‘Girlie’ Barker attached; notes on her and on sawmilling Campbells, remaining dairy farms and other people.
Upper Hutt; Town Clerk’s office 2-sided foolscap typed description of the city.
Upper Hutt; library foolscap typescripts listing significant dates up to proclamation as a city; one single-sided; the other double-sided, with a list of mayors up to 1968 and bibliography on a second sheet. Both versions have an 1856 entry following 1858.
26/1/2 Typesetter's copy including cover plates
Brown paper parcel labelled 'Upper Hutt the History Typesetter's copy as marked up by designer Bill Wieben for Cape Catley.'
26/1/3 Pre-publication copy, in ring binder - some deletions and printing notes.
26/1/4 Correspondence re 1991 publication and also re earlier manuscript covering research undertaken c1950-1953. On cover, clipping with photograph of Blockhouse handover to Scouts and Guides, n.d.
Includes:
Correspondence with printer 26 May 1953
Letters of thanks from Upper Hutt Primary School children 1980 after a talk by JK
Folder with correspondence fastened in, from:
1. Benge, Gwendolyn R., 4 December 1991, re family tree.
2. Lunsby [?], Arthur, 22 March 1992, re draft copy.
3. Moriaty, Julia Mary, 9 April 1992, re possible Jubilee.
4. Harris, Alma J., n.d., re enquiry concerning Constable David William Lyster [first police officer?].
5. James Beard and Company, 11 July 1980, re Te Marua-Kaitoke Regional Park.
6. Copy of Kelleher's reply, 5 August 1980, re Kaitoke and Te Marua.
7. Copy of Kelleher's reply, 11 September 1972, to R.H.E. Slacke re original typescript. Mentions missing photographs.
8. Slacke, R.H.E. (Dick), 1 September 1972, re correction to history of Upper Hutt Free Ambulance Station and C.H.R. (Dick) Jepsen.
9. Wellington Hospital Board, 20 february 1953, with extract from 'A Hundred years of healing' by Dr. D. Macdonald Wilson.
10. Unsigned note, n.d., re history of Upper Hutt Warriors Hockey Club founded 1936 (includes names).
11. C.J. Carle, Chief reporter Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 February 1953, re Kelleher's request for illustrations from Carle's "Wairarapa" and re Henry Burling.
12. DSIR Geological Survey Office, 23 March 1953, answer to enquiry re Hutt Valley structure.
13. List of Police officers, 1896-1941, n.d.
14. Police Department, 6 April 1951, re history of police station and officers at Upper Hutt. "It would appear that Upper Hutt Police Station was closed in 1880 on account of the reduction of the field force of the Armed Constabulary, and the Station residence was then rented to civilians until 1891".
15. Dowling, J.W. (S.M.) of St Patrick's College, Wellington, 9 April 1951, re land near St. Patrick's College Silverstream, mentions Chief Turingakuri, Pumpkin Cottage.
16. 18 pp. typed notes, n.d., re individuals/premises, including:
Marigold Salon, Ida Goodwin, Dorothy Keys, Mrs Eric Stroud, Lois Barber, F. (Tim) Stroud, K.R. Rofe, Taylor's Shoe Store, R. (Rock) Egan, Leo Quinn, Mrs F.E. Humphrey (two mentions), T. Poulis, Cecil E. Biggs, W.E. Kirton, Frank Hercock, Hercock Bros., J. Alexander, Mr Bly, Adams Bruce, F.E. Bailey, Misses Jackson, Ron McCulloch, J.A. McCulloch, Norman Henry ('Bish') Benge, Geange Carrying Co., Tom Boyd, Bob Jane, Dave Tidswell, Jack Wunibald, Bob Styles, Percy Simpson, Ern Plumber, Dorothy Bookshop, Oscar Dyer.
17. Notice, n.d., re Mrs Angus McCurdy's meeting to re-elect her husband as Mayor.
18. Voting paper, n.d., William Barber vs Angus McCurdy for Mayor of Upper Hutt.
19. Manuscript map of Wallaceville area, n.d., giving names and numbers for sections owners (e.g. 4 members of Whiteman family).
20. May St. Johnston, 13 February 1953, re her establishment of the Brown Owl Tea House.
21 & 22. F.A. Kemp (Dr.), 9 May 1953 and 19 April 1953, re his medical practice in Upper Hutt.
23. Grace E. Neligan, 30 April 1953, re her private hospital.
24. "Photo" [missing], n.d., Upper Hutt Star Football Club 1908.
25. Poppy [?] Watts, 8 April [1953?] re Hotel.
26. Wellington Education Board, 13 July 1953, re lending Kelleher log-book of Te Marua School.
27. Wellington Education Board, 13 December 1950, re inability to conduct research for Kelleher.
28. G.E. Collie [?], 9 February 1951, correcting information re [Kaitoke?] School.
29. W.H. Hoggard, 9 October 1950, re printing history, includes pp. 25-28 of his publication (title not given) concerning publishing 'Upper Hutt Advocate' 1935, and mentioning 'Upper Hutt Independent' and 'Upper Hutt Weekly Review' (1936?).
30. 'Timesman' R.A Row, 24 February [1953?], re Upper Hutt Soccer Club founder 'Scotty' Hepburn, and also Upper Hutt United Football Club.
31. Donald Reid, n.d., re his purchase of Haukaretu Block A-B.
32. Miscellaneous unsigned notes (two handwritings), n.d., re history of place names, Angus McCurdy, etc.
33. F. Summers [?], Catholic Presbytery Lower Hutt, 22 October 1950, re names 'Shepherd' Hotel, list of early Priests, name Brown or Browne [includes comment re Alexander Turnbull Library vs General Assembly].
34. Unsigned note, n.d., re 'The Origin of the Upper Hutt Scottish Society'.
35. Automobile Association (Wellington), 7 March 1951, re Rimutaka Road and returning annotated a copy of 6 pp. chapter entitled 'The Rimutaka Road'.
36. I. J. Cunningham, Wallaceville Animal Research Station, 18 April 1951, with corrected version of Animal Research Station history.
37. P. N. Cryer, General Post Office, Wellington, 13 September 1950, re Post Office history in Upper Hutt. Gives names and dates.
38. J.D. McIntosh, Wellington Golf Club, 6 May 1951, note re Golf Club history.
39. A. Fuge [?], n.d., re cricket club history.
40. J. G. Sinclair, 18 April 1951, re poultry farming chapter, mentions A.G. Mumby, A.E. Salisbury, C. Griffiths.
41. Ralph [Ashford], n.d., re printing business [chapter mentioned is no longer present].
42. Bank of New Zealand, 6 April 1951, re Upper Hutt premises, mentions E.G. Staveley, N.H. Pavitt.
43. E.A. Mabey, 21 May 1951, note re Benge family history.
44. Rosemary Brown, 23 March 1953, thanking for copy of draft.
45. 2 pp. typed draft, n.d., re James Brown and other early names/dates re Upper Hutt. Mentions poultry-farming industry being killed by high rates.
46. Dunlop New Zealand Ltd., 10 April 1951, returning annotated draft chapter titled 'Dunlop Factory'. Covers opening ceremony.
47. F.W. Aickin, New Zealand Government Railways, 10 November 1950, re railway history of Upper Hutt. Includes list of stationmasters and notes re Rimutaka Incline.
48. F.B. Jameson, Magistrate's Court Wellington, 16 November 1950, re early Hotels in Upper Hutt, including information from registers of licensees.
49. Handwritten list, n.d., of licensees Provincial and Trentham.
50. Letter of enquiry to 'Upper Hutt Times' 21 September 1950, re hotel licensees to Licensing Committee, Masterton, returned annotated with reply.
51. New Zealand Breweries Ltd., Thorndon Brewery, 11 January 1951, re hotels in Upper Hutt. Mentions J. Staples and Co.
A26/1/5 Survey material from Upper Hutt College research project into industrial development, 1966.
Brown A4 envelope, original plastic sleeve removed.
Includes covering letter, survey forms, summary, and notes which include those firms which did not reply to the survey. Addressed to JK from A.D. Hunter (Principal Upper Hutt College) as a member of the Upper Hutt Historical Society, dated 21 April 1966.
Surveys asked:
1. Size of factory and grounds
2. Number of staff
3. Do you expect this number to increase and what is the potential
4. What proportion comes from Upper Hutt and what from outside the area
5. When did the firm start
6. Has it expanded greatly since then
7. Chief products
Original survey forms from:
Gorrie Concrete Products
L D Hanratty Ltd
Steelcase Eng.
Dunlop NZ Ltd
F V Evans & Son
Brolite NZ Ltd
J A Hazelwood & Co. Ltd. (includes copy of 'This New Zealand: Hutt Valley & Bays' vol. 1 no. 15, open at page for Hazelwoods)
Amalgamated Brick & Pipe Co. Wgtn. Ltd
F & T Plastics
McKenzies NZ Ltd
Aveling-Barford (NZ) Ltd
J Mercer & Sons Ltd
U E B Plastics (Consolidated Plastics (Wgtn) Ltd from 1 April 1966
General Motors Ltd
Tasman Vaccine Lab.
Plastroweld H F Coy
Woolworths Ltd
Knight Footwear Ltd
De Luxe Shoe Factory
Standard Telephones & Cables Pty Ltd
Professional Uniforms Ltd
Dawn Garments Ltd
Lyte Aluminium Industries Ltd (includes 'Lyte Aluminium Leader' a magazine of Lyte Aluminium Industries Ltd, vol. 1 no.1 October 1964. Was to be three-monthly).
Includes rough manuscript map in pencil.
|A26/1 F. Copies of 'Upper Hutt Times', including first paste-up of history
|A26/1 G. Printer's block (Upper Hutt Times) of original Hazelwood's Shop.
|A26/1 H Notebook and references to Upper Hutt in Wellington newspapers and other general reference material.
|A26/1 I [Originally labelled 'H'as well as the 'H' above]. Six rolled photographic prints, panoramas of Trentham and Featherston Camps. One is signed 'Varley'.
|A26/2 Final draft, 22 July 1991, J A Kelleher 28 Mana View Road, Paramata. Acc 222. Includes loose memo to David Lee-Smith dated 15 May 1991 're my movements', JK's Christchurch address and re next meeting in Upper Hutt on 13 June 1991.
|A26/3 Box of miscellaneous resources sent to Mr Kelleher and retained in Library, including publications, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs. As there was no perceptible order, items have been listed below in the following order:
Publications:
1. NZ Electricity Dept. Report of planning committee, 1973. Includes 1974 clipping re Mangahao annotated "Where Upper Hutt's power came from at the beginning", vertical section of tunnels, three b/w photographs, draft article signed airey.
2. Envelope containing resources (sent by Maoribank School principal?):
a) Railways handout re stations
b) Notes by James Cowan on Haukaretu
c) Notes from interview with Charles Whiteman, 1975.
d) Photocopy of 'Maoribank: a local history' by B. Welch (n.d.)
3. Folder titled 'History of Service Organisations', containing:
a) Rotary notes by B. Rabbitt, and two booklets from E.H. de Joux:
'The first ten years Rotary Club of Upper Hutt 1954-1964'
'The second ten years Rotary Club of Upper Hutt 1964-1974'
b) Lions notes (included two photographs)
c) Hapai Club notes
4. 'Upper Hutt focus' (published by Upper Hutt Jayce Inc., 1971)
5. 'Upper Hutt College 1962-1987: the first twenty-five years', compliments of principal. Includes programme for opening the Allan Hunter Building, 13 November 1990, and text of a speech given by Mr Hunter (Principal 1962-1969) at the opening.
6. Notes re Maidstone Intermediate School, 1970-1990.
7. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
8. Photocopy of 'Mangaroa School 75th anniversary: 4th May 1914' (celebrations held 5-7 May 1989)
9. 'Upper Hutt School Jubilee 1864-1989' Includes notes by JK written on scrap of National Press Club letterhead paper.
10. Copy of typed notes re St. John's Churchyard and Trentham Memorial Park.
11. Various articles re Pinehaven, including photocopy of booklet on Pinehaven by Room 5 Pinehaven School 1985.
12. Booklet 'Upper Hutt City proclamation 28th May 1966' (signed J. Harvie)
13. 'Our first hundred years...1861-1961. the parish of Trentham in the Upper Hutt Valley (signed J. Harvie). Includes loose sheet from unknown publication 'The Vicar's Letter' (Vicar W.M. Smallfield) re a history of St. John's Trentham, 1955.
14. Hutt Valley History. Parts 1 & 2 Filmstrip numbers 66/160 and 66/161 (signed Upper Hutt Historical Society)
15. Audiotape
16. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
17. Photocopy of 'Upper Hutt Returned Services Association Inc. 1930-1980' (Maurice Basil-Jones and Colin Miller) and letter from Colin Miller re RSA dated 16 July 1991.
18. Booklet 'Centennial of Calvin Bank Farm and to the memory of Thomas and Mary Ann Reid: an account of the early life of our Grandparents...and the occupation of the farm at Clareville 1858-1958 written by Horace D. Reid, Matserton, 1958. Includes two-page letter from Mr Reid to Mr Salvin (?Galvin) dated 10 August 1959.
19. Booklet 'Community development of Upper Hutt, survey conducted by Upper Hutt Jaycee Inc.', 1962. (Signed J. Harvie)
20. 6th-form history local area study 'Nurse Renshaw's 1920-1927: Upper Hutt's first maternity hospital' by John McMullan, 1988.
Includes transcripts of interviews with Mrs Isabel Neville and Mrs Daisy Downing, floor plan.
21. Photographs
Added 2010: photographs taken by Kelleher's son that were uses in the final edition.
Jack Kelleher’s August 1992 label inside the front cover describes the notes as "referred to Archives, Upper Hutt Library, for use by students involved in serious research” and adds that contents should be checked before being put out on public display.
Many of the pages are written on unlined paper, probably in Jack Kelleher’s handwriting; notes from interviews or transcribed from tape, or from library research. There are abbreviations which are not easily deciphered. In some areas, Hilda (Billington?) seems to have been asked to select highlights from other people’s contributions.
Contents:-
A covering letter from Keith Stewart, Chairman, Upper Hutt History Book Committee; original and carbon.
A proof cover of ‘Upper Hutt: The History’.
A single sheet announcing publication; paperback, $39.95; hardbound, $49.95.
Press cutting; ‘Upper Hutt Leader’, 13/8/1964; extract from Dieffenbach’s ‘Travels in New Zealand’, 18343; describes a plateau, possibly Craig’s Flat, or one further upstream.
CORRESPONDENTS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS, from readers of the history.
Phyllis McNab, nee Scholes; 3-page typed letter of comments on ‘Upper Hutt; The History’.
McNab, Phyllis; almost-illegible computer’carbon’ of Kelleher reply, and laser-printed re-typed copy.
Mrs Salvin, mostly on Mungaroa (Te Marua).
ALPHABETICAL LISTING
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Akatarawa; Mrs Connolly, 24/9/90; two pages of notes.
Akatarawa; 22/9/90; conference with Jack Comeskey, Tony Wall, Brian Rabbitt; Campbells and sawmilling
Akatarawa; 21/10/90; Bert Whiteman; 6 pages; many references to sawmilling, from Akatarawa to Paraparaumu Campbell daughters; school (Karapoti?); Churchills; Nurse Lomas (midwife?); Drillers (?; first letters undeciphered); Campbell family tree and death notices on extra sheets; various Whitemans.
Akatarawa; 3 pages; Birchville store; Clouston Park development; Waikanae road
Akatarawa; 7 pages, Zillah Dalton, nee Gillies (husband, Bob); Benge family; Bob owned Akatarawa Cash Store (no slate), 8 years,, 1950s? Zillah served; other owners.
Akatarawa; two pages of notes from a tour with Jack Comeskey, mostly about various properties in the valley.
Akatarawa; two pages of notes on Coral Kidd, nee Alexander, on Alexanders; mostly relationships; followed by certificate of title for two areas either side of Mangaroa Valley Road, near Whitemans Valley and Mangaroa roads.
Akatarawa; photostat of death notice, (Alfred) Jack Alexander.
Arts; photographer Andy Chaplow; his own business, plus comments on Revelle Jackson, Chapman Taylor, Alan Mitchell, Ian Wallace, Quentin Christie, Ralph Anderson. Andy also a painter; named Eric Brown, John Crump, Peter Scaife.
Arts; photography; 3 pages , Revelle Jackson; personal history, and note on other photographers Alan Mitchell, Ian Wallis, Andy Chaplow.
Arts; sculpture; John Christianson; principally about the ‘Motherhood’ statue, but als o mentions two arts festivals.
Arts; Floral Art Club; manuscript article by Lorraine Clarke, president.
Arts; Embroiderers’ Guild; half-page typed article, unsigned.
Arts; Energy Theatre, primarily for young people; typed description by Philip Bentley.
Arts; Music Society; two manuscript pages, unsigned.
Arts; Arts Society; half-page commentary by Hilda (Billington?) on 1 ½ pages manuscript, unsigned.
Arts; Spinners and Weavers;; two typed pages by Doris Morgan; half-page of notes on highlights by Hilda.
Arts; two pages of artists past and present, recollected by Eric Brown.
Arts; one typed page on Community Gallery and its arts awards; Hilda Billington signature.
Axemen’s Club; one-page manuscript; first-person, but not signed; one of the Whitemans?
B.
Barton family; see also Butler, for Hannah, nee Butler.
Barton family; 3 pages of notes from the Turnbull Library; excerpts from Richard’s 1841 letters, and voyage 1839-1840.
Barton/Butler; one page of notes; from Hannah Butler’s diaries?
Barton; 5-page manuscript by former vicar of Trentham Tom Pearson on Richard Barton’s history, from factor to Betty, Countess of Sutherland;; comments on local names resulting from the connections; Sutherland, Trentham,, Stafford, Gower . . .
Barton; Bob Whiteman anecdote on Wilfrid Barton, listening on radio for Hood and Moncrieff, attempting to fly Australia-Trentham; heard signals for half an hour after government lost contact; Bob Whiteman heard a crash on their farm, but the search found it had been a huge white pine.
Benge; notes from phone interview with Gordon William ‘Massey’ Benge, 86; not many recollections.
Best; from Journal of Ensign Best, by Taylor; two pages of notes on Wellington settlement, 1840, Dieffenbach expedition (up Hutt Valley?) towards Tararuas, and arrival of the Blenheim with 150 Scots in steerage, 11 in cabin.
Birchville; bridges; 1954 letter from Frank Whiteman, after the Tangiwai disaster, on scouring under bridge piers; about 20 years earlier, ‘a young man’ had found one of the piers of a bridge undermined; the pier was washed away two years later, and never found (the bridge was used for another two days); then in 1954 Jack had found he could see right under another pier.
Butler; one page of notes on Butlers, and sources of information on them, found in the Turnbull Library.
Brown family; two-page typescript by James Brown, largely about Catholics in the Wellington region.
Brown family; photocopy of pages 13-19 of the Journal of the Early Settlers’ and Historical Association of Wellington, January 1923;; Reminiscences of a Pioneer Settler, by James Brown, describing voyage out in the ‘Blenheim’, his father’s working on surveying in Lower Hutt, then cutting and sawing timber, carrying goods between the Hutt and Wellington by boat and later by bullock cart and horse cart/s as the business grew. After farming at Belmont, the family sold out, and moved to 200 acres in Upper Hutt. In those days the Hutt River was tidal up to Belmont, and there were no gravel banks.
Brown family; four-page typescript by James Brown (junior); taken from the above.
Brown; singles sheet; James Brown and Mary (Flynn) and descendants.
Brown family; single sheet of notes on James Brown junior’s memoirs.
Brown family; photocopy of article on family reunion; dated 18/12/90.
Brown family; telephone conversation with Jocelyn Wade, on John Downey, involved in land disputes with James Brown; 2 pages dated29/3/91, 3 more on 30/3/91, following her receipt of the printed history.
Brown family; typed letter from Jocelyn Wade, 29/1/91, with comments on the Brown/Downey land transactions.
Brown family; 5 pages of search for Downey/Petre/Brown land transfers, with sketches of areas involved.
Brown family; notes on conversation with Mr Hales, L. H. City Council, on location of Brown land in Belmont.
Brown family; single sheet; Norma Moore identifies the three ships by which three Brown brothers came to NZ.
Brown family; conversation with Norma Moore; National Library letter saying Brown sold land so that Upper Hutt could expand.
Brown family; single page; notes on Mary Flynn, from Mrs Pat Dunstan, Gisborne.
Brown family; 2-page letter covering notes she sent.
Brown family; single sheet; Mrs Norma Moore on various Brown men, and donation of land for church.
Brown family; 2 pages notes on David Brown and descendants, mostly Taranaki.
Brown family; 2-page letter from Patricia Buchler, offering to help with Brown family tree, and second letter accompanying ‘information requested’, with notes on Eltham family.
Brown family; 1912 letter from J. Brown to A J McCurdy, Town Clerk, about buildings on land originally Browns’.
Brown family; 4-page typescript of 23/12/29 ‘Evening Post’ article on death of Mrs Elizabeth Martin, last of the original Brown settlers, with some family history.
Brown family; order of service for Brown family reunion, 30/12/90, with stapled notes on various names.
Brown family; ‘two ‘Leader’ cuttings on the reunion; probably January 2, 1991.
Brown family; copy of marriage register; David Brown, Rosa Jones, 12/9/1866.
Brown family; 1953 letter from Leonard, hoping to get and forward information from cousins in Auckland. In a second letter he passes on dates for the voyage from Scotland.
Brown family; Photostat of Eltham settlement, 1884, with Brown properties marked.
Brown family; detaills of Sarah, married to soldier James Wilson, 1849; moved to Palmerston North, and their son Joseph, a writer.
Brown family; letter from George Shierny, descended from David Brown’s daughter Maud, enclosing plan of Eltham, again with Brown properties identified; it came from ‘The history of Eltham, NZ’ by H J Andrews; a second photocopy has an adjacent page of text; the mqap may have been a fold-out..
Brown family; 2 pages of notes on phone talk with George Shierny, the day before George’s letter.
Brown family; photocopy of 6-page manuscript chronology 1831-1884, and early history, probably from Mrs Pat Dunstan, at the reunion.
Brown family; notes (from Trish at 89 Martin St?); the ‘Blenheim’; George Brown Who’s Who entry; wedding, George/Jemima Hunter, 1875; death notices for James Brown jr, 1916, Andrew Brown, 1926.
Brown family; comment by Teringa Kuri on barefoot Scottish lasses, Kaiwhara. Heaphy quote on Kaiwhara population, 200/
Brown family; marriage details, Andrew Brown, Mary Galloway, 1826, from Porirua Museum.
Brown family; details of Andrew , James and George Brown’s migration to NZ; 1975 typescript by Lorna Sakey, via Tawa Borough Council.; mentions photo album.
Brown family; list of photos in album in Porirua Museum, 1991; the same album?
Brown family; Interview with Mr Sakey; discussion on James, Andrew, George, and William, Mrs Sakey’s father.
Brown family; notes from Upper Hutt-Porirua letters in Lorna Sakey collection; advertisement for Andrew’s stallion Kakapo, at stud LH Mondays, Upper Hutt other days; list of deaths; letters from Paisley, mostly about Browns’ former employers, Coats Cotton Mills’ problems and closure.
Brown family; Kapi-Mana News cuttings; one announces ‘Upper Hutt: The History’; the other is a correction to Mrs Sakey’s parentage; William, not his father.
Brown Owl; tearooms and ownership changes.
Butler; Hannah Barton’s father, John; early history, London/NSW/NZ/England/NZ; clergyman/magistrate, ‘native guardian’.
Butler; a page of notes on sources in the Turnbull Library; calculation on Hannah’s age at various moves.
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Churches; two pages notes on co-operating Presbyterian/Methodist parishes.
Church; double-sided typed foolscap history of St Joseph’s Church, up to about 1911.
Church; St Joseph’s; hand-written list of priests, 1911-1991
Church; St Joseph’s orphanage centenary press cutting photocopy.
Church; St Joseph’s; orphanage; foundation stone laid 22/11/1950 after 1946 fire; ‘Zealandia’; photocopy.
Citizens’ Support Group; cutting of letter criticising city council, 18/5/90.
City Council; ‘Leader’ cutting; Audit Office report on Taiwanese proposal and spending on Wallaceville hill road.
City Council; ‘Evening Post’ cutting on Audit Office report.
City size; second-largest in area after Hutt County ridings incorporated.
Characters; Comeskey interview, 7 pages; includes Harry Minchin; ‘Black Peter’ (dumb mute?); ‘Creamo’ Jowett; the Southees; Punch/Hank Boulton; Doug Bucknell, and a note on the Prohibition vote of 1914.
Characters; letter from Sadie Hammill, nee Mawby, correcting small mistake in ‘Creamo’; Mawby farm; part became Whakatiki public golf course; later sold by Routley for state housing.
Clouston family; genealogy by Mervyn Clouston; 2 pages introduction, 4 pages of Cloustons from 1005 to1967 or later ; 6-page listing of descendants of David Clouston, Geraldine and Eltham;. covering letter
Clouston family; Arthur apparently illegitimate, brought up in Wellington (or Upper Hutt?) orphanage (and/or foster homes?); son of David’s daughter Katherine.
Clouston family; one page of notes on Arthur and his marriages.
Clouston family; six pages of notes from Charles Clouston; son of Arthur and first wife Myrtle.
Clouston family;; four pages of notes from Ted Howard
Clouston family; nine pages from first wife, later Myrtle Bartlett, and another six pages.
Clouston family; photostat of mayoral election result, 1959, and thanks notice; Kinsman 1217, Manson 1130, Clouston 1126.
Clouston family; Richard and wife Kaye Clouston on birth of Arthur, and his mother.
Clouston family; sheet of notes on Kate and William Clouston, and Geraldine addresses.
Clouston family; Notes from Norma Hulse, Arthur’s second wife, on his early days.
Clouston family; sheet listing various suggested birth dates for Arthur.
Clouston family; note on info from Patricia Harris, Whataroa.
Clouston family; 5 pages of notes on Mervyn Clouston, who had compiled the genealogy.
Clouston family; 3 pages of notes on various Cloustons, from Pam Oliver; relationship unknown; compiled the genealogical data used by Mervyn.
Clouston family; Richard Clouston on death dates Christina and Arthur’s mother ‘Catherine’, and the estate’s division.
Clouston family; single page of notes from Richard on William, Kate, Jack, Arthur, Cherrill.
Cosmopolitan Club; 2 pages of interview notes; manager Bill Hunter; founding and other dates, locations, name change, presidents, club sections.
Cottle family; single page of notes from dentist Bill Nichols, with death notice for Jack Cottle pasted on.
Craig’s Flat; single page of reminiscences by Ruth Keys, nee Craig; her brothers and father had cleared the flat.
Craig’s Flat; ‘Craigs Flat and Canon Point development’ newsletter, UHCC, July 1990
Craig’s Flat; 5 pages of Dennis Ryan (developer) interview notes, beginning with a list of people in photo P2-638-1556, and going on to describe the earlier stages of a 7-stage programme, and the Taiwanese company and personalities involved.
Craig’s Flat; three pages with press cuttings attached.
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Davis/Gorrie; death notice of Hilda Ethel Davis; annotated Davis/Gorrie; maiden name?
Downing; description of sites in tour of Whiteman’s and Mangaroa valleys with Daisy Downing, nee Renshaw.
Downing; single page of interview notes; Daisy Downing on her family and other people.
Downing; notes from funeral of Lucy Downing Barker, Wallaceville, 1990.
Downing; two pages of print-outs from Petone Settlers’ museum; Oriental, landed Wellington, 31/1/1840; passengers John Downey, unnamed wife and 3-month-old son.
Dunlop; press cutting, 1/10/1990’; ‘South Pacific tyres in line for reprieve’; duty on imports might not be reduced as previously planned.
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Education; Hutt Independent Boys’ school opening; press cuttings 4/2/91.
Education; Fergusson Intermediate; 5-pages interview notes with Geoff Lane, principal, on the school and the Upper Hutt colleges.
Education; St Joseph’s school and orphanage; double-sided cyclostyled article ‘Catholic education in Upper Hutt’; second side has interview notes from Sister Adrian.
Education; St Joseph’s school; 4-page manuscript, apparently by a retired sister.
Education; St Joseph’s school; list of first trustees, 1989.
Education; St Patrick’s College modernisation; press cutting 23/4/1991.
Education; Upper Hutt School; list of Eduction Board representatives, 1944-1987.
Education; Upper Hutt School; 60th anniverdary press cutting picture; the second building, and the current headmaster.
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Floral art; press cutting on 1990 NZ sesquicentenary exhibition.
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Gibbs, Colin; seven pages of manuscript notes, mostly on battles with (and within) an intransigent council; some notes on hid parents.
Golder;, Frank; death notice (13/7/1991).
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Hazelwood; Jimmy; 4 pages interview notes with great-grand-daughter Sharman Edna Marsh on Hazelwoods, and her Poulson ancestors; May Hazelwood had married Hec Poulson.
Housing; single sheet on starting dates; Kingsley Heights, Timberlea, Chatsworth, Parkdale, Emerald Hill.
Hunter; interview with Doris Amy Mitchell, nee Hunter, born Petone 1903, and living with bootmaker father in (Jina’s) building, Station St; recorded by Bernard Mitchell; first page on family, nine pages including personal account of Benge and Pratt fire, in which her father was injured, and personalities in Station Street area.
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Industry, Alcatel TCC; press cutting; to provide terminal equipment for PacRimEast fibre-optic cables.
Industry, General Motors; notes on history; Trentham plant closed 21/11/1990.
Industry, General Motors; press cutting; assembly to close; first redundancy notices.
Industry (?); notes on Bedplate Press Museum building (Waiora Cottage), and other heritage buildings.
Industry; timber; see Johnson.
Industry; Trentham Computer centre; note on founding date, and brief description.
Industry; Wright & Carman Ltd; A4 printed history on company letterhead.
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Jeffries; October 1990 press cutting on election prospects; Jeffries associated with Labour party;, under which local industry had declined.
Johansen; G W Neil Joahnsen, city engineer 1951-1969; 7-page foolscap photocopy of typescript of farewell address to Chamber of Commerce, Oct 1969, with two half-page additions. Combines history of Chamber and Council.
Johansen; three press cuttings on coming trip to Adelaide, to demonstrate Upper Hutt’s town plan, which included a mall and pedestrian precincts, but was not universally approved.
Johansen; 3-page manuscript on his council- engineering work.
Johnson; Rex; 6 pages of bedside interview notes, mostly on sawmills, and Whiteman’s Valley people.
Jones; Lionel; A4 electoral brochure, listing local bodies on which he had served.
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Kaitoke; photocopy of 5-page 1984 manuscript by J D Hoggard, on ‘who owned what, and when’; discovered after publication of ‘Upper Hutt: The History’. Ivan Ormond Collie death notice attached.
Kaitoke; sketch map drawn by Hoggard’s widow, 2/12/1991.
Kaitoke; Octpober 1990 press cutting on alternative improvements to State Highway 2
Kelleher; page of notes on his times in Upper Hutt, with a cutting (from a ‘Who’s Who’) summarising his life to 1987.
Kemp, Doctor; letter acknowledging loan of ‘History’ proof.
Kingsley Heights; December 1990 press cutting on proposed additional 260-section extension.
Kirton, Weston Ernest (‘Bill’); four pages on interview; mostly his biography.
Kirton; Merle Maria, Bill’s wife; single page; marriage details and Bill’s real name.
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Land; single page typescript; early details of the New Zealand Company and its predecessors.
Land; 7-page Landcorp typescript on proposed courthouse; first 2 pages summarise land transactions in Wellington area from 1840.
Land; partial copy of 1929 map of Upper Hutt.
Land; three ‘Dominion’ press cuttings; landscapes of the lower Hutt valley for 1885, 1910 and 1936, drawn by Bob Kerr, mid-1990.
Leader; list of press clippings 1969-1976.
Libraries; 2-page typescript, unsigned.
Lower Hutt; extensive press cutting on politics of post-war town development plans.
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McCurdy; single page summarising Mary Anne’s and A J’s births, marriage, deaths.
McCurdy; 2 pages of notes from Jessie or Jack Danahay, on Angus’s early history.
McCurdy;1 page of notes on ‘Evening Post’ article on Mary Anne, 99, re Angus’s views on name for Upper Hutt.
McCurdy; page of notes from ‘Evening Post, 10/9/68.er Mary Anne’s 103rd birthday; extra details on Bonnie Glen property.
McCurdy; 2-page typescript by Jack Danahay, for his mother, Jessie, nee McCurdy, for her hundredth birthday; ; covers her life and early McCurdy history.
McCurdy; A4 sheet; Grant Tilly sketch of Tinakori Road houses, and part photo of an 185 Wellington lithograph, both showing the cottage at 251 Tinakori Road, where Jessie was born.
McCurdy; single sheet of badly-photocopied photos; Bonnie Glen, Tinakori Road, and trees.
McCurdy; 2-pahe photocopy of letter typed by Aloysius John McCurdy to A.W Foster & Co, London, enquiring about his being probable heir to reputed unclaimed pirate booty held at Dumbarton Castle.
McCurdy; ‘Evening Post’ cutting, 8/9/66; picture and article; Mary Anne McCurdy, 101 on September 9.
Mc Curdy; 3-page interview notes on Craig’s Flat, and A J McCurdy’s early employment in England and Wellington.
McCurdy; Jack Danahay press cutting on McCurdy family’s arrival in Upper Hutt, December 23, 1891.
McEwen, David; one-page manuscript biological summary.
McEwen, Jock Malcolm; 7 typescript pages, probably from an interview; early Maor ihistory,a little on the Rongomai/Rongonui and other place names; then mostly on his grandfather, David.
McEwen, Jock; single page of notes on his history as a Maori carver.
McEwen, Jock; 8 pages of interview notes on Maori history, reviewing draught by Kelleher(?)
McEwen, Jock; 4 pages photocopies, from his books; pages on Orongomai history, pre-European; on marae;, and 2 pages on pre-European and early European exploration of the Hutt Valley.
MvEwen, Jock; press cuttings; ‘leader’, 24/7/74 on Orongomai history and other place names, and a Sunday Times review of Margaret Orbells’Hawaiki’, on Maori traditional history.
McNab; see Scholes.
Maher, Jim, MP; interview notes from Grace McCready, wife of Allan, M P for Otaki, 1960-1978 succeeding Jim Maher; notes on J J Maher.
Maher, Jim, MP; 3 pages notes from interview with grandson Keith on the family.
Maidstone; cutting on Maidstone, Kent; description and history.
Mangaroa School; ‘leader’cutting on 50th anniversary.Scholes
Mangaroa Valley; partial copy of 1915 manoeuvre area map.
Mangaroa Valley; plan of proposed village at Wallaceville.
Mangaroa Valley; plan of proposed subdivision in Wallaceville area; blocks from 5 to 38 acres (2 to 15 hectares) and sketch of later result.
Mangaroa Valley; letter from Defence Public Relations on Defence properties in the valley.
Mann; press cutting; Guide Kelly Mann receives Queen’s Award.
Maymorn; page of notes on the remains of a sawmill.
Medical; press cutting 22/1/91; Charles Burns trust opens recovery house for addiction victims.
Medical; 5 pages of interview notes; Doctor Humphrey Rainey, mostly on doctors from around 1960. Press cutting on first birth in former Elderslea maternity hospital attached.
Medical; further press cutting on same birth.
Messenger, Mervyn; 2 pages interview notes on suffering in Catholic orphanage and Wellington schools.
Music; half-page of interview notes , Celia Southon; wife of guitarist Sam and mother of daughter Sonny, a singer.
Music; typescript from Pete Hall, listing the more prominent local bands and musicians, with interview notes on the reverse and a second sheet, describing the changing scene.
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Oxford Crescent School; 2 pages interview notes with Jack Wardle, caretaker since opening in 1963, and Rugby coach there.
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Petone; page of notes on history; a few reference books, then notes from pages of an unnamed (McEwen?) history.
Petre, Hon H W; Page of notes on ancestry and marriages.
Petre; page of notes on lands owned.
Petre; two pages of notes taken from Petre’s ‘An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company’, London, 1842.
Petre; another page of notes on family.
Petre; two press cuttings from the ‘New Zealand Free Lance, 1952; each a 2-page article on the Petre family, by Douglas Cresswell.
Pitman-Moore; Jan 1991 advertisement for product manager.
Pitman-Moore; Feb 1991 ‘Dominion’ press cutting announcing new vaccine factory.
Police; notes on a Sundew Drive ghost, reported 1984; Cruickshank Road murder, 1932, Rimutaka Tavern hold-up, 1985.
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Railways; Silver Stream Railway museum brochure,
Renshaw, Patrick, lawyer; ‘Dominion’ press cutting on sentencing for fraud. Second unsourced cutting attached.
Renshaw; ‘Evening Post’ press cutting.
River Road; lyrics of Crystal Gale song.
River; Hutt; note on possible Wai-o-Rotu name, and River of Whanga-nui-o-Tara.
Robinson, Don; two pages interview notes, mostly on family.
Robinson, Don; 4-page manuscript on two sheets.
Robinson; manuscript family tree, apparently by Don.
Ross, Wayne, lawyer; press cutting on a lawsuit over a hovercraft deal which had gone sour. This is attached to a printed list of chapters and wordage for ‘Upper Hutt: the History’, dated March 1991.
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Sawmilling; two pages interview notes with Roger Reddington; orked at Akatarawa mills, later planted and harvested pinus radiate.
Scaife; address for Peter.
Scholes; interview notes, daughter Phyllis McNab, on family, Mangaroa Valley .
Scholes; second page of McNab interview notes, mostly on McNab family.
Scholes; two-page typescript by Phyllis McNab; Symons family and Scholes descendants.
Scholes; four foolscap pages of photocopies of family photographs.
Scholes; see als o correspondent Mrs McNab
Service clubs; Lions; note on date of fountain by railway station; May 1970.
Servicer clubs; Rotary; 4 pages interview notes with Bill Nichols; early history and projects, criticism of current inertia, and list of presidents.
Services; Post Office; dates of new central and Trentham offices and list of three which had closed.
Services; railways; dates of Silverstream and Park St underpasses, and pedestrian subway.
Services; road transport; 2 pages interview notes, senior sergeant Dave Johnston; Transport Dept staff and organisation, comments on effects of river road
Services; road transport; two September press cuttings on re-routing SH2 in Kaitoke area.
Services; road transport; river road dates, and note on pedestrian crossing traffic lights, between Wilson and Princes streets, Fergusson Drive, early 1970s. Second sheet lists AA office opening day 9/67 and removal of last hitching post 2/72.
Services; sewerage; pages 2 and 3 of Hutt Valley sewerage options newsletter No. 3, describing the existing system.
Southee; 2 pages of interview notes on the family, from Mrs Liz Southee; with death notice of Lillian Southee, 83, Sep 1992.
Sport; athletics; Maidstone club 3 pages interview notes, Ken Hammond.
Sport; cricket, hockey; 2 pages f Betty (Thorner) Watt interview.
Sport; croquet/bowls/tennis; Marie Benge interview notes; bowling/tennis club history; started as croquet; other clubs listed.
Sport; gliding; 2 pages interview notes on history; Tony van Dyk.
Sport; golf; single page of notes; Bill James on Whiteman’s Valley; Mrs Brian O’Riley on Blue Mountains.
Sport; harriers; single-page manuscript on Trentham United Harrier Club
Sport; pony club; single page, mostly on John and Kaye Cottle.
Sport; racing; Trentham course; association with Fireworks Fantastic, and change from yearling sales to Magic Millions, 1988.
Sport; racing; Trentham course; press cutting; sale of magic Milions franchise to Wellington Racing Club.
Sport; tennis;2 pages from a 1974 club history by Roly McL Ferkins, read to Kelleher by life member Marie Benge.
Stokes; Graham; July 1992 death notice with notes on his founding the Rugby League club, and receiving a civic award.
Swanson; single page; Mrs K Ruscoe, nee Swanson; she was collecting info on Whiteman’s Valley houses, early settlers and Methodist church.
Symons/Symonds; cutting (from a cemetery guide?) on James Symons, of Vogeltown and Brooklyn; drowned at Otaki.
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Telecommunications; notes on extension of free calling area June 68 and introduction of subscriber trunk dialling April 1976; and extent of underground cabling.
Te Marua; Bloomfield farm; one page telephone interview notes, Brendan Bourke; suggests Barney as a better source.
Te Marua; Bloomfield farm; 2 pages interview notes, father Barney Bourke, describing land use.
Te Marua; Bloomfield farm; one page interview note, Bob Whiteman, mostly on ownership; partial Whiteman family tree.
Te Marua; 1958 3-page Mabel Jackson letter to (undeciphered); her father (and addressee’s?) had been Wellington-Greytown coachmen; her mother had started a Maungaroa school in 1879; lists families there
Te Marua; Mungaroa Hotel; 4-page unsigned foolscap manuscript by a Collins family member.
Te Marua; Stonestead; 2 pages interview notes with owner Kevin Bold; some other area detail.
Te Marua; Stonestead; single-page interview with Mrs Leonie Bold, nee Laurson(?), mostly on the reputed ghost.
Totara Park; info from Chamber of Commerce conference presentation; dates and proposed facilities
Totara Park; 3 pages interview notes, Stuart Matthew, on the companies and persons involved.
Totara Park; 3 pages interview notes, Nelson Spiers; mostly on history and intended development; references to Craig’s Flat and Taiwanese interests.
Totara Park; ‘Evening Post’ press cutting; problems with Taiwanese scheme west of original development.
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Upper Hutt Council; 2 pages press cuttings on proposed purchase of service station land for Wallaceville Road and resulting Office investigation.
Upper Hutt Council; two press cuttings on 1990 revitalisation project.
Upper Hutt Council; 14 pages of interview notes; Bob Vine, Town Clerk 1976-1985, and deputy 1967-1976; reviewing council activities, and mayors’ and councillors’ personalities.
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Waiora Cottage; brief history and name translation; see also ‘Industry’.
Wallaceville, Mangaroa Valley; “see also Alexander, Clifford, Downing’ note; only Downing is indexed.
Wallaceville Animal Research; press cutting; Dr Alan Royal appointed appointed executive director of the Meat Research and Development Council.
Wallaceville Animal Research; photocopy from page 169 of a history; anecdotes.
Whiteman; 16 sheets copying a handbook on St Mary’s Church, Udimore, Sussex.
Whiteman family; three-page typed letter from Julia Whiteman to Martin Bradley, describing search for Whiteman ancestry in Winchelsea area, Sussex.
Whiteman family; list of 3 generations, and of John Whiteman’s 4th-generation family.
Whiteman family; photocopy of marriage register; John Whiteman, Matilda Jane Symons, Wellington, 25/9/1875.
Whiteman family; photocopy of birth register; Henry Whiteman, Wellington, 29/10/1860.
Whiteman family; hand-written copy of ‘Evening Post’ death notice; George Whiteman, died 5/5/1905.
Whiteman family; 2 pages listing Whiteman material in Julia Bradley’s papers.
Whiteman family; pages 8, 10, 11 of interview with Mrs Grace Jollands, on John and Matilda Whiteman.
Whiteman family; 2 pages of interview with Martin Bradley; on George and William, who migrated with their father.
Whiteman family; 2 pages later interview with Martin Bradley on John Whiteman, rifleman, axeman ‘Gallagher’ Whiteman, and Hakaretu property, formerly McCurdy’s strip.
Whiteman family; 2 pages interview notes, Bob Whiteman; mostly on family’s rifle shooting; he was source of Axemen’s Club and Cruickshank Road sawmill pictures.
Whiteman family; page of notes on Coral May (Nelson) Whiteman, plus letter from her with photocopy of Whitemans’ smuggling activities in Sussex
Whiteman family; page with interview notes from Charles Whiteman, on family’s farms and homes.
Whiteman; single page of notes from Daisy Downing interview; Quinn’s Post earlier named ‘The Governor’s; flax industry note; Whiteman grave locations.
Whiteman’s Valley; 3 pages of interview notes, Julia Mason; death notice of Lucy Downing ‘Girlie’ Barker attached; notes on her and on sawmilling Campbells, remaining dairy farms and other people.
Upper Hutt; Town Clerk’s office 2-sided foolscap typed description of the city.
Upper Hutt; library foolscap typescripts listing significant dates up to proclamation as a city; one single-sided; the other double-sided, with a list of mayors up to 1968 and bibliography on a second sheet. Both versions have an 1856 entry following 1858.
26/1/2 Typesetter's copy including cover plates
Brown paper parcel labelled 'Upper Hutt the History Typesetter's copy as marked up by designer Bill Wieben for Cape Catley.'
26/1/3 Pre-publication copy, in ring binder - some deletions and printing notes.
26/1/4 Correspondence re 1991 publication and also re earlier manuscript covering research undertaken c1950-1953. On cover, clipping with photograph of Blockhouse handover to Scouts and Guides, n.d.
Includes:
Correspondence with printer 26 May 1953
Letters of thanks from Upper Hutt Primary School children 1980 after a talk by JK
Folder with correspondence fastened in, from:
1. Benge, Gwendolyn R., 4 December 1991, re family tree.
2. Lunsby [?], Arthur, 22 March 1992, re draft copy.
3. Moriaty, Julia Mary, 9 April 1992, re possible Jubilee.
4. Harris, Alma J., n.d., re enquiry concerning Constable David William Lyster [first police officer?].
5. James Beard and Company, 11 July 1980, re Te Marua-Kaitoke Regional Park.
6. Copy of Kelleher's reply, 5 August 1980, re Kaitoke and Te Marua.
7. Copy of Kelleher's reply, 11 September 1972, to R.H.E. Slacke re original typescript. Mentions missing photographs.
8. Slacke, R.H.E. (Dick), 1 September 1972, re correction to history of Upper Hutt Free Ambulance Station and C.H.R. (Dick) Jepsen.
9. Wellington Hospital Board, 20 february 1953, with extract from 'A Hundred years of healing' by Dr. D. Macdonald Wilson.
10. Unsigned note, n.d., re history of Upper Hutt Warriors Hockey Club founded 1936 (includes names).
11. C.J. Carle, Chief reporter Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 February 1953, re Kelleher's request for illustrations from Carle's "Wairarapa" and re Henry Burling.
12. DSIR Geological Survey Office, 23 March 1953, answer to enquiry re Hutt Valley structure.
13. List of Police officers, 1896-1941, n.d.
14. Police Department, 6 April 1951, re history of police station and officers at Upper Hutt. "It would appear that Upper Hutt Police Station was closed in 1880 on account of the reduction of the field force of the Armed Constabulary, and the Station residence was then rented to civilians until 1891".
15. Dowling, J.W. (S.M.) of St Patrick's College, Wellington, 9 April 1951, re land near St. Patrick's College Silverstream, mentions Chief Turingakuri, Pumpkin Cottage.
16. 18 pp. typed notes, n.d., re individuals/premises, including:
Marigold Salon, Ida Goodwin, Dorothy Keys, Mrs Eric Stroud, Lois Barber, F. (Tim) Stroud, K.R. Rofe, Taylor's Shoe Store, R. (Rock) Egan, Leo Quinn, Mrs F.E. Humphrey (two mentions), T. Poulis, Cecil E. Biggs, W.E. Kirton, Frank Hercock, Hercock Bros., J. Alexander, Mr Bly, Adams Bruce, F.E. Bailey, Misses Jackson, Ron McCulloch, J.A. McCulloch, Norman Henry ('Bish') Benge, Geange Carrying Co., Tom Boyd, Bob Jane, Dave Tidswell, Jack Wunibald, Bob Styles, Percy Simpson, Ern Plumber, Dorothy Bookshop, Oscar Dyer.
17. Notice, n.d., re Mrs Angus McCurdy's meeting to re-elect her husband as Mayor.
18. Voting paper, n.d., William Barber vs Angus McCurdy for Mayor of Upper Hutt.
19. Manuscript map of Wallaceville area, n.d., giving names and numbers for sections owners (e.g. 4 members of Whiteman family).
20. May St. Johnston, 13 February 1953, re her establishment of the Brown Owl Tea House.
21 & 22. F.A. Kemp (Dr.), 9 May 1953 and 19 April 1953, re his medical practice in Upper Hutt.
23. Grace E. Neligan, 30 April 1953, re her private hospital.
24. "Photo" [missing], n.d., Upper Hutt Star Football Club 1908.
25. Poppy [?] Watts, 8 April [1953?] re Hotel.
26. Wellington Education Board, 13 July 1953, re lending Kelleher log-book of Te Marua School.
27. Wellington Education Board, 13 December 1950, re inability to conduct research for Kelleher.
28. G.E. Collie [?], 9 February 1951, correcting information re [Kaitoke?] School.
29. W.H. Hoggard, 9 October 1950, re printing history, includes pp. 25-28 of his publication (title not given) concerning publishing 'Upper Hutt Advocate' 1935, and mentioning 'Upper Hutt Independent' and 'Upper Hutt Weekly Review' (1936?).
30. 'Timesman' R.A Row, 24 February [1953?], re Upper Hutt Soccer Club founder 'Scotty' Hepburn, and also Upper Hutt United Football Club.
31. Donald Reid, n.d., re his purchase of Haukaretu Block A-B.
32. Miscellaneous unsigned notes (two handwritings), n.d., re history of place names, Angus McCurdy, etc.
33. F. Summers [?], Catholic Presbytery Lower Hutt, 22 October 1950, re names 'Shepherd' Hotel, list of early Priests, name Brown or Browne [includes comment re Alexander Turnbull Library vs General Assembly].
34. Unsigned note, n.d., re 'The Origin of the Upper Hutt Scottish Society'.
35. Automobile Association (Wellington), 7 March 1951, re Rimutaka Road and returning annotated a copy of 6 pp. chapter entitled 'The Rimutaka Road'.
36. I. J. Cunningham, Wallaceville Animal Research Station, 18 April 1951, with corrected version of Animal Research Station history.
37. P. N. Cryer, General Post Office, Wellington, 13 September 1950, re Post Office history in Upper Hutt. Gives names and dates.
38. J.D. McIntosh, Wellington Golf Club, 6 May 1951, note re Golf Club history.
39. A. Fuge [?], n.d., re cricket club history.
40. J. G. Sinclair, 18 April 1951, re poultry farming chapter, mentions A.G. Mumby, A.E. Salisbury, C. Griffiths.
41. Ralph [Ashford], n.d., re printing business [chapter mentioned is no longer present].
42. Bank of New Zealand, 6 April 1951, re Upper Hutt premises, mentions E.G. Staveley, N.H. Pavitt.
43. E.A. Mabey, 21 May 1951, note re Benge family history.
44. Rosemary Brown, 23 March 1953, thanking for copy of draft.
45. 2 pp. typed draft, n.d., re James Brown and other early names/dates re Upper Hutt. Mentions poultry-farming industry being killed by high rates.
46. Dunlop New Zealand Ltd., 10 April 1951, returning annotated draft chapter titled 'Dunlop Factory'. Covers opening ceremony.
47. F.W. Aickin, New Zealand Government Railways, 10 November 1950, re railway history of Upper Hutt. Includes list of stationmasters and notes re Rimutaka Incline.
48. F.B. Jameson, Magistrate's Court Wellington, 16 November 1950, re early Hotels in Upper Hutt, including information from registers of licensees.
49. Handwritten list, n.d., of licensees Provincial and Trentham.
50. Letter of enquiry to 'Upper Hutt Times' 21 September 1950, re hotel licensees to Licensing Committee, Masterton, returned annotated with reply.
51. New Zealand Breweries Ltd., Thorndon Brewery, 11 January 1951, re hotels in Upper Hutt. Mentions J. Staples and Co.
A26/1/5 Survey material from Upper Hutt College research project into industrial development, 1966.
Brown A4 envelope, original plastic sleeve removed.
Includes covering letter, survey forms, summary, and notes which include those firms which did not reply to the survey. Addressed to JK from A.D. Hunter (Principal Upper Hutt College) as a member of the Upper Hutt Historical Society, dated 21 April 1966.
Surveys asked:
1. Size of factory and grounds
2. Number of staff
3. Do you expect this number to increase and what is the potential
4. What proportion comes from Upper Hutt and what from outside the area
5. When did the firm start
6. Has it expanded greatly since then
7. Chief products
Original survey forms from:
Gorrie Concrete Products
L D Hanratty Ltd
Steelcase Eng.
Dunlop NZ Ltd
F V Evans & Son
Brolite NZ Ltd
J A Hazelwood & Co. Ltd. (includes copy of 'This New Zealand: Hutt Valley & Bays' vol. 1 no. 15, open at page for Hazelwoods)
Amalgamated Brick & Pipe Co. Wgtn. Ltd
F & T Plastics
McKenzies NZ Ltd
Aveling-Barford (NZ) Ltd
J Mercer & Sons Ltd
U E B Plastics (Consolidated Plastics (Wgtn) Ltd from 1 April 1966
General Motors Ltd
Tasman Vaccine Lab.
Plastroweld H F Coy
Woolworths Ltd
Knight Footwear Ltd
De Luxe Shoe Factory
Standard Telephones & Cables Pty Ltd
Professional Uniforms Ltd
Dawn Garments Ltd
Lyte Aluminium Industries Ltd (includes 'Lyte Aluminium Leader' a magazine of Lyte Aluminium Industries Ltd, vol. 1 no.1 October 1964. Was to be three-monthly).
Includes rough manuscript map in pencil.
|A26/1 F. Copies of 'Upper Hutt Times', including first paste-up of history
|A26/1 G. Printer's block (Upper Hutt Times) of original Hazelwood's Shop.
|A26/1 H Notebook and references to Upper Hutt in Wellington newspapers and other general reference material.
|A26/1 I [Originally labelled 'H'as well as the 'H' above]. Six rolled photographic prints, panoramas of Trentham and Featherston Camps. One is signed 'Varley'.
|A26/2 Final draft, 22 July 1991, J A Kelleher 28 Mana View Road, Paramata. Acc 222. Includes loose memo to David Lee-Smith dated 15 May 1991 're my movements', JK's Christchurch address and re next meeting in Upper Hutt on 13 June 1991.
|A26/3 Box of miscellaneous resources sent to Mr Kelleher and retained in Library, including publications, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs. As there was no perceptible order, items have been listed below in the following order:
Publications:
1. NZ Electricity Dept. Report of planning committee, 1973. Includes 1974 clipping re Mangahao annotated "Where Upper Hutt's power came from at the beginning", vertical section of tunnels, three b/w photographs, draft article signed airey.
2. Envelope containing resources (sent by Maoribank School principal?):
a) Railways handout re stations
b) Notes by James Cowan on Haukaretu
c) Notes from interview with Charles Whiteman, 1975.
d) Photocopy of 'Maoribank: a local history' by B. Welch (n.d.)
3. Folder titled 'History of Service Organisations', containing:
a) Rotary notes by B. Rabbitt, and two booklets from E.H. de Joux:
'The first ten years Rotary Club of Upper Hutt 1954-1964'
'The second ten years Rotary Club of Upper Hutt 1964-1974'
b) Lions notes (included two photographs)
c) Hapai Club notes
4. 'Upper Hutt focus' (published by Upper Hutt Jayce Inc., 1971)
5. 'Upper Hutt College 1962-1987: the first twenty-five years', compliments of principal. Includes programme for opening the Allan Hunter Building, 13 November 1990, and text of a speech given by Mr Hunter (Principal 1962-1969) at the opening.
6. Notes re Maidstone Intermediate School, 1970-1990.
7. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
8. Photocopy of 'Mangaroa School 75th anniversary: 4th May 1914' (celebrations held 5-7 May 1989)
9. 'Upper Hutt School Jubilee 1864-1989' Includes notes by JK written on scrap of National Press Club letterhead paper.
10. Copy of typed notes re St. John's Churchyard and Trentham Memorial Park.
11. Various articles re Pinehaven, including photocopy of booklet on Pinehaven by Room 5 Pinehaven School 1985.
12. Booklet 'Upper Hutt City proclamation 28th May 1966' (signed J. Harvie)
13. 'Our first hundred years...1861-1961. the parish of Trentham in the Upper Hutt Valley (signed J. Harvie). Includes loose sheet from unknown publication 'The Vicar's Letter' (Vicar W.M. Smallfield) re a history of St. John's Trentham, 1955.
14. Hutt Valley History. Parts 1 & 2 Filmstrip numbers 66/160 and 66/161 (signed Upper Hutt Historical Society)
15. Audiotape
16. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
17. Photocopy of 'Upper Hutt Returned Services Association Inc. 1930-1980' (Maurice Basil-Jones and Colin Miller) and letter from Colin Miller re RSA dated 16 July 1991.
18. Booklet 'Centennial of Calvin Bank Farm and to the memory of Thomas and Mary Ann Reid: an account of the early life of our Grandparents...and the occupation of the farm at Clareville 1858-1958 written by Horace D. Reid, Matserton, 1958. Includes two-page letter from Mr Reid to Mr Salvin (?Galvin) dated 10 August 1959.
19. Booklet 'Community development of Upper Hutt, survey conducted by Upper Hutt Jaycee Inc.', 1962. (Signed J. Harvie)
20. 6th-form history local area study 'Nurse Renshaw's 1920-1927: Upper Hutt's first maternity hospital' by John McMullan, 1988.
Includes transcripts of interviews with Mrs Isabel Neville and Mrs Daisy Downing, floor plan.
21. Photographs
Added 2010: photographs taken by Kelleher's son that were uses in the final edition.
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Location10a, 4d
Kelleher, Jack A. (c1919-) re 'Upper Hutt: The History' Upper Hutt City Library, accessed 26 May 2022, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/14972