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Howard Weddell collection
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Research materials used for Howard Weddell's book: 'Trentham Camp and Upper Hutt's Untold Military History'.
Photos
Audio
Manuscript
Publication
Items
Item ListingHW001: Map depicting the routes/patrols of Ordnance Corps Watchmen.
HW002: Photo depicting Trentham Camp Headquarters personnel.
HW003: Outline of the activities of the Public Works Department during 1914 - 1918, dated 18 August, 1919.
HW004: Trentham Camp - Authority for Expenditure to the Director of Camp and Barrack Construction, Wellington, dated 27 March 1916.
HW005: 'The Camp Courier', 23 October 1915.
HW006: 'The Camp Courier', 3 November 1915.
HW007: Military Reports of New Zealand Annual Reports. Volume: 1, 1870 - 1909.
HW008: Trentham Rifle Range 1892 - 1992 article.
HW009: Articles from various newspapers regarding Trentham Rifle Ranges, competitions, and Trentham Camp and personnel.
HW010: Land Registry Office and Department of Justice documents.
HW011: Document concerning the Maymorn Camp during the First World War.
HW012: Wanganui Herald article, 1 December, 1900, mentions purchasing land for the Trentham Rifle Range and the adoption of the .303 rifle.
HW013: Wellington Independent article, 24 August, 1860 mentioning genesis of the Upper Hutt Stockade and Blockhouse.
HW014: New Zealand Defence Force Heritage Inventory - Trentham Military Camp. Details history of various buildings.
HW015: Official War History of the Public Works Department, Volume 2, 1948. From Trentham Camp Library.
HW016: Records of NZ Rifle Association Prize meetings, 1879 - 1906.
HW017: Various historical photos of Trentham Camp, Silverstream, and Pinehaven.
HW018: Document from 'Seed Family History' outlining how Arthur Seed's land in Maymorn was commissioned for Army use.
HW019: Various photos depicting Cotter Estate, Cotters Hill, and historical buildings in the general area.
HW020: 11 original abstracts of interviews on Trentham Camp:
Gavin Cassey
Graeme Cormack
Bill Duncan
Dave Hall
Bill Jones
Alec McAinch
Rose Murphy
Dave Orr
Bob Whiteman
Don Whiteman
Don Whiteman and Doug Wilson
Interview questions
HW021: Audio cassettes and microcassettes with recorded interviews:
Len Bull
Maurice Bull
Graeme Cormack
Bill Duncan
Carlyle Gousmett
Bill Jones
Ken Martin
Alec McAinch
Rose Murphy
Arthur Wesseldine
Don Whiteman and Tony Kippax
CD with various files:
Excerpts from Diocese of Wellington Synod Proceedings 1860 – 1940
Hannah Butler’s Diary, 1840
Letters of Margaret Herring (1.10.1861 and 15.10.1861), the wife of first minister of St Johns
Document on Old St John’s Trentham
Trentham Memorial Park
3 Computer Diskettes:
Labelled ‘back-up copies’ of interviews
HW022: Purple folder. General research notes. Photocopies of books, pamphlets, Papers Past articles.
HW023: Origins of Trentham document
HW024: Six folders of research material on Trentham Camp on the years:
1892 – 1913
1914 – 1918
1919 – 1939
1939 – 1945
1945 – 1960
1961 onwards.
HW025: Two folders of Alexander Turnbull Library research materials on Trentham Camp. Includes copies of photographs with metadata between dates 1912 – 1965.
HW026: Material on the significant buildings in Trentham Camp. Includes the clock tower, cinema, gymnasium, guard room and chapel.
HW027: Maymorn Camp research materials. Documents and copies of photographs.
HW028: Three folders with material on Featherston POW Camp during the First World War.
HW029: Copy of Alexander Turnbull Library’s letter of David Albert Grant (1888-1918) to Leslie McKillop. Copies of photographs.
HW030: Bibliographies of research items.
HW031: Bibliography and references.
HW032: ASC photograph.
Publication 211: Trentham in Retrospect: 25 Years of Police Training.
Hw033: Photocopied information from Archives NZ - 39/235 V2 Statistics NZ Service in Great War plus 2 CDs 1) TRN Heritage Infor for Howard Weddell 2) Archives NZ aerial view Trentham Nov 1941
HW034 Photo showing Trentham Racecourse and Trentham Camp (1915?)
HW035 Folder of assorted papers: Defense land and property: Wellington, Trentham and Mangaroa; Trentham Rifle Ranges history booklet (photocopy); Crown Development Area, Trentham, 1979 report; Mangaroa air force sites assorted photocopies; Anti Aircraft Ammunition Disposal, Trentham 1955-57 (copy of online article).
Two copies of Trentham Marching Song Sheet Music- One has ' Eric with love from Phyllis' written on cover
HW002: Photo depicting Trentham Camp Headquarters personnel.
HW003: Outline of the activities of the Public Works Department during 1914 - 1918, dated 18 August, 1919.
HW004: Trentham Camp - Authority for Expenditure to the Director of Camp and Barrack Construction, Wellington, dated 27 March 1916.
HW005: 'The Camp Courier', 23 October 1915.
HW006: 'The Camp Courier', 3 November 1915.
HW007: Military Reports of New Zealand Annual Reports. Volume: 1, 1870 - 1909.
HW008: Trentham Rifle Range 1892 - 1992 article.
HW009: Articles from various newspapers regarding Trentham Rifle Ranges, competitions, and Trentham Camp and personnel.
HW010: Land Registry Office and Department of Justice documents.
HW011: Document concerning the Maymorn Camp during the First World War.
HW012: Wanganui Herald article, 1 December, 1900, mentions purchasing land for the Trentham Rifle Range and the adoption of the .303 rifle.
HW013: Wellington Independent article, 24 August, 1860 mentioning genesis of the Upper Hutt Stockade and Blockhouse.
HW014: New Zealand Defence Force Heritage Inventory - Trentham Military Camp. Details history of various buildings.
HW015: Official War History of the Public Works Department, Volume 2, 1948. From Trentham Camp Library.
HW016: Records of NZ Rifle Association Prize meetings, 1879 - 1906.
HW017: Various historical photos of Trentham Camp, Silverstream, and Pinehaven.
HW018: Document from 'Seed Family History' outlining how Arthur Seed's land in Maymorn was commissioned for Army use.
HW019: Various photos depicting Cotter Estate, Cotters Hill, and historical buildings in the general area.
HW020: 11 original abstracts of interviews on Trentham Camp:
Gavin Cassey
Graeme Cormack
Bill Duncan
Dave Hall
Bill Jones
Alec McAinch
Rose Murphy
Dave Orr
Bob Whiteman
Don Whiteman
Don Whiteman and Doug Wilson
Interview questions
HW021: Audio cassettes and microcassettes with recorded interviews:
Len Bull
Maurice Bull
Graeme Cormack
Bill Duncan
Carlyle Gousmett
Bill Jones
Ken Martin
Alec McAinch
Rose Murphy
Arthur Wesseldine
Don Whiteman and Tony Kippax
CD with various files:
Excerpts from Diocese of Wellington Synod Proceedings 1860 – 1940
Hannah Butler’s Diary, 1840
Letters of Margaret Herring (1.10.1861 and 15.10.1861), the wife of first minister of St Johns
Document on Old St John’s Trentham
Trentham Memorial Park
3 Computer Diskettes:
Labelled ‘back-up copies’ of interviews
HW022: Purple folder. General research notes. Photocopies of books, pamphlets, Papers Past articles.
HW023: Origins of Trentham document
HW024: Six folders of research material on Trentham Camp on the years:
1892 – 1913
1914 – 1918
1919 – 1939
1939 – 1945
1945 – 1960
1961 onwards.
HW025: Two folders of Alexander Turnbull Library research materials on Trentham Camp. Includes copies of photographs with metadata between dates 1912 – 1965.
HW026: Material on the significant buildings in Trentham Camp. Includes the clock tower, cinema, gymnasium, guard room and chapel.
HW027: Maymorn Camp research materials. Documents and copies of photographs.
HW028: Three folders with material on Featherston POW Camp during the First World War.
HW029: Copy of Alexander Turnbull Library’s letter of David Albert Grant (1888-1918) to Leslie McKillop. Copies of photographs.
HW030: Bibliographies of research items.
HW031: Bibliography and references.
HW032: ASC photograph.
Publication 211: Trentham in Retrospect: 25 Years of Police Training.
Hw033: Photocopied information from Archives NZ - 39/235 V2 Statistics NZ Service in Great War plus 2 CDs 1) TRN Heritage Infor for Howard Weddell 2) Archives NZ aerial view Trentham Nov 1941
HW034 Photo showing Trentham Racecourse and Trentham Camp (1915?)
HW035 Folder of assorted papers: Defense land and property: Wellington, Trentham and Mangaroa; Trentham Rifle Ranges history booklet (photocopy); Crown Development Area, Trentham, 1979 report; Mangaroa air force sites assorted photocopies; Anti Aircraft Ammunition Disposal, Trentham 1955-57 (copy of online article).
Two copies of Trentham Marching Song Sheet Music- One has ' Eric with love from Phyllis' written on cover
About the original
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Howard Weddell collection. Upper Hutt City Library, accessed 19/03/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/29709