New Plymouth City Council, Public Relations Office
Production date
1956-1984
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
Description
A collection of records from miscellaneous organisations including the Taranaki Promotions Trust (minutes), New Zealand Travel and Holiday Association (minutes), the New Plymouth Opera House Centennial Project (minutes), Disabled Person's Association, the New Plymouth Top Team, the Royal Tour 1970 and a series of scrapbooks illustrating industry in the New Plymouth district.
The collection also includes the records of the Bowl of Brooklands, Miss Brooklands' competitions and the Festival of the Pines.
Object detail
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
Box 1
Scrapbook - Industry 1961 - 1962
Scrapbook - Industry 3/1/63 - 11/7/63
Scrapbook - Industry 17/7/63 - 16/1/64
Scrapbook - Industry 20/1/64 - 9/11/64
Scrapbook - Industry 20/11/64 - 28/7/65
Scrapbook - Industry 6/8/65 - 26/2/66
Scrapbook - Industry Feb 66 - July 66
Scrapbook - Industry Jul 66 -
Scrapbook - Industry 1/1/67 - 19/7/67
Scrapbook - Industry 19/7/67 - 31/1/68
Scrapbook - Industry 9/2/68 - 30/6/68
Scrapbook - Industry 6/7/68 - 3/11/68
Scrapbook - Industry 1/12/68 - 31/1/68
Scrapbook - Industry 6/3/69 - 7/2/69
Scrapbook - Industry 10/1/69 - 19/9/69
Scrapbook - Industry 10/9/69 - 30/11/69
Box 2
Scrapbook - Industry 25/4/70 - 25/7/70
Scrapbook - Industry 30/7/70 - 9/12/70
Scrapbook - Industry 22/12/70 - 4/5/71
Scrapbook - Industry 13/5/71 - 9/2/72
Scrapbook - Industry 25/3/74 - 26/9/75
Scrapbook - Industry 1/10/75 - 10/3/78
Scrapbook - Taranaki Promotions Association 1973 - 1976
Scrapbook - Motorway plan Aug 13 - Dec 5 1968
Scrapbook - Historical book 1 1971
Scrapbook - Historical book 2 1971
Scrapbook - Public Relations 1961 - 62
Box 3
Scrapbook - Public Relations 1962 - 63
Scrapbook - Public Relations 1963 - 64
Scrapbook - Public Relations 1964
Scrapbook - Public Relations 1964 - 65
Outsized photographs of Brooklands Bowl (under construction), performers (Kiri Te Kanawa) etc and an internal view of Whiteley Memorial Church, Liardet Street, New Plymouth
Box 4
Collection of promotional pamphlets and flyers, such as 'Whats On', Also a copy of the catalogue for the Parade on Homes, Marfell, New Plymouth 1959 and a programme for a 1959 concert performed by the New Plymouth Girls Choir.
Box 5
Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes July 1960 - March 1963
Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes April 1963 - July 1969
Box 6
Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes April 1970 - November 1978
Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes June 1979 - April 1984
Box 7
91) Festival of Pines - organisation working papers 1958
92) Festival of Pines - general working papers 1958
93) Festival of Pines - organisation, letters, budgets 1959
94) Festival of Pines - general working papers 1959
Box 8
95) Festival of Pines - contract agreements 1959
96) Festival of Pines - general working papers 1960
97) Festival of Pines - misc exec papers 1961
98) Festival of Pines - finance 1962
99) Festival of Pines - general correspondence 1962
100) Festival of Pines - artists contracts, travel & accom. 1963/64
101) Festival of Pines - programme planning 1965
102) Festival of Pines - Ballet 1967
103) Festival of Pines - Front of House report 1961
104) Festival of Pines - The Crucifixion 1967
105) Festival of Pines - The Seekers 1968
106) Festival of Pines - oganisation working papers & corresp 1968
107) Festival of Pines - newsletters 1972 - 73
Box 9
108) Bowl programmes 1958 - 1969
109) Bowl programmes 1970 - 79
Box 10
Slides (projector) showing the Bowl of Brooklands (site and performances)
Box 11
110) Bowl programmes 1980 -
111) Bowl of Brooklands, Contracts, programmes, agreements 1967 - 1970
112) Bowl of Brooklands, contracts and payments 1976 - 1977
113) Bowl of Brooklands, Festival 1966, artists accommodation, travel, contracts.
114) Bowl of Brooklands, Festival, C1966. Bands, accommodation.
Box 12
115) Insurance - includes Festival policies
116) Festival of the Pines tickets 1970 - 71
117) Festival of the Pines passes 1976
118) Bowl of Brooklands, Front of House report 1969
119) Bowl of Brooklands, Selwyn Toogood shows 1960 - 61
120) Bowl of Brooklands, correspondence with Pukekura Park Committee 1957 - 1960
121) Bowl of Brooklands, information and plans 1970
122) Bowl of Brooklands, reports and recommendations on Festivals 1968
123) Bowl of Brooklands, reorganisation and development report 1967
Box 13
124) Bowl of Brooklands - development, 1957 - 61
125) Bowl of Brooklands - technical data 1959 - 68
126) Bowl of Brooklands - technical 1969 - 70
127) Miss Brooklands 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963
128) Miss Brooklands 1960
129) Miss Brooklands 1962
Box 14
130) Miss Brooklands 1964
131) Miss Brooklands 1965
132) Miss Brooklands 1969
133) Miss Brooklands 1970 1971
Miss Brooklands, misc papers
The Seekers, publicity photographs
Photographs -Various performers, publicity photographs
Photographs - The Bowl of Brooklands - photos of venue and performances
Photographs - views of New Plymouth collected by PRO for publications and promotions. Includes street scenes, work on the Powderham Mill, camping at Ngamotu Beach, views of the city etc.
Box 15
1) Bowl of Brooklands - Programmes, photos and publicity
2) Bowl of Brooklands - newspaper clippings
3) Bowl of Brooklands - Luton Girls Choir
Photographs - parks, predominantly Pukekura
Photographs - misc views including New Plymouth
Box 16
Photographs - views of New Plymouth collected by the PRO for publications and promotions. Includes some views of other Taranaki towns and districts.
Box 17
PRO Diary for 1983. a diary of events registered with the Office
Pukekura Jaycees - handbook 1978
Gas Association of New Zealand 1980 Conference papers.
Box 18
Taranaki Promotions Trust - minutes 1971
Taranaki Promotions Trust - newsletters, corresp etc 1975
Taranaki Promotions Trust - finance 1973 - 77
'Bits of Promotions' 1974 - 76
New Zealand Travel and Holiday Association - minutes 1965 - 75
Box 19
New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes and correspondence 1956
New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes and correspondence 1957
New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes and correspondence 1958
New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes 1957 - Feb 1960
Industrial Advisory Committee (NPCC) meeting papers 1963. Includes reports etc regarding Natural Gas 1963
Box 20
Industrial Advisory Committee (NPCC) Iron Sands Research committee - corresp. reports etc 1959 - 1964
Industrial Advisory Committee (NPCC) Taranaki Iron Sands Research Committee clippings, reports, corresp and minutes 1958 - 1963
Miss 'Taranaki' by Jeremy Pope. The draft mss for a possible publication promoting Taranaki.
Box 21
Royal Tour, 1970 - time tables, seating plans etc
International Year of the Disabled 1981 (5 folders)
Policies of Various other PRO Committees in other areas of New Zealand 1971
New Plymouth Public relations Co-Ordinating Council - meeting papers 1956 - 1958
Box 22
Citizen's Award - correpsondence and info of recipients 1979
Telethon - Year of the Child 1979
New Plymouth Welfare Council 1976
Combined Service Club Meetings 1974 - 76
Theatrical Groups meetings 1974 - 76
New Plymouth Opera House refurbishment 1975
Civil Defence 'The Big Shake' Exercise 1975
Skateboards, 1979
Misc clippings
Box 23
Top Team 1977 - 79 (2 folders and 1 cash book)
Misc newsletters, minutes and correspondence (2 folders)
Box 24
Seven reels of 8mm film and one reel Super 8mm film. Attributed to Malcolm McAlpine and gifted to the Taranaki Museum by the Bowl of Brooklands Trust. Undated.
Colour Films migrated to DVD February 2008. Run time 1 hour 30 minutes.
Quality of images varies. No sound.
Part 25
DVD Research copy
Part 26
DVD Master
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