“Unknown Chapter”, the shelf

Every record the archive holds about Christchurch, the oldest first. The originals live at the provider each row links to.

Every collection Papers PastCanterbury StoriesKura Heritage Collections OnlineTe Papa Collections OnlineNational Publicity Studios black and white file printsTAPUHICanterbury MuseumAuckland Museum CollectionsNew Zealand GazetteDigital Public Library of AmericaV.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph CollectionChristchurch City Libraries FlickrHocken Digital CollectionsMuseums VictoriaAir Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph CollectionWellington City Council ArchivesThe New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi KōreroNew Zealand Electronic Text CollectionChristchurch City Libraries Heritage Images CollectionLincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku IhoFlickrRadio New ZealandAlexander Turnbull Library FlickrAuckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiTe Hikoi MuseumiNaturalist NZ — Mātaki TaiaoManawatū HeritageCanterbury Photography MuseumAkaroa MuseumHawke's Bay Museum Every paper StarEvening PostLyttelton TimesAuckland Weekly NewsEllesmere GuardianPhotographs / He WhakaahuaAshburton GuardianAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserOtago WitnessPhotographySamuel Anstey collectionOtago Daily TimesWanganui ChronicleColonistArchives NZ Collections searchNZ TruthTimaru HeraldPhotographic ArchiveNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarPoverty Bay HeraldHawera & Normanby StarGrey River ArgusMarlborough ExpressWanganui HeraldPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceWest Coast TimesNelson Evening MailThames StarFeilding StarRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionWairarapa Daily TimesNew Zealand TabletTaranaki HeraldTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignWildey collectionHawke's Bay Herald2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesSouthland TimesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionSutton glass platesNorthern AdvocateThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsBush AdvocateLog book, May 1862 to May 1864 Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1870s
1. 13 Jan 1874

   Untitled (Wellington Independent, 13 January 1874) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2. the 1880s
2. 26 Aug 1882

   LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 26 August 1882) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3. 9 Jun 1883

   LOCAL & GENERAL, (Otago Witness, 09 June 1883) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4. 10 Jun 1887

   LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 10 June 1887) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5. 19 Aug 1887

   LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 19 August 1887) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6. 20 Oct 1888

   UNKNOWN. (Auckland Star, 20 October 1888) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7. the 1890s
7. 19 Jul 1894

   LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 19 July 1894) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8. 16 Oct 1894

   Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 October 1894) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9. 21 Jul 1899

   Nelson Evening Mail FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1899. (Nelson Evening Mail, 21 July 1899) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10. the 1900s
10. 10 Jul 1901

    LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 10 July 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11. 25 Dec 1901

    OLD WRITERS' WEEK. (Otago Witness, 25 December 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12. 2 Sept 1902

    GREATER CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 September 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13. 1 Nov 1904

    CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL. (Star, 01 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14. the 1920s
14. 14 Feb 1921

    LOCAL AND GENERAL (Hawera & Normanby Star, 14 February 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15. 1 Apr 1927

    OTHER DIOCESES (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 April 1927) Waiapu Church Gazette · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16. the 1940s
16. 28 Dec 1943

    FLORAL TRIBUTES. (Evening Post, 28 December 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17. 2 Dec 1944

    RADIO PROGRAMMES (Evening Post, 02 December 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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