# Museum Archives: Christchurch records Every Museum Archives record the archive holds about Christchurch, 54 of them, 1865–1930, oldest first. 54 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [Outward letter: Richardson, Major, Post Master General: Page 7: General; arts exhibition Christchurch](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1142171), 1865-04-24, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Colonial Secretary 1865: Page 89 - 90: Publication of map of New Zealand in Christchurch](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1142351), 1865-09-22, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Hall, Honourable John: Page 103 - 113: Memorandum regarding gold fields](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1142362), 1865-10-01, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Ward & Reeves, Messrs: Page 95 - 97](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1142356), 1865-10-30, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Ward & Reeves, Messrs: Page 145](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1142391), 1865-11-24, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Haast, Dr: Page 177](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1142430), 1866-06-22, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Secretary Canterbury Museum: Sending plans of museum](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1142904), 1868-11-25, by Richard Benjamin Gore, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Canterbury, Secretary of: Page 672: Sending plans of museum and Auckland map of Amuri?](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1143001), 1869-09-01, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Lean, Mr: Page 715: Arts exhibition Christchurch](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1143055), 1869-11-26, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Lean, Mr: Page 747 - 749: Regarding Bishop Monrad Collection to Christchurch](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1143086), 1870-01-22, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Wilkin, R.: Page 762](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1143101), 1870-02-04, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Sending "Entomologists Annual" and c.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/241159), 1871-01-04, by Richard William Fereday, Museum Archives - [The Chancellor of New Zealand University re University Scholarships](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1153403), 1872-01-01, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward Letter: Chancellor NZ University Christchurch; Page 378](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1153249), 1872-02-27, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Note of letter sent to Secretary of Society at Nelson & Auckland regarding sending 12 copies of Fishes papers & stating members could have publications half price + 12 copies to Otago & Christchurch](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1153289), 1872-05-04, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Secretary to the Exhibition Christchurch, Page 17: Regarding Mr Bevan - 17 exhibitions ?](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1153705), 1873-03-25, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Canterbury Museum, Page 589](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1154314), 1876-04-10, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward Letter: Farr, S.C., Page 15: White fish](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1155287), 1877-04-05, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward Letter: Curators of Museums - Auckland, Christchurch, Otago, Page 197: Mollusca](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1155517), 1878-09-23, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward Letter: Gray, G., Page 360: Regarding Hymenoptera & Orthoptera](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1155682), 1880-07-06, by Sir James Hector; Colonial Museum, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Dr Farr ? unclear, Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch: Re "Shake" records for volume 35 of Transactions](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1234766), 1903-04-15, by Sir James Hector, Museum Archives - [Outward letter:The Secretary, Christchurch Philosophical Institute re Council resolutions](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1234796), 1903-05-23, by Arthur Gore, Museum Archives - [Outward letter: Philosophical Institute., Christchurch re: New Zealand Institute](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1234824), 1903-07-07, by Arthur Gore, Museum Archives - [Fijians building a traditional house](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110137), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian house builders](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110141), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian firewalkers](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110099), 1906-01-01, no. 110099, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Model of a redoubt from the New Zealand Wars](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/95366), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Flightless Ducks - Christchurch Exhibition](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35103), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Penguins at the Christchurch Exhibition](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35467), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian reception for visitors to the Christchurch Exhibition](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/115076), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian Fire Walkers at the Christchurch Exhibition](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/115286), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijians](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/115287), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian firewalkers](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110102), 1906-01-01, no. 110102, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian firewalkers](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110118), 1906-01-01, no. 110118, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian dancers](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110124), 1906-01-01, no. 110124, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijians preparing kava](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110134), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian firewalkers](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110101), 1906-01-01, no. 110101, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian dancers](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110126), 1906-01-01, no. 110126, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian Chief in charge of visitors](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110144), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Fijian fan dance](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/110132), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Man working on sculpture](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/31434), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Shipping posters](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/24707), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Right Honourable Richard John Seddon](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/28298), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Honourable William Hall-Jones and Captain Gilbert](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/27924), 1906-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Solomon Islands - canoe decorations](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/97717), 1912-01-01, no. 97717, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Solomon Islands - canoe decorations](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/97715), 1912-01-01, no. 97715, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Solomon Islands - canoe paddle decorations](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/97721), 1912-01-01, no. 97721, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Solomon Islands - canoe paddle decorations](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/97719), 1912-01-01, no. 97719, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Re: Purchase of photographs Series No. 526 & 527 taken in France](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1444307), 1926-03-01, by Edwin Emmett, Museum Archives - [Kiwi, Christchurch Exhibition](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35265), 1930-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Weka, Christchurch Exhibition](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35245), 1930-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Weka](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35246), 1930-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Feeding penguins](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35468), 1930-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives - [Mollymawk - Christchurch Exhibition](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35079), 1930-01-01, by James Ingram McDonald, Museum Archives ## Questions, answered briefly **What was the Museum Archives?** A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 54 of its records that mention Christchurch, 1865–1930. The full run lives at the National Library, not here. **How much of the Museum Archives does the archive hold?** 54 records, the #89 heaviest file of the 280 mastheads on the shelf. **What years do the Museum Archives records cover?** 1865 through 1930, the years the archive’s Christchurch records from this masthead were printed. **Where are the Museum Archives originals?** Papers Past, the National Library’s newspaper archive, every record row here links out to the issue it came from. --- The originals live at Papers Past (paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) · data: https://api.chch.live/paper?slug=museum-archives · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/paper/museum-archives Printing beside it: Star, https://www.chch.live/paper/star · Evening Post, https://www.chch.live/paper/evening-post · Auckland Weekly News, https://www.chch.live/paper/auckland-weekly-news · Ellesmere Guardian, https://www.chch.live/paper/ellesmere-guardian · Photographs / He Whakaahua, https://www.chch.live/paper/photographs-he-whakaahua · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, https://www.chch.live/paper/akaroa-mail-and-banks-peninsula-advertiser · Ashburton Guardian, https://www.chch.live/paper/ashburton-guardian · Photography, https://www.chch.live/paper/photography