# Smyth family collection: Christchurch records

Every Smyth family collection record the archive holds about Christchurch, 14 of them, 1850–1926, oldest first.

14 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original.

- [Family portrait](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80260), 1850-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Unidentified portrait](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80258), 1875-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Sunday at Camp George](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80279), 1880-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Buchanan wedding](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80305), 1899-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Lance Guthrie Chisnall](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80281), 1900-01-01, no. 80281, Smyth family collection
- [Chisnall family members](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80278), 1900-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Litter pickers](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80284), 1900-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Lance Guthrie Chisnall](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80289), 1900-01-01, no. 80289, Smyth family collection
- [Chisnall family at Manaia](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80288), 1910-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Group portrait](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80296), 1910-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Marshland School photograph, 1917](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80315), 1917-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [People outside of a weatherboard house](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80282), 1920-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Chisnall family portrait](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80275), 1920-01-01, Smyth family collection
- [Flooding on Main North Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80286), 1926-11-05, Smyth family collection

## Questions, answered briefly

**What was the Smyth family collection?**

A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 14 of its records that mention Christchurch, 1850–1926. The full run lives at the National Library, not here.

**How much of the Smyth family collection does the archive hold?**

14 records, the #145 heaviest file of the 281 mastheads on the shelf.

**What years do the Smyth family collection records cover?**

1850 through 1926, the years the archive’s Christchurch records from this masthead were printed.

**Where are the Smyth family collection originals?**

Papers Past, the National Library’s newspaper archive, every record row here links out to the issue it came from.


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The originals live at Papers Past (paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) · data: https://api.chch.live/paper?slug=smyth-family-collection · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/paper/smyth-family-collection
Printing beside it: Star, https://www.chch.live/paper/star · Evening Post, https://www.chch.live/paper/evening-post · Lyttelton Times, https://www.chch.live/paper/lyttelton-times · 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