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Benita Davis collection

 Collection
Identifier: Arch 0614

Scope and Contents

Various papers collected by Benita Davis including booklets and photographs.

Five of the photographs are by Burton Bros., and are of various New Zealand beauty spots. The other three are unlabelled and undated, and include a church interior, the pink or the white terraces and a panorama by E. Varley, perhaps of a military camp.

The booklets are a souvenir of the 1901 visit to Christchurch of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, the 1946 publication War Record, the Lyttelton Centennial Day souvenir, 1950 and a booklet of the Exhibition of Coronation robes and regalia, New Zealand, 1953-1954.

Dates

  • c1880-1954

Creator

Extent

1 Folders (4 Volumes and 8 Mounted Photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Shelf TU H 1f, Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives

Title
Benita Davis collection
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Collection Repository

Contact:
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand