Christchurch City Council: Early Records
Content Description
Records of the early Christchurch City Council. Includes guard books of inwards correspondence, reports, minutes and correspondence of Council Committees, reports and correspondence of the City Surveyor and the Inspector of Nuisances, licensing records, drainage contracts, registers and petitions.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1986
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1862-1950
Creator
- Christchurch City Council (November 1862-Present) (Organization)
- Christchurch City Council. City Engineer's Department (1923-1982) (Organization)
- Christchurch City Council. Sanitary Inspector's Department (1922/23-1938) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This series is open access under the Public Records Act 2005 and is available to view on request.
This access status has been put in place in accordance with guidance from Archives New Zealand. For more information contact Christchurch City Council Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
The use of some items in this series is restricted due to the fragility of the content.
Contact Christchurch City Council Archives for more information on how to access this material.
Extent
106 Boxes (Custom archive boxes containing volumes)
36 Volumes
6 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
These records have been retained in a series together despite relating to a range of different Council functions. This decision was made in order to retain the early records of the Christchurch City Council together.
Despite the series title referring to the early records of the Council, some record sequences continue until 1982. The decision was made not to separate these out by date as they relate to those early functions that have continued over time.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some items in this series have been digitised. Some items are available on Canterbury Stories. See external documents.
For further information about the digitisation of this series please contact Christchurch City Council Archives.
Former Identifiers
CH343
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Christchurch City Council Archive Collection Repository