E. H. McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki archive inventory

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1 E. H. McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki archive inventory Introduction This is an inventory of the archives of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (AAG) collected by the Gallery s E. H. McCormick Research Library. The archives are organised under five series or headings: photographs and audio-visual material, information files, exhibition files, newsclippings and visitors books. Some of this material is listed in detail in the inventory. Researchers will find additional material, including meeting minutes, in the Gallery s administration records and the Auckland City Council archives. (link to: Series: Photographs and audio-visual material Photographs Building (exterior and interior) Photographs People Photographs Exhibition installations Photographs Exhibition openings Photographs Works of art (collection and other) Audio-visual Promotional films, videos and DVDs produced by Auckland Art Gallery Audio-visual Coverage of public programmes and exhibitions by external media Series: Information files Collections Auburn Collection Chartwell Collection Edmiston Trust Grey Collection Jobson Trust Mackelvie Collection Moss Davis Collection Thanksgiving Foundation Wertheim Collection Julian and Josie Robertson Collection Watson Bequest Governance, Departments and Staff Conservation Curators Directors Education Art Gallery Associates/Friends of the Gallery Art Gallery Enterprise Board, Patrons, Art Gallery Foundation, Haerewa, Contemporary Benefactors Gallery Shop General Staff Policies and Plans Research Library History Building

2 Building Development Centennial Publication (1988) Correspondence/General files Projects and Events Artists projects and residencies Internships Public Programmes Website Window Works Series: Exhibition files These files are arranged chronologically by date of exhibition (from 1927 to the present day) and may include newsclippings, ephemera, correspondence and photographs. See the Gallery s exhibition history for a complete list of past exhibitions. Series: Newsclippings Auckland Art Gallery Scrapbooks ( ) Vol.1 Nov July 1942 Vol.2 July May 1949 Vol.3 May Aug 1953 Vol.4 Sep July 1958 Vol.5 Aug Aug 1962 Vol.6 Sep June 1963 Vol.7 Sep Sep 1971 Vol.8 Sep March 1972 Media Clippings folders ( present day) Series: Visitors Books Auckland Art Gallery Visitors Books ( ) New Gallery Visitors Books ( ) Lindauer Art Gallery Visitors Books ( ) Series: Posters Various miscellaneous posters E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 2)

3 Series: Photographs and audio-visual material Photographs - Building (Interior and Exterior) File No. File Name Description PH 01/1 Building exterior c.1884 Early architectural plans for the Art Gallery/Public Library (architects Grainger and D'Ebro, Melbourne) PH 01/2 Building exterior 1880s 1927 Auckland Art Gallery and Public Library PH 01/3 Building exterior Photographs of opening ceremony Auckland Public Library Saturday March Also photographs of posters and programmes. (Art Gallery opened 17 Feb 1888) PH 01/4 Building exterior 1904 Auckland Public Library and Art Gallery PH 01/5 Building exterior PH 01/6 Building interior 1890s 1981 PH 01/7 Building interior PH 01/8 Building interior c.1893 Mackelvie Gallery PH 01/9 Building interior 1895 PH 01/10 Building interior Reception for Lord Plunket, 16th Governor of NZ, outside of the Auckland Art Gallery and Public Library Some plans of Art Gallery Negatives of reconstruction of the old Public Library to the Wellesley Wing and Services Block, Alfred Burton photograph of the Reference Dept., Auckland Public Library (now the Wellesley Gallery). Other photographs of the old Reference Dept., Auckland Public Library through to closure of the old library 29 Oct 1971 (including last night open). Photograph Paul Gauguin's signature, entry no Visitors' Book, 26 August 1895 Central City Library, Heritage Images Online, views of Auckland City Art Gallery PH 01/11 Building interior New Gallery, later referred to as Mackelvie 2 and East Gallery. Became Sculpture Court and Wertheim Room, later storage and workshop area. PH 01/12 Building interior 1940s Wertheim Room. See also file on Collections - Wertheim Collection (CL 09/1-3) PH 01/13 Building interior 1950s Ilse von Randow curtains in the Gallery PH 01/14 Building interior 1950s 1975 City Gallery (became the Grey Gallery) PH 01/15 Building interior Mezzanine Gallery/Sculpture Court PH 01/16 Building exterior and interior Main entrance to the gallery from Kitchener St (includes Publications Room) PH 01/17 Building interior 1950s 1960s Grey Gallery (formerly City Gallery). PH 01/18 Building interior 1960s Mackelvie Gallery PH 01/19 Building exterior 1960s 1970s PH 01/20 Building interior 1960s c.1980s Picture storage, East Wing, Level 3-5 PH 01/21 Building exterior 1970 Sculpture Court and Fountain/Waterfall construction. Edmiston Wing construction, opened 16 April PH 01/22 Building exterior Includes part of Sculpture Court. PH 01/23 Building exterior Stage 1 restructuring/building Edmiston Wing E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 3)

4 PH 01/24 Building exterior Unidentified, either Edmiston Wing restructuring/building or reconstruction of the Wellesley Wing PH 01/25 Building interior c.1970 Print room PH 01/26 Building interior 1971 PH 01/27 Building interior 1970s c.1980s 29 Oct 1971 last day of the Reference Dept., Auckland Public Library later the lower Wellesley Gallery South Gallery, Upper D Gallery (1st floor), East/West Galleries. PH 01/28 Building interior 1970s c.1980s Foyer - Ground Floor and First Floor. PH 01/29 Building interior 1970s c.1980s Temporary storage of art works PH 01/30 Building interior 1970s c.1980s PH 01/31 Building interior c.1980 Basement Theatre, Photography Studio and Darkrooms, Security Room, Workshop - Technical Department, Administration 2nd floor, Staff Room 3rd floor. Auburn Galleries, Lower D Gallery, Lower Centre Gallery PH 01/32 Building exterior c.1980 Building exterior PH 01/33 Building interior 1980s Bookshop, Coffee Shop PH 01/34 Building interior 1980s Auditorium PH 01/35 Building interior 1980s Negatives only Conservation Dept. PH 01/36 Building exterior and interior 1981 Signage PH 01/37 Building interior PH 01/38 Building interior Stage 2 reconstruction of the Wellesley Wing and new Services Block (official opening 27 June 1984), also 1970s photographs prior to reconstruction (the Wellesley Wing was previously the Reference Dept. and stacks of the Auckland Public Library. See also files PH 01/7 and PH 01/26. Wellesley Galleries (Upper and Lower) Stage 2 reconstruction official opening 27 June PH 01/39 Building interior Wellesley Wing and Services Block construction PH 01/40 Miscellaneous 1970s 1980s General exterior and interior photographs plus exhibitions, Director Dr Rodney Wilson PH 01/41 Miscellaneous Boyd Collection (Boyd Bequest) PH 01/42 Miscellaneous Interior PH 01/43 Miscellaneous 1980s Art Gallery van PH 01/44 Miscellaneous 1995 PH 01/45 Miscellaneous 1998 AAG New - Construction of the New Gallery/ Old Telephone Exchange Building Mercury Energy power crisis CBD 23 Feb-16 Mar Upgrade of the Ground Floor Galleries Sep-Nov PH 01/46 Building interior 1998 PH 01/47 Building interior E H. McCormick Research Library Building exterior and interior and PH 01/48 miscellaneous 1970s 2000 Slides (not digitised) Renovations AAG and New Gallery; staff in spaces; historic prints on slide; banners and signage E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 4)

5 Photographs People File No. File Name Description PH 02/1 People 1880s c.1982 Visiting dignitaries to the Art Gallery PH 02/2 People n.d General public in gallery spaces PH 02/3 People n.d Visiting artists to the Art Gallery PH 02/4 People 1998 open Enterprise Board PH 02/5 People 1950s 2000 Staff at work and at social events PH 02/6 People 1950s 2000 Staff at work and at social events PH 02/7 People 1950s 2000 Staff at work and at social events PH 02/8 People 1950s 2000 Staff at work and at social events PH 02/9 People n.d Eric H. McCormick Photographs Exhibition installations File No. File Name PH 03/1 Exhibition installations PH 03/2 Exhibition installations PH 03/3 Exhibition installations PH 03/4 Exhibition installations PH 03/5 Exhibition installations PH 03/6 Exhibition installations PH 03/7 Exhibition installations PH 03/8 Exhibition installations PH 03/9 Exhibition installations PH 03/10 Exhibition installations PH 03/11 Exhibition installations Description (digitised slides, originals held in offsite storage) Series: Information files Collections File No. File Name Description CL 01/1 Auburn Collection Walter Auburn Collection. See also file on Walter Auburn Memorial Lectures (GDS 05/4) and Walter Auburn papers (RC 2003/5) CL 02/1 Chartwell Collection Press clippings CL 02/2 Chartwell Collection Press clippings CL 02/3* Chartwell Collection Chartwell Collection Confidential CL 03/1 Edmiston Trust c1946 CL 04/1 Grey Collection Grey Collection (Sir George Grey) CL 04/2 Grey Collection Grey Collection (Sir George Grey) Edward Shillington's 1892 'Notes towards a catalogue of curios in the Art Gallery Grey Collection CL 05/1 Jobson Trust Jobson Bequest CL 06/1 Mackelvie Collection General information and photos of art objects and biographical information and photos of James Tannock Mackelvie CL 06/2 Mackelvie Collection Mackelvie correspondence with Albin Martin CL 06/3 Mackelvie Collection Mackelvie collection press clippings includes conservation controversy 1881 and three pictures controversy 1925 CL 06/4 Mackelvie Collection 1987 Press clippings CL 06/5 Mackelvie Collection 1882 Mackelvie Trust E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 5)

6 CL 06/6 Mackelvie Collection Some watercolour works by British artists CL 06/7* Mackelvie Collection Prices paid for paintings drawn from Minutes CL 06/8 Mackelvie Collection Mackelvie Trust correspondence with AAG CL 06/9 Mackelvie Collection Mackelvie Trust correspondence with AAG CL 06/10 Mackelvie Collection Mackelvie Trust Board papers copies of Special Collections (Akl City Lib) NZMS 895 Series 3 Folder 6 & Series 8 Folder 2 CL07/1 Moss Davis Moss Davis CL 08/1 Thanksgiving Foundation Thanksgiving Foundation/ Masterworks Collection CL 09/1 Wertheim Collection Wertheim Collection see also file Photographs - Interior of Wertheim Room (PH 01/12) CL 09/2 Wertheim Collection 1950 CL 09/3 Wertheim Collection Photographs CL 10/1 Robertson Collection 2009 Julian and Josie Robertson Collection - clippings CL 11/1 Watson Bequest Watson Bequest of Gothic works *access restricted Governance, Departments and Staff File No. File Name Description GDS 01/1 Conservation 1970s 1993 Conservation GDS 01/1/1 Conservation 1994 Conservation GDS 01/2 Conservation Northern Regional Conservation Service GDS 02/1 Curators Curatorial Field Trip Reports GDS 03/1 Directors 1952 Eric Westbrook ( ) GDS 03/2 Directors 1956 Peter Tomory ( ) GDS 03/3 Directors Peter Tomory ( ) Overseas trip 1960 & Correspondence GDS 03/4 Directors 1965 Gil Docking ( ) GDS 03/5 Directors 1972 Richard Teller Hirsch ( ) GDS 03/6 Directors 1974 Ernest Smith ( ) GDS 03/7 Directors Rodney Wilson ( ) GDS 03/8 Directors 1989 Rodney Wilson ( ) GDS 03/9 Directors 1988 Christopher Johnstone ( ) GDS 03/10 Directors Christopher Johnstone ( ) GDS 03/11 Directors 1996 Chris Saines ( ) GDS 03/12 Directors 2013 Rhana Devenport (2013- GDS 04/1 Education 1983 Education Services (includes photos) GDS 04/2 Education 1983 Education Services - Docent programme GDS 05/1 GDS 05/2* GDS 05/3 Gallery Associates/ Friends Gallery Associates/ Friends Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery Auckland Art Gallery Associates. See also Art Gallery Associates Archive RC 2004/4. (Name changed to Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery see file GDS 05/3) Prices paid for Gallery Associates donations to Gallery's collection Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery (Formerly called Auckland Art Gallery Associates see file GDS 05/1) E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 6)

7 GDS 05/3/1 GDS 05/4 Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery 2008 Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery 1984 Walter Auburn Memorial Lecture (Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery). See also Walter Auburn Collection file (CL 01/1) and Walter Auburn Papers (RC 2003/5) GDS 06/1 Gallery Board and Patrons Art Gallery Enterprise Board GDS 06/2 Gallery Board and Patrons Art Gallery Foundation GDS 06/3 Gallery Board and Patrons Art Gallery Patrons GDS 06/4 Gallery Board and Patrons 1995 Haerewa (Maori advisory group) GDS 06/5 Gallery Board and Patrons 2013 Contemporary Benefactors GDS 07/1 Gallery Shop 1980 Printed cards GDS 07/2 Gallery Shop 1980 Printed cards, book covers, AAG works GDS 07/3 Gallery Shop Reproductions GDS 08/1 General Staff Staff, past and present GDS 08/2 General Staff Staff meeting minutes GDS 08/3 General Staff Staff meeting minutes GDS 08/4 General Staff Diary GDS 08/5 General Staff Rataka (New Diary) GDS 09/1 GDS 09/2 Policies/ Plans Asset Management Plans GDS 10/1 Research Library 1953 Policies (N.B. boxed and held in Archives Room) Gallery s Asset Management Plans (N.B. boxed and held in Archives Room) E.H. McCormick Research Library - includes correspondence ACAG Reference Library Register of Books (continued on index cards) GDS 10/2 Research Library c.1953 c.1964 GDS 10/3 Research Library Eric H. McCormick GDS 10/4 Research Library Bulletin GDS 10/5 Research Library 2007 Reading Room - scholarly journal * access restricted History File No. File Name Description HS 01/1 Building Grainger and d'ebro and early architecture HS 01/2 Building General history HS 01/3 Building General history HS 01/4 Building Proposals for a new site HS 01/5 Building Proposals for a new site HS 01/6 Building Proposals for a new site HS 01/7 Building General history HS 01/8 Building Gallery floor plans HS 02/1 Building development HS 02/1/1 Building development Gallery Tower Proposal 1987 (outsize) HS 02/2 Building development HS 02/3 Building development E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 7)

8 HS 02/4 Building development 2011 HS 03/1 HS 03/2 HS 03/3 Centennial publication notes Centennial publication notes Centennial publication notes HS 04/1 Correspondence Year by year listing of important events in the Gallery's history Year by year listing of important events in the Gallery's history Year by year listing of important events in the Gallery's history Includes Partridge Collection and Grey Maori taonga HS 04/2 Visitor figures HS 04/3 Correspondence 1916 HS 04/4 Correspondence HS 04/5 Accounts book HS 04/6 Correspondence HS 04/7 Correspondence Purchases offered and declined HS 04/8 Correspondence HS 04/9 Correspondence 1930 HS 04/10 Correspondence 1931 HS 04/11 Correspondence 1932 HS 04/12 Correspondence 1933 HS 04/13 Correspondence 1934 HS 04/13/1 Correspondence 1935 HS 04/13/2 Correspondence 1936 HS 04/13/3 Correspondence Australian and NZ Museums & Art Galleries Conference, Melbourne, May 1936 HS 04/13/4 Correspondence 1937 HS 04/14 Correspondence 1938 HS 04/15 Correspondence 1939 Includes Watson Bequest HS 04/16 Correspondence Acquisitions HS 04/17 Correspondence 1940 HS 04/18 Correspondence 1941 HS 04/19 Correspondence Purchases offered and declined HS 04/20 Correspondence 1942 E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 8)

9 HS 04/21 Correspondence 1943 HS 04/22 Correspondence 1944 HS 04/23 Correspondence 1945 HS 04/24 Correspondence 1946 HS 04/25 Correspondence 1947 HS 04/26 Correspondence 1948 HS 04/27 Correspondence 1949 HS 04/28 Correspondence 1950 HS 04/29 Correspondence 1951 HS 04/30 Correspondence 1952 Includes Exhibition Programmes HS 04/31 Correspondence HS 04/32 Correspondence 1953 AGMANZ status and salaries of museum education officers HS 04/33 Correspondence/minutes Auckland Festival of the Arts HS 04/34 Correspondence 1954 HS 04/35 Correspondence 1955 HS 04/36 Correspondence 1956 January to June 1956 HS 04/37 Correspondence 1956 July to December 1956 HS 04/38 Correspondence HS 04/39 Correspondence 1956 Tomory - B. Renckens/ H. Gerson Netherland Institute for Art History, The Hague Tomory - Prof. Ellis Waterhouse, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham HS 04/40 Correspondence 1957 Includes British Tachiste Painting HS 04/41 Correspondence 1957 Auckland Gallery Associates HS 04/42 Correspondence 1957 HS 04/43 Correspondence 1958 Tomory - Dr Ulrich Middeldorf, Institute of Art History, Florence HS 04/44 Correspondence 1958 Auckland Gallery Associates HS 04/45 Correspondence 1958 HS 04/46 Correspondence Acquisitions Commonwealth Galleries Co-operative Initiative HS 04/47 Correspondence 1959 Includes Estorick Italian Painting Collection HS 04/48 General 1959 Gallery mailing list E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 9)

10 HS 04/49 Correspondence 1960 HS 04/50 Correspondence Purchases offered and declined HS 04/51 General Press clippings re Colin McCahon while McCahon was ACAG Keeper HS 04/52 Correspondence 1961 Includes Sickert's The Objection lost/found HS 04/53 General 1961 Includes Gallery survey HS 04/54 Correspondence 1961 ACAG touring exhibitions HS 04/55 Correspondence 1961 National Topographical Index of New Zealand Paintings HS 04/56 Correspondence 1962 Includes November Season of the Arts HS 04/57 General 1962 HS 04/58 Correspondence 1963 HS 04/59 General Workshop job order pad includes orders by McCahon HS 04/60 Correspondence 1963 Purchase of Barbara Hepworth's Torso II HS 04/61 Correspondence 1964 HS 04/62 Correspondence Purchases offered and declined HS 04/63 Correspondence 1965 HS 04/64 Correspondence 1966 HS 04/65 Correspondence 1967 Includes ACAG publications list HS 04/66 Correspondence 1968 HS 04/67 Correspondence 1969 HS 04/68 Correspondence 1970 HS 04/69 Correspondence 1970 Sculpture Court Project HS 04/70 General 1970 HS 04/71 Correspondence 1971 HS 04/72 General 1971 Includes Edmiston Wing opening HS 04/73 Correspondence/ ephemera 1972 HS 04/74 Correspondence Purchases offered and declined HS 04/75 Correspondence 1973 HS 04/76 General 1973 E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 10)

11 HS 04/77 Correspondence 1973 Correspondence of Eric Young, Registrar HS 04/77/1* Correspondence 1973 Correspondence of Eric Young, Registrar, HR related and Fortnightly Memo Report Book of Exhibitions Officer, Peter Webb HS 04/78* General HS 04/79 Correspondence Cancelled Rita Angus exhibition HS 04/80 Correspondence 1974 HS 04/81 Correspondence 1975 HS 04/82 General 1975 HS 04/83 Correspondence 1976 HS 04/84 General 1976 HS 04/85 General Cultural Activities and Property Committee (internal) has info re purchases HS 04/86 General 1977 HS 04/87 General Internal memos Director to staff HS 04/88 Correspondence 1978 Includes Fuseli valuation HS 04/89 General 1979 HS 04/90 General Minutes of purchasing meetings Eric Young (?)'s papers on a proposed HS 04/91 General 1979 seminar re loan of art works HS 04/92* General 1979 HS 04/93 General 1980 HS 04/94 General 1981 HS 04/95 General 1982 HS 04/96 Correspondence 1982 Director's correspondence HS 04/97 General 1983 HS 04/98 General Press clippings covering art thefts from ACAG - Dunedin trial HS 04/99 General 1984 HS 04/100* General 1984 HS 04/101 General 1985 HS 04/102 General 1985 Exhibitions planning HS 04/103 General 1986 E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 11)

12 HS 04/104 General 1986 Edmiston Trust Sculpture proposals HS 04/105 General 1987 HS 04/106 General 1988 HS 04/107 General 1989 HS 04/108 General 1990 HS 04/109 General 1991 HS 04/110 General 1991 Funding/deaccessioning HS 04/111 General 1992 HS 04/112 General 1993 HS 04/113 General 1994 HS 04/114 General 1995 HS 04/115 General 1996 HS 04/116 General 1997 HS 04/117* Correspondence 1997 HS 04/118 General 1998 HS 04/119 General Press clippings covering theft of James Tissot's Still on Top HS 04/120 General 1999 HS 04/121 General 2000 HS 04/122 General Press clippings covering theft of James Tissot's Still on Top from until present Colour photograph of James Tissot's Still on Top prior to damage HS 04/123 General/ephemera 2000 HS 04/124 General/ephemera 2001 HS 04/125 General/ephemera 2002 HS 04/126 General/ephemera 2003 HS 04/127 General/ephemera 2004 HS 04/128 General/ephemera 2005 HS 04/129 General/ephemera 2006 HS 04/130 General/ephemera 2007 HS 04/131 General/ephemera 2008 E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 12)

13 HS 04/132 General/ephemera 2009 HS 04/133 General/ephemera 2010 HS 04/134 General/ephemera 2011 HS 04/135 General/ephemera 2012 HS 04/136 General/ephemera 2013 *access restricted Projects and Events File No. File Name Description PE 01/1 International Artist in Residence 1990 PE 02/1 Marylyn Mayo Internship/ Internships- General 2006 PE 03/1 Public programmes Lunchtime concerts PE 03/2 Public programmes PE 03/3 Public programmes Winter Jazz series PE 03/4 Public programmes PE 03/5 Public programmes PE 03/6 Public programmes Open Late evenings PE 04/1 Website 2003 Includes Collection Management & Access project PE 04/2 Website 2007 Digital Strategy Community Partnership Fund Lindauer Online Project PE 05/1 Window works PE 05/2 Window works 1995 PE 05/3* Window works 1998 Internal use only *access restricted E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki archive inventory Page 13)

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