Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Margaret Tennant
p. 5 To bridge or not to bridge...? / Jill White
p. 17 Money for my boy: the story of Katherine Wilson's will / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 25 The final battle / Simon Johnson
p. 35 An indeterminate sente...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2016
This is the inside cover of a copy of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, won by Craven School pupil Lorna Monckton in December 1903 for work in English. To view the book in its entirety, contact the Ian Matheson City Archives.
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Date: December 1903
This photograph shows the pupils at the Craven School for Girls. In the middle row second from left is Nita (Margaretta) Macauley. The school opened in Queen Street in 1892 as a boarding and day school. This photograph was probably taken after the...
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
This photograph album spans the years 1903-1911 and showcases the life of young women at boarding schools in the late 19th Century.
Creator: Annie Dalrymple
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1903 to 1911
The Craven School for Girls was founded by Anna, Isabel, Caroline, and Wilhelmina Fraser in Queen Street in 1892 as a boarding and day school. It moved to 142 Main Street 1917, from where it closed in 1929. The Queen Street building pictured here...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1903
Pictured here is the cast of the original comedy, "The Cup", performed by the students of Craven School for Girls for the benefit of the Sick and Wounded Soldiers Fund. From left: Molly Russell, Glory Simson (?), Helen Hewett, Dorothy Levin, Unkno...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1917
This loose page from a photograph album contains 8 photographs of Craven pupils, one named '1911 Cricket Team' and another named 'Sports 1911'.
Creator: Annie Dalrymple [?]
Date: circa 1911
Members of the Craven School Hockey Team. From left, back: Betty Abraham (Mrs Rupert Ashworth), Esther Armstrong (Mrs E A F Wilding), Sybil Baldwin (Mrs C Fullerton-Smith), Nora Temple, Glory Simson (Mrs B De Castro), Kitty Joske (Mrs Albert Dunlo...
Creator:
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1913 to circa 1915
Pictured here is the cast of the original comedy, "The Cup", performed by the students of Craven School for Girls for the benefit of the Sick and Wounded Soldiers Fund. From left: Esther Armstrong, Betty Joske, Nita McHardy, Phyllis Goodson, Mr St...
Creator:
Date: 1917
This photograph shows a number of Craven School pupils wearing theatrical costumes from an unidentified production. Craven School had a stock of costumes that were used to put on many plays, some of which were written by the pupils or teacher...
Creator:
Date: circa 1917
This photograph shows a number of Craven School pupils wearing theatrical costumes from an unidentified production. Craven School had a stock of costumes that were used to put on many plays, some of which were written by the pupils or teacher...
Creator:
Date: circa 1917
This is the inside cover of a copy of Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin, won by Craven School pupil Juanita "Nita" McHardy in December 1913 for work in Arithmetic. To view the book in its entirety, <a href="https://manawatuheritage.pncc.g...
Creator:
Date: December 1913
Craven School for Girls was founded by Anna, Isabel, Caroline, and Wilhelmina Fraser in Queen Street in 1892 as a boarding and day school. It moved to 142 Main Street 1917, from where it closed in 1929. This building in Queen Street was demolished...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
The case of the Craven School play 'The Swineherd' in costume.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1914
Craven School pupils and parents attending a sports day at the Polo Club grounds. Charlotte "Granny" Slack can be seen in black on the right hand side of the photograph.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1910
Photograph album mainly consisting of photographs of pupils and activities of Craven School, Palmerston North. The names written in ink were added by Lorna Playford, who donated the album to the Ian Matheson City Archives. Alongside views of life ...
Creator: Annie Dalrymple
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1903 to 1915
Pictured here is the cast of the original comedy, "The Cup", performed by the students of Craven School for Girls for the benefit of the Sick and Wounded Soldiers Fund. From left: Nita McHardy, Helen Hewett (later Mrs Tom Abraham), Betty Joske, Be...
Creator:
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1917
This photograph shows a number of Craven School pupils wearing theatrical costumes from an unidentified production. Craven School had a stock of costumes that were used to put on many plays, some of which were written by the pupils or teacher...
Creator: Craven School
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1910 to 1917
This photograph shows a number of Craven School pupils wearing theatrical costumes from an unidentified production. Craven School had a stock of costumes that were used to put on many plays, some of which were written by the pupils or teacher...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1917
The blue intertwined letters, 'C S', on a red background, were worn in the middle of the hat band on the uniform straw boater. Red and blue were the school colours. The badge belonged to Mrs Maud Dalgety (nee Warburton) who attended Craven School ...
Creator:
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1903 to circa 1912
This photograph shows a number of Craven School pupils wearing theatrical costumes from an unidentified production. Craven School had a stock of costumes that were used to put on many plays, some of which were written by the pupils or teacher...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1917
This photograph shows a number of Craven School pupils wearing theatrical costumes from a production called Blue Bird. Craven School had a stock of costumes that were used to put on many plays, some of which were written by the ...
Creator:
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1917
Members of the Craven School Hockey Team. From left, back: Kitty Joske, Sybil Baldwin, Glory Simson, Dorothy Levin, Avril Strachan (Mrs E C Brevis). Front: Unknown, Nancy Lyons, Ivy Addison, Esther Armstrong, Sydney Brandon, Peggy Abraham.
Creator: Craven School
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
This photograph shows the pupils of Craven School walking with books on top of their heads. Many photographs of the school school the girls engaged on outdoor games and organised sports.
Creator: Annie Dalrymple
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1911
Craven School boarders out for a day's fun enjoying themselves at "Waitangi", the home of the Hewett Family. The girls are shown here playing a "blindfold smelling game".
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1910