A selection from the archives of the The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga, including correspondence, journals, photographs and objects.

Records created by libraries in Tauranga between 1871 and 1989.

Pencil sketch of carving for Mount Maunganui Library

Two albums of photographs and fliers for events at Tauranga Historic Village c. 1984, taken by Russell Standish when he was the Director there.

Photographs and items collected by long-time Matua resident, Gordon Good.

Typed notes from interviews made in 1981 by A.C. Bellamy and J.E.F. Rorke at afternoon teas given by Alf Baikie for them to meet some of the elderly people in the district.

Archive of New Zealand fantasy writer including first edition books and original illustrations.

Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II condolence books were made available at Tauranga City Libraries for members of the public to sign.

Coloured natural history illustrations by Arnold Henfrey Watson, subjects include fish, butterflies and moths, spiders, beetles, various plants, and other elements of the natural world. Predomina...

Papers of the Kaimai Settlers' Committee and Kaimai National Park Promotion Council, 1970s-1990s, collated by Colonel A.P. Coster, and donated by his estate.

Minute books, agendas, newsletters, correspondence and photographs covering the years of the Bureta Garden Circle from 1997 to 2023.

Bulletin newsletters of the Tauranga Tramping Club. Black and white printed on A4, folded to A5 size pages.

A globe and photograph of a ship that accompanied Captain Donald Robert Munro's collection of nautical books.

Concert programmes and publicity, photographs, audio and footage, minutes, newsletters and correspondence covering the years of the Tauranga Concert Orchestra, its incorporation as the Tauranga O...

Eight photograph albums, many loose leaf photos and eight medium format negatives.

Minutes, paperwork and banners for local Tauranga branches and the Provincial Committee of the Women's Division Federated Farmers (WDFF).

Photo albums and manuscript by Laura Dunnage (1874-1957).

Photomontage and original artworks of possible Tauranga city scenes

Tauranga Water Supply documents including a report, recommendations to a Committee of the Tauranga Borough Council, and correspondence relating to the design, engineering and supplies for a town ...