Collections

Collection Policy

The Devonport Museum specialises in memorabilia and resource materials pertaining primarily to the history of Devonport and its people. Other artefacts and material may be considered for inclusion in the collections.

Butchers Block

A butcher's block from one of the three Auckland Meat Company (AMC) butchers shops in Devonport. Made of kauri from a 600 year old tree trunk, it was purchased from the Whangaroa Timber Company in Northland.

The three stores were:

• Vauxhall Rd near the old Post Office - opened to supply Fort Cautley

• Victoria Rd on the corner of Rattray St - opened to supply the general population of Devonport

• Calliope Rd - opened to supply the Navy

This butcher's block was delivered to Calliope Rd AMC in 1921. It was moved to Victoria Rd shop when Calliope Rd shop closed and remained there until that shop closed in 1984.

Devonport Borough Council Scrapbooks 1886 - 1989

These invaluable scrapbooks contain collated newspaper cuttings relating to Devonport Borough Council business and happenings, local events and local and regional issues during the 103 years of the Council's existence

The museum paid to have the scrapbooks indexed under the supervision of the North Shore Libraries. Three complete photocopy sets of 115 volumes have been produced and they are held at:

• Devonport Library

• Auckland Council Archives

• Devonport Museum

The main sources of these cuttings were:

• The New Zealand Herald

• Auckland Star

• North Shore Times Advertiser

• other miscellaneous printed news media

• the Council's own correspondence and material

Photograph Collection

The museum has a largely indexed photo collection. The collection is regularly added to, digitised, indexed and made searchable through our database.

The museum can now provide photographs from the collection at the costs below. These are computer generated and the best quality is equal to that of a normal photograph.

Photo Reproduction Costs
All A4 size

Digital file
JPEG by email $15.50
TIFF file on own USB stick $15.50

Printed photographs
Digital B&W on premium paper $10.00
Digital Colour on premium paper $15.50
Digital B&W on photo quality paper $20.00
Digital Colour on photo quality paper $30.00

Photocopying of written material varies depending on research content, but is usually 20c per sheet.

If you require images or written material for commercial use, please contact us directly for costs.

Devonport Genealogies

From the family histories and notes that have been given to the Museum, we have been extracting the genealogy of Devonport families into our Legacy Family Tree program. We can often assist with family history data and can produce charts to show the families and descendants from some of the early settlers in Devonport and of some of the more recent families.

Abbreviated charts of a few of these early families are shown on display panels in the museum.

Street Directories

We have copies of the Devonport Street Directories for most of the years from 1890 to 1936, and a few others. These list the resident's name and often their occupation, and enable us to trace the successive occupants of a property.

$30 per hour for non-commercial use.
$40 per hour for commercial use.

Searching our collections

We have searchable access to our large, diverse collections of objects, photographs, family histories and reference books. We also have a collection of forty-four oral histories for Devonport, with seventeen of those transcribed.

We gratefully acknowledge Foundation North for their assistance with setting up the database program.

Research costs

$30 per hour for non-commercial use

$40 per hour for commercial use