The Manawatū Journal of History contains articles on the history of the wider Manawatū area, written by a variety of contributors. The journal is published annually.
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Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Spending a penny public rest rooms for women in Palmerston North and Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 17 Veteran curator: Charles Hirtzel and the Manawatu Philosophical Society museum / Fiona M...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2009
Contents:
p. 3 Guest editorial /Dorothy Pilkington
p. 5 Through the shop window: Claude Dixon's original and artistic retail displays / Fiona McKergow
p. 13 Connections: The Russells of Wharerata and their origins / Lucy Marsden
p. 20 Wome...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2006
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Refuge for thousands: the role of Manawatu after the Hawke's Bay earthquake / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 14 James Baxter Fleck / Alice Hunt-O'Keefe
p. 23 A forgotten hero / Margaret Tate
p. 33 R...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2007
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 4 A farmhouse becomes famous / Margaret Tate
p. 9 I learnt from the nuns a study of music teaching offered by the Sisters of Mercy in Palmerston North / Graham Parsons
p. 25 The Alwyn Physical ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2006
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 4 Pete the Pedler: remembered by many / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 8 'A desire for the beautiful' the Manawatū Arts and Crafts Club 1911-1932 / Margaret Tate
p. 16 Local identities organised the fir...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2005
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Girls, girls... Miss Victoria McKenzie at FAHS / Cushla Scrivens
p. 13 The Catholic Māori Church at Kai Iwi pā / Eljon Fitzgerald & Maureen Lawton
p. 22 Strippers, tubbers & scutchers: life a...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2011
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial: Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Flea-houses and picture palaces: cinema life before the Downtown multiplex / Pauline Knuckey
p. 14 Motorists: look before you peep: the fall and rise of Feilding's town clock / Simon Johnson
p. 22...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2014
Contents:
p. 3 Guest editorial / Margaret Tennant
p. 5 'Taonui School' joins in the Queen Victoria diamond jubilee celebrations / Jill White
p. 8 Smut, satire and hairy fairies: Massey University student capping revues / Lucy Marsden
p. 20...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2012
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 A story of music, rumour, and war in Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 11 Anders Hansen Ihle Palmerston North pioneer / Joan Barnes
p. 20 A journalist in World War One: the man who created 'ANZAC'...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2015
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
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 Mrs (Dr) Martin tracing Margery Martin, the wife of Dr Arthur Anderson Martin / Leanne Croon Hickman
p. 14 Fragments of a year in the life of a Palmerston North business /Jill White
p. 22 A growing...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2018
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 Serving the people: work and life at Palmerston North's premier department store / Simon Johnson
p. 17 Awapuni Medical Corps camp and 'the scourge' of 1918 / Leanne Croon Hickman
p. 29 The Methodi...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2019
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 'Whose river is it anyway? Recreation on the Manawatū.' / Jill White
p. 15 'The story of a schoolbag: going to school in the First World War.' / Kerry Bethell & Cushla Scrivens
p. 23 'A new lease o...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2017
Mina McKenzie was the first director of the Manawatū Museum and the first Māori museum director in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article focuses on her outstanding contribution to the Manawatū Museum. It was originally published in issue 18 of the *M...
Creator: Margaret Tennant
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2022
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Peanuts or beef? A walking challenge / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 11 Manawatū's First World War camps, 1914-1919 / Tim Shoebridge
p. 22 Heirs of Rochdale: the Manawatū Co-operative Society and its fou...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2013
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 4 School milk, health camps and 'Gunn's Gospel of Grub' / Margaret Tennant
p. 13 'This lovely home'. An account of 'Brabourne', 149 Monmouth Street, Feilding / Gerry Barton
p. 26 Stepping out of the ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2020
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 4 ‘Simple everyday dishes’ from the Town & Country Patriotic Women Workers’ Cookery Book ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2022
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 4 The everyday life of a boarder at Feilding Agricultural High School, 1960-1962 / Peter Weston
p. 11 From the car shed to the water’s edge. The formation of the Himatangi Beach settlement / Tony Rasm...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2021
Article titles from the The Manawatū Journal of History indexed by author surname.
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2020
Article titles from the The Manawatū Journal of History indexed by issue date.
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2020
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 "Cleared to Land," early days of aviation in Palmerston North / Graham Parsons
p. 15 Design for living: the Savage Crescent conservation area / Margaret Tate
p. 25 Atawhai / Patricia Keiller ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2010