Local history collection
You are invited to come and discover a treasury of information about the past and the present of Epsom and Mt Eden neighbourhood. The material has been collected and preserved by Epsom Community Library staff over a period of two decades.
Epsom Community Library local history file is part of our reference collection. It is comprised of:
- Three scrapbooks (Mt Eden/Epsom history file, Epsom Community Library file, newspaper articles file).
- One photo file (twenty six photographs).
- A small collection of ephemera (programmes, booklets, brochures).
- Family History Research File (recommended resources, services and web pages.)
- A complete collection of Experience, Mt Eden/Epsom local periodical that has been published in 2002, 2003 and 2004 as a supplement to the Central Leader.
- Epsom Police Community Support Newsletter - a complete set published in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
- Documents, reports and plans regarding the closure of the old Epsom Branch Library and construction of the new building at 195 Manukau Road.
- Memories of the Neighbourhood Around My 'Epsom Patch' in the 1930's -1940's, by Jack Baker, in 2 editions : 7 November 1994 and 1 October 1997.
- Early Epsom, compiled by the staff of Epsom Branch Library, Auckland, 1972.
- A History of Postal Services in the “Epsom Block“, compiled by G.I. Robertson, Waikowhai, Auckland, August 2002.
- Management Plan for Maungawhau/ Mt Eden Domain/, prepared by H A Turbott, Landscape Architect, 6 St. Paul Street, Auckland, in association with Mt Eden Borough Council Engineering Staff, 1986.
- Mt Eden Historial Gazette, Mt Eden Centennial Gazette 1868-1968, Century of Porgress, 1968.
Library staff continue to collect clippings from local and daily newspapers of anything relating to Epsom and Mt Eden area.
We welcome any photographs or information that could be added to our collection.
Visit heritage images online to see images of Epsom, Mt Eden, Newmarket and other areas of Auckland. |
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