Taranaki Club

Production date
1892-1990
1890-1899
1990-1999
Description
For many years the Taranaki Club was the elite gentleman's club for New Plymouth and surrounding district. Declining membership and financial problems saw the membership criteria was change and in 1990, membership was opened to women.
The Taranaki Club amalgamated with the Commercial Traveller's Club and became known as the Combined Taranaki Club. The collection includes an almost full run of minutes 1903 - 1990 (the first volume is missing). Also financial records and correspondence much of which reflects membership and issues relating to the conduct of members.

Object detail

Production date
1892-1990
1890-1899
1990-1999
Subject person
Classification
Item list

  Box 1

1. Minute Book no. 1 dated 4 Aug. 1892 - 11 Sept. 1903 (acq.5688)

1a. Minute Book no.2 dated 26 Sept. 1903 - 20 Jan. 1915

2. Minute Book no.3 dated 2 Feb. 1915 - 10 Oct. 1922

3. Minute Book no.4 dated 8 Nov. 1922 - 12 July 1933

4. Minute Book no.5 dated 9 Aug. 1933 - 14 Aug. 1940

5. Minute Book no.6 dated 11 Sept. 1940 - 21 Feb. 1946

6. Minute Book no.7 dated 14 Mar. 1946 - 20 May 1954

6a. Minute Book no.8 dated 17June 1954 - 24 Sept. 1964 (acq.5688)

7. Minute Book no.9 dated 22 Oct. 1964 - 15 Jan. 1970

  Box 2

8. Minute Book dated 12 Feb. 1970 - 14 Oct. 1977

9. Minute Book dated 24 Nov. 1982 - 21 Nov. 1990

10. Cash Book dated 1 Sept. 1899-6 Oct. 1902

11. Cash Book dated 8 Sept. 1902 - 3 Nov. 1913

12. Cash Book dated 1 Sept. 1920 - 24 June 1949

13. Journal dated 1926-1954

14. Ledger dated 1 Sept. 1902 - 31 Aug. 1929

15. Ledger dated 1 Sept. 1935 - 31 Oct. 1939

16. Ledger dated 1 Sept. 1944 - 31 Aug. 1952

17. Ledger dated 31 Aug. 1952 -31 Aug. 1966

18. Bar stock book dated 7June 1972 - 4 July 1974

19. Record of billards breaks dated 1909-1974

20. Suggestion book dated 1895 -1959

  Box 3

21. Honorary Members dated 1904 -1909

22. Honorary Members dated 1922 -1932

  Box 4

23. Members book dated 1892-1932

24. Members list at 1990

25. Visitors book dated 1970-78

26. Visitors book dated 1978-1987

27. Members nomination book dated 1895-1968

28. Photo of members

29. Poster of Dene Okane playing at club August 1984

30. History of Taranaki Club

31. Miscellaneous papers dating from 1920

32. Miscellaneous papers 1980-

33. Miscellaneous papers relating to Taranaki Club

34. Copies of Minute Books

35. Miscellaneous undated minutes and papers

36. Reports of Annual General Meetings

37. Minutes and meeting papers 1979

38. Minutes and meeting papers 1980

39. Minutes and meeting papers 1981

  Box 5

40. Minutes and meeting papers 1982

41. Minutes and meeting papers 1983

42. Minutes and meeting papers 1984

43. Minutes and meeting papers 1985

44. Minutes and meeting papers 1986

45. Minutes and meeting papers 1987

46. Minutes and meeting papers 1988

47. Minutes and meeting papers 1989

  Box 6

Correspondence. Restrictions on access apply.

48. Correspondence 1917

49. Correspondence 1918

50. Correspondence 1919

51. Correspondence 1920

52. Correspondence 1923

53. Correspondence 1940

54. Correspondence 1941

55. Correspondence 1942

56. Correspondence 1943

57. Correspondence 1944

58. Correspondence 1945

59. Correspondence 1946

60. Correspondence 1947

61. Correspondence 1948

62. Correspondence 1949

63. Correspondence 1950

64. Correspondence 1951

65. Correspondence 1952

66. Correspondence 1953

67. Correspondence 1954

68. Correspondence 1955

69. Leases mortgages agreements

70. Memos

71. Notices to members 1940/45

72. Correspondence 1983

  Box 7

Correspondence. Restrictions on access apply.

73.Correspondence 1984

74. Correspondence 1985

75. Correspondence 1986

76. Correspondence 1987

77. Correspondence 1988

78. Correspondence 1989

79. Correspondence 1990

80. Correspondence 1991

81. Correspondence undated

82. Miscellaneous notices

83. Club rules various clubs

84. Club rules various Taranaki clubs

85. Club rules

86. Club rules Taranaki club

87. Club rules overseas clubs

88. Taranaki Club menus

89. Union & employment

90. Building alteration kitchen 1984-1985

91. Property maintenance etc

92. Newsletters

93. Miscellaneous

94. Comedy sketches

  Box 8

Folder A. (Documents found in an office in the former Taranaki Club premises during renovations 2006)

Rules of the Taranaki Club. 1892Copy of Charter of the Taranaki Club. 28 September 1893

Certificate of Incorporation. Taranaki Club. 9 April 1918

Rules of the Taranaki Club. 9 April 1918

Booklet. Rules of the Taranaki Club. 1918

Letter. J.B. Roy, President from Oliver Samuel, regarding the original minutes of the New Plymouth Club. 5 March 1919

Letter. J.B. Roy to C.H. Weston, President, regarding the importance of the records outlined in the earlier letter. 6 Feb. 1922

Deed of Trust for the Taranaki Club. 9 August 1922

Souvenir. Opening of the new club buildings New Plymouth. 17 August 1922

Folder B. Applications for the position of Junior Steward. January 1932

Accession number
ARC2003-449
Collection type

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