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Archives
Invercargill City Archives is a repository for information that may have been recorded only once, or that would be very difficult to find elsewhere. The Archive holds records of local government, voluntary groups, sport and recreational groups, ethnic and cultural organisations, education and school records, maps and photographs, personal papers and business archives. These records are added to the collection based on their relevance to the history and development of the City of Invercargill, the surrounding Southland District and the people of these areas, and are determined to be of historical and/or evidentiary value.
Unlike items in the Library, archives are not able to be browsed on open shelves or borrowed. They are instead stored in secure, climate controlled areas and can only be viewed in the Archive Research Room. You will find the Archive Research Room in Information Services on the first floor.
We are a contributor to the The Community Archive (National Register of Archives and Manuscripts), which you can visit online for more information on our services and holdings.
If you are interested in donating to the Archive or would like to arrange a group talk or visit, please email archives@ilibrary.co.nz.
Archives staff
Rebecca Smith and an Archives Assistant look after the Archive collections with the help of volunteers Jean, John and Eleanor. Rebecca is our full-time Archivist and has been here since the Archive first opened in September 2008. Making the move from Wellington, where she was an Archivist for Archives New Zealand, Rebecca could not miss the opportunity and challenge of getting the newly renovated Archive up and running. In her current role, she is responsible for maintaining and developing the Southland Community archive holdings as well as the Invercargill City Council archives.
Since 2008/2009 volunteers Jean, John and Eleanor have donated untold hours to helping in the Archive. Without their help boxes would remain unlisted, data would still be on paper rather than in the database, and we would be without better contextual understanding of many of our collections.
