Collection of photographs

Scope and Content

Illustrating the ministry of William Ready in New Zealand:.

-William Ready - the last photograph taken before his death in 1927.

-Methodist Church at Ponsonby in Auckland.

-Ready's first church in New Zealand.

-William and Mrs Ready and their three sons 1916.

-William Ready, taken in his presidential year.

-William Ready's class of Chinese converts [1897] [2 copies].

-William Ready's first home in Christchurch, where he lived with Mr and Mrs Smith [2 copies].

- Miss Gay Crocker, who came from Chagford in Devon and was Ready's only Sunday School teacher in New Zealand. She later married Mr W. Thorne and became Mayoress of Brisbane in Australia.

- William Ready at the time of his arrival in New Zealand in 1887.

- The `tea meeting' at Garrison Hall, marking William Ready's return to England in 1897.

- Workers at the `tea meeting' [1897].

- Scene of William Ready's first mission in New Zealand.

- William Ready with his three sons, all dressed in army uniform [c.1918].