Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Date: 1906-1917, n d

From: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0047-04

Description: Much of the correspondence revolves around `Muruhiku', and McNab's proposal to visit various research institutions in the UK and US; includes account, `The last of the Ngai-tahus', the great Omihi massacre as related to the writer by one of the survivors, by Francis Auchinleck, and correspondence re the introduction of cattle to New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 29 Jan 1869-22 May 1910 - 31 March 1956

By: Shand, Alexander, 1840-1910

Reference: qMS-1789

Description: Transcriptions of letters mostly from Shand to S P Smith dealing with comparisons between Moriori and Maori vocabulary, and other aspects of Chatham Islands and Moriori history. There is an index at the end of the volume. The volume contains a copy of a letter written by J C Andersen in 1956, which explains the context of the letters and this volume. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; ½ blue calf) Provenance: The original letters were given to J C Andersen, by Crompton Smith. According to a copy of a letter laid into this volume, from Andersen to the then Chief Librarian of the Turnbull Clyde Taylor, Andersen had organised for this copy of the transcriptions of the letters to be added to the Turnbull Library collection. Probably when Andersen was himself the Chief Librarian.

Date: 1888 - 1890

By: Borieson, C W, active 1889; Ashcroft, Albert Edward, 1862-1942; Humphries, Thomas, 1841-1928; Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936; Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; General Survey Lithographic Office; Roe, J E, active 1910-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1888/Acc.35292

Description: A cadastral map of rural and suburban sections open for sale and selection of the area from Lake Horowhenua to Koputuroa Road, and bounded by the Kawiu and Makomako Roads. This cadastral map has numbered sections, some coloured, and include acreages and owners' names handwritten in some sections. The Wellington - Manawatu Railway is marked as are a school and a waterworks reserve. Streets and the Koputuroa Stream are named. The base maps are of sections in the Blocks I, II & VI, Waiopehu Survey District. Sections marked with red are large settlements open for sale or selection and are referred to in a key. Schedule of the suburban sections and rural lands in this district include the section number, acreage, value and rent. Terms and conditions of sale or selection of the Levin village settlement include the statement 'Drawn by F.J. Hales'. Includes a written description of rural land and the application date of 18 March 1889 at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington and includes J.W.A. Marchant's name. The inset map is a locality plan of Levin. Handwritten names listed are: Seager, Hewit, J. McGowan, G.H. Gower, Ingram, Borieson, Brown, Blair, R Prouse, Dalrymple, Toxward, Lancaster, Stuckey. Title part stamped and part handwritten on verso Signature centre top: C.W. Borieson, Contractor, Wellington Inset: Levin locality plan. Scale [1:506 880] Base map: Plan of rural and suburban sections Horowhenua Block, situated in Blocks I, II & VI, Waiopehu Survey District / Surveyed by A.E. Ashcroft & T.L. Humphries, assistant surveyors. Wellington, N.Z., General Survey Office, 1889. Handwritten note on bottom right: Next unit to be paid 1 Jany 1890. Note it will be needful to write Govt. to inquire the amount as the leases make it ... See units number of acres required for felling to comply with ... of residence [handwriting difficult to decipher] Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet, including a locality plan. Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on paper, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 42 x 56.6 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr. J. Roe, 30.03.1977

Date: 1861-1866 1863-1870 1875-1876

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MS-2020-2022

Description: V1 - Letters re surveys for Kaipara, Coromandel, Cabbage Bay, Kaipara (re cutting down of flagstaff), Manukau Heads, Waiuku, Taranaki (1861-1866) and diary entries for 1861 and 1862; V2 - Letters, calculations and notes re surveys for Patea, Chatham Islands. Letter to C Rolleston in front; V3 - Letterbook re surveys for Hokianga and Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) triangulations and two telegrams Arrangement: MS-2020-2022 are boxed together Quantity: 3 volume(s) (In one tie case). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (24cm, ¼ red morocco, red linen tie case)

Date: 1865

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B034

Description: Contains cosmological information including accounts of the fetching of the wananga from Io, the divine origin of various items and practices, a list of children of Rangi and Papa, the origins of the universe, the separation of Rangi and Papa, and the twelve heavens and their inhabitants; also contains information about the practices associated with the whare wananga and karakia Also contains a letter from S P Smith to Te Whatahoro stressing that Smith has not made any money from Polynesian ethnology, confirming receipt of material from Te Whatahoro, and inviting him to come and stay with Smith at New Plymouth Enclosures - A 3 page letter written Tihema 29 1910, addressed to H T Whatahoro from Te Mete [Percy Smith?] is inserted in the beginning of book Other - The book is stamped with the seal `Paremata o te iwi Maori o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu = Parliament of the Maori tribes of the North and South Islands of New Zealand' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 20

Date: [ca 1840-1900]

From: Easdale, Nola, fl 1984-1998 : Papers

Reference: 90-143-2

Description: Includes surnames J to S Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-154

Description: Includes various notes relating to Maori, Pacific and Asian history, including some whakapapa notes for the Hokianga area iwi and for Kupe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed list of folder contents available in inventory.

Date: 1835-1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077

Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1867-1900

By: Mueller, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, 1834-1898

Reference: MS-1680

Description: 7 essays translated and/or transcribed by William Churchill. Include: Polynesian speech by F Muller; Something from Samoa and other South Sea Islands, by A Bastian; also articles on Samoa by G A Turner, E M Blackwell, T H Streets, O Stuebel, and on Midway Island by F E McCullough Publication - Typescripts of published items Language - Some text in Samoan Variations in title - Spine title: Polynesian speech, F Mueller Quantity: 1 volume(s) (347 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (22 cm; ½ black roan, marbled boards, in phase box) Provenance: Presentation copy from W Churchill to S P Smith, 1905

Date: 1858

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MapColl-832.2at/1858/Acc.377

Description: Map of Taranaki district depicting Maori geographical placenames around the coastline from Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Maru, Taranaki and Ngati Whatua. Similar to but not identical with ms map held by Alexander Turnbull Library (see Acc.376). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 22 x 18 cm.

Date: 1890 - 1905

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: PA1-o-145

Description: Photographs of aspects of Easter Island, particularly views of various tablets covered in Rongorongo (hieroglyphics relating to the Rapanui language). One image is a copy of a painting showing Easter Islanders wearing ceremonial head-dress in front of statues; one shows a man with two young boys; and there are views of carved figures and implements. Most of the images show the Rongorongo on different stone tablets. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Maurice Crompton Smith was the son of Stephenson Percy Smith who visited Easter Island about 1903. Pencilled notes are written in Stephenson Percy Smith's hand-writing. A brief note inside the album states that some of the hieroglyphic stones are now lost, and there is no known deciphering. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green album, black spine and corners; spine lettered in gold `Easter Island photographs', 26 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by Maurice Crompton Smith, Wellington, 1927

Date: 1900-1902

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-140

Description: Contains correspondence and official papers mainly relating to his term as administrator at Niue Other - Includes note in Elsdon Best's hand "Contains no ethnological data, some portiion might be required by Turnbull Library. A few letters of a private nature it might be as well to destroy or put away." Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available giving details of each letter.

Date: 1873-1876

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040

Description: Contains a list of owners of blocks of land in the Wanganui district, and a number of narratives about; significant events in the history of Ngati Kahungunu, Moriori settlement on the Chatham Islands, events in Hawaiki and subsequent migrations and settlements, the burning of the Te Arawa canoe, and conflicts in the 1820s and 1830s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Rangitane, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 26

Date: 1909

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: PAColl-4291

Description: Photographs of Sunday Island, Kermadec Islands; Maori man in the bush, captioned on the reverse as "Smith's old guide - Tarawera"; Lake Rotomahana; Percy Smith in front of ash beds denuded by rain; Smith and his guide in front of other ash beds; and a general view of the denuding caused by rain on ash beds. Photographer was Dr Tenperi(?) Anderson. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr Crompton Smith, 1954

Date: 1 Feb-15 Jun 1872

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MS-2019

Description: Letters concern the triangulation of Seventy Mile Bush and are written from various locations including Taurekaetae, Manawatu River, Matahiwi, Pohangina and Auckland. The letters are written on 16 pages. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (25 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (20cm, ex book with marbled wraps in grey cloth pamphlet case)

Date: 1886, 1888

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MSX-5136

Description: Contains diary entries for 11 June-16 August 1886, 9-13 March 1888 together with surveyor's field notes and sketches. Mount Tarawera erupted on 10 June 1886. Three days after the eruption Smith commenced a topographical survey of the region, in the course of which he descended the crater to a depth of 500 feet. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss Pencil sketches

Date: [ca 1895-1898]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-163

Description: Notes on many topics, including: whakapapa, tribal notes, whakatauki (proverbs), fights, etc. Also includes waiata from Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Taranaki and Ngati Kuia (many of the waiata and karakia of Ngati Kuia were contributed by Eruera Pakauwera), and tribal stories and notes by Te Karehana Whakataki about Ngati Toa and Tainui. Also contains an accompanying letter from W Mair, Nov 8, 1898. Language - (and English) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (414 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and typescript

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-175

Description: Copy of some of Takaanui Tarakawa's papers in S P Smith's hand including many whakapapa for Te Arawa, Tainui, Tokomaru, Horouta, Takitimu, Tuamatua and others. The papers also include information about the arrival of the Te Arawa canoe and the Kurahaupo canoe, the legend of Hatupatu, details of Rongomaiwahine's relationship with Kahungunu, and discussions of Maori customary concepts including hau, hoa, mana, kura, whatukura and kawa; Some of this material is in JPS V 2 p168-171, 199-207. Also includes letter and notes to Smith from Walter Gudgeon severely critical of Tarakawa's whakapapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1886

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: qMS-1836

Description: Observations on the eruption of Mount Tarawera, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 10 June 1886 by J A Pond and S Percy Smith; extracts from the newspapers of the time containing descriptions of the outburst; letters referring to it etc. Also mounted in the back cover is a notebook belonging to S Percy Smith in which is a diary and notes relating to the eruption. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and printed matter (35 cm; ½ red morocco)

Date: 1865 - 1894, 1920

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-006a

Description: Contains a Ngati Porou account of the campaign against the Hauhau on the East Coast, and the campaign against Te Kooti around Gisborne and the Urewera district; also contains notes about Maori customs surrounding the transfer of land, various waiata and information about the arrival of Christianity on the East Coast; also contains a biographical note and whakapapa about Te Kani-a-Takirau; there is also a letter dated 11 December 1920 from S P Smith to James Cowan with details of the provenance of the manuscript Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-1187-006b contains a complete translation of this text by Jane McRae Quantity: 1 volume(s) (150 pages).