S Percy Smith - Diary and notes connected with the eruption of Tarawera and Rotomahana on the 10 June 1886

Date
1886, 1888
By
Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922
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

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original - Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0726-17
Part of
McLean family : Papers / Series 8 - Miscellaneous papers
Format
1 volume(s), Manuscripts, Mss, Illustration: Pencil sketches
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