MANUSCRIPT
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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