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Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
- Date
- [ca 1869]-1997
- By
- Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998
- Reference
- 99-257
- Description
Note books containing research notes from various sources including archives, manuscripts, newspapers, serials and monographs compiled in the course of research for `The Farthest promised land', `New Zealand's burning', `Settler Kaponga' and articles and talks on Australia-New Zealand relations and migration, ca 1900-1910. These note books are accompanied by card indexes providing subject access to their contents; drafts, correspondence and working papers relating to the above monographs and articles; papers relating to children's literature including drafts of published and unpublished children's novels by Arnold including `Bracken block' and `The Freedom of Ariki'; papers relating to education, in particular teachers in the Wellington Education Board district in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Other Titles - The farthest promised land
Other Titles - New Zealand's burning
Other Titles - Settler Kaponga
Other Titles - Bracken block
Other Titles - The Freedom of Ariki
Rollo Davis Arnold was an educationalist and historian
Quantity: 27 box(es). 9 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Betty Arnold, Wellington, 1999
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 27 box(es), 9 Linear Metres, Research notes, Personal correspondence, Speeches, Sermons, Notebooks, Book reviews, Drafts (Documents), Essays, Academic theses, Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Research note books (vol 50-68)
Date: [ca 1850-1920]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-08
Description: Research note books containing extracts on aspects of New Zealand history used in his various writings, in particular `The Farthest promised land' and New Zealand's burning'. Includes extracts from `The Labourers' Union chronicle' (UK), `Kent and Sussex times' and other English newspapers; memoirs, serials and books relating to the English background of immigrants described in `The Farthest promised land'. Also New Zealand material, including extracts from the `Timaru herald', `New Zealand Methodist times', `Waikato times', `Nelson daily times', `Feilding star', `Lyttelton times', Wellington Education Board letterbooks, AJHR etc.
Card index - Wellington teachers
Date: [196-]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-15
Description: Index cards arranged alphabetically, R-Z, listing teachers employed by the Wellington Education Board, 1877-(ca 1910], sourced from the Appendicies to the journals of the House of Representatives Quantity: 1 box(es) (metal card cabinet). Physical Description: Mss
Papers
Date: [1870-1984]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-22
Description: Includes (i) `The Virgin forest harvest and the development of colonial New Zealand', draft and correspondence re publication in the New Zealand Geographer, 1976; also partial draft of PH D thesis on similar topic and research notes (ii) `New Zealand's burning', maps, diagrams and figures used in the book; also some correspondence re its launching (iii) `The Opening of the Great Bush, 1869-1881; a social history of the bush settlements of Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington', draft of Arnold's PH D thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 1971 Quantity: 1 box(es) (3 file boxes). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Children's novels - Drafts and related papers
Date: [196-]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-27
Description: Includes holograph drafts of `Bracken Block', `And a golden pear', `The Free sailors of marathon' and typescript drafts of `A Silver nutmeg and a golden pear', `A Good season for diamonds', `The Freedom of Ariki' and miscellaneous fragments of drafts, Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts
Research note books (vol 35-49)
Date: [ca 1870-1985]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-07
Description: Reasearch notes on aspects of New Zealand history used in his writings, in particular `The Farthest promised land' and `New Zealand's burning'. Includes extracts from records held by National Archives, Alexander Turnbull Library, education boards, `Cyclopedia of New Zealand, AJHR, Parliamentary debates, church records, monographs and serials. Also notes relating to 19th Century British history related to the English sections of `the Farthest promised land' Quantity: 1 box(es) (15 vol). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
New Zealand immigrants in the 1870s - Papers
Date: [ca 1930-1997]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-24/1
Description: Includes notes and correspondence relating to immigrant families who came to New Zealand in the 1870s; also correspondence re `The Farthest promised land'. Includes correspondence with descendants, Public Record Office, marriage and death certificates, family trees, etc. Also shipboard diary kept by John Simpson on the `Dallam Tower', 17 Dec [1874]-8 Apr 1875 Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Research note books (vol 1-20)
Date: [ca 1870-1990]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-05
Description: Research notes on various aspects of New Zealand history used by Arnold in the writing of his books, in particular `The Farthest promised land' and `New Zealand's burning'. Includes extracts from books, serials, pamphlets,theses, newspapers, AJHR, Parliamentary debates, local body and education board records Quantity: 1 box(es) (20 vol). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
New Zealand's burning - Working papers
Date: [ca 1880-1995]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-24/3
Description: Research notes, chapter notes and correspondence relating to `New Zealand's burning' Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Note books
Date: [ca 1950-1980]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-13
Description: Notes on Australian New Zealand relations, ca 1870-1910 including cultural, social and economic aspects. Also notes on Australian rural history and the movement of workers between New Zealand and Australia, in particular shearers and other rural workers. The note books are labelled A1-A12, A14-A28 (there is also one unlabelled book). Quantity: 1 box(es) (28 vols). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
Research note books (vol 69-81, 83-84)
Date: [ca 1870-1985]
From: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers
Reference: 99-257-09
Description: Research notes containing extracts from various sources relating to aspects of New Zealand history used in his various writings, in particular `The Farthest promised land' and `New Zealand's burning'. Includes extracts from `The Colonist' (Nelson), manuals for farmers, `Hawkes Bay weekly courier', `New Zealand methodist', Wellington Girls' High School inward correspondence, `Hawera star', Alexander Turnbull Library biographies index, serial articles on farm settlement and social history, Monographs on farm settlent and aspects of rural history in New Zealand and other settler societies, Wanganui Education Board minutes, `New Zealand schoolmaster', Taranaki Education Board minutes, `Auckland weekly news', `Patea mail' and `The Yeoman' (Wanganui) Quantity: 1 box(es) (15 vol). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter