Draft manuscript 'History of Tāmaki'

Unbound manuscript with a handmade cardboard cover entitled 'History of the Tamaki Maori (sic) and early European, by L.G. Brickell 1940'. Includes handwritten and typescript pages, illustrated with maps and drawings, and images from other sources. Includes an index, foreword, and the pages are numbered; the final page is numbered 219. Completed when Brickell was a student at Auckland Teacher's College during 1939-1940.

Provides a history of the Auckland Isthmus between circa 900 and 1890. Includes descriptions of waka migrations; Māori placenames associated with the Auckland Isthmus; stories related to iwi settlement and migration over time within the region and later, the development of European suburbs across Auckland.

Title supplied by Library.

Arrangement: Manuscript originally delivered as a single item to the library in a handmade cardboard folder.

Quantity: 2 folder(s).

Physical Description: Typescripts, drawings and hand-drawn coloured maps, 219 pages.

Processing information: The draft manuscript has been divided into two parts, at MS-Papers-12760-1 and MS-Papers-12760-2 for reasons of storage and preservation.

This record was made into a series with accession in 2023. Previous ID: ATL-Group-00768 Previous title: Brickell, Leo G, 1920-1991: Draft manuscript 'History of Tāmaki'.

Alternative form available: Manuscript published as a book in 2021 by Colin Brickell, entitled "History of Tāmaki : 900 to 1883: a history of the Auckland isthmus. Tāmaki, pre-Māori and early occupation".