Banks, Charles Wells, 1839-1915

Date: 1903-1939

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1070

Description: Diaries of Charles Banks Sep-Dec 1903, and of Charles Wigmore, owner of the Papua Plantation at Titikaveka 1918, 1920, 1923, 1925 and 1926; Te Akatauira/Guiding Star 1939, a printed news-sheet in Rarotongan and English, edited by A R Henry Other Titles - Te Akatauira Other Titles - Guiding Star Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1897-1898

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1067

Description: Two diaries with daily entries describing Banks' life and work as a trader Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1994

Date: 1892, 1899, 1900, 1904

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1068

Description: Four diaries with entries describing Banks' life and work as a trader in the Cook Islands Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1994

Date: 1891-1973

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1069

Description: Manuscripts in Rarotongan from Titikaveka recording, among other items, activities of the London Missionary Society at Titikaveka; also financial records of the Factorei Societe Commerciale at Avatiu 1882-1884, and diary of Charles Banks for Jan-Aug 1903 Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Tapere Titikaveka Kauare Other Titles - Pu Apii Sabati Titikaveka Other Titles - Mataiti Titikaveka Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1995

Date: 1847-1977

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1066

Description: Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1955

Date: 1890s

By: Newton, Gael, active 1974-2020; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PAColl-10740

Description: Photographs of scenes from Rarotonga and people from other Pacific Islands, taken by George Crummer and unknown photographers, in the 1890s. Prints include a signed portrait of Charles Wells Banks; several prints of the opening of the Mission School, including one of New Zealand Resident Frederick Moss addressing the crowd; preparations for a feast (one of which was taken by George Crummer); a photograph of a building inscribed "Vaikapuangi Rarotonga March '93"; Avatiu harbour; a group photograph of "Governor and wife - Morea" [possibly Moorea] "with French officers from Man of War"; and several portraits of Pacific Islanders, including a portrait of Rarotongan Queen Makea Takau, a tattooed man from the Marquesas, and a man with elephantiasis captioned "Fay Fay common in Tahiti and adjacent islands". Includes one print of semi-nude young Rarotongan women. Separate captions on small pieces of paper accompany some leaves. Several leaves are stamped "Jan 16 1896". Also includes the top of a ledger leaf from which the rest of the leaf appears to have been cut, and which has the number "9" written on the top right-hand corner. Title supplied by Library. Most leaves are numbered at the top right hand corner, and there are two leaves numbered "3". Numbers run from 3 to 20, with numbers 13 and 16 missing from the sequence, and two un-numbered leaves. Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand holds a print of the George Crummer photograph "Cook Islanders with piles of bananas and dead pigs among palm trees", reference 0.025539. Arrangement: Leaves were loose, and slips of paper with captions were inserted between some leaves. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white prints, 14.5 x 10 cm, pasted onto card sheets, 27.5 x 23 cm, with reinforcement at the top, which appear to have come from a loose-leaf ledger. Provenance: Acquired by the vendor through eBay in December 2011 from Treehorn Books, 625 4th St, Santa Rosa, California. Processing information: Leaves of album were received by the Library loose and original clasp binder had disintegrated; therefore each page of the album has been housed in an archival sleeve.