Te Moari Native School

Date: 20 Jul 1885-2 Jun 1886

From: Calkin, Samuel Richard, 1841-1909 : Diary and log book

Reference: MS-Papers-5418-1

Description: The logbook begins on 20 July 1885 and ends 2 June 1886 and has been kept by more than one person. Samuel Calkin was a teacher at the school ca 1882-1887 Accompanying material - Background notes about Calkin and the school, including translation of the Maori text, supplied by donor, with MS-Papers-5418-2 Calkin began teaching in native schools at Maungakahia in 1875 and moved to Te Moari ca 1882 where he remained until 1887 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 20 Jul 1885-2 Jun 1886

From: Calkin, Samuel Richard, 1841-1909 : Diary and log book

Reference: MS-Papers-5418-2

Description: The logbook begins on 20 July 1885 and ends 2 June 1886 and has been kept by more than one person. Samuel Calkin was a teacher at the school ca 1882-1887 Accompanying material - Background notes supplied by donor, on Calkin and his association with Te Moari school, and translation of the Maori text Calkin began teaching in native schools at Maungakahia in 1875 and moved to Te Moari ca 1882 where he remained until 1887 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 20 Jul 1885-2 Jun 1886

By: Calkin, Samuel Richard, 1841-1909

Reference: MS-Group-0413

Description: The logbook begins on 20 July 1885 and ends 2 June 1886 and has been kept by more than one person. Samuel Calkin was a teacher at Te Moari school, near Kaeo, ca 1882-1887. The diary is only for one year but has detailed daily entries generally beginning with the weather and an account of his sciatica, with details of the morphine he was taking for it at the head of the entry. Calkin mentions who was staying at the boarding house, records financial matters, gardening activities, his bootmaking, shop and photography businesses, the cases where he helped in dentiistry (administering anaesthesia) and any unusual happenings or circumstances, such as going on a musical tour. Accompanying material - Information supplied by donor in fMS-Papers-5418 and AT 10/11 13 Jan 1996 Source of title - Supplied title Calkin was born in England in 1841 and went to America where he attended naval school. It is believed he next worked on whaling ships, arriving in NZ in 1865. He married Louisa Edmonds in 1869, taught at native schools (1875-1887), then became a boarding-house proprietor in Whangarei. During this time he also had a photography business, kept a shop, helped with dentistry, played in a music group (he was a professional violinist and pianist), kept a garden and was concerned about his intake of morphine to treat his sciatica. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 3 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and mss (and photocopies)