Wills

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-093

Description: Photographs related to law, crime, and policing, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Includes images related to New Zealand's contribution towards the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), between 1964 and 1967. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: [1901]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-171

Description: Various documents including correspondence and receipts; identified persons entered under Name. Includes several documents in Maori; note re Ramari relating to her land share return, letter re the return of Whitireia school reserve and letter to Mrs Moore re Waikakaho land from W G H Baillie. Language - Many documents in Maori (untranslated) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 13 May 1877

By: Bagnall, Karen, active 2012- 2023

Reference: MS-Papers-12932

Description: Probate of will for Thomas Laslett who passed away on 06 April 1887. Comprises a large hand scripted document entitled 'Probate of the Will of Mr Thomas Laslett deceased Dated May 13th 1877' which is a copy of the "last will and testament" of Thomas Laslett. Includes another smaller probate document, attached by an enclosed wax seal which lists the executors of his estate. Document bears stamps of the Bank of England and the London and Westminister Bank. Title supplied by Library. see other material related to Thomas Laslett at reference numbers: -MS-Group-1408 Laslett, Thomas, 1811-1887 : Journals; -MSDL-2285 Laslett, Thomas, 1811-1887: New Zealand journal (4) / transcribed by Meri Low; - fMS-Papers-8417 Lasslett, Gordon, fl 2005 : Papers relating to Thomas Laslett and the HMS 'Buffalo'. Donor Karen Bagnall is a descendant of Thomas Laslett. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Two handwritten probate documents, 55 x 70 cm and 35 x 25 cm. Provenance: The probate was held by the mother of Karen Bagnall at her home in England until it passed to Karen. Prior to this it had been in the possession of Karen Bagnall's paternal great grandparents at their family home in England.

Date: 1892-1915

From: John Martin, Solicitors of Edinburgh : New Zealand letters

Reference: MS-Papers-6509-04

Description: Letters, wills and other papers relating to the Hewitt family trust fund, financial and land matters. The name is occasionally spelled Hewett. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: A-366-180/220

Description: Cartoons on the economy, tax, New Zealand dollar, the Domestic Purposes Benefit, superannuation and student loans. 180-185 a series on the New Zealand dollar. Quantity: 41 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.

Date: 1882, 1883

By: Carson, Thomas H, active 1882

Reference: MS-Papers-3504

Description: Legal opinion re the will of W B Rhodes and the Highland Park estate. Includes cutting re Rhodes v Rhodes (Miss Mary Ann Rhodes, appellant), Jan 1883 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1795-1867

Reference: MS-Papers-3717

Description: Comprise letters from David Frazer to Hannah Frazer, and letters from I Wright, Henrietta Alexander, Reginald Forster, and two letters to David Frazer; from E W Chalmers concerning the trouble in Madeira and the evacuation of the English (1829); and from N Dawson seeking advice on the suitability of New Zealand for a widow forced to support herself and her children (1867). Other topics include David Frazer's involvement with the barque Romulus at Annacotta Bay, Jamaica, and his plans to trade with the Americas, and family matters. Also her marriage certificate to David Frazer (1826), testimonies of parents' marriage (1806), her child's baptism (1827), her husband's business transactions, and the will of William Wilson, Jamaica Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - List of letters in front of folder The Frazer family settled in New Zealand at Wellington at some time in the 1850s or early 1860s Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Provenance unknown

Date: 1871

By: Flower, Henry Truefit, 1803-1871

Reference: fMS-Papers-0572

Description: Unsigned will, dated 1871. Henry Flower was born at Greenwich, Kent, England, in 1803 (baptised 20 Feb 1803) and emigrated to Nelson with his family on the "Bombay" in 1842. He was employed as a carpenter and was involved in bridge-building amongst other things. He died suddenly at Wakapuaka, 7 Mar 1871. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [1950-1990]

From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 : Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-8044-329

Description: Correspondence, photocopies of articles, wills, certificates and family information etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1912-1973]

From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-7655-13

Description: Legal papers relating to estate of John Frederick Weeber, some financial papers, specifications of house to be built in Wright Street, Vogeltown, and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950, 1974

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-26

Description: Comprises letters from Terry Sturm, Tony Curnow (Geneva), Wystan Curnow, A H & A W Reed Publishers, Tim Curnow, grandchildren, C K Stead, Denis Glover, Douglas Lilburn, miscellaneous house painting quotes and his mother's will. Also includes some Curnow outward letters from London with photograph of Curnow and folder labelled `Late correspondence. Misc Dec `73 Take on Voyage'. Identified correspondents entered under Name below; also includes letter from [?] Walton, possibly Tim or L; [?], Auckland University; and [?], an old friend of Curnow's, writing from Manhattan, Kansas, married to Zoe with a son, Neal; and letters to Johnie; and Alan. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1820-1874]

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 73-150-01

Description: Marriage certificate, J H Hoar and S Fitzpatrick (1820); copy of will, W Hoar (n d); will, J H Hoar (1855); biblical verse; essays, `Proposed plan for the consolidation and extension of the British Empire', and `Essay upon British colonization' (1874); inward business correspondence from Auckland and copies of outward business correspondence, Fiji, including letters to Mr Bennett and Cardno (1872-1874); prospectus of the Para Para Iron and Coal Company (1874) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: 1869, 1887

By: Dixon family

Reference: MS-Papers-1935

Description: The Dixon family were Wellington cordial manufacturers from 1853 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1860-1862

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1001D

Description: Papers are mostly correspondence relating land transactions in the Wellington and Wanganui areas. Some names have been entered in the Name field. Letter from C A Calvert, Registrar of Supreme Court of Canterbury re probates and management of intestate estates with reference to the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Great Britain Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1869

By: Flowers, Job, -1869

Reference: MS-Papers-5728

Description: Comprises copy of last will and testament of Job Flowers of Seaford, Pakawau, Golden Bay, appointing his son, Francis Flowers, and his friend, John Edward Fletcher, to be trustees and witnessed by Eamond Davidson of Golden Bay (possibly another name after Davidson) and Copley Horne of Nelson Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs E G Campbell-Heath, Seaforth, Pakawau, Apr 1988

Date: 1942, 1954

By: Stapp family

Reference: MS-Papers-9672

Description: Comprises will of Charles Stapp, composed on stationery supplied by NZ Military Forces (1942); letters on picture postcards addressed to Mrs L C Stapp (`Ann') from R R Kelly (`Binie'?) while in England (1954), describing her tour and impressions of England Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Papers accompanying photograph album, which is held at Photographic Archive as PA-Group-00602 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2010 Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Stapp family, 2010

Date: 1880-1886

By: Douglas, Robert Andrews McKenzie (Sir), 1837-1884

Reference: MS-Papers-3424

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Presented to National Archives by the British Records Association

Date: 1869-1913

By: Ledez, Richard Auguste Aime, 1850-1926

Reference: MS-Group-1846

Description: Comprise copies of letters, many written from Oamaru, to relatives in Calais, mainly concerning money matters, and contents of various wills; most of the letters have been translated by the French Embassy; certificates and other personal papers; some financial papers relating to his French activities, French and Guernsey newspaper cuttings, compilations of family trees, photographs, curios and other material Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, photos Transfers: Photographs transferred to Photographic Collection - To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: 2001

By: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014

Reference: J-052-001/010

Description: Cartoons of rural life. Quantity: 10 colour pages from calendar. Physical Description: Reproductions of watercolour and pen. Image sizes 280 x 390 mm.

Date: [1990-1995]

From: Basham, Barbara Isobel Louise, 1915-2002 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7343-1

Description: Clippings relating to Basham's work and activities; brochure, `Giving to the church in your will'; programme for VE Day service (1995) Other Titles - New Zealand remembers, 1945-1995 Quantity: 1 folder(s).