Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Wellington. Son of Robert McWilliam Duncan and Jessie (née Cruickshank), born in Scotland; arrived in Dunedin on `Wellington' in 1878. Married Mary Anne Corr at Wellington in 1906. Issue - Robert John (1906), Archibald Thomas (1908), William Charles (1910), Mary Jessie (1912), Harold George (1915), Cora Josephine (1917, later Osborne), Gordon James (1919), Betty Helen (1923-1929), Keith Douglas (1926-1945).
Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951
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Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
Date: [1828-1984]
By: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951
Reference: MS-Group-1565
Description: Three scrapbooks created by Archibald Duncan, comprising printed photographs, newspaper extracts, charts and other printed material relating to Australia and the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The material is dated between 1928 and 1951. A further three scrapbooks were donated in 2009. These were also created by Archibald Duncan and added to after his death by his children. They contain notes on his family and printed material relating to the Duncan and related families, including invitations, examination results, marriage notices, obituaries, etc. Also material relating to World War 1 & 2. Explanatory notes prepared by Gordon Duncan and Margaret Butler accompany these three scrapbooks. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 6 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with ms annotations Provenance: Three scrapbooks were donated by Margaret Butler in 2006 & a further three scrapbooks by Gordon Duncan in 2009. Formerly owned by Archibald Duncan, father of Gordon and grandfather of Margaret. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated, Margaret Butler, 2006 & Gordon Duncan, 2009 Transfers: Transferred from Photographic Archive; the main collection is with the Photographic Archive PH-2006-160 - From Photographic Archive - Three scrapbooks.
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Edmund Wheeler & Son, fl 1872-1914 :Photograph album of South Island views
Date: [188-]
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-1338
Description: Album of photographs of South Island views, taken 1880s by Wheeler & Son of Christchurch. Includes views of Avon River, Porters Pass, Craigieburn, Castle Hill, Bealey, Waimakariri River, Arthur's Pass, Rolleston Glacier, Starvation Point (West Coast Road), Otira Gorge and Valley, Punchbowl Falls, Lake Wakatipu, Diamond Lake, and Queenstown. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red and black covered album 32 x 24 cm Provenance: Donated by Margaret Butler, Wellington, 2006. Formerly owned by donor's grandfather, Archibald Duncan (d 1950s) Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1565 : Duncan, Archibald : Scrapbooks.