Letter to Sir Harry Atkinson from Te Henui, Taranaki, 1882 re scheme for insuring lives of children; wrote to John Ballance from New Plymouth in 1891 re absentee land owners. Mr Gibson was born in the year 1833, at Sidmouth, Devonshire. He studied for the medical profession at the London University where he took his B.A. degree. He was a pupil of Dr James Martineau, the distinguished Unitarian divine, and of the Rev. Dr. Morgan. Mr Gibson acted as a private tutor and lecturer in Manchester for nearly seventeen years, his favourite subjects being English History and Literature. He came to New Zealand in 1878, and for a short time was the classical master in a private school kept by Mr Ellis in Liardet-street. Owing to failing health he had to resign, and then followed the profession of private tutor. In 1892 he visited England on business matters, returning to New Zealand at the close of that year. Mr Gibson was a writer under the non de plume of "Egmont" contributing to the Taranaki Herald. He also was a large contributor to the Dunedin Evening Star, where his articles appeared under the non de plume of "Cuivis." Mr Gibson also contributed largely to the literary and scientific journals in England.
Gibson, Robert Henry, 1833-1894
Miscellaneous papers
Date: [1867-1874]
From: Richmond-Atkinson family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4298-194
Description: Comprises scrapbook and drawings letter fromn Dickie to Granny Lelea; letter, Annieliz [?], Wellington, to her cousin Edith E Atkinson, Taranaki (1867); letter to Granny Lelea, Taranaki from Dorothea Richmond, Wellington (1867); drawing with description, to a bride about to land in New Plymouth (possibly for enclosure in a letter); letter, R H Gibson to James Richmond (1874); letter, Peter Boult, to Henry (1874); letter from Elice Nottehakus [?], Schloss Thalheiss [?] (1873); letter, A Nottabohme [?], Carlsruhe (1873); letter, to Gibson (writer indecipherable) (1864); and receipt for boots from Peat & Thornton, Nelson (1864) Language - Letter from Carlsruhe is in German Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes rough sketch designed to show New Plymouth settler bride life in the settlement
Inward correspondence
Date: 1882
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-015
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Scrapbook, mostly relating to education
Date: [1887-1891]
From: Fisher family : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-0103
Description: Indexed scrapbook compiled by Fisher, mostly relating to education, particularly Otago and Southland; includes notes, loose printed items and letters Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jul 1891
From: Ballance, John, 1839-1893 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0025-08
Description: Includes letters written on the subject of women's suffrage from H. L Nicol, Secretary of the Women's Franchise Committee of Dunedin, E. Hackett of Wanganui and James Duigan Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.
Inward correspondence
Date: 1882
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-014
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.