Immigrants' writings

Date: 1879-1881

By: Coulthard, John, active 1880

Reference: MS-Papers-0539

Description: Account of a voyage from Plymouth to Nelson in the "Opawa", 1879-1880. Followed by some description of Nelson, and of work in the Brunner Mine. John Coulthard, his wife and daughter were government assisted immigrants Quantity: 1 folder(s) (34 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 30 Jun-10 Oct 1880

By: Hurst, Christopher John, 1835-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-4508

Description: Hurst describes his voyage from London to Lyttelton on the `Waitangi' covering the period 30 Jun 1880 to 10 Oct 1880, the last entry being written at Broom Cottage in Christchurch. The entries detail weather, the ship's progress, fellow passengers and ship life. Source of title - supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by an excerpt from the family history giving details of the Hursts trip to New Zealand and a family tree. Christopher and Mary Hurst came to New Zealand on board the Waitangi in 1880 along with their seven children. On arrival they lived in Broom Cottage (Christchurch) and later established a farm near Waimate called `Brooklands'. They had seven more children in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor is Hurst's granddaughter

Date: 1872-1873

By: Dudding, Horatio, 1843-1915

Reference: MS-0704-0705

Description: Describes the voyage on the barques `Agamemnon' and `Lyttelton'; includes a full account of life on board and at anchorage at Rio de Janiero and Cape Town; includes passenger list. The `Agamemnon' was condemned at Cape Town and passengers continued onto New Zealand in the `Lyttelton'. Source of title - Transcribed Dudding was a saloon passenger Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (21-23 cm; blue buckram hinged lid box)

From: Greenwood family : Letters from John Danforth Greenwood, his wife Sarah, and other family members

Reference: qMS-0887

Description: Includes letters describing her voyage to Nelson on the Phoebe, 1842-1843 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (133 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 20 Jan-5 Jun 1854, 28 Sep 1854-20 Jan 1858

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1346-371A

Description: Describes voyage to Lyttelton, New Zealand on the `Royal Stuart' arriving Jan 1855. He describes daily activities and mentions fellow passengers. Also time spent in Wellington (including a description of the earthquake and aftermath) and Napier, voyage from Wellington to Sydney on the `Waterwitch', Apr 1855, and time spent in New South Wales, at Sydney, Wollongong, Angels - Cateract River, Campbelltown, Cordeaux Creek, Bargo, Cross Roads, and Bathhurst. The back of the volume has been used as a Cash book (receipts & disbursements) 20 Jan-5 Jun 1854, and for surveying/engineering notes and mathematical calculations Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1872-[ca 1887]

By: Mortensen, Hans Peter, 1862-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-3595

Description: Reminiscences describe the conditions on the voyage to New Zealand on the `Hovding' and conditions that confronted the Scandinavian settlers and their settlement of the Norsewood area. Source of title - title page Mortensen came from Oslo on the ship 'Hovding' in 1872 and settled in the Norsewood district Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1841

Reference: MS-Papers-3707

Description: Account of life on board the `Oriental' on which Brown emigrated to New Zealand. Contains his condemnation of the idleness of passengers, with suggestions for avoiding it. Includes also the draft of a letter to Captain Liardet and Captain King concerning Brown's alleged insult to Mr Eastfield, 11 March 1842, some shorthand notes by Brown, a passage of lyrical description prose and details of the ship's progress each day. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 30 Sep 1874-20 Jan 1875, 2001

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Hilliker, George, active 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-7084

Description: Account of voyage from Gravesend to Port Chalmers on the vessel `Margaret Galbraith'. Hilliker was travelling in the single men's compartment and his brief daily entries record the ship's progress, vessels sighted, weather and events on board. He arrived at Port Chalmers on 9 Jan and took the steamer to Oamaru, his final destination, arriving on 20 Jan 1875. The account is written in the form of a letter which was probably posted back to relatives in England Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by M Donaldson, 2001

Date: 1841-1872, 2001

By: McKain, Douglas Mary, 1789-1873

Reference: MS-Papers-7262

Description: Commonplace book interspersed with diary entries, generally dealing with recipes for a variety of medical remedies and dishes, family information, birth, marriage and death date information up till 1904, some poems, household accounts and other information. Includes part of letter written during McKain's voyage on the `Olympus' to her daughters in England and another written after her arrival describes conditions in Wellington where the family was initially accommodated in a New Zealand Company house. Source of title - Transcribed Other - Mr Moles mentions `The Family history of Douglas Mary McKain' by Henry Angelini; this does not appear on Te Puna and is not held by the Library Relationship complexity - See also Micro-MS-0041 for a microfilm of the diary Douglas Mary McKain, a widow, emigrated to New Zealand with one daughter and four sons on the `Olympus' which arrived in Wellington, 20 Apr 1841 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (47 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J B Moles, Khandallah, Wellington, Nov 2001

Date: 8 Sep 1850-14 Feb 1851

By: Davie, Cyrus, 1821-1871

Reference: MS-0667

Description: Journal of Davie's voyage to Lyttelton on two of the Canterbury Association's ships. Davie trans-shipped mid-ocean (4 Oct 1850) to the Randolph from the Sir George Seymour, his luggage having sailed with the Randolph after he missed the ship. Source of title - Title at head of page one Relationship complexity - This is a fuller version than the contemporary holograph at MS-0666, the latter ending on 28 Dec 1850, the typescript finishes on 14 Feb 1851 and details Davie's surveying work up to that time. This typescript appears to have been made from the original holograph in the Canterbury Museum Archives which ends on the same day. The Canterbury Museum also has another typescript, presented by E R Webb and part of the Canterbury Pilgrims and Early Settlers' Collection (125), which is similar but not identical to this one. Cyrus Davie was a Canterbury surveyor Quantity: 1 volume(s) (35 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: 27 Aug-24 Dec 1879

By: Couchman, Charlotte, 1829?-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-4174

Description: This letter to Couchman's family is written in the form of a diary and covers the period 28 August 1879 to 24 Dec 1879. Couchman describes the trip out to New Zealand, the family's initial job and living situation when they arrived in Wellington and then Bulls. The covering page includes some genealogical information. Source of title - Supplied Charlotte Couchman came to New Zealand on board the `Arethusa' along with some members of her family. They landed at Wellington but travelled on to Bulls. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1837-1840

By: Hopper, Edward Betts, 1799?-1840

Reference: MS-Papers-0535

Description: Letters to Hopper about business investments in the new Port Nicholson settlement. Other documents deal with land purchasing and the obtaining of proper title from the Governor of New South Wales. There is also a letter from Hopper to Mrs Stanhope describing arriving at Port Nicholson on the `Oriental' and the first experiences of settlers . Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available. Processing information: Previously Misc Ms 655 (Sep 1970), and Misc Ms 734 (Jan 1974)

Date: 1850-1880

By: Stanley, John, 1827?-1891

Reference: qMS-1863

Description: Letters written from the ship `Randolph', 1850, from Lyttelton, and `Broadway' farm Papanui, dealing with aspects of pioneer life in New Zealand, with particular reference to food prices, working conditions, cuultivation of land and family matters. Also copy of Stanley family tree Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 items). Physical Description: Mss (26 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram hinged lid box) Includes illustrations

Date: 1863 (1956, 1976, 1981)

By: Woodhouse, Jonas Eastwood, 1842-1897; Woodhouse, F R (Mr), active 1956-1981

Reference: MS-Group-2357

Description: Original log book of an account of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse of his journey from London, England to Southland, New Zealand on board the 'New Great Britain' in 1863. Also a typed transcript of the same. Woodhouse describes life on board the ship in detail, including the weather, food, entertainment, equator crossing celebrations, and deaths of other passengers. He also describes sailing past Solander and Steward [Stewart?] Islands and arriving in Southland where they were met by a pilot ship and assessed for quarantine. He gives his impressions of the bush, houses, gardens, animals, and pig hunting that he could see from the ship before they landed. Also includes a list of passengers on the ship, organised by county and country, and the words to 'Song of the New Great Britain' composed by Mr Robert Wotton - another passenger on the ship. Also includes letters addressed to Mr F R Woodhouse (a great grandson of Woodhouse and previous owner of the book) in relation to the log book (letters dated 1956, 1976, and 1981). Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Typescripts Provenance: Previously owned by Mr F R Woodhouse, a great grandson of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Modern First Edition Ltd, England, Jun 2014

Date: 29 Mar 1841-25 Sep 1844, 1935

From: Stephens, Samuel, 1803-1855 : Letters and journals, at Nelson

Reference: MS-2053

Description: From pi-ii, pp1-284. Includes extracts from Stephens' letters to his wife re his voyage to Wellington on the `Whitby' with passages from his shipboard journal Relationship complexity - Original journal at MSX-7710 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1904, 1999

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-6628

Description: Transcription of MacDonald's reminiscences of life and times in New Zealand from his arrival at Wellington in 1840 on the `Blenheim' until 1904 when he recorded `My story'. He focuses particularly on relations with Maori, Maori-European land dealings, the politics and politicians of the times and related matters. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Another typescript copy at MS-1167 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, spiral bound). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1849-1870 (1909)

By: Orbell, Macleod Clement, 1838-1914

Reference: MS-1731-1732

Description: Includes description of voyage to New Zealand on the `Mariner' in 1849 Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; brown calf)

Date: 30 Dec 1873-29 Jun 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-0981

Description: Comprises a photocopy of "Abstract log of the ship 'Rakaia' from London to Canterbury, NZ, commanded by Captain Henry Rose, kept by Warren Frederick Caborne, Chief Officer". Contains navigational details, notes of weather and passenger lists. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (30 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (photocopy), poor quality, text illegible in places Processing information: Record updated 21 February 2024 with information about the material quality.

Date: 1830-[ca 1833], 1992

From: Starke, June, 1923-2006 : Research papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4532

Description: The diary contains entries covering two trips made by Laing to the Davis Straits area as a doctor on whaling ships. The first set of entries covers the period 24 Mar-10 Sep 1830 on board the `Zephyr' and the second set is from 11 Apr 1833? on board the `Volunteer'. The entries describe Laing's duties as a doctor and also note weather, position of the ship, sightings of other ships, whales caught and ship-board life. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Photocopy of the original diary is held at MS-Papers-0996 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy)

Date: 1917

By: Fear, Robert, active 1988

Reference: MS-Papers-5784

Description: Cooper describes her early life in Greenwich, Kent and Camberwell, Surrey; the voyages of her father, Captain John Parsons, to New Zealand for the Canterbury Association with mention of John Godley, her voyage to Lyttelton in 1853 on the Minerva, life at Dampier Bay (now West Lyttelton) and in Christchurch as a governess, her marriage to Charles Edward Cooper in 1859 and her husband's job with the `Lyttelton Times'; later period living in Timaru and return to Christchurch in 1894; and at Sumner 1899. Many early Christchurch families are mentioned. Anne Elizabeth Parsons was the daughter of the first harbour master of Lyttelton Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). Physical Description: Ms and typescript