Monterey

Date: 1967, 1971-1972

From: Connell, Marjorie Bertha, 1907-1995 : Seed family papers

Reference: 88-051-68

Description: Letters to Marjorie Connell from Robert W Reese, Dept of Parks and Reserves, State of California, 1967-1972 re donation of personal items belonging to Robert Louis Stevenson to be displayed in the Stevenson House, Monterey; related newspaper cutting, 1971 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1914

By: Markham, Clements Robert (Sir), 1830-1916

Reference: MSX-8708-8709

Description: Memoir (two volumes) covers the period June 1844 to July 1848, during which the ship visited Madeira, Rio, the ports of Chile, Peru, Mexico and California, and the Sandwich and Society Islands. Narrative of 27 chapters provides indepth detail of navy life, as well as descriptions of ports visited and Markham's adventures with the crew. Memoir includes extensive illustrations, pen and ink sketches, ink and wash route-maps, harbour plans, hand-coloured flags and coats of arms, photographs and six letters tipped into the volumes. Memoir houses some original manuscript leaves inserted at appropriate points in the narrative. Sketches mostly drawn by Dr John Speer, the ship's Second Assistant Surgeon. Source of title - Transcribed from item Other Titles - Story of the commission of H.M.S. Collingwood from a midshipman's point of view Markham entered the Royal Navy aged 13 in 1844. He served fours years as a navy cadet onboard the HMS Collingwood under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour on the Pacific station. This memoir appears to have been written circa 1914 at the end of Markham's career. Quantity: 2 volume(s) (550 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, illustrations, photographs and printed material (25.5 cm; bound, blue morocco backed boards) Illustrated

Date: 8 November 1894-11 May 1895 - 8 September 1981 - 25 May 1982

From: Lingard-Monk, James Boughey Monk, 1853-1905: Travel diaries

Reference: MSX-9991

Description: Volume records Lingard-Monk's voyage around the world with his second wife Ellen Heburn. The couple visited Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and North America during the documented period of 8 November 1894 and 11 May 1895. Vessels travelled on include the P&O SS 'Himalaya' from Tilbury to Sydney, 'Waihora' from Melbourne to Auckland, and the 'Arawa' from Auckland to Honolulu via Apia. The narrative details shipboard activities, the daily life on board ship, weather patterns, and the progress of the vessel in detail. Includes a preface, and annotated chapter headings and corrections in pencil. Places visited in New Zealand include Christchurch, Wellington, Rotorua, Taupō, and Auckland. Laid in at the front of the volume are two certified copies of marriage registry entries for Lingard-Monk from his marriages to Diana Caroline Walpole on 18 April 1876 and Ellen Heburn on 23 October 1894, prepared by the General Register Office, London, 1981 and 1982. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Volume in full calf binding, raised bands, silver clasps, marbled edges, holograph in ink (annotations in pencil) on laid paper, ruled in blue, 277 numbered pages (6 blank leaves), 24 x 18 cm. Two certified copies of marriage register entries laid in volume. Provenance: Two certified copies of marriage registry entries have been laid in, most likely by a previous unidentified owner completing research on the creator of the volumes.