New Zealand. Department of Agriculture

Date: 1913

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-012243-G

Description: Government department building in Stratford with (employees?) standing outside. The windows advertise the following: Registrar of Brands, Inspector of Stock, Department of Agriculture - Industries & Commerce, Inspector of Noxious weeds, Land & Survey Department, Crown Lands Ranger and Public Works Department. Taken by James McAllister in 1913. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1912

From: Wellington Acclimatisation Society : Records

Reference: 2004-043-3/4

Description: Leonard Tripp's personal copy of a report by the Department of Agriculture hatcheries at Rotorua on trout parasites. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950-1969

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to sheep breeds, sheep farming, and sheep health and diseases]

By: Merck, Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SHEEP-1950/1969

Description: Includes pamphlets and booklets: 1951: Bushey Park Southdowns. Complete unreserved dispersal sale on account of estate late J A Johnstone. Bushey Park, Palmerston, Otago, 10 May 1951. Catalogue. Riverslea Romneys, flock no 633. Complete dispersal sale on account of J Mosley and Sons, to be offered at "Mt Wallace", Stirling, South Otago, 12 July 1951. Catalogue. 1954: Canterbury Flock Ram Fair, held on the Showgrounds of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Addington, 18019 March 1954. Catalogue of entries. 1957: Dannevirke District A & P Association. Forty eighth annual ram fair, held at Showgrounds Dannevirke, 8 February 1957. Catalogue. 1958: Cheviot Sheep Society of New Zealand (Inc). First New Zealand Stud Cheviot fair. Feilding Showgrounds, 14 January 1958. [Sales catalogue] 1959: Cheviot Sheep Society of New Zealand (Inc). Second New Zealand Stud Cheviot fair. Feilding Showgrounds, 20 January 1959. Sales catalogue 1960: Cheviot Sheep Society of New Zealand (Inc). First New Zealand Stud Cheviot fair. Feilding Showgrounds, 19 January 1960. Sales catalogue 1967: Merck, Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited. Thibenzole; a proven way to increase lambing percentages. Thibenzole all the way. New Zealand Department of Agriculture. Foot rot in sheep [1967] See related material at the subject locations: FARM, FARM MACHINERY, MEAT, WOOL Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 8 pieces of ephemera. Physical Description: Offset prints and typescripts, on sheets sizes up to 250 mm.

Date: 1900-1905

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

Reference: 73-128-133

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from R M [?] Nelson of Waikanae, letter from William [?] of Waikanae, draft of application for removel of the restrictions against alienation of Paikakariki [sic] no 2 Block by Field, letter from Charles Slight of Transvaal re his export of 20 kinds of grass seed, part of letter written from Otaki about improvements of stock inspectorate giving three cases of misdiagnosis and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 4 Jun 1902

By: New Zealand. Department of Agriculture; Vaniman, Melvin, 1866-1912

Reference: PA6-417

Description: Probable American usage with inscription date Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Protected 6.4.'02 Melvin Vaniman San Francisco Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1881-1899]

From: Phillips family : Papers

By: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925

Reference: MSY-4802

Description: Volume of clippings, correspondence and other papers, `My own correspondence and personal matters (no 3), Patent scrap book' and including many letters to the editor by Coleman, letters by other people, and notes, many relating to Greytown matters such as water, the dairy factory, agriculture, bushfelling, fires and similar topics, notices (particularly for The Union); also bill drafts, correspondence (identified persons entered under Name), reports, statistics, rough map showing flood effects (1893), homoeopathic and other notes re varicose veins, poems by Phillips, biblical family tree, rough plan showing skim milk or whey tanks; and other topics. The scrapbook was compiled in `Patent brass & iron bedsteads &c' catalogue and pages 80-114 have not been pasted over. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Coleman Phillips, solicitor, building; probably Greytown, with figure, presumably Phillips.

Date: [1942-1946]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-7655-08

Description: File relating to Megget's time in Whitanui Detention Camp; includes correspondence, notes, parole leave warrant, arts and crafts exhibition notice etc Other Titles - Defaulters' digest (1 Dec 1941) Other Titles - Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors' newsletter (1945, 1946) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 3 March 1995 - 03 Mar 1995

From: British assisted immigrants oral history project

By: Brown, Julian John, 1927-

Reference: OHInt-0817-01

Description: Oral history interview with Julian Brown, born 20th March 1927, in Bridgewater, Somerset. Talks about family background. Describes schooling - mentions conscription to the Royal Marines. Discusses attending the Agricultural College in Newton Abbot, Devon. Recalls how he heard about the New Zealand Scheme for herd testers - describes the application process. Talks about his reasons for choosing to emigrate to New Zealand. Discusses his feelings upon leaving England. Describes sea passage and the route taken by the ship to New Zealand - mentions onboard entertainment. Describes his first impressions of Wellington. Talks about being sent to work in Edgecumbe then Te Puke - describes local farmers initial reaction to herd testing. Elaborates on the process of herd testing. Details what he did in his spare time - mentions Young Farmers Club and attending local dances - discusses dance protocol. Describes local attitudes to Maori. Talks about living in Auckland - mentions his work with the Herd Imporvement Association and the Department of Agriculture. Describes how he became Port Stock Inspector - mentions subsequent positions at Port Agricultural Service in Christchurch and as Superintendent of Port Agriculture Inspection Services in Wellington. Discusses changes in New Zealanders' attitudes to immigrants since the 1950s. Describes his own feelings about New Zealand. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Project questionnaire; Interview questions and topics Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014974, OHC-014975 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 2.07 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5430. Search dates: 1927 - 1995

Date: 1932

From: [Ephemera of quarto sizes relating to alcohol and alcoholic beverages and drink, in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-ALCOHOL-1932-01

Description: Price list with the coats of arms of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture at top centre. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet 255 x 158 mm.

Date: 1949

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to agriculture, farms and farming]

Reference: Eph-A-FARM-1956-01

Description: A programme for the event with a list of speakers and their topics: E G Smith. Lucerne J W Rogers. Developing a Montalto Foothills farm A A Urquhart. Wool improvement W T Lill. Montalto 1947-1956 (With a facsimile of this speech bound in with this programme) J O Wallace. Brassica seed production Dr J W McLean. Livestock problems T W Walker. The need for sulphur in Canterbury Professor A H Flay. Aspects of farm management Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, 214 x 134 mm. Transfers: Other material from the same provenance is housed at MSY-6567.

Date: 1892-1951

By: Cunningham, Gordon Herriot, 1892-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-3950

Description: The autobiography, in two books, finishes in 1938, although an outline for a proposed third book to 1951 is included. Source of title - Transcribed title Cunningham gained extensive practical experience in sheep farming, fruit growing and forestry in New Zealand and Australia before serving with NZEF at Gallipoli in World War I. He joined the Department of Agriculture as an orchard instructor in 1917 and studied at Victoria University College in the 1920s. He represented New Zealand at the First Imperial Mycological Conference in London in 1924 and in 1928 was put in charge of the Mycological Laboratory, Plant Research Station, Palmerston North. He visited North American and British institutions in 1929 and was instrumental in the reorganization of agricultural research when, in 1936, plant research was transferred to the DSIR. Quantity: 5 folder(s) (270 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations

Date: 1969

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-232

Description: Report on farming in Waiapu, prepared by NZ Department of Agriculture. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

Reference: MapColl-832.18gbbd/[n.d.]/Acc.37002

Description: Cadastral map of Block two, Tauhara, depicting Department of Agriculture Experimental Farm Reserve, roads, numbered lots (some with acreage), and lot 3 which is named Waipahihi. Several pencil annotations; some lots are named 'Hill', others are ticked. Four sections are highlighted. Other Titles - Sections Other Titles - Block 'Auckland' written on reverse of map. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, 33 x 20 cm.

Date: [ca 1974]

By: Rodda, Thomas Edward, 1881-1975?

Reference: MS-Papers-9980

Description: Rodda describes his life including background from his birth and arrival in NZ in 1884, his life on his family's farm, near Rangiriri, now Te Kauwhata, the Maori in the district, including their use of flour sacks for clothing, mosquitoes, school days, his first employment on Waerenga Experimental Farm, his experiences with early, and later, grape and fruitgrowing. In March 1905 he began work on road and rail construction at Oio and he describes work conditions and the work in some detail, until he returned to Waerenga inAug 1905. He describes his various positions within the department, often as an inspector. He joined the Legion of Frontiersmen in 1913 and the Hamilton Company of the National Military Reserve in 1939. He describes duties as a justice of the peace, his experiences during the depression and his appointment as farm manager and college superintendent at Ruakura Farm of Instruction in 1932, and breeding of pedigree milking cattle. He concludes with a descriptiion of his life after retirement. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Auckland Historical Society, Auckland, per Ms Winifred Macdonald, editor, Jul 1976

Date: 1930 - 1949

By: Connell, Richard Patrick, 1892-1949; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Hunt, John, active 2002; Hunt, Jenny, active 2002

Reference: MapColl-830gbb/[n.d.]/Acc.39386

Description: Map idenifying major horticultural and agricultural land utilisation of the South Island, including butter fat production, sheep, breeding ewes, orchards, crops such as wheat, oats, barley, maize, potates, lucerne, turnips, as well as land not used for farming, denoted by colour and symbols, as per legend. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured ink on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 73.8 x 57.2 cm Provenance: Donated by John and Jenny Hunt, August, 2002 Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PH-2002-320.

Date: [1965-1966]

From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers

Reference: 96-145-1/08

Description: Comprises letters from D N R Webb, Director-General of the Department of Agriculture, to J S Dunn, Levin Horticultural Research Centre, from Sutch to Gilbert Wilson, Reserve Bank, from the Reserve Bank to Sutch, and a report on sugar beet investigations in South Otago and Southland Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1889-1944]

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

Reference: 73-128-275

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; identified correspondents entered in the; Name field. Also includes letter from GG re son in trouble; notes; and one legal document relating to Marion Howard case torn in half with only lower part of page intact. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/2/6-Acc.38776

Description: Identifies by colour and symbols butter fat production; breeding ewes for production of fat lambs and for replacement of flocks; dry sheep; wheat, oats, barley and maize for threshing; potatoes; lucerne; turnips; orchards and land not being used for farming. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 71 x 57 cm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1997

By: Thompson, Frank Burnhope, 1910-1999

Reference: MS-Papers-9007

Description: Autobiography, includes details of Thompson's early life growing up in rural New Zealand in the Waikato and Northland Regions. At 16 years Thompson became a cadet for the Department of Agriculture and remained in the Public Sector for the next 44 years, taking retirement at age 60. Served in the Air Force in World War Two, based in Melbourne, Australia in an administrative position with the manufacturing of munitions for the war effort. After the war Thompson returned to New Zealand working as a chemist in the Government sector, rising to the position of Superintentent of Agricultural Chemicals. A keen tramper and climber Thompson was also involved with the Lions Club and Civil Defence Organisation in retirement. Source of title - Transcribed from item Thompson was a chemist and administrator for the Department of Agriculture Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms E Thomson (daughter), Dunedin, Apr 2008

Date: [ca 1940-1949]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9479-5

Description: Undated. Other Titles - Lemon culture Other Titles - Cloud forms - Definitions and photographs Other Titles - Elementary agriculture Other Titles - Fruit growing in the home garden Other Titles - Atlantic bridge - The Official account of RAF Transport Command's ocean ferry Quantity: 1 folder(s).