Rolleston, William, 1831-1903

Date: 1882

By: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903; Wilson, Rosamond Russell, 1910-1981

Reference: MapColl-834.4492gbbg/1882/Acc.39356

Description: Map of Hagley Park, Christchurch City, showing three proposed rides, around or near Hagley Park. Identifies Plough Inn, cricket grounds, Carlton Bridge, exotic nursery, some streets and area of ground called 'acclimatisation'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil, part coloured, and ink on tracing paper, scale indeterminable, 34.6 x 39 cm. Provenance: William Rolleston collection, donated by Rosamund Rolleston, Sept 1971 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MSS papers 446, (Rolleston Family papers), folder 40. Collection series William Rolleston - Inward correspondence from New Zealand - From a letter to William Rolleston from Alexander Lean, September 1882..

Date: 1868-1949

By: Rolleston family

Reference: 79-287

Description: Family and other personal correspondence. Includes some of William Rolleston, his wife Mary, but mainly their son Francis Joseph; also including other family members. There are some letters of political, social and community significance relating to the careers of William Rolleston, and his son F J Rolleston. Writers include Professor J B Condliffe, Sir Francis Bell, Sir James Parr. Added in 1980 to this accession were 11 letters 1891-1893 from J D Ormond, Harold Kemp, E J Watts etc; 15 letters of family to F Rolleston at school, 1881-1889; various records of F Rolleston's life at school; his `Parodies on Gilbert and Sullivan' etc. Later in same year further Rolleston letters, 1868-1949 were added, including letters relating to the political career of John Christopher Rolleston. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Rosamond Rolleston was the author of `William and Mary Rolleston; an informal biography' which was published in 1971 Relationship complexity - See also MS-Group-0377 (1971 accession) Arrangement: The bulk of the letters had been arranged chronologically before they were deposited. Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: When the papers were still with Rosamond Wilson, Steven Eldrid-Grigg listed those letters that seemed to him of chief interest, and this list is in a back file. These letters have been merged into the chronological sequence. Loose photographs

Date: Dec 1892, n d

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-192

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level list available.

Date: 1885 - 1910

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

Reference: PAColl-0713

Description: Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s) in two envelopes. Physical Description: consisting of 10 photos mounted on card; 9 cabinet cards; 6 unmounted prints; and 4 loose album pages

Date: 1899

By: Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: B-094-013

Description: Caricature and full-length portrait of William Rolleston, Superintendant of Canterbury, with a farmer and a sheep tucked under one arm and the Cheviot Railway in the background Published as: supplement to the Weekly Press, May 31 1899 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 452 x 288 mm

Date: 1924

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-246

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1846-1970, 1980

By: Rolleston family

Reference: MS-Group-0377

Description: Family and other personal correspondence, mainly of William Rolleston, his wife Mary, and their son Francis Joseph; also including other family members. Some political correspondence of William Rolleston in the early 1870's, 1880-1882 (especially native affairs), and 1884. Newspaper cuttings, legal papers, etc. Some correspondence relating to material for the book, William and Mary Rolleston; an informal biography by Rosamond Rolleston (Wellington, 1971) Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - William and Mary Rolleston: an informal biography Relationship complexity - See also 79-287 (includes 1980 accessions), and 82-355 Quantity: 147 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 2.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Rosamond Rolleston (Mrs George Hamish Ormond Wilson), RD 9, Palmerston North and later of Kelburn, Wellington, Sep 1971 Transfers: To Newspaper Collection - Timaru Herald, 3 Jul 1869; The Star, 12 May 1869; West Coast Times, 3 Aug 1869; The Press (ChCh), 14 Sep 1870, 24 Oct 1871, 8 Aug 1873, 11 Nov 1882.

Date: Jul-Aug 1892

From: Ballance, John, 1839-1893 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0025-18

Description: Includes a letter from Mary Vogel asking for employment for her father; Sir Julius Vogel, a letter from Mrs S. A. Kells regarding the Kells land claim, a letter from Laura Suisted; a newspaper correspondent requesting an introduction to the Agent General for New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.

Date: ca 1850-1935

By: Pigott, John Ernest, 1862-1932; Wheeler & Day (Firm); Fratelli Vianelli, active 1860s; Wilson, Rosamond Russell, 1910-1981

Reference: PAColl-2071

Description: Carte de visite of Jane Rolleston; carte de visite of George Rolleston; the young Mrs Rolleston; Mrs Lucy Studholme, two other women and a girl sitting amongst some flowering trees; view of exterior of Kapunatiki homestead in 1895, with Mrs W Bond, Dorothy and Rosamond Rolleston outside; cabinet card of Ruby Mildred Rolleston, William's son Edmund's wife; William Rolleston sitting on a couch during his last days in parliament; the White Terraces; Kapunatiki in 1885 with some of the family outside; retouched photograph from 1850 of William Rolleston on horseback with his father Rev George Rolleston; William Rolleston ca 1880s ; the fowl house at Kapunatiki; and Mary Rolleston ca 1935. All the images except that of Ruby Rolleston appear in Rosamond Rolleston's book "William and Mary Rolleston: An Informal Biography". Information written on back of mounts Information for these pictures is (all?) from the publication `William and Mary Rolleston' by Rosamund Rolleston. Held at Alexander Turnbull Library P 920 ROL ROL 1971. Arrangement: Prints also at PAColl-2071-1 to PAColl-2071-3. Original negative at 1/2-111099 Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 6 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1896 and 1899

By: Wilson, Rosamond Russell, 1910-1981

Reference: PA1-o-439

Description: Images of parliamentarians taken in Parliament Buildings, Wellington, between 1896 and 1899. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Photographs'; 21.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: 1907

From: [Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873- ] :[Scenes from travels in New Zealand] 1907

By: Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873-

Reference: C-078-023

Description: Shows Mount Peel Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 83 x 152 mm

Date: Apr-May 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-044

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from G F [?] Muskew, Avonside, Christchurch, re employment Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1892-1919]

By: Montgomery, William Hugh, 1866-1958

Reference: qMS-1382

Description: Newspaper clippings and political cartoons mainly dealing with the Liberal administration, 1891-1912 Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (402 pages). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (30 cm; ½ black roan, maroon cloth) Finding Aids: See inventory for index of sketches.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1454-F

Description: Panoramic view of Canterbury College, Christchurch. Worcester Street is on the left with a public telephone box on the left of the street. Statue of William Rolleston on the right in front of a partial view of the Canterbury Museum building. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Canterbury College. Christchurch. No. 536; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Canterbury College Christchurch. Sample Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 95.5 cm

Date: 1882

By: Rolleston family; Rolleston, William, 1831-1903; Wilson, Rosamond Russell, 1910-1981

Reference: MapColl-834.4492gmbd/[1882]/Acc.39357

Description: Part cadastral, part street map of Christchurch City, from St Albans, southwards to Addington, showing named streets without land sections in the central city, and numbered land sections on the outskirts. Sections from Straven Road, northwards of Riccarton Road and Worcester Street, and eastwards to Stanmore Road are highlighted green. Sections below these, to Brougham Street, are highlighted red. Shown on the map are: jail reserve, immigration barracks, orphan asylum, Agricultural and Pastoral Association showgrounds, gas works, Christ's College, Avon River and streams, railway, cemeteries, churches, schools, inns and the hospital. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - part of a stamp with 'Waterlow & S...' and 'improv..' in centre Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on tracing paper, scale [ca 1:7 920], 88 x 94.5 cm. Provenance: Donated by Rosamond Rolleston, September 1971. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-0446-031, letter from Compton to Rolleston.

Date: [1860-1876?]

From: Edwin family :Photographs

By: Hemus & Hanna (Firm); Morgan, W H M, active 1870s; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-071

Description: Album of portraits, many unidentified, and a collection of ships' crests. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey cover, darker corners and spine, spine title `Scraps', 28.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: 1951-1953

By: Cresswell, Douglas David Robert, 1894?-1960

Reference: MS-Papers-3620

Description: Letters concerning a reference in Henry Demarest Lloyd's book,`Newest England', to statements by William Rolleston in favour of land nationalisation. Creswell defends the use of these statements in his book,`The story of Cheviot'. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (carbon copies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the estate of Mrs J C Rolleston, 1966

Date: Apr-Jul 1871

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-061

Description: Includes telegram from [?] Garnack, Temuka; and map described under Illustrations below Quantity: 1 folder(s). Map showing Hall's property on Ferry Road; Junction, Falsgrave and Union streets, and the Town Belt

Date: Jan-Mar 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-043

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes notes relating to appointments; letter from [?] McKenna, Christchurch, looking for work and had served in the 65th Regiment; anonymous letter from Hokitika re West Coast affairs; and letter from I or J LeCren, Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Jan-Feb 1887

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-133

Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below; also includes plan of property, J T Brown's, between railway to Lyttelton and the south town belt; and letter from J R Hill written from Sydney Quantity: 1 folder(s).