Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902

Date: 1886-1887

From: Early Maori Imprint Project : Items transferred from the Printed Collections

Reference: MSX-5212

Description: Facsimile holograph copy by Atkinson of his paper `The Aryo-Semitic Maori' read before the Nelson Philosophical Society (1886 [sic]) bound in with letter to Mantell from A Stock commenting on the controversy (1887) For further information see Early Maori Imprint project Back file Source of title - Supplied from information provided by Phil Parkinson, and transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: Formerly owned by Walter Mantell Transfers: Transferred from the Printed Collections, May 1999. Previous library classification, 499M 1886 ARY / Bk 15 Acc: 1264 Mantell. Not in Williams or Bagnall..

Date: 1865 - 1894, 1920

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-006a

Description: Contains a Ngati Porou account of the campaign against the Hauhau on the East Coast, and the campaign against Te Kooti around Gisborne and the Urewera district; also contains notes about Maori customs surrounding the transfer of land, various waiata and information about the arrival of Christianity on the East Coast; also contains a biographical note and whakapapa about Te Kani-a-Takirau; there is also a letter dated 11 December 1920 from S P Smith to James Cowan with details of the provenance of the manuscript Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-1187-006b contains a complete translation of this text by Jane McRae Quantity: 1 volume(s) (150 pages).

Date: 26 Nov 1872

By: Domett, Alfred (Hon), 1811-1887

Reference: qMS-0615

Description: Typescript of a lengthy letter from Domett in London to Atkinson in Nelson. Describes the London autumn and winter, the houses and general impression of the city. Also records his conversations and impressions of Robert Browning and his house, as well as other literary figures. Discusses his literary aspirations. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (15 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green cloth)

Date: [ca 1883-1892]

By: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918; Smith, F S, active 1880s

Reference: PA1-q-075

Description: Charles Yates Fell photograph album. Many of the photographs taken by C Y Fell. Album created as a memory for relative, Alice Blake (nee Richmond), including portraits and group portraits of family and friends; scenes of holidays around the Totaranui, Abel Tasman National Park area; and the homes of the Richmond family (Fairfield) and the Fell family (St John's) in Nelson. One image shows all the members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 3rd Parliament in 1851 (Most are named). Many of the images are of festive occasions with large family gatherings, including Xmas parties and costumes for a fancy-dress ball at Totaranui (January 1890). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Fell album 2 Inscriptions: Album page - "Alice Blake, from Charles Y. & Edith E. Fell, January 1892. In loving remembrance of old times, St. John's, Nelson, N.Z." Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown paper covers entitled "N.Z." in dark-brown water-coloured letters, 28.0 x 37.5 cm

Date: 1877-1878

By: Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902

Reference: Micro-MS-0204

Description: Chiefly personal, but contains references to events in Nelson district at the time. Kept for wife overseas Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1882

From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0091-013B

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1824-1943

By: Richmond family

Reference: MS-Group-0077

Description: The papers consist chiefly of letters to and from the many family members and their friends over a period of 120 years. Photographs, legal documents, accounts etc are also included, making a well rounded family collection. Publication - Some material has been used in - The Richmond Atkinson papers / edited by Guy Scholefield. Govt Print, 1960; Born to New Zealand / Francis Porter. Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, 1989 and Family letters of the Richmonds and Atkinsons, 1824-1862 / edited by Emily Richmond, Reed, 1942. Arrangement: For a discussion of the arrangement history of this collection see the inventory The Richmond family and the Atkinson family, related by marriage, were early settlers in Taranaki. They included Sir Harry Atkinson who became premier of New Zealand; C W Richmond who became a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand; Maria Atkinson a feminist and her husband, Arthur, a lawyer and the principal diarist Quantity: 11 box(es). 57 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - PA Coll 14:111.

Date: [ca 1858-1870]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-010

Description: The drafts of outward letters are from 1862-1864. The Maori letters include information about the meanings of various Maori words, intelligence about the Waikato and Taranaki campaigns in the New Zealand Wars and the establishment of the Kingitanga, ethnographic information, and a call for a review of Maori educational spending The printed Maori material includes a proclamation from the Governor calling for the end to intertribal hostilities, and an open letter from Wi Tako decrying Maori resistance to the Government in Taranaki and calling for peace. Includes traditional Maori narrative concerning the Tainui Waka and Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: More detailed listing of printed material available in inventory.

Date: 1885-1892

From: Early Maori Imprint Project : Items transferred from the Printed Collections

Reference: MSX-5211

Description: The Aryo-Semitic Maori by Atkinson, read before the Nelson Philsophical Society 1 Nov 1885, bound in with `Notes on the Maori-Polyensian comparative dictionary of Mr Tregear, also read before the Nelson Philosophical Society 12 Dec 1892 (1893), the `Postscript' to the `Notes', and unsigned review from `The Academy' with notes by H W Williams Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Atkinson on Tregear (spine title) Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: For further information see Early Maori Imprint project Back file. Processing information: Transferred from the Printed Collections, May 1999. Previous library classification, 499M 1893 ATK / 55101. Neither item in Williams; Notes in Bagnall: A741.

Date: [Between 1886 and 1900]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to the Fell and Atkinson families

Reference: PA1-q-074

Description: Album of portraits, group portraits and landscapes, relating particularly to the Fell family and their family relationships with the Atkinson and Richmond families. Chiefly photographed in the Nelson, Marlborough, Tasman regions. Many of the photographs likely to have been taken by Charles Yates Fell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown covers, lacking spine, 37.5 x 28.0 cm

Date: [ca 1860s-1900]

From: Photographs of the Richmond family, their relatives and friends

By: Thomson, John, 1837-1921

Reference: PAColl-7075-11

Description: Photographs of members of the Richmond family and their friends and associates. The collection includes photographs from the weddings of Walter Fell and Margaret Richmond in 1886 and Rev Frederick William Chatterton and Annie Hill in 1890. The collection also contains photographs of landscapes including Malvern Hills, Tōtaranui Beach, and Falls River, and architectural portraits of "Fairfield" at Nelson, the Malvern Abbey Gateway, and the Notre Dame cathedral. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Cased photographs moved to PA10-120 and PA10-121. Processing information: Two cased photographs originally enclosed in box have been separated for preservation purposes.

Date: Mar 1877-Feb 1878

By: Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902

Reference: MS-0111

Description: Chiefly personal, but contains references to events in Nelson district at the time; kept for wife overseas Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (121 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (22 cm; green buckram hinged lid box)

Date: 1847-1866

By: Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902

Reference: MS-Group-0031

Description: There are 18 folders of letters, written in Māori. They are primarily written from one Māori ancestor to another. Most of them are associated with places in the Taranaki region and some relate to the Kīngitanga. Topics include the political and land issues of the time (including the Puketapu Feud of the late 1850s, the disputed land at Waitara and the hostilities that followed); reports on village rūnanga matters; local government; reports of meetings; personal news and letters noting the emergence and growth of the Pai Marire or Hauhau movement; some letters contain waiata and karakia. There are also some documents that are in the form of statements and other formats other than letters (included in folder 18). The Paiaka Mahoe pā at Tataraimaka was destroyed as part of the military operations on Wednesday 19 April 1864, and "In one of the sheds a large packet of Maori writings was found" (See "Taranaki", 'Otago Daily Times, issue 749, 12 May 1864, page 5). Variant spellings of Paiaka Mahoe include 'Paiakamahoe' and 'Paikaamahoe'. Arrangement: The letters have been arranged chronologically with undated and fragmentary material following. Each item has been assigned a running number to assist in identification. A numerical list of the letters is in the main finding aid. This is supplemented by an index to the names of writers of letters and addressees. This collection of letters was assembled by Arthur Samuel Atkinson while he lived in New Plymouth and worked part of the time as a reporter/editor for the Taranaki Herald. It appears from his diary (MS-0110 Atkinson, A S Diary, 1865-1866) that the letters were discovered during the military operations in the area. Most of the letters were found at Mataitawa and Paiaka Mahoe when those pa were destroyed. According to an article in the “Wellington Independent” newspaper (Volume XVIII, Issue 1885, 23 June 1863, Page 3), the Paiaka Mahoe pā letters were found on 19 April 1864. The letters came in to Atkinson’s custody after they had been copied for military and political intelligence. Atkinson had an interest in the Māori language and it is likely they contributed to many of the words recorded in his papers (eg. MS-Papers-1187-357 which is a copy of the 4th edition of W L Williams Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, 1892, that has been heavily annotated by Atkinson). On occasion, Atkinson translated and commented upon some of the more politically relevant letters which came to him, in the Taranaki Herald: eg the diary entry for 10 May 1865 "Saw William Marshall in town who gave me a letter he had picked up down the coast. It was from Tianara [General] Hapurona to Tautahi Ariki [Hoani Arawhititaua] dated March 22, 1865. It shows he is still one of them". This letter was published and translated by him in an article headed 'Māori Literature' in the Taranaki Herald, 20 May 1865. He also published and forwarded to the Government some Pai Marire karakia and other material related to this movement. Most of the letters were written between various Māori ancestors in the mid 1800s, and most were written during the time of the Taranaki land wars. Quantity: 18 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Most of the letters were written between various Māori ancestors (many of them Ngāti Awa and Taranaki iwi) during the Taranaki land wars in the 1860s. Most of them were found during military operations at Mataitawa and Paiaka Mahoe when those pā were destroyed. Arthur Samuel Atkinson assembled the letters and researched and wrote about them. They were bought at auction, having previously been in the possession of Elsdon Craig, nephew of Elsdon Best, who probably had them from the Polynesian Society papers. Transfers: The letters were previously located in the papers of the Polynesian Society (MS-Papers-1187, folders 15a-e). They were transferred in Jan 1983. Two further letters (9 & 116) were added later.. Processing information: In 2012, a piece record was created for each letter. New reference numbers have been given. A note in the arrangement field of each piece records gives the previous reference number from the paper inventory.

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-012

Description: Includes Te Kooti's own recordings of his `messianic visions' (ie analogous to Christ's rising from the dead). Also comprises miscellaneous waiata and whakatauki as well as notes on Samoan cosmology-mythology. Includes responses from the Kai Tahu Whare Runaka to the Colonial Government concerning the Kemp Purchases. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing is available in the inventory.

Date: 1890

By: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918

Reference: 1/2-047228-F

Description: Wedding party of Annie Hill (standing, with veil) and Rev Frederick William Chatterton (seated, centre) in 1890, showing other family members. Photograph probably taken by Charles Yates Fell. A key which links the names with the faces in this photograph is available from the Pictorial Reference Service, Alexander Turnbull Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1858-1864, n d

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-099

Description: In Maori and English in various hands. Includes a notebook in a unknown Maori hand (initialled A S A [Atkinson], Wairarapa); waiata, ngeri and karakia, part of an original Hauhau karakia (signed W L W [Williams]; whakapapa from the beginnings of time; whakapapa of Tareha and Ihaka Whaanga through the Whatu Mamoe tribe, and canoe list; proverbs; legends, story of Pou of W[h]aitiri; printed notice to Taranaki chiefs for Governor Gore Browne, 15 Apr 1861; newspaper clipping of article by Atkinson with translation of Te Kooti notebook. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 1864

From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0091-004

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1869-1945

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10774-2

Description: Folder comprises research papers, index cards and original correspondence relating to land tenure, the Polynesian Society and private historical research. Includes correspondence from Tamahau Mahupuku to Hon Carroll (1901); Taylor White to S Percy Smith (1893); Robert Parris to Arthur Atkinson (1899); letter from Hare Hongi to unknown correspondent (1898); four inward letters to Sir Donald McLean (1852-1876, undated). Also includes typed transcript copies of some McLean letters and accompanying notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss & typescripts

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-006

Description: Includes annotations by A S Atkinson and S P Smith Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 8 Jul 1856-19 Nov 1857

From: Richmond-Atkinson family : Papers

Reference: MSX-3042

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.