Son of Sir Walter Lawry Buller. Student at Wellington College from 1877-1880. Barrister and solicitor. See "The early history of Wellington College" / Frank M Leckie (P 373.931 LEC 1934)
Buller, Walter Leopold, 1863-1918
Buller, Leo, 1863-1918
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Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Date: 1840-1921
By: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906
Reference: MS-Papers-0048
Description: Correspondence and papers on Maori Land Court disputes (often in Maori); politics and politicians; ornithology; Maori genealogies and ethnology. Papers of the Blue Spur and Gabriel's Gully Consolidated Gold Mining Company 1866-1899. W Leo Buller's correspondence re the gift of Buller's Maori collection to the nation, 1911-1914. Family papers, land deed certificates, clippings. The Maori letters arise mainly from Buller's law practice and deal mainly with land court work. Some of the earlier letters are probably to his father, James Buller. A H Turnbull and Elsdon Best both appear to have worked on the letters. Best did not apparently find them useful to his research, but they will be useful to anyone interested in land matters in the Manawatu and Horowhenua areas. Quantity: 58 folder(s). 0.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available with an index to the Maori letters (folders 11-20) in the back.
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General correspondence
Date: 1904-1914
From: Field family : Field and Hodgkins family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0113-02/84
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from James [?] Brotherton, of the Woodlands, Castlemaine, Tom [?] Rolin, Leura, a wellwisher of Geraldine, [?] Williams of Waikanae, postcard from Paris, telegram from Fairbairns, Johnsonville, and Reynolds of Wanganui, and the Wellington Education Board election results Quantity: 1 folder(s) (25 pieces).
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Correspondence and papers re election campaign, Te Aroha
Date: 1891
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-35
Description: Also includes MS of campaign address, June 1891, newspaper clippings and 1891 Electoral Roll Te Aroha
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W Leo Buller - Newspaper clippings re gift of Sir Walter Buller's Maori collection
Date: n d
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-56
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward correspondence - New Zealand associations
Date: 1898-1912
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-319
Description: Letters from Leo Buller, 1898-1912; Lord Ranfurly, 1905; Charles Hill Trevor, 1907-1912; Allan Strang, 1909-1912 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Correspondence
Date: May-Jun 1887
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-135
Description: Correspondents entered under Name below Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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[Wellington Club]: Farewell dinner to Mr J C Hanna. [Wellingt]on Club, July 4, 1896. Menu
Date: 1896
From: [Menus, up to octavo size. 1800s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1896-01
Description: Menu with two sides opening to reveal the inside spread, which displays a central menu in English and French. The inside left panel contains a poem about and an illustration of "our good old dog fox" ("Still going strong"), and the inside right panel has the seating plan for the 18 diners: R M Simpson, C P Skerrett, B Y Goring, T H Hanna, H D Crawford, D G A Cooper, A P Buller, J Webster, C Ewen, J Coates, Cap. Preston, N W Werry, T Y Wardrop, W Leo Buller, R T Turnbull, J Cahill, L Tripp, J C Hanna. Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on light card, gilt-edged, 84 x 215 mm, folded to 87 x 107 mm.
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[Cox, Walter A] b 1862 :[Sir Walter Buller / W. A. Cox sc.] [London, W. L. Buller, 1905]
Date: 1905
By: Cox, Walter A, 1862-; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Buller, Arthur Percival, 1866-1910; Buller, Walter Leopold, 1863-1918
Reference: A-087-012
Description: Shows Walter Buller, the noted New Zealand ornithologist in the robes of an honorary D. Sc. conferred by the University of Cambridge. Extended Title - Published in: Buller, W. L. Supplement to the History of the Birds of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Mount recto - "To A. H. Turnbull from W. Leo Buller and A. P. Buller" Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white 215 x 167 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull.