Biographer of Samuel Butler
Jones, Henry Festing, 1851-1928
Butler, Samuel 1835-1902 : Letters
Date: 1861-1864, n d
By: Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902
Reference: qMS-0359
Description: Letters to Acland and Tripp, mainly concerning sheep and sheep farming at Forest Creek and Mesopotamia. Included is letter dated 4 May 1912 from Henry Festing Jones Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm, grey pamphlet case)
Jones, Henry Festing, b 1851 : Letter to William Henry Triggs
Date: 7 Apr 1918
By: Jones, Henry Festing, 1851-1928
Reference: MS-Papers-3018
Description: Forwards offprint of catalogue of Jones collection of drawings and paintings by Samuel Butler, extracted from `The Eagle' (vol 39, no 175, Mar 1919). Also mentions Jack Boyd, a wounded New Zealand soldier whom Jones had met in London. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph
Butler, Samuel 1835-1902 : Letters
Date: 1873-1894
By: Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902
Reference: MS-0432
Description: Personal letters to Henry Festing Jones, Dr Gerald Harper re Memorial to Bishop Harper, and one to Brown Variations in title - Spine title: Samuel Butler. Letter to Festing Jones - Varallo, 30 viii 1885 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (3 letters). Physical Description: Holograph (19 cm; green linen folder) Processing information: Previously Misc MS 695
Letters from Samuel Butler and others, all with references to Butler's works
Date: 1865-1868, 1896, 1901-1905, 1924-1926
From: Alpers, Oscar Thorwald Julian, 1867-1927 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0086-13
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Miscellaneous correspondence
Date: 1813, 1841, 1871-1910
From: Enys, John Davies, 1837-1912 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0670-5
Description: Includes letters from J D Enys's collection of autographs; letters to F W Hutton; letters to Rev P S Smallfield (Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland); to H Festing Jones re Erewhon dinners; letter from Morton [?] Tavais to [?] N Williams re actors and opera and speculating in minerals; and odd notes and envelopes re W B D Mantell, J Hector and Dr H Woodward Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for a fuller description of the contents of this folder.
Correspondence - Haslam-Lucas
Date: 1903-1938
From: Haast family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-0037-293
Description: Mrs Hubener, Dec 28, 1950 transferred from WGA, 8 Jun 1971 (See TL 2/9; 8 June and 14 Jun 1971 Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Inward correspondence - Henry Festing Jones
Date: 1889, 1913-1914
From: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0057-044
Description: Letters from Henry Festing Jones to Turnbull. One letter dated 1913 contains an enclosure of a letter written by Samuel Butler to Marks in 1889 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.