McDonnell, Thomas, 1832?-1899

Date: 28 August 1899

By: Ridley-Smith, Roger Morton (Dr), 1931-2019; Grace, Morgan Stanislaus, 1837-1903

Reference: MS-Papers-12178

Description: Typescript transcription of letter attributed to Colonel McDonnell, in which the writer offers comments and corrections on some aspects of Grace's manuscript 'Sketch of the New Zealand war', in particular on the relationship with Māori women, and on Māori spelling and grammar. Discusses General Chute's quarrel with Dr Featherston over the summary execution of a Maori prisoner after the "fight at Okotuku". Letter unsigned, but a handwritten annotation by Angela Hill at the end of letter reads "This letter was written by Col. McDonnell we think". The transcription has some ellipses, presumably where the source document was illegible. Dr Ridley-Smith received the photocopy from Angela Hill. The location of the original is unknown. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 double-sided sheet. Physical Description: Photocopy of typescript with manuscript annotations.

Date: Feb 1892

From: Ballance, John, 1839-1893 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0025-15

Description: Includes Memorial signed by over 40 Stratford electors asking Ballance to address a public meeting Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.

Date: 1903-1930s

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: 1899

By: Grace, Morgan Stanislaus, 1837-1903

Reference: qMS-0866

Description: Typescript with holograph insertions and corrections, probably by Grace, who describes and analyses the NZ wars in which he was a participant. Chapter headings include introduction, preface, arrival in Auckland, soldier's narrative, battles of Waireka, Puketekawa Pa, Tataramaka, Mahoetahi, Waitara, Pukerangiora, Kakaramea, Otapawa, no 3 Redoubt, Pukemairire Pa and the West Coast campaign, I E Featherston, Gen Chute, Col McDonnell and he offers conclusions. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Published in 1899 by Marshall and Son (London), at q993.1 in Printed Collections Quantity: 1 volume(s) (66 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (35 cm, grey cloth)

Date: 1808-1977

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1955

Description: Selected records of Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, a journal of a voyage on the Marco Polo (1853), and records of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, comprising newspaper cuttings (1922-1971) and report of a visit to Australia 1922 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1885

By: McDonnell, Thomas, 1832?-1899

Reference: MS-1171

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (15 cm; marbled end-papers, green cloth, marbled edges)

Date: Jan-Feb 1870

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694A

Description: Contains letters from Maori with regard to the pursuit of Te Kooti, and efforts to establish peace between Government forces and Te Kooti; there are also some letters that deal with land issues and other administrative details. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available on microfilm. See MS-Copy-Micro-0535-102.

Date: 1899

By: Grace, Morgan Stanislaus, 1837-1903

Reference: MS-0863

Description: Publication - Published London, Marshall & Son, 1899 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (84 leaves). Physical Description: Mss (24 cm; ¼ black cloth, marbled boards, in marbled slip case)

Date: 1908?

From: Ward, John Patrick, 1847?-1914 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11616-1

Description: Contains an account of the attack on Putahi Pa by Major-General Trevor Chute's army on 7 Jan 1866. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 17 pages.. Physical Description: Ms

Date: [1888-1910]

By: Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920

Reference: MSX-5359

Description: Bound volume of offprints of Gudgeon's `Nga Tangata Maori' (a history of Maori) published in the `Monthly review' (1888-1890), with some smaller articles included at the back; heavily annotated and redrafted by Gudgeon. This was clearly Gudgeon's own working copy. The `Nga Tangata' articles include whakamomore, tohunga, matakite, longevity, war, the military system, prehistoric inhabitants, a massacre, the genealogy of Tamatea Pokaiwhenua. Also an article on Toenga Pou, the tohunga, written for Gudgeon by McDonnell, on Maori titles to land and the Native Land Courts, written by Gudgeon but under McDonnell's name, a series of articles by H Sterndale on the South Sea Islands, with a comment on the series and revision of some of the articles by Gudgeon. Includes notes on front endpapers made in 1956 re placement of this volume in the Balneavis section of the Turanganui Library Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph and mss annotations Provenance: Found on Gudgeon's farm, which may have been acquired by the contact's family

Date: 1835-1901

By: McDonnell, Thomas, 1832?-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-0035

Description: Official and personal correspondence dealing with New Zealand Wars. Reports from McDonnell to Ormond along with Ormond's replies; battle plan of Te Porere; memoir of Opepe affray by Thos Hallet. Quantity: 48 folder(s). 0.65 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1860-1940]

By: Gooch family

Reference: MS-Papers-5911

Description: Gooch describes the daily events of war and recreation, 4-22 Oct (?1865), including Kiore Kino, Hungahungatorea, Koingo and Te Teko. He writes of the various principals involved including Thomas McDonnell, Lieutenant McPherson and Captain Newland, the movements of troops to various pa, and also describes the Maori and kupapa involved in the fighting, including Hinoua and Kereopa. Also includes birth certificate for Richard Gooch (1867) and family history of the O'Donnel (O'Donnell) family which includes the Gooch family. Source of title - Supplied The diary is in the form of a letter written by Dr Gooch who was on active service during the East Coast-Bay of Plenty campaigns, Oct 1865, following the death of Volkner, Mar 1865 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph; mss and typescript (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr Dick Gooch, Scottsdale, Arizona, Apr 1997

Date: 1887

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-07/4

Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1983-2005

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11456-01

Description: Contains folders titled: "Union list on newspapers before 1940" 1983-2005 "Dallimore index to Maori newspapers" 1985 "Maori newspaper extracts (Jane's project 1999) "Newspaper indexes 1986" "Canterbury Museum Maori inventory 1993" "Jane McRae Maori language inventory (Northland 2005)" (annotated) "McDonnell" 1983 "Sharron Cole thesis - The Repudiation Movement" (annotated) 1977 Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: Jul 1889

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-157

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; includes an instruction sheet on steps to be taken with regard to a parcel mail from India on arrival in London, at the Albert Docks, and at the General Post Office, St Martins-Le-Grand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [19--], [ca 2000]

By: McDonnell, Thomas, 1832?-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-7409

Description: The account begins with a note on Kaka's ancestry and a short account of New Zealand's history from the arrival of Captain Cook until the Treaty of Waitangi. It then briefly describes the fighting that took place in the 1840s before providing a more detailed account of the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s. Reference to McDonnell's military activities is included. Publication - Extract from: The defenders of New Zealand / Thos Wayth Gudgeon. Auckland, N Z : H Brett, 1887 Variations in title - Full title: A Maori history being a native account of the Pakeha-Maori wars in New Zealkand by Kowhia TuTu Kaka; translated by Lieutenant Colonel McDonnell of the New Zealand Militia, 1887 A history puported to be written by a Maori, Kowhia Tutu Kaka and translated into English by Thomas McDonnell. Bagnall (371) notes that the author appears to have been McDonnell himself. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1857-1859

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0943

Description: Names of some correspondents entered in Name Field. Others include: S Budden of Maraekakaho, D Mackenzie of Waipukurau. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 24-30 Jan 1888

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0091-021

Description: Correspondence relating to his KCMG Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: [1920s]

By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: MS-Papers-9380

Description: Folder comprises draft articles written by Cowan for the New Zealand Herald. Articles comprise `The Waikato war', `When Auckland was an armed camp', `Scenes and episodes of frontier life', and `The Military pageant of 1863'. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: PAColl-4406

Description: Studio portrait of Colonel McDonnell with a sword at his side. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Donated as part of the H Hill Manuscripts Collection..