Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Date: 1-7 Oct 1881

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-04/3

Description: Nearly all are telegrams (some are coded). Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1870

By: Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Reference: MS-1470

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (19 cm; marbled end-papers, ¼ blue morocco, marbled edges)

Date: 1869

By: Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Reference: MS-1469

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (19 cm; marbled end-papers, ¼ blue morocco, marbled edges)

Date: 1877

By: Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Reference: MS-1476

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (19 cm; marbled end-papers, ¼ blue morocco, marbled edges)

Date: 1886

Reference: MS-Papers-2952

Description: Correspondence between C J Hutchinson, H C Morrison and W McDonnell concerning the awards of the New Zealand Cross, particularly on the varying accounts of William Mair's exploits in the Urewera country Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 letters). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, 1957

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-17

Description: Story of the children of Gilbert and Elizabeth Gilbert Mair (nee Puckey) who were all born in the Bay of Islands or Whangarei. Biographical details of their 12 children and off-spring: Caroline Elizabeth (1828-1917); Robert (1830-1920); William Gilbert (1832-1912); Marianne (1834-1893); Henry Abbott (1836-1880); Charlotte (1838-1891); Jessie Eliza (1840-1899); Gilbert (1843-1923); Matilda Helen (1845-1927); Emily Frances (1848-1902); Sophia Marella (1850-1884); Lavinia Laura (1852-1936) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (43 pages).

Date: 1886

From: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0148-093

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1880-1898]

By: Rendell, Emily, active 1880-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-6107

Description: Comprises two letters from Frank Coulthard to Emily Rendell from Ohaupo describing events when he accompanied Major W G Mair to a meeting with the Maori King, probably to begin negotiations for permission to allow construction of the main trunk railway line through the King Country; a typescript of part of the first letter; and a programme for the Mount Eden Shakespearean Society's production of Oscar Wilde's play, `An Ideal husband' Source of title - Supplied Coulthard was Emily Rendell's suitor Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1907-1909

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-19

Description: Contains miscellaneous notes and whakapapa compiled by Keys from a variety of sources about Maori society and culture; significant entries include the fishing up of the North Island by Maui, rituals and customs associated with food collection, information about various place names, and information about native flora and fauna; the manuscript also includes accounts of the introduction of kumara to New Zealand, and about the tohunga, Te Tahi o te Rangi; there are also a number of epitaphs copied in the book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1869, n d

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-098

Description: Transcription, together with notes on Mair's diary, made by Elsdon Craig. Date of transcription unknown, but possibly the 1950s. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1939-1943]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-42

Description: Drafts, research papers and clippings on various topics, mainly Maori and New Zealand history. Includes draft of `The Waikato War. Defence of the Auckland frontier'. A film narrative `Pathfinders and treasure seekers: The story of the land of gold and greenstone'. A draft of `The lightning: A West Coast Iliad' and typewritten research notes relating to the early history of Westland including information about land purchases and excerpts and copies of correspondence by Ngai Tahu chiefs and James Mackay. Newspaper articles relating to South Island land purchases and the biography of John Tikao `The story of a Maori sailor'. Draft chapter `Gun-running in the King Country' and typewritten research papers and copies of correspondence relating to `Captain Mair's battles: His defeat of Te Kooti. 1870. Hard running fight near Rotorua' this includes a copy of a letter from Gilbert Mair to his brother Robert Mair, written from Ohinemutu in 1870 and copies of other letters. Newspaper articles relating to Te Kooti. Draft of `The story of the Mahuhu' which Cowan describes as a Maori-Polynesian immigrant vessel, also includes a copy of a published article by the same title. Typewritten draft of `Urewera notes: The valley of the bellbirds' (annotated by Cowan). Draft of `Little legends of Maori land: The message of the sea-shell. A story of the East Coast of New Zealand' (carbon copy). Arrangement: Contained in bundle 58 in original listing. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910s-1950s

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Kinsey's Studio; Clark, Charles Troughton, 1890-1973; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: PAColl-10460-01

Description: Photographs of people, landscapes, seascapes and ships, taken by various photographers including C. Troughton Clark, James Cowan, Roy Cowan, between circa 1900 and 1950s. Comprises: - A studio portrait of an unknown Māori woman dressed in a kākahu (feather cloak) with feathers in her hair. Processed by C. Troughton Clark of Rotorua. - A studio portrait of Major Mair (William Gilbert[?]) circa 1910s, taken by Kinsey of Wellington. - An image of three girls doing an activity with metal objects, circa 1950s. - An image of rata flowers, possibly taken by James Cowan on 6 January 1928. - An image of a river and surrounding landscape with trees. - An image of a Waimakariri River valley, taken by J R Cowan (also known as Roy Cowan). - An image of trees with a mountain backdrop, in the Arthurs Pass area, taken by J R Cowan. - An image of a cannon (described as a "muzzle-loader") on Mount Victoria in Wellington, taken by J R Cowan. - Thirteen images of various ships (includes photographs of drawings, paintings or model ships). The named ships include the 'Sir George Grey', HMS 'Eclipse', 'Loch Garve', HMS 'Castor', 'Charlotte Jane', 'Kent', 'Resolution', 'Adventure', HMS 'North Star', and 'Sunny South'. Some of these prints were processed by Hanna of Auckland. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s) Silver gelatin prints. Physical Description: Twenty-three black & white photographic prints. Transfers: These photographs were originally with the manuscript material now in MS-Papers-11946-134..

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Reference: MapColl-Cowan-family-11/Acc.55476

Description: Manuscript map after sketch plan by Captain Gilbert Mair, showing section of the Waipaoa River and Te Kooti's camp of 1871. Labels on map include: "Te Kooti's Whare", "Te Kooti's Retreat", "Track to Wairoa", and "War trail from Waikaremoana". This was published as an illustration with the caption "Te Kooti's Camp on the Waipaoa River (Scene of engagement on 15th August 1871)", in James Cowan, 'The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period', volume 2, 1856, page 434. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - J. Cowan | Waipaoa Camp - Scene of Defeat of Te Kooti by Mair and Preece 1871 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 18 x 16.5 cm. Processing information: See also A-472-061 - this is the same illustration in a different stage of preparation.

Date: 1872-1879

By: Alexandra School (Alexandra, N.Z.)

Reference: qMS-0052

Description: Minutes of school committee meetting for the first five years of the existence of a public school at Pirongia (then called Alexandra). Includes details of costs, salaries, general conditions, staffing, dismissal of the teacher for cruelty to a child etc. William Gilbert Mair was chair for a time. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (164 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (32 cm, cream linen in green buckram slip-case) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Reg Bell, Pirongia, 1972

Date: 1866-1868

By: Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Reference: MS-1466-1468

Description: Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (19 cm; ¼ blue morocco)

Date: 1863-1913

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923

Reference: MS-Papers-4862

Description: Contains copies of accounts, by William Gilbert Mair of the battles at Mauku, Oct 1863, Rangiriri, Nov 1863, Paterangi, Feb 1864 and Orakau, 1864, an account of the battle at Orakau as told by Hitiri te Paerata, correspondence between the Auckland Star, Gilbert Mair and Francis Dart Fenton dated 1894 concerning the Orakau battle, letter from William Gilbert Mair to Gilbert Mair from Samoa, dated 1899 and miscellaneous poems and quizz. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (43 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy) Provenance: Typescript was given by Gilbert Mair to Fred Ernest Smith the father of the donor

Date: 30 Jul 1865

By: Smith, Thomas Henry, 1824-1907

Reference: MS-Papers-3330

Description: ALS from W G Mair re the murder of Captain Fulloon of the `Kate' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1872-1875

By: Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Reference: MS-1472-1475

Description: Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (19 cm; marbled end-papers,. ¼ blue morocco, marbled edges)

Date: 1844, 1847

From: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857 : Inward letters

Reference: MS-Papers-10823-4

Description: Letter of 10 Feb 1844 describes Baker's life at his new station at Tolaga Bay; that of 25 Sep 1847 is written fron Auckland; Mrs Baker's health; arrangements made to for the care of his family while absent; hopes to return to Bay of Islands; approves of his William making overtures to Mair's daughter Caroline Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 letters.

Date: 1869

By: Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912

Reference: MSX-5146

Description: Bible published 1862 with W Mair's signature and notes relating to events in the land wars in 1869 including that the Bible was picked up in a Hauhau whare. Includes clipping relating to honours awarded W G and G Mair; and deaths of White and Henry Boyle Travers in 1869. The Bible was picked up in a hauhau whare, presumably Mair, who annotated it with notes relating to the war Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph annotations Provenance: Copy owned by W G Mair