Lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, Prime Minister. Member of Parliament for Parnell and Waikato 1866-1879. Prime Minister (with Fox) 1863-1864 and 1882-1883. See DNZB (Vol 1, 1769-1869, p586-587)
Whitaker, Frederick (Hon Sir), 1812-1891
Correspondence
Date: 13-21 Oct 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/2
Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 24 Oct-17 Nov 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/3
Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 8-12 Oct 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name field below; also includes typescript of report of meeting between W Rolleston, Native Minister and Te Whiti, 8 Oct 1881. Most are telegrams with some in code. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Dec 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/5
Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward telegrams
Date: 13-31 Oct 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/6
Description: Identifiable recipients entered in name field Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-03/2
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Sep 1880
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-03/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name field. Includes a letter of 20 July 1880 by W Gibbs that records an interview with a girl, ‘E Page’, who was pregnant to her school master ‘Hume’. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Scope and name record updated 26 September 2023 following information from a researcher.
Bragge, James, 1833-1908 :Laying foundation stone of new Courts of Justice, Wellington ...
Date: 1879
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PAColl-D-0802
Description: Photograph taken at the laying of the foundation stone. A large crowd has gathered, including dignataries, soldiers, naval reserve, brass band, and large crowd of onlookers. Premises of the City Planing and Moulding Mills can be seen in the distance. Photograph taken by James Bragge; copyright Alexander Johnston. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Proprietor of copyright Alexander Johnston M.D. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 282 x 395 mm on card 475 x 625 mm
Bragge, James, 1833-1908 :Laying foundation stone of new Courts of Justice, Wellington ...
Date: 1879
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PAColl-D-0803
Description: Photograph taken at the laying of the foundation stone. A large crowd has gathered, including dignataries, soldiers, naval reserve, brass band, and large crowd of onlookers. Premises of the City Planing and Moulding Mills can be seen in the distance. Photograph taken by James Bragge; copyright Alexander Johnston. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Proprietor of copyright Alexander Johnston M.D. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 282 x 395 mm on card 475 x 625 mm
Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898 (comp) : Notes on Sir William Martin's pamphlet e...
Date: 861-[1863]
By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898
Reference: MSX-5147
Description: Extensively annotated copy of the pamphlet `Notes on Sir William Martin's pamphlet entitled the Taranaki question', revised copy (1861), compiled by Sir F D Bell, Sir F Whitaker and Sir T Gore Browne; revisions possibly by J E Fitzgerald The pamphlet was originally ascribed to C W Richmond Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See Printed Collections for other copies of the same publication Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with extensive holograph additions
Correspondence with Fijian officials; correspondence concerning New Zealand
Date: 1875-1887
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1630
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Thomas, Joan Elva 1922- :[Hulme Court. 19]76. [Auckland, Joan E. Thomas, 1976?]
Date: 1976
By: Thomas, Joan Elva, 1922-
Reference: B-051-027
Description: Portrait of verandahed dwelling, in Parnell Road, behind its picket fence and gate. A draped classical statue stands in the garden at left and there is a palm tree at right. Accompanying notes say:"This beautiful Regency styled house which somehow resists change, was built in Parnell Road 1843. It is the oldest documented house in Auckland, and it originally stood on three acres of land. Famous men have lived there - two Prime Ministers, Sir Frederick Whitaker and Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Governor Gore Brown and Bishop Selwyn. William Hulme bought the house in 1846 for £1220". No. 18 of a print run of 200. Title from notes supplied by artist. Reproduction of ink drawing. Published at the same time as B-051-025/026, 028. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Joan E Thomas. 76; Recto - bottom right - (In pencil): Joan E Thomas 18/200 Built in Parnell Road in 1843. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 330 x 435 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright by the artist in 1986.
Correspondence
Date: Jul-Dec 1858
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-020
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes price list for improved kitchener [sic]; hand-drawn sketch map of Alford Forest area showing property ownership in letter from T W Hall; letter from Robert [?] Gerrard; and marked report in `Wellington independent', Mr Sewell before the House of Commons', 25 Aug 1858 Other - See also diary MSX-2665 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1880
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-03/2
Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field below Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1882
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-06/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Weld, Frederick Aloysius (Sir), 1823-1891 : Correspondence
Date: 1846-1891
By: Weld, Frederick Aloysius (Hon Sir), 1823-1891
Reference: qMS-2129
Description: Letters to his family concerning settlement of Wairarapa, and his role in institution of ministerial responsiblity; letters 1863-1868 from F Whitaker, E W Stafford, J C Richmond, W Gisborne and other prominent political men; further letters re `self-reliant policy' and conduct of Maori wars particularly at Wanganui and Taranaki Quantity: 1 volume(s) (58 items). Physical Description: Holographs (37 cm; in ½ blue morocco, blue linen box) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Processing information: Previously misc ms 1258
General correspondence
Date: 1881-1912
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1637
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Political, official, financial and miscellaneous papers
Date: [ca 1868-1876]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1021
Description: Galley proofs of Orders in Council (1870); notice from Charles Balme, wool report (11 Jan 1875); notes re petitioner and claims re land; estimate of probable expenditure for Maraekakaho station (1868-1869); list of members elected for central government (n d); note headed Hon Native Minister with list of various laws relating to elections ending in 1875; note headed Hon Native Minister, electoral laws, in different order but same period, with commentary relating to these; East Coast Maori Electoral District return of polling places and candidates (1870s); copy of letter from Fred Whitaker to I W Carlile, solicitor of Napier re procedures for the Eastern Maori District election (Auckland, 1876); notice re special meeting for winding up of the NZ Steam Navigation Company (1868); proposal to bring down a bill to take the whole coast out of provinces with note that McLean could settle everything; motion to form a branch of the Native Land Laws Reform League in Napier as the present condition is unsatisfactory; notes re makeup of Parliament; Greek/English exercises; financial summary and notes re blocks 62-68, 72 (Collison), Ngatarawa and Napier Language - Short piece of what appears to be Greek with English translations; possibly exercises Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969
[Hutchison, William] 1820-1905. Attributed works :Turning him out. No. 54. Whitaker 'Sh...
Date: 1882
By: Hutchison, William, 1820-1905
Reference: A-095-052
Description: Cartoon showing, from left to right, Premier Sir Frederick Whitaker, Treasurer Sir Harry Atkinson pushing an old nag from behind, James Macandrew, and William Montgomery, as bystanders. The cartoon is a street scene (Sydney Street, next to Parliament Buildings) with The New Zealand Times (newspaper) as a woman carrying a bag of ginger in the background, the old horse pushing through mud marked with words such as `Useless measures', `verbiage' and `party quarrels' as well as local government, consolidation, loan bills and native bills on its legs, and the participants commenting nervously about each other. Atkinson is worried about the N. Z. Times and the observers Montgomery and Macandrew and Macandrew is commenting (with a Scottish accent) about the parentage of the horse, called `Barren result' out of [Parliamentary] Session '82 by Taxation. Supplement to: the Daily Advertiser. Wellington, 16th September, 1882. Caption. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph
Thomas, Joan Elva 1922- :[Hulme Court. 19]76. [Auckland, Joan E. Thomas, 1976?]
Date: 1976
By: Thomas, Joan Elva, 1922-
Reference: B-051-027-a
Description: Portrait of verandahed dwelling, in Parnell Road, behind its picket fence and gate. A draped classical statue stands in the garden at left and there is a palm tree at right. No. 17 of a print run of 200. Title from notes supplied by artist. Reproduction of ink drawing. Published at the same time as B-051-025/026, 028. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Joan E Thomas. 76; Recto - bottom right - (In pencil): Joan E Thomas 17/200 Built in Parnell Road in 1843. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 330 x 435 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright by the artist in 1986.