Brittan, William Guise, 1809-1876

Date: 1847-1893 (1940)

By: FitzGerald, James Edward (Hon), 1818-1896

Reference: MS-0840

Description: Material covers principally the foundation of Canterbury. Interesting individual letters from Ruskin and Fenton Quantity: 1 volume(s) (182 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; ¼ dark green morocco) Finding Aids: Indexed.

Date: 1949

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: A-163-017

Description: Shows Dr Barker's house, W. Guise Brittan's house, and the Land Office and indicates the site of the future Clarendon Hotel by the Avon River. Copy of original Dr. Barker sketch (which itself was drawn from Dr Barker's photograph) and drawn to be published as plate 40, p. 66, In. Andersen, J C. Old Christchurch. 1949 Artist's initials illegible Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink wash, 3.4 x 7.3 ins

Date: 28-29 Mar 1856

By: Brittan, William Guise, 1809-1876

Reference: qMS-0271

Description: Three letters to H J Tancred, President of the Canterbury Executive Council, and J E FitzGerald, Superintendent of the Canterbury Province, dated 28 and 29 Mar 1856, concerning his possible appointment as Chief Commissioner of the provincial Waste Lands Board Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm, blue pam case)

Date: between 1863 and 1872

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: PAColl-0105

Description: Views of towns, houses and people in Canterbury including one of Dr Barker. Includes: (i) Avonside Church, 5 Feb, 1870, (ii) Prince Alfred, Market Place, 11 April, 1869, (iii) A. Cox and family 22 May 1871, (iv) St Michael's Church and parsonage, 15 June 1872, (v) Self [Dr Barker] at Lyttelton, 1868, (vi) Guise Brittan's Lansdowne on the Halswell, 4 Nov. 1863, (vii) Fairfield, 28 Aug. 1863, (vii) Orari Groge, 1872, (ix) Hoon Hay, 3 Jan. 1868, (x) Geraldine and (xi) Mount Peel?. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1871-1885

From: Rolleston family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0446-029

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1848-1857

From: Canterbury Association : Miscellaneous records

Reference: Micro-MS-0910-09

Description: Contains letter books of John Godley (1850), Captain Joseph Thomas (1850) and William Brittan (1850-57) Arrangement: Letterbooks are filmed in reverse order Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: There is an alpha index to the 1848-1850 letterbook.

Date: 1857

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-018

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from [?] F Banks, Lyttelton; the Bishop of Christchurch; [?] Moore, Ferry Road; Mrs Fitz Gerald, Lyttelton; [?] Knowles, Pigeon Bay; and letter to Elliott Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Jan-Jun 1858

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-019

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes draft outward letters from Hall; and letter from M [?] Bamberson, Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1850-1852

From: Canterbury Association : Miscellaneous records

Reference: Micro-MS-0910-06

Description: Contains correspondence with the Colonial Office, (Jan 1852); Approximate financial position of the Canterbury Association, (1851); Financial memoranda, 18 June 1851); Correspondence regarding land purchase, (November 1850); Correspondence relative to Captain J Thomas and surveying in Canterbury; Pamphlet - `Appeal for aid on behalf of the Diocese of Lyttelton in connection with the Canterbury Settlement', London, (1850); List and names of owners of town sections selected as Church lands, including memoranda of agreement signed by W L Howard Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: Jan-Apr 1876

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-079

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from [?] J McDowall; Miles, Hassall & Co; C C [?] Romer, Wellington; [?] J Pepper, station cook; [?] T and E Pavitt, Christchurch; and the Bishop of Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Story, Edith Mary, 1861-1942

Reference: qMS-1898-1899

Description: A collection of stories relating to the early settlement of New Zealand, narrated to Mrs Story by the settlers or their immediate descendants. Many pioneers recounted their voyage to New Zealand Accompanying material - Undated letter to editor of `Morning post' re reminiscences Another copy of this manuscript was deposited by Story at the British Library. Mrs Story was in New Zealand from 1915-1920 Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; black cloth) (Index: 34 cm; ¼ black morocco, grey card) Finding Aids: Index compiled by Nola Millar at qMS-1899.

Date: 1848-1857

From: Canterbury Association : Miscellaneous records

Reference: Micro-MS-0910-07

Description: Contains letter books of William Brittan (1850-57), Captain J Thomas (1848-1850) and John Godley (1850-53) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1859

By: Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-078-009

Description: The first buildings around the Avon River, in what was to become central Christchurch. Flax growing in the foreground and a bridge over the river. The Port Hills are in the distance. The area shown is Oxford Terrace, with the Worcester Street bridge on the right in the middle distance. The dark two-storied house left of centre is the house of Dr A C Barker. The central two-storied house is that of William Guise Brittan. The Lands Office is left of the bridge Copied from an engraving in "Illustrated London News" April 9,1853 p. 268 which was after a sketch by Dr A C Barker Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: W.S.H. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 387 x 228 mm Provenance: Purchase: A H Turnbull from English dealer Albert Berthel, of Richmond, 1914.

Date: 1949

Reference: A-163-009

Description: Shows some historic Canterbury characters: Wynn Williams, Dr Donald, Dr Turnbull, Mr Lewis, Geo Oram of the Clarendon Hotel, Rowland Davis, John William Oram, Major Hornbrook, Mr W Guise Brittan, W B Percival, Joseph Brittan, Tom Goodyer and a `Fifties' [i.e. 1850s] milkman dressed in a smock and with a yoke over his shoulders. Extended Title - Original of plate 110, p. 200 in Andersen J. C. Old Christchurch, 1949. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen tracing cloth, 13 portraits on page, 10.1 x 8.1 in

Date: 7 Jul 1850 (date of toast card)

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-1213-1/2-F

Description: Photograph of a toast card produced for the farewell breakfast given at Blackwall, England, on the 30th of July, 1850, for colonists departing for Canterbury, New Zealand. Toasts were to be made to: the Queen; Prince Albert and the royal family; the Church and the bishop designate of Lyttelton; The army and navy; the departing colonists; John Robert Godley; Lord Lyttelton; and to the success of Canterbury. The list of speakers included: Lord Lyttelton, Rev W Sewell, Earl Nelson, the Bishop of Norwich, Lord Wharncliffe, J Simeon (MP), J E Fitzgerald, Lord J Manners, and W G Brittan. The following songs were listed: the National Anthem; Das ist der Vaterland; The Christ Church bells; Rule Britannia; Hearts of Oak; A Health to the Outward Bound; The Fine Old English Gentleman; and Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot. Published in 'Making New Zealand' Vol 1, No 6, page 13 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Item lent to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939. Transfers: Also at MNZ-1213-1/2-G.

Date: 1851

By: Ffitch, Henry, 1840-1918; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: G-241

Description: Shows a view over the Avon River towards the Port Hills, with the houses of Dr Alfred Barker, Mr Guise Brittan and the Lands Office all on Oxford Terrace, close to the Worcester Street Bridge. Dr Barker's house is shown tarred. There is a flag flying outside the Lands Office. A more distant building is the Lyttelton Hotel. A bullock team waits by the riverside, and there is a horse and rider further away on Oxford Terrace. The near side of the river has flax, and a cabbage tree at the right. The view is similar to an original sketch by Dr A C Barker done in 1851, a version of which was reproduced in the Illustrated London news, volume 22, no 616 (9 April 1853), page 268. As the artist is thought to have been only 11-12 years old in 1851, the painting is probably done from memory, or copied from one of Dr A C Barker's sketches, or a reproduction of one of Barker's sketches in the Illustrated London news. There is another version of a very similar view by Ffitch or Fitch, in the Canterbury Museum, also an oil painting. It includes a tent, and has no horse. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 500 x 330 mm. Provenance: Previously the work had been in a farmhouse on the West Coast.