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Mowat family : Papers
- Date
- [1861-1975]
- By
- Mowat family; Hocking, Violet June, 1916-2010
- Reference
- MS-Group-1112
- Description
Comprises correspondence of Alexander Mowat (1915-1975); Mowat family correspondence; diary of Joseph Rowe Gard's trip to England (1871); Simpson family tree; Altimarloch letter book; Jack Tomlinson's book on the sheep drive to Culverden (1910); record of deposits with the Turnbull Library; farm accounts; Taumahapu Station accounts and papers; birthday books; diaries; clippings; Lex Mowat's autobiogrpahy, `Mementos'; and other papers
Source of title - Supplied
Relationship complexity - For other Mowat references, see MS-Papers-0126, Micro-MS-0011, 77-155
Quantity: 27 folder(s). 5 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Finding Aids: See comprehensive description of the Mowat family in back file for A G Mowat.
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs J Hocking, Palmerston North, per Ms S Clarke, Wellington, Jul 2002
Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Folder of photographs (PAColl-7852) - To Other - Farm gate label, A G Mowat, to Curios - To Newspaper Collection - Dominion supplement, 22 Jul 1969 - To Cartographic Collection - Plan of part of the Gwavas Estate (very poor condition).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - One folder, MS-Papers-7496-18, is restricted until 2017. Access requires the permission of the donor until that time.
- Format
- 27 folder(s), 5 volume(s), 0.30 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Diaries, Autobiographies, Accounts, Clippings, Notes (Documents), Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Alexander Mowat - Letter book
Date: Jun 1869-Jul 1870
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-11
Description: Letter book kept by Mowat on Altimarlock Station, later Altimarloch, Marlborough Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Alexander Mowat - Farm accounts
Date: 1935-1953
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-17
Description: Farm accounts for Wreken Station (Marlborough) and Taumahapu Station (Tikokino) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Bruce Stronach - Land of rocks and rivers deep; a musterer on Molesworth
Date: 1937
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-24
Description: Parts 2-13 of a series of articles by Bruce Stronach of his experiences as a musterer on Molesworth Station (Press, Jul-Sep 1937) Relationship complexity - See `A Musterer on Molesworth' (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1953) in Printed Collections at 636.3 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Alexander Mowat - Correspondence and papers
Date: [1915-1970]
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-03
Description: Personal and business correspondence and papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Alexander Mowat - Letter book
Date: Aug 1861-30 Mar 1869
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MSX-6228
Description: Letter book kept by Mowat on Ardmarlock Station, later Altimarlock and then Altimarloch Station, Marlborough; also station accounts (1861-1862) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ken H Mowat - Correspondence and papers
Date: [1936-1975]
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-08
Description: Letters from Mowat to his mother and father from St George's School, Wanganui, Nelson College, the Weather Office, Nadi airport and from Ngaio, Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Alexander Mowat - Diaries, notebooks etc
Date: [1900-1966]
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-22
Description: Diary (1966); notebook (n d); nursery notebook (1961); notebook with recipes and remedies for animals; and diary recording Mowat's tour of Otago while Frances at medical school (n d) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces in case folder).
Ken H Mowat - School reports and related papers
Date: 1936-1939
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-07
Description: Term reports and other papers relating to Ken Mowat, a student at Nelson College (1937-1939); programme for St George's School, Wanganui. prize giving (1936) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Alexander Mowat - Business file
Date: [1901-1975]
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-12
Description: File of correspondence, telegrams, personal papers, notes, reminiscences etc including correspondence with the Turnbull Library relating to earlier deposits of Mowat material Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hocking family - Scrapbook
Date: [1930-1975]
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MSX-6242
Description: Scrapbook of clippings relating to parts of New Zealand where the Hocking and Mowat families have lived and farmed including Nelson, Mokau, Bulls, Maarlborough, Hawke's Bay etc; also clippings about people known to the family etc Quantity: 1 volume(s).