Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Date: 23 Jan-9 Feb 1925

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-08

Description: Account of riding holiday taken by Phyllis Long and Sylvia Lysaght on horses Ngaio and Ladybird. Describes route from Punarima via Mokoia, Hawera, Ngaere, Stratford, Te Whera, Pohukura, Whangamomona, Ohura, to near Aria. Then by car to Te Kuiti and on to Waitomo Caves. Return journey by foot to Te Kuiti and back to Aria by car. Route on horseback continues with the two women travelling down the Awakino River to the sea and then back to Punarima via Tongaporutu, White Cliffs, Urenui, and New Plymouth. Account describes the people they meet and places they stayed along the way. Camping spots, bush, the condition of the horses (including Ngaio almost drowning), rats, mosquitos, bathing, and food (including picnics). Also description of Waitomo Caves. People of note include: Mr Henry and Mrs Ida Barwick (of near Te Wera): the Good family (also of near Te Wera) who rode through the Tangarakai Gorge with them; and the Ritchie family (including Thomas, Mary, and John) of Aria, formerly of the Chatham Islands, where they left their horses when they travelled on to Waitomo. Also includes description of Waitomo Caves with tourist postcards pasted in. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, photographs Also includes Long's photographs and sketches as well as a hand drawn map of the route taken (with location of accommodation and campsites marked).

Date: 12 Dec 1890, 1894, 30 Dec 1925-26 Jan 1926

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-09

Description: Account of riding tour taken by Phyllis Long and Sylvia Lysaght on horses Ngaio and Ladybird. Describes route from Wanganui to Kakatahi, Karioi, Waiouru, and Desert Road, to camp on Lake Taupo and later near Tokaanu, and trip back again via Waiouru, Ohakune, and Raetihi. Also includes accounts of staying with farmer Mr Watt near Wanganui and with two Maori families (including that of Mr Ham) between Turangi and Waiouru, meeting up and camping with fellow teachers at Nga Tawa (Else and Herve) and Eric Tyndale-Biscoe, Mr Cooper, Rev Hugh Austin, [and Mr Darcy?] who joined the party. Describes the terrain, condition of the horses, getting lost, a visit to Wairekei and the geothermal sights there, and sleeping out in the open. Also contains part of legal document relating to Maori land taken by Long from an "old Maori church, very much fallen to pieces". Titled "Te Ture Kooti Whenua Maori, 1894". Regards Kotohiko Kiriwehi [or Waitana, crossed out on document] of Hiruharama (Whanganui) who died on 12 December 1890 and had land at Whakaihuwaka and Pipiriki. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photographs Includes Long's photographs and sketches as well as a hand drawn map of the route taken on the trip.

Date: 9 Nov 1927-3 Dec 1934, 28 Aug 1985

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-07

Description: Contains outward correspondence from Phyllis Long to her friend Doreen Ross of Waitomo. Long writes from England and Srinagar in Kashmir about her life. Includes descriptions of teaching and schools in both England and India, Long's engagement to Eric Tyndale-Biscoe, wedding, and birth of their son Hugh (and raising him by Truby King's method) and daughter Ann. Description of Kashmir include where they live; having servants; lakeside and houseboat holidays as well as skiing, hiking, and horse riding trips in the mountains; the family donkey and teaching the children to ride; riots by the Muslim population; and still and film photography. Long also reacts to the news from New Zealand including the health of friends, slump in wool prices, and construction of Tongariro Chateau at Mount Ruapehu "it sounds to us the place must be entirely ruined with this new hotel". Also describes returning to England to live with her parents in Cambridge and travelling around the United Kingdom with Tyndale-Biscoe as he gives talks about Kashmir. Also contains an official bulk letter from Tyndale-Biscoe in his position at the CMS Schools relating news that Hindu widows may now be remarried, the 1928 flood in Srinagar, and the religious riots. One letter sent from Doreen Ross to Eric Tyndale-Biscoe (dated 29 Aug 1985) describes finding Phyllis's letters under the bed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript

Date: 17 Jan-19 Dec 1926

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-02

Description: Contains outward correspondence relating to Eric Tyndale-Biscoe's time as a master at Wanganui Collegiate School and travels in New Zealand. Work life at Wanganui Collegiate features. Tyndale-Biscoe describes school politics, colleagues, headmaster Rev C F Pierce (particularly the effect of a stroke on his performance at work), problems with prefects, bullying of new boys (including on school picnic), school trips (to the beach with boarders, to freezing works with agriculture class, and to Maori Pageant at Opera House), punishment of a boy caught smoking, rugby (match against Te Aute College), cricket, school dances, performance of 'Box and Cox' play at Harvey House (including annotated programme). Relates talks he has given about Kashmir (with lantern slides) in Wanganui, at Nga Tawa School, and in Christchurch as well donations of money at these talks (and politics surrounding this). Includes a printed program for "East & West Missionary Exhibition" at Drill Hall. Other topics include family matters, events in Kashmir and Britain, and education philosophy. Also discusses Nga Tawa headmistress Frances McCall and female teachers at Nga Tawa and social events (including beach visit and attendant scandal); Phyllis Long (later Tyndale-Biscoe's wife) is mentioned a number of times. Numerous mentions are made of Mr Frank McGrath his wife Elizabeth (including her mental breakdown), and Hugh and Vera Austin. Other names noted include D K Leather, George Harris, Marjorie Dalrymple, and Miss Downing. Describes holidays taken around the North Island in the school holidays. These include: fishing, camping, visit to a cheese factory, poultry, pig, and cattle farming [Gordon's? Waikato]; Kai Iwi Beach holidays; trip to Paihia (including map of route and descriptions of Auckland Zoo and stone store (Kerikeri); a number of trips to the Hawkes Bay with the Reeves Family and Mrs Williams; staying with The Gilbertson family at 'Clairinch" sheep station (owned by Mrs Williams) during docking; staying with the Maclean family in Napier; bathing in the Tukituki River with the Reeves boys; travelling to Wellington and going to the opera as well as trip back (including car accident); skiing at Whakapapa ski field (on "Waimana House, Waimarino " letterhead). Also relates preparation for an automobile tour (buying a car and fitting it with a caravan) as well as planning for job chaperoning Mrs Williams' son Bruce around Europe. Tyndale-Biscoe's correspondence also relates New Zealanders' impressions of missionaries, a trip to see the Don Cossack Choir, a woodchopping event, flooding in Wanganui on 26 July 1926, and a description of the Bishop of Wellington. Also includes a letter from Vera Austin to Mrs Blanche Tyndale-Biscoe thanking her for "Xmas toys" sent for her children, a letter from Mr Austin to Mr Cecil Tydale-Biscoe and another from Frank McGrath describing the esteem in which his son is held, and a holograph copy of Pierce's letter of commendation for Tyndale-Biscoe upon his departure from New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Letters also include Tyndale-Biscoe's hand drawn pen illustrations of events he describes in his letters. These include a lamb in a docking cradle, a diagram of the yards and movements of sheep during docking at "Clairinch" station, a diagram showing a near car accident coming back from Wellington, and a map showing motorcycle trips taken in the Wanganui area.

Date: 14 Feb-28 Dec 1925

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-01

Description: Contains outward correspondence from Eric Tyndale-Biscoe to his parents Cecil Earle and Blanche Violet Tyndale-Biscoe. Also includes one letter to "Fluffs" [sister?]. Letters describe Tyndale-Biscoe's voyage to New Zealand on the ship 'Ionic', his first impressions of New Zealand travelling from Wellington to Hawke's Bay by rail, working at Wanganui Collegiate (including events such as dances), mountaineering in the Central Plateau, holidaying in Tokaanu, and riding a motorcycle around the Central Plateau area (including road conditions). He also refers to family matters, including his father's work in Kashmir, and the fact he misses Kashmir. A number of letters are written on "Harvey House, Collegiate School" letterhead. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Letters also include Tyndale-Biscoe's hand drawn pen illustrations. These include Pitcairn Island, a view of the Hawke's Bay, and two maps showing the Ruapehu District.

Date: 12 Sep 1923, 7 Nov 1928

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-04

Description: University of Cambridge Bachelor of Arts certificate for Phyllis Mary Long of Girton College. Awarded 12 Sep 1923 and issued by university registrar on 7 Nov 1928. With official wax seal. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 29 Dec 1926-13 Feb 1927

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-03

Description: Outward correspondence from Eric Tyndale-Biscoe to his parents Cecil Earl and Blanche Violet chiefly on the topic of a motoring and camping trip he made around the North Island of New Zealand. Letters include description of train travel, camping, trout fishing, driving and road conditions (including other traffic, punctures, getting bogged down, and pot holes), huts "swaggers whare", Waitomo Caves and glow worms, Maori history, manuka, tui birds, and swimming in lakes and rivers. Places he visits include Mokoia, Awakino, Te Kuiti, Waitomo, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatane, Opotiki, Gisborne, Lake Waikaremoana, Wairoa, Lake Tutira, and Napier. Also talks about staying in with the Reeves family [Hastings? Havelock North?], teaching, and preparation for his departure from New Zealand. Names mentioned are the Mellish family in Tauranga and the [Gordon?] family (farmers in rural Waikato). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Pen drawn maps show the route taken on the first leg of the journey from Mokoia to Awakino and the second leg from Awakino to Tauranga. Also includes pen illustrations of Mount Taranaki and bush, a tent, and a fishing fly.

Date: 3 Sep- 29 Oct 1926

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-10

Description: Diary kept by Phyllis Long of her voyage from New Zealand to England on the ship 'Marama', 3 Sep-29 Oct 1926. Describes the sailing of the 'Maheno' being cancelled due to a workers strike in Wellington and catching the overnight train to Auckland in order to sail on the 'Marama' the next day. Describes life on board the ship including people and ports visited on the journey. Includes description of going ashore in Colombo. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 16 Sep 1923-14 Jul 1925

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-05

Description: Contains correspondence from Phyllis Long to her family back in England. Letters relate to voyage to New Zealand, including trip through Panama Canal and life and people on board the ship. Describes Panama and the coaling station in great detail as well as activities and events on board the ship such as the ceremony crossing the equator, a cricket match, a tennis tournament, and a dress up party. Describes her impressions of Wellington, Nga Tawa school and the surrounding area, her colleagues, her accomodation, horses kept at the college, and food in New Zealand. Also includes a description of the 1924 fire at Nga Tawa. Letters also relate a number of holiday trips Long took. Tramping, skiing, and climbing around Central Plateau (two trips) including one with her future husband Eric Tyndale-Biscoe feature. Long also describes the Ruby Lounge in Palmerston North and methods of transport including train travel and taxis. People mentioned in the correspondence include Nga Tawa headmistress Frances McCall and colleagues Miss Cooper-Evans, Miss Rowe, Miss Halstead, Miss Kingsford, Miss Rickards, Miss [Lane?], Miss Page, Miss Hinton, Miss Dudding, and friend Sylvia Lysaght. Also travelling companions Frank McGrath, Mr Baines, Mr McLean, and Eric Tyndale-Biscoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Includes hand drawn map of Panama Canal

Date: 5-8 July 1927

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-06

Description: Contains two letters from Eric Tyndale Biscoe to Phyllis Long. The first letter (dated 5 July 1927) is a proposal of marriage and outlines the hardships that would be faced as his wife in Kashmir. Also describes going before Church Missionary Society Committee for approval for Kashmir position. The second letter (dated 8 July) outlines plans for travel and visiting Long as well as Tyndale-Biscoe's happiness at his proposal being accepted. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss