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Date: 1840-1870

By: Williams, Jane, 1801-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-1527

Description: Record kept at irregular intervals of mission work, domestic affairs and social activities of the wife of William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, at Turanga, Poverty Bay, 1840-1865, Paihia 1866, and in Napier 1870. Includes visit to England in 1851. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1888-1957

By: Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Convention of New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-2202

Description: Contains miscellaneous material removed from Lutheran Church records (see MS-Papers-2200) held by the Library. Includes essays and papers of Pastor Christopher Gaustad, correspondence of the Convention, minute book for the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Dannevirke, newspaper cutting and pamphlets on religious topics Relationship complexity - For main collection of Convention records see Ries family papers (MS-Papers-2272). See 84-237 for translations from Danish to English of items in these papers Convention formed in 1890 as a result of expansion of Danish Lutheran Church in Hawkes Bay area Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Date: 1865-1881

By: Williams, William, 1800-1878

Reference: MS-2437-2438

Description: Includes letters from Jane Williams. Extracts copied by an unidentified compiler. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (25cm, brown morocco)

Date: 6 Sep 1858-31 Aug 1859, 1 Jan 1864-9 Aug 1872

By: Ormond, Hannah, 1833-1929

Reference: MS-1737-1738

Description: First diary contains lengthy daily entries describing shipboard life and daily life at Napier with her family. The second diary contains brief entries describing daily life at Wallingford, raising children, social affairs, weather and visitors, etc. Few entries for years 1865 and 1871. 1858-1859 diary contains 3 loose pages and some torn out of volume Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Further Hannah Ormond diaries from a different provenance are held at MS-1739-1746 Scottish-born Hannah Richardson emigrated to New Zealand with her mother on board the Evening Star which left Gravesend on 11 Sep 1858 and arrived at Auckland on 21 Dec 1858. They then travelled by schooner to Napier where they joined George Richardson, Hannah's brother, who had emigrated the year before. Hannah married John Ormond, a well-known political figure in the area, on 4 Dec 1860 and settled at Wallingford Station near Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (19 cm; green cloth, in grey phase boxes)

Date: 1864-1920

By: Sinclair, William, 1855-1922

Reference: MS-Papers-0003

Description: Papers of a practice centred largely in Blenheim and Wellington Quantity: 27 folder(s) (217 pieces). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1864-1868

By: Johnston, Alexander James, 1820-1888

Reference: MS-1086-1088

Description: Contain notes on civil and criminal cases heard at Picton, Blenheim, Hawke's Bay and Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Johnston was for 17 years puisne judge of the Supreme Court, and published several works on legal subjects Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, 27 cm, ½ brown calf, maroon boards

Date: 1834-1853

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: qMS-0491-0492

Description: Letters mainly to CMS secretaries concerning Colenso's missionary activities throughout the Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa areas. The letters also relate to the spread of the printed Maori new testament and Colenso's concerns with native land purchases in Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa. There are also a number of letters between Colenso and the Government regarding Colenso's position as to the employment of Wairarapa Maori as labourers on the Rimutaka hill road Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) (37 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)

Date: 1823-1892

By: Nairn family

Reference: MS-Papers-0326

Description: Contains C J Nairn papers, mainly re Pourerere station, Hawkes Bay; station ledger, 1858-1870; personal correspondence and papers re Nairn. Also includes papers of Betsey Nairn including journal, notes re duties as sheep inspector in Nelson; domestic activities; market garden; votes for women and Nelson schools. Other - Two sketchbooks in Drawings and Prints (E298) Quantity: 17 folder(s). 0.17 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 25 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1862-1865, 1865-1867

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-1191-1192

Description: Two bankbooks containing details of McLean's account with the Union Bank of Australia, Napier, 12 November 1862-30 June 1865 and 30 June 1865-31 December 1867 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (two pieces). Physical Description: Holograph (18cm; in brown hinged lid box)

Date: 1813, [ca 1870s-1930s]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0935A

Description: Letter from John McLean to Dr Peter Wilson, 1813 (some of the contents in Latin); declaration made by R D D Maclean against the Home Rule Bill, Ireland; rules of the Wellington Law Students' Society, 1878; electioneering leaflet entitled `The Right Hon Dr Seddon PC, LLD and John Chinaman', [1898]; examination papers of the Agricultural College, Cirenchester, 1878; Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, 1888-1889 programme; printed sermon in memory of Sir Donald McLean by Rev David Sidey; obituary for Hon Robert Hart, 1894; photograph and drawing of monument erected to the memory of Sir Donald McLean in Napier; subscription list for the entertainment of the Nelson Football team, nd; leaflets re meeting of the Native Land Laws Reform League to be held at Napier, 1893 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1860-1900], 1910-1936, 1962-1973

By: Williams, Charles Athol, 1899-1990

Reference: 84-225

Description: Comprise for the main part financial records of Netherton Station, together with brochures from the various companies in which Mr Williams held shares, minor accounts, and correspondence and accounts from wool brokers, and from the Whakatu Freezing Works. Also includes some reminiscences of Archibald Puckey concerning William Puckey's experiences as a missionary in Northland, and a small group of letters from Jane Williams. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 box(es). 2 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1845-1858

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-4624

Description: Each folder contains letters from Maori to Colenso with reports of the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others in the Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa regions; there are frequently requests for religious texts, medicines and other items; there are also discussions of Christian teachings Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres.

Date: 1862-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-0173

Description: Mainly applications for publican and accommodation licences, judgment summons, and plaints. Also some papers from the magistrate's court, Napier, and a copy of a statement made by Hohaia Ngahiwi, 1885. There is also a court book, written in English and Maori recording charges and verdicts of Maori offenders heard in the courts in the Taupo district, 1863-1873; cash book of the magistrate's court, Taupo, 1871-1878; and a general order book of the Taupo police station containing copies of circulars and memos, 1883-1906. Language - Court book written in English and Maori Quantity: 26 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 4 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Provenance: Previously in the collection of Henry Thomas Hill (1849-1933).

Date: 1857-1957

By: Hunter family

Reference: MS-Papers-0049

Description: The papers include an almost complete sequence of 450 letters dealing minutely with David Hunter's management of Porangahau Station (1859-1877); business correspondence of the firm of Bethune and Hunter; George Ernest Hunter's letters which formed the basis of his travel book `Round and about'; genealogies, obituaries and much miscellaneous data, some original, on the streets and social and business institutions of Wellington Other Titles - Round and about Relationship complexity - See also Robert Henry Hunter. Notebooks recording comments and criticisms of G E Hunter's `Round and about', ca 1939 [MS-1056-1059, Acc 97,810-3]; Robert Henry Hunter. Account book, 1912-1950 [qMS-1027, Acc 97,809]; and Dorothy Hunter. Notes on holdings of stocks and shares [qMS-1026, Acc 97,808] Quantity: 176 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Partial piece-level inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Medals, camera, tin of pumonas and a writing-pad transferred to Curios.

Date: 1867-1933

By: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933

Reference: ATL-Group-00435

Description: Notebooks, correspondence, and papers relating to the history, geology and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on Maori canoes, art and history, the moa, education, hydro-electricity, the Shakespearean controversy, his political beliefs, and other subjects. There are also land deeds and papers of W Howard Hill and William Colenso. Notebooks, correspondence, and papers on the history, geology, and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on moa, Captain St George's diary, Shakespearean controversy, and other topics. Papers include notes and papers on geology, history of the Kaingaroa-Taupo area, Te Kooti campaign, and early history of New Zealand; correspondence from W Colenso to Mrs E Hill. Also journal for 1897 which deals largely with school inspecting in Hawke's Bay. Henry Thomas Hill was the Inspector for Schools for Hawke's Bay and the East Coast. He joined the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute in 1884 and became President in 1891 and managed the Colenso Bequest for the Institute. Quantity: 159 folder(s). 1.16 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available - see backfile.. Transfers: MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) Inventory notes the transfer of 9 photographs to the Photo Section, 18 September 1960.. Processing information: ATL-Group-00435 formed in 2019, merged previously separated collections - MS-Papers-0004 (Series A), MS-Papers-0146 (Series B), MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) and MS-Papers-0172 (Series D) - of the same provenance. NOTE: Series numbering by staff, 18 June 1987.

Date: 1901-1967

By: Williams, Brian Leslie, 1904-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-9933

Description: Comprises `The Treaty of Waitangi' by Williams (1967); maps of the Waipawa River District, St Lawrence Estate, Hawke's Bay and land on the Tuki Tuki River; and records of the H & W Williams Estate (1901-1938) Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further Williams family records Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.

Date: 1820-1976

By: Williams family

Reference: 75-001

Description: Comprise letters of Henry Williams, Jane Williams, Mary Williams, Samuel Williams and others; research notes on Samuel Williams and on the Williams family in general; papers relating to Te Aute College; diaries; records re property in Hawkes Bay, and an extensive collection of papers by and relating to William Gilbert Puckey. Includes papers in Maori. Source of title - Supplied title Other - C A Williams gave the papers in a number of separate donations in 1975; they have been combined under the present reference number. Quantity: 47 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: 1807-1954

By: Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911

Reference: MS-Papers-1348

Description: Journals and other records of farming activities in Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay after arrival in Wellington on the `Louisa Campbell' in 1845; land transactions in Hawke's Bay; records of Elmshill Station, purchased 1859. Also `Frederick John Tiffen...' compiled by A M Andersen, 1959; genealogical material on Tiffen and Monteith families. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 34 folder(s). 0.34 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1871-1918

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MSX-8836-8839

Description: Bishop Williams' working copy of T F Cheeseman's Manual of the New Zealand flora (Wellington, 1906) presented by the author; accompanied by notes, photos and specimens; notebook listing Maori names of plants; and letters from Cheeseman and J D Hooker, on museum-related as well as botanical topics Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Manual of the New Zealand flora Arrangement: MS-2444-2447 are boxed together Quantity: 2 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter (27cm, illustrated, in red box)

Date: [1940]

By: Vile, Arthur Henry, 1867-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-5966

Description: The personal, copy-edited, reminiscences of Vile who describes his life as a journalist and editor, newspaper people, political personalities and events in New Zealand. He describes living and working in Melbourne and St Arnaud, Victoria, and his experiences of unionism, his return to NZ in 1889 and working on the `Wairarapa star', his work with the Liberal Party and Richard John Seddon, his move to other newspapers including ones in Hastings, Eketahuna, Oamaru, Woodville, and Christchurch. He describes many of the politicians and other people he met during his working life including John Ballance, Sir John McKenzie, the Plunger (an incarnation of the Jubilee Plunger who was in Australia), G P Donnelly, Shanley (a reporter), his father, Job Vile, Capt Logan, F M B Fisher, the Prince of Wales's visit, Nelle Scanlan, Frank Milner, Sir James Ferguson, Lorimer/McCluskey (a possible member of the Kelly gang), Baird, William Milne, Alexander McMinn, Jock Morris, George Forbes, Capt Russell, Sir Maurice O'Rorke, Sir Thomas Wilford, Tom Duncan, Thomas Lindsay Buick and others. Source of title - Supplied Vile was a journalist and newspaper editor who worked on papers in the Wairarapa, Victoria, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, New Plymouth and other parts of New Zealand Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Duplicated material with holograph annotations, and photocopy