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Manuscript

Kathryn Mooney - The Graves of the forgotten Kilgours

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-18

Description: Story of the Kilgour family - William and Mary Kilgour who arrived in Auckland in 1842 on the Jane Gifford and settled at Te Huia near Cornwallis, and of their descendants. Includes photographs, bibliography and index Publication - The Kilgour family of Huia, West Auckland / Kathryn D Mooney [Napier. K D Mooney, 1997] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Manuscript

Hamilton, Douglas, fl 1986: Letters written by prominent early settlers and missionaries

Date: 1829-1845

By: Hamilton, Douglas, active 1986

Reference: MS-Papers-11000

Description: Letters from a number of prominent early settlers and missionaries, with envelope Letters appear to have been collected for their postmarks. On each letter there is a note re the handstamp Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Manuscript

Baines family : Papers

Date: 1850-1909

By: Baines family

Reference: MS-Papers-1125

Description: Correspondence and diary of William Mortimer Baines who came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. The papers deal with his interests in mining, timber and land. Includes letters from the Fooks, Dixon and Hunt families of Australia. Includes letters from Maryanne Verdon Baines (1859-1869), mostly to her husband after his departure for England. These are concerned to a large extent with her loneliness in Auckland and with plans for her voyage to England. In addition there are a number of letters written in 1869, by Maryanne and William's children, Fanny, Katherine and Rosa. Source of title - Supplied William Mortimer, came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. In 1869 he returned to Britain, although he retained a financial interest in land in New Zealand. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Thomas, Godfrey John (Sir), 1824-1861 : Journals and letters / Sir Godfrey J Thomas

Date: 1844-1853

By: Thomas, Godfrey John (Sir), 1824-1861

Reference: Micro-MS-0285

Description: Journals 1846-1853, contain comments on public and private affairs and copies of letters written by Thomas, including those to his half-brother, Sir George Grey. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Photocopy held at MS-Papers-2428 Thomas held government appointments in South Australia, 1844-1846 and in Auckland and Wellington, 1846-1852, including the post of Secretary to Governor Sir George Grey, his half-brother. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter (microfilm of photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Maori historical papers (photocopies) Te Tai Tokerau

Date: 1840-1981

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-06

Description: Contains 3 photocopies of an essay about the Maori occupation of Otahuhu and the Auckland district up to 1840. Also contains an essay in Maori about the Maori perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi Working notes compiled by librarians working with Maori materials in the Manuscripts Section of the Library during the late 1970s and 1980s. Most of the work was done by Sharon Dell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence - Maori land claims

Date: 1859

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-002

Description: Contents include corrspondence, mostly from the Native Land Purchase Dept Auckland, relating to Maori land claims and purchases from Auckland to Northland.

Manuscript

Speedy family: Miscellaneous papers

Date: [1835], 1847-1894

By: Speedy family

Reference: MS-Papers-2184

Description: Papers include holograph extracts from Speedy's diary of 1863 giving details of skirmishes in Waiuku area; letters to Speedy in his official capacity; letters to Sarah from her husband and relatives 1863-1890; letters from Sarah to her children 1890-1894; marriage certificate for Sarah and James 1835; miscellaneous letters to members of the Speedy family; mss list of birth dates for family members; envelope addressed to J H Jerram in Auckland (one of Speedy's daughters became a Mrs Jerram); and two photographs, one of the family home at Fairlea, Waiuku, and the other possibly of Major Speedy, ca 1860s James Speedy served as an officer in the British Army in India. He married Sarah Squire in Calcutta in 1835. By the 1850s the family had moved to NZ and settled in the Waiuku area. Major Speedy was Resident Magistrate and Native Agent for the Mauku, Waiuku and Pukekohe districts during the wars of the 1860s. In July 1863 he established and took command of the Waiuku Volunteer Force Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (stencilled copies) and photographs

Manuscript

Amelia Boord - Personal papers

Date: [1868-1912]

From: Matson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8175-08

Description: Correspondence, receipts, specifications etc relating to Amelia Matson's affairs; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Baptismal registers

Date: 1843-1957

From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-01

Description: Contains registers for Ahipara, Mangonui Parish, 1920-1938; All Saints, Ponsonby, 1888-1916; Auckland Islands, Mar 1852; Diocese of Auckland, 1884-1899; Chapel of St Francis, Auckland City Mission, 1928-1950; St Judes, Avondale, 1910-1954; Awanui & Kaitaia (Maori), 1888-1954 (continued on next reel) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Ryan, Gwendoline Elsie, 1916- : A Parsonage life, the story of Henry and Beatrice Ryan

Date: [ca 1843]-2007

By: Ryan, Gwendoline Elsie, 1916-2012

Reference: MS-Papers-8822

Description: Account of the life of Henry Ryan, a Methodist minister, his wife, Beatrice, their descendants and the Sturton family, as recalled by Gwendoline Ryan, the daughter of Henry. Detailed account of their upbringing in England, their arrival in New Zealand in 1914, and life in the family of a Methodist minister in parishes at Tauranga, Hokitika, Tua Marina, Springston, Papanui, Remuera, Dunedin, Riccarton, Rangiora and Cambridge. Includes genealogical charts. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Ms Gwen Ryan, 2007

Manuscript

Government House, Auckland

Date: Aug 1850

From: Vigors, Philip Doyne (Lieutenant), 1825-1903 : Private journal of a four months cruise through some of the South Seas Islands and New Zealand in HMS Havannah

Reference: qMS-2081-016a

Description: Vigors' sketch ("No. 7") provides a view of Government House, Auckland, showing fences and surrounding outbuildings, with Mt Eden in the distance. Sketch has been fixed to an inserted page following p 16 in Vigors' journal of his voyage on HMS Havannah. Lieutenant Philip Doyne Vigors was an officer with the 11th Regiment of Foot. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ink and grey wash 130 x 178 mm

Manuscript

Copping, Richard, d 1892 : Log

Date: 21 Sep 1861-18 Aug 1866

By: Copping, Richard, -1892

Reference: Micro-MS-0735

Description: Journal kept as master of the barque Isabella trading between Hobart Town and Otago New Zealand 21 Sep 1861-24 Mar 1863, and journal kept as master of the barque Bella Mary trading between Auckland New Zealand and Hobart Town, 25 Mar 1864 to 18 Aug 1866 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 120 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Manuscript

Mythological origin of North Auckland and other myths

Date: 1845, n d

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-089

Description: Includes hand written explanation by Matiaha Tiramorehu (Ngai Tahu) why his wife, Pirihira Pi, committed suicide, with note by Elsdon Best attached. Includes waiata tangi for Pirihira on last page. Also includes an early version [1845] of the waiata `Tera ia nga tai o Honipaka', sung by the Ngati Toa in 1821 on their departure from Kawhia - with some small differences. Includes a manuscript written in Maori titled `He pukapuka whakapapa tupuna no Ngati Whatua'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Miss Christine Little - The Donovan story

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-079

Description: The essay is the story of Patrick Donovan, an Irishman who came to Auckland in 1840 with his first wife, Julia McAuliffe and their children. They first went to Hobart and then Melbourne before arriving in New Zealand. He established himself in business in Auckland as innkeeper of the Shamrock, Rose and Thistle, Shortland Crescent, and later farmed at Onehunga. He was the owner of land in various parts of Auckland. In 1853 he was elected to the Auckland Provincial Council, serving till 1855. Julia died in 1845 and he remarried Elizabeth Scott in the same year. The essay includes brief notes on his 16 children, and covers the years 1835-1899 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs of David Donovan and Harriet McLeod nee Oshbaldiston, 6 Sep 18883; Florence Elizabeth Donovan, ca 1890; Frederick Little and Catherine (Kate) Donovan on their wedding day

Manuscript

Clark, James Edward, fl 1894 : Deed of conveyance

Date: 1894

By: Clark, James Edward, active 1894

Reference: MS-Papers-11093

Description: Deed of conveyance between J E Clark, storeman, formerly of Auckland but now of Ngaire, Taranaki, and Elizabeth Coyle, of Auckland, spinster, for a section in Victoria Avenue, Auckland, 27 Sep 1894 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Unknown

Manuscript

Medland Family : Great Barrier background

Date: 1865 - 1939

By: Medland family

Reference: fMS-174A

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Manuscript

Burgess, Isaac James, b 1824 : Papers

Date: 1828-1880

By: Burgess, Isaac James, 1824-1904

Reference: MS-Papers-1585

Description: Comprises baptismal certificate, school records, indenture certificate; correspondence with Alfred Domett, the Colonial Secretary, when Burgess was commander of HM colonial brig `Victoria' (1847-1850); papers relating to his duties as chief harbourmaster and pilot at Auckland (1868-1894), including testimonials from Gore Browne and Sir George Grey; and brief family history Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs transferred to Photographs.

Manuscript

Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries

Date: 23 Dec 1841-30 Jun 1846

By: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: MS-0129-0132

Description: The diaries give detailed descriptions of life in the mission settlements, frequent references to Selwyn's work, and numerous drawings of New Zealand scenes Relationship complexity - Volume 5 (1846-1848) is shelved at qMS-0122 William Bambridge sailed from England with Bishop Selwyn in the Tomatin, 23 Dec 1841. He was appointed writing master at St John's College till 1848 when he returned to England Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (Various sizes and bindings, in ¼ red morocco red buckram slip cases) Provenance: Purchased by Alexander H Turnbull, 1914. Numerous illustrations

Manuscript

Tylden, Charles Ryland, 1842-1915? : Reminiscences

Date: 1907, 1913

By: Tylden, Charles Ryland, 1842-1913?

Reference: MS-Papers-7587

Description: Tylden began writing his reminiscences in 1907 and continued till 1913; he writes of his childhood, education, military training in England and coming to New Zealand in 1862 with the 70th Regiment. He gives full accounts of skirmishes in the Waikato, Wanganui and New Plymouth areas from 1863 to 1866. Following his discharge in 1868 he returned to farm in the Pukekohe area until 1881 and practised law in Auckland from 1882 to 1912. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also typescript copy at MS-Papers-1350 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (52 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (duplicated)

Manuscript

Wright, Alfred, fl 1884-1885 : Letters

Date: 17 Feb 1884-3 Jan 1885

By: Wright, Alfred, active 1884-1885

Reference: MS-Papers-1755

Description: Letters from Wright to family in England describing voyage to Auckland on the `Lady Jocelyn', his work as carpenter on arrival and comments on social and economic conditions One letter is written on the `Ruapehu', in the English Channel (3 Dec 1885) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typed transcripts (photocopies)

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