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Date: [1890-1965]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-075

Description: Typescripts and photocopies of articles, `Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill)' by M H Wynyard; `Maori geographical knowledge and mapping; a symposium' by P L Barton (Turnbull Library record, v13, n1, May 1980); `A Sketch of Maori church work on the East Coast in early times' by J G Baker; letter with notes on Buin stone implements (1965); manuscript of Eruera Te Uremutu from the Polynesian Society library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Typescript with ms annotations Photocopy of ms

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)

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)

Date: 13 Feb 1928-17 Apr 1929

By: McGreal, John, 1881-1964

Reference: MS-Group-0847

Description: Diary kept by John McGreal, who farmed at Weymouth near to Manurewa on the Manukau Harbour. Brief daily entries describe farm life and social activities, many of which revolved around the Roman Catholic Church. Includes references to family, friends and neighbours. Also `Summary of the background history of the family derived from Jane Moran, Henry Kevey family, and Edward Roger family', 31 Aug 1993; `The Kevey/Rogers connection', 27 May 1993 Accompanied by letter from donor providing explanation to names and dates written on inside front cover, etc Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Maurice McGreal, son, Glenfield (A99-218)

Date: 1976-1978

From: Ngā Puna Waihanga: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-9430-002

Description: Contains pamphlets, reports, news letters, correspondence, minutes, budgets and proposals relating to things such as hui, meetings, annual general meetings and sponsorship Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1913-1940

By: Bell family; Bell, Andrew Murray, 1868-1944

Reference: MS-Papers-8731

Description: Papers of the Bell family, originally from Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland, who moved to Auckland. Mainly relating to the properties in Auckland held by the family. Source of title - Purchase, Mr A Murray Bell, 2007 Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Main collection consists of subdivision plans, held in the Cartographic Section under MapColl-collection-Bell Bell family, originally from Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland, who moved to Auckland. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Provenance: Material comes originally from one of the Bell family homes: that of A Murray Bell, Parnell, Auckland. Transfers: From Cartographic Collection -.

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.

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.

Date: 1977

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-25/04

Description: Inward and outward correspondence, newsletters and circulars relating to the Bastion Point dispute; includes separate file on race Other Titles - Takaparawha; bulletin issued by the Orakei Maori Committee Action Group from Bastin Point Tent Town Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1840-1956

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-14

Description: Registers for St Aidan, Remuera, 1955-1963; Kororaka and Waimate, 1840-1874; Russell, 1852-1871; St Heliers, 1899-1945; St Peter's Church, Takapuna, 1892-1954; St Paul's by the sea, 1927-1949; Parish of Takapuna, 1954-1956 (contd on reel 15) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller details.

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).

Date: 1931-1932

From: GirlGuiding New Zealand : Records

Reference: 88-130-28/1/3

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume).

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.

Date: 1835-1959

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-06

Description: Registers of Kaikohe, 1886-1959 (mainly Maori; incl South Hokianga); Kaipara, Mahurangi, 1872-1932 (incl Maori); Te Pahi, Kaipara, 1893-1896; Kaitaia, 1835-1856. Marriages and deaths from last register continued on reel 7 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of contents.

Date: 1882-1978

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-20

Description: Registers for the Parish of Meadowbank, St Chad - Baptisms, 1956-1963; Parish of Blockhouse Bay, St Saviour - Baptisms, 1964-1978; Parish of Waikomiti, Cemetery burials, 1882-1960; Parish of Panmure, St Mattias - Baptisms, 1954-1968, Marriages, 1954-1969 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

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

Date: [2000]

By: Whyte, Colin David, 1932-

Reference: MSX-5935

Description: Reminiscences of Whyte describing his 21-year career in the army and later in the navy; he describes his time in school cadets (1946-1947), compulsory military training in the second intake (1950), his time in the medical corps of the Territorial Forces (1951-1953), in the Regular Force including ANZUK Hospital, Singapore, 2RNZIR Malaysia (1959-1961), 161 Battery RNZA in South Vietnam (1968) and most camps in New Zealand. He also writes of his four years at the RNZN hospital at Devonport. Source of title - Transcribed Other - Not to be published in its entirety during donor's lifetime Quantity: 1 volume(s) (91 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with reproduced photographs

Date: 1921

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-136

Description: Original papers relating to land allotments for the town hall and other buildings of the Papakura township. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 25 Mar-3 Apr 1941

By: Comrie, William James (Very Rev), 1860-1945

Reference: MS-Papers-4210

Description: Draft of letter (25 Mar 1941) from Comrie to Cowan, requesting information about the account provided by James McDonald of the defence of the Pukekohe East Presbyterian Church stockade against a Waikato war party on 14 Sep 1863. The account was reported in Cowan's book, `The New Zealand Wars' (1922-1923). Also Cowan's reply, 3 Apr 1941. Source of title - Supplied Comrie, a Presbyterian minister, was the author of `The Presbytery of Auckland: Early Days and Progress' (1939) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces, 7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and ms

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).