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Date: 1862-1864

By: Shepherd, Isaac, active 1862-1864

Reference: qMS-1797

Description: Letters and papers dealing more particularly with Native Affairs. Most of the letters are to George Law, Civil Commissioner, and they report on the activities of the Maoris round Taupo, news of the war in the Waikato, and the King movement Clerk and interpreter to the Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate at Taupo Quantity: 1 volume(s) (50 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; brown buckram)

Date: 1929

By: McCaw, John, 1849-1930

Reference: MS-1164

Description: Includes brief description of the voyage to Otago on board the `Oamaru' arriving Feb 1875 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1869-1872

By: Gubbins, Arthur Winthrop, 1844-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-3807

Description: The journal covers the period Sept 1869 to March 1872. It describes the breaking in and development of the Gubbins brothers' farm and comments on pioneering life in the Waikato. Part 2, p 17, 18 and part of p 28 are missing. It appears to have been transcribed in 1974 by E McDonald who also provides an introduction to the journal entitled `Mr Gubbins comes to Auckland in 1869 and buys a farm in the Waikato',which gives biographical details about Arthur Gubbins. Publication - Published in Auckland-Waikato Historical journal, nos 24, 25, 27 (Apr, Oct 1974, Oct 1975) Source of title - supplied title Gubbins and his brother Evans emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand and took up land at Ohaupo, south of Hamilton, in 1869. He later returned to Ireland and married Katherine O'Grady. They returned to New Zealand in 1879 and bought land near Morrinsville at Kiwitahi. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (some carbon copies)

Date: 1863 (18--), (19--)

By: Plummer, Albert, 1840-1926; Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki, -1893

Reference: MS-Papers-2288

Description: Reminiscences of a volunteer who served with the Waikato regiments, 1863, and in 1864 with the Hawke's Bay Company. He describes action, treatment of prisoners including a period on Chatham Islands where he held a victualling contract when Te Kooti and his followers seized the `Rifleman', 4 Jul 1868 and escaped to Poverty Bay Relationship complexity - Duplicate copy at 81-151 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript

Date: 1881-1901

By: McNeill, Alexander Richard, 1881-

Reference: MS-Papers-3541

Description: Describes Coromandel and the Upper Township, including individual residents from ca 1881 to 1901. Plan includes key to location of various buildings and dwellings. Also include life of McNeill and his family background. Accompanying material - Plan of Upper Township, Coromandel Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1974

By: O'Donnell, Ewart, 1890-

Reference: MS-Papers-2197

Description: Unpublished book describing pioneer farming near Eketahuna, in the Waikato and in the King country Quantity: 3 folder(s) (218 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1876

By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880

Reference: qMS-0542

Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp. 20,21,34,35). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)

Date: Jun 1834-Dec 1836, 2004

By: Stack, James, 1801-1883

Reference: qMS-1858-1859

Description: A detailed history of the mission at Mangapouri with emphasis on the relations between the Maori and the missionaries in the pre-European settlement period,as seen by a Church Missionary Society missionary. Also included are day-to-day accounts of journeys in the Waikato-Thames Valley area, of thens at Pahia, Puriri (Thames) and Tauranga, and of the wars in 1836 between Maori tribes in the Waikato-Thames Valley and the Rotorua-Bay of Plenty areas Source of title - Supplied title Variations in title - "Stack's Journal" on each section Quantity: 2 volume(s) (122 pages). 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (some photocopies) (34 cm; blue calf box)

Date: [1860-1866]

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Further papers

Reference: MSX-5564

Description: Scrapbook, mainly of clippings relating to the war in the Waikato and Waitara, but also some relating to Maori religious issues Arrangement: Loose papers from the volume are at MS-Papers-6831 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: The scrapbook was not compiled by A F McDonnell; it was possibly created by his father, T W McDonnell

Date: 1870 - 1889

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs

Reference: Curios-013-005-2

Description: Painting on a shell, showing a section of Lake Taupo with a whare in the right foreground, a waka on the water near the shore, and the Central Plateau peaks behind, with Mt Ngauruhoe steaming. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - JB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 155 x 150 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.

Date: [1888-1940s]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Sinclair, J C, active 1891; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949; Bartlett & Andrew Ltd; Stewart, (Mr?), active 1897?

Reference: PAColl-10460-16

Description: Photographic portraits taken by various photographers including the Tanner Brothers, J. C. Sinclair, J. Russel and Sons, E. D. Burt, and Steele Photography, taken circa 1888-1940s. Comprises images of Māori men, the Mair brothers, women, landscapes, sites, and flowers. Includes: - Two images of Paora Tuhaere (wearing a kaitaka style cloak), one is a postcard from the "Tanner Brothers Ltd Photographic Series". - An image of Sidney (Hirini) Taiwhanga (standing), and Hare Te [Kaihu?] (dressed in a kaitaka), taken by the New Zealand Tourist Department. - Nakora and Hare Hongi, taken in 1898, by J. C. Sinclair of New Plymouth. This has inscriptions on the back written by Henry Stowell (Hare Hongi), including "Taranaki Hawera" and "Nakora Te Manukarioi - ? 1889" - Four prints of 'Pieces of eight' - A clipping of an image of a painting of Eruera Maihi Patuone, a postcard of "Montreal - Big John and party shooting the Lachine Rapids", a postcard of "The Real South Africa" showing a photograph of a woman preparing locusts and children eating them. The postcard includes part of a letter [to James Cowan?] from Henry [Cowan]. An image of Samuel Butler (by J. Russell and Sons), and two copies of an image of Samuel Butler's homestead "at Mesopotamia, on the foothills of the Southern Alps" taken by Professor Speight, Canterbury University College. - A Real Photo Postcard of Hongi's Track, Rotorua. - An image of King Tawhiao, taken in 1888 at Napier, and four men on horses, including Gilbert Mair[?] and three Māori men, relating to "Urewera chapter". - Lake Tamaiti-o-Waikareiti, taken by E. D. Burt, two images of a church (one is the Roman Catholic Church at Rangiaowhia), and one of a car behind a tree. - Two images of flowers [lillies, and bottle brush?]. - A hand-coloured image of S. Percy Smith, taken by Bartlett and Andrew. - A series of photographs of "The Mair brothers" including Gilbert Mair on a horse, one of him in an army uniform taken in 1920 by Stewart (a photographer in Rotorua), and one includes Mair sitting at a table outside of a wharenui, next to Apirana Ngata. Also includes an image of Mokoia Island, and an unidentified Māori man dressed in a kahu kiwi and a short woven korowai around his waist. - A clipping of a photograph of Gilbert Mair, a card with notes about "Captain Mair at Ngahuinga, Harehare, 1920" and two postcards of Parnell Rose Gardens in Auckland, showing Rangitoto Island, and The Mission Church, Wairoa, before the Tarawera Eruption. - A portrait of Eileen Cowan's sister Mary Mollie Stowell[?] taken by Steele Photography circa 1940s. - A portrait of a woman in Victorian clothing with a lace collar and cameo broach. The photograph is on a backing board which is cracked at the top (image is also damaged). On the back of the board are the words "love everlasting" in pencil. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 envelopes. Processing information: The frame for PAColl-10460-16-38 was removed and disposed of, during processing.

Date: [ca 1950]

By: Allen, Charles Ernest Hanson, 1866-1953

Reference: MS-Papers-1206

Description: Reminiscences of his childhood in Wanganui, of surveying in Mangamahu and inland high country behind Wanganui, and of farming near Matamata, Hamilton and Tauranga Quantity: 1 folder(s) (78 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (copy)

Date: 1834-1910

By: Fairburn, Edwin, 1827-1911

Reference: qMS-0710

Description: Reminiscences of the Bay of Islands, 1830s-1840s; letter from Fairburn's sister, Esther Hickson (1908); and extract on Hongi Hika from Carleton's life of Henry Williams. Records an early amputation of an infected leg carried out by William Williams, assisted by E T Fairburn, at Paihia, on a Mr Gray, a blacksmith, ca 1832. Mention of "first game of cricket in New Zealand" at Paihia, ca 1832 or 1833. Also contains detailed instructions for snaring birds including korimako (bell-bird) and sea gull Source of title - Title page Edwin Fairburn was the son of the CMS missionary, William Fairburn. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (54 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm, blue pam case)

Date: 1826-1837

By: Hamlin, James (Rev), 1803-1865

Reference: qMS-0909

Description: Describes his work among the Maori at Waimate (North), Kerikeri, Mangapouri and Manukau; also visit to Waikato with Archdeacon Brown in 1834 Source of title - Supplied title Church Missionary Society missionary and lay teacher Quantity: 1 volume(s) (112 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34cm; red buckram)

Date: 1833-1865

By: Wilson, John Alexander (Rev), 1809-1887

Reference: qMS-2276

Description: Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Cover title: Missionary letters Quantity: 1 volume(s) (278 pages). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; ¼ blue morocco) Finding Aids: Index included.

Date: 1880-1920

By: McIndoe, M R, 1890-

Reference: MS-Papers-3806

Description: The reminiscences cover the period 1880 to 1920. He concentrates on his childhood in Te Aroha, describing his life there as the gold fields were being opened up and comment on local Maori. McIndoe also comments briefly on his experiences in Auckland and his early years at Rewiti. Source of title - Supplied title Variations in title - Title on title page - Te Aroha Goldfields opened 1880 McIndoe grew up in Te Aroha and after leaving school he worked briefly for a law firm in Auckland before taking up farming at Rewiti. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1834-1869

By: Ashwell, Benjamin Yate (Rev), 1810-1883

Reference: qMS-0087-0090

Description: Letters and journals addressed to the Church Missionary Society; half of volume 1 deals with Paihia, and the balance of the material covers Ashwell's residence at Waikato Heads, Kaitotehe (Taupiri) on the Waikato Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - Newspaper clippings at front of vol 1 Quantity: 4 volume(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter (34cm, ¼ brown calf, brown linen) Finding Aids: Index at end of vol 4. Tracings of sketch maps interleaved

Date: 1876 - 1975

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-022

Description: Shows a Maori family beside a pitched tent and campfire in the foreground with the lake behind. Similar to watercolour at C-007-008, from a slightly different angle, and showing pakeha campers. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph 312 x 534 mm on sheet 521 x 636 mm

Date: [1866-1950]

By: Allen, Charles Ernest Hanson, 1866-1953

Reference: qMS-0054

Description: Reminiscences of childhood in Wanganui, surveying at Mangamahu and of farming at Matamata, Hamilton and Tauranga Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Eighty years in New Zealand Quantity: 1 volume(s) (78 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (36 cm, brown buckram)

Date: 1870 - 1889

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs

Reference: Curios-013-005-4

Description: Painting on a shell, showing a section of Lake Rotoaira where a boat with a triangular sail oating. There are several Maori figures on the shore in the foreground. Beyond is the Central Plateau, with Mount Tongariro. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - JB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 150 x 170 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.