Places

Date: 1882-1982

By: Petersen, Bodil, active 1978-1982

Reference: MS-Papers-2506

Description: Unpublished account of early Scandinavian Lutheran churches in the Manawatu, and of the ministries of the pastors of St Luke's Church, Palmerston North. Also includes sections on church auxiliaries and church buildings. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (123 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1894

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MSX-4520

Description: Contents include Maori implements and weapons; Moa and glacial advent; Te Karakia a Tama; Makutu, Sandwich Islands; The Kuri Maori- beachcombers; Gilbert Group; Maori astronomy; Chatham Islands; Gilbert Islanders; Early settlers in NZ; Ancient Maori life; Tawhio; Rarotongan land tenure Quantity: 1 volume(s) (63 pages). Physical Description: Printed matter (marbled cover) Finding Aids: Index at front of volume. Processing information: Transferred from Reference Section, Jan 1997 (q572.9931 BES).

Date: 1880 - 1899

Reference: Curios-038-012

Description: Plain undecorated hand-operated medal press, with the plates for each side of the medal screwed into place. Downward pressure on the handle brings the two plates together above and below the material of the medal. The writing on the seal cannot be deciphered owing to its position. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Iron press with wooden handle, base length 220 mm (total length including handle 270 mm) x 85 mm, height 185 mm.

Date: 1832-1898

From: Wakefield family : Papers

Reference: MSZ-1554

Description: Includes newspaper cuttings, photographs, sketches, paintings, stamps, pamphlets and handwritten notes. Much of the material is concerned with the Attwood family and Thomas Attwood, and with the Freeman family, whom his sister, Alice Mary, married into, but there is also material on the Wakefield family, and on his own career in New Zealand. Includes sketches of his home in Fendalton and in Hoon Hay. Also contains papers on entomology especially that of New Zealand Quantity: 1 volume(s). Copiously illustrated with photographs and sketches

Date: 1895-1897, 1903

From: Hay, Mary Stuart Carlton, 1874-1946 : Seddon family scrapbooks and letters

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSY-2028

Description: Includes mss poem to R J Seddon by Thomas Bracken on occasion of Seddon's 50th birthday, 1895; other poems (typescript and printed); article re poetry of Barcroft Henry Boake; article on Governors of NZ by Dr Hocken (Otago Witness, Dec 1896); silver wedding of Richard J Seddon; marriage of Jane Seddon to Rev W S Bean; mss poem by E H Clements entitled `Welcome', Jan 1869; photographs published in Canterbury Times, 4 Jul 1895 of R J Seddon, his wife and nine children; articles, invitation cards & menus relating to Seddon's visit to England in 1897; bill of fare on `Alameda' (Oceanic Steamship Co); article re British Navy; marriage of Phoebe Seddon to Frank Dyer, Jan 1897; Lord Charles Beresford; Chatham Islands (OW, Dec 1896); early Wellington; cartoons by Ashley Hunter entitled `Inspector's parade' and `Recent events' (from NZ Graphic, ca 1892); full description of Seddon's "At Home" - guest list and description of gowns worn; death of Mrs James Suisted; mining claim at St Bathans; Women's Liberal League; Women's Social and League; and various NZ, English and Australian newspaper cuttings relating to R J Seddon and his wife and other notables. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1891-1968 (1969)

By: Young, James Rarity (Archdeacon), 1891-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-1032

Description: Young writes of his childhood and of life in Palmerston North, student days at Canterbury University College, and of being an Anglican Priest at various parishes in Christchurch, Ross and South Westland (based at Harihari), and at Hawera, Wanganui and Pahiatua Also notes by Jim Henderson extracted from the `Open country' series of scripts (1974) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves & photograph). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (copy) Photograph of Archdeacon James Young and Claire Young, taken at Riwaka, Nelson, May 1968

Date: [ca 1890]-1926

Reference: Micro-MS-0904

Description: Clippings on a variety of topics from the Charleston Herald Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (positive).

Date: 1872 - 1894

By: Wakelin, George Kenrick, 1851-1910

Reference: qMS-2105

Description: Material collected by G K Wakelin or other members of the family. Includes ms notes on politics and clippings on Wairarapa history Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 150 pages). Physical Description: Printed matter, mss (37 cm; ½ brown leather, grey cloth)

Date: 1892, 1950

By: Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert, 1862-1940

Reference: qMS-0892

Description: Guthrie-Smith's meeting with Mary Macpherson, daughter of Donald Macpherson, during sheepfarming activities; she died shortly afterwards, aged 13 years. Includes letter from the British Museum to the US Educational Foundation in NZ re `Tottie' and other published works. Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Good words (periodical) (London) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm, blue linen)

Date: 1898-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-1520

Description: Account of an English couple's visit to New Zealand including Wellington and thermal regions; gives details of Maori customs and Edward Douglas's account of the engagement at Gate Pa (1864) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: [ca 1891-1946]

From: Connell, Marjorie Bertha, 1907-1995 : Seed family papers

Reference: 88-051-04

Description: Scrapbook belonging to Bertha Aldrich who married Arthur Seed in 1905. Contains ship's log for Union Steam Ship voyage on S S Rotorua from Dunedin to Milford Sounds, photos taken during the voyage, pencil sketches of `one of the party' and `D Sutherland & his dog', and passengers' and crew members' signatures; flower and leaf pressings; photographs of ships; unidentified family photographs; pencil sketch of a house; `The Idle talkative' published by The Firm, 1896; the seal of Canterbury Agricultural college, 1897; newspaper clipping re prizegiving at Waitaki Girls' High School, 1891; photos of Oamaru; invitation to Fancy Dress dance from Myrtle Jellicoe, Aug 1921; newspaper clipping re NZ Founders' Society; obituary for W B Allen; greeting cards; stickers; miscellaneous cuttings (some relating to Wakefield House, Wellington); menu for Christmas dinner on board TSS Awatea, 1938 (with autographs) Other - Loose photographs inserted in scrapbook removed to 88-051-04A Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1973

By: Duffy, Alex Edward (Rev), active 1973

Reference: MS-Papers-4190

Description: Translation entitled - The Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah. Founder of the church was Simon Patete and it was established in the Wairarapa ca 1895. First Wairarapa leader was Taiawhio Te Tau. Doctrine taught that the Seventh Rule of Jehovah had Maori prestige, scriptural authority and European influence. Also included are whakapapa of seven of the Maori canoes. Research exercise for Maori 302, Dept of Anthropology and Maori, Victoria University of Wellington Accompanying material - Maori text accompanied by whakapapas Language - Paper in Maori with English translation Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (37, 38 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopies)

Date: 14 May 1891-4 Sep 1891

Reference: MS-Papers-6222

Description: Fanny's diary covers the period 14 May to 4 September 1891 where she describes her daily life on board the ship `Arawa'. It includes many descriptions of New Zealand and her encounters with the local people and places, in particular the Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch regions. Includes also photocopied pictures of the ship`Arawa', pages from her original diary plus a picture of the Dod family camping at Birkdale, Lancashire in 1889. Source of title - Supplied Fanny Elizabeth Dod and her sister Eleanor FitzGerald left London and boarded the `Arawa' at Plymouth on 14 May 1891 and disembarked in Capetown, parts of Western Australia, Wellington, Dunedin, Lyttelton and then back to England on 4 September 1891. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms B Bolam, Whangaparaoa, 1998

Date: [ca 1969-1973]

By: Condliffe, John Bell (Professor), 1891-1981

Reference: qMS-0511-0513

Description: Unpublished account of career in New Zealand with Workers' Education Association and as Professor at Canterbury College; records activities with Institute of Pacific Relations; League of Nations Secretariat; National Council of Economic Research, India; Stanford Research Institute; and as Professor of Economics at University of California. Source of title - Transcribed Economist and university professor Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations (photocopy) (30 cm; blue linen)

Date: 14 May 1891-4 Sep 1891

By: FitzGerald, Eleanor, active 1891

Reference: MS-Papers-6212

Description: The diary covers FitzGerald's voyage on board the`Arawa' with details about ship life. She describes her tour of New Zealand, in particular the Wellington region, Dunedin and Christchurch. Source of title - Transcribed Eleanor FitzGerald and her sister Fanny Elizabeth Dod left London and boarded the`Arawa' at Plymouth on 14 May 1891 and disembarked in Capetown, parts of Western Australia, Wellington, Dunedin, Lyttelton and then back to England on 4 September 1891. Quantity: 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms B Bolam, Whangaparaoa, 1998

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: 1897

By: Holman, Elizabeth Ann, 1824-1917

Reference: qMS-0993

Description: Most of the reminiscences describe life at Whangarei where her husband was mainly engaged in the flax industry. He also spent some time mining and working as a builder at Thames. Elizabeth recalls Hone Heke's sacking of Kororakea in 1845 and subsequent evacuation of Whangarei settlers to Auckland. The Holmans eventually returned to Whangarei where Henry operated a flax mill until the family moved to the Thames goldfields in 1867. A revival of the flax industry saw them once again return to Whangarei. They retired to Auckland where Henry died in 1894 Relationship complexity - Holograph with ms annotations at MS-Papers-3881 Mrs Holman first came out to Hokianga in 1840. In 1841 she married Henry Charles Holman at Kororareka, and they spent some time at the Bay of Islands, and in Auckland where Henry was appointed Superintendent of Public Works. He later bought land at Mimiwhangata in Whangarei County. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (52 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green linen)

Date: 1885-1891, 1979

By: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-1284

Description: The Harris family conducted a school, taught painting, music and dancing. Miss Harris arranged exhibitions of the family's artwork in Nelson, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wellington and exhibited in national and international exhibitions. New Zealand flora was one of their chief subjects. Many of Nelson's leading citizens are mentioned and there are descriptions of social life, picnics, balls, church occasions and camping holidays. Included is a visit to New Plymouth in 1890 and a bushfire at Stratford Emily Harris lived in Nelson with her father and sisters Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (one is a photocopy)

Date: [Circa 1890s]

By: Mannering, George Edward, 1862-1947; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Fox, C D, active 1890s; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-325

Description: Album created by G E Mannering, some photographs taken by him. A number of these are of children, only identified by nick-names, or Christian names; and one of an older man in a top hat is named `Grandad'. Several views of the children are taken at the beach at New Brighton in 1893. An interior photograph of an office `The consulting desk' was taken by `HMP'. Photographs also include a scene of hay making, and several of scenes relating to sheep farming, including sheep drafting, and one of 120 bales of wool from `Double Hill Estate' loaded onto four wagons, towed by W.A. McLaren's traction engine. Other scenes in Christchurch include the Christchurch Cathedral; and early photographs of Christ's College, when the buildings were in `corrugated iron Tudor' style; and a house with a century plant (agave americana) in the foreground. The rest of the scenes are mixed, with a few tourist scenes of Maori outside a meeting house, and a group in a hot spring at Tokaanu, and a newspaper cutting with photograph of Rewi Maniapoto from the Christchurch Press (no date). One photograph shows George Edward Mannering with a group on Mount Hutt. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, with `A. P. Mannering Album, 4444-4485' lettered in gold on spine; 25 x 33 cm

Date: [ca 1881-1899]

From: Phillips family : Papers

By: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925

Reference: MSY-4802

Description: Volume of clippings, correspondence and other papers, `My own correspondence and personal matters (no 3), Patent scrap book' and including many letters to the editor by Coleman, letters by other people, and notes, many relating to Greytown matters such as water, the dairy factory, agriculture, bushfelling, fires and similar topics, notices (particularly for The Union); also bill drafts, correspondence (identified persons entered under Name), reports, statistics, rough map showing flood effects (1893), homoeopathic and other notes re varicose veins, poems by Phillips, biblical family tree, rough plan showing skim milk or whey tanks; and other topics. The scrapbook was compiled in `Patent brass & iron bedsteads &c' catalogue and pages 80-114 have not been pasted over. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Coleman Phillips, solicitor, building; probably Greytown, with figure, presumably Phillips.