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Cooper, Phillip, fl 1839-1842 : An account of the schooner Osprey
Date: 1948
Reference: qMS-0543
Description: Cooper was carpenter's assistant on the barque Osprey. Account of the Osprey, the barque Louisa Campbell, owner Theophilus Heale, and early settlement of Auckland and Cornwallis. Related notes by AB Chappell, and press cuttings. Includes names of those on board the Louisa Campbell Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript (blue cloth; 28 cm)
Reminiscences and Maori stories/ Gilbert Mair
Date: [1908-1924]
From: Cowan family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11946-050
Description: Published by Brett, 1923. Includes an inscription by the publisher H. Brett, with a personal message to James Cowan, dated 4 January 1924. Also includes loose material comprising clippings, photographs, research notes, and correspondence. Correspondence includes a letter from Gilbert Mair to Cowan, dated 25 August 1923, on the topic of Rewi Maniapoto and the battle of Ōrakau, and Mair's wishes to revise some text of his book 'Reminiscences and Maori stories'. Also a letter from Tai Mitchell [Taiporutu Te Mapu] dated 4 January 1924, relating to 'Tawa' [Gilbert Mair]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, loose papers, and photographs Five photographic prints, of Gilbert Mair, an identified woman, Gilbert Mair's grave stone, and an image of his coffin being carried by pullbearers at his funeral. This is stuck inside the back cover of the book.
Travel in New Zealand; the island dominion; its life and scenery, pleasure-routes and s...
Date: 1926-1930
From: Cowan family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11946-009
Description: Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, New Zealand, in 1926. Annotations on front cover 'South Island N. Z. J. Cowan', and loose papers that were laid in to the volume, include newspaper cuttings, notes and correspondence. The letter is from Richard Henry (2 February 1929) of Helensville, and is addressed to The Editor of the Star Auckland, relating to wishing to share information with "J. C." about "the cause of our native birds dieing [sic] out". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume with loose papers in a folder
The North Island main trunk railway: a descriptive and historical story/ James Cowan
Date: 1903, 1928-1937
From: Cowan family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11946-166
Description: Published by the Publicity Branch, New Zealand Railways, 1928. The page numbers in this issue are out of order. Includes clippings, drafts, proofs, research notes, ephemera, and correspondence, dated 1903, and 1928-1937. Includes notes from an interview with Alex Bell of Taumarunui, and notes relating to Waitomo and Ruakuri caves. Some of the clippings relate to Māori history of the King Country and Central North Island, including information relating to the meaning of Māori place names. Ephemera includes a brochure relating to the 'Raurimu Spiral'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One volume and loose papers in a folder
More Maoriland adventures of J. W. Stack/ James West Stack
Date: 1936
From: Cowan family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11946-065
Description: Published by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1936. Includes a handwritten personal message to James Cowan from the editor, signed 'AHR'. Also includes some newspaper clippings relating to Methodist missionaries in Wellington in 1839, and Robert Maunsell. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume and loose papers