Places

Date: 1900

By: Kenning, Winifred, 1897-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1857

Description: Reminiscences about life and people in the Hokianga area, 1820 till the present (1973) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (68 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1815-1970

By: Adams, Martha, 1815-1906

Reference: qMS-0026

Description: Reminiscences of early days in Marlborough written in 1857; copies of verse and satire by the family; copy of letter and verse by Henry Harper on Martha Adam's death, plan of family home, Redwood; biographical details from the Cyclopedia of New Zealand and newspaper clippings concerning her husband and eldest son; and sketches she made as a girl in England. Describes her English childhood, marriage to William Adams in 1840 and emigration to Nelson 1850. She describes the `mud hovel' in which the Adams family first lived when taking up a Marlborough run in 1852, and recalls the islolated life which at times found her coping alone with house and farm work, sick children, food shortages and vagrants. Her account ends with the family's move to a new property `Langley Dale', on the Wairau River. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - Cyclopaedia of New Zealand Quantity: 1 volume(s) (51 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter (photocopy) (37 cm, red buckram) Includes sketches of Salop, England

Date: Oct 1906

By: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944

Reference: qMS-1928

Description: Contains the purchase of the Haukaretu block in Wellington by Maori Quantity: 1 volume(s) (2, 4 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm folded to 27 cm)

Date: 1943-1948

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0369

Description: File 165 - Contains finances regarding various land blocks on the East Coast Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1945-1947

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0370

Description: File 166 - Contains finances of the station and also a programme regarding the dedication ceremony to Maori soldiers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1907 (1948)

By: Colley, Lucy Anges, 1851?-1923

Reference: MS-0593

Description: Title continues:`...written by their eldest daughter, Mrs Philip Wellesley Colley (Lucy Petre)'. With notes on their children and grand-children from authentic sources and family papers; preface by JBP. Printed privately (1907). Comprises extracts from the book, typed in the Alexander Turnbull Library (Dec 1948). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (viii, 58 pages). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue cloth)

Date: 1933

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0018C

Description: Correspondence regarding the construction of the Tokomaru Bay and Otaki meeting houses Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1936

By: Marumaru, Rangi, active 1916-1936

Reference: MS-Papers-1985

Description: Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1942

By: Phillipps, William John, 1893-1967

Reference: qMS-1588

Description: To W J Phillipps of the Dominion Museum, giving a list of carved houses on the East Coast Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (35cm, grey covers) Processing information: Transferred from main collection, Oct 1978

Date: 1944

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0089

Description: The contents in this folder contains working notes for lectures in the Porourangi School of Maori culture. With details of the origins of Ngati Porou including whakapapa tables used for their respective lectures. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1952

Reference: E-278-q-113

Description: Shows Mitre Peak, and vessels in Milford Sound. Trees, rocks and plants in immediate foreground. Artist's name can not be deciphered (lower righthand corner). Inscriptions: Verso - Postcard addressed to Mrs T P Huggins No 42 Hall Street, Wellington. 28 Dec [1952?]. "Wishing you and Tom and Master W P Huggins a Happy New Year from Mam & Dad" Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 140 mm

Date: [Between 1914 and 1937]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-406

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers; and several scenes showing Canterbury Mountaineering Club annual sports days over a number of years. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Many of the people and places photographed are listed above. Most of the landscape photographs are again fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [240 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 04 Aug 1968

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/222

Description: The land of sacks by Amelia Batistich from Te Hapua, the most northerly settlement. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Interviewer(s) - Selwyn Muru, reader Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0227 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 14 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other no script available.

Date: 1970s

From: Society for Research on Women: Records

Reference: 84-146-01

Description: Contains completed questionnaires relating to women and their experiences with earning and managing money. Box listing available in backfile. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: In a box previously labelled by the Library "S.R.O.W ACC 84-146 BOX 100". Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: ca 1951

From: Turakina Maori Girls' College: Records

Reference: Objects-0610-1

Description: Textile embroidery created by Mairatea Tahiwi circa 1951. Made up of a circular embroidery showing a Māori whare, with peripheral circle containing the words: "Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko I Te Ora [Maori Women's Welfare League]. Tatau Tatau". Possibly made from cotton fibre. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Circular embroidery on cloth, 2 x 180 x 180mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A92-051. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-029-024-01. Previous title:  Tahiwi, Mairatea, 1908- :Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko i te Ora. Tatau Tatua. 1951.

Date: 1938-1991

From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992 : Chatham Islands collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-4494-1

Description: Folder contains the first part of the scrapbook which consists mainly newspaper clippings relating to the Chatham Islands but also includes envelopes, brochures, correspondence and other related material concerning the Chatham Islands. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1951

From: Turakina Maori Girls' College: Records

By: Tahiwi, Mairatea, 1908-1997

Reference: Objects-0610

Description: Three textile pieces created by Mairatea Tahiwi circa 1951. Includes circular embroidery of Maori whare, with peripheral circle containing the words: "Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko I Te Ora [Maori Women's Welfare League]. Tatau Tatau". The two weaving samples are small rectangles of brown and cream chequer pattern. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 3 object(s). Physical Description: Circular embroidery on cloth and woven rectangles. Processing information: Description edited and child records created as part of the Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-029-024. Previous title: Tahiwi, Mairatea, 1908- :[One embroidery and two weaving samples. ca 1951].

Date: 1875-[ca 1920]

By: Worsfold, Louisa Blanche Norwood, 1872-1947

Reference: qMS-2294

Description: Covering the period, 1875-1920, this work contains much biographical information as well as descriptions of the social life of the area Source of title - Title page Variations in title - Spine title: A history of Russell Quantity: 1 volume(s) (123 pages). Physical Description: Typed transcript (35 cm; yellow buckram)

Date: 1940

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0066

Description: Contains a transcript copy of an account of events that happened at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1996

From: New Zealand Axemen's Association emblem patches

Reference: Objects-0889-2

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Emblem bearing a competing woodchopper in profile, wih the words 'Mobil New Zealand Axemen's Association Inc. Wanganui, 1996' Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Machine embroidery on cotton backed with linen reinforcement Transfers: Separated from MS-Group-2008.. Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 29 February 2024. Previous reference: Curios-043-004. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Shirt sew-on patch showing the emblem of the Mobil New Zealand Axemen's Association Inc team]. Wanganui, 1996.