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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: 1840-1854 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: qMS-1337-1339

Description: Letters deal mainly with social and political events in and around Wellington and Hutt Valley Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; red linen) Finding Aids: Index at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MS-Papers-6902

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Maggie describing the voyage out on the `Sir George Pollock' in 1861 to Nelson, and her time in New Zealand to 1870. The letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Rev Thatcher and Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where her husband Rev John Herring was a clergyman until 1870. Accompanying material - Letter from Mr Herring to Rev Oppenheim of St James' Church, Lower Hutt re provenance and family history Transcripts made from poor photocopied typed transcripts held by Mr Herring's cousin living in Perth in 1972, and are not as full as the copy of originals at qMS Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original letters at qMS-0952. The transcripts are not as full as the originals Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopied) Provenance: The donor is the great grandson of Margaret Herring

Date: 1821-1908

By: White, William Bertram, 1821-1910

Reference: qMS-2210

Description: Contains author's family history and an account of his voyage to New Zealand on the `George Fyfe' in 1842 and experiences in the Wellington region, principally around Otaki and Hutt 1842-1848, and in Mangonui as a government official 1848-1873 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (75 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (29 cm, green buckram)

Date: 1843-1854 (1957)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: MSX-8807

Description: Letters to Mary de Lys and Isabel Percy, Warwick, from the Hutt Valley and Kaiwharawhara Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (32 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red buckram) Finding Aids: Index available at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: 1953

By: Love, Ripeka Wharawhara, 1882-1953

Reference: qMS-1162

Description: Autobiographical notes by Mrs R W Love covering the circumstances of her birth on Kapiti Island, her childhood and adulthood. She describes Maori and Pakeha relations and makes observations about Maori participation in both World Wars. Source of title - Transcribed title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: [ca 1904-1912]

From: New Zealand Founders' Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0227-09

Description: Clippings from the Evening Post and the New Zealand Times. Ludford's interests seemed to have been centred on Maori and early European history in the Wellington area, as far north as Otaki and Levin, with some additional West Coast, South Island material. Includes Bevan's `Reminiscences of an old colonist'; James Brown's reminiscences of the Hutt Valley; the Miramar Peninsular in Maori times; a reminiscence of the battle of Orakau by Wini Tana Tupotahi; obituary for John Plimmer; article on Henry Burling of the Wairarapa; reminiscences of John Kirkcaldie; tentative plan for proposed YMCA building, 1906; Pahautanui Pa; Wellington place-names; article on stoats and weasels; article on Kapiti Island; first report of the New Zealand Club, 1911. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1843-1854 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: MSX-8808

Description: Letters to Mary de Lys and Isabel Percy, Warwick, from Hutt Valley and Kaiwharawhara Source of title - supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; maroon linen) Finding Aids: Index available at qMS-1430-1433.

Date: 1842-1853 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: MSX-8805

Description: Letters, mainly to her father and husband describing political and social life at Wellington and the Hutt, with some correspondence from other members of the Swainson family Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (30 letters). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (30 cm; green linen) Finding Aids: Index available at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: 1932

By: Kilmister, Albert, 1881-1954

Reference: MS-1117

Description: Some early history of the Kilmister family and early Wellington as they remembered it. Details of voyage to New Zealand on the Lady Nugent, local Maori, and construction of houses and roads. Source of title - Spine title John and Frances Kilmister arrived 1841 on the Lady Nugent, lived in Wellington and Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1880 - 1900

By: Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: G-293

Description: Shows Hutt River flowing slowly along plain with hills in background. Willow and cabbage trees on left, other trees on right. See similar oil at G-233. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title and signature] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 510 x 916 mm.