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Date: 1849-1861 (1940)

By: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862

Reference: MS-2205

Description: Letters mainly concern the foundation and settlement of Canterbury Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (1, 180, xvii pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; ¼ dark green morocco) Finding Aids: Indexed.

Date: 4 March 1884

Reference: Objects-0599

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Comprises a silver trowel with ivory handle and engraved inscription. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: centre - Engraved inscription: "Presented to Sir W Fox, K C M G, on the occasion of his laying the top corner-stone of the YMCA building, Christchurch, 4 March 1884". Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Trowel, silver and ivory, 40 x 85 x 300mm. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-029-019. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Silver trowel] ; presented to Sir W Fox, K C M G, on the occasion of his laying the top corner-stone of the YMCA building, Christchurch, 4 March 1884. - [1884?].

Date: 1853-1857

By: Selfe, Henry Selfe, 1810-1870

Reference: MSX-8815

Description: Correspondence mainly concerns the Canterbury Association and the settlement of Canterbury Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (27 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, blue pamphlet case)

Date: [1882]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: Curios-005-024

Description: Medal recto shows a female classical figure holding a wreath beside a tree fern or palm, and a box with scales. The verso shows a wreath of New Zealand flowers, and has inscribed the words: Awarded to Prof Dr J von Haast, F.R.S. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver medal, 65 mm diameter, housed in brown leather case, lined in blue velvet, 95 x 100 x 20 mm.

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: 1872

From: Haast family: Collection

By: G Coates & Company

Reference: Curios-005-030

Description: Medal recto shows heraldic elements: the New Zealand coat of arms, an agricultural coat of arms, and a flax plant at top centre. The verso shows a tree fern, flank by a kiwi and a small moa, with a harbour scene in the background, with a Maori waka, two tree ferns and hills. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze medal, 65 mm diameter, housed in brown leather case, 95 x 95 x 16 mm.

Date: 1922-1926

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8630-01

Description: Loose leaves from scrapbook at MSX-7826. Includes school reports, timetables, sports fixtures, school publications, and other papers. Relationship complexity - The originating scrapbook is at MSX-7826 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, printed matter

Date: 1966 - 1976

By: Garland, Philip Humphrey, 1942-2017

Reference: Curios-050-004

Description: Rubber stamp bearing the words 'The common seal of' in the middle of the circle; around the outside are the words 'N.Z. Folklore Society / Ch'Ch' Branch' The New Zealand Folklore Society was set up in 1966, and Christchurch singer Phil Garland began collecting and playing folk songs Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Circular rubber stamp, 40 mm (diameter), on wooden block 40 x 40 mm, with wooden handle 55 mm high Provenance: Donation: Phil Garland, Te Aroha, April 2015 Transfers: From Sound and Music Centre - MS-Group-2209 - Collection as a whole taken into Music; other transfers made to Ephemera, Photo Archive and Published collections.

Date: [1906-1910]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-047

Description: Published by Government Printer, 1910. Also includes some loose clippings from 1934-1935 and a postcard of the Exhibition buildings. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volume with loose papers

Date: 1906-1907, and [1940s-1960s?]

Reference: PA1-o-029

Description: Photographs taken on a trip to New Zealand by Dr Freda Bage, 1906-1907; includes several photographs taken by unknown photographers at later dates, most of new Zealand, but one of Rotten Row in London, and one of the Victoria Dock in Sydney. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black hard cover, cream binding tape spine, 230 x 300 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-0115. Transfer information - MS-0115.

Date: 1977-1979

Reference: MS-Papers-8982

Description: Scripts of four plays, performed by the children of a group of families in Christchurch, at Ngaio Marsh's annual Christmas parties Theatrical Families Inc was an informal name sometimes used for a group of families whose children performed plays at Ngaio Marsh's annual Christmas parties in Christchurch. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Marian Minson, Wellington, 2008

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-q-094

Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: [ca 1927-1983]

By: Sayers, Ross Charles, 1918-2004

Reference: 90-292

Description: Transcripts of reminiscences and interviews with editors and journalists of the newspapers owned by NZ News Ltd; draft history of NZ News Ltd; copy of thesis by Roberta M Hill: From hot metal to cold type, labor process theory and new technology in the newspaper industry, a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology at the University of Canterbury, 1983. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - From hot metal to cold type, labour process theory and new technology in the newspaper industry (Thesis) Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopied) Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1851

By: Bowen, Georgiana Elizabeth, 1810-1902

Reference: qMS-0264

Description: In these two letters Mrs Bowen describes her family's arrival at Lyttelton on the `Charlotte Jane' on 16 Dec 1850, and the early attempts of the settlers to make homes in Canterbury. She discusses the cost of living and the roughness of accommodation in considerable detail. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm, grey pam case)

Date: 1935

By: Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976

Reference: qMS-1631

Description: Copy of Mr Pascoe's ARIBA thesis Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (140 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm; brown cloth) Includes illustrations

Date: 1947

Reference: MS-1821

Description: Account of the life of Robert Parker, with particular emphasis on his career as organist, choir conductor and teacher in Christchurch and Wellington Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1850-1854 (1945)

By: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862

Reference: MS-2206

Description: Mainly concerned with the Canterbury Association and the settlement Variations in title - Spine title: Letters to Lord Lyttelton, 1850-1853 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (92 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, maroon linen)

Date: 1922-1926

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: MSX-7826

Description: Titled `College days'. Scrapbook made by John Pascoe, covering his years of schooling at Christ's College, Christchurch. Includes school reports, timetables, sports fixtures, school publications, and other papers. Relationship complexity - The loose leaves from the scrapbook have been placed with MS-Papers-8630-1 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, printed matter

Date: 31 Oct 1873-8 Feb 1876 (transcribed 2007)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Moore, Walter Montagu, 1851-1929

Reference: MSDL-1260

Description: Account of voyage to Canterbury on Crusader with his brothers Francis and Henry, 1873-1874, and return voyage to England a year later on the Merope. Describes his stay in Christchurch, trips to Governor's Bay and Akaroa, to Hokitika via Arthur's Pass, trip to visit numerous sheep stations in South Canterbury, social events, cricket matches, balls, Professor Bickerton's lectures, Transit of Venus Expedition (lead by Major Palmer, R.E., chief astronomer), Canterbury runholders and settlers including Lysaght family, Thomas Potts (Ohinetahi), etc. Trip to North Island via Wellington, thermal region, Tauranga, Auckland, and return to Christchurch before leaving for England on the Merope in Jan 1875. Includes brief account of Walter's return voyage to New Zealand, Oct 1875-8 Feb 1876 on the Crusader. Includes index of people, sheep stations and ships mentioned Accompanying material - Newspaper report of 1873-1874 voyage of Crusader, & 1874 voyage of the Merope (Transit of Venus expedition on board) (from Lyttelton Times); biographical notes & 1861 census for Moore family; biographical entry for Thomas Potts (NZ dictionary of biography / Scholefield) Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD project (Shipboard diary digitisation)

Date: 1887

By: Williams, Arthur Scott, active 1887

Reference: MSY-6107

Description: Mr Williams collected all the ephemera material from his voyage out on the Rimutaka including a plan of the ship and his ticket, menus, passenger lists etc., there are also bills from hotels and clubs in New Zealand and tickets for excursions. There are several letters from people he met in New Zealand. He visited Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington among other places. He went onto Australia and returned to England on the Tongariro in May 1887. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased, 2005