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Monica Ethel Kidd - Fac et Spera (Do and Hope); the Mathesons of Fourpenny
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-045
Description: The essay details the Matheson family of Sutherlandshire, Scotland; The marriage of James Matheson and Helen Murray; the voyage to Otago on the `Agra' in 1858; life in Dunedin and Tokomairiro (Milton); life of their children; and life of the children of their eldest son George Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes and drafts relating to Polynesian culture (ET/AT 007)
Date: [1972]
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11750-38
Description: Research papers, notes and drafts relating to Polynesian culture, including gods and religious practices, oceanic canoes, tattooing, and carving. Includes a draft article for a magazine which became defunct before it was published, relating to the Maori atua, Tane. Also includes some drawings of Maori carved figures, waka and a pataka. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two colour prints of Ponsonby Road residence transferred..
Brockie's chronicles
Date: 1943-1958, 1999
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- : Brockie's chronicles
Reference: MS-Papers-6565-1
Description: Printout of Brockie's edited diaries, letters and notes, 1930s to 1952 with background family biography, extracts from his father's reminiscences and account by Brockie of his early years. The first part, `Boa', tells of his father's experiences and includes extracts from reminiscences during World War One and family history from the 14th century. Brockie writes of his various experiences during the 1940s to 1952, growing up in Christchurch and moving to Wellington, at school, university, tramping and social life, some as reminiscences, the rest extracts from his diaries with linking information. Quantity: 1 folder(s).