Places

Date: [1976]

From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host

Reference: 2003-325-17

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-077

Description: The essay describes the origins of the Graydon family, John and Margaret Graydon's voyage to Auckland in 1858 on the Evening Star, their lives and those of their children and grandchildren in Auckland. John worked as a shipwright. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs of the family

Date: 1605, 1831-1866

From: Hingston, William George Cornelius, 1802-1894 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0043-1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: [ca 1912]

By: McDonald, Colin A, active 1912

Reference: qMS-1173

Description: Comprises brief introduction to early history of NZ beginning with Tasman and moving on to the arrival of Cook, the missionaries and the settlement of the Gisborne area. Includes sketches, maps, illustrations, summaries of the main events of the region, statistics on farming, land and occupation, a description of the borough, the springs of the region, Waikaremoana, industry, sections on the Tokomaru Sheepfarmers Freezing Co Ltd, the Gisborne Farmers' Frozen Meat Co Ltd, the Gisborne Gas Co, the railway, a history of oil exploration, the timber trade, the Gisborne Brewery and Aerated Water Factory, the lightering service, the harbour, including trade and dredges, sheep returns, clubs and sports, climate and birthrate and a map of the proposed wharf extensions Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (83 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (34 cm;green linen) Illustrated, with maps

Date: 1993

By: Smith, Wendy L, 1954-

Reference: MSX-4601

Description: Smith records daily entries describing routines, activities, relationships, family affairs and other matters in her life, centring on Invercargill, where she lives, and on genealogy, which is her special interest Source of title - Transcribed The diary is part of the 1993 Women's Suffrage Centenary Diaries Project; a later part of the proect is to publish excerpts from the participants' diaries Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (case folder) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms W L Smith, Invercargill, May 1997 Smith has sketched the interior of her house relating to renovation plans

Date: 1811-1939

By: Crawford family

Reference: ATL-Group-0759

Description: The bulk of the collection comprises diaries, notebooks, correspondence and papers of James Coutts Crawford, 1817-1889 and correspondence with his sons H D, A D, C J, and J D Crawford who held a diplomatic post in China, and daughter Janet Willis. James Coutts Crawford's papers cover his naval career, sojourn in Australia, farming and development of land purchased at Miramar (Wellington) and service as Provincial Geologist. The papers reflect his interest in natural history, agriculture and mining. Early material was used in `Recollections of Travel in Australia and New Zealand' published in 1880. The papers of his sons deal with the development of the Miramar Estate and sheep farming. Arrangement: This collection is arranged so that the papers of James Coutts Crawford and each member of his family are self-contained as far as possible. The outward correspondence to members of the immediate family is collected under the writer while inward correspondence is confined to letters from extended family members and other writers. There is some overlapping of papers especially where the Miramar estate is concerned. Quantity: 406 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: See inventory for details Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph albums (25 Sep 1984) PA-Group-00149.

Date: [1950-1960]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-4/09

Description: Manuscript of `Good Oh, Joe'; `The Keys'; `The Housegirl'; `Bully Hayes' and `Bully Hayes II'; `Bully Hayes III' ; `What Happened to the Endeavour' ; `Whaling on the East Coast'; `Chinese on Otago Goldfields'; `Thoughts on a Buggy Lamp II' and `Counting sheep'. The story 'Whaling on the East Coast' includes some loan words in Maori for whaling terms. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1881

By: Te Kairangi, Atanatiu, active 1870-1913

Reference: Micro-MS-0949

Description: Arranged in four parts this journal explores the history and whakapapa of the Ngati Toa people. It includes detailed whakapapa from Marangaiparoa, son of Toa Rangatira, with a special emphasis on the relationships between Ngati Toa and other closely related Kawhia tribes. The manuscript also details the migration of the Tainui and Te Arawa canoes to Aotearoa, with accompanying karakia; Purakau, or short historical narratives, about numerous Ngati Toa tupuna (ancestors); The migrations of the Ngati Toa tribes from Kawhia to the Kapiti district; And an examination of Maori theological concepts, and includes a discussion about the descent of the Maori people from Adam and Eve. Also records the baptism of various people into the Mormon church at Takapuwahia pa, Porirua, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Publication - This manuscript may be the original source material used by Sir Maui Pomare for the book "Legends of the Maori", 2 volumes [1930]. Other - Microfilmed in 2001 from original in private hands Manuscript journal by Atanatiu Te Kairangi, later acquired by Sir Maui Pomare. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1909

By: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917

Reference: MS-1385-1386

Description: Author's copies with ms annotations and corrections. Also some letters to McNab bound in Other Titles - Murihuku; a history of the South Island of New Zealand and the islands adjacent and lying to the south, from 1642 to 1835 Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (with ms annotations) & ms (22 cm; blue linen, in grey phase boxes)

Date: [1960-2001]

By: Mikus, Jules Pierre Nicolas, 1959-

Reference: MS-Group-0967

Description: Comprises various papers relating to the Te Kooti family, and Volkner-Mikus's beliefs about the association between Te Kooti and European royalty. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs and printed matter (some photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J Volkner-Mikus, Naenae, Lower Hutt, Jan 2001, Aug 2001

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-026

Description: The essay provides the earliest known history of the Trescowthick family in Cornwall, details of Elizabeth's parentage, early life in Padstow, Cornwall, marriage to John Henwood and life in London and Kent. The Henwoods immigrated to Canterbury in 1856 on the `Joseph Fletcher'. The essay describes their life in the new settlement, Kaiapoi floods of 1860s, financial ruin, their family and final years. Includes list of descendants updated to 1987 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photographs

Date: [1990-1995]

By: Sanders, Roy, active 1950s-2006

Reference: MS-Papers-6544

Description: Research and compilation toward a history of the family of Ernest and Dorcas Sanders by Roy and Elaine Sanders; includes genealogical material, narrative, correspondence, copies of photographs and clippings and related material Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1908-1911

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B056

Description: Contains journal entries dealing with farming activities, political activities, financial dealings, church activities, land matters and domestic affairs; also contains snippets of New Zealand history written in Maori, whakapapa and karakia, Maori vocabulary and phrases, and a record of the births and marriages in the Jury family Physical Description: Black board, 19 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-014

Description: After the Allport family went from Birmingham, England to a new life in Nelson in 1842, the difficulties of the New Zealand Company lead young Thomas to New South Wales, Australia for work. There he met and married Rachel Willett in 1847. She was from a Buckinghamshire family. After a time spent in Queensland they went to Nelson for 13 years before farming at Tua Marina from 1865, raising a family of 11. From 1879 they had the Panama Boarding House in Picton where Rachel was hostess for 35 years. She died aged 90, having outlived her husband and six of their children Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 14 Aug 1642-15 Jan 1643

By: Tasman, Abel Janszoon, 1603?-1659?; Woide, Charles Godrey, 1725-1790

Reference: MS-2119

Description: Manuscript of the first translation from Dutch into English (made for Sir Joseph Banks) of Tasman's journal from Batavia in 1642-1643, by C G Woide. Woide includes an introduction to Joseph Banks on the nature of his transcription. There is also a small lexicon of some of the Dutch words used by Tasman. The journal begins on the 14th August 1462 as Tasman and his crew set sail from Batavia aboard the `Heemskerck' and the `Zeehaen'. The vessels travelled south via Mauritius and Tasmania. The entry for 13 Dec 1642 describes their first sighting of New Zealand. From New Zealand Tasman continued on to Tonga and Fiji, then returning to Java. Volume also includes a tipped in letter from the British Museum to the Alexander Turnbull Library (1960) regarding the provenance of the volume and how it had been originally owned by Sir Joseph Banks. Another facsimile copy of this journal by Woide is held by the British Library (MS 8947). Charles G Woide was commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks to translate Tasman's original journal from the Dutch language. A note by Sir Clements Robert Markham in the prefix of the volume indicates Woide hoped to be paid £30 for the transcription work. Markham also advises he will let Edward Stanhope (politician and owner of Bank's property estate) of the removal of the volume from Banks' personal library. Woide was an orientalist, biblical scholar and Assistant Librarian in the British Museum from 1782 until his death in 1790. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (338 pages). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 2008

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MSDL-1820

Description: Comprises four histories submitted by A W Glassford in support of the New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award application. They cover the pre European and early settler use of the Matakanui Station area, the histories of Matakanui Station, Otago, the Glassford family, Dougalston farm situated on the former township of Drybread, and the Rankeillor farm property. Original owners Henry (Harry) Gordon-Glassford (1764-1819) and his halfbrother James Glassford Gordon-Glassford (1771-1834) emigrated from Scotland to Australia and New Zealand purchasing 80,000 acres in the Lauder Survey District, 12 Km from Omakau, Central Otago. In 1864 the brothers took over the lease of Run 223 from Messrs Webster and Thomson. The run ran from the top of the Dunstan Range to the Manuherikia River, Lauder Creek and Chatto Creek. They operated under the name Glassford Bros. and the run became known as Matakanui Station. In 2008 the property was awarded the NZ Century Farm and Station Award to mark 100 years of continous ownership by one family. Quantity: 4 Electronic document(s).

Date: [1940-1995]

By: Wills Johnson, Te Mīria Kate, 1929-1995

Reference: ATL-Group-00503

Description: Comprises correspondence with Chatham Islanders relating to the history of the islands, and correspondence with others also relating to the the islands' history. Includes research notes, whakapapa and genealogical material, photocopies of original and published material, some personal papers, photographs and interview tapes. Also includes photographs of Chatham Islands personalities and places, Source of title - Supplied Kate Miria Wills Johnson was born in the Chatham Islands and became involved in the history of the area, publishing `People of the Chathams' in 1994 Quantity: 205 colour original photographic print(s). 87 folder(s). 61 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 volume(s). 4 album(s) Album(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 container(s) film negatives. 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter (some photocopies), colour and black and white photographs, photogprah albums, and negatives. Transfers: To Oral History Collection - 21 interview tapes relating to Chatham Islands history; and 6 interview tapes relating to Wairarapa flax mill for copy and return - To Serials Collection - Several copies of serials and calendar. Processing information: Previous access statement 'Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was removed in May 2022.