Places

Date: 1876

By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880

Reference: qMS-0542

Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp. 20,21,34,35). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)

Date: [199-?]

By: Searle, George, 1914-2002

Reference: MS-Papers-7383

Description: Early history of the Waikanae districts covering the period up to ca 1850. It begins with a description of the geographical setting and then covers the Maori history of the district prior to the first European contact, the arrival of Europeans, the development of communications, military action against Te Rauparaha, the advent of Christianity and missionary work among the Maori, including the building of churches and schools Variations in title - Ko Waikanae (me whenua tata) i Nga Ra O Mua (alternative title in Maori) Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1882-1886, 1999

By: Fitchett, Ashton John (Dr), 1926-2008

Reference: MS-Group-0898

Description: The collection comprises a history of the Fitchett family of Ohiro, Brooklyn, by Dr Fitchett, who lives in Brooklyn. The family is descended from William Fitchett (b 1730) of Bretby, Derbyshire. John Fitchett arrived in Wellington on the `London' in May, 1842, with his wife, Louisa, settling in Brooklyn and developed Ohiro Farm. Dr Fitchett describes various members of the family, their lives, descendants, etc, documenting events from family, official and local government sources. Dr Fitchett has also transcribed, with notes, the diary of Laura Sophia Fitchett Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts with photographic illustrations

Date: 1791-1971

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2726

Description: Comprises selections from Sheffield Smelting Company records, the Wharncliff Muniments, the Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments, and from the Local History Section and records of the South Yorkshire County Record Office Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [1940]-2002

By: Crane, Wendy Vivienne, 1936-

Reference: MS-Group-0949

Description: Comprises `This is your life - Vivienne Ellis', a compilation of reminiscences by Vivienne, her family and friends, illustrated with photographs to commemorate her 80th birthday, together with material relating to the 80th birthday party. Also reminiscences and information about the Judson, Ayers, and Taylor families, and a transcript of an oral history interview of Vivienne Ellis entitled `Seddons children - Rural and farming', and further family documents. Also history essay by Mary Jeffares on social conditions in the Hutt Valley during the 1930s and 1940s in which she interviewed Vivienne Ellis and her son, Howard Title supplied by Library Relationship complexity - See also Pacifist literature collected by Robert Henry Ellis (85-104) Wendy Crane is the daughter of Vivienne Ellis. Quantity: 20 folder(s). 4 volume(s). 0.32 Linear Metres. 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 C120 cassette(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs (some photocopies) Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives, material transferred to the Photographic Archive, the Oral History Centre and Drawings and Prints - To Oral History Collection - Two cassette tapes of interviews with Mrs Vivienne Ellis by her daughter, Wendy Crane [199-] - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Dried flower hand-made greeting cards (A-320-013/015) - To Photographic Archive - 26 original black and white photographic prints on 2 pages (PAColl-7772) from A2002-157. Many family photographs