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Date: 1836-1904, 1920

By: Selwyn family

Reference: MS-Group-1897

Description: Comprises the personal papers of John Richardson Selwyn, formerly Bishop of Melanesia and Warden of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and those of his parents, George Augustus and Sarah Harriet Selwyn. They include correspondence, diaries, reminiscences and other paper. As well there are some official Church records. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: A numbering system of the letters and documents, divided into rough series and using a reference SEL010/[series number]/[number of item] was used prior to the purchase of the papers. We have added these references to the titles where appropriate. However large numbers of the papers were never listed under this system. The papers have been placed into three series, according to their origin with George Augustus, Sarah Harriet and John Richardson Selwyn. Many of the folders have been described to piece-level Quantity: 46 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Provenance: The papers, held by the descendants of John Richardson Selwyn, were sold to the Library in 2010 Transfers: Collection taken into the Manuscripts Section as a whole, transfers made from there. Paintings made by G A Selwyn and others held at Drawings and Prints collection as C-162-003 and A-439-006/008. Photographs transferred to Photographic Section and held at PA-Coll-9823 - To Drawings & Prints Collection - - To Photographic Archive - (PA-Group-00665). Processing information: Letters described to piece level

Date: 1845-1929

Reference: 82-188

Description: Contains newspaper cuttings relating to the family of Bishop Selwyn and Bishop Abraham as well as the Hunter-Brown family. Includes cuttings concerning the loss of the Japanese mail steamer "Futami Maru", including letter from a member of family on board. Also telegram and letters concerning death of Hubert Hunter-Brown on Western Front in 1915, wedding invitations and other letters. Report on Browne, College of Civil Engineers, Putney, 1845. Source of title - Supplied title Compiled by the Hunter-Brown family of Nelson. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1926-1927

By: Cox, Sarah Shephard, 1840-1938

Reference: MS-0620

Description: Author's typescript which includes her annotations to photographs appearing parallel to the text. First leaf bears the annotation: `Helen Barbara Stewart from Sarah S Cox June 7th 1935' Describes her early years in England before the Harper family immigrated to Canterbury on the Egmont in 1856; her marriage to Charles Cox and their home at Mt Somers Station, their children and life on the Station up until 1877 when they moved to Christchurch. Mentions Bishop Selwyn and Samuel Butler. Includes a description of the voyage to New Zealand with reference to fellow passengers Sarah Cox was the daughter of Rev Henry John Chitty Harper and became the wife of Charles Percy Cox Quantity: 1 volume(s) (14 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photoprint) (21 cm; grey linen)

Date: 1863 - 1922

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Norbury, G W, active 1863

Reference: A-389-017

Description: Shows a view, after a sketch by G. Norbury in 1863, of a fortified St Bride's Church, Mauku, surrounded by a tent encampment. The camp was the right wing of the Movable Column, generally known as the Flying Column, commanded by Colonel Marmaduke Nixon, and consisting of Imperial troops and Militia. In this scene they are engaged in patrol duty. A farmer passes through the encampment leading four oxen pulling a cart. The Flying Column flag flies to the right of the church, bearing the initials 'F' and 'C'. A number of soldiers stand guard The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's 'Selwyn churches' (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Extended Title - Reproduced in: Cowan, James. The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol.1: 1845-1864. Chapter 32. The Titi Hill fight, 1863 (Wellington: R E Owen, 1955) Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Photographed [stamp in capital letters]; Verso - top centre - Whole page [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white, 180 x 250 mm on sheet 225 x 317 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts.

Date: 1845-1926

From: Williams family : Further papers

Reference: 75-001-1/09

Description: Pedigree of Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams of Penryhn, Carnarvon (b 1801); miscellaneous correspondence including typed transcripts of letters to Lucy Warren from her mother Mary Williams (with accompanying notes by C Athol Williams); `The Church Herald', Vol III No 30, Jun 1886, (contains article re Tarawera eruption); extracts from diary of Bishop Selwyn [?], 1842; typed extracts from diary of Rev Brown, Oct-Dec 1832 (or 1831?); letters from Superintendent's Office, Napier, 1875 re Waipawa River; reminiscences of Archdeacon Samuel Williams written by Archdeacon George MacMurray, 1926 Identified correspondents include Samuel Williams, Lucy Warren, George MacMurray, William Williams, W L Williams, James Todd, F Howard Taylor, Mary Williams, R St Hill, Moihi Turei, Rev Munro Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1838-1924

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Liverpool City Libraries

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2060

Description: Comprise selections relevant to Australia and New Zealand from the papers of Lawrence Hall, the Sea Insurance Company, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, E Turner (shipboard diary kept during voyage of the `John Gambles', 1882), the During and Holt families, George Melly, Alfred J Tomlin and Nicholas Waterhouse Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1988