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Date: 1907 (1948)

By: Colley, Lucy Anges, 1851?-1923

Reference: MS-0593

Description: Title continues:`...written by their eldest daughter, Mrs Philip Wellesley Colley (Lucy Petre)'. With notes on their children and grand-children from authentic sources and family papers; preface by JBP. Printed privately (1907). Comprises extracts from the book, typed in the Alexander Turnbull Library (Dec 1948). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (viii, 58 pages). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue cloth)

Date: 1898-1993

By: New Zealand Engineering Union

Reference: MS-Group-0371

Description: The records include minute books, case files and correspondence for the Wellington Branch and the Head Office. There are also some records of the Hutt Valley, Masterton and Auckland branches. Included is a minute book for the Wellington Trades Council, 1898-1900. For the history of the union see the name entry, and Roth, H R: Advocate, Educate, Control, the history of the New Zealand engineers' union 1863-1983 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 30 volume(s). 6 box(es) (106 folders). 3.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, NZ Engineers Union Inc, 1995

Date: 1840-1854 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: qMS-1337-1339

Description: Letters deal mainly with social and political events in and around Wellington and Hutt Valley Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; red linen) Finding Aids: Index at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: Jul 1853-Jan 1854

By: Mackie, Frederick, 1812-1893

Reference: MS-Papers-0865

Description: A Quaker visiting New Zealand, Mackie describes the people he meets and their way of life; places he visits, including Wellington, Hutt Valley and Nelson; fauna and flora Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Illustrated his observations with sketches

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MS-Papers-6902

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Maggie describing the voyage out on the `Sir George Pollock' in 1861 to Nelson, and her time in New Zealand to 1870. The letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Rev Thatcher and Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where her husband Rev John Herring was a clergyman until 1870. Accompanying material - Letter from Mr Herring to Rev Oppenheim of St James' Church, Lower Hutt re provenance and family history Transcripts made from poor photocopied typed transcripts held by Mr Herring's cousin living in Perth in 1972, and are not as full as the copy of originals at qMS Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original letters at qMS-0952. The transcripts are not as full as the originals Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopied) Provenance: The donor is the great grandson of Margaret Herring

Date: 1859

By: Krull, Frederick Augustus, 1836-1914

Reference: MS-Papers-3945

Description: Collection comprises extracts taken from Krull's letters to his mother covering the period 15 January (just prior to arrival at Wellington on the `Equator') to 25 May 1859. They describe life in early Wellington, trips taken to the Wairarapa through the Hutt Valley and to Otaki, and Krull's impressions of the natives. Includes preface page written by Boll. Accompanying material - Accompanied by copy of article on Krull from Wanganui Historical Record, (November 1980), and copy of letter from donor re provenance of letters. Frederick Krull arrived in New Zealand in January 1859 on board the Swedish ship `Equator'. He established himself as a well-known merchant in Wellington, and was a member of the City Council and Harbour Board. In 1886 he moved with his family to Wanganui where he spent the remainder of his life. Krull was notable as the first German Consul in New Zealand . Quantity: 1 folder(s) (25 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript

Date: 1848-[ca 1890]

By: Hollard, Elizabeth, 1842-1930

Reference: qMS-0989-0990

Description: She describes in detail her activities around the house, and the financial hardships encountered. Describes social life, relations with Maoris especially Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata including description of Te Rauparaha's funeral A second copy in another hand (incomplete) is also available at qMS-0990 A glimpse of Long Ago (10 pages) describes early settlement at Lowry Bay Also genealogical tables and information Elizabeth was born in New Zealand a year after her family arrived from England. During her childhood the family lived in the Hutt Valley, Karori, and Otaki. At twenty-one Elizabeth married John Hollard, and went to live at Tauherenikau in the Wairarapa. Her husband was a dairy farmer who later rather unsuccessfully tried to grow grain and fruit. Elizabeth worked in the dairy as one of her daily domestic chores Quantity: 2 volume(s) (66 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) & ms (photocopy) (29 cm; blue buckram)

Date: 1842-1855 [ca 1929], (197-?), 1918

By: Deane, Juliette, 1842-

Reference: MS-Papers-2379

Description: Her reminiscences cover the period 1842-1855. There are detailed descriptions of life in Wellington, including a list of friends and acquaintances and an account of the 1855 Wellington earthquake. Accompanying material - Genealogical chart of Captain Edward Daniell's family, dated 1918 Juliette Deane (née Daniell) was the daughter of Capt Edward Daniell. She was born in Wellington in 1842. The Daniell family lived at Te Aro after arriving from England. In 1843 they moved to their farm `Trelissick' in Ngaio, and later to the Hutt Valley. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript & mss (photocopy) Provenance: Note on provenance published in the Onslow historian, v 2 (2), 1972, pp 3-8

Date: 1890 - 1910

Reference: PAColl-5200

Description: Arrangement: 1/2 and 1/4 plate negatives. 1/4 plates uncatalogued, in 1/4 plate drawer and have subject headings typed on bags - numbers are: 1/4-018073 to 018074, 044229 to 044236, 051424 to 051454. 1/2 plates: 1/2-003910 to 003915, 004047, old numbers 1/2-023739 to 023759, old cards in catalogue. Some of these have been included in the 1/2 plate sequence numbers 1/2-009310 to 003915 and some 23 thousand negatives seem to be missing. See old register.

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MSY-6846

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Margaret describing the voyage out on the Sir George Pollock, 1861, to Nelson. Letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Wellington, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Mr Thatcher, Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where Rev Herring was a clergyman until 1870 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (60 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) (brown buckram hinged-lid box)

Date: 1941-1944 [20--]

By: Hall, George Andrews Hill, 1863-1945

Reference: MS-Group-2112

Description: Reminiscences by Hall of his early days in Lower Hutt, 1847-1890, with particular reference to Maori, floods, flora and fauna; he also writes of visits to Wellington in the 1870s and to Wairarapa stations in the 1880s. Includes a contents page. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, holograph (photocopy) and typescript

Date: 1841-1854

By: Daniell, Henry Cooper, 1817-1895

Reference: fMS-061

Description: Describes voyage to Wellington with his wife Ann on board the `Mandarin' including description of his fellow cabin passengers; Port Nicholson and Nelson settlements; New Zealand Company land problems and a detailed account of the Wairau confrontation between settlers and Maori. Family news and Baptist church affairs are included. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Transcript of letter written on board the `Mandarin', from London to NZ is at MS-Papers-5694 The writer, a New Zealand Company accountant and later Chief Clerk in the Land Office in Nelson, arrived in Wellington on the `Mandarin' in 1841 where he set up a school Quantity: 1 volume(s) (34 items). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typed transcript (36 cm; green cloth folder)

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-096

Description: The essay covers the period 1839-1957 and details the lives of two Sykes brothers who married Child sisters. William Sykes married Elizabeth (Betsy) Child, and George Skyes married Jane Child, all from Yorkshire. The two couples immigrated to New Zealand on the Bolton in 1839 and settled first in Wellington and then the Hutt Valley. The essay also details the life and family of Robert Wyeth who arrived in Wellington on the Cuba in 1839 and settled in Hutt Valley. Publication - In `Our lesser stars' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1842-1853 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: MSX-8805

Description: Letters, mainly to her father and husband describing political and social life at Wellington and the Hutt, with some correspondence from other members of the Swainson family Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (30 letters). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (30 cm; green linen) Finding Aids: Index available at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: 1932

By: Kilmister, Albert, 1881-1954

Reference: MS-1117

Description: Some early history of the Kilmister family and early Wellington as they remembered it. Details of voyage to New Zealand on the Lady Nugent, local Maori, and construction of houses and roads. Source of title - Spine title John and Frances Kilmister arrived 1841 on the Lady Nugent, lived in Wellington and Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-099

Description: The essay covers the period 1829-1947 and is mainly concerned with the first 20 years of the author's life in Westport and Petone but also gives an account of the lives of her parents and grandparents. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes a great many photographs

Date: 1892-1985

By: New Zealand Building Trades Union

Reference: MS-Group-0415

Description: Comprises records of the Wellington and Wanganui branches of the Carpenters' Union and its predecessors, and of their National Executive; also records of the Wanganui Gasworkers and Painters' unions, the Wellington Plumbers' and Bricklayers' unions, and the Ship's Carpenters' branch of the Wellington Watersiders' Union. An apparently unrelated collection, that of the Wellington Milk Roundsmen's Union, was also found with the records. Also includes records of the Wellington and Wanganui Trades Councils Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 43 box(es). 6 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 16.50 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Box listings available. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 14 group portraits - To Other - Film to NZ Film Archive.

Date: 1790-1870

Reference: Micro-MS-0102

Description: Chiefly family correspondence concerning William Swainson's decision to emigrate. Letters home from sons 1840-1848, describing life in the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa, 1846 earthquake and current disturbances; also journal of Mary Marshall on voyage to New Zealand on the barque `Jane' 1840-1841 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Holographs (Positive microfilm) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1870s

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Clendon, Jane (Dr), 1951-

Reference: PAColl-5016

Description: Panorama of Wellington and 7 prints showing Ngauranga, Kaiwharawhara, Hutt River, Piercy's Mill and Wairarapa Prints made ca 1900 by R A Taylor from James Bragge's original negatives Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s) in three mounts. Provenance: Donated by Dr Jane Clendon, Eastbournce, 1996. The prints were from the estate of the donor's father