Places

Date: 1998

By: Hewitt, Helen Verity, active 1998

Reference: MSX-4762

Description: Family history based on the diaries written by Henry John Sealy between 1858 and 1878. Relationship complexity - A copy of John Sealy's dairy located at MS-Copy-Micro-0046 Sealy emigrated to New Zealand in 1858 with his younger brother Edward Percy (b.1839). He worked as a land surveyer in both the Hawkes Bay and Canterbury Regions. He retired and died in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Helen Hewitt, Australia, 1998

Date: [ca 1874-1944] (1953)]

By: Major, John Edwin, 1859-1954

Reference: qMS-1232

Description: Accounts of life in Wellington, Manawatu, Gisborne and Taranaki, and many political recollections and comments. There is a chapter on old-time racing, including the days before the book-maker was banned. There are also references to visiting celebrities, among them Mark Twain, Frank Bullen and Paderewski, and memories of many theatrical shows. Included is a summary of the career of the late Henry Hayward, a pioneer in cinema entertainment in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed He was a store-keeper, law clerk and land agent; member of Parliament for Hawera for six years; mayor of Hawera for thirteen years and member of other local bodies in Taranaki. He was a noted runner; played Rugby football for these provinces; and as owner and spectator was keenly interested in horse-riding. He was one of the founders of a number of clubs and societies, including the Philatelic Society and the Polynesian Society. He was also a friend of the Maori and a student of his culture Quantity: 1 volume(s) (273 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1874-1878

From: Anstice family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5164-02

Description: Inward and outward correspondence relating to the King family's experiences in New Zealand and the Chatham Islands Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1876

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: E-278-q-123

Description: Reproduced on front of a card printed for for the Ministry of Works, New Zealand to celebrate their centennial (1871-1971). Shows a steep rocky path leading down to a bridge over a stream. A family with a packhorse and three other men with baggage are crossing the stream, while other laden horses and men walk up the rough path on the other side. Part of a large wooden structure can be seen to the left, possibly part of a support for a vehicle bridge Published on front cover of Illustrated New Zealand herald, No 105, 3 May 1876 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 203 x 152 mm on folded card

Date: 1826-1935

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2991

Description: Comprises photographs of the Smith family, details of the Paddy Henderson fleet, passenger lists 1871-1880, various shipping papers, family correspondence, all relevant to Australia and New Zealand Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1874

From: Pattisson, Hoel Thornthwaite : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9665-2

Description: Transcription of an account by the Rev C Bowen of a stay in the Chatham Islands, where he served as a minister. Describes the arrival at the Chathams, the people, landscapes, social life and customs. Includes note by H T Pattisson Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: [ca 1868-1870]

By: Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903

Reference: MS-2392

Description: Letters written by Whitmore from the field while campaigning in Taranaki, Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty; mainly concern military operations, but also includes observations on the countryside and Maori. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (163 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, illustrated, ¼ blue morocco, blue cloth) Includes sketch maps

Date: 1886, 1993

From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account

Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3

Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1890

By: Laishley, Richard, 1816-1897

Reference: Micro-MS-0150

Description: Largely an autobiography of Laishley, Congregational minister at Auckland, Melbourne and Thames, with journal of a voyage to England, 1883 via Australia and the Suez Canal, and return voyage to New Zealand in 1884 Relationship complexity - For related drawings and notes see Laishley, R Micro-Art-18 (Drawings and Prints Section) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) 98 frames.

Date: 1861-1867, 1876

By: Taylor, Basil Kirke (Rev), 1831-1876

Reference: Micro-MS-0841

Description: Journeys around the Wanganui district ministering to Maori; records of baptisms, marriages and burials; military engagement at Moturoa 15 May 1864; meeting near Taumarunui between Wanganui, Waikato and Taupo Maori Feb 1876; observations on Maori customs, flora and fauna and nature of country traversed; Maori vocabulary; sketches Source of title - Supplied title Rev Basil Taylor was the son of Rev Richard Taylor Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 170 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1917

By: Fear, Robert, active 1988

Reference: MS-Papers-5784

Description: Cooper describes her early life in Greenwich, Kent and Camberwell, Surrey; the voyages of her father, Captain John Parsons, to New Zealand for the Canterbury Association with mention of John Godley, her voyage to Lyttelton in 1853 on the Minerva, life at Dampier Bay (now West Lyttelton) and in Christchurch as a governess, her marriage to Charles Edward Cooper in 1859 and her husband's job with the `Lyttelton Times'; later period living in Timaru and return to Christchurch in 1894; and at Sumner 1899. Many early Christchurch families are mentioned. Anne Elizabeth Parsons was the daughter of the first harbour master of Lyttelton Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). Physical Description: Ms and typescript

Date: 1834-1988

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2856

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1841-1949

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2847

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1840-1865

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1050

Description: Comprise Meade's journals on the Esk and Curacao, botanical, biological, meteorological and and scientific observations, sandal wood, and the journal of a tour from Auckland to Taranaki 1849-1850 by Governor Grey Source of title - Transcribed Brenchley first visited the Pacific in 1850 with the French traveller, Jules Remy, during his American tour. He later visited New Zealand in 1864 with Lt Herbert Meade RN, and involved himself in Maori affairs. From Sydney he visited Pacific islands in the Curacoa in 1865 and the Esk in 1866. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1993

Date: 10 Feb 1851-22 Mar 1855

By: Card, Charles James, active 1846-1855

Reference: MSX-5604

Description: In closely-written pages, Card describes in detail his voyage on HMS `Fantome' to Sydney, where he transhipped to the `Havannah' on 24 Nov 1851. He describes his voyages to and around New Zealand, to Fiji and Tonga, before returning to Australia and New Zealand in November 1853, where his captain died. He writes of his life and loves in Sydney and Brisbane from 1854 to Mar 1855, when he is reposted to England. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Title on spine: Charles James Card Voyage of H.M.S. Havannah 1851-1855 Card, who had been formerly on HMS `Rattlesnake', was in Portsmouth, England, when he was appointed in Feb 1851 as Assistant Paymaster to HMS `Havannah', then in Australian waters. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (176 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Clive Farahar and Sophie Dupre, Caine, Wiltshire, England, Mar 2000

Date: 1844-1853

By: Thomas, Godfrey John (Sir), 1824-1861

Reference: Micro-MS-0285

Description: Journals 1846-1853, contain comments on public and private affairs and copies of letters written by Thomas, including those to his half-brother, Sir George Grey. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Photocopy held at MS-Papers-2428 Thomas held government appointments in South Australia, 1844-1846 and in Auckland and Wellington, 1846-1852, including the post of Secretary to Governor Sir George Grey, his half-brother. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter (microfilm of photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 6 Oct 1869-11 Jun 1875

By: Baker, John Holland, 1841-1930

Reference: qMS-0114

Description: Describes daily life as a surveyor in Southland, and, in more detail, his voyage on the Mikado to San Francisco, and his travel by land to New York and on to Liverpool aboard the Britannic. Includes `Notes from Isabel's journal', 23 May 1873-21 Sep 1875 (2 pages). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (62 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (31cm, blue cloth)

Date: 30 Nov 1853

By: Schaffter, Albert, active 1853

Reference: MS-Papers-4214

Description: Letter was written nine months after Thompson's arrival on the `Minerva' and describes the topography, settlements and people of Canterbury with comment on local issues and conditions together with advice on emigration Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Typed transcript, biographical information on Schaffter and letter, 25 Jan 1988 from donor; also biographical information on Thompson from Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Thompson was a teacher, businessman and Canterbury Provincial Councillor, 1861-1862. He met Rev Schaffter while Vice-Consul in Leghorn (Livorno), Italy and Schaffter requested information about Canterbury from him. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - R D Simonds Jr, New York, 1988

Date: 1932

By: Jefferies, William John, active 1932

Reference: MS-Papers-7461

Description: Draft of `From Massacre to Golden Bay. Outline of its early development'; being a thesis offered for the MA honours examination, Victoria University College, 1932. It is divided into the following chapters: introduction, Native history and tradition to 1840, Purchase by the New Zealand Land Company, Early exploration with reports of the natives as they were, 1840-44, Discovery and development of mineral resources, First settlements and Modern developments Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph