Places

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company; Taranaki Museum

Reference: A-104-024-b

Description: View from close to the mouth of the river, looking inland. Shows boats on the river, including (possibly) the Cobden ferry, and a horse-drawn cart on the road to the right, leading along the south side of the riverbank towards the houses and shops of the town Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm Provenance: Deacessioned from the collections of Taranaki Museum, 1994.

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925

Reference: A-104-024

Description: Shows boats on river, including (possibly) Cobden ferry, and horse-drawn cart Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm

Date: 1872

By: Shrimpton, Walter, 1842-1936

Reference: MS-1938

Description: Volume used by Shrimpton while serving as a soldier in the Chatham Islands, as an account book, diary, for recording watch duties, guard rosters, mess lists and orders issued Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 250 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, 20 cm, black roan

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: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company

Reference: A-104-024-c

Description: Shows boats on river, including (possibly) Cobden ferry, and horse-drawn cart Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in July 2001.

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: 1866-1872

By: Shaw, Charles Reginald, 1829-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-3803

Description: Shaw's diary covers the period 10 Dec 1866 to 5 August 1872. The brief daily entries describe the land he surveyed (the number of acres and the owner), and his activities around his home (gardening, maintenance of the house and furniture, and paying for household purchases). He also records information relating to the health and recreation of his wife and children. Source of title - supplied title Shaw came to NZ in 1853. He was a surveyor living in Timaru. Quantity: 2 folder(s) (172 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

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: 1867-1874, 1900-1903

By: Godfrey family

Reference: MS-Papers-1926

Description: Details of farm life at Woodbourne estate, Marlborough, including accounts 1867-1874, by Henry Godfrey and others; history of the area and social life, written 1900-1903 by Eliza Prichard, Godfrey's widow; memories of early Marlborough, the Godfrey family and the Woodbourne estate Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 1870 - 1984 - 1880

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013-a/018-a

Description: Contains 6 images: Wanganui family and possessions, 1870s; Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s; Mrs Morgan and child, Wanganui, 1870s; Staff and premises of the Wanganui Evening Herald, 1868; Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, 1870s; Mother and child, Wanganui, 1870s. Title from illustrated container, also bearing descriptive notes. Container has not been assigned its own location number and is therefore not recorded separately. However, the individual photolithographs have separate entries. Other Titles - Imagers of a new land. Other Titles - Portraits by W. J. Harding. Inscriptions: (On verso of container/ envelope): Portraits by W.J. Harding,/ chosen by Brian Brake and John Sullivan / and published with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited.; Recto - beneath image - (On each photograph): Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs, 259 x 213 mm, and 213 x 259 mm, on sheets 415 x 350 mm, in container 510 x 390 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-019

Description: The story of Clytie Curfew Howie, born Christchurch, the daughter of Robert Howie and Frances Eva nee Taylor. Her parents divorced after ten years of marriage and along with her mother she went to live with her grandfather James Taylor. She married George Dickinson in 1929, and the couple had three children before George's death by suicide. She remarried Jonathan Mann Includes a five generation family tree of Howie, Taylor and Grose families Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [ca 1875-1959]

By: Jacobson, Charles Seigmond, active 1875-1959

Reference: Micro-MS-0226

Description: Jacobsen writes of his childhood in the Nelson area, his friends and acquaintances, working as a miner, the 1913 Waterfront strike, his World War I experiences as a Private with the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion, working as a commercial fisherman in the French Pass area in the 1930s, and his discovery of uranium in Buller Gorge Includes holograph reminiscences, and typed transcript Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: Sep 1877-Dec 1879

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935

Reference: MS-Papers-7767

Description: Barraud records part of the return voyage to Wellington with her family on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington. Daughter of the artist Charles Barraud. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1876-1882

By: Petch, Robert, 1852-

Reference: MS-Papers-0252

Description: Outward correspondence to his family in England. The first letter and half of the second were written from Nelson, the remainder from Kakaramea in the Taranaki Province where Petch initially bought land but was ultimately forced to sell at a loss. The letters, scattered with anecdotes of local interest, give a very full impression of early colonial life in a fast growing settlement, still under the influence of uncertain Maori-Pakeha relations, with emphasis on domestic, agricultural and economic establishment Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1869-1872

By: Gubbins, Arthur Winthrop, 1844-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-3807

Description: The journal covers the period Sept 1869 to March 1872. It describes the breaking in and development of the Gubbins brothers' farm and comments on pioneering life in the Waikato. Part 2, p 17, 18 and part of p 28 are missing. It appears to have been transcribed in 1974 by E McDonald who also provides an introduction to the journal entitled `Mr Gubbins comes to Auckland in 1869 and buys a farm in the Waikato',which gives biographical details about Arthur Gubbins. Publication - Published in Auckland-Waikato Historical journal, nos 24, 25, 27 (Apr, Oct 1974, Oct 1975) Source of title - supplied title Gubbins and his brother Evans emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand and took up land at Ohaupo, south of Hamilton, in 1869. He later returned to Ireland and married Katherine O'Grady. They returned to New Zealand in 1879 and bought land near Morrinsville at Kiwitahi. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (some carbon copies)

Date: September 1873

By: Bishop, John William G, active 1873

Reference: MS-Papers-4069

Description: An account of a trip around New Zealand during September 1873. It begins in Auckland, takes in Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Lake Tarawera where Bishop spent much of his time. He also visited Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin very briefly. Many of his observations are about local Maori. The account is, at times, written in a diary format. At the front of the volume is a coloured map of the North Island and top of the South Island. Source of title - cover title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol, 86 pages). Physical Description: Holograph; coloured map; 21 cm; paper bound Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mrs K W Lamb, Christchurch, 1986

Date: 1823-1878, 1880

By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867

Reference: MS-2413-2414

Description: Extracts from Williams family letters and diaries covering the period 1823-1878 Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Full title: Records of two brothers, being passages from the lives of Henry and William Williams Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (Various sizes, ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram and black calf; MS-2413 in blue case)

Date: 1865-1879

From: Letters relating to New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-6200-05

Description: Comprises letters from E Wilford Hankinson of Riverton, T Francis Hankinson, of Christchurch, Caroline Eliza Knight, Christchurch and Donald Hankinson of Invercargill to Whites Renard and Pomeroy, Wymondham, re money; also Stanley Edward, Christchurch, to same recipient, re Donald Hankinson's death (1877-1879) Also includes two letters from Agnes Helen Leigh, Auckland, to Mr Hill re family matters and relationship with Maori (1865-1869); and three letters from Joseph Lyle, Oteramika, to John Martin, Edinburgh, re financial matters (1875-1876) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1871-1878, 1916-1919

By: Webb family

Reference: MS-Papers-7375

Description: Comprises letters from William Webb to his mother and sister, Ellen, describing his life and activities from his various postings in Katikati (briefly), Waipukurau and Napier as a telegraph operator. Also, letters from William Webb's nephew, Arthur Foote, to his family from France and Sling Camp during World War I, together with greeting and christmas cards of that era. Source of title - Supplied William and Ellen Webb, son of William Webb and Frances Harris, who were originally from Truro, Cornwall, were born in Hokitika. William became a telegraph operator with the Post Office and worked in Kumara, Waipukurau and Napier. Arthur Foote was the son of Ellen and nephew of William Webb. Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: The donor is a descendant of Arthur Foote. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - Photographs of Webb and Foote families (PAColl-7763).

Date: 1879-1880, 1960

By: Hughson family

Reference: MS-Papers-4182

Description: Comprises papers including Charles Hughson's shipboard diary on the `Eastminster' from Plymouth to Nelson (1879-1880); an historic sketch of the Hughson and White families by T P Hughson (1960); `Shetland to New Zealand' by T P Hughson; and `Shetland-New Zealand, the history of the Hughson family', by Geoffrey Hughson Source of title - Supplied The Hughsons from the Shetland Islands settled in New Plymouth Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 items). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (photocopies)