Places

Date: 1849 - 1970

By: Thatcher, Frederick (Rev), 1814-1890; Gunn, S K, active 1970; Hall, J E, active 1970

Reference: Plans-2008-009-015

Description: Shows a floor plan of the church, scale 1/4" to 1 foot. Measured drawing carried out as part of the Architecture course at the University of Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 840 x 750 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Alington, Wellington, in 2008.

Date: 1863-1877 (1964)

By: St. Mark's (Church : Remuera, Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: qMS-1740

Description: Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (13 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (33cm; blue pam case)

Date: 1911

By: Laugesen, Christian Louis, 1841-1915

Reference: Micro-MS-0559

Description: Reminiscences, 1872-1911, of Danish sawmiller at Oxford, Canterbury; refers to conditions of agricultural labourers, to economic difficulties of settlers and to European migrants in the Oxford area. Describes travel through both islands from 1890 and later residence in Auckland. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (58 pages).

Date: 1853 - 1855

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-004-001

Description: Shows the headland of North Head and Mount Victoria at left, with Rangitoto cone showing between these two mounts. Foreground shows harbour water. The view is possibly from further west than Freeman's Bay; possibly Parnell or Judges Bay. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - beneath image - (Devonport wharves now here) Rangitoto Devonport North Head Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 354 mm.

Date: 1863-1865

By: Cottle, Henry Wyatt (Rev), 1801-1871

Reference: qMS-0561

Description: Account of the voyage from England to New Zealand in the sailing ship `Annie Wilson' of Rev Henry Wyatt Cottle, of Harford parish, near Ivybridge, Devon, and his subsequent settlement in Port Albert and Whangarei. The shipboard account is in the form of a letter to his sister Charlotte, dated 18 June 1863 Rev Cottle and his wife Alice were travelling cabin class Quantity: 1 volume(s) (128 f). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green linen)

Date: [1957]

Reference: qMS-0864

Description: Brief description of the various Government Houses built in Auckland, their occupants and visitors, a clipping from the `Auckland Star' (1957) re its use as a museum and notes on the `quaint' carvings of Auckland's Supreme Court building done by a young German, Teutenberg Probably taken from the `NZ Herald' (T G Kissling) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (34 cm, blue pam case)

Date: 1948

Reference: qMS-0543

Description: Cooper was carpenter's assistant on the barque Osprey. Account of the Osprey, the barque Louisa Campbell, owner Theophilus Heale, and early settlement of Auckland and Cornwallis. Related notes by AB Chappell, and press cuttings. Includes names of those on board the Louisa Campbell Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript (blue cloth; 28 cm)

Date: 1857 - 1970

By: Thatcher, Frederick (Rev), 1814-1890

Reference: Plans-2008-009-016

Description: Shows a roof plan and a partial elevation of the church, scale 1:25. Measured drawing carried out as part of the Architecture course at the University of Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 825 x 840 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Alington, Wellington, in 2008.

Date: 1844-1845 (198-?)

By: Hamilton, William John Warburton, 1825-1883

Reference: MS-Papers-2302

Description: Diary describes his travels and activities in the North Island, New Zealand Company affairs, arrival and departure of ships, official duties, including receipt and despatch of mail; and comments on native affairs, including detailed account of skirmishes at Kororareka during March 1845 Source of title - Supplied title Hamilton arrived in New Zealand in in 1842 as private secretary to Governor FitzRoy, stationed at Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (27 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) Finding Aids: A six page index to personal names, ships and places is included.

Date: 1896-1948

By: Scott, Donald David (Very Rev), 1875-1948

Reference: MS-Group-0213

Description: Contains scrapbooks, notebooks and diaries relating to the Very Reverend Donald Scott's career as a senior Presbyterian minister in Onehunga from 1906-1933 and Khandallah from 1933-1944 Rev Scott was a prominent early Presbyterian minister Quantity: 4 box(es). 1 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs P M Scott, Wellington, March 1993 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Postcards of landscape and towns. Processing information: Access requirement for permission of the Chief Librarian removed April 2023.

Date: 1867-1888

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-1545

Description: Letters and newspaper clippings related to Mantell's political activities including, Legislative Council, Wellington Cemetery, Sir John Logan Campbell's land claim in Auckland, and Wellington libraries Quantity: 1 volume(s) (70 pages). Physical Description: Ms (25 cm; green cloth, in blue case)

Date: 1875-1876

By: George, James, 1813-1878

Reference: MS-0825-0826

Description: George describes his life from his birth in England and emigration to Australia in 1823 and life there until he reached Auckland in 1840. George led an active life and comments on the various events occurring and people in the news. Quantity: 2 volume(s) (Pages 1-299 (v1), pages 300-603 v2). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (21 cm; blue cloth)

Date: 1849-1854, 1855-1869

By: Gadd, David Bernard Hallard, active 1849-1869

Reference: qMS-0818

Description: Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (19 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm, pamphlet)

Date: 1849-1880

By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Auckland

Reference: qMS-0455

Description: Letters and reports from Auckland churches Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (130 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1839 (1951)

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857

Reference: MS-1477

Description: A description written in 1839 of harbours and rivers in the area north of Auckland and along the East Coast of the North Island and of the Maori people thereabouts Quantity: 1 volume(s) (20 pages). Physical Description: Typesript (26 cm; red linen)

Date: ca 1860s

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Rocke, James Harwood, active 1864-1870

Reference: PA1-o-346

Description: Chiefly photographs of Ireland and New Zealand (particularly Auckland). Appears to have been compiled by an Irish officer with the Imperial forces during the 1860s. Among the New Zealand views are photographs taken by John Kinder and Lieutenant-Colonel J H Rocke, 18th Royal Irish Regiment Photographs of people are not identified in the album, but have been identified by comparison with other photographs, and include Judge William Martin and his wife, and Governor Gore Browne and his family. Photographs by J H Rocke are apparently those of countryside around Auckland Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cloth bound album; 24.0 x 19.5 cm

Date: 1888-1895

By: Green, G A, active 1888-1895

Reference: MSX-4622

Description: Scrapbook kept by Green who resided at Pukeatea Nursery, Dairy Flat, near Auckland. It contains newspaper cuttings re Lucas Creek (Albany), Dairy Flat, Wade (Silverdale) and the New Plymouth area; also cuttings of items of general interest, copies of letters, diary entries, copies of verse. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr A Green, Wellington, 1982

Date: [1870s]

By: Mathew, Sarah Louise, 1805?-1890

Reference: qMS-1350

Description: Sarah's reminiscences, written in the 1870s, commence in 1840 with a two month separation from her husband Felton who left her in Sydney to take up the position of acting Surveyor-General in new Zealand. She recalls her journey to new Zealand on the Westminster and arrival at Kororareka on 17 Mar. She describes accompanying Felton on an expedition to select a site for the site of government, and their eventual transfer to the chosen site on the Waitemata. Sarah recalls the growth of Auckland from their original tents to the building of houses, shops and the first church. Also described is a journey with Governor Hobson to Wellington and Akaroa, and explorations around Auckland, which included climbing the highest peak on Rangitoto Island. In 1844 Sarah and Felton left for England where Felton was offered the post of Postmaster General and Chief Police Magistrate in Auckland. On their return they found the position had been filled and, disappointed and unwell, Felton decided to return to England. Sarah's account ends with his death at Lima on 26 Nov 1847 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (34 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (38 cm; grey cloth) Provenance: The original manuscript was lent to the National Centennial Historical Committee in 1940, for transcription

Date: 1839-1894

By: Smales, Gideon, 1817-1894

Reference: Micro-MS-0304

Description: Includes shipboard journal kept on board the `Triton' from Bristol to Hokianga, 1839-1840; record of a journey from Mangungu to the Bay of Islands and from there to the Thames in search of the body of Rev John Bumby, 1840; journal of the trip in 1842 from Hokianga to Aotea Mission Station and back via Auckland; notes and draft letters before, during and after the voyage from New Zealand to England on board the `Sussex', 1859; journal of the voyage from England to New Zealand aboard the `Nourmahal', 1859; notebook, 1860; extracts from the log of the `Northumberland on the voyage from Auckland to London, 1862; copies of poems; M A Smales exercise book, 1863, with some miscellaneous papers; journal of voyage from Auckland to San Francisco in the steamship `Nebraska', 1871; copies of articles from the `New Zealand Herald, 1893-1894 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (958 frames). Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 30 September 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is in the staff backfile..

Date: [1864]

By: Blades, Joseph, 1850-1932

Reference: qMS-0240

Description: A description of Auckland especially streets, buildings, the commercial area, commercial operations, and the people involved, social activities, churches, the Maori population, prominent people, fires, government, land wars, Grey and Fox, gold, shipwrecks, Frederick Thatcher and other happenings during this period Possibly the first chapter of a history of the city Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (51 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm, red buckram)