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Papers - Wellington affairs
Date: 1839, 1842, 1848, 1851
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-084
Description: F A Molesworth, 4 Jul 1842 re J C Crawford's Wellington affairs; F D Bell to J C Crawford and Rev Vesey Hine, 1848 re land on Watt's Peninsula. Agreement with Alvah Smith to build a house, Port Nicholson, 1839. Letter, dated 1851, re land on Watt's Peninsula Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Army Department :Photographs of D-(artillery) battery
Date: 1898, 1901
Reference: PAColl-3375
Description: D Battery in Wellington comprising 6 pound Armstrong cannon at an Evans Bay shoot; posing for the camera at Miramar; in camp in Miramar. Also during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.
Outward correspondence - H D Crawford
Date: 1886-1897
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-273
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Essays
Date: [ca 1872]
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-050
Description: Essay by R B Smyth. Notes on rock specimens in Wellington Province collected by J C Crawford. Essay by J W Freeth. Account of occupation of Miramar Peninsula by Ngati Kahunginu as told by Te Manihera. Includes accompanying letter from H S Wardell and sketch map, 31 August 1872. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maps and plans
Date: 1897, 1920s-1930s
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-260
Description: Includes locality plan prepared by Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt, consulting engineers and registered surveyors, Wellington, 2 Feb 1937 of area in Miramar and Seatoun Heights; sketch of land to be taken for defence purposes at Seatoun, 27 Apr 1935; plan of the Branda Estate (Breaker Bay) to be sold at public auction by J H Bethune & Co, 5 Feb 1924; plan of sections in Buckingham Road, Lyall Bay/Kilbirnie, nd; memo from the Mayor, Wellington City Council, 1897 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to H D Crawford and the use of land in Miramar and Kilbirnie
Date: [ca 1878-1938]
From: Land deeds, land grants and bonds
Reference: MS-Papers-0156-27
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dymock McShane and Co Ltd, 1971 Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Maps (list of those transferred in folder).
Photographs of friends, family, and Elsdon Best
Date: 1860s-1950s
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-8066-01
Description: Three images of groups of veteran soldiers of the New Zealand Wars photographed outside Government House Auckland. Groups and portraits of people including Elsdon Best. Also Best's study and house "Mataimoana" at Highland Park, Wellington. One image of a Fijian man dating from ca 1880s. Unidentified monument, and scenic postcards of places in New Zealand which include Wairoa, Auckland, Howick, Devonport, Waihi, Taumranui, and the lagoon at Miramar, Wellington. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s).
Newspaper clippings and cards
Date: 1885-1904, nd
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-268
Description: Article entited `Ancient Miramar; the peninsula in Maori times', 1904; article re drag hunting om Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward correspondence - C J Crawford
Date: 1888-1899
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-274
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H D Crawford - Letter book Part 3
Date: 1888-1893
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-239C
Description: Primarily concerned with Miramar Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H D Crawford - Letter book Part 2
Date: 1888-1893
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-239B
Description: Primarily concerned with Miramar Quantity: 1 folder(s).
J C Crawford - Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1811-1812
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-166
Description: Memo concerning Glendavar and Tetcott, Watts Peninsula; calcualtions for capital outlay on section of land, nd; fragment headed `Read log from Sydney to Kauala, 1848' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and notes
Date: 1845, n d
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-083
Description: Correspondence with J A Hodgson of Wooloomoloo, 1845 re J C Crawford's farming activities. Crawford's financial notes on New Zealand and Australian land holdings. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H D Crawford - Letter book
Date: 1896-1897
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-240
Description: Primarily concerned with Miramar affairs, farming, racing, etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence - E Jerningham Wakefield
Date: 1847, 1849, 1858
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-085
Description: Includes letter from Wakefield re land on Watt's Peninsula, 1858 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Boer War album
Date: [Between 1878 and 1915]
From: Brown, Thomas Watson, 1878-1947 :Photograph albums relating to New Zealanders in the South African War and of New Zealand scenes
By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
Reference: PA1-q-329
Description: Album of photographs, mostly relating to New Zealanders in the South African War, but also including many which show the D Battery, 1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles at various military camps in the Wellington region. Many show groups of soldiers, with surnames noted. One view shows the Opening of Parliament in 1898, with a parade of D Battery; and a few show the opening of the Star Boating Club in Wellington. Some images taken by unidentified photographers, some probably taken by Thomas Watson Brown. The earliest image was taken in 1878, and shows a home in Masterton; another image shows a work picnic with a group in a tug-of-war at Day's Bay, in 1912; a group portrait of staff in the Mines Department taken in Wellington, 1907; and a group portrait of the 10th anniversary reunion of the 1st New Zealand Contingent, held in Wellington, 21.10.1909, taken by Zak Studios, No. 7275. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue cover with gold embossed decoration, 280 x 390 mm
Papers concerning the Miramar estate
Date: 1884-1909
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-285
Description: Includes division of the Monorgan Block and partition of the Miramar estate between AD and JC Crawford, 1909; memo re railway to Miramar, 1896; plan of Miramar area, nd; copy of newspaper article entitled `Miramar history: reminiscences of early days', 1920 Relationship complexity - See also folder 109 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence - H St Hill re land on Watt's Peninsula
Date: 1849-1853
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-086
Description: Includes copy of letter, J C Crawford to H St Hill (4 Feb 1848) re land on Watt's Peninsula and other correspondence with H St Hill (1 May 1849 & 20 Apr 1853); letter from H A Aglionby, 8 Oct 1852 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous papers and newspaper cuttings
Date: 1890s-1970s
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-372
Description: Includes article re Centennial Exhibition site at Miramar, 1937; copy of New Zealand Post, 31 Mar 1898; article re Miramar Borough Council presentation to C J Crawford, Dec 1910; various clippings of obituaries and marriage notices, etc; article from `Scottish field" Oct 1972 with photos of Brigadier Heney Crawford and his home, Naughton House, Scotland Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ernest John Ludford - Scrapbook
Date: [ca 1904-1912]
From: New Zealand Founders' Society : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-0227-09
Description: Clippings from the Evening Post and the New Zealand Times. Ludford's interests seemed to have been centred on Maori and early European history in the Wellington area, as far north as Otaki and Levin, with some additional West Coast, South Island material. Includes Bevan's `Reminiscences of an old colonist'; James Brown's reminiscences of the Hutt Valley; the Miramar Peninsular in Maori times; a reminiscence of the battle of Orakau by Wini Tana Tupotahi; obituary for John Plimmer; article on Henry Burling of the Wairarapa; reminiscences of John Kirkcaldie; tentative plan for proposed YMCA building, 1906; Pahautanui Pa; Wellington place-names; article on stoats and weasels; article on Kapiti Island; first report of the New Zealand Club, 1911. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Printed matter