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Date: 2009, 2012 [transcribed 2000-2012]

Reference: MS-Group-2215

Description: The collection contains two files of supporting documentation from the E Ma project, which transcribed and translated series 2 of the Donald McLean Papers, MS-Group-1551. Source of title - Supplied by library The translation project, \"E Ma: Nga Tuhituhinga ki a Makarini\" (E Ma), transcribed and translated the Maori letters sent to Sir Donald McLean from 1840 to 1877, which comprise series 2 of the Sir Donald McLean Papers held at the Turnbull Library (Reference number MS-Group-1551). The 3000 letters comrpise the largest surviving accumulation of nineteenth-century letters in Maori. The earlier letters are mainly from Maori in those areas where McLean was active as an official. The transcriptions and translations are working documents created using the microfilm copy of the collection, rather than the original documents. Each letter has been translated and reviewed by two people and every effort was made to achieve accurate translations. The transcriptions of the letters use modern orthography for ease of reading, and current forms of names and places. The transcriptions and translations have been added to the to the descriptive record for each letter, along with the digitised image of the letter, so readers may apply their own analysis and understanding to these materials. The item records for the individual letters, along with scanned copies of the handwritten letters, are available in Series 2: Inward letters (Maori) of the Sir Donald McLean Papers, Reference number MS-Group-1551. Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: The E Ma Project is a team of Te Reo scholars comprising team leader, Dr Ngapare Hopa and main translator, Dr Jane McRae.

Date: 1841-1843, 1880-1882 (transcribed 2014)

By: Laslett, Thomas, 1811-1887

Reference: MSDL-2285

Description: Electronic transcription of Thomas Laslett's New Zealand journal (4) by Meri Low with support from Dr Neville Ritchie and David Wilton. The transcription was commissioned by the Department of Conservation and completed in September 2014. This transcribed journal was one of three journals re-written by Laslett in 1878-1881 from his original diaries from his four visits to New Zealand in 1833-1834, 1837-1838, 1839-1841, 1841-1843. The journals contain original drawings from the original diaries. On his first voyage, Laslett was carpenter on the HMS Buffalo assisting the Surveyors. And was Timber Inspector for the Admiralty on the HMS Buffalo for three voyages and the HMS Tortoise for the last. The journals contain full descriptions of the ship parties' activities, including descriptions of places, Maori villages, Maori practices, disputes between Maori and between Maori and the ship's party, timber collecting practices including employment of Maori labour, problems between crew and officers, European population, and descriptions of flora. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Transcription commissioned by the Department of Conservation