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Date: 7 Jan 1840

By: Woon, William (Rev), 1803-1858

Reference: MS-Papers-1161

Description: Describes death of John Williams at the New Hebrides; discusses events at Mangungu where Woon was stationed and at other Methodist Missionary Society stations Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Letter found in the end-papers of Williams, John. A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands... London: John Snow, 1837

Date: 25 Jul 1822

By: Lawry, Walter (Rev), 1793-1859

Reference: qMS-1143

Description: Letter written a fortnight after the writer's arrival in New Zealand; contains a short account of the conditions then existing in New Zealand Source of title - supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (36 cm; dark green cloth)

Date: 31 Jan 1840, 11 Feb-30 Nov 1841

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899; Petersen, George Conrad, 1900-1978

Reference: MS-Papers-4622

Description: Contains five letters addressed to William Colenso in Paihia. Comprises letters from James Busby, 31 Jan 1840, re printing and distributing of circulars; J Stuart Freeman, dated 30 Nov; Edward Godfrey, dated 27 May 1841, from Auckland, about printing work for the Land Commission; R Davis, dated 11 Feb 1841, from Waimate re printing of notices relating to land claims; Felton Mathew, undated, about firewood and requesting use of canoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Formerly part of the Colenso papers owned by George Conrad Petersen, who had acquired the papers from the Simcox family, and split it up for sale.

Date: 11 Nov 1830-16 Aug 1832, 1949

By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867; Rogers, Lawrence Moter (Rev), 1898-1984

Reference: MS-2411

Description: Spelling of names has been kept as in the original Quantity: 1 volume(s) (137 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, blue buckram)

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: 1834-1988

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2856

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1832-1838, 1984

By: Armstrong, Max G, active 1975-1996

Reference: MS-Papers-3943

Description: Letters and journal of Anne Catherine Wilson, edited by M G Armstrong, with appendices, list of mss and printed sources consulted, genealogical notes re Wilson and Hawker families, photographs (photocopies) of family members and residences. Photocopies of holograph letters of Anne to her husband, 1835-1838; and photocopy of Anne's shipboard diary for 1832. Anne Wilson was the wife of the missionary, John Alexander Wilson who was attached to the Church Missionary Society. The couple left England on board the `Camden', a convict vessel bound for NSW in 1932, and arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1833. Anne spent most of the next five years at the mission station at Puriri, near Thames, with other missionary wives involved in raising her children, school teaching and household chores. She was constantly separated from her husband who spent long periods travelling through troubled areas of Tauranga, Matamata and Roturua. The harsh life took its toll on Anne, and after a long illness she died at Tauranga in Nov 1838. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - My hand will write what my heart dictates... Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) and typescripts

Date: 1832-1869

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: qMS-2212-2213

Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)

Date: 1840-1870

By: Williams, Jane, 1801-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-1527

Description: Record kept at irregular intervals of mission work, domestic affairs and social activities of the wife of William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, at Turanga, Poverty Bay, 1840-1865, Paihia 1866, and in Napier 1870. Includes visit to England in 1851. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: Jan-May 1846

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Journals and correspondence

Reference: 91-169-1/1

Description: Contains loosely inserted pages of closely written notes regarding explorations and mission activity among Maori in the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay; Colenso details his encounters at various villages, his religous activites, and his observations of the Maori people that he meets and their social and cultural condition. He also discusses the wreck of the United States ship `Falco'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1833-1846

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-0922

Description: Letters written in England, Australia, the Bay of Islands, Kapiti and Otaki Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript (26 cm; red linen)

Date: 1825-1855 (1964?)

By: Williams, William, 1800-1878

Reference: qMS-2248-2251

Description: This is a copy of the journal sent home to the CMS, and is a fuller account than that contained in the Private journal held in the ms collection Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)

Date: 1840 - 1844

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/9/9-Acc.37938

Description: Includes reference giving coloured symbols identifying Church Missionary Society, Wesleyan Missionary Society, Roman Catholic Mission, Presbyterian Missions and North German Missionary Society stations. Also station outposts and religious frontier posts for Church Missionary Society, Wesleyan Missionary Society and Roman Catholic. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream card. Scale indeterminable. 106.5 x 71 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1822-1824

By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867

Reference: MS-2409-2410

Description: Covers journey to New Zealand and life and relations with Maori at Bay of Islands; interval in Australia Feb-Aug 1823 Source of title - Transcribed Extracts copied by an unidentified compiler; vol 2 is apparently in a different hand. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (24-22cm, ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)

Date: 1845-1846

By: Chapman, Thomas, 1792-1876

Reference: MS-0498-0499

Description: Chapman was a CMS missionary stationed at Rotorua. For some part of 1845 he was also relieving at Tauranga Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (20 cm; ¼ fawn morocco, fawn linen)

Date: 1875-1893

By: Dierks, Anna Margareta Dorothea Henrietta, 1856-1932

Reference: MS-Papers-6083

Description: The diary is a detailed account of Anna Dierks' life as an elder daughter in a household of fourteen children, and then as the wife of a missionary in Upper Moutere, Waitotara, near Wanganui, and Woodville. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Covering letter from the Ev.-luth. Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, Hermannsburg, Germany Accompanying material - Excerpts from Evangelisch-lutherische Hermannsburger Freikirche. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1873-1902

By: Sherriff, Francis Theodore (Rev), 1843-1923

Reference: MS-Group-0026

Description: There are 83 sermons in all, annotated with a number, date and church where it was preached, the text and often the occasion of the Church year. Also includes a postcard, two invoices and Holy Bible inscribed "Mary Mackie, 1857". Source of title - Supplied title The earlier sermons were delivered at churches in the lower North Island, but there is a substantial series of weekly sermons preached at All Saints' Church, Foxton between Nov 1876 and Dec 1877; these coincide with the curacy of the Reverend Francis Sherriff and for this reason the collection has been ascribed to him. Quantity: 15 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Collection found in the attic of 35 Grant Road, Wellington

Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847

By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898

Reference: qMS-0844

Description: Gisborne and Petre went by sea to Coromandel and then by land, first up to Thames and travelling up the river, passing through pa, including Opita, then to Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. They returned to Auckland by way of the Waikato River, passing through Maungatautari and Waipa. The journal includes interesting descriptions of Maori life and Gisborne meet the Revs Brown, Spencer, Chapman and Ashville [sic] and various prominent Maori. Variations in title - Binder's title: Gisborne journal The journal is loose in a cover with a typescript and index in an envelope at the back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages, 30 leaves)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (32 cm, blue linen)

Date: 1836

By: Wing, Thomas, 1810-1888

Reference: MapColl-832.14aj/1836/Acc.821

Description: Hydrographic map showing safe entry and the track of the ship 'Fanny' into the Whaingaroa (Raglan) Harbour, with soundings. Depicts north and south head, heavy breakers, woody head, native village (Maori pa) and the Wesleyan Mission Station (where M[r] Wallie is stationed). Under title of map, reads 'Sketch drawn by Captain Thomas Wing, January, 1836'. The right hand top corner of the sketch includes handwritten information by Wing about the voyage into the harbour. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 30 x 36 cm.

Date: 1865-1881

By: Williams, William, 1800-1878

Reference: MS-2437-2438

Description: Includes letters from Jane Williams. Extracts copied by an unidentified compiler. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (25cm, brown morocco)