Places

Date: 13 Feb 1928-17 Apr 1929

By: McGreal, John, 1881-1964

Reference: MS-Group-0847

Description: Diary kept by John McGreal, who farmed at Weymouth near to Manurewa on the Manukau Harbour. Brief daily entries describe farm life and social activities, many of which revolved around the Roman Catholic Church. Includes references to family, friends and neighbours. Also `Summary of the background history of the family derived from Jane Moran, Henry Kevey family, and Edward Roger family', 31 Aug 1993; `The Kevey/Rogers connection', 27 May 1993 Accompanied by letter from donor providing explanation to names and dates written on inside front cover, etc Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Maurice McGreal, son, Glenfield (A99-218)

Date: 1923 - 1925

By: Jones, C B, active 1963

Reference: MapColl-832aj/1925/Acc.10046

Description: Drawn on published map. Shows hydrographic corrections at Manukau Harbour, entrance to Auckland Harbour, Rodney Point, Ohena Island and Whangarei Harbour between 1923 and 1925. Base map: Capt. W Pudsey Dawson. 'New Zealand North Island - East and West Coasts. Sheet II. Maunganui Bluff to Manakau Harbour and Tutukaha Harbour to Mayor Island including Hauraki Gulf'. [Chart no.] 2543. (London: The Admiralty, 1919) Inscriptions: Recto - Port of London Chart Correction Bureau (1920 and 1921) Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, hand coloured annotations, scale indeterminable, 61 x 94cm.

Date: 1938

By: Kelly, Leslie George, 1906-1959; Auckland Institute and Museum; Carpenter, Ken, active 1995; Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976

Reference: MapColl-832.12ee/1938(1980)/Acc.16368

Description: Map of Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland Region, detailing Maori place names, from Paremoremo, eastwards to Rangitoto, southwards to Papatoetoe and westwards to Titirangi, including the Waitemata, Awanui-o-Peretu, and Manukau harbours. Includes drawings of marae and waka. Compiled in 1938. Other Titles - Tamaki Makaurau :map of the Tamaki isthmus with Maori placenames See second copy, photographic file print, 16.2 x 14.5 cm, shelved at MapColl--832.12ee/[n.d.]/Acc.39823. This copy has been reduced, so text is difficult to decipher. It was left to daughter of Pei Jones, Mrs H Carpenter, and donated by Ken Carpenter of Australia. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 68.5 x 60.6 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0358.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-037

Description: The essay details the McDonald family story around the life of the youngest daughter Frances Harwood McDonald. She was born on Kawau Island in 1848 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1829, 1859-1907

By: Northern Ireland. Public Record Office

Reference: MS-Papers-1553

Description: Letters to relatives in Ireland from emigrant families in Australia and Wairoa, Tauranga, Taranaki, Canterbury and Otago. They include family matters, social conditions, miners' industrial troubles in Australia, Maori unrest in Taranaki. Index to Quinn family letters included. Also includes letters written by John Gilmore describing his voyage to Auckland on the `Bebington' in 1876 and Bessie Macready describing her voyage to Lyttelton on the `Pleiades' in 1877-1878. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (photocopies)

Date: 1942-1982 (1982)

By: Wynne, Christine, active 1942-1983

Reference: MS-Papers-2388

Description: Describes Wynne's efforts to obtain home loan finance for women after World War Two and her involvement in a project to build blocks of own-your-own flats for single women in Auckland, the first, Wynhome, opened in 1962 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (34 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1941

Reference: MapColl-832.12aj/1941/Acc.12027

Description: Drawn on a published map, Hydrographic map showing the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland extended river and smooth water limits. Base map: [Chart no.] 1896. 'Approaches to Auckland'. Surveyed by Capt. A.G.N atts...and Comm. J.W. Combe... (London: The Admiralty, 1941). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil, coloured, scale 1:75 000, 73 x 107 cm.

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-053

Description: A man in a safari suit and a woman in a bikini passing one another on a beach Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]

From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts

Reference: MS-Papers-10077-3

Description: Includes a letter (circa 1850) from James Brown regarding an unidentified voyage and arrival in Auckland; New Zealand Company share certificate made out to John Henry Lance of Chiswick (September 1847); a circular regarding the Free Presbyterian Church, Auckland (1853); notes on the history of Wellington Hospital; a list of early Pākehā settlers in Wellington; a list of Maori in the greater Wellington area; a list of Maori chiefs and leaders who were welcoming to the New Zealand Company and Europeans; letters regarding the oldest New Zealanders alive at the time of writing (1940); papers regarding a landing at Petone foreshore; notes regarding the baptism of Sir James Carroll together with his brothers and sister at Taradale; and letters from Sir Robert Stout, Sir David Monro, and F H D Bell. Other - Includes transcript of the James Brown Letter by M Donaldson, 2008 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1887 - 1973

By: Gifford, Edward Augustus, 1819-1894; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-012-a

Description: A view from the wharf looking towards Queen Street and the waterfront buildings. A paddle-steamer, the Takapuna, is moored at a wharf, left foreground and there are other smaller sailing ships elsewhere. On the main wharf leading from the waterfront, a loaded carriage is drawn by four horses and there are other carriages further away. Men and women are standing around waiting to board the ferry Reproduced from the original oil in the Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 291 x 536 mm on sheet 522 x 636 mm

Date: 1988

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-363-053/075

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 23 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: [1981-1990]

From: Ker, Dorothy, 1965- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7422-2

Description: Programmes, correspondence, clippings and other papers mostly relating to the music scene in Auckland. Includes photocopy of transferred photograph. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of young woman.

Date: [1980-1992]

From: Ker, Dorothy, 1965- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7422-1

Description: Programmes and related material described by Ker as `These make an interesting record of what was going on in Auckland during my university years there. They are concerts I attended.' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-018

Description: The life history of William Crush Daldy briefly covering his early life in England, meeting his first wife Frances Harriet Pulham, the voyage to Tasmania and their continuation onto New Zealand. Their life in Auckland is covered in more detail including William's many business ventures. There are extracts from several diaries written by his sister-in-law Eleanor Sarah Combes and also from Daldy's memoirs. His marriage to Amey Smith nee Hamerton and her activities in the suffrage movement are also included Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1924-1995

From: Gale, Len 1926- : Papers relating to left-wing activity and cartoon art work

Reference: MS-Papers-5568-4

Description: Comprises a series of weekly letters from Gale to his grandson, Cody, telling him of his boyhood, adventures, family, friends and life in Auckland when he was growing up. Topics covered include oyster fishing, the zoo, Western Springs Speedway, the Wynyard Wharf, the camp on Motuihe Island, schooldays at Mt Albert primary school, the axe, huts, curtain rods, the `Herald' round, a fire, tennis, golfers, lightning, a seaman and a sailor, frogs and mosquitoes; and the Titirangi mechanics and short pieces not part of the letters Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 21 Jan 1908

By: Runciman, James A, active 1908

Reference: MS-Papers-0500

Description: Letter written from Auckland describing prices, gardening (Runciman's occupation), prospects of employment, suburban transport, and compares NZ with an immigrant's expectations of it Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Copy donated via the NZ High Commission, London by Mrs M Prince

Date: 1887 - 1973

By: Gifford, Edward Augustus, 1819-1894; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-012

Description: A view from the wharf looking towards Queen Street and the waterfront buildings. A paddle-steamer, the Takapuna, is moored at a wharf, left foreground and there are other smaller sailing ships elsewhere. On the main wharf leading from the waterfront, a loaded carriage is drawn by four horses and there are other carriages further away. Men and women are standing around waiting to board the ferry Reproduced from the original oil in the Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 291 x 536 mm on sheet 522 x 636 mm

Date: 1960

By: Worley, Frederick Palliser, 1880-1960; New Zealand. Local Government Commission

Reference: MapColl-832.12955gcdo/ca.1960/Acc.10627

Description: Plan of the sewerage system of Highbury in the Borough of Birkenhead submitted by Mr. Worley to the Local Government Commission. Drawn on a regional planning map of the Borough of Birkenhead which includes named roads and sections, some of which are numbered. Bays, creeks, reserves, parks, domains, schools, the cemetery, the Chelsea Sugar Refinery and wharves are named. The routes of sewerage pipes are indicated by dashed, single and double lines referred to in a key which also indicates the size of pipes. A beacon, septic tank and pump are marked. The map is numbered IX on the top right corner. Base map of a regional planning map of the Borough of Birkenhead. [Auckland, N.Z., Borough of Birkenhead, 1960?] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Red pencil on a diazo print, linen backed, coloured, [scale indeterminable], 70 x 80 cm. Provenance: "Plan sewerage system, Birkenhead (submitted by Mr. Worley)" is handwritten on the reverse of the map under the linen backing. Stamp of receipt by the Local Government Commission includes printed and handwritten information "Exhibit IX, Subject Nth. Shore, Witness Mr Worley" is found on the reverse of the map under the linen backing.

Date: 1979

By: Marshall, Edward Major, 1905-2000

Reference: MS-Papers-10928

Description: An account of the ancestors and descendants of Rev George Thomas Marshall and his wife Mary Louisa Brown. Includes a transcript of the diary of Geoge Thomas Marshall written on board the Loch Urr to Auckland in 1880-1881, and includes details of his training in Auckland for the Methodist ministry, and subsequent appointments. Also histories of each member of the family. Relationship complexity - See also 83-279 Edward Major Marshall is eleventh child of G T Marshall Quantity: 1 folder(s) (64 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1959

Reference: MapColl-832.1291gmbd/1959/Acc.36846

Description: Drawn on published map, highlighting Auckland's central and eastern suburbs (except Newmarket), including Epsom, Ellerslie, Remuera, Pt England, Avondale, Pt Chevalier, Herne Bay and Parnell. Attached to these areas are green stars and lettered purple dots, intention unknown. Ink annotations denote population sizes for different suburbs. Base map: Map of City of Auckland Street information up to date 1.5.1959. ([Auckland], [Auckland City Council], 1959.) Town Planning division, Department of Works and Services. Drawn by R K Ledger. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, handcoloured, scale indeterminable, 76 x 137 cm.