Places

Date: 1971

By: Cook, George Pilkington (Rev), 1893-1973

Reference: MS-Papers-2205

Description: Reminiscences cover 1893-1905 Cook's family emigrated, 1899, from Australia to Huntly, where his father was Methodist agent, and thence to Dannevirke and Johnsonville Quantity: 1 folder(s) (103 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1848-1904

By: Parkes, Samuel, 1790-1863

Reference: qMS-1627

Description: Letters from Samuel Parkes written from Wellington and Wanganui comment on the voyage to New Zealand and life in Wellington and Wanganui. Also letters from Susan Weller, Woolwich to her grandchildren, 1865-1869 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 items). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1923

By: Bryant, Lewis Robert, 1849-1938

Reference: qMS-0289

Description: Describes early life in England, voyage to NZ on the Queen Margaret in 1855, life in Waimea county, 1856-1876; contracting for bridge and road building in Palmerston North area, 1876-1903, and life in Kairanga county - including his term as chairman of the Drainage Board. Narrative is sparse from last-mentioned date Relationship complexity - See also 87-135 for further reminiscencces Quantity: 1 volume(s) (27 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (38 cm; blue buckram)

Date: 1915-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-11795

Description: Notebook contains transcripts of poetry and quotations, newspaper clippings and transcriptions of cooking and medicinal recipes, household hints and instructions for various tasks, including waterproofing a boat and tanning hides. Also included: transcription of a news item taken from the New Zealand Truth for 23 June 1917, in which Neils Nikolaison of Ormondville advertises for a farmhand and draws two satirical replies, with one of the writers calling himself 'Jorgen Olesen'. This appears as part of a Truth campaign against war conscription. Brief diary from 16 December 1915 to 7 February 1916 with one-line entries of a voyage from London to Auckland, then to Wellington on an unnamed ship which internal evidence indicates is the New Zealand Shipping Company's vessel Rotorua; Note concerning the cut-off of water heating, dated 'June 17th 1946'. The inside back cover lists names and addresses of friends in England, all of whom are women. Source of title - Supplied by Library The identity of the writer is unknown. However, the emphasis on recipes and housekeeping tips, and the fact that all the listed English contacts in the back of the book are female, suggests that the writer may have been a woman, who came out to New Zealand on the ship Rotorua, landing in Wellington on 7 February 1916. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter Provenance: Donated by Sean McMahon, who purchased it from a second-hand bookshop in Carterton Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, curator, 2014

Date: 20 May 2002

From: Otaki oral history project

By: Manz, Arthur Herbert, 1917-; Thorpe, Agnes Anne, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0673-07

Description: Arthur Herbert Manz was born in Wellington in 1917, and his family moved to Otaki in 1920. Recalls his German grandfather, a cottage weaver, who after the industrial revolution worked in the railway workshops. Recalls his father, a cabinetmaker, who emigrated to New Zealand, worked on the Manawatu Gorge railway construction, helped build the Hutt Park Grand Stand, and toured overseas with the 1905-6 Wellington Bowling Club. Mentions that his father's ethnicity became an issue during World War I, and that his mother was of English descent. Mentions getting pneumonia walking to school, school life, not being able to play football, movies, stores, dances, music and parties. Mentions the tuberculosis sanatorium. Talks about the Otaki Maori Racing Club. Talks about education and training to be a teacher. Mentions beekeeping and the Hautere Defence Rifle Club. Describes a trip to Mount Ruapehu in 1937 in a Model T truck, mentions the conditions of the roads. Recalls joining Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1940 during World War II, and having to request exemptions from the Provisions of the Alien Control Emergency Regulations because of his German nationality. Mentions that his sister worked as a WAAF for five years. Talks about his postings, including Taieri, Wigram, Hobsonville, Waipapakauri, Suva, Florida Island. Mentions he was trained in being a flying instructor, night flying, and Tiger Moths. Talks about returning to teaching after World War II, at Waitohu School, and being principal of the Otaki Health Camp School. Mentions Rangiatea Church being built. Talks about the Otaki Rotary Club, the railway station, rifle clubs, his wife and children, fishing, and leasing land to Chinese growers. Describes the Otaki Brass Band and the people involved in it. Interviewer(s) - Anne Thorpe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-11054 - 5 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3864. Search dates: 1920 - 1960

Date: 1999-2001

By: Morgan, Robert R, active 2002

Reference: MS-Group-1117

Description: The papers, transcribed and compiled by John Morgan's great-grandson Robert, include extracts from his diaries and reminiscences. They relate mainly to the 1850s and describe life in Wanganui and Taranaki during this decade, including farming, economic activitity, travelling between New Plymouth and Wanganui and relations between the settlers and Maori. Also included is a description of a trip made by Morgan in 1853 droving sheep from Kai-Iwi to Taranaki published in the `Hawera star', 10 Aug 1935 and a brief talk about John and William Morgan given by Robert Morgan. John Morgan was born in Dorset and emigrated to New Zealand in 1849 aboard the `Berkshire'. After a brief period in Taranaki he settled in Wanganui. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 158 kilobyte(s) textual material. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: [ca 1869]-1997

By: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998

Reference: 99-257

Description: Note books containing research notes from various sources including archives, manuscripts, newspapers, serials and monographs compiled in the course of research for `The Farthest promised land', `New Zealand's burning', `Settler Kaponga' and articles and talks on Australia-New Zealand relations and migration, ca 1900-1910. These note books are accompanied by card indexes providing subject access to their contents; drafts, correspondence and working papers relating to the above monographs and articles; papers relating to children's literature including drafts of published and unpublished children's novels by Arnold including `Bracken block' and `The Freedom of Ariki'; papers relating to education, in particular teachers in the Wellington Education Board district in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Other Titles - The farthest promised land Other Titles - New Zealand's burning Other Titles - Settler Kaponga Other Titles - Bracken block Other Titles - The Freedom of Ariki Rollo Davis Arnold was an educationalist and historian Quantity: 27 box(es). 9 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Betty Arnold, Wellington, 1999

Date: 1829-1956

By: Burnett family

Reference: MS-Papers-1454

Description: Collection consists correspondence, diaries, ledgers and legal documents covering a wide range of topics relating to the Burnett family in England, America and New Zealand. Subjects featured in collection materials include: - business, legal and family matters, especially relating to Utica, Cincinnati, London and Whanganui - abolition and the anti-slavery movement (Cornelius Burnett Snr and his sons were members of the Underground Railroad in Cincinnati, Ohio) - American politics, education and human rights, including slavery, the Civil War and the Mexican War - the confectionary and bakery trade in the United States and New Zealand - religion, spiritualism and churches - music, drama and comedy performances (including theatre programmes) - property, land ownership, conveyances and deeds - farming and farm management - domestic service, wages, employees and tenants - shipping voyages, migration and international travel - the New Zealand Wars in Taranaki and Whanganui - the First World War (including nursing, training camps, the home front) - health, illness, epidemics (cholera, smallpox, flu or influenza) Source of title - Supplied title Whanganui Regional Museum holds handwritten copies of correspondence made by Cornelius Burnett (1805.360.2 LETTERS), the diaries of Joseph Augustus Hornsby Burnett and Cornelius Burnett (1975.83 DIARIES) as well as a deed, photographs and family items. Joseph Burnett and Mary Ann (née Burnett) emigrated from England to America circa 1830, and then to New Zealand in 1856 with their children Cornelius, Josephine Augusta, Alfred, and Emma. They had lived in Oneida County, New York State, known as a centre of the abolitionist movement, and in Cincinnati where they were involved with the Underground Railroad, helping runaway enslaved people. In Wanganui they opened a confectionery and bakery. From 1870 they lived at 'Oneida' homestead and farm property (also known as Trenton House), in Fordell, east of Whanganui. Quantity: 116 folder(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Record updated 1 August 2023 with additional information on the Burnett family and the content of the collection materials.

Date: 1880-1918, 1990

By: Devonshire, Mildred Jane, active 1990

Reference: 90-191

Description: Drafts of her works: Each of our part; Dannevirke Days; Quartz; Lake View. Also original Devonshire family letters and scripts of comic monologues. Source of title - Supplied Variations in title - From label on front of folder: Archive of Women's Writing, National Library [sic], Original notes by Mildred Jane Devonshire plus typed copies of her accounts, 1990 Other Titles - Each of our part Other Titles - Dannevirke days Other Titles - Quartz Other Titles - Lake View Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts Finding Aids: Index at front of folder.

Date: 1852-1918

By: Marshall family

Reference: Micro-MS-0125

Description: Relationship complexity - See also Micro-MS-0136 Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-05

Description: Story of Bernt and Elisabet Johannessen who immigrated to New Zealand from Norway on the Celaeno in 1871 and settled on the Karere Scandanavian Block in the Manawatu. In 1875 Bernt became the first Scandanavian to be naturalised, and changed his name to Johansen. Relationship complexity - Updated version at MS-Papers-5757-09 Quantity: 1 folder(s) 38 pages.. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Includes photographs, maps and family tree

Date: 1966

By: Khan, Latiffa, active 1966-1973

Reference: MS-Papers-1170

Description: Three letters to Miss Khan with information about immigration and early settlement in the Wanganui area. Includes biographical information about Tamberlin Joseph Campbell, first settler in Brunswick. Also copy of the Danish newspaper `Brevduen' (The Carrier pigeon, first edition, Jan 1875). Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-09

Description: Story of Bernt and Elisabet Johannessen who immigrated to New Zealand from Norway on the Celaeno in 1871 and settled on the Karere Scandanavian Block in the Manawatu. In 1875 Bernt became the first Scandanavian to be naturalised and changed his name to Johansen. Relationship complexity - Updated version of MS-Papers-5757-05 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (35 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: Aug 1997 to Feb 1998 - Sep 1999 to Jun 2000

By: MacAulay, Suzanne, 1950?-

Reference: OHColl-0440

Description: Interviews with immigrant members of the educational and medical sectors of Wanganui who have arrived in New Zealand for professional reasons. Many of them are from the United States but the project includes interviewees from South Africa, Yugoslavia and Canada. Interviewees are Linda and Irving Baran, Brit Bunkley and Andrea Gardner, Karen Cole, Natasha Petkovic-Jeremic and Dejan Jeremic, Larry Matthews, Athol and Larinae Steward, Robert Bourdon, Rita Dibert and Lorna and Ian Sutherland. Additional interviewees Stuart Byam, John Crane, Jan and Sandra de Kock. Interviewer(s) - Suzanne MacAulay Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 3 folder(s). 12 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete for OHA-2002 to 2010; OHA-6358 to OHA-6360 agreement forms only. Processing information: Interviews not yet described: Stuart Byam, John Crane, Jan and Sandra de Kock. Form folders without abstracts or item records: OHA-6358 to OHA-6360 Original recordings without item records: OHC-017843 - OHC-017846

Date: [ca 12 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/366/04-G

Description: Man at the displaced persons camp at Pahiatua photographed circa 12 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001376-F

Description: A group of kindergarten children in the play area at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Shows girls and boys seated on see saws with a female staff member (Mrs Rubisz) supervising. The camp barracks are in the background. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 21,376 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 12 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/366/09-G

Description: Two women with scales at the displaced persons camp at Pahiatua photographed circa 12 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001380-F

Description: A woman has her finger bandaged at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 12 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/366/10-G

Description: Two young children, a boy named Josef Molnàr and an unidentified girl, playing at the displaced persons camp at Pahiatua photographed circa 12 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches Processing information: Subject identified by Library client. Information added to record on 10 June 2017.

Date: [ca 12 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/366/11-G

Description: Two men at the displaced persons camp at Pahiatua photographed circa 12 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches