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Date: 1815-1970

By: Adams, Martha, 1815-1906

Reference: qMS-0026

Description: Reminiscences of early days in Marlborough written in 1857; copies of verse and satire by the family; copy of letter and verse by Henry Harper on Martha Adam's death, plan of family home, Redwood; biographical details from the Cyclopedia of New Zealand and newspaper clippings concerning her husband and eldest son; and sketches she made as a girl in England. Describes her English childhood, marriage to William Adams in 1840 and emigration to Nelson 1850. She describes the `mud hovel' in which the Adams family first lived when taking up a Marlborough run in 1852, and recalls the islolated life which at times found her coping alone with house and farm work, sick children, food shortages and vagrants. Her account ends with the family's move to a new property `Langley Dale', on the Wairau River. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - Cyclopaedia of New Zealand Quantity: 1 volume(s) (51 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter (photocopy) (37 cm, red buckram) Includes sketches of Salop, England

Date: 1890-1904

By: Watkins, Rees, 1864?-1926

Reference: MS-Papers-1408

Description: Written to mother and father in Wales, first from Napier, where Rees worked for railways, and later from Ashley Clinton, Hawke's Bay, where he took up land. Gives details of farm life, clearing land, shearing. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (38 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1867-1874, 1900-1903

By: Godfrey family

Reference: MS-Papers-1926

Description: Details of farm life at Woodbourne estate, Marlborough, including accounts 1867-1874, by Henry Godfrey and others; history of the area and social life, written 1900-1903 by Eliza Prichard, Godfrey's widow; memories of early Marlborough, the Godfrey family and the Woodbourne estate Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: [ca 1950?]

By: Lyon, John Holt, 1872-1956

Reference: MS-Papers-2135

Description: Historical articles chiefly concerning central North Island, based on personal pioneer experiences at Utiku [ca 1890-1908]. Also articles on miscellaneous topics of New Zealand interest Farmer at Utiku, Matiere and Inglewood Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts Processing information: Not yet described to folder level.

Date: 1882-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-2243

Description: Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand Source of title - Supplied Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1882]-1884, 1922-1932

By: Jackson family

Reference: MS-Papers-1299

Description: Diary kept by Thomas Jackson of Jacksons, Westland, ca 1882-1884, recording farming activities, weather, local visitors, swaggers and travellers. Three letters, 1922-1932, contain genealogical information and reminiscences Jacksons was a staging post for coaches travelling to and from the West Coast Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1893-1959

By: Eves, Elizabeth Maria, 1869-1959

Reference: MS-0724-0730

Description: Fairly regular entries of domestic and family details, births, marriages and deaths; farm accounts; and local events; by a housewife at Wai-iti from the time of her marriage; description of holidays on the West Coast and in the North Island; lacks the period when her children were at home Source of title - Supplied title Other - Enquiries to Mrs V R Nicholls, Korere, RD2, Nelson Arrangement: MS-0724-0730 are boxed together. Quantity: 7 volume(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (exercise books of various sizes, in blue box)

Date: 1890-1956

By: McCartney, Jennifer, active 1991

Reference: PAColl-1909

Description: Arrangement: 44 copy negatives at 1/2-170243-F to 1/2-170286-F Quantity: 94 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1864-1919

From: Stewart, Frances E V, fl 2005 : Histories of the Ranby, Withersgill, Burr and McKay families

Reference: MS-Papers-5229-3

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-062

Description: William and Agnes Syme came from Dollar in Clackmannan, Scotland in 1875 with seven of their three children in the Forfarshire. Farmed first at Egmont Village and later at Onaero, Taranaki. William helped to build the breakwater at New Plymouth. Most of the family took up farming. Syme's Beach at Onaero is named after them. Includes details of their children and photograph of William and Agnes taken in May 1861, the farm house at Onaero, ca 1896, Amelia and Mabel Syme, Wellington, 1890 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1871-1970

By: Little family

Reference: MS-Papers-2133

Description: Papers of Ernest Charles Little, Richard Gordon Little, Little and Jennings family. Include letters from Ernest Charles Little while serving in the South African War and after arrival back in New Zealand, to his parents and his wife Natalie, letters to Ernest and Natalie realting to family affairs and genealogy; letters from Richard to his parents Ernest and Natalie, while serving in North Africa and Italy 1940-1944; miscellaneous documents, genealogical material, and press cuttings Ernest Little emigrated to New Zealand in 1902, settling in Motueka Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1864-1911

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2051

Description: Comprise selected papers of the Fortescue, Seymour, Lillicrap, Gidley, Kilner, Kitson, Luxton and Tanner families Other Titles - Colonial Floras Other Titles - A history of the British Army Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1892-1893, 1918-1945

By: Barron, Charles James, -1945

Reference: MS-Group-0217

Description: Note books kept as a veterinary student at Lincoln College, 1892-1893 and diaries kept while farming at Tinopai, Wairau Valley, 1918-1945 Accompanying material - Accompanied by miscellaneous school reports and invoices relating to W L Barron Barron studied veterinary science at Lincoln College and served in the South African War and World War One. As a returned serviceman he settled on a farm in the Wairau Valley in 1918 where he farmed until his death. Quantity: 30 volume(s). 1 box(es). 1 folder(s). 0.85 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr S Afeaki, Wellington, 1993

Date: [ca 1990]

By: Allen, Peggy, active 1990

Reference: MS-Papers-10543

Description: History of the area and reminiscences of those who lived in the farming settlements in the Roturua area in the 1920s Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (bound photocopy) Includes many photographs and maps

Date: 1885-1929, 2008

By: Welch family

Reference: MS-Group-1754

Description: Comprises an autograph book (ca 1924-1929) kept by Annie Lucy Welch (`Nan'), daughter of William Kemble Welch and Ruby Mary Alberta Welch, nee McLachlan, and including many entries from Davenport, Iowa; a diary for 1924, probably kept by William Kemble Welch, during the family's stay in Davenport; and a memorandum book, covering the years circa 1885-1892, kept by George Henry Welch. Also included are photocopied typescripts of biographies of members of the Welch family, compiled by Annie Lucy Kemble Carroll. Source of title - Supplied by Library Relationship complexity - Further papers relating to the Welch family, but from a different source, may be found at MS-Group-0016 Quantity: 3 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr David Carroll, Lower Hutt, 2009 Processing information: Record updated 3 November 2023 to correct name of William Kemble Welch from "Richard" to William.

Date: [2001]

By: O'Leary, Francis James, 1921-

Reference: MS-Papers-7258

Description: A biographical account of the life of Arthur Patrick O'Leary from his birth to his mid-20s describing his family life, the hardship following his father's death, his time in orphanages and later in Burnham borstal, working on the Holly family farm at Leeston under a Burnham scheme and their help in allowing him to escape from it, his various jobs and some war service experiences. Source of title - Transcribed The account was written by Frank O'Leary, the donor, compiled by Tony and Denise Craft and edited by Diane Latter, all descendants of Arthur Patrick O'Leary. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (34 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs N Orr, Auckland, Oct 2001

Date: 1863-1913

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2024

Description: Includes the log of Captain Jenkins (HMS Miranda), while serving in the New Zealand Wars Dec12863-Jun 1865. Describes the seige of Gate Pa, the battle at Te Ranga and themeeting between Sir George Grey, Sir Cuncan Cameron and the Tauranga Maori in Aug 1864, as well as copies of despatches, letters and a sketch map of the auckland and Waikato districts. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1871-1920

By: Rolleston, Marion, active 2005-2010

Reference: MS-Group-1918

Description: Shipboard diary of two voyages to New Zealand in 1880 and 1884 of Adam Brown. Shipboard diary 1905. Letters from John Hunter Brown of Whakaki station near Wairoa to his father Adam Brown in Scotland, after his return there. Diary of 1897 voyage and travel in New Zealand to Wairoa and Waiheke by Stephen Brown, brother of JH Brown. Letters from Adam Brown and his sister Catherine Hunter to JH Brown Letters from Ashley J Hunter, a young immigrant from London (1871), to his mother and siblings, describing his life and work in New Zealand Workbook of Samuel Blackley at Glasgow University Lease for land, here Here Tai Block, bewteen Teira Areta and George Burton, 1807, with Maori signatories Quantity: 5 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.20 Linear Metres.

Date: 1998

From: Isern, Thomas D, 1952- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6453

Description: Title continues:`...The quest for region in the tussock grasslands of New Zealand'. Isern compares his experiences in his quest for region with Samuel Butler and others studied during his year as a Fulbright Scholar based in the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1991; his concern is with grasslands, particularly in Canterbury but also in Otago and Marlborough and he includes full references to material consulted. Accompanying material - Letter from editor, `Turnbull Library record' re non-publication of the article Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-04

Description: Essay on the Jolly, How, Keir, Skeen, Smith, Gray and Hughes families who emigrated to Otago, Canterbury and Southland (1856-1880) Quantity: 1 folder(s).