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Letter book
Date: Dec 1906-May 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-23
Description: Letters from Keys to family and friends providing detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on Maori Land Court business; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori practices and customs that he experiences and his impressions of them; there is also information about Keys' work in the Maori Land Court Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Note book describing daily activities, weather and growth of daughter
Date: 24 Sep 1908-24 Oct 1911
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-26
Description: Contains diary entries for the period between 1908 and 1911; the diary entries deal with Keys' family life, including his marriage and the birth and growth of his children, and his professional life, including his work in the Native Land Court and his relationship with Major Mair, James Carroll and other political figures The diary also contains photographs and a postcard from James Carroll, pasted in Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letterbook containing copies of letters written to members of family and friends
Date: May-Nov 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-24
Description: Contains numerous letters from Keys to friends and family members that provide detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island, and through the Far North; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori customs and practicees that he experiences and his impressions of them; there are also some comments about the work that Keys undertakes in the Maori Land Courts Page 86 has been removed from the letterbook Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Notebook
Date: 1907-1909
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-19
Description: Contains miscellaneous notes and whakapapa compiled by Keys from a variety of sources about Maori society and culture; significant entries include the fishing up of the North Island by Maui, rituals and customs associated with food collection, information about various place names, and information about native flora and fauna; the manuscript also includes accounts of the introduction of kumara to New Zealand, and about the tohunga, Te Tahi o te Rangi; there are also a number of epitaphs copied in the book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Records - Native Land Court, Wanganui
Date: 1909
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-20
Description: The manuscript contains extracts from evidence given by various people in the Maori Land Court with regard to the ownership of a block of land in the Wanganui district; the extracts deal principally with conflicts involving Whanganui and other iwi, including Ngati Raukawa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence
Date: 1900-1906
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-11
Description: Contains correspondence and copies of correspondence about various issues, including the raising of funds to engage a lawyer to review early Maori land deals, the reservation of land at Okoura in Wairarapa and the related development of a marae, a personal letter to Keys from R Tahiwi Rikihana of Otaki, and an extract from the minutes of a meeting to discuss the revitalisation of the Kotahitanga movement with King Mahuta as its leader Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 items. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence
Date: 1908
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-13
Description: Contains correspondence to Keys concerning Maori land administration, and answers to various ethnographic and genealogical questions asked by Keys to Maori informants; also contains whakapapa, and a copy of a letter from Tawhiao to Gilbert Mair in 1881 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Diary, photographs and cuttings
Date: 1918-1919
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-31
Description: Contains diary entries by Keys about his travels through the North Island on business as a Native Land Agent; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and towns through which Keys travels, and discussions about the people he meets; there are also discussions about Maori practices and customs that Keys experiences, and his impressions of them There are also notes about the end of World War One and the influenza epidemic, Maori gardening practices, native flora and fauna, and the liquor trade There are also a number of maps of the volcanic plateau, and a number of photographs of people, scenery and Te Arawa marae Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Diary
Date: Jan-Oct 1920
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-32
Description: Contains diary entries by Keys re his travels through the Bay of Plenty and Horowhenua districts on business as a Native Land Agent; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and towns which Keys travelled through, and discussions about the people he met; there are also discussions about Maori practices and customs that he encountered and his impressions of them. There are also notes about native flora and fauna and the liquor trade, and a number of photographs of people (mainly from Te Arawa and Ngati Raukawa), scenery and marae, taken by Keys according to the text (each is dated). Also contains copies of various manuscripts (in Maori) submitted to Keys by Maori informants, and information about the history of Rangiatea at Otaki Also includes stories, written in Maori, from the Ngati Raukawa tribe; "The story of Uenuku-kopako and Kapu- Manawawhiti"; "The death of Tukemata"; and a copy of a letter from Riapo Puhipi (Leopold Busby) about an exchange of gifts between Te Rauparaha and Poroa, a chief of Ahipara. Includes photographs of the old Otaki school house; Kahurangi Taipua; Raukawa meeting house (all on p.73), and Tungia Te Ao (pp.74 & 100). Contains description of the Whakatane river in 1907 (p33 & 34) and the names of the rocks in the river. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letterbook containing copies of letters written to members of family and friends
Date: Sep-Nov 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-25
Description: Contains letters from Keys to friends and family members that provide detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on the business of the Maori Land Court; there are detaileed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions about the people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori customs that he experiences and his impressions of them Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori land administration - notes
Date: 1878 - 1894
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-09
Description: Contains copies of rules framed by a Maori meeting at Pakowhai (Hawkes Bay) in 1878 for the operation of Maori Committees to decide issues of ownership regarding Maori land; also contains an extract of evidence given by Wi Matene Te Huaki of Rotoiti at a hearing of the Maori Land Court, with information about the ownership of Rotoiti; there are also copies of epitaphs for Hans Tapsell and Rewi Maniapoto Relationship complexity - see 'Kinds of Peace' by Keith Sinclair for more information about the Maori Committee movement Quantity: 1 folder(s) 6 items. Finding Aids: Inventory available.