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Beard, W G (Mrs), -1937: Cookbook
Date: 1890-1902
By: Beard, Frances, -1937
Reference: MSX-9124
Description: Volume contains handwritten recipes compiled by Mrs Beard and written down in her journal. Includes recipes for ratafia biscuits, royal pudding, French honey, scrambled eggs, lemon sponge, lemonade, tapioca cream, arrowroot pudding, peach jelly, raspberry vinegar, Turkish delight, dainty cakes, hop beer, tomato sauce, fig jams, hunter's beef broth, chutney and pie melon jam. Also recipes for traditional medicines including cough mixture and gargle for sore throats. Instructions for making saddle polish and a newspaper cutting of handy household hints. The remainder of the journal includes notes on the height and weight of family members, address lists and an epitaph from the Bible "Here lies an old woman who always was tired..." Source of title - Suplied by Library Mrs William Gascoyen Beard was a mother of five children living in Masterton during the 1890s. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph
Graham, George, 1812-1901 : Diary
Date: 1837-1852, 1958
By: Graham, George, 1812-1901
Reference: qMS-0869
Description: Graham records some aspects of his life in Australia where he was until 1840 when he came to Auckland, NZ. Includes mostly financial records of cash paid and debts due with some personal remarks summarising quarterly events during the year or whole years, or describing particular experiences, such as when Graham went to London in 1850 or the birth of his son, Robert, in 1850. He describes a great deal of property transactions. Accompanying material - Photocopy of photograph of Graham, taken about 1880, owned by Ms Sandra Westbrooke, London Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (62 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm, red linen, in case folder)
Bell family :Papers
Date: 1913-1940
By: Bell family; Bell, Andrew Murray, 1868-1944
Reference: MS-Papers-8731
Description: Papers of the Bell family, originally from Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland, who moved to Auckland. Mainly relating to the properties in Auckland held by the family. Source of title - Purchase, Mr A Murray Bell, 2007 Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Main collection consists of subdivision plans, held in the Cartographic Section under MapColl-collection-Bell Bell family, originally from Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland, who moved to Auckland. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Provenance: Material comes originally from one of the Bell family homes: that of A Murray Bell, Parnell, Auckland. Transfers: From Cartographic Collection -.
Johnston, F (Mrs), b 1841 : Diaries
Date: 1859, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1882, 1893
By: Johnston, Frances Palmer, 1841-1938
Reference: MS-1089-1094
Description: Daily entries of domestic details by the wife of an Anglican vicar, in Ulster and Katikati (ca 1882-1893) Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 6 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (24 cm; blue buckram hinged lid box)
Letters from May Anstice to her husband, Bert
Date: 1916, 1917, 1918
From: Anstice family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5535-04
Description: Comprises letter from May re some business matters (1916); a series from May to Bert while she was travelling in the South Island (1917); and letters to Bert while he was in camp about family concerns and business matters Most of the letters are written to Herbert (Bert) by his wife May (Mabel) while he was at Featherston Military Camp in 1918; those written earlier are when one or other of the spouses was away from home on other business Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Dierks, Anna, 1856-1932 : Diary
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)
Stevenson, Margaret Forbes 1920- : One of seven
Date: 1987
By: Stevenson, Margaret Forbes, 1920-
Reference: MS-Papers-5415
Description: Stevenson wrote her account in 1987 and begins by describing her family and their situation from when she was born in Pahiatua in 1920 until the 1950s when her marriage ended. She describes the daily life and routines of the family, the various moves they made - to Wellsford, Hamilton, back to Pahiatua, Ongarue, Makokomiko and Wellington - the work her father did which included selling books for the Seventh-Day Adventists and being a farm manager - and of life at the various schools she and her sisters attended. She describes working in Wellington at the Sanitarium Health Food vegetarian cafe, her marriage to Bob Woods, various events in their family life and their subsequent separation when she began working at the Odeon picture theatre in Auckland. She also discusses the role of religion in a person's upbringing. Stevenson and her husband narrowly missed being on the Tangiwai train and she elaborates on this. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (48 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs M F Stevenson, Pt Chevalier, Auckland, November 1995 Line drawings of the mill at Ongarue where the family lived and the area after a fire, of a camp oven and a diagram of their living quarters; photographs of the family and houses they had lived in and of the Pohangina Post Office and Store
Eves, Elizabeth Maria, 1869-1959 : Diaries and accounts
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)
Letters from May Anstice to her husband, Bert
Date: 1918
From: Anstice family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5535-05
Description: Letters to Bert while he was in camp, about family concerns and business matters; during September May took a trip to Wanganui and she described in some detail the people she met there and the various activities The letters are written to Herbert (Bert) by his wife May (Mabel) while he was at Featherston Military Camp in 1918 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
McGregor, Peter, fl 1874-1875 : Letters of Peter McGregor and his wife Emma to Peter's ...
Date: 1874-1887
By: McGregor, Peter, active 1874-1930s
Reference: MS-1173
Description: Letters deal mostly with family news. Some letters are written by his wife, Emma McGregor Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - McGregor's diary on the Janet Cowan (qMS-1181) has same provenance Peter McGregor was a school teacher at Maheno (North Otago) and later in Dunedin. He arrived in New Zealand aboard the vessel Janet Cowan in 1875 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 150 pieces). Physical Description: Holographs (23 cm; red linen tie case)
Smith, Wendy L, 1954- : A Year in the life of a New Zealand woman
Date: 1993
By: Smith, Wendy L, 1954-
Reference: MSX-4601
Description: Smith records daily entries describing routines, activities, relationships, family affairs and other matters in her life, centring on Invercargill, where she lives, and on genealogy, which is her special interest Source of title - Transcribed The diary is part of the 1993 Women's Suffrage Centenary Diaries Project; a later part of the proect is to publish excerpts from the participants' diaries Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (case folder) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms W L Smith, Invercargill, May 1997 Smith has sketched the interior of her house relating to renovation plans
Ward, Marion Wybourn (Dr), fl 1993-2008 : A commemoration of Eliza Joan Wybourn
Date: 1936, 2007
By: Ward, Marion Wybourn (Dr), active 1993-2008
Reference: MS-Papers-8993
Description: Collection comprises a brief sketch of Eliza Joan Wybourn, photocopies of inward correspondence to Wybourn (1936) and a memoir as recorded by her friends. Material compiled by Dr Marion Ward and Annette Solly (2007). Source of title - Transcribed from item Other Titles - A commemoration of Eliza Joan Wybourn as recorded by her friends in Johnsonville and other places at her death in 1936 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript & photographs (photocopies) Provenance: Material deposited by granddaughter of Eliza Joan Wybourn.
Hollard, Elizabeth 1842-1930 : Reminiscences
Date: 1848-[ca 1890]
By: Hollard, Elizabeth, 1842-1930
Reference: qMS-0989-0990
Description: She describes in detail her activities around the house, and the financial hardships encountered. Describes social life, relations with Maoris especially Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata including description of Te Rauparaha's funeral A second copy in another hand (incomplete) is also available at qMS-0990 A glimpse of Long Ago (10 pages) describes early settlement at Lowry Bay Also genealogical tables and information Elizabeth was born in New Zealand a year after her family arrived from England. During her childhood the family lived in the Hutt Valley, Karori, and Otaki. At twenty-one Elizabeth married John Hollard, and went to live at Tauherenikau in the Wairarapa. Her husband was a dairy farmer who later rather unsuccessfully tried to grow grain and fruit. Elizabeth worked in the dairy as one of her daily domestic chores Quantity: 2 volume(s) (66 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) & ms (photocopy) (29 cm; blue buckram)
Shaw, Charles Reginald, 1929-1906 : Diary extracts
Date: Dec 1866-Aug 1872
By: Shaw, Charles Reginald, 1829-1906
Reference: MS-1933
Description: Brief daily entries concerned with surveying in Timaru, including acreage and owners of land surveyed, and social and domestic duties including gardening, maintenance of his house, purchases and the health of wife and children. Annotated and edited by Mr J B Hamilton for the South Canterbury Historical Society. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (110 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations (Photocopy, 27 cm, red buckram)
Longwill, Kiwi Flora, 1909-2007: Account book
Date: 1935-1944
By: Longwill, Kiwi Flora, 1909-2007
Reference: qMS-1161
Description: Detailed household accounts made at Palmerston North (1935), Ruatoki (1939) and Pukekohe (1937-1939); furniture costs (1944) and `Ten commandments for parents' Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (94 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (33 cm; blue buckram)
Paynter, William Henry, fl 1882-1945 : Papers
Date: 1882 - 1945
By: Paynter, William Henry, 1863-1946
Reference: MS-Group-0514
Description: Consists of diaries of William Paynter from 1882 to 1945, detailing life as a dairy farmer in Taranaki, and as a fervent member of the Open Brethren sect. Also, detailed records of his financial dealings, including farm accounts, records of stock bought and sold, cows calving, milk payments, and payments for bread, meat and groceries, and rents on houses and land. Source of title - supplied title Arrangement: Arranged in two series according to type of record Paynter was a dairy farmer on Old Kent Road, Midhurst, Taranaki. He was also a member of the Open Brethren Church Quantity: 51 volume(s). 3 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (some photocopies) Provenance: Donor is grandson of William Henry Paynter.
Correspondence
Date: 1954, 1968, 1979, nd
From: Frame, Janet, 1924-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-5529
Description: Comprises two letters from Blanche Baughan to E P (Peter) Dawson re aspects of writing (1954, nd), and two letters from Frank Sargeson, one to Janet Frame re death of Esmond Rd, Takapuna, neighbour (1979) and the other to E P (Peter) Dawson re being a writer, housekeeping and `Harrykeeping' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss
Goldsmith, Christina Mabel, 1885-1976 : Prouse (Mrs Richard) nee Christina McIlvride
Date: [ca 1951]
By: Goldsmith, Christina Mabel, 1885-1976
Reference: qMS-0854
Description: Goldsmith describes her mother's life from her birth in 1860 until her death in 1951, noting events in Wainuiomata, Whitemans Valley and Levin; some contributions from her son, R A Prouse. Photographs are included. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon), photographs (37 cm, blue pam case)
Fassifern
Date: [193-]
From: Turner, Clarence Frederick, b 1865 or 1866 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6513-1
Description: Autobiographical account of Turner's childhood at `Fassifern', Papanui Road, Christchurch. The son of Charles Wesley Turner, a director of the New Zealand Shipping Company, he describes his family, the surrounding neighbourhood and the schools he attended, including Christ's College. Also includes descriptions of trips to Australia and to Napier. Also two undated newspaper cuttings (i) photo of Turner on occasion of his retirement as manager foor John Mill and Co and (ii) obtiuary notice. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
A sketch of our sitting room
Date: 28 Dec 1846
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diary
Reference: qMS-0122-074
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge of his wife, Sophia, and their son William Samuel Bambridge, in their sitting room, at Purewa. The baby is sitting in a potato basket which has been hung from the ceiling by his mother. The sketch is on p 74 of the diary. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 110 x 145 mm, on sheet 253 x 205 mm