Places

Date: 1910-1915, 1924-1933, nd

From: Beauchamp family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5580-11

Description: Inward letters to Coster (from 1913-1915 while she was still Beauchamp) from Marjorie and Norcombe Young, Whatatutu; from her mother (1912-1915, nd); from Bill, Tahora, Taranaki (1913); from May Beauchamp (nd); from S G Seymour, Picton (prob 1927); from N and B Thompson, Mahakipawa (1927); from Minnie Foster, Island Bay (1927); from Bibi, Christchurch (1933); and a group of letters re Ford car purchase (1924), letter to Dot from Ethel, Picton, re sale of land (nd) and another (1913), letter from Dot to Ted (1913), and letter from Lena re Lewis Coster's death (1927) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1943

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0235

Description: File 41 - Contains whakapapa lists, plans and papers regarding the Maori V.C. Investiture at Ruatoria and correspondence regarding the death of Te Moana Ngarimu in battle, including newspaper clippings, a funeral programme and a copy of the book "The price of citizenship" Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1927-1942

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-07

Description: Includes many letters to a variety of people and institutions about the whakapapa of Matene Te Whiwhi, Kahungunu, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa and Waikato - Tainui; also includes letters about Maori place names like Ngaruawahia; letters about Stowell's journey through places like Whakaki, Nuhaka and Lake Waikaremoana; includes letters on Maori language and also includes a condolence letter to the Pomare family on the death of their son, T Pomare; also includes a letter on haka to the Wellington Camera Club Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (with some ms annotations) and printed matter Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1913-1915, 1927, 1933, nd

From: Beauchamp family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5580-10

Description: Comprises letters from Flo Coster, Agnes Coster and Nellie Coster to Lillian Coster before and after her marriage to Lewis E Coster. Those for 1927 follow Lewis' death. Also includes invitation from Mr and Mrs Coster to the Misses Beauchamps. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1877-1917], nd

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-120

Description: Includes letter from Rev F W Martin re prayer and Hawke's Bay matters and from Major Gerald B Carter with MEF writing from the Dardanelles; and letters from Jessie; WBP of London; part of letter written from `Thorthowald', Napier; and part of one from South Makaretu re fires causing major problems for bush settlers. An undated letter written from Crail has attached a dance programme card for Meta Johnston, Okawa (6 Oct 1905). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Ng, James (Dr), 1936- : Papers on the Chinese in New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-4167-1

Description: Contains (i) Introduction (ii) the Chinese response to Christian proselytism (iii) Biographies of New Zealand-Chinese goldseekers in Otago and Southland (Otago University Extension Programme 1986) (iv) Burial customs of the New Zealand Chinese (Otago Daily Times, 3 May 1986) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopies) and printed matter

Date: [1919]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-037

Description: Published in memoriam volume of Wanganui Collegiate Old Boys who were killed during World War I; most entries have biographical piece with photograph Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol).

Date: 12 Dec 1817, 28 Mar 1818

Reference: MS-Papers-0839

Description: Clipping from `Hobart Town gazette' (28 Mar 1818) describing the loss of three of the crew of the brig `Sophia' by the natives of Port Daniel; information supplied by the captain, James Kelly Other - See also Robert McNab's `Murihiku and the southern islands', pp162-163 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (photocopy)

Date: Feb 24 1901-2 Jul 1902

From: Hirst family : Letters

Reference: MS-Papers-5507-05

Description: Letters written from New Plymouth and Wellington; includes the period when Hirst's mother, Grace Hirst, died Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1952

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0233

Description: File 38 - Contains letters, telegrams and correspondence re the death of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu in battle in 1943 including a colour hand painted sketch of Te Moana Ngarimu. Correspondence re the Ngarimu scholarship and funding Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts some with ms annotations, watercolour

Date: 1836-1886

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0031-03

Description: Contains miscellaneous correspondence, Maori letters and telegrams The Maori letters contain information about the Hauhau movement in the Hawkes Bay area, reports of deaths, community conflicts and prison escapes, and information about the Maori language and Maori proverbs Language - Some letters in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1953-1954, 1959-1962, 1959-1963

From: Dunningham, Archibald George William, 1907-1996 : Papers

Reference: 96-117-2/3

Description: Comprises a file on Alison Dinah Dunningham, A G W and Margaret Dunningham's daughter who died in 1963, labelled `The search for Dinah, and inquest', `Letters to Dinah, 1959-1963' and `Letters from Dinah, 1961-1962'; and a file of `Personal correspondence to my wife and daughter from Djakarta, March 1953 to April 1954; and from USA, April 1954 to June 1954', also, letters to my daughter from Djakarta, October 1959 to August 1962; also letter of 15 Sept 1963 which she must have received shortly before her death'. Quantity: 1 box(es) (file box).

Date: 1960-1976

From: Awatere, Arapeta (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1910-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6735-13

Description: Colonel Awatere writes about the kawa (Maori protocols) which are employed in prestigious welcoming ceremonies and celebrations, especially in the Waitangi celebrations of 1963. Awatere also writes about the Maori view of life and death and it's kawa and then takes a comparative look between Maori and Pakeha deathways. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 28 Mar-9 Oct 2000

From: Chrisp, Edmund William, 1917?-2000 : Diaries and papers

Reference: MSX-7212

Description: Diary kept from 28 Mar 2000 to 9 Oct 2000, up to the date of Chrisp's death. Note added regarding this. Volume labelled Book XXXVIII, the same as the previous one. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [18-?]-1945

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-38

Description: Contains an extensive amount of material on Maori waiata and poetry, also poems on Pakeha and Maori genre; includes waiata - poroporoaki, putorino, tangi, aroha, tawhiti, mate tane, ngahau; includes themes such as pakanga, pipiwharauroa, Maori astrology; people eg Tangaroa, Toi te Huatahi and Rata Mahuta Potatahu Te Wherowhero; also Maori waiata which have English tunes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts (some with ms annotations) and printed matter

Date: 1985-1986

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-02/05

Description: Contains printed death notices, requeims and biographical notes about Monsignor Nicholas Moore, a Catholic priest Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1930 - 1999

Reference: Eph-B-DEATH

Description: Includes pamphlets and fliers from the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, the "Death with Dignity" Bill, the Petition for the Adoption of Voluntary Euthanasia (P.A.V.E.). Also includes a flier containing the rules governing the Presbyterian Cemetery at Wallaceville, Upper Hutt. Ephemera relating to funerals and funeral services is located at: FUNERAL Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and typescripts, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 20 Sep 1983-2 Dec 1992

From: Unwin, William Henry, 1909-1992: Papers relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

Reference: MS-Papers-11909-3

Description: Contains photocopies of two newspaper articles in Evening Post and Dominion newspapers relating to Harry Unwin being evicted from the Hutt Park Motor Camp in September 1983. Also contains notes on scrap paper [in an unknown hand] relating to Unwin's death from skin cancer on 2 September 1993 and contact details for a variety of people [re funeral arrangements?]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1914, 1927, nd

From: Beauchamp family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5580-09

Description: Letters written to Beauchamp in Nelson while she was staying with the Costers and to her in Ashburton when her husband was ill, and after his death, by her sister, Ethel B Beauchamp, from Anakiwa Homestead Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1994

From: Greenall, Frank, fl 1980-1990s :Cartoons published in The Dominion. Mar 1993/May 1994.

Reference: A-300-048

Description: Dame Whina Cooper, a stick in one hand, a kete in the other, stepping off into eternity at Cape Reinga Other Titles - Farewell Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 296 x 418 mm