Places

Date: 1839 - 1841 - 1846 - 1848

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Page, George Hyde, 1823-1908; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-003-029-a/040-a

Description: Set of looseleaf offprints originally published as a set of 12 prints in "New Zealand calendar 1974". Contents: Goldmining at the Thames [i.e. Goldmining at Thames] / J.B.C. Hoyte. - Nelson Haven, 1841 / Charles Heaphy. - The Pink Terraces, 1874 [i.e. The White Terraces, 1888 (detail)] / C.D. Barraud. - St Mark's Church, Remuera [i.e. S. Mark's, Remuera & Mt Eden, 1859] / Rev. John Kinder. - The Barracks, Napier / C.D. Barraud. - Auckland, 1848 [i.e. Auckland, New Zealand, 1848] / Lt. Gen. G.H. Page. - The Aglionby or Matukituki Valley [i.e. In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa, 20th Feb. [1846]] / Sir William Fox. - In Otira Gorge, 1864 [i.e. Otira Gorge, 1864?] / Sir William Fox. - Dunedin, Otago, 1861 [i.e. Part of the town and harbour of Dunedin, Otago, N.Z. [1861?]] / W.S. Hatton. - Kahu Kahu, Hokianga River [i.e. View of the Kahu-Kahu Hokianga River [December] 1839] / Charles Heaphy. - Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860 [i.e. Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860] / Lt. Gen. C.E. Gold. - Bream Head, Whangarei / Charles Heaphy. Title from cover of calendar. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and artist]; Recto - bottom left - Alexander Turnbull Library, / Wellington, N.Z.; Recto - bottom right - A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, / Wellington, N.Z., 1973. Quantity: 24 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 24 photolithographs, (2 sets of 12), variously sized from 157 x 238 mm, to 240 x 304 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright in the 1970s.

Date: 1946-1988

From: Armstrong, Sheila Howarth, 1922-2014: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5671-01

Description: Comprises Armstrong family tree, family photographs (1956-1960) and photographs of the farm at Manawahe (1949-1953); and letters from Sheila and Allan Armstrong from Hapua, Havelock North, Auckland, and RMS `Akaroa' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1842-1984

By: East, Alice, active 1984

Reference: MS-Papers-2855

Description: Memories of the tales of Mrs East's grandmother, Sophia Thomas, who arrived in NZ in 1842 aboard the `London'; tales relate to her experiences living with her family in Wellington, Wanganui and Napier. Edited by C E Fordham. Source of title - Transcribed from item Other - Photocopy of a holograph transcript of this diary is located at qMS-0641. The two copies are not identical. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by C E Fordham, 1984

Date: [ca 1857-1901]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1020

Description: The papers relate to Donald McLean, R D D Maclean and other members of the McLean family and include a prospectus for the High School of Edinburgh; Napier School Trust proposed resolutions (1869); pamphlet on the Royal Castle of Dunstaffnage; circular, West Coast Frontier Relief Association; membership, visiting, invitation and gift cards; sketch plan and notes re Donald McLean cottage; notes and memos re jobs; hints on sheep washing; sketch re building block house; advertising card for Cater's, photographer of Auckland; typescript of letters from Charles Brown, bricklayer, to the Hon A Tollemache, Surrey (Wellington, 10 Oct 1842) and from Mr R Stokes (Wellington, 3 Oct 1842) describing conditions in Wellington, relations with Maori, the Agricultural Society and matters horticultural Also includes memorandum between Alexander McLean and G M Gray re land boundaries (1856); statement re cargo storage on the `Uncas' by William Crawley of the `Moffatt' and David [?] of the `Thalia' at the request of Captain McLean (Gibraltar, 9 Jul 1857); letter, John McLean to his brother Alexander (Melbourne, 28 Aug 1857); statement re Graham Orbell's military appointments (Wellington, 27 Jul 1869); letter, H A Wilson, Calpe Cottage, New Plymouth to Donald McLean (24 Feb 1870); BNZ shareholder letter to Messrs D McLean and W M Bannatyne (17 May 1870); circular business letter, John Bourne, engineers, ship builders and contractors (London, Jan 1871); business letter, G B Worgan, licensed surveyor and interpreter, Napier, 12 May 1871; medical certificate for H J Clarke (9 May 1870); particulars of balance, Messrs McLean & Middleton, Rakaia and Ashburton (31 Mar 1873); memo re these accounts, W K McLean (17 Sep 1873); notes re horse pedigrees, Ballarat (6 Jul 1874); Donald McLean's candidacy for the IOGT (1875); letter, Annabella C Conway to her cousin Douglas (Worleston, 21 Apr 1878) Two Norfolk Winter Assizes, grand jury summons to Algernon Charles Fountaine of Narford (1901); and translation of article from the `Tromso posten' about the visit of the `Pallas' which visited Spitzbergen and the conduct of the German, Norwegian and English passengers on board, and their dissatisfaction with the service, particularly in relation to the advertisement for the voyage Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1845 - 1900 - 1929

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1800/1929

Description: Includes: 1845: Programme of sports, Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 1845. Anniversary fete [includes Sailing match, whaleboat race, hurdle race, hack race, rural sports (jumping in sacks, donkey race, etc)] 1906: United Friendly Societies' Sports. A&P Association's Ground [Carterton?], on Boxing Day 1906. [Programme] 1907: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07. Axemen's carnival held in the Exhibition ground, and Besses o' th' Barn Band. Thursday and Saturday, 17 & 19 January 1907. Official programme 1909: Victorian Lacrosse Association (Melbourne). Official handbook, season 1909 1912: Napier 1912 Industries Week. Sports programme [and] amusements guide, August 14th to 22nd [1912] 1914: Marton Junction Athletic Club. Second annual sports meeting to be held on Marton Racecourse, Wednesday March 4th, 1914. Official programme 1919: Caledonian Society of Otago. Seventh annual junior sports and bands display. Caledonian Grounds, 1 Novemner 1919. Order of events New Zealand Sports Gala; proceeds devoted to Cottage Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. Saturday 12th April 1919. Souvenir programme (Shows Maori haka on cover, and events include haka) 1922: Hawke's Bay Highland Society. Annual caledonian sports. Saturday February 11 1922. Programme 1928: IXe Olympiade, Amsterdam, 1928. Identity card for Norma Wilson, New Zealand Quantity: 10 programmes. Physical Description: Pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources

Date: 1839 - 1841 - 1846 - 1848

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Page, George Hyde, 1823-1908; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-003-029/040

Description: Set of looseleaf offprints originally published as a set of 12 prints in "New Zealand calendar 1974". Contents: Goldmining at the Thames [i.e. Goldmining at Thames] / J.B.C. Hoyte. - Nelson Haven, 1841 / Charles Heaphy. - The Pink Terraces, 1874 [i.e. The White Terraces, 1888 (detail)] / C.D. Barraud. - St Mark's Church, Remuera [i.e. S. Mark's, Remuera & Mt Eden, 1859] / Rev. John Kinder. - The Barracks, Napier / C.D. Barraud. - Auckland, 1848 [i.e. Auckland, New Zealand, 1848] / Lt. Gen. G.H. Page. - The Aglionby or Matukituki Valley [i.e. In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa, 20th Feb. [1846]] / Sir William Fox. - In Otira Gorge, 1864 [i.e. Otira Gorge, 1864?] / Sir William Fox. - Dunedin, Otago, 1861 [i.e. Part of the town and harbour of Dunedin, Otago, N.Z. [1861?]] / W.S. Hatton. - Kahu Kahu, Hokianga River [i.e. View of the Kahu-Kahu Hokianga River [December] 1839] / Charles Heaphy. - Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860 [i.e. Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860] / Lt. Gen. C.E. Gold. - Bream Head, Whangarei / Charles Heaphy. Title from cover of calendar. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and artist]; Recto - bottom left - Alexander Turnbull Library, / Wellington, N.Z.; Recto - bottom right - A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, / Wellington, N.Z., 1973. Quantity: 24 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 24 photolithographs, (2 sets of 12), variously sized from 157 x 238 mm, to 240 x 304 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright in the 1970s.

Date: 1840-1858

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-001

Description: Contents include assorted letters and correspondence relating to land claims, purchases and boundaries mostly relating to Northland, Waikato and Kawhia. Also includes the diary of J G Johnson, in the Waikato, Feb-Mar 1851; District land commissioner (Whangarei) diary, 1857. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 1847-1960

By: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd (Dr), 1872-1960

Reference: ATL-Group-00424

Description: Papers include diaries, correspondence, medical papers, reports, lectures, broadcasts, photographs, certificates, and printed papers. A doctor, Agnes Bennett was Medical Officer, St Helen's Hospital, Wellington, 1908-1936 and saw overseas service during World War One and World War Two. For extensive biographical details see the front of the inventory and `The Book of New Zealand women' (Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1991). Quantity: 424 folder(s). 6.40 Linear Metres. 1 box(es). Physical Description: Holographs, manuscripts, typescripts, printed matter, certificates, and photographs. Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs in folders 298, 303, 346-365 transferred (Sep 2000). Photographic Archive reference number PAColl-6972. - To Ephemera Collection - Posters Eph-D-WAR-W1-1916-03 and 04.

Date: 1968

By: Aitcheson, Muriel Mavis, 1919-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-1353

Description: Provides an account of Captain William Lewis' whaling activities at Kapiti, Waikopu and Cape Kidnappers; Douglas Mary McKain's account of life on board the `Olympus' in 1841 and her early days in Wellington. Also includes reminiscences of early settlers and settlement in Napier and Wairoa by Mrs Robina Roe (1929). Also copies of family letters (including letter from Thomas and Susannah Barben describing the voyage of the `London' in 1840), extracts from diaries, genealogical material etc. Includes brief biographical notes about Erena Wharekiri, Ngati Porou wife of William Lewis, and their daughter Harata `Charlotte' Torr. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (52 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1837 - 1841

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: Wing, Thomas, 1810-1888

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-1/5/60/Acc.54746

Description: Photostat negative facsimile copy of a hydrographic chart originally prepared by Thomas Wing of the Schooner Trent in August 1837. This copy annotated as "Copied from a rough tracing belonging to Mr Wyld - May 12th 1841" and stamped Hydrographic Office 13 May 1841. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photostat negative facsimile copy on paper, 45 x 55 cm