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Date: [19--]

From: Hunter family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0049-137

Description: Undated manuscripts articles etc. Includes notes on Willis Street, Tollemaches; notes on Lower Hutt; New Zealand birds; New Zealand Company ships - Oriental, Adelaide, Aurora; Bishop Selwyn; list of directors of the New Zealand Company; Port Nicholson; reminiscences of old Willis Street; opening of Barrett's Hotel; Government Commissioners' decision,; G F Angas on Wellington, 1845; arrival of Samuel C Brees, surveyor-general of NZ Company; account of a sale of cattle at Bethune & Hunter's auction mart, 25 Dec 1841; naming of Hunter Street after Sir George Hunter; naming of Island Bay (Sir George Hunter proprietor of the estate); account of first race in New Zealand held at Te Aro pa; statement discrediting Governor Hobson's low opinion of Port Nicholson; founding of Wellington Chamber of Commerce, 1856 with names of presidents, 1856-1868 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1943-1973

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/04

Description: Mobile Recording Unit, Taranaki (1946); note inside folder states that it contains only pages 4-35 of the catalogue. Also includes manuscripts of radio talks re Te Kooti, the Wairau Affray (1843); and Maori historical articles by Fowler. Also includes some broadcast notes relating to what seems to be a broadcast covering Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-032-a

Description: Contents: View of a part of the town of Wellington, New Zealand--Part of Lambton Harbour, Port Nicholson, New Zealand--View of Nelson Haven, in Tasman's Gulf, New Zealand. Title from text sheet Lithographed in 1842 from watercolours, 1841 No. 4 of edition of 2000 Same : 2nd and 3rd copies (and 4th of C-061-033). Nos. 13 and 14 (C-061-031-033-a-b) and 5 (C-061-033-c) Same. 3 extra copies, annotated, in folder accompanying 026-001-a. Same, 1 extra copy, annotated. Supplementary material C-026-002-c Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs col., ca 355 x 520 mm + text sheet. on sheets 540 x 660 mm

Date: 1841

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-029-005

Description: A panoramic view of New Plymouth viewed from the sea, with Gannet and Albatross Islands on the right, the Wai Tera (Waitara) 'originally fixed on for the New Plymouth Settlement", the 'present site of New Plymouth' (before any houses were built) - all on the left side of the panorama. On the right are Mount Egmont, 'Barrett's [Accommodation] Houses and Hotel', 'Native Pah' and the Sugar Loaf Islands 'The islands on which Barrett defeated 5000 natives' In 'Information relating to New Plymouth (London, Smith Elder, 1841). p. 9-10, under 'Climate and soil' 'Mr G. Duppa states:- 'Amongst other sketches, I have sent you a panoramic view of the Sugar Loaves, Mount Egmont, and the Taranaki district generally, which I made when I went down there in the Brougham, with the Plymouth Company's surveyors. It will give you a better idea of the country than any verbal description I could give, beyond a few observations. The land for about three miles inland is slightly undulating, but not so steep but that a plough would go over the whole of it ... It is for the most part covered with fern and brushwood (which fire levels with the ground) for several miles inland, when you first meet with groves of timber, present a most park-like aspect ...' Quantity: 2 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, hand-coloured, 190 x 1450 mm (total length of full panorama)

Date: 1846-1853

By: Hodgson family

Reference: MS-Papers-1063

Description: Letters of William Hodgson and family to J F Lee, owner of Hyde Ironworks, Kinver, England. Describes voyage to Nelson on 'Himalaya', 1843-1844; state of Nelson settlement; land problems and difficulties of establishing a farm there. Includes photocopied letters of Rev John Hobbs; ms account of excursion to Mount Arthur tableland; extract from journal of J W Barnicoat Quantity: 2 folder(s) (18 pieces). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1848 - 1850

By: Great Britain. Admiralty; Hamilton, William John Warburton, 1825-1883

Reference: MapColl-834atc/[1849-50]/Acc.1379

Description: Map of South Island, south of Kaikoura and including Stewart Island, and not drawn to scale. Shows harbours, rivers, lakes, Maori tracks, boundaries of the New Zealand Company's land purchase of the Canterbury Region; includes descriptive notes on areas of land such as 'very extensive grass plains'. Note on map before copying: 'Kaiapoi is the southern boundary of the Nelson Block'. Includes many Maori placenames. Written below map: Copy of charts in custody of Admiralty, 1- Canterbury-Otago explorations (1848), 2- Nelson explorations (1846) Title from catalogue card Written on catalogue card: Shows New Zealand Company's purchase of land. See also annotated copy, redrawn by Department of Survey and Land Information, 1989, entitled Map of part of the Middle Island by Charles H Kettle, ca. 1848, shelved at MapColl-834atu/[1849-50]1989/Acc.21689 Inscriptions: top left - Stamped New Zealand Company, 31 Oct 1848 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, glued to paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 53.4 x 31.5 cm Provenance: Photocopy from chart held in custody of the Admiralty

Date: 1832-1863, 1968-1974

By: Bell, Gerda Elizabeth, 1903-1992

Reference: MS-Papers-1564

Description: Drafts of biography `Ernst Dieffenbach: rebel and humanist'. Also correspondence with research institutes and publishers and copies of correspondence and other writings by Dieffebach. Ernest Dieffenbach (1811-1855), in NZ from 1839-1840, was engaged by the New Zealand Company as a surgeon and naturalist. He explored around Waikato and Taupo, visited the Chatham Islands and was the first man to climb Mt Egmont. On his return to England he described in journals his experiences in NZ Relationship complexity - Further research papers at 87-150 Quantity: 15 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts (mainly photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 29 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1872-1873, 1878-1880

By: Jollie, Edward, 1825-1894

Reference: MS-Papers-4207

Description: Reminiscences of Jollie's early life (1841-1865) commencing with his voyage to Wellington on the `Brougham' (1841-1842). A New Zealand Company survey cadet, he assisted with surveys of Wellington (1842-1845), Otago (1846-1847) and Nelson; also worked on Canterbury Association surveys (1849-1851) with Captain Joseph Thomas. He later practised as a surveyor in Canterbury and was active in provincial and national politics. Source of title - Supplied Variations in title - Two titles given: Diary and Our Great-Grandpa's Diary Retyped in 1971 from an earlier transcription Relationship complexity - Holograph reminiscences with some textual variations at qMS-1071 Jollie was a New Zealand Company and Canterbury Association surveyor, and a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council and the House of Representatives Quantity: 1 folder(s) (44 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) with holograph annotations

Date: 1788-1852

By: Hursthouse family

Reference: Micro-MS-0449

Description: Correspondence of three generations, with comment on political and social life in England and conditions in Natal. John and Charles Flinders Hursthouse write from New Plymouth 1843-1854, describing conditions, land purchase problems. The latter's `Account of the settlement of New Plymouth...London' 1849, and his lecture tours on behalf of the New Zealand Company are covered. The remainder of the collection fills out information on the family through letters, papers and accounts. The Hursthouse family were the first members came to New Plymouth from Tydd, Cambridgeshire, in 1843; others settled in Natal Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 240 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1841-1854, 1935-1936 - [1Ca 1950s]

By: Webb, George Hannam, 1929-2007

Reference: MS-Group-1490

Description: Papers relating to Samuel Stephens, a surveyor for the New Zealand Company in Nelson. Includes journals and diaries kept by him, letters to his family back in England which describe his life in New Zealand, research material collected about Stephens' life including copies of his death notice, survey maps and pages from the `Nelson Examiner', transcripts of diaries and journals, and photographs of his grave. The journals have details of his voyage to New Zealand from England on the `Whitby' in 1841, of his daily life as a settler in Nelson, on the weather, agriculture and horticulture. He includes sketches of plants and listings of the plants and weather conditions. Quantity: 9 volume(s). 8 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives March 2006; material transferred to the Published Collection, Ephemera Collection and the Cartographic Collection..

Date: 1841-1844, 1844-1852, 1852-1854, 1935-1936

By: Stephens, Samuel, 1803-1855

Reference: MS-2053-2055

Description: Journals kept by Stephens which include a biographical sketch by his nephew, J Edmund Clark (ppi-ii of v1, 1935), a note to an extract of 1842 (v3, 1936), and a letter to him from Robert Pattie (1935) re the excerpts (pp846-850, v3), letters from Stephens and Sarah Stephens to his mother and sisters, Anne and Ellen and extracts from his journals. Stephens describes his daily life as a surveyor and settler, events in New Zealand, people he met and other aspects of his working and private life. Each volume has a list of contents and v3 has an index. The pages are numbered chronologically through the three volumes. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (850 leaves, 35 leaves)

Date: n d

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

Reference: 88-070-14/20

Description: Contains miscellaneous notes about Wairarapa Maori, including scattered information about pa sites, occupation areas, place names and archaeological sites; the information is based on archaeological and traditional information Also contains information about Te Ati Awa and Ngati Toa living in the Wellington area in the 1840s, and biographical notes about Paora Potangaroa and the development of Te Ore Ore marae Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1809 - 1842

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Stewart, William, active 1806-1809; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: MapColl-835aj/[1809?]/Acc.46972

Description: Hydrographic chart of Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, showing depth soundings and some place names around harbour. Dated from a New Zealand Company stamp on the map and with Charles Heaphys signature in bottom right hand corner this is possibly a copy by Heaphy of a survey by William Smith in 1809. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca.1:190 080], 33 x 24 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Date: 1848

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: New Zealand Company; National Archives (Great Britain); Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/1848/Acc.46989

Description: Shows Purakanui Bay and inlet and the boundaries of the Maori reserve adjoining these. Gives topographic details such as 'fine beach', 'sandy flat', 'wooded land'. Several areas are marked as 'native gardens' and a pa site and burial grounds are shown. Some Maori placenames are noted. The estimated acreage of the reserve is given. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - New Zealand Company Jan .. 7..50 [stamp] Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [ca.1:7 920], 52 x 40.5 cm. Provenance: Original stamped 'New Zealand Company'. Handed over to the Colonial Office upon the surrendering of the Company's charter in 1850. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Date: 6 Nov 1841

By: Barrett, Richard, 1807-1847

Reference: MS-Papers-1183

Description: Written from Port Nicholson, Barrett describes his family and life while living at Mt Egmont, Taranaki and whaling in Queen Charlotte Sound; also mentions arrival of the `Tory', his hotel and whaling in New Plymouth Richard Barrett was early Wellington publican Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pages on 1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Contemporary copy of letter, possibly by brother (noted as received 31 Mar 1842)

Date: 1853 - 1854

From: Mantell family :Maps

Reference: MapColl-834.5292gbbh/[1853-4]/Acc.3223

Description: Shows reclaimed land, Dunedin Harbour Title note and date on back Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Part coloured, 72 x 100 cm. Scale 1:396. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Mantell family Papers MS-Group-0305.

Date: 1844-1846 (1952)

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: MS-0160

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ii, 27 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; red linen case)

Date: 1839-1863

By: Dieffenbach, Johann Karl Ernst, 1811-1855

Reference: MS-Papers-1109

Description: Letters to and from Dieffenbach, including three to his family describing his journey to New Zealand on board the `Tory' and his time at Queen Charlotte Sound. Letters mainly in German, some translated by Dr Gerda Elizabeth Bell (1903-1992). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, manuscripts, typescripts, and printed matter (photocopies).

Date: 1841-1959

By: Heine family

Reference: Micro-MS-0260

Description: The collection divided into four series (a) Mission period and missionaries (b) Lutheran Churches in Nelson (c) Heine family (d) and German families Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Typescript of Anna Dierks (nee Heine) diary held at MS-Papers-2326 The Heines came to New Zealand as the first Lutheran missionaries to New Zealand in 1843 on the St Pauli Quantity: 6 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (microfilm) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1842 - 1843

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s

Reference: A-109-045-a

Description: Shows aerial view of Wellington Harbour, Hutt Valley and beyond, from a point south of Wellington Heads. Based on Heaphy's "Birdseye view of Port Nicholson..." (1840). Other Titles - Birdseye view of Port Nicholson Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles Franklin. "New Zealand, or Zelandia..." London, Edward Stanford,...1857. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 155 mm.