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Date: 29 Jan 1869-22 May 1910 - 31 March 1956

By: Shand, Alexander, 1840-1910

Reference: qMS-1789

Description: Transcriptions of letters mostly from Shand to S P Smith dealing with comparisons between Moriori and Maori vocabulary, and other aspects of Chatham Islands and Moriori history. There is an index at the end of the volume. The volume contains a copy of a letter written by J C Andersen in 1956, which explains the context of the letters and this volume. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; ½ blue calf) Provenance: The original letters were given to J C Andersen, by Crompton Smith. According to a copy of a letter laid into this volume, from Andersen to the then Chief Librarian of the Turnbull Clyde Taylor, Andersen had organised for this copy of the transcriptions of the letters to be added to the Turnbull Library collection. Probably when Andersen was himself the Chief Librarian.

Date: 1888 - 1890

By: Borieson, C W, active 1889; Ashcroft, Albert Edward, 1862-1942; Humphries, Thomas, 1841-1928; Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936; Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; General Survey Lithographic Office; Roe, J E, active 1910-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1888/Acc.35292

Description: A cadastral map of rural and suburban sections open for sale and selection of the area from Lake Horowhenua to Koputuroa Road, and bounded by the Kawiu and Makomako Roads. This cadastral map has numbered sections, some coloured, and include acreages and owners' names handwritten in some sections. The Wellington - Manawatu Railway is marked as are a school and a waterworks reserve. Streets and the Koputuroa Stream are named. The base maps are of sections in the Blocks I, II & VI, Waiopehu Survey District. Sections marked with red are large settlements open for sale or selection and are referred to in a key. Schedule of the suburban sections and rural lands in this district include the section number, acreage, value and rent. Terms and conditions of sale or selection of the Levin village settlement include the statement 'Drawn by F.J. Hales'. Includes a written description of rural land and the application date of 18 March 1889 at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington and includes J.W.A. Marchant's name. The inset map is a locality plan of Levin. Handwritten names listed are: Seager, Hewit, J. McGowan, G.H. Gower, Ingram, Borieson, Brown, Blair, R Prouse, Dalrymple, Toxward, Lancaster, Stuckey. Title part stamped and part handwritten on verso Signature centre top: C.W. Borieson, Contractor, Wellington Inset: Levin locality plan. Scale [1:506 880] Base map: Plan of rural and suburban sections Horowhenua Block, situated in Blocks I, II & VI, Waiopehu Survey District / Surveyed by A.E. Ashcroft & T.L. Humphries, assistant surveyors. Wellington, N.Z., General Survey Office, 1889. Handwritten note on bottom right: Next unit to be paid 1 Jany 1890. Note it will be needful to write Govt. to inquire the amount as the leases make it ... See units number of acres required for felling to comply with ... of residence [handwriting difficult to decipher] Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet, including a locality plan. Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on paper, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 42 x 56.6 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr. J. Roe, 30.03.1977

Date: 1865

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B034

Description: Contains cosmological information including accounts of the fetching of the wananga from Io, the divine origin of various items and practices, a list of children of Rangi and Papa, the origins of the universe, the separation of Rangi and Papa, and the twelve heavens and their inhabitants; also contains information about the practices associated with the whare wananga and karakia Also contains a letter from S P Smith to Te Whatahoro stressing that Smith has not made any money from Polynesian ethnology, confirming receipt of material from Te Whatahoro, and inviting him to come and stay with Smith at New Plymouth Enclosures - A 3 page letter written Tihema 29 1910, addressed to H T Whatahoro from Te Mete [Percy Smith?] is inserted in the beginning of book Other - The book is stamped with the seal `Paremata o te iwi Maori o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu = Parliament of the Maori tribes of the North and South Islands of New Zealand' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 20

Date: 1835-1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077

Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1858

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MapColl-832.2at/1858/Acc.377

Description: Map of Taranaki district depicting Maori geographical placenames around the coastline from Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Maru, Taranaki and Ngati Whatua. Similar to but not identical with ms map held by Alexander Turnbull Library (see Acc.376). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 22 x 18 cm.

Date: 1873-1876

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040

Description: Contains a list of owners of blocks of land in the Wanganui district, and a number of narratives about; significant events in the history of Ngati Kahungunu, Moriori settlement on the Chatham Islands, events in Hawaiki and subsequent migrations and settlements, the burning of the Te Arawa canoe, and conflicts in the 1820s and 1830s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Rangitane, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 26

Date: 1 Feb-15 Jun 1872

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MS-2019

Description: Letters concern the triangulation of Seventy Mile Bush and are written from various locations including Taurekaetae, Manawatu River, Matahiwi, Pohangina and Auckland. The letters are written on 16 pages. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (25 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (20cm, ex book with marbled wraps in grey cloth pamphlet case)

Date: 1886, 1888

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MSX-5136

Description: Contains diary entries for 11 June-16 August 1886, 9-13 March 1888 together with surveyor's field notes and sketches. Mount Tarawera erupted on 10 June 1886. Three days after the eruption Smith commenced a topographical survey of the region, in the course of which he descended the crater to a depth of 500 feet. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss Pencil sketches

Date: [ca 1895-1898]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-163

Description: Notes on many topics, including: whakapapa, tribal notes, whakatauki (proverbs), fights, etc. Also includes waiata from Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Taranaki and Ngati Kuia (many of the waiata and karakia of Ngati Kuia were contributed by Eruera Pakauwera), and tribal stories and notes by Te Karehana Whakataki about Ngati Toa and Tainui. Also contains an accompanying letter from W Mair, Nov 8, 1898. Language - (and English) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (414 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and typescript

Date: 1865 - 1894, 1920

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-006a

Description: Contains a Ngati Porou account of the campaign against the Hauhau on the East Coast, and the campaign against Te Kooti around Gisborne and the Urewera district; also contains notes about Maori customs surrounding the transfer of land, various waiata and information about the arrival of Christianity on the East Coast; also contains a biographical note and whakapapa about Te Kani-a-Takirau; there is also a letter dated 11 December 1920 from S P Smith to James Cowan with details of the provenance of the manuscript Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-1187-006b contains a complete translation of this text by Jane McRae Quantity: 1 volume(s) (150 pages).

Date: [ca 1910-1911]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-159

Description: Comprises (i) notes copied by Smith (and overwritten, orignally by T W Downes) from Whatahoro Jury (38p), (ii) Sundry notes from Te Matorohanga (6 leaf note by Best on Te Matorohanga's book), (iii) 69 leaves copied from `Te Whatahoro's second book' (begins with contents list) (iv) Te Whare-wananga 1868 (copy) - 36 leaves copied from `Te Whatahoro's third volume' with two pages attached headed `questions on whare-wananga and J M Jury papers, Sept 25 1911'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1858-1983

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-33

Description: Correspondence, mainly in Maori, by Te Kahui Kararehe to Percy Smith. Typescript of biographical papers about A.M. Hocart [MS-Papers-0060]. Typescripts and papers by Neil Grove about Te Whatanui and Ngati Raukawa, chieftainship by Te Rangikaheke, copy of a supplement to "Nga Pepeha", and a bibiliography of Maori sources for the Waikato region. Copies of notes by Percy Smith of "Polynesian Notes", vol 1, with holographic probably by Sharon Dell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1857 - 1858

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MapColl-832.2at/1858/Acc.376

Description: Map of Taranaki district depicting Maori geographical placenames around the coastline from Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Maru, Taranaki and Ngati Whatua. Enlargement of original. `Diary of a journey to Taupo, Rotorua, Rangitikei from Taranaki' by S. Percy Smith, (New Plymouth, 1858) was republished as 'An 1858 journey into the interior' by S. Percy Smith (New Plymouth: Taranaki Herald, 1953). Similar to but not identical with a ms map (see copy Acc. 377) held by New Plymouth Public Library. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 40 x 32 cm.

Date: [ca 1870s]

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MS-2016

Description: The volume is a field notebook and has very detailed geological observations of various parts of New Zealand including Northland, Rangitikei and the East Coast and appears to be a compilation from various sources. Smith has done drawings and profiles and there are pages from a smaller notebook in a pocketin the volume, together with newsclippings relating to aspects of geology and New Zealand history. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (10cm x 16cm, maroon roan, ¼ red morocco, red linen slip case) Land cross-sections and geometric diagrams accompany part of the text and delicate line drawings illustrate aspects of land formation

Date: [1878-1905]

From: Muir, William McIntosh, 1843-1927 : Papers relating to his business

Reference: MS-Papers-6219-03

Description: Comprises letters and other papers re Muir's business including fragment in Maori; part of letter from T T Ritchie, Dunedin; letters from Common Shelton & Co, Gisborne; papers regarding Waipaoa Station and Waipaoa loan no 2; correspondence with Crown Lands Office and Native Land Purchase Office; re property at Maranui, Lower Hutt; re compensation case of Alexander Sample; part of letter from Colonial Investment & Agency Company of NZ; letter, William Common to the Native Minister, re Rotokautuku Block; balance sheet and summary of meeting for Hataitai Land Company Limited (1903-1905); share transfer from William Fox Wheeler to Muir for Caledonian Gold Mining (1883); asseta and liabilities statement of The Poverty Bay Herald newspaper business to Feb 1886; and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1858

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: qMS-1832

Description: Typescript copy of a rare pamphlet Quantity: 1 volume(s) (66 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; green linen)

Date: 1857

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; J H Bethune and Company Ltd

Reference: A-137-007

Description: A view across water of a pa on a headland. A few buildings are visible above the surrounding pallisades Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Raiomiti Pa / Waiwakaiho 1857 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 105 x 170 mm

Date: 1893-1894, nd

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-106

Description: Contains (a) letters to S P Smith and Edward Tregear, Omahu Puriri, 1893-1894 (b) Manuscript of Maori, Tangata Maori, the first 11 pages of which appear to have been published in the JPS with additional waiata and translation by S P Smith (JPS v3 p27). The rest seems to remain unpublished. Contains much traditional history. The letters contain information about attempts to date the settlement of New Zealand from Hawaiki using whakapapa and discrepancies between the whakapapa of various iwi, the transfer of Hawaiki placenames to New Zealand, and information associated with the arrival of the Tainui canoe; there are also whakapapa, waiata and proverbs and explanations of the proverbs, and notes about the Maori division of time; there are also notes about 19th century conflicts between Ngapuhi and Ngati Maru, and about Ngapuhi claims to the Kingitanga and associated titles Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1857-1858 1919-1920

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MS-2012-2015

Description: Collection is made up of `Diary of journey to Taupo Rotorua Rangitikei from Taranaki, 1858' with photocopies of maps and plans removed from back of diary, and sketch map of Taranaki, 1857; also a published version `Notes of a journey from Taranaki to Mokau, Taupo, Rotomahana, Tarawera and Rangitikei' (New Plymouth, Printed at the Taranaki News [1858]), a presentation copy to M A Compton, and two small collections, one of photoprints of maps from MS-2015, the other of loose maps from MS-2015. Source of title - Supplied Variations in title - Binder's title: Notes of a journey from Taranaki to Taupo, 1858 Other Titles - Record title formerly: Diary of journey to Taupo, Rotorua, Rangitikei, from Taranaki, 1858 Quantity: 4 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter (19 cm, ¼ red morocco, red linen tie case) Additional illustrations to the printed volume, illustrations in the original diary, negative photstats of maps and plans from the back of the diary and sketch maps of areas travelled through

Date: 1882

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: A-174-030

Description: Shows view of Lake Waikaremoana. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Wash sketch 115 x 175 mm