Places

Date: [1970-1995]

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7285-09

Description: Clippings relating to aspects of the history of Christchurch and of Banks Peninsula Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1842

By: Mathew, Felton, 1801-1847

Reference: A-220-002

Description: Coastal profiles of New Zealand coastlines Copied from pencil drawings Other Titles - North Island Inscriptions: Signed Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of survey drawings

Date: 1849-1851

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/72

Description: Contains correspondence about religious topics, including a request for texts, queries about the availability of ministers and a trip by Tamihana Te Rauparaha on church business signed by leading chiefs of both Ngati Raukawa & Ngati Toa at Otaki; also includes letters about Maori society and Maori language Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: March 1947, May 1948, February 1949, December 1950, May 1951, December 1955 - January 1956

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PAColl-3256

Description: Quantity: 565 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 7 b&w copy photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 5 colour copy photographic print(s) (postcards) in one box.

Date: 1868 - 1869

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Central Otago goldmining areas, 2 dated 1880]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-032-q-3-020

Description: View from the sea looking towards a headland and Otanerito Bay, with the rock formation known as Pompey's Pillar at the furthest point to the left. Below this is another drawing of the easternmost point of Banks Peninsula. The drawings numbers E-032-q-3-014-1 to E-032-q-3-020 were originally in the back pocket of the sketchbook numbered E-032-q-2 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 74 x 125 mm

Date: 1879-1880 (transcribed 1990)

By: Rainbow, Alec, active 1990

Reference: MS-Papers-4360

Description: The journal, written for Rainbow's fiancee in England, covers the period 23 Dec 1879-May 1880. It describes the voyage out to New Zealand on the Palala and gives Rainbow's first impressions of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula. The journal was transcribed and annotated by Alec Rainbow in 1990. Source of title - Supplied title Willaim Rainbow and his family sailed from London on board the `Palala' on 26 Dec 1879 and landed at Lyttelton on 13 Apr 1880. After a period spent at French Farm, Banks Peninsula, he left to take up a teaching post north of Dunedin on 25 May 1880. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 119 leaves. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Alec Rainbow

Date: 1840 - 1843

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/11/25-28-Acc.38157-60

Description: Identifies mission stations in the lower South Island Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Ink drawings on cream paper, one on black paper. Scale indeterminable. 45.5 x 71 cm. and 45,5 x 61.8 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1855-1868

By: Latter family

Reference: MS-Papers-3502

Description: Letters from Lyttelton and Banks Peninsula, between Sophia Latter, wife of Robert Latter, and Sophia Circuit Latter, later Mrs Robert Heaton Rhodes. Describes life in early Lyttelton and a visit to Port Levy with Bishop Selwyn, as well as Latter and Rhodes family matters. Includes an envelope `saved from the wreck of the Colombo'. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 11 Dec 1858-10 Mar 1859

By: Seon, John Anthony Joseph, 1800-1875

Reference: MS-Papers-3848

Description: Contains a record of baptisms, confirmations and marriages which he performed. The original is chiefly in English; the French has been translated by Mavis Donnelly-Crequer. Source of title - Transcribed title Accompanying material - With Western Oceania Mission (Akaroa) Register of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and burials 1840-1844 (shelved at MS-Papers-3847) Father Seon visited Banks Peninsula and Christchurch 1858-1859 as part of his missionary activities for the Western Oceania Mission. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) Provenance: Transcribed and indexed by Mavis Donnelly-Crequer in 1985 from the original.

Date: 1841-1847 (transcribed, 1993)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849

Reference: MS-Papers-4882

Description: Typed transcript of diary of a voyage to New Zealand on the `Lady Nugent'; farming at Lowry Bay, 1841-1843, at Purau, Banks Peninsula, 1843-1845 and at Motunau from 1845. Contains details of farming, trading and community activities and describes other Banks Peninsula and Wellington families. Also contains an account of journey from Lowry Bay via Wanganui to New Plymouth, Feb 1843 for trading reasons and up the Wairarapa coast in search of pastoral land. Diary refers constantly to Greenwood's older brother James Dent Greenwood who farmed with him. Source of title - supplied title Relationship complexity - Original at MS-0878. Microfilm at MS-Copy-Micro-0345, photocopy of original at qMS-0885. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 163 pages.. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Marsha Donaldson, Wellington, 1994

Date: 1918-1957

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: MS-Papers-3562

Description: Papers include several letters written to Haylock by various people, during the 1940s giving information on his forebears in Akaroa and Banks Peninsula. Also included is an obituary of S C Farr, dated 14 Jul 1918, an article written by Haylock on Captain James Bruce, an autobiographical account of his time in Timaru entitled `Recollections of Timaru 1877-1882' which deals mainly with his activies in the `Rocket Brigade' and the shipwrecks of that era and a newspaper clipping dated 11 May 1957 which also deals with shipwrecks near Timaru. A biographical note written by Haylock's son or daughter gives some details of his life. Source of title - Supplied title Arthur Lagden Haylock was born in Akaroa in 1860. In 1877 he entered the Government Service as a cadet, and was posted to the Land Office at Timaru. His great interest in the sea and ships led him to join the `Timaru Rocket Brigade', a group of volunteers which watched over vessels anchored in the roadstead. He was transferred to Christchurch and then Wellington and after his retirement was active in the Anglican Church's Men's Society and also continued his interest in compiling records of early events, especially shipwrecks. He died in 1948. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: [Between 1951 and 1956]

By: Minson, Marian Frances, 1945-

Reference: PAColl-6136

Description: Aerial view from Ferrymead, looking east along Bank Peninsula. Shows the Estuary, St Andrews Hill, Cannon Hill, Mt Pleasant, McCormacks Bay, Redcliffs and Sumner, and Lyttelton in the distance. Photograph taken between 1951 and 1956 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1908-1917

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: MS-0063-0064

Description: Collected notes on Canterbury and the West Coast, with anecdotes based on local events and personalities. Information on the origin of place names in Canterbury with some emphasis on the part played by its Maori population. Includes letter from Toby Green to Mr J Henderson on Maori nomenclature, customs and genealogy, and extracts from Joseph Price's diary with commentary by J C Anderson; also biographical notes about Price. Newspaper clippings in pocket Variations in title - Spine title: Old identities Quantity: 2 volume(s). Finding Aids: Volume 2 is indexed.

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Forbes, Josephine Knyvett, 1917-2005

Reference: E-044-q-1

Description: Views of Yorkshire, Tristan da Cunha, Banks Peninsula, Governor's Bay, Lyttelton, Wellington, Patea, Hawera, Mt Egmont, Mt Eden, Auckland Harbour, New Plymouth, Queen Street (Auckland), Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti, Tauranga and Mt Maunganui, Ohinemutu, the White Terraces, Taupo, Napier and Mokoia Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 50 pages, ¼ leather, blue buckram boards, page size 225 x 290 mm

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-11

Description: Contents comprise sketch map of part Waikawa River and Autaha Swamp, Manakau, Horowhenua (1875); Otaki-Mangaone coastal area, Horowhenua; south-western part of Banks Peninsula, inland and coast; Akaroa Harbour; lower course of Manawatu River, Stewart's survey (1858), Brees's survey (1842) Arrangement: Notebook no 10 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1920s-1938

By: McCormack, Leonora, 1925-

Reference: PA-Group-00203

Description: A collection of of photographs attributed by donor to the Harding family of Mt Vernon, Hawkes Bay, showing scenes in Hawkes Bay including the Eskdale floors, 1938, Taupo, Waitomo and Banks Peninsula (ca 1900) and motoring tours in the 1920s. Donor's mother was Laura Harding, she married donor's father Stephen Menzies in 1923. Quantity: 3 album(s). 36 b&w original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2000. Reference number changed from PAColl-0206 to PA-Group-00203 in 2008.

Date: 1857-1860

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-080

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements that featured in Te Karere Maori. The drafts deal with the following topics; messages from the Queen to Maori, information about agriculture and market prices, news about the mail service, farewells to departing politicians, the establishment of the Maori King movement, peace-making at Rotomahana following intertribal conflicts there, and a report about a Maori meeting at Banks Peninsula Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [ca 1928]

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0022-49

Description: Includes articles about the preservation of Kennedy's Bush, Banks Peninsula (Port Hills)

Date: n d

From: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0047-27

Description: Marsden and our first settlement, 1814; how and where New Zealand's early history was unearthed; Captain Cook's landing, 1769; the coming of the first Europeans to Taranaki; the sealer's state; and Banks Peninsula and its neighbours Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1868-1870

By: Dawber, Robert, 1820-1892

Reference: MS-0674-0676

Description: Describes his voyage from England to New Zealand on `Tasmanian' and transshipping to `Kaikoura' in 1868, brief visits to Wellington and Nelson, farm life at German Bay, Banks Peninsula, and return to England for his wife and family. Includes Rebecca's diary of the voyage to Lyttelton with her husband, Robert, and family on the Ceres, 21 Feb-20 Jun 1870. Rebecca continued her daily diary until 19 Oct, noting progress of farm stock and the output from her dairy. Recipes also included. Publication - Robert and Rebecca Dawber / A R Dawber (1968) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (various sizes and bindings, green hinged box)