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Date: 1863 (1956, 1976, 1981)

By: Woodhouse, Jonas Eastwood, 1842-1897; Woodhouse, F R (Mr), active 1956-1981

Reference: MS-Group-2357

Description: Original log book of an account of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse of his journey from London, England to Southland, New Zealand on board the 'New Great Britain' in 1863. Also a typed transcript of the same. Woodhouse describes life on board the ship in detail, including the weather, food, entertainment, equator crossing celebrations, and deaths of other passengers. He also describes sailing past Solander and Steward [Stewart?] Islands and arriving in Southland where they were met by a pilot ship and assessed for quarantine. He gives his impressions of the bush, houses, gardens, animals, and pig hunting that he could see from the ship before they landed. Also includes a list of passengers on the ship, organised by county and country, and the words to 'Song of the New Great Britain' composed by Mr Robert Wotton - another passenger on the ship. Also includes letters addressed to Mr F R Woodhouse (a great grandson of Woodhouse and previous owner of the book) in relation to the log book (letters dated 1956, 1976, and 1981). Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Typescripts Provenance: Previously owned by Mr F R Woodhouse, a great grandson of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Modern First Edition Ltd, England, Jun 2014

Date: 1875-[ca 1930]

By: Mackay, Robert Percy, 1862-1948

Reference: MS-Group-0337

Description: Consists of 3 logs written by Mackay on the whaling ship Splendid for the years 1875-1877. The logs detail the voyages of the ship from Port Chalmers to various places around New Zealand, the Southern Ocean and into the Pacific. Also contains discharge papers dated Oct 1877; an annotated copy of `The Cruise of the Cachalot' by Frank T Bullen published in 1899 and an annotated proof of a galley for a newspaper article, ca 1930s, reporting on Mackay's life and his claim that Bullen's 1899 book was in fact based on the Splendid. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 4 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Quilters Bookshop, Wellington, 1994

From: Carrick, Robert Osborne, 1832-1914 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0017-15

Description: Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1995-1996

From: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951- : Papers

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: MSX-4193

Description: Comprises original of `Red beech writing' with cover, layout and illustrations, two letters from Ross to the Turnbull Library describing these papers, two draft letters from Ross (not sent), to Keri Hulme and Chris Hooker, loose illustrations including maps of the Lewis and Arthur's Pass areas, and a play, `How the ecosystem works' (1996) In `Red beech writing' Ross describes his experiences as a hunter, tramper and mountaineer in the NZ back country with particular emphasis on the people he tramped with, the huts they stayed in and flora and fauna. Among the areas he writes about are Kapiti Island, the Paparoas, the West Coast, Fiordland, the Rakaia and Stewart Island. Other Titles - Red beech writing Quantity: 1 volume(s) (case folder). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Book Collections - Two booklets `Alpine: true outdoor stories from Canada and New Zealand...' and `Kiwi writing: more New Zealand and Canadian adventures' by Greg Ross - To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Ross - To Oral History Collection - Tape: Greg Ross reads NZ stories from `Apline writing' and his other books 20 Jan 1996 (Side 1) and from `Alpine writing' and `Red beech' (Side 2). In the text Ross has done illustrations of Serpentine Hut, Bluff Hut, Old Croesus Hut, and general trampingscenes

Date: 1868-1869

By: Green, George, active 1860

Reference: qMS-0881

Description: Annotated copy of petition to Legislative Council covering land on Stewart Island that the South Island claimed to have been purchased between 1830 and 1840. Letters from Green to W B D Mantell and Andrew Buchanan; copies of letters to Green from Alfred Domett and Land Claims Commission. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (31 cm, ¼ red morocco, pink boards) Transfers: Transferred from qPAM, 22 April 1976.

Date: 6 Oct 1869-11 Jun 1875

By: Baker, John Holland, 1841-1930

Reference: qMS-0114

Description: Describes daily life as a surveyor in Southland, and, in more detail, his voyage on the Mikado to San Francisco, and his travel by land to New York and on to Liverpool aboard the Britannic. Includes `Notes from Isabel's journal', 23 May 1873-21 Sep 1875 (2 pages). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (62 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (31cm, blue cloth)

Date: [1983-1985]

From: Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4090

Description: Photocopies of four unpublished manuscripts: 1. Ringaringa 2. Ulva's Isle 3. Next of kin 4. J T H Wohlers (text in German) History of Traill family in Orkney Islands and New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopy)

Date: 1850-1885

By: Wohlers, Johann Friedrich Heinrich, 1811-1885

Reference: qMS-2280-2285

Description: Three registers of marriage, one of deaths, one of baptisms and one of the local European population Wohlers was the missionary on the island of Ruapuke in Foveaux Straits Quantity: 6 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograhs (photocopies) (various sizes, black buckram)

Date: 1956

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6461

Description: Travels in Southland, Invercargill and Stewart Island. Images include Queens Gardens and the Puni Stream, Invercargill. Dalgety's wool store and wool display. Lake Kaniere. Daffodils by the Avon, Christchurch. Approaching Oban (Halfmoon Bay), Stewart Island, on the Wairua. Oban wharf. Patterson Inlet, Stewart Island, from Observation Rock. Launch approaching wharf, Golden Bay, Stewart Island. Entrance to Patterson Inlet. Sydney Cove, Ulva Island, Patterson Inlet, Stewart Island. Roger Bay, Ulva Island. Weka, Ulva Island. Entrance to Freshwater river, Stewart Island. Party in boat on Freshwater river. Mason Bay, Stewart Island. Tussock plains between Mason Bay and Freshwater river. Duck Creek and Fern Gully, Stewart Island. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 1852

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-107-2

Description: View across the tops of hills from north of Bluff towards Stewart Island and the high points of Ragged and Codfish Islands Other Titles - Hinetui. Omaui. Bluff. Rarotoka. Raggedy. Rugged. Codfish Id Inscriptions: Recto - above image - title and date in ink; also the names of various high points Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on 2 sheets of wove paper, each 28 x 259 mm

By: Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017

Reference: PAColl-6705

Description: Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-135936 to 135939 Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1909-1911

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-172A

Description: Contains clippings about Maori affairs, and especially land tenure

Date: 1938-1947

From: New Zealand Alliance : Records

Reference: 77-206-10/12

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Between 1910-1913

From: Atkinson, J :Photographs taken in the Middle East during World War I, and postcards of New Zealand

By: Andersen, P C, active 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0282

Description: Golden Bay showing boats anchored at the jetty, published by P C Andersen, Bluff, ca 1910-1913. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 135 mm

Date: August 1966

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7440

Description: Transparencies of aerial views of Stewart Island and Invercargill, taken August 1966 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1969

From: Robinson, Bernard Jim, 1932-2001 :Photographs of New Zealand hotels, townscapes and railway scenes

Reference: PAColl-7847-1-01

Description: View of Stewart Island. Photograph taken 1969 by Bernard Jim Robinson. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler print 8.9 x 12.7 cm

Date: 1918

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-183

Description: A variant version of the song recorded in `Nga Moteatea' vol 2 as `Po po e tangi ana tama ki te kai mana'. Also written out in verse form in another hand with a note `entered in PN, v III, p401', which refers to S P Smiths `Polynesian notebook' vol 3 (MS-Papers-1187-163A). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Note says `written by Kohiku Titi of Stewart Island and sent to H Beattie, Gore. June 1918'.

Date: 1977 - 1978

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-066

Description: Shows leaves, fruit and flowers of the bower spinach and the pohuehue. Artist's list: T. implexicoma: flowers Dec., cult by Colin Ogle (?) Muehlenbeckia ephedroides: Flowers Nov. 1977, fruit March 1978 cult. Lincoln Landcare Research. Supplied by Brian Molloy. Appears on page 131 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - Stewart Island; Botany Division November 1977 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 253 x 201 mm.

Date: 1942-1944

From: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc: Records and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-0444-327

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1950-1969

From: Robinson, Bernard Jim, 1932-2001 :Photographs of New Zealand hotels, townscapes and railway scenes

Reference: PAColl-7847-1

Description: Photographs of New Zealand hotels, taken 1950s-1969 by Bernard J Robinson. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 colour original photographic print(s).