Places

Date: 1825 - 1847

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q

Description: Views of French and Swiss architecture; sketches of Wairau Valley, Guards Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Motueka River. Includes diary for Swiss trip 1825 and for Wairau journey, 1847, with Alfred Fell and Mr Edwards (see MS Papers 98-2 and -7, letter to Mrs Field). John Danforth Greenwood was a doctor and an early settler in Motueka from the 1840s Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 24 pencil mostly 132 x 215 mm in 86 p sketchbook 1/2 green morocco, green boards (in box ¼ green calf) Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood papers (Ms Papers 98)..

Date: 1844

By: Domett, Alfred (Hon), 1811-1887

Reference: qMS-0617

Description: An unpublished poem satirising Governor FitzRoy and his attitude towards the Maori after the Wairau tragedy. This particular copy was made by W B D Mantell, and contains alterations of his own, the original wording being given in footnotes. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (8 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (31 cm; ½ black calf, blue linen)

Date: 1843

Reference: 1/2-036280-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1847

From: [Greenwood, John Danforth] 1803-1890 :[Sketchbook] 1822 [1825], 1847.

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q-040/041

Description: Double-page spread view of the length of the Wairau Valley, with part of N. George Morse's station in the foreground, including the house set among trees on the far left. The drawing is a faint one The Marlborough Express of 3 October 1961 lists Morse as a first settler of the Wairau Valley Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: pencil, 128 x 420 mm Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood papers (Ms Papers 98)..

Date: October or November 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

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

Reference: A-292-091

Description: A view from Tuamarina Hill, looking south towards the Wither Hills and White Bluffs, with the Wairau Plain below. Spring Creek winds towards the sea in the foreground, and a large stand of bush is marked in with solid pencil in the middle distance On the verso is T. B. Collinson's pencil drawing [Tropical port with banana plantations] (A-292-092). This drawing relates to a privately-owned watercolour 'Part of Wairau, July 1845'. The watercolour shows the far hills at a greater distance and includes a section of 'Massacre hill' with two European men in the foreground. The details of the Wairau Plain are very similar in both works. The date on the watercolour is earlier than the date on this view but Bell possibly made a copy for T. B. Collinson, in whose sketchbook this drawing appears. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date and attribution in ink in the hand of T. B. Collinson. Bottom centre title in pencil, probably in the hand of Francis Dillon Bell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 164 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

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: 1844-1903

By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907

Reference: Micro-MS-0790

Description: Reflect duties as native interpreter, surveyor and sheriff in Nelson Province. Land purchase disputes with Maori, reports on wreck of "Phoenix" 1846, road linking Nelson and the Wairau, anchorage at Golden Bay, correspondence concerning Whakapuaka Block. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (62 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

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: 1839-1843

By: Ironside, Samuel, 1814-1897

Reference: Micro-MS-0474

Description: Diary kept while Ironside was in New Zealand as a Methodist missionary. Includes description of mission stations and of the Wairau affray. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 150 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1842-1891

By: Tuckett, Frederick, 1807?-1876

Reference: MS-Papers-0246

Description: Mainly letters to members of his family from Nelson; also reports on suitablity of Nelson and Wairau for settlement. Tuckett was a surveyor for the New Zealand Company in Nelson, Wairau, and later, Otago. Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photocopies Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1847

From: [Greenwood, John Danforth] 1803-1890 :[Sketchbook] 1822 [1825], 1847.

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q-071

Description: Looking south up the Valley, with a small house, and a fence sketched in in the foreground, possibly the house of Joseph Ward Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 128 x 210 mm

Date: 1843

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-NZ-1843-01

Description: Facsimile of a handwritten letter, dated 11 July 1843, "to the inhabitants of the settlement of Nelson in New Munster", expressing the sympathy of the mayor (George Hunter), aldermen, town councillors and some inhabitants of the borough of Wellington, for the loss of "those who fell in the attempt to uphold the equal authority of British laws among British subjects". It is signed with 136 signatures, including many Wellington politicians of the day. Four copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (4 copies). Physical Description: Photomechanical print on sheet 510 x 382 mm. Provenance: Acquired before 1990.

Date: 1843

Reference: 1/2-036279-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1844, 1849-1858

By: England, William, active 1843-1844

Reference: MS-Papers-3262

Description: William England of Cambridgeshire wrote to Col Wakefield in Wellington re a monument to his brother, Richard, who was killed at the Wairau in 1843. Also envelopes addressed to Edward W Stafford & Col Wakefield, 1849-1858 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr John J Bishop, 15 Sep 1954

Date: 1840-1844, 1847, 1878

From: Crawford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1001-081

Description: Letter from E A MacKecknie re sale of land at Chancery Lane, Auckland, 10 Apr 1878; letters from Dudley Sinclair, 1840-1844 re J C Crawford's Auckland affairs, Wairau massacre etc; letter from Edward W Merriman of Auckland, 6 Apr 1847 re land in Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-089

Description: A distant view of a range of hills, probably the south Wellington coastline. A sailing ship, and a smaller ship. An unfinished sketch, possibly of a hut On the verso of a sketch by Francis Dillon Bell (Waitohi, Picton, 1849, A-292-087) but it appears to be the work of T. B. Collinson Inscriptions: Recto - across top third of page. Date and title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 236 x 164 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1846, 1849, 1857

From: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0148-127

Description: Newspaper articles from Nelson examiner, 4.4.1846 and 1857 and New Zealand Spectator, 1849. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1840-1883

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2232

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1847

From: [Greenwood, John Danforth] 1803-1890 :[Sketchbook] 1822 [1825], 1847.

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q-042/043

Description: Double-page spread view of the Wairau Valley, from near the the mouth of the river, looking south up the valley Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: pencil, 128 x 420 mm Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood papers (Ms Papers 98)..