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Correspondence - inward letters
Date: 1926-1928
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0065
Description: Letters regarding concerns of Farming in the Tairawhiti area and concerns of Township Leases in Rotorua. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Bennett family : Papers
Date: 1866-1878
By: Bennett family
Reference: MS-Papers-1274
Description: The collection comprises information regarding the donor's grandparents; family letters from Joseph Bennett, Otahouao Station, describing farming conditions in the Wairarapa (1866-1868); lieutenant's commission in the Wairarapa Volunteer Cavalry. Also papers of James Daniel Baird, 1840-1908; testimonials re service as Provincial Engineer, Wellington (1864-1876), and letter of appointment as Chief Engineer to the Corporation of Wellington (1877) (photocopies). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)
Gillespie, William Henry, 1893-1961 : Parliamentary papers
Date: 1947-1960
By: Gillespie, William Henry, 1893-1961
Reference: MS-Papers-2204
Description: The collection reflects the interests of a member of parliament representing a rural electorate. None of the papers relate to Gillespie's brief tenure as Minister of Agriculture. The personal material consists of correspondence with colleagues and constituents, speech notes and notes relating to membership of parliamentary committees. The papers include correspondence (1947-1960), parliamentary committees (1952-1960), the University of New Zealand (1954-1956) and farming matters (1940-1959). Source of title - Supplied Gillespie was National MP for Hurunui (1943-1961), Minister of Agriculture (1960-1961) and member of University of NZ Senate Quantity: 71 folder(s). 0.80 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 28 May 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Transfers: Transferred from the General Assembly Library, 1978, with the Mabel Howard papers.
Diary of station work at Otamatiti (Homewood) and Waitukai
Date: 1853-1855
From: Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1348-03
Description: Contains journal entries of farming activities at Otamatiti and Waitukai stations on the east coast of the Wairarapa; this contains details of wage work undertaken by Maori as labourers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Evans, Malcolm, 1945- :["Edna" cartoons published] 1989.
Date: 1981
By: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-
Reference: H-670-001/003
Description: Cartoons showing farming life for Edna, topics cover; Edna's sacrifice for a prize bull, Edna trims the farm trees using a chainsaw and a trampoline, Edna assists with sheep dipping. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 3 photograph(s). Physical Description: A4 photocopies
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Military personnel assist farmers
Date: 1939-1945
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-023
Description: War effort on the home front. Soldiers helping with harvesting linen flax, tobacco, oats, wheat and managing pigs Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).
Davison : Receipt
Date: 1899
Reference: MS-Papers-0298
Description: Receipt from Saunders Hight, Feilding, for ploughing and harrowing, signed by S Hight, 9 Sep 1899 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Bollard, Edward George :Photographs of the Plant Diseases Division and banana plantations.
Date: 1928-1934
By: Cunningham, Gordon Herriot, 1892-1962; Bollard, Edward George, 1920-2011
Reference: PAColl-5708
Description: Photographs showing plots and glasshouses at the Plant Diseases Division, Palmerston North, and banana plantations in Queensland. These are part of a larger collection comprising papers relating to G H Cunningham and his work at Plant Diseases Division (PDD); PDD internal annual reports (1968-1989); papers re estate of Cunningham (1964-1966); PDD publications Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).
Further family histories
Date: 1997
From: Battersby, Dorothy, fl 1940-1997 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5953
Description: Comprises biographical pieces on Joseph Pierce Punch, Gladys May Goldfinch and Rose Eliza Punch, the latter written by Sara Green with photographic portraits of each subject Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Rowe, Betty : Account of Life on Arapawa Island
Date: 197?
By: Rowe, Betty, active 1970s
Reference: MS-Papers-4038
Description: An account of an American family who emigrated to New Zealand to escape the rigours of life in the USA. After farming at Te Anau for several months, they came to live on Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound and became involved in attempts to conserve the island's sheep and goats. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s) (254 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Maunder, Nicholas Thomas, 1848?-1929 : Diaries
Date: 1866-1880
By: Maunder, Nicholas Thomas, 1848-1929
Reference: Micro-MS-0367
Description: Account of voyage out to New Zealand in the ship `England', 1866. Maunder settled in the Waikato, and in 1869 returned to England to bring out his family. He came out again by the ship `City of Auckland'. The diary continues with an account of their first months in the Waikato up to September 1871. Then there are brief entries, `Memoranda of farm operations' from 1875-1880. Some of his land was situated near Ohaupo Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 240 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm
Rolleston family : Further papers
Date: 1868-1949
By: Rolleston family
Reference: 79-287
Description: Family and other personal correspondence. Includes some of William Rolleston, his wife Mary, but mainly their son Francis Joseph; also including other family members. There are some letters of political, social and community significance relating to the careers of William Rolleston, and his son F J Rolleston. Writers include Professor J B Condliffe, Sir Francis Bell, Sir James Parr. Added in 1980 to this accession were 11 letters 1891-1893 from J D Ormond, Harold Kemp, E J Watts etc; 15 letters of family to F Rolleston at school, 1881-1889; various records of F Rolleston's life at school; his `Parodies on Gilbert and Sullivan' etc. Later in same year further Rolleston letters, 1868-1949 were added, including letters relating to the political career of John Christopher Rolleston. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Rosamond Rolleston was the author of `William and Mary Rolleston; an informal biography' which was published in 1971 Relationship complexity - See also MS-Group-0377 (1971 accession) Arrangement: The bulk of the letters had been arranged chronologically before they were deposited. Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: When the papers were still with Rosamond Wilson, Steven Eldrid-Grigg listed those letters that seemed to him of chief interest, and this list is in a back file. These letters have been merged into the chronological sequence. Loose photographs
Cattle in the Wairarapa, including a Wagyu bull calf - Photographs taken by Ray Pigney
Date: [ca 20 Nov 1992]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Pigney, Ray, active 1988
Reference: EP/1992/4788-F
Description: Cattle (and farmer?) in the Wairarapa, including a Wagyu bull calf. Photographs taken circa 20 Nov Ray Pigney. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm
Rural Women New Zealand :Winchmore rural women at work. 2008 calendar.
Date: 2008
From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]
By: Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Women's Division
Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2008-02
Description: Calendar, each monthly page featuring one or two women carrying out a rural farm task, unclothed except for a string of pearls, but posed in a concealing manner. All sales proceeds from the calendar were to be donated to the Cancer Society. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on calendar pages, 212 x 297 mm.
Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Date: [ca 1873-1875]
By: Gaul, John, -1876; Lindt, John William, 1845-1926
Reference: PA1-q-330
Description: Includes views New Zealand, Pacific and Australia, including images of indigenous houses and plantations, and a series of 12 studio tableau portraits of Aboriginal Australians, taken by John William Lindt in 1873-1874. Kai Colo (Fijian people) - name for the people who live in the mountainous interior of Fiji. It's literal meaning is something like "mountaineer". This information was given by Dr Vicki Lukere (Luker), specialist in South Pacific history, Victoria University, 1997. A series of 12 studio tableau portraits of Aboriginal Australians by John Wiiliam Lindt, including three not found in this album, are at Library reference PA1-q-1317 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album. Provenance: Written comments in the album indicate that it might be associated with Commodore J Goodenough RN, who was appointed as a commissioner by the Crown to investigate the events that led to the annexation of Fiji. This album was compiled by an unidentified member of the Australian Division of the Royal Navy based at Sydney in the mid 1870s. The Australian Naval Station was responsible for policing the Pacific and supporting Britain's interests in the region. The one date associated with the album (1875) as well as some of the images, suggest that it was compiled soon after the cession of Fiji to the British Crown. The two ships associated with the album, HMS Blanche and HMS Pearl, were both stationed at Sydney and both were involved with events in Fiji before and during cession. HMS Pearl was Commodore Goodenough's flagship. He was the officer in charge of the Australian Naval Station at that time. He also played an important political role in the process of cession in Fiji. In the album he and his officers are shown swimming on Ovalau. The compiler of the album on the other hand, seems to have been personally associated with HMS Blanche. There are two pictures of this ship in the album as well as pictures of memorials erected by the captain and crew to one of their members. HMS Blanche had been active against the traffic in cheap labour in the South Pacific. In 1873 her paymaster, Lieutenant Nettleton, had acted as temporary British Consul in Fiji after the recall of E B March.
Opotiki Young Farmers Club : Agriculture in Opotiki
Date: [ca 1965]
By: Opotiki Young Farmers Club
Reference: qMS-1609
Description: Comprises brief historical survey of the Opotiki area; discussion on boundaries; transport; agriculture in general and specifically - wheat, flax; education; maize; crops; topdressing and settlement; disease in relation to farming; milling; geology and recreation Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm; blue pamphlet case)
Diary
Date: 1925
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Diaries
Reference: Micro-MS-0600-04
Description: Chronological account of Adkin's farming activities and his interests in local Human History and Natural History as well as Ethnology. Includes information on Kapiti Island (ie. Waiorua Bay, Motungangara, and Wharekohu where Te Rauparaha was said to have signed the Treaty). Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Saxton family : Papers
Date: 1857-1858, [ca 1828-1990]
By: Saxton family
Reference: MS-Papers-5443
Description: The collection comprises part of a journal in which George Saxton recorded the daily movements on the Saxton family property at Stoke, Nelson, (10 Aug 1857 to 23 Jan 1858) and a project on family history compiled by Jillian Saxton which includes photographs and brief family details, a letter re John Waring Saxton's death in 1865, Priscilla Crumpton's passport (1828) and a photograph of her in 1830, extracts from published works about the Saxton family, and other papers Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - The Library also holds J W Saxton's Journal (qMS-1758-1762), his fragments of a diary on the `Clifford' (1841-1842) at MS-Papers-0107-1, a workbook and diary fragment for 1844 at MS-Papers-0107-2 and a typescript of MS-Papers-0107-1 at MS-Papers-4417 The diary is one kept by George Saxton in an exercise book formerly used by Caroline Saxton (John Waring Saxton's sister) in 1834; the Saxton family history was compiled by Jillian Saxton for a school project. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Photographs of Saxton family members, a copy of the alleged Saxton crest, photographs of Saxton family homes and sketches by John Waring Saxton, have been reproduced
McCaw, John, 1849-1930 : Biography of my life for the benefit of my children
Date: 1929
By: McCaw, John, 1849-1930
Reference: MS-1164
Description: Includes brief description of the voyage to Otago on board the `Oamaru' arriving Feb 1875 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue linen)
Hodgson family : Letters
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.