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Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1889 - 1906

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023

Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)

Date: 1832-1869

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: qMS-2212-2213

Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].

Reference: E-068-005

Description: The Mansion House on Kawau Island, the jetty at the waterfront and boats in the harbour, seen from bush-clad hills to the left, the image surrounded with native ferns and flowers Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chomolithograph 105 x 144 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm

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: 1895

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-056-003

Description: Shows Sir George Grey holding the knitting yarn for Queen Victoria while a determined New Zealand woman grabs him by the ear. Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy. Transfers: A-312.

Date: [ca 1860s-1870s]

By: Lennie, Thomas Daniel, 1871-1967

Reference: PAColl-4459

Description: Photographs of shops, hotels and business in Invercargill including the old immigration barracks on Tay Street and the Howard house. Photographers are not all identified, but include Donald William Ross. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1851-1852

By: Williams, William, 1800-1878

Reference: MS-2436

Description: Henry Williams' copy of William Williams' journal; includes statements before the committee of the Church Missionary Society concerning the charges of Governor Grey against the missionaries in New Zealand aand the accusations against Archdeacon Henry Williams Source of title - Transcribed Variations in title - On title page: H W's copy of William Williams' journal in London Quantity: 1 volume(s) (172 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, blue buckram)

Date: 1850-1857

By: Cooper, George Sisson, 1825-1898

Reference: MS-Papers-1644

Description: Two drafts of a journal from Taupo to Taranaki section (2-10 Jan 1850) of an overland expedition with Sir George Grey and Te Heuheu Tukino III. Describes Maori, legends, way of life, countryside, tangi for Te Heuheu II and conflict over reburial. Also notes of the journey overland from Auckland to Ahuriri detailing route, describing state of roads etc (1857); and `Acrostics,' written at Kawau, Christmas 1850, a poem Publication - Published in edited form as Journal of an expedition overland from Auckland to Taranaki....Auckland, 1851. The Auckland to Ahuriri trip is published in Report C1 in the AJHR, 1862 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1860 - 1898

By: Grey River Argus (Newspaper); Boys, J W T, active 1883; Ryall, Denis James, 1909-1982

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1800s

Description: Includes menus for: Complimentary dejeuner to Sir George Grey by His Worship the Mayor and the City Council of Dunedin. J McCubbin, Otago Hotel, Caterer. Fergusson & Mitchell, Printers. [1860s?] (Donor Mr J Stacey, 1960). Lyttelton Harbour Board. Celebration of dock opening. January 3rd 1883. J Buggey, Caterer. 1883 (photographic copy) Wellington Club. Farewell dinner to Mr J C Hanna. July 4, 1896. A public banquet in honor of the Right Hon R J Seddon, Premier of New Zealand. Toast list. January 17th, 1898. Printed at the Argus Office, Greymouth. Complimentary dinner to Right Hon R J Seddon and Mrs Seddon. Printed at the Star Office. [Toast list. ca 1898]. Handwritten menu for an unknown and probably private occasion, but featuring quotations by Crosbie Ward (1832-1867), Alfred Domett (1811-1887), W P Reeves (1857-1932), and W M Maskell (1839-1898). Date probably 1890s. This menu was removed from an unidentified scrapbook of scraps dated ca 1870-1920 (at Eph-A-SCRAPBOOK-01) Quantity: 6 menus.. Physical Description: Engravings, on folded menus, approximately 230 x 140 mm. Plus one mounted photograph.

Date: 1851

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-035/036-1

Description: A four-page bilingual newspaper. The first page and a half is largely advertisements, including shipping intelligence. It also includes mention of five seamen deserting from the ship Faery Queen, taking with them the 'quarter boat'. Page 2 includes an article about trade with California. Page 3 continues an article about Governor George Grey's overland trip from Auckland to Taranaki. Page 4 contains a letter 'To Maori mothers' from 'An English mother' about raising children; also a fable - The passenger and the pilot. Quantity: 1 letterpress. Physical Description: Letterpress on two sides of one sheet, folded in two, 455 x 302 mm (folded size)

Date: 1843-1851

By: Chapman, Henry Samuel, 1803-1881

Reference: qMS-0418-0420

Description: Letters mainly to his father and aunts in England covers in detail Wellington incidents of the period, with full references to William Wakefield, Charles Barraud, E J Eyre, R Fitzroy and Sir George Grey Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (34 cm; ¼ brown morocco) Finding Aids: Index available at qMS-0421-0422, compiled by Glen W Macmorran, 1943.

Date: 1866-1867, 1895

By: Williams, Arthur P, active 1866-1895

Reference: MS-Papers-3374

Description: He describes the scenery and their encounters with Maori Sub Lieut Williams of HMS Challenger accompanied a party led by Sir George Grey to Taupo Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 16 Dec 1841-9 Jun 1851

By: Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866

Reference: qMS-1758-1762

Description: Saxton recorded both the minutiae of his daily life, such as food, crops he was growing, as well as observations on local politics, New Zealand Company affairs, negotiations between the Company, government officials and settlers and especially describes the discomforts and lowered expectations of being an immigrant. Not all persons mentioned frequently have been entered (see index for full list). Relationship complexity - Some original fragments at MS-Papers-0107 and typescript of fragments at MS-Papers-4417 Quantity: 5 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript with annotations by transcriber (36 cm; green linen) Finding Aids: Index is part of collection (qMS-1762). Provenance: The diaries were intended to be destroyed at the death of the diarist. However, they survived and Dr F A Bett, whose collection is now in the Nelson Provincial Museum, transcribed the extant diaries. There are two sets, one in the Bett Collection in Nelson, the other in the Turnbull Library. The Turnbull copy has many annotations by Dr Bett, generally with additions to the text. It is understood that parts of the diaries were in Greek and Hebrew but it is not known how much Dr Bett translated or how much of the diaries he retained.

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-17-23

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

Date: 1863-1913

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2024

Description: Includes the log of Captain Jenkins (HMS Miranda), while serving in the New Zealand Wars Dec12863-Jun 1865. Describes the seige of Gate Pa, the battle at Te Ranga and themeeting between Sir George Grey, Sir Cuncan Cameron and the Tauranga Maori in Aug 1864, as well as copies of despatches, letters and a sketch map of the auckland and Waikato districts. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-037

Description: The essay details the McDonald family story around the life of the youngest daughter Frances Harwood McDonald. She was born on Kawau Island in 1848 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1839-1886

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2281

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1859

By: Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-078-001

Description: View across the water towards the jetty and home of Sir George Grey. Hills to the left Copied from a wood engraving in the Illustrated London news. v. 27 no 771 p. 620 1855 Inscriptions: Signed: W.S.H. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 241 x 355 mm Provenance: Purchased by A H Turnbull, from English dealer Albert Berthel, Richmond, 1914