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Date: 1837-1852, 1958

By: Graham, George, 1812-1901

Reference: qMS-0869

Description: Graham records some aspects of his life in Australia where he was until 1840 when he came to Auckland, NZ. Includes mostly financial records of cash paid and debts due with some personal remarks summarising quarterly events during the year or whole years, or describing particular experiences, such as when Graham went to London in 1850 or the birth of his son, Robert, in 1850. He describes a great deal of property transactions. Accompanying material - Photocopy of photograph of Graham, taken about 1880, owned by Ms Sandra Westbrooke, London Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (62 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm, red linen, in case folder)

Date: 1853-1875, 1897

By: Pope, Christiana, active 1897

Reference: MSY-6047

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Pope in Apr 1897 for her granddaughter, Gwenllian as a parting present; comprises scenes in the eastern hemisphere covering the period 1853 to 1875 divided into (1) New Zealand, beginning at Auckland and ending at Otago; (2) Australia; and (3) islands in the East; and (4) Japan Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with inscriptions Processing information: Transferred from the Printed collections, Mar 2005

Date: 1832-1877, 1912

By: Russell, John, 1832-1918?

Reference: MS-1837

Description: Reminiscences apparently written by Russell at the age of 80 Source of title - Transcribed Russell came from Australia in 1854 in the Tory, returning there in 1855; he later settled in Canterbury where he owned and managed a number of sheep stations Quantity: 1 volume(s) (61 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, yellow buckram)

Date: 23 Oct 1931-26 Apr 1932

By: Hunter, David, active 1900-1932

Reference: MS-Group-1191

Description: Journal kept by Hunter while travelling from England to New Zealand on the `Rangitata' and his return to England on the `Makura' to Australia and the Orsova' from Sydney from 23 Oct 1931 to 26 Apr 1932. He travelled with Ena Hunter. He describes their preparations, embarkation at Southampton, the other passengers, food (including menus), sea sickness, entertainments, the comforts and otherwise of the ship, his cabin, their passage through the Panama Canal and Armstice Day. They disembarked at Wellington 24 Nov 1931, and left for Australia on the `Makura' 7 Mar 1932, and for England on the `Orsova' from Sydney, 13 Mar 1932. In New Zealand Hunter spent time in Wellington, visiting the Alexander Turnbull Library, describing the work of the League of Nations Union in Wellington, visits Christchurch, the West Coast and Nelson where he spent some time, Wanganui, the Waitomo Caves, Rotorua and Auckland and back through Taranaki where he climbed Mt Egmont; he visited farms and factories, observed the opening of Parliament (24 Feb 1932) and visited the Gear Freezing and Meat Preservation Company. He attended many church services in various churches including the Congregational, Church of Christ and Presbyterian churches. Folowing his and Ena's departure for Sydney he describes the new Sydney harbour bridge, their visit to Tasmania and the House of Commons in Hobart, visiting to Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Colombo, the Suez Canal, Naples and Gibraltar, and an ANZAC commemoration service he declined to attend. The journal is illustrated and includes a water colour of the `Rangitata', newspaper clippings of portraits of various New Zealanders; and a copy of a letter from the Turnbull to the donor (1986). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and microfilm

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2594

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [between 1800 and 1806]

By: Adanson, Michel, 1727-1806

Reference: MS-Papers-0951

Description: Photocopy of an annotated pamphlet published by Francois Peron in 1800 in order to join the scientific expedition of Nicolas Baudin in the southern seas. One part of the pamphlet is a letter to the faculty of medicine in order to obtain its support. The pamphlet has been annotated by Michel Adanson, botanist (1727-1806). Accompanying material - Note describing content of item (in French) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (15 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph annotations (photocopy) Processing information: Previously catalogued under Peron, Francois Auguste

Date: 22 Feb 1818-28 Feb 1825

By: Lawry, Walter (Rev), 1793-1859

Reference: qMS-1142

Description: Covers Lawry's chaplaincy aboard the convict ship Lady Castlereagh; work as a methodist minister at Parramatta 1818-1820; departure for Tonga and visit to Bay of Islands Jan 1822; Tongan years 1822-1823; return to England 1825 and first few months there. Entries generally made weekly. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (155 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (Carbon copy), 38 cm, green buckram

Date: 1926-1992

By: How, Reginald, active 1931-1992

Reference: MSZ-1670

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Reginald How, member of the Manawatu Parachute Club, on parachuting in New Zealand and around the world from 1926 to 1992. Contains newspaper clippings covering matters relating to parachuting including personalities, deaths and accidents, training (in New Zealand, Australia, and Russia), paratroopers in World War II (articles relating to military strategy and training of British, German, Japanese, and Russian paratroopers), competitions (including the World Parachuting Championships), clubs (including the New Zealand Federation of Parachute Clubs, Manawatu Sky Diving Club, Auckland Parachute Club, and the Caterpillar Club), recreational parachuting, design and materials, planes used in parachuting exercises, and advertisements for parachute products (including Irvin Chair Chutes). Most articles are accompanied by extensive photographs and some other illustrations. Includes articles about both men and women in the sport. Sports relating to parachuting covered in the scrapbook include skydiving and the development of wing suits. Figures identified or pictured in the clippings include Brian Musson, Gwynne Johns, Leo Valentin, Peter Hazelhurst, Chris Summerville, Denny Main, Haakon Q'Viller, L E A Hayward, Raymond Quilter, Peter Dawson and his wife, Noeline Larder, and Major A E Thresh. Publications include New Zealand Freelance, Flight, The Weekly News, London Illustrated News, Flying, Newnes Practical Mechanics, Look, Popular Flying, and Picture Post. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Loose clippings have been placed in acid free sleeve at the back of the folder Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Purchased at Hayward's Rare & Collectable Book Auction 24 July 2014, lots 236, 238, and 476. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Auction 2014 Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Eph-B-Skydiving-1900s (PR-14-0335).

Date: 2005

From: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-: Collection relating to Hilton Raymond Porter

By: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-

Reference: fMS-Papers-8389

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Patricia Howson on her father, Hilton Raymond Porter, actor and broadcaster, and on his wife, Dorothy Woolley. Comprises newspaper cuttings, photographs, original letters, lists and other documents, programmes, official circulars and forms, covering all of the career of Hilton and Dorothy Porter. Includes documents and other papers relating to the torpedoing of the passenger ship `Athenia' in 1939. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typsecript, printed matter, photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Patricia Howson, 2005 Processing information: Group record created and this item added to the group 21 August 2020.

Date: 1854-1856 (translated 1986)

By: Narbey, Francois Eleonore, 1829-1913

Reference: MS-Papers-4381

Description: The diary covers the period 15 Apr 1854-15 Apr 1855 and May 1855. It describes Narbey's visit to Australia and his activities in Taranaki on his return. Original holograph diary at MSX-2850. Source of title - Title page Narbey, a French colonist arrived in Akaroa in 1849. In May 1854 he went to Australia to look for gold. He returned to New Zealand in Dec and after a period as a sawyer in Taranaki he returned to Akaroa in Apr 1855. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) with mss annotations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Mavis Donnelly-Crequer, Christchurch, Mar 1990 (90-079)

Date: 1847-1900

By: Arnold, Thomas, 1823-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-0231

Description: The letters cover his departure to New Zealand, the voyage and his life in New Zealand and Tasmania Publication - Bertram, J M, `New Zealand Letters of Thomas Arnold the Younger', Oxford University Press, Auckland (1966); `Letters of Thomas Arnold the Younger 1850-1900' Oxford University Press, Auckland (1980). Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: . The letters have been further arranged into series since the collection was microfilmed. The original inventory is available on request. Arnold was the son of Thomas Arnold of Rugby School. He came to New Zealand in 1848 on the `John Wickliffe'. He arrived in Wellington but soon moved to Nelson where he started a school, but was soon attracted to Tasmania. He later returned to England and gained some fame as a Catholic convert and scholar of English literature. His book `Passages in a Wandering Life' (1900) gives interesting information on New Zealand in the 1840s. Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss Processing information: Letters described to piece level

Date: 1832-1877 (1912)

By: Russell, John, 1832-1918?

Reference: qMS-1735

Description: Reminiscences apparently written by Russell at the age of 80 Relationship complexity - A slightly more complete version is at MS-1837 Russell came from Australia in 1854 in the Tory, returning there in 1855; he later settled in Canterbury where he owned and managed a number of sheep stations Quantity: 1 volume(s) (37, 24 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; brown linen) Provenance: Canterbury historian, William Vance arranged for typescripts (3 copies) to be made.

Date: 1877 (transcribed, 2012)

By: Webster, John, active 1998-2012

Reference: MS-Papers-11290

Description: Transcription of Margaret Fidler's 1877 shipboard journal kept aboard the `City of Santiago' on its voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne. Further transcription of Fidler's subsequent voyage from Australia to Bluff aboard the `Arawata'. Also includes research endnotes provided by Webster which relate to Fidler's text. Margaret Fidler left Liverpool on 22 Feb 1877 on the ship `City of Santiago' which took her as far as Melbourne. During this part of the voyage she shared a cabin with a six year old girl who was travelling alone to meet her family in Australia. After a short stay in Melbourne Fidler travelled to Bluff on the `Arawata'. She was met by others of her family at Port Chalmers. Fidler provides a detailed account of daily activities aboard ship, the crew and passengers she interacts with, weather events, food and beverage taken with meals and the engaging personalies she witnesses. Also provides copies of the "nautical alphabet" and an In Memoriam composed by a Mr Wood for a deceased passenger. Source of title - Transcribed by Library Fidler travelled from Liverpool out to New Zealand to meet her family at Port Chalmers Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J Webster, Auckland, June 2012

Date: [1971-1979]

From: Brown, Dorothy Fay, 1929-2011: Scrapbooks

Reference: fMS-Papers-7682-1

Description: Scrapbooks on migrants and migration compiled by Brown from New Zealand and Australian newspapers in the 1970s Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1844-1860, 1879

By: Brown, Charles La Fayette, 1826-

Reference: qMS-0279

Description: Brown describes whaling voyages outside New Zealand and visits to the Bay of Islands (1844, 1848, 1856). He discusses peoples encountered, whaling methods and conditions at sea. He also writes of his involvement in the California goldrush (1852) and mining at Bendigo (1853). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (149 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (30 cm; ¼ green buckram, green boards)

Date: 24 Oct 1900-11 Jul 1902

By: White, Robert Almond, 1879-

Reference: MS-Group-0554

Description: White describes life on board HMS `Mildura' while on a voyage to the Pacific Islands, including New Zealand, 24 Oct 1900 to 14 Jul 1902, and summarises from until Sep 1902. He recorded almost daily, noting his work schedule, stops made, places visited (mostly in New Zealand and Australia) and other events. Ports included Picton, and the Sounds, Auckland, Akaroa, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Norfolk Bay and Milford Sound and he describes reaction to the death of Queen Victoria in Jan 1901 and Naval Day celebrations in May 1901 at Neutral Bay, Sydney. White describes time while on the `Mildura', Jun-Oct 1900, en route to annex Rarotonga Accompanying material - Includes covering letter from transcriber and notes `From written reminiscences' in which White his positions during WWI Source of title - Supplied White served on board HMS `Mildura', 1900-1902 Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with corrections (photocopy)

Date: 1860-1863

By: Walker, John George, 1841-1925; Walker, William, 1838-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-0366

Description: Comprises one letter from William Walker, 10 from his brother, John, from Otago, NZ and later Melbourne, to relatives in England, describing their arrival at Lyttelton in 1860 and 1862 on the `Queen of the Mersey' respectively, a journey south to the Dunstan Diggings. Includes a description of Thomas Gabriel Read who found Gabriels Gully. In 1863 the brother went to the diggings at Warra Station, Melbourne. Source of title - Suppllied Relationship complexity - See qMS-2107 for shipboard diary of John George Walker Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopies)

Date: 1947-1952

From: Woods Family : Letters and journals of Samuel Edward Woods and other family papers

Reference: MSDL-1821

Description: Digitised journal which records typescript copies of correspondence from Edward Sydney Woods to his family during Woods' visit to New Zealand as the Bishop of Lichfield in 1947 and 1948. Also includes letter for 1952. The letters are addressed to Woods' family and children in England. Many of the letters begin "Beloved Kinders". Included at the beginning of the volume is an itinerary for Woods' visit which details locations visited in Australia and New Zealand as well as ports visited en route from England. The appendix includes copies of published letters sent to the Lichfield Diocesan magazine by Bishop Edward Lichfield. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Original journal has been digitised by the Library.

Date: 1947-1948

From: Woods Family : Letters and journals of Samuel Edward Woods and other family papers

Reference: MSDL-1822

Description: Digitised journal which records pictorial images of Edward Sydney Woods' visit to New Zealand and Australia as the Bishop of Lichfield in 1947 and 1948. The journal comprises photographs, postcards, ephemera, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, first day covers and printed material. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Original journal has been digitised by the Library. Pamphlets inside the journal have been opened out and digitised on subsequent pages.