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Ngati Porou whakapapa
Date: 1900-1920
From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou
Reference: MSX-4873
Description: Contains extensive Ngati Porou whakapapal with some other whakapapa from the Bay of Plenty included Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Research papers
Date: [1916-1934]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11310-75
Description: Assorted research papers, drafts and clippings about New Zealand history. Includes articles about Te Teko Pa, and George 'Rowley' Hill and drafts of 'The inspector: A police force vignette' and 'At the rising of the moon' and postcard of the Maori carved pulpit at the Maori Mission Church [possibly Ohinemutu?] and a photograph with caption which says 'At the wood-carving school, Horohoro. The carving instructor and the boy who made this decorative "pare" for the top of the doorway.' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Whitmore, George Stoddart 1830-1903 : Correspondence to T M Haultain and D Pollen and m...
Date: [ca 1868-1870]
By: Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903
Reference: MS-2392
Description: Letters written by Whitmore from the field while campaigning in Taranaki, Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty; mainly concern military operations, but also includes observations on the countryside and Maori. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (163 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, illustrated, ¼ blue morocco, blue cloth) Includes sketch maps
Travels in New Zealand / transcribed by J A Bell
Date: 1886, 1993
From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account
Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3
Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Notes made during a weekend trip about Tauranga
Date: 1915
Reference: MS-Papers-2935
Description: Written on the back of a blueprint of map of Tauranga and inland area with parishes indicated Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Provenance: Writer unknown
Maori notebook (vol 24)
Date: [1950-1952]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-25
Description: Comprises notes on Maori place-names and sites of past and present kainga, Bay of Plenty (with map); of Tauranga Harbour, Mt Maunganui, Whakatane and Maketu and Waihi estuaries (with maps); section of whalebone object; letter, Bryce Wood to Adkin (1953); moa-bone with cuts, Roxburgh; Solomon Islands adzes; adzes from Auckland and Poroutawhao; data from Moawhango by R A L Batley (with map) Arrangement: Notebook no 24 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Whirinaki State Forest management plan proposals
Date: 1975-1980
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers
Reference: 87-208-423
Description: Published version and copy with some annotations by Fleming Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Material relating to White Island
Date: n d
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
Reference: MS-Papers-10277
Description: Includes reminiscences entitled Christmas on a desert island, together with correspondence, maps and newspaper clippings concerning the island Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)
Chapman, Catherine, fl 1980 : Reminiscences of various people working on the Kaingaroa ...
Date: [ca 1930-1940], 1980
By: Chapman, Catherine, active 1980
Reference: MS-Papers-10881
Description: Interviews on life at Kaingaroa, work and bringing up families in the bush Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Spectrum (Radio documentary) Material collected and recorded by Catherine Chapman of NZ Forest Service in 1980; used in Spectrum radio documentary 1981 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations (photocopies)
Johnston, F (Mrs), b 1841 : Diaries
Date: 1859, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1882, 1893
By: Johnston, Frances Palmer, 1841-1938
Reference: MS-1089-1094
Description: Daily entries of domestic details by the wife of an Anglican vicar, in Ulster and Katikati (ca 1882-1893) Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 6 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (24 cm; blue buckram hinged lid box)
Maori notebook (vol 60)
Date: [1962]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-61
Description: Comprises report on the Karere Ford patu onewa found near the Manawatu River, near Longburn. Also includes sketches of two toki (adzes). Arrangement: Notebook no 60 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Chapman, Thomas 1792-1876 : Journal
Date: 1845-1846
By: Chapman, Thomas, 1792-1876
Reference: MS-0498-0499
Description: Chapman was a CMS missionary stationed at Rotorua. For some part of 1845 he was also relieving at Tauranga Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (20 cm; ¼ fawn morocco, fawn linen)
East Coast fisheries - Papers
Date: 1974
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7888-198
Description: Papers, reports and correspondence on the fishing industry around East Cape, particularly that involving Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Gisborne, William, 1825-1898 : Journal of a trip by Messrs Petre and Gisborne from Auck...
Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847
By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898
Reference: qMS-0844
Description: Gisborne and Petre went by sea to Coromandel and then by land, first up to Thames and travelling up the river, passing through pa, including Opita, then to Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. They returned to Auckland by way of the Waikato River, passing through Maungatautari and Waipa. The journal includes interesting descriptions of Maori life and Gisborne meet the Revs Brown, Spencer, Chapman and Ashville [sic] and various prominent Maori. Variations in title - Binder's title: Gisborne journal The journal is loose in a cover with a typescript and index in an envelope at the back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages, 30 leaves)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (32 cm, blue linen)
Ledger
Date: 1900-1901
From: North, Allan (Dr), 1908-1982 : Papers
Reference: MSY-4500
Description: Ledger of accounts for Walter Francis North, general store-keeper and draper, of Paeroa; many Maori customers, some with settlements noted. Paper label on front cover "Scrap book" indicates that Hannah MacPherson may have intended to use this one for her film scraps also (see MSY-4505 for one used in this manner). Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Tapsell, Phillip 1777?-1873 : Reminiscences
Date: 1779-1869 (1869)
By: Tapsell, Phillip, 1777?-1873; Tapsell, Enid Marguerite Hamilton, 1903-1975
Reference: MS-Group-1890
Description: Dictated by Tapsell who describes his life as a sailor and trader among the Maori at Maketu and the Bay of Plenty, 1830-1835. "A trader in cannibal land; the life and times of Captain Tapsell" by James Cowan is based on this manuscript Quantity: 3 volume(s) (287 pages in original ms). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photocopies (19 cm; brown hinged lid box) Processing information: qMS-1980 is now at MS-Papers-7168
Archaeological site survey report, Eastern Bay of Plenty
Date: 1978
From: Park, Geoffrey Nicholls, 1946-2009 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9392-035
Description: Report on pa sites on the Eastern Bay of Plenty, compiled by Anne L Leahy and Wendy Walsh; with diagrams and sketch plans Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mulligan, Ruby Cecilia, 1905-1975 : The Purple age of life
Date: [197-]
By: Mulligan, Ruby, 1905-1975
Reference: MS-Papers-10238
Description: Folder comprises a bound manuscript in typescript form. The manuscript by Mulligan recollects the life of Cecilia Florence Wilverton who lived in the Bay of Plenty. Story begins in the early 1900s and continues through to the 1940s, describes colonial life and her grandfather's (Professor Litchart) talent as a horse whisperer. An addenda to the item includes `The 11.69 express', a short vignette about the Melbourne and Smash railway line (1969); and `The story of the Tangiwai concerto' (1953). Source of title - Supplied by Library Ruby Mulligan was a music teacher and composer Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (Printout) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms A Mulligan, Australia, Feb 2011
Galbraith, John W Cameron b 1860 : Letters
Date: 1880-1881
By: Galbraith, John W Cameron, 1860-
Reference: qMS-0819
Description: Letters to his family in Glasgow, describing living conditions, climate, development of the district, cost of living and the establishment of the Pioneer Store at Te Puke Source of title - Supplied Galbraith settled in the Tauranga/Te Puke district Quantity: 1 volume(s) (15 letters). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm, blue pamphlet case)
Te Makarini Scholarship - Candidates' papers and questions
Date: 1920
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0933B
Description: Candidates came from Whakarewarewa School (Rotorua), St Stephen's School (Auckland), and Wharekahika Native School (Te Araroa) Quantity: 1 folder(s).