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Manuscript

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).

Manuscript

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).

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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).

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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)

Manuscript

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)

Manuscript

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)

Manuscript

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).

Manuscript

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)

Manuscript

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).

Manuscript

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)

Manuscript

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).

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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).

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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)

Manuscript

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).

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