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Date: 1890 [ie 1958]

By: Caldwell, Elizabeth Pringle, 1819-1907

Reference: qMS-0361

Description: Title continues:`...Colonial experiences in the province of Nelson, and in particular, the early settlement of the Golden Bay district, commencing in the year 1851. Written in 1890 from her diaries covering a ten year period by Elizabeth Pringle Caldwell' The reminiscences include copies of newspaper extracts, a petition to Provincial Council and a letter from T P Caldwell is appended Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See also Washbourn family papers (MS-Papers-1771) Elizabeth, husband Thomas and their five children came to New Zealand on the `Eden' in Nov 1850. They settled in Nelson where Elizabeth opened a girl's boarding school and took part in musical activities. They later moved to a property at Onekaka, Golden Bay, and then to Tukurua. A lengthy land dispute with local Maori at Tukurua left the family homeless, with Elizabeth and the children living in a disused whare. Copied with permissiosn of Caldwell's grandson, R H O Caldwell, on the occasion of the Nelson City Centennial, 1958 (note by S Northcote Bade) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (31 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; blue pam case)

Date: 1914-1967, 1953-1988

By: Mangaroa School (Mangaroa, Upper Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0445

Description: Comprises register of admission, progress and withdrawal (1914-1967), school committee minute book (1914-1952) and log book (1947-1961) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s) (2 vols in one folder, 1 vol in folder). 4 volume(s). 0.11 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: [1941?] (1947)

By: Kennedy, William McLaughlin, 1857-1949

Reference: MS-1110-1111

Description: Account includes brief description of voyage to Otago on the `Napier', sawmilling activities chiefly in Taranaki and participation in local public life and community services with some reference to Maori affairs Kennedy came to New Zealand in 1879 in the `Napier' Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (28 cm; navy buckram)

Date: 21 Mar 1835-10 Apr 1850

By: Brown, Alfred Nesbit (Archdeacon), 1803-1884

Reference: qMS-0277-0278a

Description: Comprises typescript copy of Brown's diary (1835-1846); and microfilm printout (1847-1850). A journal kept while Brown was a missionary for the Church Missionary Society at Matamata, Tauranga and the Bay of Islands. He describes conversion and education of Maori, inter-tribal war while at Matamata and his journey on HMS `Rattlesnake' with James Busby and Samuel Marsden from the Bay of Islands to Queen Charlotte Sound (1837). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and microfilm printout (35 cm; red buckram & phase box)

Date: Sep 1938

By: Sharp, Freda Lily, active 1938

Reference: qMS-1795

Description: The author was a teacher at Rakaumanga Native School, Huntly Quantity: 1 volume(s) (7 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; blue cloth)

Date: [ca 1969-1973]

By: Condliffe, John Bell (Professor), 1891-1981

Reference: qMS-0511-0513

Description: Unpublished account of career in New Zealand with Workers' Education Association and as Professor at Canterbury College; records activities with Institute of Pacific Relations; League of Nations Secretariat; National Council of Economic Research, India; Stanford Research Institute; and as Professor of Economics at University of California. Source of title - Transcribed Economist and university professor Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations (photocopy) (30 cm; blue linen)

Date: 15 Sep 1839-30 Aug 1840

By: Baker, Charles (Rev), 1803-1875

Reference: qMS-0110

Description: Describes missionary life in Paihia and the Bay of Islands and establishment of schools; comments on Europeans and Maori, political events, activities of French; mentions signing of Treaty of Waitangi Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34cm, blue linen)

Date: 1834-1910

By: Fairburn, Edwin, 1827-1911

Reference: qMS-0710

Description: Reminiscences of the Bay of Islands, 1830s-1840s; letter from Fairburn's sister, Esther Hickson (1908); and extract on Hongi Hika from Carleton's life of Henry Williams. Records an early amputation of an infected leg carried out by William Williams, assisted by E T Fairburn, at Paihia, on a Mr Gray, a blacksmith, ca 1832. Mention of "first game of cricket in New Zealand" at Paihia, ca 1832 or 1833. Also contains detailed instructions for snaring birds including korimako (bell-bird) and sea gull Source of title - Title page Edwin Fairburn was the son of the CMS missionary, William Fairburn. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (54 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm, blue pam case)

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, 1848-1852

By: Kemp, James, 1797-1872

Reference: MS-1104

Description: Describes trip from Kerikeri on board the Active, 1832, calling at Paihia, Whangarei, Thames, Tauranga and elsewhere, to try to establish peace among Maori tribes of area. Later entries detail day to day life at mission station, Kerikeri, education of Maori, care of sick etc. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1859

By: Hamel, Bruno Lancel, 1837?-; Auckland Institute and Museum

Reference: PAColl-1637

Description: Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Provenance: Photocopies of an album held by the Auckland Institute and Museum

Date: 7 Aug-24 Oct, 21 Nov 1845-7 Jan 1846

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886

Reference: MS-1065

Description: Journal kept by Reverend Hutton for Reverend W C Cotton during two periods in which Cotton was absent from St John's College, Auckland. The college was at this time in its temporary situation at Purewa. Source of title - Supplied title; spine title "W C Cotton" Anglican minister Quantity: 1 volume(s) (44 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26cm; green buckram)

Date: Jan-Aug 1979

From: Metge, Alice Joan (Dame), 1930- : Research papers and field recordings

Reference: fMS-Papers-11804-5

Description: Scrapbook of clippings relating to various Maori topics including education, race relations, gangs, Maori art, Maori poets and Maori political activism. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: 1896-1990

By: Muritai School; Gollans Valley School (Eastbourne, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0607

Description: Admission registers and school log books Source of title - Supplied Muritai School first opened on 17 March 1897, the first registers date from October 1896 and are for Gollans Valley School, the predecessor to Muritai. Quantity: 19 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Muritai School, Aug 1997

Date: 1937

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: 85-173-4/5

Description: Contains very detailed accounts of the domestic situation of South Island Māori families living in traditional kainga; the accounts include information about the housing, health, employment and educational status of every single person in the various settlements, organised alphabetically. These accounts were apparently compiled under the aegis of the Native Land Court, Wellington. Title taken from item. Two copies also held at Archives New Zealand: ABAQ W4235 box 1 parts1 and 2; R361254 and R6723246. Other related material at Archives New Zealand, Wellington: Maori Affairs archives group (MA 30/3/-). Quantity: 1 volume(s) contains approximately 475 pages. Finding Aids: Report for each locality has index of persons.. Processing information: Chief Librarian restriction removed 12 July 2023 as part of the Chief Librarian Restriction Review project.

Date: 1847-1850

By: Arnold, Thomas, 1823-1900

Reference: MS-0100

Description: Includes an account of the voyage to New Zealand on board the `John Wickliffe', 1848 Arnold started a school in Nelson and was later an inspector of schools in Tasmania Quantity: 1 volume(s) (179 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; dark blue crushed morocco)