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Date: [ca1920-1955]

From: McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949- :Chiefly family photographs

Reference: PAColl-10026-2

Description: Includes:- Wedding of Douglas Nevin McLeod and Joyce Margaret Allan, 1947. Snapshots of Joyce McLeod (nee Allan) in the late 1940s. Snapshots of Nevin McLeod in the late 1940s. Snapshots of the young Rosemary McLeod with her mother and father ca 1949-1951. Groups of unidentified women which include Jean McLeod and probably her mother. Two young men on a BSA motorcycle. Nevin McLeod and another man driving a tractor. Douglas Robert (Bob) Tankersley driving a tractor. Arthur Hunt aiming a gun. Unidentified man in bathing togs in and beside a river. Snaps of Nevin McLeod as a small boy, 1920s. Dogs, horses, and other farm animals. View of old wooden cottage. Surviving native trees on the McLeod's farm `Dunvegan,' Mount Bruce, Wairarapa. Unidentified ships and locomotives. Soldiers, World War Two. Nevin McLeod in a Masterton Little Theatre production, ca 1960s. Ship `Port Bowen' aground at Castlecliff, Whanganui, 1939. Landscape and other views taken at `Dunvegan,' Mount Bruce, Wairarapa, late 1940s. These photographs are associated with documents held in Manuscripts and Archives at MS-Papers-11255-2. Quantity: 131 b&w original photographic print(s). 39 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 2008

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-9389-15

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by John McGee; land documents and maps; bound history of the farm and family compiled by Glenys McGee entitled `The McGee farm, 1908-2008'. See MS-Papers-9389-31 for published summary & photographs. Original family member to own the land was Mary Ann McGee who acquired 87 hectacres in 1908. The farm was owned by her grandson John William McGee from 1983. In 2008 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, maps (some photocopies)

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-39

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by William Alexander Sheddan; brief history of the farm and family; notes on farm succession; obituaries for David Sheddan and his wife; poem (tribute to Annie Kathleen Sheddan on her 80th birthday) entitled `Memories of Mosswood'; photographs. Original owner was David Sheddan from Scotland who obtained 49 acres in the Otago Survey District at Tapanui in 1893. In 2005 the property named Mosswood was owned by William Alexander Sheddan, and farmed by his daughter Carey Sheddan and others. It was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. W A Sheddan is the grandson of David Sheddan. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, Photographs, printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-045899-F

Description: Dinner time at Manuka Point Station, Canterbury, New Zealand. Those present are (from right), station owner Laurie Walker, farm worker Ted Porter, and Ted's wife Grace. Ted and Grace's daughter Shirley can just be seen on the extreme left. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Photograph Archive in Pascoe Album 7 (ref PA1-o-412), page 13..

Date: [ca 1943]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-412-017-01

Description: John and Dorothy Pascoe at Manuka Point Station, upper Rakaia River valley, Canterbury, New Zealand. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.3 x 6 cm

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000703-F

Description: Land girls moving sheep on Robert McKenzie's farm at Mangaorapa, Hawke's Bay, 1943. Carol Sladden (front) and June Matthews (right). Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's caption, from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the first of the set of photographs at 1/4-000701 to 000738, reads: "With hundreds of Land Girls well established as experienced farm hands, it is interesting to see their way of life and work. These thirty-eight photographs give a balanced impression of what is a typical sheep farm..." Caption - Pascoe's caption for this image in Photographic Archive file 6/1/30 reads: "Ability to understand and handle stock is one of the important features of the work of any Land Girl." Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print and notes in Pascoe file. Robert McKenzie's farm identified from 1/4-000708. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-045887-F

Description: Group gathered around the fire, Manuka Point Station, 1943. Ted Porter is second from right. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Photograph Archive in Pascoe Album 7 (ref PA1-o-412), page 13..

Date: [ca 1913]

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-913

Description: There are six general groups of photographs making up this album. The first relates to a surveying tramp through part of the the south eastern Rimutaka Ranges. It begins at Wharepapa outstation west of Lake Onoke (Lake Ferry). There are views of Palliser Bay, Lake Ferry, Wharepapa outstation, the surrounding farmland, and people attached to the station. The survey team's tramp into the mountains followed the Wharepapa River north west of the station and then up the Papatahi stream to the Papatahi trig. Here they set up camp which is depicted under snow. They then moved south to the trig on Mount Matthews where they again set up camp. There are images of tents, men, native forest, Mt Matthews, the trig, dogs, the surrounding ranges, and views of Palliser Bay. The party descended with their equipment via Matthews Stream to Eglington's Whare at Mukamuka. The second group is a record of a family holiday at Tokaanu and Lake Taupo. Again there are views of the tents, and the party consisted of women as well as men, including Girdlestone's mother. There are images of the Tokannu River, the Tokaanu Stream, the Tongariro River, views of Tokaanu township, the Tokaanu wharf on Lake Taupo, boats, the Waimarino track, hot springs, rod fishers on Lake Taupo and the rivers, and the Tongariro Bridge. There are a group of images taken during a fishing trip and picnic at Waihaha, Western Bay, Lake Taupo, and a view of Waihi Village and the Waihi Falls. Another group of images of Maori were taken at Otukou west of Lake Rotaira, and include views of the meeting house "Okahukura". The third group of images relate to a survey camp in the Tokaanu/Waimarino area, though there may be camps in more than one location. The main camp was located at Tokaanu, but another is described as being on the Waimarino plains, and another is located on the Pihanga Saddle. There are views of the camp, tents, men, and of life in the camp such as hair cutting, and Maori visiting on Sunday (one of the team's members was Maori). Images of bush and distant views were taken along the horse track from Otukou to Tokaanu, and there are views of the Volcanic Plateau and Mount Ngauruhoe, Otukou Village, hot springs, Ketetahi hut cookhouse and springs on Mount Tongariro, Pihanga hill south of Tokaanu, the countryside and a climbing party on Ngauruhoe. The fourth group consist of twelve photographs taken in Pukekura Park, New Plymouth. The fifth group of 46 images record a climb up Mount Egmont. There are views of the mountain, native forest, climbers in the snow, and the accomodation house. One group of images consists of close ups of native alpine plants in flower. The sixth group relate to a walking trip on the Volcanic Plateau through forest and open country. There are views of the mountains, cliffs, a stream and celmisias in flower. At the end of the album there is a small group of miscellaneous images Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949- :Chiefly family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1775

Description: Seven photographs in a small album. The photographs were probably taken at `Dunvegan' Station, Mount Bruce, Wairarapa, in about 1910. Two women and a child are depicted, a small country school, a river, a native forest remnant seen over pasturland, and a small house. These photographs are associated with documents held in Manuscripts and Archives at MS-Papers-11255-2. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).