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Date: 1832-1838, 1984

By: Armstrong, Max G, active 1975-1996

Reference: MS-Papers-3943

Description: Letters and journal of Anne Catherine Wilson, edited by M G Armstrong, with appendices, list of mss and printed sources consulted, genealogical notes re Wilson and Hawker families, photographs (photocopies) of family members and residences. Photocopies of holograph letters of Anne to her husband, 1835-1838; and photocopy of Anne's shipboard diary for 1832. Anne Wilson was the wife of the missionary, John Alexander Wilson who was attached to the Church Missionary Society. The couple left England on board the `Camden', a convict vessel bound for NSW in 1932, and arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1833. Anne spent most of the next five years at the mission station at Puriri, near Thames, with other missionary wives involved in raising her children, school teaching and household chores. She was constantly separated from her husband who spent long periods travelling through troubled areas of Tauranga, Matamata and Roturua. The harsh life took its toll on Anne, and after a long illness she died at Tauranga in Nov 1838. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - My hand will write what my heart dictates... Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) and typescripts

Date: 1885

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Coromandel sketchbook] 1882-1897.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-360-q-005

Description: A large tree, probably a puriri, at Herd's Point (now part of Rawene) Hokianga Other Titles - Puriri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 254 x 180 mm

Date: Jun 1834-Dec 1836, 2004

By: Stack, James, 1801-1883

Reference: qMS-1858-1859

Description: A detailed history of the mission at Mangapouri with emphasis on the relations between the Maori and the missionaries in the pre-European settlement period,as seen by a Church Missionary Society missionary. Also included are day-to-day accounts of journeys in the Waikato-Thames Valley area, of thens at Pahia, Puriri (Thames) and Tauranga, and of the wars in 1836 between Maori tribes in the Waikato-Thames Valley and the Rotorua-Bay of Plenty areas Source of title - Supplied title Variations in title - "Stack's Journal" on each section Quantity: 2 volume(s) (122 pages). 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (some photocopies) (34 cm; blue calf box)

Date: 1832-1836, nd

From: Wilson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5512-01

Description: Comprises Te Puna and Puriri journal, Dec 1833-Aug 1835; report on Church Missionary Station, the Puriri, New Zealand, 1835; journal for Tauranga 5 Jan to Sep 1836; and notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1948

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-380-033

Description: Shows branches of a tree, with epiphytes, and one or perhaps two small stitchbirds perched on or under the branches. Other works dated September 1948 are on Little Barrier Island, and it is assumed that this is also located there. Other Titles - Stitchbird Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 153 x 205 mm.

Date: 29 Apr, 6 May 2009 - 29 Apr 2009 - 06 May 2009

From: Honouring seniors oral history project

By: Sloane, Alice Annie, 1918-2012

Reference: OHInt-0979-06

Description: Interview with Alice Annie Sloane (nee Smith), born in Maungaturoto in 1918. Talks about the family situation at the time of her birth (when her parents lived on a farm at Kaukapaka), and their shift to a railways house at Puriri on the Hauraki Plains, when her father took a job there during the Depression. Descibes taking a job in the post office at Mata, south of Whangarei, at 18, community life there, and her close friendship with Erin Sloane, whose brother Ray she would later marry. Talks about working at various jobs in Auckland, where she met Ray at wartime dances. Describes the Sloane family's farm at Mata, where they settled, working relationships, domestic matters, land clearing and pasture development. Discusses life in the Mata community including the growth in population as farms were being cut into smaller units, school, Country Women's Institute and rural entertainments. Talks about religious differences in her family - she was a Catholic in a mainly non-Catholic community. Describes visits to Ruakaka, and to Whangarei - lists the businesses they frequented and refers to the delivery of meat and bread to the farm at Mata. Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001255 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 2 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 1 interview(s) over 2 days. 1.46 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7484, OHDL-001266. Scanned B&W photographs of: Alice Smith and Erin Sloane at wedding of Alice's sister, Helen (1947); Alice and Ray Sloane's wedding 1947; Erin and her horse.. Scanned colour photographs of: House at Mata in late 1960s/early 1970s; Alice at bowls (on right) Search dates: 1918 - 2009

Date: 1921

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-034

Description: Subject: Burtt's Farm; and site of fortified pa, Te Maunu-a-Tu, at western end of Paerata Ridge Extended Title - Drawing for Cowan J. The New Zealand Wars, Wellington 1922, v. 1, p. 275 Quantity: 2 drawing(s) 1 sheet. Physical Description: Ink, 55 x 145 mm and 52 x 145 mm on sheet 170 x 215 mm

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: 1885

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Bay of Islands sketchbook] 1883-1899.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-361-q-009

Description: Shows a large fallen puriri tree in bush. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 180 x 250 mm

Date: ca 1880s

By: Macquarters, J, active 1880s

Reference: PAColl-7252

Description: A group of men standing next to a puriri tree in the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain Reserve measuring 18 feet 6 inches in girth. The photographer is given as J Macquarters. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Royal International Hotel (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Auckland-1960s-01

Description: Pamphlet describes wood used in the panelling of the counter in the Greenstone Bar (rimu, totara burr, beech, kauri, and hinau, with strips of kahikatea, rewarewa and puriri), and the panelling used in the office counter in the foyer (rimu, kauri, totara burr). The interior and bistro stonework is also described (mica schist), as is the interior stonework (volcanic and other stone from Atiamuri) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet 134 x 352 mm, folded to 134 x 90 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in May 2010.

Date: Between 1958 and 1979

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA12-8835

Description: Images of a judas tree in bloom at the Rukuhia Soil Research Station, a magnolia flower, bracts of a davidia involucrata and a view of the tree, supplejack berries (ripogonum scandens), puriri berries, a red kaka beak flower, titoki flower and berries, kahikatea roots and berries, lemonwood flowers, a green kauri cone and a piece of kauri gum, a New Zealand hibiscus flower, New Zealand beech flower, a kereru, tree ferns at Karapiro, lichen on a bottlebrush at Rozel, lichen on a maple, and a small New Zealand orchid (earina mucronata, or peka-a-waka, erroneously named as erina micronata on slide). Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1833-1838, nd

From: Wilson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5512-09

Description: Comprises mostly letters to her husband, John, while he was at other mission stations in NZ, but also includes letters to Anne Wilson from Eliza Manwell (1835) and Elizabeth Geasey, both from Jersey, part of a letter from her mother (1832), Anne's last letter to her parents, and an account of Anne Wilson's death by Mrs A N Brown of the Tauranga mission station (1838) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Early 1900s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

Reference: PA1-f-125

Description: Album of newspaper and magazine cuttings, black and white photographs, and prints of colour illustrations. Mostly connected with New Zealand native trees, and the timber industry. There are pages dealing with different native trees, and then with the various processes involved in felling the trees; transportation, including horse-drawn, logging railways, and water-born timber using dams; and timber mills. On page [7] of this album there are three personal photographs taken by John Logan Campbell from his home in Parnell, used as Christmas cards in 1900 and 1901; on page [27] is a print of a photograph originally taken by Albert Percy Godber, showing a poster in Maori warning against carelessness in lighting fires in the bush (see full information about the original, in the record at APG-1454-1/4-G).

Date: [1880s]

From: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914 :Photograph albums

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Harris, J D, active 1880s; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; King, Henry, 1855?-1923; Lindt, John William, 1845-1926; Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: PA1-q-256

Description: Album compiled by Archdeacon Philip Walsh ca 1880s. Comprises views of Waimate North, Omapere, Okaihau, Kaitaia, Paihia, Kerikeri, Waitangi Falls, Rawene, Punakitere, Waihou, Thames, Mercury Bay, Whenuakite Creek, Remuera and Tamaki (Auckland), Mount Taranaki, Christchurch, Preservation Inlet, Wet Jacket Arm, George Sound, Milford Sound, Mount Pembroke, Lake Ada, Sutherland Falls, New South Wales and Melbourne. Includes views of timber industry (including dams), stands of kauri and puriri, horses, St John's College (Tamaki) and Christ Church Cathedral. Photographers include John Kinder, F A Coxhead, Stuart, Thomas Ryan, J D Harris, Henry King (New South Wales) and John William Lindt (Melbourne) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red morocco bound album, decorated with gold border, entited "Album" on spine; 31 x 26 cm

Date: 1937

From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938

Reference: E-251-f-1-007

Description: A branch of puriri showing pink berries beneath leaves Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour in album, page size, 255 x 361 mm

Date: [1880s to 1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Bulpin, I, active 1974

Reference: PA1-o-078

Description: General views of New Zealand taken in the 1880s and 1890s by various photographers including James Ring, Frederick George Radcliffe, Charles Spencer and the Tyree Brothers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan coloured album, 24 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by I Bulpin, Surbiton, England, 1974

Date: 1978

By: Jackson, Russell M, 1947-

Reference: C-079-059

Description: A pair of stitchbirds on a puriri tree near Mount Orau, Little Barrier Island. The female is perched on a rotten branch, while the male, with yellow flashes at the base of his wings, flies off to the left. There is also a male rifleman perched among the leaves on the right. Mount Orau can be seen in the background across a valley with many tree ferns and other bush Issued with a booklet by R B Sibson. Artist's proof copy Edition limited to 500 copies. 300 sets containing 7 reproductions sold at $190. An additional 200 sets containing two additional reproductions by Raymond Ching of the exinct huia sold at $275 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 420 x 592 mm

Date: 1866

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096121-G

Description: Puriri trees and scrub on the island of Te Oro, opposite Mercer. Photograph taken in 1866 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top right - 53 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000099-G

Description: View of the trunk of an old puriri tree. A boater hat rests at the base. Photographed by William Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Puriri tree. Gt. Barrier. No. 1116D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches