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Date: 1840-1854 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: qMS-1337-1339

Description: Letters deal mainly with social and political events in and around Wellington and Hutt Valley Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; red linen) Finding Aids: Index at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MS-Papers-6902

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Maggie describing the voyage out on the `Sir George Pollock' in 1861 to Nelson, and her time in New Zealand to 1870. The letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Rev Thatcher and Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where her husband Rev John Herring was a clergyman until 1870. Accompanying material - Letter from Mr Herring to Rev Oppenheim of St James' Church, Lower Hutt re provenance and family history Transcripts made from poor photocopied typed transcripts held by Mr Herring's cousin living in Perth in 1972, and are not as full as the copy of originals at qMS Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original letters at qMS-0952. The transcripts are not as full as the originals Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopied) Provenance: The donor is the great grandson of Margaret Herring

Date: 1926-1959

From: Hull-Brown, Ian Norman: Collection

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Hull-Brown

Description: Includes a collection of ball programmes: Undated: Eastbourne Carnival Football Queen No 3 dance programme. Perfumed with Muguet. 1926: Public Trust Office. Annual dance. St Francis Hall Wellington. 11 June 1926. Programme. 1928: Government House Wellington. 25 September 1928. Programme. Government House. 12 October 1928. Programme HMS Dunedin. 27 November 1928. [Programme] Annual Charity Ball. Town Hall. 6th (17 July 1928), 8th (11 June 1930), 9th (17 June 1931), 10th (15 June 1932), 11th (7 June 1933), 12th (20 June 1934), 13th (26 June 1935), 17th (21 June 1939), 18th (5 June 1940) 1929: St Patricks College Old Boys Association. 4th and 6th annual ball programmes. 1929 and 1931. Government House Wellington. 13 August 1929. Programme. 1930: Post & Telegraph Department. Town Hall. 31 July 1930. Programme. [Vivienne Riddiford engagement party - identified in pencil on back, and with the initials "V&M" on front]. 21 October 1930. Programme. [Dr Herbert's 21st party for his daughter - identified in pencil on back]. 12 November 1930. Programme. Featherston Golf Club annual ball. 15 July 1930. Programme; and Menu. Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club. 8 May 1930. [Ball programme] [Palmerston North Golf Club?] Palmerston North. 1 August 1930 (shows humorous illustration of golfers on the front of programme) Masterton Golf Ball (identified in pencil on back). Programme 1930. 1931: B (Dr Herbert's daughter's coming out dance). 27 April 1931. Programme. 1932: Lever Brothers (N.Z.) Limited. Founder's Day celebration. Kirkcaldie & Stains' Ballroom. 16 September 1932. Programme. M.S. [and] J.N. [marriage?] 10 March 1932. Programme. J.P. [and] J.W. [marriage?] Dances. 21 April 1932. Programme Plunket Ball. Town Hall. 15 July 1932. 1933: Programme with red musical stave on the front. [Dr Herbert's daughter's arrival from India. 17/1/33. [Dance card]. 1935: B D G and F N G. 19 September 1935. [Marriage?]. Programme. 1936: Queen Margaret College. 22 August 1935. Programme (front half only) Public Works Department annual staff dance 1936 1937-1938: Marsden School. Debutantes' dance. 21.5.1937 and 6.5.1938. Programmes. George R. J. [and] Elizabeth R. [Ball] programme. 7.5.[19]38. 1939: Mayfair Cabaret. Shell Social Club dance. Thursday 29 June [1939] Post & Telegraph Department annual ball. Dance list and supper ticket. (5 different, including one dated 1939) Queen Margaret College. Debutantes' Ball. 18 April 1939. Programme. 1946: A T Young 22/5/46. Programme. General Motors. "Assembly line" of all those who have served General Motors for ten or more years. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George Wellington. 12 December 1946. Programme. 1948: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. 65th presentation of prizes and annuall. 17 July 1948. Wairarapa Hunt Incorporated. Annual ball. 30 July 1948. Programme. 1949: General Motors. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 15 December 1949. 1950: General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 14 December 1950. 1951: General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 13 Devember 1951. Programme. General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. [Three badges worn by Norm Hull-Brown at these events] Includes programmes: Wellington Orphans' Club. Annual ladies' night. Masonic Hall, The Terrace. 7 August 1930. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Bright and breezy". Majestic Theatre 23 May 1935. Programme. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Brighter and breezier". 11 July 1935. Programme. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Brightest and breeziest". St James Theatre Wellington. 17 October 1935. Programme. Disabled Soldiers Civil Re-Establishment League presents its 1941 monster revue, "Britannia". Opera House, 1-10 May 1941. Programme. 2YA Camp Entertainers come to town with a non-stop variety show. Town Hall Wellington. 25 March 1944. Proceeds to Wellington Red Cross. 2YA Camp Entertainers return to town with another Non-Stop Variety Show. Town Hall Wellington. 4 November 1944. Programme. Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association. Smoke concert. Town Hall, 8 September 1950. Programme (autograph B C Freyberg) New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Non-Stop variety show. Town Hall Wellington. 4 September 1950. For the UN Appeal for Children. One day of your pay will save another child. Compered by Selwyn Toogood. Includes invitations: Nga Tawa Old Girls and Wanganui Old Boys. Ball at Drill Hall, Feilding. 14 June 1937. Invitation. Ohingaiti Citizen's [sic] annual Ball. Friday 12 August 1938. Music by Wellington's foremost dance band, Henry Rudolph's Dance Band. Flier. Wellington College Old Boys' Cricket Club. Annual dance. 9 March 1940. Invitation. Also includes a receipt from the Wellington Performing Musicians Industrial Union of Workers for membership, Mr Hull-Brown, 3 May 1927; and a business card of Jack E Michel, trap-drummer and xylophonist, Fuller's Vaudeville, Ambassador Cabaret. (in "Programmes" folder) Quantity: 30 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) invitations. 20 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (programmes, etc).

Date: 1848-1904

By: Parkes, Samuel, 1790-1863

Reference: qMS-1627

Description: Letters from Samuel Parkes written from Wellington and Wanganui comment on the voyage to New Zealand and life in Wellington and Wanganui. Also letters from Susan Weller, Woolwich to her grandchildren, 1865-1869 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 items). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1917-1930

From: Kensington, Jacqueline :Photographs, certificates and theatre programmes relating to the Reeve and Oxley families

By: Kensington, Jacqueline, active 1995; Kensington, Iris Merle, 1905-1982

Reference: PA1-o-730

Description: A lot of Merle Reeve's relatives and friends, views of cities and towns, especially Palmerston North and Wellington, sports teams associated with Wellington Teachers College, Wellington Boys College, and All Saints Anglican Church, Palmerston North, in the late 1920s. Scenic views taken on holidays. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 23 Oct 1931-26 Apr 1932

By: Hunter, David, active 1900-1932

Reference: MS-Group-1191

Description: Journal kept by Hunter while travelling from England to New Zealand on the `Rangitata' and his return to England on the `Makura' to Australia and the Orsova' from Sydney from 23 Oct 1931 to 26 Apr 1932. He travelled with Ena Hunter. He describes their preparations, embarkation at Southampton, the other passengers, food (including menus), sea sickness, entertainments, the comforts and otherwise of the ship, his cabin, their passage through the Panama Canal and Armstice Day. They disembarked at Wellington 24 Nov 1931, and left for Australia on the `Makura' 7 Mar 1932, and for England on the `Orsova' from Sydney, 13 Mar 1932. In New Zealand Hunter spent time in Wellington, visiting the Alexander Turnbull Library, describing the work of the League of Nations Union in Wellington, visits Christchurch, the West Coast and Nelson where he spent some time, Wanganui, the Waitomo Caves, Rotorua and Auckland and back through Taranaki where he climbed Mt Egmont; he visited farms and factories, observed the opening of Parliament (24 Feb 1932) and visited the Gear Freezing and Meat Preservation Company. He attended many church services in various churches including the Congregational, Church of Christ and Presbyterian churches. Folowing his and Ena's departure for Sydney he describes the new Sydney harbour bridge, their visit to Tasmania and the House of Commons in Hobart, visiting to Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Colombo, the Suez Canal, Naples and Gibraltar, and an ANZAC commemoration service he declined to attend. The journal is illustrated and includes a water colour of the `Rangitata', newspaper clippings of portraits of various New Zealanders; and a copy of a letter from the Turnbull to the donor (1986). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and microfilm

Date: 1840-1844

By: Hine, Thomas B, active 1840-1845

Reference: fMS-Papers-3503

Description: Includes short descriptions of voyage to New Zealand in the `Martha Ridgway', very brief accounts of settlements in Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and of land sections held by the Hine family in those districts Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1840-1844

By: Hine, Thomas B, active 1840-1845

Reference: qMS-0960

Description: Includes short descriptions of the voyage out to New Zealand on the `Martha Ridgway' in 1840, very brief accounts of settlements in Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and of land sections held by the Hine family in those districts. Source of title - Supplied title New Zealand Company immigrant Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey pam case)

Date: 1906-1907, and [1940s-1960s?]

Reference: PA1-o-029

Description: Photographs taken on a trip to New Zealand by Dr Freda Bage, 1906-1907; includes several photographs taken by unknown photographers at later dates, most of new Zealand, but one of Rotten Row in London, and one of the Victoria Dock in Sydney. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black hard cover, cream binding tape spine, 230 x 300 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-0115. Transfer information - MS-0115.

Date: 1867-1888

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-1545

Description: Letters and newspaper clippings related to Mantell's political activities including, Legislative Council, Wellington Cemetery, Sir John Logan Campbell's land claim in Auckland, and Wellington libraries Quantity: 1 volume(s) (70 pages). Physical Description: Ms (25 cm; green cloth, in blue case)

Date: 1953

Reference: Curios-012-013-1/3

Description: Blue and white Pukeroa School jubilee badge 1903-1953 shows a photograph of the school building. Green and gold Victoria University of Wellington Alumni badge is rectangular. Circular Friends of St George's Chapel badge features a central red cross and a blue border. This St George's Chapel is probably the chapel at Windsor Castle. Quantity: 3 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal badges, circular and rectangular. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-172.

Date: 1842-1853 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: MSX-8805

Description: Letters, mainly to her father and husband describing political and social life at Wellington and the Hutt, with some correspondence from other members of the Swainson family Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (30 letters). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (30 cm; green linen) Finding Aids: Index available at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: 1932

By: Kilmister, Albert, 1881-1954

Reference: MS-1117

Description: Some early history of the Kilmister family and early Wellington as they remembered it. Details of voyage to New Zealand on the Lady Nugent, local Maori, and construction of houses and roads. Source of title - Spine title John and Frances Kilmister arrived 1841 on the Lady Nugent, lived in Wellington and Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1882-1884

By: Hill, Edwin James, 1860-1960

Reference: MSY-7003

Description: Scrapbook of clippings relating to greyhound coursing and racing, in which Hill had an interest, owning several prize-winning hounds. Also, some reviews of concerts in Wellington, in which Hill sang Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1947

Reference: MS-1821

Description: Account of the life of Robert Parker, with particular emphasis on his career as organist, choir conductor and teacher in Christchurch and Wellington Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, blue pamphlet case)

From: Rapley family: Family scrapbook

Reference: MSX-9098

Description: Volume is a family scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings, photographs and ephemera. One of the family members worked laying railway tracks for the Wellington Railway and there are numerous photographs of sections of railway lines and engines. Also patrotic poems; cuttings of Royal family members and Queen Victoria, New Zealand politicans, Wellington churches and obituary notices; articles on World War One soldiers. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1968

By: Aitcheson, Muriel Mavis, 1919-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-1353

Description: Provides an account of Captain William Lewis' whaling activities at Kapiti, Waikopu and Cape Kidnappers; Douglas Mary McKain's account of life on board the `Olympus' in 1841 and her early days in Wellington. Also includes reminiscences of early settlers and settlement in Napier and Wairoa by Mrs Robina Roe (1929). Also copies of family letters (including letter from Thomas and Susannah Barben describing the voyage of the `London' in 1840), extracts from diaries, genealogical material etc. Includes brief biographical notes about Erena Wharekiri, Ngati Porou wife of William Lewis, and their daughter Harata `Charlotte' Torr. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (52 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: Sep 1877-Dec 1879

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935

Reference: MSDL-1277

Description: Barraud records part of the return voyage to Wellington with her family on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington. Part of SBDD project Daughter of the artist Charles Barraud. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: Aug-Nov 1841

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Gollan, Donald, 1811-1887

Reference: MSDL-1259

Description: Gollan describes his feelings on leaving Scotland, his family and friends; voyage to Wellington, New Zealand on the `Clydeside' from Greenock via Adelaide (with refrence to fellow male passengers); short period spent in Adelaide en route; impressions of the settlement and aborigines; arrival in Wellington; European settlers; business opportunities; resident Maori (makes reference to cannibalism) Accompanying material - Typed transcript done by M Donaldson, 2007 The letter addressed to his friend John G Grieve of Whitsome, Dunse, Berwickshire was begun on board the Clydeshire on 16 Aug and resumed once he reached Port Nicholson on 8 Nov 1841. It was postmarked Dunse, 25 Mar 1842. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 1887

By: Williams, Arthur Scott, active 1887

Reference: MSY-6107

Description: Mr Williams collected all the ephemera material from his voyage out on the Rimutaka including a plan of the ship and his ticket, menus, passenger lists etc., there are also bills from hotels and clubs in New Zealand and tickets for excursions. There are several letters from people he met in New Zealand. He visited Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington among other places. He went onto Australia and returned to England on the Tongariro in May 1887. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased, 2005