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Airey, Elisabeth Farrant 1934- : Renwick; the story of a pioneer family / Elisabeth Airey
Date: 1979
By: Airey, Elisabeth Farrant, 1934-
Reference: MS-Papers-2015
Description: Ms of book published by author. History of the family of Dr Thomas Renwick and his first wife, Adeline Absolon, and second wife Anne Smith. Adeline came alone to New Zealand in 1843. However, she found life in the colony dull and some time in the late 1850's or early 1860's returned to London. A year after her death in 1870, Thomas married Anne Smith. Born in 1844 Anne came to New Zealand with her elderly mother. After Thomas's death in 1877 she continued to run their farm, and a substantial part of the history relates to financial problems she had to deal with in order to keep it in production. Other Titles - Renwick; the story of a pioneer family Quantity: 1 folder(s) (93 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866 : Diary
Date: 16 Dec 1841-9 Jun 1851
By: Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866
Reference: qMS-1758-1762
Description: Saxton recorded both the minutiae of his daily life, such as food, crops he was growing, as well as observations on local politics, New Zealand Company affairs, negotiations between the Company, government officials and settlers and especially describes the discomforts and lowered expectations of being an immigrant. Not all persons mentioned frequently have been entered (see index for full list). Relationship complexity - Some original fragments at MS-Papers-0107 and typescript of fragments at MS-Papers-4417 Quantity: 5 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript with annotations by transcriber (36 cm; green linen) Finding Aids: Index is part of collection (qMS-1762). Provenance: The diaries were intended to be destroyed at the death of the diarist. However, they survived and Dr F A Bett, whose collection is now in the Nelson Provincial Museum, transcribed the extant diaries. There are two sets, one in the Bett Collection in Nelson, the other in the Turnbull Library. The Turnbull copy has many annotations by Dr Bett, generally with additions to the text. It is understood that parts of the diaries were in Greek and Hebrew but it is not known how much Dr Bett translated or how much of the diaries he retained.
Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878 :New Zealand House of Representatives 1860
Date: 1860
By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878
Reference: PAColl-D-0820
Description: Montage of portraits of the members of the House of Representatives. At the top is a view of Government house and grounds, Auckland. Names of those in the photograph added to the Name Field. Almost identical as PAColl-D-0821 except for the portrait of one member which is different. James Macandrew's portrait has not been included. Similar but not identical portraits on the montage at 1/1-003163-G, PAColl-6780, PAColl-0028. Edward Jollie previously identified as Francis Jollie, but Francis Jollie was not elected until 1861. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 745 x 610 mm with linen backing
[Crawford, James Coutts], 1817-1889 :View on Ministerial run. 1864.
Date: 1864
From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864
Reference: E-174-015/016
Description: Shows Sir Francis Dillon Bell's run, Shag Valley, 30 km from Palmerston, on the Pigroot road. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 346 mm.
Briscoe, Edward Villiers, 1824?-1899 :[Part of] Plan of sections nos 24 & 28, Hutt Dist...
Date: 1881
By: Briscoe, Edward Villiers, 1824?-1899; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)
Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1881/Acc.10470
Description: Cadastral map, with acreage and survey measurements, of sections 24 and 28, Hutt District, Wellington, bounded by sections 25, 29 and 31. Section 24 is shown to be owned by Fitzherbert and section 28 by Richard Barton. Shows the Hutt River's path as at 1881, the main roads, shingle beds, Waiwhetu Road, the town settlement of the eastern side of the river including the Mechanic's Institute, post office, family hotel, Whitewood Hotel, the new bridge's toll house, the new bridge, as well as the Railway Hotel and school house south of the bridge. Several properties, showing acreage and owners name are shown, including Mary Roy, Sir Francis D Bell and Henry S Harrison, T Burt, HW Petre, B Buck, W Bishopp (sic), G Hill, JL Phillip, J Dodd, W & J Hall. Stamped indexed. Written on map: 42/49. Registered DP 24 - 67. Written on map: See also plan 41/25, 41/6, 41/8, 42/32 DP 89 180/35, 180/23, 323 41/14. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, 44.5 x 60.4 cm. Provenance: From the Lance Hall Collection.
Wellington Regional Council :Urban portion Wainuiomata Section Hutt District Scheme. [1...
Date: 1964
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
Reference: MapColl-WRC-8-7/23/1-Acc.
Description: Shows proposed schools, hospital, roads and recreation areas including Francis Bell Reserve Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink on grey linen. Scale ca 1: 6336. 78 x 130 cm.
Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902 :Port Nicholson hills from Wairau. Oct 31 [1849]
Date: 1849
From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850
By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902
Reference: A-292-089
Description: A distant view of a range of hills, probably the south Wellington coastline. A sailing ship, and a smaller ship. An unfinished sketch, possibly of a hut On the verso of a sketch by Francis Dillon Bell (Waitohi, Picton, 1849, A-292-087) but it appears to be the work of T. B. Collinson Inscriptions: Recto - across top third of page. Date and title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 236 x 164 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].
New Zealand House of Representatives 1860 - Copy made by S P Andrew from photograph by ...
Date: 1860
From: Wellington Club :Photographs of Te Aro and the House of Parliament Representatives
By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878
Reference: PAColl-D-0028
Description: Montage of portraits of the members of the House of Representatives. At the top is a view of Government house and grounds, Auckland. Print made by S P Andrew from the original made by John Crombie in 1860. Names of those in the photograph added to the Name Field Edward Jollie previously identified as Francis Jollie, but Francis Jollie was not elected until 1861. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Title; Recto - beneath image - Key to those in the montage; Backing board recto - bottom right - Presented to the Wellington Club by Sir Harold Beauchamp Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 51 x 40.4 cm mounted on card
Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902 :[The harbour at Picton from the eastern side. Oct...
Date: 1849
From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850
By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902
Reference: A-292-090
Description: Looking from a hill down into Picton Harbour, with bush-clad hills all round On the verso of a sketch by Francis Dillon Bell (Waitohi, Picton, 1849, A-292-088) but it appears to be the work of T. B. Collinson Inscriptions: Recto - across top third of page. Date and title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 236 x 164 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].
Marvin album
Date: [Circa 1860s]
From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs
By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Marvin, William, 1834-1915
Reference: PA1-q-320
Description: Album of photographs taken during the 1860s by various photographers. All the images are related to Colonel William Marvin (1834-1915) who came to New Zealand circa 1858 and was possibly attached to the 70th Regiment of Foot during the New Zealand wars. There are many photographs relating to military activity, including military working parties at Fort Britomart; military and naval camps at Maungatawhiri Creek, Queen's Redoubt, Drury, Ngaruawahia and Albert Barracks; a monument to the 43rd Regiment at Gate Pa near Tauranga; Potatau's tomb with a sentry guarding it; and the Auckland cemetery. Many of the images are of Auckland, including `Hale's Boarding House, where I first slept in N.Z.'; `The Masonic Hotel where I was made a mason in 1861'; `My last batchelor home near Constitution Hill green, next door to the Dacres'; `St. Mary's where I was married 4th August 1862'; a long sequence showing Queen Street from different angles in 1866'; and various homes that he knew, including Heaphy's house in St George's Bay, Dillon Bell's House in Parnell, and `Little Sutton' in St. George's Bay. Other images of interest include a mining camp at Coromandel; the tree on which Volkner was hanged, with a seated group of Maori beside a whare; a Maori church that is completely thatched, in the Waikato; and two views of the sailing ship Ida Ziegler [i.e. Zeigler] `In which we returned from N.Z. round Cape Horn, 29th Jany to 1st May 1867'. Photographs in England are all related to Tipner Barracks near Portsmouth, and Malpas Cemetery, Newport Monmouthshire. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with albumen prints. Label attached to cover `Pictures of N.Z. (N. Island) & Tipner with captions by Col. Marvin'. Textured black cover; 30 x 24 cm
Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878 :New Zealand House of Representatives 1860
Date: 1860
By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878
Reference: PAColl-D-0821
Description: Montage of portraits of the members of the House of Representatives. At the top is a view of Government house and grounds, Auckland. Names of those in the photograph added to the Name Field. Almost the same as PAColl-D-0820 except for one portrait of one member which is different. James Macandrew's portrait has not been included. Similar but not identical portraits on the montage at 1/1-003163-G, PAColl-6780, PAColl-0028. Edward Jollie previously identified as Francis Jollie, but Francis Jollie was not elected until 1861. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 745 x 610 mm on wooden frame
Smith, John Sidney 1803-1880 : Account book
Date: 1864-1909
By: Smith, John Sidney, 1803?-1880
Reference: qMS-1826
Description: First 263 leaves are accounts, 1864-1877, of `Old Smith' who kept a store on corner of Molesworth and Hill Streets. Customers whose purchases are itemised include Sir Julius Vogel, Bishop Hadfield, Walter Mantell, Alfred Domett, Sir Edward Stafford, Sir Francis Dillon Bell. Index to this section at front Second section is accounts, 1894-1909, kept by J S Smith's son, Frank Smith, of Tunapo sheep station, Paekakariki Quantity: 1 volume(s) (306 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; brown leather)