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Date: 1841, 1871

By: Chilman, Richard, 1816-1877

Reference: qMS-0444

Description: Journal covers New Plymouth, 1841, and Auckland to London, 1871 on the `Nevada', then overland from San Francisco to New York, in connection with ironsand development on behalf of the Taranaki Provincial Council Source of title - Transcribed title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (189 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1829-1874

By: Arnould, Joseph, 1814-1886

Reference: qMS-0085

Description: Discusses literary, political, religious and social matters in England; comments on Domett's impressions of New Zealand, and writer's life as English barrister and later as Chief Justice of Bombay; volume includes 3 letters from William Curling Domett describing life as a coffee planter in Ceylon 1843-1844 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (36 items). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss (31cm, ½ maroon morocco box)

Date: 1863-1865

By: Cottle, Henry Wyatt (Rev), 1801-1871

Reference: qMS-0561

Description: Account of the voyage from England to New Zealand in the sailing ship `Annie Wilson' of Rev Henry Wyatt Cottle, of Harford parish, near Ivybridge, Devon, and his subsequent settlement in Port Albert and Whangarei. The shipboard account is in the form of a letter to his sister Charlotte, dated 18 June 1863 Rev Cottle and his wife Alice were travelling cabin class Quantity: 1 volume(s) (128 f). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green linen)

Date: 1851-1926

By: Hall-Jones, William (Hon Sir), 1851-1936

Reference: MS-Papers-6186

Description: Draft autobiography by Sir William Hall-Jones. The author writes of himself in the third person, under the name of of Tommy, and uses the pseudonym of Wm J Lenohals. Covers early life in Folkestone, working as a carpenter and builder in Timaru, local body activity, career in Parliament and as a Minister, term as High Commissioner in London, and later life. Includes thoughts, opinions, verse, clippings and pasted-in photographs. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts with holograph annotations, printed matter (photocopies) Finding Aids: Indexed.

Date: [1950s]-2006

From: Clark, Judith Ann, 1931-2014: Photographs

By: Sparrow, Margaret June (Dame), 1935-

Reference: PA1-o-1941

Description: Album of photographs of Judith Clark and other people in [1950s] and [1980s]-2006, taken by unidentified photographers. Some images have handwritten captions on floral stickers and some on reverse of prints. The cover image is a head and shoulders portrait of Clark taken in 1998. Contains photographs that mainly feature Clark and other people at social gatherings and parties, with some people identified. One image shows a conga line dance. Other images of note include Clark "with Betty and Bryan" on Auckland waterfront during an Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand conference (2002); 'The Family of Man', an unfinished cast bronze sculpture by Babara Hepworth, with large building in the background, at Snape Maltings; Clark with Kate Miller at Aldeburgh, in Suffolk, United Kingdom; a Zonta Christmas party (1981); "Ian and Val" (1997); a baby in white and adults in formal clothing, inside a church labelled "Rose Bromley"; a portrait of an unidentified wedding party taken inside a house; Clark with [her students?] Hao Chen and Piers Lane, and Clark sitting at a piano with Hao Chen holding flowers and trophies; and Clark petting a young deer. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 20 colour original photographic prints and one black and white original print. Physical Description: Plastic flipbook album with some annotations 16 x 12.5 cm

Date: 1926-1992

By: How, Reginald, active 1931-1992

Reference: MSZ-1670

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Reginald How, member of the Manawatu Parachute Club, on parachuting in New Zealand and around the world from 1926 to 1992. Contains newspaper clippings covering matters relating to parachuting including personalities, deaths and accidents, training (in New Zealand, Australia, and Russia), paratroopers in World War II (articles relating to military strategy and training of British, German, Japanese, and Russian paratroopers), competitions (including the World Parachuting Championships), clubs (including the New Zealand Federation of Parachute Clubs, Manawatu Sky Diving Club, Auckland Parachute Club, and the Caterpillar Club), recreational parachuting, design and materials, planes used in parachuting exercises, and advertisements for parachute products (including Irvin Chair Chutes). Most articles are accompanied by extensive photographs and some other illustrations. Includes articles about both men and women in the sport. Sports relating to parachuting covered in the scrapbook include skydiving and the development of wing suits. Figures identified or pictured in the clippings include Brian Musson, Gwynne Johns, Leo Valentin, Peter Hazelhurst, Chris Summerville, Denny Main, Haakon Q'Viller, L E A Hayward, Raymond Quilter, Peter Dawson and his wife, Noeline Larder, and Major A E Thresh. Publications include New Zealand Freelance, Flight, The Weekly News, London Illustrated News, Flying, Newnes Practical Mechanics, Look, Popular Flying, and Picture Post. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Loose clippings have been placed in acid free sleeve at the back of the folder Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Purchased at Hayward's Rare & Collectable Book Auction 24 July 2014, lots 236, 238, and 476. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Auction 2014 Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Eph-B-Skydiving-1900s (PR-14-0335).

Date: 2005

From: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-: Collection relating to Hilton Raymond Porter

By: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-

Reference: fMS-Papers-8389

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Patricia Howson on her father, Hilton Raymond Porter, actor and broadcaster, and on his wife, Dorothy Woolley. Comprises newspaper cuttings, photographs, original letters, lists and other documents, programmes, official circulars and forms, covering all of the career of Hilton and Dorothy Porter. Includes documents and other papers relating to the torpedoing of the passenger ship `Athenia' in 1939. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typsecript, printed matter, photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Patricia Howson, 2005 Processing information: Group record created and this item added to the group 21 August 2020.

Date: [1928-1962]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-059

Description: Programme, Trooping of the colour (1928); leaflet, London House of Citizenship; invitation to NZ Centennial luncheon with list of settlers now resident in Masterton and district who have lived 75 years or over in the Dominion (1940) and UK Conservative sticker Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-q-094

Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: 1839-1894

By: Smales, Gideon, 1817-1894

Reference: Micro-MS-0304

Description: Includes shipboard journal kept on board the `Triton' from Bristol to Hokianga, 1839-1840; record of a journey from Mangungu to the Bay of Islands and from there to the Thames in search of the body of Rev John Bumby, 1840; journal of the trip in 1842 from Hokianga to Aotea Mission Station and back via Auckland; notes and draft letters before, during and after the voyage from New Zealand to England on board the `Sussex', 1859; journal of the voyage from England to New Zealand aboard the `Nourmahal', 1859; notebook, 1860; extracts from the log of the `Northumberland on the voyage from Auckland to London, 1862; copies of poems; M A Smales exercise book, 1863, with some miscellaneous papers; journal of voyage from Auckland to San Francisco in the steamship `Nebraska', 1871; copies of articles from the `New Zealand Herald, 1893-1894 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (958 frames). Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 30 September 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is in the staff backfile..