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Date: 1 Jan-31 Dec 1877, 1876

By: Potts, Geoffrey, 1852-1929

Reference: MS-1787

Description: Daily entries of activities on South Canterbury sheep farm, with extra notes for 1876 and 1877 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (53 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey linen)

Date: 1873-1874

By: Middleton, Thomas, -1900

Reference: MS-1637

Description: Signature incorrectly transcribed as J Middleton Quantity: 1 volume(s) (107 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; green linen)

Date: 1891-1892

By: Williams, George Alexander, 1861-1938

Reference: qMS-2220

Description: Correspondence covers sale and purchase of stock and farm business; also obituary Source of title - Transcribed `Alick' Williams, grandson of Archdeacon Henry Williams, was manager of Pourere Station, Hawkes Bay Quantity: 1 volume(s) (122 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (28 cm; ½ red calf, black boards)

Date: Jul 1855-May 1871

By: Phillips, Henry, 1804-1877

Reference: qMS-1645

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (156 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm, green linen)

Date: 13 May 1865-11 Feb 1866

By: Langdon, Robert, 1810-

Reference: MS-Papers-3861

Description: Journal kept at Ngapopatu in the Wairarapa where Langdon farmed. Gives day-by-day account of sheepfarming and rural life Accompanying material - Accompanied by biographical information Quantity: 1 folder(s) (49 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J R Langdon, Tinui, 1983

Date: 1882-1887

From: Anderson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10737-1

Description: These are a series of letters from New Zealand by William Forster Mills and Helen Mills (nee Anderson) covering the period 1882-1887 and dealing mainly with the setting up and farming of a block of land in Rangitikei near Marton named Sudbury station by Helen and William Mills Accompanying material - Notes, `The Mills letters - 1991', by donor, accompany the folder Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1 Dec 1858-7 Sep 1869

Reference: qMS-1667

Description: Day to day account of station activities, weather, visitors etc, on a sheep station on the Maniatoto Plains, Central Otago Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; green linen)

Date: 1892-1964

By: Sunderland, Richard, 1880-1964

Reference: Micro-MS-0761

Description: Biography (3 pages) of his life, written in 1964. Also reminiscences (entitled Logbook) of his life up to 1916 as a sheep farmer on Mangateretere Station under John Lane for Nelson Bros Ltd, as manager of Hukanui and other Hawkes Bay sheep stations, and at Te Apiti. Description of 1897 floods and of people he worked with or met. Farm records, mainly of sheep and wool, at Swarthmoor, 1892-1894, made by Andrew Graham for Sunderland's father. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 72 pages). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: Sep 1859-Nov 1871

From: Bethune and Hunter Ltd (Wellington, N.Z.) : Records

By: Bethune and Hunter (Firm)

Reference: qMS-0219

Description: Records inwards and outwards movements and freight for the `Esther' and the `Ruby' (possibly other vessels) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (164 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (31 cm, green buckram)

Date: 1851-1858 (1910)

By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922

Reference: MS-1638-1642

Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly in the Mataura Valley, Southland, on Glenham Station. Includes 2 pages of photocopies of sketches by Mieville; and a Mieville and a Richardson family tree Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to New Zealand on the Dominion, and a voyage home to England via Melbourne, on `Thomas and Henry' and `Royal Charter' in 1857, and return voyage in July 1858 on the `Agra'. Includes diary entries written by his wife, 1854 Publication - Extensive extracts used by Herries Beattie in his histories of Southland Mieville and his future wife Fanny Richardson both immigrated to Lyttelton in 1851 on board the `Dominion' Quantity: 5 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (in red buckram hinged-lid box) Sketches by Mieville

Date: 1915-1916, 1919, 1921-1930, 1932, 1938-1944, 1946-1948

By: Jacobs, William Walter, 1866-1950

Reference: qMS-1044-1067

Description: The diaries chiefly record farming activities Source of title - Supplied The writer farmed at Loch Lomond, Waitangi, Chatham Islands Quantity: 24 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, 33 cm, ¼ cloth, boards, various colours

Date: [ca 1860-1900], 1910-1936, 1962-1973

By: Williams, Charles Athol, 1899-1990

Reference: 84-225

Description: Comprise for the main part financial records of Netherton Station, together with brochures from the various companies in which Mr Williams held shares, minor accounts, and correspondence and accounts from wool brokers, and from the Whakatu Freezing Works. Also includes some reminiscences of Archibald Puckey concerning William Puckey's experiences as a missionary in Northland, and a small group of letters from Jane Williams. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 box(es). 2 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1855-1912

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2989

Description: Selected records (mainly correspondence) from members of the Smith family relevant to Australia and New Zealand Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1882-1887

From: Anderson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4412-1

Description: The letters are written during the period October 1882 to January 1887 by both William Forster and Helen Mills to their parents and family in England. The letters deal mainly with their life at Sudbury, although the earlier ones deal with William Forster's time in Wanganui looking for land. William Forster Mills emigrated to New Zealand in 1880. He married Helen Anderson, whom he met here. They set and farmed a block of land near Marton in Rangitikei, named Sudbury. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1867-1915

By: Welch family

Reference: MS-Group-0016

Description: The collection comprises diaries kept by George on the farm for the period 1900-1903 which describe daily events in detail, such as family outings, household chores, trips to Wellington etc, as well as family letters Accompanying material - Accompanied by biographical notes, an obituary for George Welch and 2 family photographs George Henry Welch was born at Taita, in the Hutt Valley in 1859. He moved to Wairarapa in 1883 and farmed sheep and cattle during the 1880s and 1890s. He married Annie Kemble in 1885 and the couple had four children, William Kemble, Claude, Eileen, and Kathleen. The family homestead was at Miki Miki, north-east of Masterton and was called `Te Mara'. After years of ill health and depression George committed suicide in 1906. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: The papers were evidently found in an attic of the Te Mara homestead by Mrs Wright, a subsequent owner of the property.

Date: 1857-1957

By: Hunter family

Reference: MS-Papers-0049

Description: The papers include an almost complete sequence of 450 letters dealing minutely with David Hunter's management of Porangahau Station (1859-1877); business correspondence of the firm of Bethune and Hunter; George Ernest Hunter's letters which formed the basis of his travel book `Round and about'; genealogies, obituaries and much miscellaneous data, some original, on the streets and social and business institutions of Wellington Other Titles - Round and about Relationship complexity - See also Robert Henry Hunter. Notebooks recording comments and criticisms of G E Hunter's `Round and about', ca 1939 [MS-1056-1059, Acc 97,810-3]; Robert Henry Hunter. Account book, 1912-1950 [qMS-1027, Acc 97,809]; and Dorothy Hunter. Notes on holdings of stocks and shares [qMS-1026, Acc 97,808] Quantity: 176 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Partial piece-level inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Medals, camera, tin of pumonas and a writing-pad transferred to Curios.

Date: 1865-1878

By: Trolove, Frederick William, 1831-1880

Reference: qMS-2043-2044

Description: The letters relate to both business and family matters Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Typed transcript (Acc 83-150) Frederick Trolove owned Woodbank Station in Marlborough Quantity: 2 volume(s) (252 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph & typescript (23 cm; ½ red morocco)

Date: 1872-1905

By: Acton-Adams family

Reference: qMS-0002-0022

Description: Comprise correspondence, accounts, legal documents, articles and reports Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 21 volume(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (26-33 cm; ½ calf & 1 brown box)

Date: 1885-1897, 1992

From: Genealogical Research Institute of New Zealand Inc : Records, including family history research essays

Reference: MS-Papers-5051-3

Description: Describes life of Walter MacNaughton, first as manager of a Marlborough sheep station and who later as owner of Molesworth Station, before moving to the Wairarapa Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1847-1891

By: Ward, Joseph, 1817-1892

Reference: MS-2251-2306

Description: Diaries, weather reports and accounts, covering the whole period, frequently in duplicate; entries give full details of Ward's activities as surveyor and runholder, with numerous references to Catholic life in Nelson Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: MS-2253-2293 are arranged in 13 boxes. MS-2251-2252 and MS-2294-2306 are individual volumes Quantity: 55 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (Various sizes, various bindings)