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Historical articles and notes pertaining to Maori history
Date: [1890-1965]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6717-075
Description: Typescripts and photocopies of articles, `Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill)' by M H Wynyard; `Maori geographical knowledge and mapping; a symposium' by P L Barton (Turnbull Library record, v13, n1, May 1980); `A Sketch of Maori church work on the East Coast in early times' by J G Baker; letter with notes on Buin stone implements (1965); manuscript of Eruera Te Uremutu from the Polynesian Society library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Typescript with ms annotations Photocopy of ms
Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Diary
Date: 9-27 Feb 1836
By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899
Reference: MSX-3562
Description: The first part of the book is a diary which ranges from 9-27 Feb 1836, which provides a fairly detailed account of activities and events during his time with the Maori, while travelling around the north (Tai Tokerau). The other end of the book includes a pencil map marking areas from Whangarei to Pahi and lists of Maori words and phrases with English equivalents. Source of title - Supplied Missionary, printer, explorer, naturalist, politician Quantity: 1 volume(s) (40 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Contains small pencil sketches and two pencil sketched maps of the Whangarei/Kawakawa areas.
Davis, Richard, 1790-1863 : Replies to questionnaire from the Auckland House of Represe...
Date: 24 Jun 1858
By: Davis, Richard (Rev), 1790-1863
Reference: MS-Papers-3409
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss
Williams, Henry, 1792-1867 : Journal / transcribed by Rev L M Rogers
Date: 11 Nov 1830-16 Aug 1832, 1949
By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867; Rogers, Lawrence Moter (Rev), 1898-1984
Reference: MS-2411
Description: Spelling of names has been kept as in the original Quantity: 1 volume(s) (137 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, blue buckram)
Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records
Date: 1835-1969
By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington
Reference: MS-Papers-1925
Description: Extensive central records for major boards and committees, educational trusts, and cathedral fund (1899-1930). Also Bishop Hadfield's correspondence file for 1845-1903. Parish records for the whole diocese include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Maori census registers for Kapiti, Wellington and Nelson; Maori mission registers for Otaki 1852-1875 and Putuki 1856-1867; records of St Margaret's Church, Taihape Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 89-008, 87-181 and 94-235; MS-Group-0062 (St James' Church, Lower Hutt). Further Otaki Parish records are held by the Horowhenua Historical Society) Quantity: 210 volume(s). 213 folder(s). 10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - 29 numbered prints - Artist's impression of new St Paul's Cathedral (T V Ellis, 1945) - To Photographic Archive - Loose photographs mainly pertaining to St Margaret's Church, Taihape and district.
Taylor, Basil Kirke (Rev), 1831-1876 : Diaries
Date: 1861-1867, 1876
By: Taylor, Basil Kirke (Rev), 1831-1876
Reference: Micro-MS-0841
Description: Journeys around the Wanganui district ministering to Maori; records of baptisms, marriages and burials; military engagement at Moturoa 15 May 1864; meeting near Taumarunui between Wanganui, Waikato and Taupo Maori Feb 1876; observations on Maori customs, flora and fauna and nature of country traversed; Maori vocabulary; sketches Source of title - Supplied title Rev Basil Taylor was the son of Rev Richard Taylor Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 170 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm
Armstrong, Max G, fl 1984-1996 : Letters and journal of Anne Catherine Wilson / collect...
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
Whiteley, John, 1806-1869 : Journal of the Rev John Whiteley, missionary to New Zealand
Date: 1832-1869
By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869
Reference: qMS-2212-2213
Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)
Journals
Date: Jan-May 1846
From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Journals and correspondence
Reference: 91-169-1/1
Description: Contains loosely inserted pages of closely written notes regarding explorations and mission activity among Maori in the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay; Colenso details his encounters at various villages, his religous activites, and his observations of the Maori people that he meets and their social and cultural condition. He also discusses the wreck of the United States ship `Falco'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hadfield, Octavius 1814-1904 : Letters written to his family
Date: 1833-1846
By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904
Reference: MS-0922
Description: Letters written in England, Australia, the Bay of Islands, Kapiti and Otaki Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript (26 cm; red linen)
Williams, William 1800-1878 : Journal
Date: 1825-1855 (1964?)
By: Williams, William, 1800-1878
Reference: qMS-2248-2251
Description: This is a copy of the journal sent home to the CMS, and is a fuller account than that contained in the Private journal held in the ms collection Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)
Williams, Henry, 1792-1867 : Extracts from the letters of the Rev Henry Williams and hi...
Date: 1822-1824
By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867
Reference: MS-2409-2410
Description: Covers journey to New Zealand and life and relations with Maori at Bay of Islands; interval in Australia Feb-Aug 1823 Source of title - Transcribed Extracts copied by an unidentified compiler; vol 2 is apparently in a different hand. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (24-22cm, ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)
Henry, Annie (Sister), 1879-1971 : Papers
Date: [ca 1918, ca 1965]
By: Henry, Annie, 1879-1971
Reference: MS-Papers-2128
Description: Comprises photograph of the first house Sister Annie lived in at Ruatahuna (ca 1918) with related letter and four newspaper obituaries published at the time of her death (1971). Source of title - Supplied title Sister Annie was ordained as a Presbyterian deaconess in 1916. In 1917 she was sent to Ruatahuna to open a mission where she worked with Rev J G Laughton and Dr W F Godfrey. Until her retirement in 1947, she combined the roles of doctor, dentist, teacher, nurse and preacher in her ministry at Ruatahuna. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph; printed matter (photocopies)
Chapman, Thomas 1792-1876 : Journal
Date: 1845-1846
By: Chapman, Thomas, 1792-1876
Reference: MS-0498-0499
Description: Chapman was a CMS missionary stationed at Rotorua. For some part of 1845 he was also relieving at Tauranga Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (20 cm; ¼ fawn morocco, fawn linen)
Baker, William Te Huia Bailey 1828-1865 : Journal kept at Wanganui and Tolaga Bay
Date: 1849, 1851-1853
By: Baker, William Te Huia Bailey, 1828-1865
Reference: qMS-0117
Description: Refers mainly to his duties connected with assisting Richard Taylor in mission work at Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (104 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (30cm ¼ tan morocco, orange marbled boards, ¼ red morocco slipcase)
Gisborne, William, 1825-1898 : Journal of a trip by Messrs Petre and Gisborne from Auck...
Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847
By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898
Reference: qMS-0844
Description: Gisborne and Petre went by sea to Coromandel and then by land, first up to Thames and travelling up the river, passing through pa, including Opita, then to Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. They returned to Auckland by way of the Waikato River, passing through Maungatautari and Waipa. The journal includes interesting descriptions of Maori life and Gisborne meet the Revs Brown, Spencer, Chapman and Ashville [sic] and various prominent Maori. Variations in title - Binder's title: Gisborne journal The journal is loose in a cover with a typescript and index in an envelope at the back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages, 30 leaves)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (32 cm, blue linen)
Williams, William 1800-1878 : Extracts from letters to Mrs Heathcote, England
Date: 1865-1881
By: Williams, William, 1800-1878
Reference: MS-2437-2438
Description: Includes letters from Jane Williams. Extracts copied by an unidentified compiler. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (25cm, brown morocco)
Williams, Henry, 1792-1867 : Records of two brothers ... / compiled by Mrs E L Gardiner...
Date: 1823-1878, 1880
By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867
Reference: MS-2413-2414
Description: Extracts from Williams family letters and diaries covering the period 1823-1878 Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Full title: Records of two brothers, being passages from the lives of Henry and William Williams Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (Various sizes, ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram and black calf; MS-2413 in blue case)
Brown, Alfred Nesbit, 1803-1884 : Journals
Date: 21 Mar 1835-10 Apr 1850
By: Brown, Alfred Nesbit (Archdeacon), 1803-1884
Reference: qMS-0277-0278a
Description: Comprises typescript copy of Brown's diary (1835-1846); and microfilm printout (1847-1850). A journal kept while Brown was a missionary for the Church Missionary Society at Matamata, Tauranga and the Bay of Islands. He describes conversion and education of Maori, inter-tribal war while at Matamata and his journey on HMS `Rattlesnake' with James Busby and Samuel Marsden from the Bay of Islands to Queen Charlotte Sound (1837). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and microfilm printout (35 cm; red buckram & phase box)
Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers
Date: 1827-1828, 1833-1863, 1939
By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899
Reference: MS-0582-0585
Description: Volumes 1-3 contain a journal 1833-1852. Volume 3 includes the diary of C Davids, a carpenter attached to the Bay of Islands mission in 1827-1828. Volume 4 contains correspondence 1833-1863. The journals cover Colenso's Cape Reinga journey, March 1839; the establishment of the mission at Ahuriri, Dec 1844-Oct 1845, including a Wairarapa journey; Autumn 1846, Wairarapa and 1848 autumn and spring journeys including a crossing of the Ruahine range; Dec-Jan 1849-1850 and May-Nov 1852 Ahuriri journal. The correspondence includes letters of botanical interest from Allan Cunningham, and others from James Busby and William Hobson. Appended is an article on the kiwi and draft Maori-English dialogues. Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (27 cm; ¼ dark green morocco) Finding Aids: Indexed.