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Date: 27 Aug-24 Dec 1879

By: Couchman, Charlotte, 1829?-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-4174

Description: This letter to Couchman's family is written in the form of a diary and covers the period 28 August 1879 to 24 Dec 1879. Couchman describes the trip out to New Zealand, the family's initial job and living situation when they arrived in Wellington and then Bulls. The covering page includes some genealogical information. Source of title - Supplied Charlotte Couchman came to New Zealand on board the `Arethusa' along with some members of her family. They landed at Wellington but travelled on to Bulls. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 9 Jul-26 Sep 1872

By: Coleman, Catherine Jane, 1842-1916

Reference: MS-Papers-5320

Description: The journal begins retrospectively a fortnight into the voyage. Coleman describes the passengers, conditions on the ship, the weather, activities on board and there are small illustrations, eg the Southern Cross and fish. She also describes her first visit ashore to Lyttelton. Accompanying material - Typed transcript arriving shortly, to be added to this collection. Incorporated 21 September 1995. Accompanying material - Donor has included biographical information about the Maile/Coleman families and additional information about the `St Leonards' Source of title - Title supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 pages, 19 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (In handmade booklet) Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms R C Belton, Waikanae and Ms J G Belton of Amberley, 1995 Coleman has made a few illustrations, mostly of fish

Date: 1884-1889

By: Francois, Bridget Madge Isabel, 1902-1992

Reference: MS-Papers-10490

Description: Includes index to names and places mentioned provided by Marsha Donaldson. Original has been attributed to Hannah Seymour; diary transcribed and edited by B Ristori describes voyage on Zealandia, 1884, and life in Wanganui to 1889. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1872-1903

By: Robson, Charles Hepburn Orlando, 1855-1913

Reference: MS-Papers-6271

Description: Transcripts of diaries of Charles Robson and his daughter Amy Robson. Those of Charles Robson contain brief entries detailing his life on lighthouses around New Zealand from 1872 to 1903. Amy Robson then a 16 year old, recorded a trip on the Hinemoa around the Snares and southern part of of the South Island, arranged by the Government Light Service for her father and family upon his retirement. Transcripts made by Malcolm Robson. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 9 Jul-26 Sep 1872

From: Buckingham, Louise, 1937- : Papers

By: Coleman, Catherine Jane, 1842-1916; Buckingham, Louise, 1937-

Reference: MS-Papers-8916-1

Description: Photocopy of original journal that begins retrospectively a fortnight into the voyage. Coleman describes the passengers, conditions on the ship, the weather, activities on board and there are small illustrations, eg the Southern Cross and fish. She also describes her first visit ashore to Lyttelton. Relationship complexity - Original diary and typescript (MS-Papers-5320) Incorrectly identified by Louise Buckingham as the journal of Mr Lance. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photocopy mss

Date: 21 Sep-15 Dec 1870

By: Whitson, Isabella Hay, -1905

Reference: Micro-MS-0564

Description: Diary kept on board the SS Otago on a voyage to Dunedin from Gravesend, while travelling as a young girl with her parents to settle in New Zealand; gives a detailed account of daily activities and descriptions of persons on board Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 180 pages).

Date: 1883

By: Dempster, Elizabeth Aitken, 1863?-

Reference: MS-Papers-4162

Description: Diary kept by Dempster of her voyage from Plymouth to Napier (1883) at age 20 years old. Includes `Lizzie's farewell song Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Accompanied by `Lizzie's farewell' [song], by Elizabeth A Dempster (2 leaves, mss) Dempster, a single woman, left Ireland in Jan 1883 and sailed from Plymouth the same month on the `Rangitikei', arriving in Auckland in May 1883. She then travelled to Napier. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1885, 1989

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Olding, Jane Sophia, -1902

Reference: MS-Papers-4178

Description: The diary describes the latter part of Jane Olding's voyage to New Zealand on the `Aorangi' and gives her first impressions of life in the Kuripapango district. At the back of the diary are several pages of newspaper clippings. Also included is a transcript of the diary by Eliza Fielder in 1886? and Marsha Donaldson in 1989. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Accompanied by explanatory letter from donor Jane Olding sailed from London to Auckland on the `Aorangi', disembarking at Napier Nov 1885. She joined her brother, Robert Batley on his farm 56 kilometres past Kuripapango on the Napier-Taihape road, at "Moawhanga" [Moawhango]. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (55 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typed transcripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor's great-great-grandmother, Eliza Fielder, was a good friend of Jane Olding; this diary was found at the back of Eliza Fielder's journal (MS-Papers-4180)

Date: 1874-1875

By: McGregor, Peter, active 1874-1930s

Reference: qMS-1181

Description: Diary in the form of a letter, sent home to his parents in England, containing details of the daily lives of McGregor and his wife, Emma on board ship. Also a brief account of their first view of Port Chalmers. Diary is partly written by Emma McGregor Source of title - Title from first page Relationship complexity - McGregor letters (MS-1173) have same provenance Peter McGregor was a school teacher, first at Maheno (North Otago) and later in Dunedin Quantity: 1 volume(s) (44 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (27cm; blue linen)

Date: 1889

By: Clode, Elizabeth, active 1889-1894

Reference: MSX-3289

Description: Burnett begins her journal in Auckland, New Zealand, but moves to London after a month. She records in great detail every thought and action for 5 1/2 months; she is very miserable in New Zealand, referring to her `ignoble life' and occupies herself with journeys to the station to collect the English mail, driving miles to visit remote neighbours, swimming and horse-riding, and other country pursuits. When she leaves Auckland on SS `Zealandia' she refers to `going home' implying that her sojourn in New Zealand was of a temporary nature, possibly connected with her father's business. From Sydney Bennett travels on board the SS `Orizabi' to England. Back in London she is involved in a constant round of visits, social functions, theatre, etc. It is a very full record and provides an interesting picture of the life of an intelligent young woman of the last century. Included are a few theatre and dance programmes, and dried plants; as well as a 16 page list of `People met' with many comments, some unflattering. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (21 cm; marbled boards, phase box)

Date: 1880-1881, 1886 (transcribed 1980)

By: Fielder, Eliza, active 1880-1881

Reference: MS-Papers-4180

Description: The journal is based on letters written to Eliza Fielder by her daughter Mary and her son-in-law, detailing their experiences. Source of title - supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by an explanatory letter from donor to Marsha Donaldson and biographical notes and photographs of the Chappell family by Enid Peace Joseph and Mary Chappell sailed from London to Tauranga aboard the `Lady Jocelyn', Sep 1880-Jan 1881. Joseph, a carpenter, worked in the Tauranga district and Te Puke. Eliza Fielder was Mary Chappell's mother. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (56 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (photocopies) Provenance: Eliza Fielder is Thelma Burrow's great-great-grandmother

Date: 1889, [1892-1904], 1978

By: Goodman, Edith, active 1889-1904

Reference: MSX-7042

Description: Diary kept by Miss Edith Goodman on her voyage to New Zealand in Jun-Aug 1889 on the `Aorangi' from England and on the `Rimutaka' from Lyttelton in 1892, returning to England. She was accompanying Mr & Mrs Snowden and young family. For each voyage she has listed the passengers. The book has also been used as a scrapbook with manuscript and printed poems and and extracts. The volume was also used by Muriel Unsted in May 1978 when she flew out to New Zealand, leaving from Bangkok for Christchurch, travelling to Timaru, sightseeing around the region, and leaving for Adelaide from Christchurch. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Photocopy of passenger list for Aorangi, Jun 1889 (NZ Shipping Company. MS-Papers-4293-35) Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J S Gurr, Twickenham, England, Aug 2004 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Edith Goodman; part of PAColl-8103.

Date: 1841-1843

By: Arnold, Edward, 1823-

Reference: Micro-MS-0138

Description: Accounts of voyages on the Will Watch and the Rajah, and a letter from Isabella McCallum from Darlinghurst, Sydney, to Edward Arnold in Geelong, dated 14 November 1843, giving news of old mutual friends and events since Arnold's departure from Sydney. The letters contain candid comments on places and people visited, and his attitude to the treatment of convicts and Maori. They also provide brief descriptions of employment prospects, cost and living conditions in Sydney and Auckland. Arnold accompanied Bishop Selwyn as a servant on the voyage to Australia, ariving in 1842; they then sailed to Waimate in New Zealand, where Arnold remained for about a year. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (56 frames).

Date: 1881-1886

By: MacGregor, Agnes Susan Craig, 1866-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-4275

Description: MacGregor records the family's activities, shipboard events and travel conditions; later entries describe family life in Dunedin and Oamaru and the diarist's impression of herself (15 Jul 1881-6 Jun 1886) Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by 3 pages copied from Scholfield, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography relating to MacGregor family MacGregor was born in Scotland in 1866. In 1881 her father, the Rev Dr James MacGregor, left his teaching post at the New Free College at Edinburgh and emigrated with his wife and nine children to New Zealand. One child died during the voyage. The family settled in Dunedin for five months and then Rev McGregor answered a call to St Columba's Church in Oamaru. The diary was written by Agnes as a young woman of 14 on board the `Jessie Redman' which departed Greenock on 15 July 1881 and arrived at Port Chalmers on 24 October 1881. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (62 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)