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Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Thesis on T W Ratana
Date: 1955-1956
By: Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013
Reference: MSX-9229
Description: Thesis (typescript) by Henderson on Ratana written in 1955-1956. Submitted by Henderson for his Masters degree in history at the University of New Zealand. Includes annotations and revisions by Henderson. Also contains original photographs, illustrations and hand drawn emblems and symbols throughout the text. This thesis covers the history of the origins, growth and nature of the Ratana movement. See also MSX-9237 in MS-Group-2234 for another copy of the thesis, with many annotations and insertions. Publication - Thesis published in 1963 as `Ratana : the origins and the story of the movement', Wellington, N.Z. : Polynesian Society. Source of title - Transcribed from item Henderson wrote `Ratana: The origins and the story of the movement' (1963), and 'Ratana: The man, the church, the political movement' (1972). Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with photographs
Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Date: 1850-1928
By: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah; Chamberlain, Len, active 1994
Reference: MS-Group-0324
Description: Contains material about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah including prayerbooks, rules, theological letters, church activities (baptisms, marriages, burials etc) and administrative details. There is also material from other churches - mainly treatises, prayer books and magazines - including Pai Marire, Anglican, Catholic, Mormon and Ratana churches. There are various copies of Māori newspapers and legislation affecting Māori. There are whakapapa notebooks that relate to Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitane, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato. There are also other papers including clippings and photos from newspapers, and bird feathers. Title supplied by Library. See also Patete papers (MS-Papers-5689) and Duffy papers (MS-Papers-4190) for further information about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah. There is further material in the Turnbull printed collection, the photographic archive, and the newspaper collection (particularly in the Matuhi press). A Wairarapa-based Māori Church which eventually merged into the Ratana Church. For further information see MS-Papers-4190. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 25 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Provenance: The donor was the last person baptised into the Church. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 framed photograph of an unknown group performing in front of a wharenui and 2 unidentified photographs. (photocopies of these remain with the manuscript collection)..
Correspondence in Maori
Date: Oct 1920-22 Feb 1934
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-002
Description: Contains a copy of an undated submission to the Minister of Maori Affairs by a group of Whanganui leaders calling for a review of Maori land administration, requesting reserves and the establishment of a secondary school, and asking that Maori be given access to farminng assistance Also contains letters and telegrams about land issues, Nga Moteatea, whakapapa and the impact of the Ratana movement in the Far North Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Political material and correspondence, petitions, etc
Date: 1860-1935
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-19
Description: Contains holograph copies, made by McDonnell, of various 19th century documents including various letters and petitions, and the `opinion of the Attorney General as to the legal status of the Maori now in arms' There are also original documents from the 1920s and 1930s about Maori politics and political representation, and raupatu petitions from the Taranaki area Relationship complexity - Also see the Ngata family papers, MS-Group-0941 and MS-group-1140. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (61 leaves). Physical Description: Manuscripts and typescripts
Correspondence, accounts, reports etc re the Ratana movement and Ratana, and the Kotahi...
Date: 1919-1933
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-38
Description: Contains material about the Ratana Church and the related organisation, the United Maori Welfare League (Te Kotahitanga); there are letters and receipts relating to the purchase of rare books and the printing of various items for the Church and the League, information about the operation of `Te Whetu Marama' (the Ratana newspaper), newspaper clippings from Pakeha media (mostly derogatory) about the Church and printed invitations to various Ratana gatherings; there are also letters about land shares and an electoral petition Quantity: 1 folder(s) (ca 177 leaves). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter