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Date: 1864-1900

By: Rye, Peter Hugh Jekyll Lewes, active 1860-1911

Reference: MS-Papers-2177

Description: Central fragment of letter, describing arrival in Auckland on the Blue Jacket, Maori-pakeha relations, and his service during New Zealand Wars in Waikato Campaign and the siege of Orakau Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (and photocopy)

Date: 20 Jan-5 Jun 1854, 28 Sep 1854-20 Jan 1858

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1346-371A

Description: Describes voyage to Lyttelton, New Zealand on the `Royal Stuart' arriving Jan 1855. He describes daily activities and mentions fellow passengers. Also time spent in Wellington (including a description of the earthquake and aftermath) and Napier, voyage from Wellington to Sydney on the `Waterwitch', Apr 1855, and time spent in New South Wales, at Sydney, Wollongong, Angels - Cateract River, Campbelltown, Cordeaux Creek, Bargo, Cross Roads, and Bathhurst. The back of the volume has been used as a Cash book (receipts & disbursements) 20 Jan-5 Jun 1854, and for surveying/engineering notes and mathematical calculations Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1872-[ca 1887]

By: Mortensen, Hans Peter, 1862-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-3595

Description: Reminiscences describe the conditions on the voyage to New Zealand on the `Hovding' and conditions that confronted the Scandinavian settlers and their settlement of the Norsewood area. Source of title - title page Mortensen came from Oslo on the ship 'Hovding' in 1872 and settled in the Norsewood district Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 30 Sep 1874-20 Jan 1875, 2001

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Hilliker, George, active 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-7084

Description: Account of voyage from Gravesend to Port Chalmers on the vessel `Margaret Galbraith'. Hilliker was travelling in the single men's compartment and his brief daily entries record the ship's progress, vessels sighted, weather and events on board. He arrived at Port Chalmers on 9 Jan and took the steamer to Oamaru, his final destination, arriving on 20 Jan 1875. The account is written in the form of a letter which was probably posted back to relatives in England Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by M Donaldson, 2001

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: 1863 (1956, 1976, 1981)

By: Woodhouse, Jonas Eastwood, 1842-1897; Woodhouse, F R (Mr), active 1956-1981

Reference: MS-Group-2357

Description: Original log book of an account of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse of his journey from London, England to Southland, New Zealand on board the 'New Great Britain' in 1863. Also a typed transcript of the same. Woodhouse describes life on board the ship in detail, including the weather, food, entertainment, equator crossing celebrations, and deaths of other passengers. He also describes sailing past Solander and Steward [Stewart?] Islands and arriving in Southland where they were met by a pilot ship and assessed for quarantine. He gives his impressions of the bush, houses, gardens, animals, and pig hunting that he could see from the ship before they landed. Also includes a list of passengers on the ship, organised by county and country, and the words to 'Song of the New Great Britain' composed by Mr Robert Wotton - another passenger on the ship. Also includes letters addressed to Mr F R Woodhouse (a great grandson of Woodhouse and previous owner of the book) in relation to the log book (letters dated 1956, 1976, and 1981). Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Typescripts Provenance: Previously owned by Mr F R Woodhouse, a great grandson of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Modern First Edition Ltd, England, Jun 2014

Date: 1849-1870 (1909)

By: Orbell, Macleod Clement, 1838-1914

Reference: MS-1731-1732

Description: Includes description of voyage to New Zealand on the `Mariner' in 1849 Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; brown calf)

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1837-1850, 1896, 1933

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: qMS-2016

Description: Biographical notes on Thompson compiled by L H Sheat, 1933 (5 pages); typescript notes on John Wallis Barnicoat and Frank Ward (with ms annotations); letter to Thompson from J W Barnicoat on occasion of Thompson's Golden Wedding, 6 Jul 1896; Thompson's British Museum reader's ticket; letter to Thompson from C S Dubourg, Jul 1844; his surveyor's certificate, Dec 1879. Diary 1837 (written during a tour from London to Switzerland and back via France); diary, 1840-1841 before embarkation; letter-diary dated 26 Jan 1841, and diary re his voyage to New Zealand on the Lord Auckland, 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; diary, 1848-1850 (Richmond, Nelson); Mrs L H Sheat's transcript of 1840-1841 diary (all diaries and transcript are in back pocket) Thompson was surveyor for the Waimea Road Board and subsequently MPC Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; blue boards)

Date: 22 Sep-9 Nov 1887

By: Clulow, John William, 1854-1927

Reference: MS-Papers-6223

Description: Diary of the voyage from London to Wellington on the ship Ruapehu; gives details of shipboard life, notes on progress made. Includes notes on travel to Eketahuna by railway and coach, as well as accounts of auction sales of what appear to be farms in Staffordshire. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs S P M Argue, 1998

Date: 1834-1988

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2856

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1878-1879

By: Macauley, Samuel, 1861-

Reference: MS-Papers-4339

Description: The diary was written on board the Lady Jocelyn which departed from Belfast in May 1878 and arrived at Auckland in Aug 1878. Eleven leaves of the diary concern the voyage, the remaining entries are a `brief retrospective of his life'. Also includes a partial record of temperatures, 16 May-19 Jun 1878, recorded by the surgeon superintendent; abstract of the ship's log, 21 May-17 Aug 1878; partial list of single men on board; copy of printed brochure re Katikati settlement Samuel Macauley was born in 1861 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He travelled to New Zealand with his parents and sisters in 1879. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (29 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter(photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr R Macauley, Kohimarama, Auckland, Sep 1990 (A90-290)

Date: 1841-1949

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2847

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1852 - 1858 - 1854 - 1863

From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers

By: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898

Reference: E-199-q

Description: Comprises: 1 ink drawing, 3 pencil and wash, 10 watercolour, 18 pencil, 20 pencil and Chinese white drawings. Subjects: Scenes on voyage from England to Australia, 1852, including Trinidade, Bass Straits, shipboard life; New South Wales sheep stations, 1852-53; voyage from England to New Zealand, 1858; New Zealand views, 1859, 63, 83, 84, including Matanaka, Buckler Burn mining camp, Lake Tekapo. Other sketches removed prior to donation Title from ink inscription on fly leaf. Titles inscribed in album Inscriptions: Some items signed W G Rees, or W G R Stewart Grace Rees inherited the album from his father, Cecil Walter Rees, after whom Cecil and Walter Peaks, Lake Wakatipu, were named. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Pencil or watercolour, 580 x 127 mm to 170 x 250 mm ; 310 x 255 mm, 1/2 green calf Finding Aids: See shelf list for individual details..

Date: 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: Micro-Art-023

Description: Shows coastal profiles, view of missionary settlement, Paihia; pa of Kahuwera and other Bay of Islands scenes Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) Microfilm reel (26 fr.) ; positive and negative.

Date: 1850-1909

By: Baines family

Reference: MS-Papers-1125

Description: Correspondence and diary of William Mortimer Baines who came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. The papers deal with his interests in mining, timber and land. Includes letters from the Fooks, Dixon and Hunt families of Australia. Includes letters from Maryanne Verdon Baines (1859-1869), mostly to her husband after his departure for England. These are concerned to a large extent with her loneliness in Auckland and with plans for her voyage to England. In addition there are a number of letters written in 1869, by Maryanne and William's children, Fanny, Katherine and Rosa. Source of title - Supplied William Mortimer, came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. In 1869 he returned to Britain, although he retained a financial interest in land in New Zealand. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 10 Feb 1851-22 Mar 1855

By: Card, Charles James, active 1846-1855

Reference: MSX-5604

Description: In closely-written pages, Card describes in detail his voyage on HMS `Fantome' to Sydney, where he transhipped to the `Havannah' on 24 Nov 1851. He describes his voyages to and around New Zealand, to Fiji and Tonga, before returning to Australia and New Zealand in November 1853, where his captain died. He writes of his life and loves in Sydney and Brisbane from 1854 to Mar 1855, when he is reposted to England. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Title on spine: Charles James Card Voyage of H.M.S. Havannah 1851-1855 Card, who had been formerly on HMS `Rattlesnake', was in Portsmouth, England, when he was appointed in Feb 1851 as Assistant Paymaster to HMS `Havannah', then in Australian waters. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (176 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Clive Farahar and Sophie Dupre, Caine, Wiltshire, England, Mar 2000

Date: 1960, 1993-1998

By: Lash, Max D, active 1940-1997

Reference: MS-Group-0875

Description: Papers relating to Edwin and Ann White who settled in Waimea South, Nelson Also comprises corrected account of E Ireland's family history (qMS-1040), and Palmer family history, `The Palmer family of Milton Malzar' by Lash, in which he describes the history of the family before emigration, their voyage to New Zealand on the `Olympus' and their arrival in Nelson in 1842 and subsequent settling in Waimea East. Also copy of an article in an English newspaper written by Edwin White describing his experiences as an immigrant to New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Another copy of E Ireland's `Family history' at qMS-1040 Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 14 Feb-14 Sep 1857, 23 Dec 1859

By: Herapath, Philip, -1892

Reference: qMS-0950

Description: Diary of voyage to Auckland on the Harkaway, kept by Philip Herapath who was travelling as a saloon passenger with his wife Emma. He gives a full description of events during the voyage and fellow passengers. Also description of Auckland, social conditions, predictions of the future of the country and the import of gold at Coromandel Letter by John March (? possibly John Marsh), 23 Dec 1859 describes voyage on the Flora to Mangawai (? Mangawhai) near Bream Tail, Northland, and thence to inspect allotment of land at `Te Iha Arunganui'. Relationship complexity - Original copy of journal held at State Library, New South Wales, (see scan and transcript at B 127, digital order no. a1350004 and a1350279) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (431 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (35 cm; green buckram) Processing information: Archivists notes - John March previously identified as John Marsh.

Date: 6 Aug 1849-16 Jan 1850

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Slatter, George, 1806-1859

Reference: MS-Papers-7078

Description: Shipboard diary kept during a voyage from London to New Zealand aboard the Pekin, 6 Aug 1849-16 Jan 1850. Before arriving at Nelson he also described time spent at Port Chalmers and Wellington. The voyage entries mainly describe the ship's progress George Slatter, his wife Sarah and their five children, emigrated as steerage passangers aboard the New Zealand Company vessel Pekin Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript