Places

Date: 1840-1904, 1951

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-1167

Description: A summary of the history of NZ rather than a personal record Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (137 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (25 cm; blue buckram)

Date: 1840-1854 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: qMS-1337-1339

Description: Letters deal mainly with social and political events in and around Wellington and Hutt Valley Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; red linen) Finding Aids: Index at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MS-Papers-6902

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Maggie describing the voyage out on the `Sir George Pollock' in 1861 to Nelson, and her time in New Zealand to 1870. The letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Rev Thatcher and Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where her husband Rev John Herring was a clergyman until 1870. Accompanying material - Letter from Mr Herring to Rev Oppenheim of St James' Church, Lower Hutt re provenance and family history Transcripts made from poor photocopied typed transcripts held by Mr Herring's cousin living in Perth in 1972, and are not as full as the copy of originals at qMS Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original letters at qMS-0952. The transcripts are not as full as the originals Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopied) Provenance: The donor is the great grandson of Margaret Herring

Date: 1848-1904

By: Parkes, Samuel, 1790-1863

Reference: qMS-1627

Description: Letters from Samuel Parkes written from Wellington and Wanganui comment on the voyage to New Zealand and life in Wellington and Wanganui. Also letters from Susan Weller, Woolwich to her grandchildren, 1865-1869 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 items). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: [ca 1904-1912]

From: New Zealand Founders' Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0227-09

Description: Clippings from the Evening Post and the New Zealand Times. Ludford's interests seemed to have been centred on Maori and early European history in the Wellington area, as far north as Otaki and Levin, with some additional West Coast, South Island material. Includes Bevan's `Reminiscences of an old colonist'; James Brown's reminiscences of the Hutt Valley; the Miramar Peninsular in Maori times; a reminiscence of the battle of Orakau by Wini Tana Tupotahi; obituary for John Plimmer; article on Henry Burling of the Wairarapa; reminiscences of John Kirkcaldie; tentative plan for proposed YMCA building, 1906; Pahautanui Pa; Wellington place-names; article on stoats and weasels; article on Kapiti Island; first report of the New Zealand Club, 1911. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1932

By: Kilmister, Albert, 1881-1954

Reference: MS-1117

Description: Some early history of the Kilmister family and early Wellington as they remembered it. Details of voyage to New Zealand on the Lady Nugent, local Maori, and construction of houses and roads. Source of title - Spine title John and Frances Kilmister arrived 1841 on the Lady Nugent, lived in Wellington and Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1842-1847 (1941)

By: Meurant, Edward, 1803-1851

Reference: MS-1635

Description: Dates covered by the diary: Part One: 1 Oct 1842-22 Sep 1843; Part Two: 5 Jan 1844-13 Apr 1845; Part Three: 1 Jul 1846-25 Jul 1847 Source of title - Supplied Variations in title - Spine lettered Murant Meurant accompanied William Spain as interpreter over much of the North Island and part of the South Island Quantity: 1 volume(s) (3 parts). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; brown morocco) Original sketches reproduced by carbon paper

Date: 1968

By: Aitcheson, Muriel Mavis, 1919-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-1353

Description: Provides an account of Captain William Lewis' whaling activities at Kapiti, Waikopu and Cape Kidnappers; Douglas Mary McKain's account of life on board the `Olympus' in 1841 and her early days in Wellington. Also includes reminiscences of early settlers and settlement in Napier and Wairoa by Mrs Robina Roe (1929). Also copies of family letters (including letter from Thomas and Susannah Barben describing the voyage of the `London' in 1840), extracts from diaries, genealogical material etc. Includes brief biographical notes about Erena Wharekiri, Ngati Porou wife of William Lewis, and their daughter Harata `Charlotte' Torr. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (52 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1914

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

By: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931

Reference: qMS-0205

Description: Prepared by J C Yaldwyn from newspaper cuttings from `The Canterbury times' (1914) in the Fildes Collection in Victoria University of Wellington's Library, with additions from the photostat copy in the Turnbull Library Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (44 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript ( 34 cm, red linen)

Date: 1821-1908

By: White, William Bertram, 1821-1910

Reference: qMS-2210

Description: Contains author's family history and an account of his voyage to New Zealand on the `George Fyfe' in 1842 and experiences in the Wellington region, principally around Otaki and Hutt 1842-1848, and in Mangonui as a government official 1848-1873 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (75 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (29 cm, green buckram)