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Date: 1873-1928

By: Baker, Josephine Harriette Anne, 1858-1913

Reference: MS-Papers-0167

Description: Mainly diaries and inward correspondence from her husband, relations and friends including Flora Acland, 1879-1885; Fanny Bagot, 1875-1876; her grandmother, F. A. Dicken, 1879; sister Ada Dicken, 1876-1899, Beatrice `Bebe' Knight, 1899, and Eleanor Inman, 1873-1899; Emma Packe, n.d.; her aunt Augusta Parker, 1875-1889; and Amelia Soder, 1885; referring to domestic events. Includes reminiscences of her childhood in England written between 1891 and 1905. Also essays, recipe books, poetry, sketches and other writings, as well as some personal material associated with her husband who had a private school for boys at French Farm, Akaroa Includes shipboard diary kept by T S Baker on board the Dallam Tower, 11 May-26 Jul 1873, and a fragment of the original passenger list. The ship left London in May 1873. The ship encountered a cyclone in July 1873 which dismasted the ship. Some passengers were transshipped to the `Cape Clear' for Sydney and others stayed on the `Dallam Tower' to Melbourne where they transshipped to the SS Albion for the final voyage to New Zealand Josephine `Dodo' Dicken emigrated from England in 1873 with her father Thomas and sisters and brothers. The Family settled on a property at French Farm, Banks Peninsula. She married Thomas Southey Baker in Christchurch, 17 December 1878. They had four daughters. Quantity: 86 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: ca 1940s

By: Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-4545

Description: Three photographs of the shop floor of the Die Casting & Plastics Co, a subsidiary of Vale & Company Ltd of Christchurch showing a man operating a small furnace, two men operating other machines, and men and women doing drilling, checking etc. Also a photograph of sterilising equipment in situ made by Vale & Co. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Details of deposit unknown except "from Dept of Ind and Comm" annotation on the reverse of the prints

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-057

Description: The essay details the German origins of the Hessey family, lives of Nottinghamshire forebears of Joseph and Jane Hessey and family who immigrated to Australia in 1858 on the `Melbourne'. Jane died during the voyage and James married Caroline Stuart, a widow, in Melbourne in 1861. James and Caroline came onto Canterbury in 1862 and settled at Waikuku Creek near to James' daughter Mary and her husband John Ranby. The essay details the lives of all of Joseph Hessey's children who settled in Canterbury and Masterton areas. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs, one of which is wedding photograph of Grace Hessey and Frank Allsop, taken in Christchurch 1912

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-029

Description: Orari Homestead (South Canterbury), the home of the Tripp family, with its surrounding garden and a woman standing to the left in the foreground. Hills in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: Mar-Apr 1893

By: Westland, Janet Mildred, active 1874-1893

Reference: Micro-MS-0924

Description: Record of a six day camping trip made up the Rakaia River to the Canterbury foothills. Account was privately printed (16 pages) in England (Farmer & Sons, 295 Edgeware Road, London) by the writer's mother, Mrs Jackson, from letters and manuscript, supplimented by a printed account which appeared in the Christchurch paper shortly after their return. It is thought to be the only surviving copy. James Westland's rather shorter account was printed in the "New Zealand Alpine Journal" in 1893. Source of title - Title page Jessie Westland (nee Jackson) was married to James Westland. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (49 frames). Original had photographs inserted which had been taken on the trip. Scenes had been identified and captions added by John Pascoe, Jul 1958.

Date: 1944

By: Le Fleming, Eliza Ann, 1892-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-5253

Description: The memoirs are those of the daughter writing about her mother's experiences as a settler and pioneer in the Timaru and Taranaki districts. Accompanying material - Accompanied by genealogical chart and notes relating to the Kelland and Le Fleming families Martha Le Fleming (nee Kelland) came to New Zealand ca 1865 and lived first in Timaru and settled in Otakeho, Taranaki, 1881. Her daughter Bessie (Eliza Ann) wrote the memoirs after her mother's death in 1944. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr G C Palliser, Lower Hutt, 1995

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-094

Description: The essay covers the period 1842-1939 and details the lives of Mary Jane and Thomas Moses who came to New Zealand on the `Waikato' in 1878 and settled at Otaio, Canterbury; and David and Elizabeth Hampton who arrived on the Victory in 1859 and also settled at Otaio in Canterbury. The story then traces the lives of their off-spring Annie Moses who married Henry Hampton, and the couple eventually moved to Australia. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Photographs of David and Elizabeth Hampton; Henry and Annie Hampton; Ted and Ettie Smidt on their wedding day; Moses family in 1897 standing outside their home

Date: 9 Mar 1994

By: Women's Suffrage Statue Committee

Reference: MS-Papers-5024

Description: Comprises minutes concerning the Kate Sheppard National Memorial Appeal, and a schedule of costs from the Christchurch City Council Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Includes covering note from Jean Garner Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Ms Jean Garner, 1994

Date: 1949-1962

From: Warner, Eric, 1933-2010 :Photographs, particularly of woodchopping

Reference: PA1-q-1144

Description: Amateur athletes and amateur athletic sports, with Eric Warner in many of the events. Includes - Wellington Technical College sports, 1949. W C (N I) Centre Championships at Whanganui, 17 February 1962. All of the other athletic events recorded, took place at Otorohanga, Raetihi, and Waimate, from 1954 to 1960. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1852-1855

By: Rose, Louisa George, 1820-

Reference: MS-Papers-2314

Description: In these four letters to her sister, Constance Smith, Louisa described her new home, the shortage of servants, the prospects for bringing up and educating children successfully in the colony, and social life in Christchurch. Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - "Poaching song", "Traits of French character" (a poem), and brief notes on dates of birth of members of the Rose family (none apparently written by Louisa Rose) Louisa George Rose and her husband, Conway Lucas Rose, arrived in Canterbury on the "Midlothian" on 8 Oct 1851. They came to the colony with the intention of staying ten years but left after only three years. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 letters, 31 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [189-]

By: Clifford, Henry Herbert, 1872-1949

Reference: PA7-40-15

Description: Backlit portrait of Lady Bowen. Side view looking down with half-closed eyes. She is wearing a black velvet ribbon at her neck and a gown with a lace collar. Portrait by Clifford of Christchurch. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom right - Clifford, Christchurch, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 15 x 10.5 cm

Date: 1929-1948

By: Kendall, Leslie Frank, active 1920-1950

Reference: PA1-o-717

Description: Album compiled by Lesley Frank Kendall. The first section relates to tramping and the Mount Egmont Alpine Club. This includes - A large group of people on a mountain tramp ca 1929. Climbers on Mount Egmont. Building the first Syme Hut on Fantham's Peak, Mount Egmont, 1930. Military training camp at Long Bay. Emerson Street, Napier, in ruins, 1931. Two men on a motorcycle holiday. Group of photographs of the Wairarapa and Tararua Ranges. This includes - Men hunting in the Palliser Bay area. Views of the Rimutaka Range and road. Climbers on Mount Hector, Tararua Range, and at Kime and Field's huts. View of the Balclutha road bridge (built between 1933 and 1935). Kendall family members and a motor holiday in Central Otago ca 1936. This group also includes Queentown, the Buller Gorge, the DH 86 aircraft `Karoro,' and Canterbury. Views of Napier rebuilt. Sports matches include - New Zealand versus India, hockey, 1938. Otago versus Canterbury, rugby (probably Ranfurly Shield) 1938. Photograph group relating to a holiday in Auckland. Photograph group relating to a holiday at The Portage, Kenepuru Sound, Marlborough. Family gathering. Lesley Kendall in military uniform and Norma Clout on their wedding day, ca 1940. Group of photographs of unidentified children, people and places. Pig hunting trip, locality unidentified. Group of photographs of Lesley and Norma Kendall's first baby. Holiday on the South Island's West Coast. Wanganella on Barrett Reef, Wellington Harbour, 1948. Views of Ohinemutu and Whakarewarewa. Group of photographs relating to the Royal New Zealand Air Force training school at Levin, Second World War. Family photographs, views of Wellington, the Putangirua Pinnacles Palliser Bay, and Picton. Groups of people on holiday at Paraparaumu, 1930s. Groups of people on a day out at Ohariu Valley, Wellington, 1930s. Wellington College Mod. VB class, 1929. Lesley Kendall with athletic trophies for the 1929-1930 season. Family photographs, 1920s-1940s. House on Maungakiekie Avenue, One Tree Hill, Auckland. Group photograph of a dance party, Mount Eden, Auckland, 1930s. Two photographs of New Zealand Air Force groups, Second World war. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1949 - 1851

Reference: A-163-019

Description: Two women and a child seated inside an A-frame structure with a canvas roof. The women are seated at a table and sewing. Beyond them is a piece of furniture, possibly a dresser, with a clock, ornaments and books on shelves. There is a wooden door opened at the front of the view Copied from Dr Barker's sketch `Studdingsail Hall, Christchurch, Jan 22/51' in Canterbury Museum. Drawn for reproduction in Andersen, J C Old Christchurch, 1949, plate 37, p. 61. Inscriptions include in pencil, below the work 'Plate 38, p. 62' Artist's initials, lower left, illegible, but may read L E W On same sheet as A-163-018 Studdingsail (or Studding Sail) Hall was Dr Barker's name for his first, temporary home in Christchurch, whose roof was made from a sail from the ship Charlotte Jane Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink wash, 187 x 152 mm Provenance: Purchase: Smith's bookshop, Christchurch, 1963

Date: 21 Jun 1877

By: Macrae, Farquhar, -1920

Reference: MS-Papers-2596

Description: Reference from Macrae at Auckland University College supporting Kate Edger's application for the office of assistant teacher in the Girls' High School proposed to be established in Christchurch Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1907?

By: Lewis, Ellen, active 1899-1907

Reference: MS-1149

Description: Brief details of family, family and domestic matters Source of title - Supplied Ellen Greenall married David Elliot Lewis in Pleasant Valley Anglican Church ca 1899. They lived on the Te Mara estate near Geraldine. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (44 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (26 cm; navy spine, brown boards)

Date: 1885-1886

By: Mason, George Edward (Rev), 1847-1928

Reference: PA1-f-253

Description: Album of photographs collected by Rev G E Mason on a trip around the world in 1885-1886. Comprises photographs of California, Tasmania, Sydney, Ceylon, Egypt and New Zealand. In 1884 the Bishop of Lichfield recieved a request from the bishops of Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand, to send clergy to conduct missions in their dioceses. To this end he invited Rev G E Mason, and Rev Charles Bodington to do the job. The two clegymen left Liverpool for the United States on the 4th of July 1885, spent a summer in New Zealand, and returned to England in September 1886. (Info from "Round the Round World on a Church Mission," Rev G E Mason, Society for the promotion of Christian knowledge, London, 1892). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive.

Date: 1851

By: Bowen, Georgiana Elizabeth, 1810-1902

Reference: qMS-0264

Description: In these two letters Mrs Bowen describes her family's arrival at Lyttelton on the `Charlotte Jane' on 16 Dec 1850, and the early attempts of the settlers to make homes in Canterbury. She discusses the cost of living and the roughness of accommodation in considerable detail. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm, grey pam case)

Date: 1961-1998

From: Greenaway, Richard Lawrence Norman, 1948- : Papers relating to historical research

Reference: MS-Papers-6336

Description: Comprises copy of letter from Denis Glover to Greenaway with reminiscences of Ethel Hawker (1978); selection from article in `The Press' following Hawker's retirement from the Christchurch Classical Association (1950); brief extract with Miss Steven of the Classics Dept, University of Canterbury, re Hawker; report on Hawker's bequest (The Press, 8 Aug 1961); and copy of donor's letter re collecting of this material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

By: Rolleston, Sarah Jane, active 1990

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-065

Description: The story of the Penberthy family in Christchurch. Henry and Grace Penberthy (nee Bennetts), their family and two Symons relatives came to Canterbury as assisted immigrants on the `Huntress' in 1863. The essay traces their lives and those of their descendants. It looks at their connections with the Wesleyan Church in Christchurch with particular reference to the Wesleyan Day Schools in High Street and Durham Street North. The conditions many of the family encountered working in the clothing industry are looked at. Reference is made to the Merivale Rugby Football Club and the 1901 Cheviot Earthquake. Includes references to Anna Buller and her father Rev James Buller, George Gould, John and Mary Jane Cumberworth, Thomas Bone, William Jewell and family, William Strange Six generation family tree, and extensive bibliography Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs: Henry Penbarthy FitzGerald, Mary Elizabeth FitzGerald & Geraldine FitzGerald; group of young girls at Phillipstown Primary School, Christchurch, ca 1904-1908; William Symons Penberthy, Elizabeth Hannah Penberthy (nee Butcher), Dorothy Phyllis Penberthy & Marjorie Mary Penberthy, ca 1897; a tailor's workshop, Christchurch, undated

Date: 1850

By: Cridland, Henry John, 1821-1867

Reference: C-014-002

Description: View of Lyttelton from Governor's Bay, with an artist sketching by an arched rock and two women with small children on the left, a small row-boat in the middle ground, Lyttelton with about a dozen buildings and the Sumner Road clearly formed, H.M.S.Fly in the harbour with several other vessels, Mount Pleasant 1870 feet marked to the left and the vegetation on the surrounding hills indicated Map on verso: Chart of Banks Peninsula / C.Heaphy, 1849 (C-014-002-1) Drawn at the period when the first Pakeha settlers arrived at Lyttelton to colonise Canterbury Other Titles - Township of Lyttelton Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title, signature & date in ink; above image: height of mountain & details about vegetation (in pencil) Quantity: 2 watercolour(s) plus one hand-coloured lithograph. Physical Description: Monotone wash over pencil 282 x 561 mm on sheet 435 x 561 mm (irregular) Processing information: Removed from: Great Britain. Parliamentary Papers, 1850, cd [1136] facing p.67, housed in Reference Collection at q328.42 until 1989.