Places

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-007

Description: Lake Browning in the centre, the Southern Alps beyond. Named features are Hall Glacier, Twin Peaks, River Arahura, Lake Browning, and Mt Harman. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 16 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Original watercolour at C-097-035 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - View of Browning Pass Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Hall Glacier; Twin Peaks; R. Arahura; Lake Browning; Mt Harman Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 100 x 275 mm.

Date: 1927

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047466-G

Description: Beach, Island Bay, Wellington, photographed in 1927 by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - Box 170 1927 945 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1841-1843, 1880-1882 (transcribed 2014)

By: Laslett, Thomas, 1811-1887

Reference: MSDL-2285

Description: Electronic transcription of Thomas Laslett's New Zealand journal (4) by Meri Low with support from Dr Neville Ritchie and David Wilton. The transcription was commissioned by the Department of Conservation and completed in September 2014. This transcribed journal was one of three journals re-written by Laslett in 1878-1881 from his original diaries from his four visits to New Zealand in 1833-1834, 1837-1838, 1839-1841, 1841-1843. The journals contain original drawings from the original diaries. On his first voyage, Laslett was carpenter on the HMS Buffalo assisting the Surveyors. And was Timber Inspector for the Admiralty on the HMS Buffalo for three voyages and the HMS Tortoise for the last. The journals contain full descriptions of the ship parties' activities, including descriptions of places, Maori villages, Maori practices, disputes between Maori and between Maori and the ship's party, timber collecting practices including employment of Maori labour, problems between crew and officers, European population, and descriptions of flora. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Transcription commissioned by the Department of Conservation

Date: 1925 - 1926

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: Pickmere, Arthur Hereward, 1905-1973

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-1/1/4/ACC.54690

Description: Copies of coastal chart of Poor Knights Islands, compiled by Pickmere from notes obtained 27-29 December 1925, with the assistance of A M Clark-Walker. Showing islands named as Tawhiti Rahi, Aorangi, Aorangaia, and labels for numerous points along the coast. Original bears annotation 'A H Pickmere, Whangarei, 1926'. Positive copy shows additional information, including: - Date of photography - 13 Mar 1972 - Scale reference in chains and metres - Heading on map - 'Pt. Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park' - Reference on map - 'Reserved for Scenic Purposes N.Z. Statutes 1922 No. 50 (4)(1); Sanctuary for Native and Imported Game Gaz 1929 p. 445; Part Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park (482.2.00 approx) N.Z. Statutes 1967 No. 131 Sec 4 (1)(a)'. Both copies show former identifier '29179'. Quantity: 2 map(s) Negative and positive copy. Physical Description: Negative and positive photostat copies on paper.

Date: [1818-1939?]

Reference: MS-Papers-11556

Description: Contains two copies of a document, "The History of Te Rama-Apakura Greenstone Axe". This is made up of an English language narrative; an extract from Bay of Islands Maori Land Court Taitokerau, Minute Book 19 - Folios 65/73, regarding Te Rama-Apakura Greenstone Axe; and evidence of William Cooper. Only one of the copies has both an English and Maori language version of William Cooper's evidence. One includes only the Maori version. The document is typed on Tairawhiti Maori Hockey Federation letterhead. Also five loose sheets "Te Whatuiapiti" [Eponymous ancestor of Ngai Te Whatuiapiti tribe of Hawke's Bay]; "Maori language maramataka, which lists days for planting/not planting and other activities, according to the lunar cycle; "Ramaapakura Greenstone Axe; an 'extract from a sheet of paper handed by Te Kauru Hohepa to the Court during the hearing of claims to the above named Axe'"; blank telegram form; loose sheet with handwritten notes. Language - Whakapapa and some of the court evidence is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts Processing information: Digitisation details - 27 digitised images

Date: 1947-1952

From: Woods Family : Letters and journals of Samuel Edward Woods and other family papers

Reference: MSDL-1821

Description: Digitised journal which records typescript copies of correspondence from Edward Sydney Woods to his family during Woods' visit to New Zealand as the Bishop of Lichfield in 1947 and 1948. Also includes letter for 1952. The letters are addressed to Woods' family and children in England. Many of the letters begin "Beloved Kinders". Included at the beginning of the volume is an itinerary for Woods' visit which details locations visited in Australia and New Zealand as well as ports visited en route from England. The appendix includes copies of published letters sent to the Lichfield Diocesan magazine by Bishop Edward Lichfield. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Original journal has been digitised by the Library.

Date: 1947-1948

From: Woods Family : Letters and journals of Samuel Edward Woods and other family papers

Reference: MSDL-1822

Description: Digitised journal which records pictorial images of Edward Sydney Woods' visit to New Zealand and Australia as the Bishop of Lichfield in 1947 and 1948. The journal comprises photographs, postcards, ephemera, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, first day covers and printed material. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Original journal has been digitised by the Library. Pamphlets inside the journal have been opened out and digitised on subsequent pages.

Date: 19 Jun-30 Aug 1900, 27 Dec 1901-10 Jan 1902, 8-22 Dec 1903

By: Rowe, Edward Charles, 1879-1957

Reference: MSDL-1793

Description: Electronic document, typed transcript of Edward (Ted) Charles Rowe's diary kept during the period 1900 to 1903. Entries are in three distinct sections. First part (19 June to 30 August 1900) details his daily activities around Christchurch area, visits to Lyttelton Port, courtship with Mill Francis (who later became his wife), attending various church activities, his depression, visiting his late sister's grave. Second part (27 Dec 1901 to 10 Jan 1902) details a holiday in which he travelled to Napier, Auckland, Wanganui and Wellington on a combination of ships and trains. Mentions friends, places visited and sermons attended. Third part (8 to 22 Dec 1903) details a holiday to Queenstown and Invercargill in which he travelled by train. Other - Heading of document gives the name of the diarist as Charles William Rowe, however the diarist is actually his son Edward (Ted) Charles Rowe. Source of title - Supplied by library Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: [199- ]

By: Winter, Gareth, active 1993-2013

Reference: MSDL-2050

Description: Electronic document is a transcription by Gareth Winter of Lars Anderson Schow's memoir. Schow was a Danish settler in Mauriceville. His diary describes his voyage from Hamburg and arrival in Wellington on the `Herschel' (Hertsjel), including a heavy storm and rioting of passengers (1875). The diary also discusses the journey to Wairarapa and daily activities and difficulties working on the roads in Masterton. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 1881 (1883, 2013)

By: Wynn-Williams, Robert B, active 2013

Reference: MSDL-1508

Description: Electronic transcript by Robert Wynn-Williams of Henry Wynn Williams' journal of his world tour commencing in 1881 (in celebration of his 20th wedding anniversary). Includes a table of contents and preface provided by Robert Wynn-Williams. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 30 April 1984

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: PAColl-D-1451

Description: Photograph taken in 1984. Shows Havelock North and surrounds. The ocean can be seen in the top left of the image. A title block adhered to the image reads "30-4-84". Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Colour photographic print, 36.5 x 50.5 cm

Date: [ca 1830s-1860s]

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits

Reference: B-178-073

Description: Watercolour and pencil landscape depicting Mount Manaia at Whangarei Heads. Other titles (file print) - Wangari [near Whangarei Heads, Northland NZ c. 1850] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Wangari [watercolour] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 395 x 256 mm.

Date: 7 Feb 1931

By: Logan family

Reference: MS-Papers-11296

Description: Letter to "Bird, Dorry and Billy" from "Arthur". Arthur's identity is not yet known but he was a radio operator on the navy ship 'Taranaki'. His detailed letter describes the earthquake as he saw it from the ship just offshore, and when he went onshore to help. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 letter, 6 pages/3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: The donor is the daughter of Mary Porter, nee Cunninghame ("Bird" in the letter). "Dorry" in the letter is Mary's sister Dorothy Cunninghame and "Billy" is Mary's husband William Porter.

Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1857

By: W E & F Newton (Firm); Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: Curios-042-013

Description: Shows view of Wanganui wharf, Christ Church, and Rutland Stockade, framed by cave entrance, with three Maori figures in the foreground. All have rifles in their posession, and are dressed wrapped in cloaks or blankets. Native foliage frames the mouth of the cave Impressed into the wooden frame on either side of the image: W E & F Newton, opticians & globemakers to the Queen, 3 Fleet St Temple Bar London Loosely based on Richard Taylor's 'Wanganui, NZ' (1848), at E-296-q-159, combined with the wood engraving in the Church Missionary Gleaner (1884, p. 83, a re-illustration of an 1850s view) 'The mission station at Wanganui, as seen from a natural cave in the rocks'. The Library also holds Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?], published by W E & F Newton (Curios-021-007), showing the scene in a similar way, by an unknown artist. It would appear that the reverse of the slide is the correct orientation of the image Other Titles - Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?] Inscriptions: [On top edge of wooden frame, in ink] Wanganui and cave New Zealand Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 103 mm diameter, in wooden frame 150 x 203 mm

Date: 1852 - 1833 - 1857 - 1835

By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867; W E & F Newton (Firm)

Reference: Curios-042-015

Description: A group of war canoes racing, some with sails. In the centre of the group is the missionary schooner, Karere, flying a red and blue ensign. A headland is in the background. Reprinted in the Quarterly papers of the Church Missionary Society in 1849. The image was also used to illustrate Rev. William Yate's 'An account of New Zealand' (London, 1835) opp. p. 184, with title The mission boat accompanying a New Zealand war expedition. Engraved by S. Williams. Engraved from a drawing by Henry Williams titled Expedition on its way to Tauranga in 1833 (Publ-0031-1835-1) It would appear that the reverse of the slide is the correct orientation of the image Other Titles - Expedition on its way to Tauranga in 1833 Other Titles - New Zealand war expedition Inscriptions: [On top edge of wooden frame, in ink] War canoes, New Zealand Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 103 mm diameter, in wooden frame 150 x 203 mm

Date: 1936

From: McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949- :Papers

Reference: MSDL-1991

Description: Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1913

By: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926

Reference: Curios-041-001

Description: Silver-plated, ovoid-shaped tureen, probably for holding vegetables. Features a roll-top lid with an ivory handle, and decorated legs and carrying handles. Fitted within is a removable shallow oval dish with separate perforated draining tray. Inscriptions: [On front of roll-top lid] Presented to Joseph Lowthian Wilson on his journalistic jubilee, August 13 1913, as a mark of esteem from his co-workers on the staffs [sic] of the Christchurch Press Coy., Ltd.; [On underside of the tureen] EP [three five-pointed stars within the shape of a three-leaf clover] NS 37594 Joseph Lowthian Wilson was the north Canterbury reporter and agent for the Christchurch Press, based in Kaiapoi. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver-plated metal and ivory, ca. 220 x 345 x 250 mm Provenance: The tureen was likely to have been a retirement gift presented to Wilson, though this is not entirely clear. Transfers: Part of a collection transferred from Photographic Archive. Other material from the collection transferred to Manuscripts. - From Photographic Archive - Accession number PH-2011-077 Photograph albums of Joseph Lowthian Wilson. Processing information: Digitised February 2012, with five shots of various aspects of the object, including removable trays

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-013

Description: Two men in the left foreground on the banks of a rocky stream, with Mount Whitcombe on the upper left, Whitcombe Pass in the centre and Mount Martius on the upper left. Low scrub and possibly tussock on the mountains. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 14 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. See also NON-ATL-0188 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Whitcombe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mt Whitcombe; Whitcombe's Pass; Mt Martius; View of Whitcombe's Pass from the banks of the Pass Stream [ink]; Backing board recto - bottom right - Dr J. Haast del [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 143 x 248 mm, on mount with caption, 277 x 380 mm.

Date: 1852 - 1880 - 1857 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; W E & F Newton (Firm); Brackenbury, Carole, active 1989

Reference: Curios-021-006

Description: Shows interior of church with Minister giving sermon, and congregation standing or sitting on floor. Features red columns and carved rafters. Lantern slide after Barraud's "Interior of Otake church, New Zealand", lithograph, published by Day & Son, London, 1852. Dating: the firm W E & F Newton was based at 3 Fleet Street (the address printed on the wooden frame) between 1852 and 1857 Other Titles - Interior of Otake church, New Zealand Inscriptions: Verso - (Embossed on frame at left and right of image): W.E. & F. Newton / OPTICIANS / & GlobeMakers / TO THE QUEEN / 3 Fleet St Temple Bar / LONDON; (Number in ink on frame): 77 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 80 mm diameter (sight), in wooden frame 101 x 165 mm.

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046483-G

Description: Part 3 of a 3 part panorama of Dunedin, looking out towards the sea. The business premises of Murray Roberts & Company and the Southend Garage can be seen in the distance. Different types of housing can be seen, along with what seems to be a large playing field. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Forms a panorama with 1/2-046481 and 046482 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - D3B Box 39 3 pr pano Dunedin D3B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).