Places

Date: 1990

By: Brown, Joan, 1914-2006

Reference: MS-Papers-10575

Description: Life story of Joan Sedon written to inform her descendants about her generation of the Sedon family of Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (completed in typescript)

Date: 1904, 1999

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-6628

Description: Transcription of MacDonald's reminiscences of life and times in New Zealand from his arrival at Wellington in 1840 on the `Blenheim' until 1904 when he recorded `My story'. He focuses particularly on relations with Maori, Maori-European land dealings, the politics and politicians of the times and related matters. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Another typescript copy at MS-1167 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, spiral bound). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [1950-1952]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-25

Description: Comprises notes on Maori place-names and sites of past and present kainga, Bay of Plenty (with map); of Tauranga Harbour, Mt Maunganui, Whakatane and Maketu and Waihi estuaries (with maps); section of whalebone object; letter, Bryce Wood to Adkin (1953); moa-bone with cuts, Roxburgh; Solomon Islands adzes; adzes from Auckland and Poroutawhao; data from Moawhango by R A L Batley (with map) Arrangement: Notebook no 24 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1961-1962]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-54

Description: Comprises reports and notes on old Maori burial ground at Paretoa; the site of the outrigger canoe hull, nr Te Horo (with map); unusual adze form pendant, nr Waikanae; Maori net floats; preliminary tour of Horowhenua by Palmerston North Polynesian group, with map showing pa; circular letter to Wairarapa and Manawatu; problematical contents of a Wairarapa Maori cache; cloak-pin or fish-threader bodkin from Castlepoint; memoranda of a Maori skull from the Waikanae dune-belt; identification of a large wooden artefact, nr Waikanae; from Keith Cairns re Maori sites; photographs, L Horowhenua and eastern end of L Papaitonga Arrangement: Notebook no 53 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1882-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-2243

Description: Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand Source of title - Supplied Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1944]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-17

Description: Contents comprise notes re adze types; type VII, VB from Turakina district; Waitaha adze from Porirua Harbour; from Mangaroa; type IIA from Patea; greenstone adze from Levin-Foxton highway area; map of sites of Horowhenua adzes found by Henry J Kilsby; grey stone adze from Heatherlea-Koputaroa area, Horowhenua; blackstone adzes from Onukuwaiata, Waimakaira, Horowhenua and Wallace Road, Levin; location maps of adzes found by A Seifert, A Gillespie, Louis Noara and on Clifford's farm, Tokomaru area (1941-1944); adzes from Makurerua Swamp, Horowhenua Arrangement: Notebook no 16 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1997

From: Battersby, Dorothy, fl 1940-1997 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5953

Description: Comprises biographical pieces on Joseph Pierce Punch, Gladys May Goldfinch and Rose Eliza Punch, the latter written by Sara Green with photographic portraits of each subject Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 5 Mar 1894, ca 1970s

By: Wilson, William Muir, 1868-1930

Reference: MS-Papers-9961

Description: Comprises telegram to W M Wilson, Wellington, offering him a job with Woolf and Dempsey, Eketahuna (1894); notes by Miss M Wilson re origins of her family; and accompanying letter from donor re collection sent to library Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: [1960-1961]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-53

Description: Comprises report on quadrilateral adze with tang reduction; discovery of canoe hull (waka ama) of form requiring an outrigger attachment, Te Horo; timetable and background notes to tour of Hawke's Bay; notes; sketch of Napier harbour from 1870 map; drawing of small pataka and trig station profile; street map of Napier, with route noted; photgraphs of group (identified); extended genealogy, Tainui and Takitimu canoes to David Winterburn; the magnificent Winterburn adze; squat mere-like patu from Makurerua-Linton area; map, Horowhenua-Manawatu area showing localities of recent archaeological and Maori lore finds, the Makurerua-Linton adze and the Paretoa old burial place Also photographs of Adkin, map showing Maori sites and place-names of the Heretaunga Plains, ca 1850 (from Colenso); and photographs of the Makurerua-Linton patu Arrangement: Notebook no 52 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1958]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-38

Description: Comprises notes on large stone agricultural tool from Rangiauria (Pitt Island), Chathams; Chatham Islands bibliography; map, Chatham Islands; map, route of Field excursion, Wanganui district; Maori sites and place-names, Wanganui River (with map); adzes, melanesoid, owned by A C Robertson, Papaiti; and two adzes from San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands Arrangement: Notebook no 37 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1892-1910

By: Du Pontet, Eleanor Dorothy, 1892-

Reference: Micro-MS-0493

Description: Autobiography, chiefly to 1910; in Petone to 1895, Feilding to 1898, South Taranaki to 1902, then Opotiki Other Titles - The long years of youth Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 183 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: [1924-1987]

From: Hutchinson family : Papers relating to J C Hutchinson and H A Hutchinson

Reference: AI-89-400

Description: Articles by `A Burnelyite' (J C Hutchinson) from the `Burnley express and Clitheroe division advertiser', on Tongariro National Park and a series `New Zealand's wonders, 900 miles by steamer, rail and motor, orchards, forests, gorges, mountains and glaciers', mostly through Nelsona nd the West Coast (1924-1928); letters from J C Hutchinson and J H Astin disagreeing on perceptions of New Zealand, article on J C Hutchinson's rescue from a boating mishap in Australia; and photograph with caption on the Hutchinsons in front of a Tinakori Road shop ca 1910 (Karaori news, 3 Mar 1987) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-19

Description: Contents comprise notes on adze types for Mairua area, Lake Horowhenua; adzes type VIC, VIB and IIC from Wairoa, Hawke's Bay; Waipukurau-Te-Aute to coast area of Hawke's Bay showing site of Patangata skull and Maori place-names; diagrams of Patangata skull per J M Wright; Waikaremoana with Maori place names (after Best); environs of Waikaremoana with Maori place names and site of adzes, pounders, etc per J M Wright; and Puketoi Range and vicinity with sites of Maori material, per J M Wright, and Maori place names Arrangement: Notebook no 18 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1904

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: MS-Papers-1925-77/45-01

Description: Scene of unpaved Hautapu Street, featuring a gentleman on horseback and other pedestrians among the storefronts lining both sides of the street, with bush at the rear. Photograph taken by Frederick George Radcliffe in 1904. Quantity: 1 photograph. Physical Description: Black and white print

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-13

Description: Contents comprise sketch plan of Waipatu Island pa, Lake Horowhenua; ponds (?) and umu sites near State Farm Road, sth of Lake Horowhenua; eel storage tank at Matukutuku Lagoon, Horowhenua; Otaki area, corrections and additional data, rafter patterns, Raukawa whare-runanga; Tikorangi Stream-Waikawa area, Horowhenua'; canoe baler from Pipinui, Western Wellington, south-western Wellington area; patu washed ashore at Waitarere Beach, Horowhenua; patuki from shore of L Horowhenua; Kuku-Poroporo headwaters, Horowhenua; part Horowhenua county; Waikanae-Akatarawa area with place-names etc; middens on northern shore of Lake Horowhenua; Waikawa River mouth, Horowhenua (May 1944); marine mollusca and pumice implements from Waikawa middens Contents also include the identification of Maori archaealogical finds in the Kapiti-Horowhenua districts, including a greenstone hei matau from Waikawa Arrangement: Notebook no 12 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1989-1995

By: Blanchard, Dorothy Alice, 1915-2013

Reference: MS-Group-0439

Description: Blanchard tells the story of her life, her childhood, school years, training as a teacher and subsequent life living on a farm at Tokirima. Although largely chronological she makes many connections with the past. The autobiography resulted from an oral history interview (prior to deposit in 1989; tapes with Oral History Section) which indicated Mrs Blanchard had a much longer story to tell than could be told on tape. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - My road to Tokirima Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-048

Description: The essay is divided into two parts: Part 1 : History of name and family in England in early 1800s and voyage to New Zealand in 1839-1840 on the `Adelaide'. Details of land purchased in Hutt and Wellington and settlement in Sandon area in 1870s Part 2 : Biographies of those who came to New Zealand and of the first generation born here and two in the following generation. Each part contains a personal account of New Zealand in that period. Part 2 includes comment on the social and family roles of women in New Zealand in the 1880s; appendices on early New Zealand electoral rolls and voting requirements; and details about the Annual Sheep Returns 1880-1930 Includes family trees Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available.

Date: [1940-1944]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-18

Description: Contents comprise scheme of classification of Horowhenua and other adzes; examples of types and varieties of this classification; adze types VIB, IIA, IIIA, IA or IIIA, IIB all found in the Horowhenua area; locality plan of Muhunoa East adzes and other data; adze, type VB, from Kingstone Rd, Shannon and locality plan; adze, type IB, from gravel plain east of Levin and locality plan; type VA, from Queens Street East, Levin and type IIA from dunes north of Lake Papaitonga and locality plan; adzes, type VIB from sandstone upland north of Papaitonga, type IIIA from Muhunoa East, Ohau, and VA from Tahapu Rd, Manakau Arrangement: Notebook no 1 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [192-]

By: Lynskey, Molly E, active 1920-1950

Reference: MSX-8129

Description: Volume is a handwritten and bound history of Taumarunui written in Indian ink, which includes illustrations in oils and ink, and a panorama photograph of Taumarunui town taken by S C Smith. Text covers the period 1850-1925 and includes the early history of local Maori; settler Alexander Bell and his wife Katarina; Taumarunui railway and the development of the first township. Source of title - Transcribed from item Mary (Molly) Ellen Lynskey, infant teacher in Wellington 1920's-1950's. Volume was created as part of a teacher training course Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph with illustrations and photograph Provenance: Donor, Anne Tuffin, niece of Molly Lynskey. Three ink sketches and an oil drawing. Includes sketches of Taumarunui in 1901 and a Maori dwelling in the King Country (no date). The oil drawing depicts Mount Ngauruhoe.

Date: 1939-1965

From: Johnston, Royden Hugh, 1915-2005 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6215-2

Description: Comprises copies of letters between Johnston and Will Cryer and Tony Batley re Taihape history, notes on Taihape history by Johnston, and itinerary for tour of Taihape re Maori history of the area Quantity: 1 folder(s).