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Date: 1880-1882

From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library : Various papers found in library

Reference: MS-Papers-10617-1

Description: Includes diary entries and correspondence. One letter relates to a double ministerial crisis involing Te Whiti at Parihaka. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1832-1869

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: qMS-2212-2213

Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)

Date: [1941?] (1947)

By: Kennedy, William McLaughlin, 1857-1949

Reference: MS-1110-1111

Description: Account includes brief description of voyage to Otago on the `Napier', sawmilling activities chiefly in Taranaki and participation in local public life and community services with some reference to Maori affairs Kennedy came to New Zealand in 1879 in the `Napier' Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (28 cm; navy buckram)

Date: 1844-1863

By: Wesleyan Missionary Society

Reference: qMS-2178

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1841, 1871

By: Chilman, Richard, 1816-1877

Reference: qMS-0444

Description: Journal covers New Plymouth, 1841, and Auckland to London, 1871 on the `Nevada', then overland from San Francisco to New York, in connection with ironsand development on behalf of the Taranaki Provincial Council Source of title - Transcribed title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (189 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1873-1953

By: Wood, Henry Alfred, 1873-1956

Reference: MS-GROUP-1988

Description: Autobiography deals mainly with dairying and work on the land, especially drainage of Ngaere Swamp; history of the Rawhitiroa district and the New Plymouth settlement; section on waterfront strike (1913); appendix: Reminiscences written by Mrs Phillipa Wood (nee Inch) of her voyage to New Zealand on the `William Bryan'. She was a child at the time. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 volume(s) (112, 11 leaves ie 123 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (25cm; orange cardboard)

Date: 1876

By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880

Reference: qMS-0542

Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp. 20,21,34,35). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)

Date: 1840-1844

By: Hine, Thomas B, active 1840-1845

Reference: fMS-Papers-3503

Description: Includes short descriptions of voyage to New Zealand in the `Martha Ridgway', very brief accounts of settlements in Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and of land sections held by the Hine family in those districts Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1840-1844

By: Hine, Thomas B, active 1840-1845

Reference: qMS-0960

Description: Includes short descriptions of the voyage out to New Zealand on the `Martha Ridgway' in 1840, very brief accounts of settlements in Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and of land sections held by the Hine family in those districts. Source of title - Supplied title New Zealand Company immigrant Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey pam case)

Date: 1854-1856 (translated 1986)

By: Narbey, Francois Eleonore, 1829-1913

Reference: MS-Papers-4381

Description: The diary covers the period 15 Apr 1854-15 Apr 1855 and May 1855. It describes Narbey's visit to Australia and his activities in Taranaki on his return. Original holograph diary at MSX-2850. Source of title - Title page Narbey, a French colonist arrived in Akaroa in 1849. In May 1854 he went to Australia to look for gold. He returned to New Zealand in Dec and after a period as a sawyer in Taranaki he returned to Akaroa in Apr 1855. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) with mss annotations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Mavis Donnelly-Crequer, Christchurch, Mar 1990 (90-079)

Date: [ca 1869-1879, 1963]

By: Schweiters, Franz Joseph, 1886-

Reference: MS-1858

Description: A historical romance of pioneer life in Taranaki in the 1870s, based partly on the author's experiences on a farm near Inglewood Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (239 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (Photocopy, 35cm, green buckram) Illustrated

Date: 1834, 1838 [ca 1920]

From: McArthur & Company Ltd: Smoke and water damaged manuscripts and printed items

Reference: 84-251-2/04

Description: Accounts of the wreck of the ship Harriet off Taranaki coast, and the Jean Bart off the Chatham Islands 1838. Includes newspaper extracts recalling the Harriet wreck. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Possibly George Conrad Petersen collection.

Date: 1841-1843, 1922

By: Harris, Sarah, -1879

Reference: MS-Papers-3761

Description: Four letters to her father and sisters in which Harris describes the voyage out, during which she gave birth to a daughter who died five days later, and the cost of living and rough living conditions in Taranaki. Also comments on the local Maori. She describes in detail her confinement, the birth of a daughter, her family's diet and the physical hardships faced. Included is a typescript account and geneaology of the Steddy family. Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by genealogy of the Steddy family (of England) and a letter explaining the provenance of the Sarah Harris letters. Sarah Harris with her husband, Edwin and children emigrated to New Zealand on the `William Bryan' and settled in New Plymouth in 1841 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (carbon copies)

Date: 1853-1860

By: Ronalds, Hugh, 1833-

Reference: qMS-1719

Description: The letters describe their life in New Zealand, and include letters describing voyage of the Simlah to Auckland. The majority were written by Hugh, others are by his brothers and sisters and were sent to members of the family remaining in England. They describe the land, people and difficulties they faced in settling in the new colony Hugh Ronald, together with his brother, arrived in New Zealand on the Simlah in 1853. They were later joined by their sisters and purchased a farm near New Plymouth. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (73 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (34 cm; buff wraps, blue linen)

Date: 1994

By: Davies, George Neville, 1921-2010

Reference: MSY-3842

Description: `Not beyond Redemption' by George Davies is a biography of Captain John Guard describing his early life in London, time in Newgate prison, work as a convict transportee, sealer, sea-captain and whaler based at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood working between New Zealand and Sydney. John and Betty Guard and their two children were onboard the Harriet when it was wrecked off the Taranaki coast in 1834 and the biography details the subsequent experiences of the Guard family and the role the Alligator played in this incident, finishing with the subsequent farming career of John Guard at Kakapo Bay. The biography contains photographs and copies of illustrations of people and places mentioned. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1861-1881

From: Putnam, Philip 1847-1890 : Scrapbooks 1 & 3

By: Putnam, Philip, 1847-1890

Reference: MS-1797

Description: Includes clippings of deaths, Maori wars, recipes; a topographical report of Tauranga; clippings on the hauhau and concert programmes of the Wellington Choral Society Source of title - From front cover Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph & printed matter (23 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown boards, in grey phase box with Scrapbook No 1)

Date: 1820-1896

By: Hirst family

Reference: MS-0994-1006

Description: Letters exchanged between members of the Bracken family in England and the Hirst family, mainly Grace Hirst. Discuss business affairs, day-to-day life in Taranaki, Maori wars in the 1860s, voyages to New Zealand, etc Source of title - Supplied In Dec 1851 Grace, Thomas and five of their children left England in the `Gwalior', arriving in Auckland in Jun 1852. They settled in New Plymouth and traded as general merchants. In Feb 1860, with the outbreak of war in Taranaki, the family retreated from Bell Block to the safety of New Plymouth. In 1861 Thomas & Grace returned to England where Grace remained for a year before returning to NZ on the `Silver Eagle' in 1863. Thomas returned on the Ravenscraig in 1861 Grace frequently assisted neighbouring families as a midwife and nurse, attended at the birth of many of her own grandchildren, and helped lay out the dead. She was also active in fundraising for the Anglican Church Quantity: 13 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (27 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1970

By: Henderson, Phil, active 1970

Reference: MS-Papers-5698

Description: Comprises account of Ketemarae locality near Normanby, Taranaki, and includes an index to names mentioned and a map. Henderson gives some background Maori history, he describes the Taranaki wars in the locality, early residents and some land transactions. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon)

Date: 1862-1892

By: Parsons, John, active 1852-1868

Reference: MS-Papers-1856

Description: Letters to brother-in-law, J Adams, in Nottingham, chiefly on family matters and daily farm life, with some comments on ploitics Source of title - Supplied J Parsons arrived from England in 1862, farmed at Woodlands, Hawke's Bay, and from 1882 at Manutahi, Taranaki Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopies)

Date: 1840-1916

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: qMS-1835

Description: Includes family history, early life in England and experiences as a surveyor in the North Island, and the Chathams, visit to Kermadec Islands and retirement in New Plymouth Quantity: 1 volume(s) (242 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) with mss additions, printed matter (29 cm; red buckram) Includes illustrations, portraits and maps