Places

Date: 1908-1909

By: White, William Bertram, 1821-1910

Reference: MS-Papers-4542

Description: The reminiscences mainly concentrate on the period 1842 to 1878 and were dictated to members of his family during the latter part of 1908 and beginning of 1909. They give details of White's mothers family and his father's career as a midshipman. They then go on to describe White's career in New Zealand first as a surveyor in the Horokiwi and Wellington areas, a farmer at Mohunoa (Kapiti) and Wainuiomata, in the volunteer forces which fought against Te Rangiatea, his visits to Auckland and then his later career in Mongonui [Mangonui] holding various government posts including work for the Land Commissioner. The reminiscences give White's impressions of relations between Maori and settler especially in the greater Wellington/Kapiti and Maunganui districts and recount many incidents involving such people as Te Rauparaha, Governor Grey, Fitzroy, McLean, Hadfield and many others. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 folder(s) (49 leaves). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1840-1981

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-06

Description: Contains 3 photocopies of an essay about the Maori occupation of Otahuhu and the Auckland district up to 1840. Also contains an essay in Maori about the Maori perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi Working notes compiled by librarians working with Maori materials in the Manuscripts Section of the Library during the late 1970s and 1980s. Most of the work was done by Sharon Dell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1784

By: Miller, John Frederick, 1759-1796

Reference: A-111-003-b

Description: Inset illustration entitled: An Indian harbour with a representation of the natives and their habitations. Partly derived from first published engravings by Record In: Hawkesworth's Voyages, 1773, v. 2., pl. 10, op. p. 191; v. 2, pl. 9, op. p.212 and vol. 3, pl. 14, op. p466. Some of these are from wash drawings signed `J. F. Miller, 1771' (see Beaglehole's Banks, v. 1, pl. 23 at end of vol.). Miller was an artist maintained by Banks in London, who made drawings of artefacts brought home. Same as A-111-003-a, & c Other Titles - An Indian harbour with a representation of the natives and their habitations. Extended Title - In: Anderson, G W, A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages.... London: A Hogg [1784] op. p. 541. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 367 x 230 mm

Date: 1779-1869 (1869)

By: Tapsell, Phillip, 1777?-1873; Tapsell, Enid Marguerite Hamilton, 1903-1975

Reference: MS-Group-1890

Description: Dictated by Tapsell who describes his life as a sailor and trader among the Maori at Maketu and the Bay of Plenty, 1830-1835. "A trader in cannibal land; the life and times of Captain Tapsell" by James Cowan is based on this manuscript Quantity: 3 volume(s) (287 pages in original ms). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photocopies (19 cm; brown hinged lid box) Processing information: qMS-1980 is now at MS-Papers-7168

Date: 1934-1947

By: Carrington, Arthur Hugh, 1895-1947

Reference: MS-Papers-0079

Description: Includes correspondence on Marlborough and South Island Maori history, and article by W J Elvy on Maori mythology, articles by Carrington on various topics including the history of Kaiapoi and Hundalee, an incomplete and unpublished typescript biography of Alexander Dalrymple, unpublished typescript biography of John Meares, and working notes on 18th century Pacific voyages, including some notes for "Cooks's lieutenants", another unpublished typescript held by the Turnbull Library Soldier and ethnologist; see biographical page with inventory Quantity: 18 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in the reading room was removed on 24 Nov 2014 as it contained no additional information. A copy is available in the staf backfile..

Date: 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799

Reference: C-131-010

Description: Drawing of the Maori pa on Motuara Island in Queen Charlotte Sound showing whare and other buildings. A group of men are standing and sitting in the foreground. One is holding a taiaha. Two children are sitting on the right. Queen Charlotte Sound (with a waka) and surrounding hills can be seen in the background. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 10 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 152 x 404 mm

Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm)

Reference: A-111-019-a

Description: Shows long Maori war canoe with carved stern and prow, being rowed by about 30 men, with several men standing. Two further canoes with sails in the left background. Gable end Foreland, (near Gisborne) is the headland in the centre background. Library holds Cook's Reizen rondom de waerld at fR910.4/COOK/REIZ Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand. Voyages around the world. Extended Title - From: Cook, James. Reizen rondom de waerld. Leyden: Honkoop, 1803, plate 17. Based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, artist on Cook's first voyage. The Endeavour visited this area in October 1869. The original drawing on which this engraving is based is in the British Library. This engraving is a Dutch re-engraving after the engraving in Hawkesworth's Voyages, published 1773, vol. 3, pl. 16. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white on paper 196 x 334 mm

Date: 177-1870

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1938

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: May-Nov 1793

By: King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808

Reference: MS-Papers-0720

Description: Description of arrival and sojourn of two Maori, Woodoo Co-co-tye Tona-ma-honey' and Tooke Teter-re-ue Warri-pe-doe, on Norfolk Island forcibly brought there to teach convicts how to dress flax. Account of Bay of Islands and customs of Northland Maori by King. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 19, 29 Aug 1871

By: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Reference: qMS-0809

Description: Comprises (1) Franklin's letter to Shipley giving particulars of the natives of Tahiti, Australia and New Zealand, which Franklin obtained from Banks and Solander; and (2) `Plan for benefiting distant unprovided countries' by Franklin and Alexander Dalrymple which was published in Dodsley's `Annual register' (1779) and A H Smyth's edition of Franklin's writings. Volume also has note re William Smith Mason, collector, with photograph of his house in Evanston, Chicago, and two leaves, possibly of examination questions, on John Savage's voyage, Dalrymple's scheme, and Abel Tasman's voyage, belonging to Clyde Taylor. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) and typescript (28 cm, green cloth)

Date: 1768, 1883-1898

By: Wardell, Herbert Samuel, 1830-1912

Reference: MS-Group-1793

Description: Collection comprises Wardell's Resident Magistrate's diaries, court minute books, scrapbook, Report and evidence of the Royal Commission on the Police Force in New Zealand (1898) H S Wardell was a Resident Magistrate and District Judge on the East Coast in the the 1850s and later in the Wairarapa and Wellington. He also had other public positions in Wellington and served on commissions. He developed Te Whiti estate near Masterton, which has stayed in the Wardell family since then (although some recently sold). Quantity: 12 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Book Collections - Special Printed Collection - History of Orkney Islands by Rev G Barry (1805); The Christian in complete armour by William Gurnal (reprint 1768).

Date: [ca 1947-1972]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/06A

Description: Papers relating to the Maori history of the East Coast particularly around Kennedy Bay, Tolaga Bay and Whangara. Includes legends associated with various Maori place names and iwi histories of the East Coast. Also includes a story written by Leo Fowler "The Knight-Errantry of Tamahae". Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1810 - 1793

By: Piron, Jean, active 1791-1794; Warren, Charles Turner, 1762-1823

Reference: A-111-095

Description: Half-length portraits of a Maori man and a woman Trimmed inside plate marks. The original drawing by Piron was of two men, since only men came out to D'Entrecasteau's ship when it visited New Zealand waters in 1793. Later engravers turned the right-hand figure into a woman 2nd state. (The first state, published 1806, lacks the imprint P. Jackson, London). Extended Title - From Cavendish, Pelham. The world, or the present state of the Universe. London, Stratford, 1810. Vol. 1. Derived from engravings by Copia after drawings by Piron on d'Entrecasteaux's voyage in: Labillardiere, J.J. Atlas du voyage. Paris, 1800. Pl. 25. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Print (two ill.); engraving, b&w 167 x 220 mm

Date: 1949

By: Lee, John Roland Preston, 1921-1998

Reference: qMS-1146

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (293 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; light brown buckram) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by J R P Lee in 1952

Date: [ca 1776-1954]

By: Williams, Charles Skinner, active 1954

Reference: MS-Papers-5166

Description: Unpublished material concerning Maori and Pakeha traditions, history and contemporary description of the Whangaroa Harbour area, collected and written by C S Williams; includes index relating text to album of photographs held in the Photographic Archive Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 folder(s) (ca 170 pages). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 album of photographs.

Date: 1776-1817

By: Bruce, George, 1778?-1819

Reference: Micro-MS-0533

Description: Relationship complexity - See also Micro-MS-0227 and MS-Copy-Micro-0538 (copy of MS-0336 and MS-0337) Bruce was possibly the first European resident of New Zealand in 1806 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 150 pages).

Date: 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799

Reference: C-131-010-c

Description: Drawing of the Maori pa on Motuara Island in Queen Charlotte Sound showing whare and other buildings. A group of men are standing and sitting in the foreground. One is holding a taiaha. Two children are sitting on the right. Queen Charlotte Sound (with a waka) and surrounding hills can be seen in the background. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 10 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 152 x 404 mm

Date: 1784

By: Miller, John Frederick, 1759-1796

Reference: A-111-003

Description: Inset illustration entitled: An Indian harbour with a representation of the natives and their habitations. Partly derived from first published engravings by Record In: Hawkesworth's Voyages, 1773, v. 2., pl. 10, op. p. 191; v. 2, pl. 9, op. p.212 and vol. 3, pl. 14, op. p466. Some of these are from wash drawings signed `J. F. Miller, 1771' (see Beaglehole's Banks, v. 1, pl. 23 at end of vol.). Miller was an artist maintained by Banks in London, who made drawings of artefacts brought home. Same as A-111-003-a, b & c Other Titles - An Indian harbour with a representation of the natives and their habitations. Extended Title - From: Anderson, G W, A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages.... London: A Hogg [1784] op. p. 541. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 367 x 230 mm

Date: 1784

By: Miller, John Frederick, 1759-1796

Reference: A-111-003-a

Description: Inset illustration entitled: An Indian harbour with a representation of the natives and their habitations. Partly derived from first published engravings by Record In: Hawkesworth's Voyages, 1773, v. 2., pl. 10, op. p. 191; v. 2, pl. 9, op. p.212 and vol. 3, pl. 14, op. p466. Some of these are from wash drawings signed `J. F. Miller, 1771' (see Beaglehole's Banks, v. 1, pl. 23 at end of vol.). Miller was an artist maintained by Banks in London, who made drawings of artefacts brought home. Same as A-111-003, b & c Other Titles - An Indian harbour with a representation of the natives and their habitations. Extended Title - From: Anderson, G W, A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages.... London: A Hogg [1784] op. p. 541. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 367 x 230 mm

Date: [1938-1972]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-6/09

Description: Notes, probably radio scripts relating to Maori migration stories of Horouta and Takitimu waka. Includes `The Tupurupuru stone and its story' and `Of Taniwha, Ngarara, and how Paeroa got its name'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).