Places

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company; Taranaki Museum

Reference: A-104-024-b

Description: View from close to the mouth of the river, looking inland. Shows boats on the river, including (possibly) the Cobden ferry, and a horse-drawn cart on the road to the right, leading along the south side of the riverbank towards the houses and shops of the town Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm Provenance: Deacessioned from the collections of Taranaki Museum, 1994.

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925

Reference: A-104-024

Description: Shows boats on river, including (possibly) Cobden ferry, and horse-drawn cart Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm

Date: 1876

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: E-278-q-123

Description: Reproduced on front of a card printed for for the Ministry of Works, New Zealand to celebrate their centennial (1871-1971). Shows a steep rocky path leading down to a bridge over a stream. A family with a packhorse and three other men with baggage are crossing the stream, while other laden horses and men walk up the rough path on the other side. Part of a large wooden structure can be seen to the left, possibly part of a support for a vehicle bridge Published on front cover of Illustrated New Zealand herald, No 105, 3 May 1876 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 203 x 152 mm on folded card

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company

Reference: A-104-024-c

Description: Shows boats on river, including (possibly) Cobden ferry, and horse-drawn cart Title from inscription on verso of 24a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Other Titles - Lithographed by John Diedrich Schmidt from a sketch by William Marshall Cooper Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in July 2001.

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-164

Description: Sketch map of the coast from an unidentified river south of Orowaiti (River) extending as far north as Kongahu Point Island. Other features marked on the map (south to north) are: Wareatia (River); Waimangaroa (River); Ngakuwaho (Ngakawau River) with mussel beds; Mokinui (Mokihinui River); mussel beds; Kongahu Point Island. On the mainland near to the island a `good camp' and `caves' are marked. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 90 x 230 mm

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31194

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Index of miners' working places at the time of the accident. List names of those on day shift and night shift. Identifies position of persons killed in the mine on the plan, their names and the injuries they died from. Identifies structural elements of the mine, for example stoppings, air crossings, goaf areas, elevations, falls. Plan shows where at least nineteen people died. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 2 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 56.8 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: 1896-1957

By: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1132

Description: Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies. Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman. Source of title - Supplied The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies. Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed listing available.. Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01

Date: [ca 1895]

By: Rae, William, active 1852-1895

Reference: MS-1800

Description: Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (12 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; ¼ maroon leather, grey boards)

Date: 24 Feb-26 Apr 1937

From: MacGowan, Mary, fl 1936-1938 : Diary of a trip to New Zealand

Reference: MSX-5914

Description: Diary kept by MacGowan during her time in New Zealand; she writes of her activities with her relatives in Wellington, and all the people she meets through them, of going to the South Island, through Nelson, the West Coast including Franz Joseph Glacier and to Christchurch via Otira, before returning to Wellington where she celebrated her birthday Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1903-1951]

From: Crabb, Pearl Unice Elizabeth, b 1903 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6158-1

Description: Scrapbook mostly comprising matters of personal interest including invitations, clippings on health, decorating, knitting and tennis, but also including itineraries of official visits, an obituary for Maui Pomare and similar items. Includes copy of Crabb's birth certificate and summary of her working career (at W), and `When I am dead' by H E Holland. Arrangement: Loose pages in MS-Papers-6158-2 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: 75-241-019

Description: Material used in `Mr Explorer Douglas' edited by John Pascoe. Full title on typescript is `An unscientifical, geological, geographical, topographical account of the country south of Jackson's Bay' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1900-1932], [1970s]

By: Hughes, John Bernard, active 1940-1993

Reference: MS-Group-1116

Description: Scrapbook of clippings relating to West Coast union and mining activities including reports from the Warden's Court, the Trades and Labour Council, government negotiations, the Westport Coal Company, the Arbitration Court, fatalities, stikes, etc The compiler of the scrapbook is unknown Letter from donor accompanies loose material from volume at MS-Papers-7511 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J B Hughes, Westport, May 1993

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-178

Description: Sketch map showing rivers, mountains, passes, and Lake Brunner. Scale: ten miles to an inch. On Verso: Notes in ink; list of names in pencil Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, 310 x 380 mm

Date: 1860 - 1887

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-153

Description: Sketch map of Lake Paringa. Features identified by artist include: Black River Beach, Parika Beach, dock for shipping, Parika Bluff South, Parika River, old camp, creek containing gold, Blue River, Blue River Lake, Paringa Lake, etc. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 260 x 580 mm

Date: 1847 - 1958 - 1959

From: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :[Illustrations for Heroes of peace and war by A. H. Reed. 1958 or 1959]

Reference: A-060-007

Description: Shows Thomas Brunner and his party of four Maori guides taking a laden raft downstream during a rain storm in an attempt to cross a swollen river, in Feb 1847 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 380 x 279 mm

Date: 1 Jan-20 Jun 1863 (1956)

By: Howitt, Herbert Charlton, 1838-1863

Reference: MS-1038

Description: Journal records his work cutting and forming tracks between Canterbury and the West Coast; meeting with groups of Maori and prospectors; a visit to John Henry Whitcombe's grave at the Taramakau River (he had been drowned on a similar expedition in May 1863) and the wet weather. There is mention of a Maori guide, Jack Tainui, re-burying Whitcombe and marking the grave with two paddles (page 28). Farmer and gold prospector who arrived from Australia to farm in 1860. Leader of a working party contracted by the Canterbury Provincial Government to cut a track to the West Coast, via the Hurunui Plains, Harper Pass and Lake Brunner to the Grey River mouth. Howitt, together with two other members of his party, Robert Little and Henry Miller, disappeared on Lake Brunner on 27 Jun 1863 (the journal ends 20 Jun). The surviving member of the expedition was James Belgrave Hammett. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (28 pages). Physical Description: Typed transcript (27 cm; red linen)

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: [1940-1960]

From: Scott, Thomas Henry, 1918-1960 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-6309

Description: Photocopy of map, `The Mountains of North-West Otago' compiled from sketch maps from the `NZ Alpine journal' (1935-1942); and photocopy of unnamed map of Southern Alps with boundaries of Kaniere River, Hokitika River, Kelly Range and Waimakariri River (n d) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Map of the Antarctic and Antarctic Regions....1909.

Date: 1952, [n d]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-315