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Date: 1840-1862, 2008

By: Youngman family

Reference: MS-Papers-9269

Description: Writing from Kaiapoi, James and Mary Youngman describe their voyage to Lyttelton on the `Zealandia' in 1858, their first impressions of Canterbury, Maori and their life in general since their arrival in Canterbury. Also photographs of fly-leaf of the Youngman family Bible (taken 2008) showing Youngman family entries dated 1840 to 1862. Note by donor Pat Youngman relating to a cousin Muriel Younger ; note relating to provenance of original shipboard letter/diary Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter (copies, some encapsulated)

Date: 22 Sep-9 Nov 1887

By: Clulow, John William, 1854-1927

Reference: MS-Papers-6223

Description: Diary of the voyage from London to Wellington on the ship Ruapehu; gives details of shipboard life, notes on progress made. Includes notes on travel to Eketahuna by railway and coach, as well as accounts of auction sales of what appear to be farms in Staffordshire. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs S P M Argue, 1998

Date: 4 Jul-13 Oct 1863, 2000

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Shepherd, Henry Thorne, 1806-1874

Reference: MS-Papers-6914

Description: Two copies of same shipboard account. The writer records the ship's position, weather and mentions some events and fellow passengers. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript

Date: 1863-1865

By: Cottle, Henry Wyatt (Rev), 1801-1871

Reference: qMS-0561

Description: Account of the voyage from England to New Zealand in the sailing ship `Annie Wilson' of Rev Henry Wyatt Cottle, of Harford parish, near Ivybridge, Devon, and his subsequent settlement in Port Albert and Whangarei. The shipboard account is in the form of a letter to his sister Charlotte, dated 18 June 1863 Rev Cottle and his wife Alice were travelling cabin class Quantity: 1 volume(s) (128 f). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green linen)

Date: 1863, 1997

By: Bowerman, John Needes, 1838?-1894

Reference: MS-Papers-6171

Description: Comprises photocopies of diary/letter by Bowerman, an account of his voyage on the `Zealandia', beginning at page 9 (Oct 1863) and describing shipboard life, the passengers, crew, birds, weather, health, finishing 8 Dec (page 16) on arrival at Lyttelton; transcription of same by Crowther; and clipping and transcription of account from `Lyttelton times' (10 Dec 1863) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts and printed matter (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr B Crowther, Te Awamutu, Feb 1998

Date: 1879 [nd]

By: Clarke, William, 1854?-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-11495

Description: Diary transcription is a very full account of Clarke's voyage aboard the `Invercargill' from Glasgow, Scotland to Port Chalmers, Otago, 27 Jun-1 Oct 1879. Clarke comments on shipboard life, changing weather patterns and the progress of the ship. Diary commences with Clarke narrating his departure from Derry City to Greenock and onto Glasgow. Describes his stay of seven days in Glasgow before the vessel sailed on 4 Jul. Arrival in Port Chalmers was on 27 Sep with disembarkation on 29 Sep. Clarke provides a detailed description of his surroundings in Port Chalmers and Dunedin, and comments on looking for work and the activities of some of his fellow passengers. Diary finishes 1 Oct 1879. Accompanying material - Folder also contains biographical note relating to William Clarke and a printout from the Otago Daily Times of the arrival of the `Invercargill' in Port Chambers on 27 Sep 1879. Source of title - Transcribed from item Clarke emigrated to New Zealand from Newtownstewart, Ireland in 1879. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (copy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr M Pirie, Wellington, Jun 2013

Date: [ca 12 Jan-Sep 1842]

From: Saxton, John Waring, 1807-1866 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0107-1

Description: The shipboard diary covers approximately 12 Jan to 5 May 1842 and describes shipboard life with references to previous explorers and commentators. It is illustrated, especially with illustrations of land and bird life. The account is dated 9 Sep 1842. Small sections are in Hebrew. Part of SBDD project Other - The words have been transcribed by Marsha Donaldson, and the transcript is at MS-Papers-4417 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 encapsulated leaves). Physical Description: Mss with illustrations Many illustrations of landforms, fish, birds, plants and ships Processing information: Digitisation details - Fragments digitised in the order they have been arranged and housed in Melinex enclosures. Each enclosure has fragments from separate diary pages. An attempt has been made to arrange the fragments chronologically where possible.

Date: 1869-1955

By: Holmes, Duncan, active 1955-2007

Reference: MSDL-0252

Description: Memoirs of Holmes visiting his great Aunt Kate in Deep Cove, British Columbia in 1955 and later on in the 1960s. Details family history of the McNaughtan family who first emigrated to New Zealand from Scotland. Includes a transcript of Robert McNaughtan's shipboard account, (written at the age of 13) of their journey aboard the Oamaru in 1882, arriving at Port Chalmers 29 January 1883. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 74 kilobyte(s). 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1851-1858, 1910 (2000)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922

Reference: MSDL-1272

Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly on Glenham Station in the Mataura Valley, Southland, and in Dunedin; transcribed and indexed by Marsha Donaldson. Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to Port Chalmers on the 'Dominion' in 1851 with the Richardson family, a voyage home to England via Melbourne on the 'Thomas and Henry', and 'Royal Charter' in 1857, and the return voyage to Port Chalmers in 1858 on 'Agra'. He includes some of his wife's diary entries in his reminiscences. His first year in New Zealand was spent at Otepopo on the sheep station owned by Charles Suisted. He married Fanny Richardson in Dunedin in 1854. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Finding Aids: Accompanied by index to people and ships mentioned, and some places. Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 1879, 1884-1894, [197-]

By: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994

Reference: MS-Papers-2347

Description: Papers include shipboard diaries of David and Hugh Hamill; farm accounts for the period 1884-1894; notes on the Hamill and Adams families by Vernor Hamill; accounts of a religious revival in Maerewhenua during 1908-1909 contributed by Alfred Adams and Aggie Medland; and a description of the settlement of the Catlins district 1884-1918 by W R Adams Source of title - Supplied title David and Hugh Hamill emigrated to New Zealand aboard the `Hermione' in 1879 as steerage passengers. They settled and farmed in the Maerewhenua district, Otago. David married Mary Adams in 1897. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1877-1878, 1965-1989

From: Wilson, Derek, 1922- : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11608-76

Description: Contains notes on Wilson family genealogy and several draft family trees. Also letters from Jo, Ken, Godfrey Wilson and Bob. Other material includes typescript of shipboard diary of John Lamb Wilson, who travelled from England to New Zealand aboard the May Queen in 1877-1878. Also undated account of working on a farm in the Awakino area, probably written by Clement Wilson and later published under the penname `Station Manager' (see article in MS-Papers-11608-70). Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1920, [ca 1990]

From: Edward, Jock, fl 2012 :Various papers relating to research interests

By: Edward, Alexander, active 1920-1960

Reference: MSDL-2009

Description: Document concerning the diary of Alexander Edward's voyage from Southampton, England, to Lyttelton, New Zealand on the Corinthic in 1920 written for his mother who lived in Forfar, Scotland. It contains an introductory note probably written at the time of the creation of the electronic document, plus embedded scanned pages of the diary, newspaper clipping and photographs. Alexander Edward's diary gives a detailed account of the voyage, ending with his arrival in Wellington, and his ferry trip to Lyttelton. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 1864-1866

By: Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918

Reference: qMS-0934

Description: Account of trip to New Zealand from Plymouth on the `Wild Duck' and subsequent life and travels in Kaikoura Peninsula and Marlborough; especially at Kekerengu and Flaxbourne where Hawkins served as tutor to the sons of J D Tetley Publication - The Hawkins diary has been extensively used and quoted from in a book by Helen Loftus 'The Tetley affair, or, colonial dreams and nightmares: beig and account of the career of Joseph Dresser Tetley...' (Waikanae, 1997) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (203 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (24 cm; black morocco box) Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - E-370 - Purchased at the same time: a sketchbook by Hawkins - Illustrations of New Zealand, E-370, Drawings and Prints Collection, ATL. Numerous pen sketches Processing information: Part of SBDD project (Shipboard diary digitisation)

Date: 1861, 1863

By: Maskell, William Miles, 1839-1898

Reference: MS-1564

Description: Account of voyage to Lyttelton on the William Miles, 6 May-19 Aug 1860, and return to England by Chrysolite, 1 May-27 Jul 1863; impressions of Canterbury, Wellington, New Plymouth and Auckland 1860; comments on war in Taranaki and Maori fortifications; observations of Maori, settlers and work on Sir Frederick Weld's run at Flaxbourne, 1860, before taking up own property Source of title - Transcribed Variations in title - Spine title: Log to and from New Zealand, 1860, 1863 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (181 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (18 cm; ½ dark green morocco, green cloth) Processing information: Part of SBDD project (Shipboard diary digitisation)

Date: 7 May-4 Aug 1874

By: Bovis, Henry, active 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-7463

Description: Diary kept by Bovis in 1874 of his voyage from London to New Zealand from 7 May to 4 Aug, in the emigrant ship, `Conflict'; the account was published by his brother, William Bovis, in 1874. He described the various events on board, including the time rose each morning, his family's adaptation to shipboard life, the weather, food, ports of call and land passed, and often dramatises a story out of an event. Includes Bovis family history notes assembled by K Jones Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - Bovis family history Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms K Jones, Lake Rotoma, Jun 2002

Date: 1872-1874, n d

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 73-150-02

Description: Draft of application for Phillips's admission as advocate, Supreme Court, Fiji; shipboard advertisement for missing piece of tatting on board the `Sea Gull'; bank orders and accounts; notes by Phillips on a voyage from wharf K, Auckland, to the Thames goldfields; on the slave trade, Liberia, trade, on Darwin on coral reefs, Tahiti, on Godefroy, method of skinning and curing sea-birds, Jame Gillies on New Caledonia, notes on settlement at Apia, re purchase of Nukulau, pros and cons of purchasing Smith's shipping business at Levuka, list of steamers for sale from Pothonier, ca 1874; paper, Pour traduction d'Anglais en Francais, 13 Mar 1872 from `de Cinq-Mars' chapitre six Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: 15 Apr-24 Jul 1884, 1994

By: Bridge, Thomas Richard, 1844-1928

Reference: MS-Papers-6063

Description: Bridge provides a very full account of the voyage referring to events on board and his fellow passengers, and includes pencil illustrations of the ship, Captain Phillips, etc Accompanied by a typed transcript done by Dorothea June Bridge (wife of donor), 1994 Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Letter from grandson, H R Bridge providing biographical information. Photographs of T R Bridge and his wife Maria, and their home at Tirohanga, Opotiki Relationship complexity - The shipboard diary of Hannah Seymour contains many references to the Bridge family (Ristori, B. 90-113) Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typed transcript and photographs (some photocopies) Diary includes pencil sketches

Date: 1851-1858 (1910)

By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922

Reference: MS-1638-1642

Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly in the Mataura Valley, Southland, on Glenham Station. Includes 2 pages of photocopies of sketches by Mieville; and a Mieville and a Richardson family tree Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to New Zealand on the Dominion, and a voyage home to England via Melbourne, on `Thomas and Henry' and `Royal Charter' in 1857, and return voyage in July 1858 on the `Agra'. Includes diary entries written by his wife, 1854 Publication - Extensive extracts used by Herries Beattie in his histories of Southland Mieville and his future wife Fanny Richardson both immigrated to Lyttelton in 1851 on board the `Dominion' Quantity: 5 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (in red buckram hinged-lid box) Sketches by Mieville

Date: 31 Oct 1873-8 Feb 1876 (transcribed 2007)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Moore, Walter Montagu, 1851-1929

Reference: MSDL-1260

Description: Account of voyage to Canterbury on Crusader with his brothers Francis and Henry, 1873-1874, and return voyage to England a year later on the Merope. Describes his stay in Christchurch, trips to Governor's Bay and Akaroa, to Hokitika via Arthur's Pass, trip to visit numerous sheep stations in South Canterbury, social events, cricket matches, balls, Professor Bickerton's lectures, Transit of Venus Expedition (lead by Major Palmer, R.E., chief astronomer), Canterbury runholders and settlers including Lysaght family, Thomas Potts (Ohinetahi), etc. Trip to North Island via Wellington, thermal region, Tauranga, Auckland, and return to Christchurch before leaving for England on the Merope in Jan 1875. Includes brief account of Walter's return voyage to New Zealand, Oct 1875-8 Feb 1876 on the Crusader. Includes index of people, sheep stations and ships mentioned Accompanying material - Newspaper report of 1873-1874 voyage of Crusader, & 1874 voyage of the Merope (Transit of Venus expedition on board) (from Lyttelton Times); biographical notes & 1861 census for Moore family; biographical entry for Thomas Potts (NZ dictionary of biography / Scholefield) Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD project (Shipboard diary digitisation)

Date: 1851-1858, 1910 (2000)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922

Reference: MS-Papers-6938

Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly on Glenham Station in the Mataura Valley, Southland, and in Dunedin; transcribed and indexed by Marsha Donaldson. Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to Port Chalmers on the 'Dominion' in 1851 with the Richardson family, a voyage home to England via Melbourne on the 'Thomas and Henry', and 'Royal Charter' in 1857, and the return voyage to Port Chalmers in 1858 on 'Agra'. He includes some of his wife's diary entries in his reminiscences. His first year in New Zealand was spent at Otepopo on the sheep station owned by Charles Suisted. He married Fanny Richardson in Dunedin in 1854. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (106, 7 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Accompanied by index to people and ships mentioned, and some places. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Marsha Donaldson, Upper Hutt (Nov 2000)