MANUSCRIPT
Westland, Jessie, fl 1893 : A week's camping up the Rakaia River
- Date
- Mar-Apr 1893
- By
- Westland, Janet Mildred, active 1874-1893Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
- Reference
- Micro-MS-0924
- Description
Record of a six day camping trip made up the Rakaia River to the Canterbury foothills.
Account was privately printed (16 pages) in England (Farmer & Sons, 295 Edgeware Road, London) by the writer's mother, Mrs Jackson, from letters and manuscript, supplimented by a printed account which appeared in the Christchurch paper shortly after their return. It is thought to be the only surviving copy.
James Westland's rather shorter account was printed in the "New Zealand Alpine Journal" in 1893.
Source of title - Title page
Jessie Westland (nee Jackson) was married to James Westland.
Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (49 frames).
Original had photographs inserted which had been taken on the trip. Scenes had been identified and captions added by John Pascoe, Jul 1958.
- Additional description
Microfilm available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (49 frames), Manuscripts, Microfilms, Illustration: Original had photographs inserted which had been taken on the trip. Scenes had been identified and captions added by John Pascoe, Jul 1958.
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