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Crawford family : Papers
- Date
- 1811-1939
- By
- Crawford familyCrawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Willis, Janet, 1845-1932; Crawford, James Dundas, 1850-1903; Crawford, Henry Duncan, 1859-1908; Crawford, Alexander Donald, 1863-1935; Crawford, Charles John, 1866-1940
- Reference
- ATL-Group-0759
- Description
The bulk of the collection comprises diaries, notebooks, correspondence and papers of James Coutts Crawford, 1817-1889 and correspondence with his sons H D, A D, C J, and J D Crawford who held a diplomatic post in China, and daughter Janet Willis. James Coutts Crawford's papers cover his naval career, sojourn in Australia, farming and development of land purchased at Miramar (Wellington) and service as Provincial Geologist. The papers reflect his interest in natural history, agriculture and mining. Early material was used in `Recollections of Travel in Australia and New Zealand' published in 1880.
The papers of his sons deal with the development of the Miramar Estate and sheep farming.
Arrangement: This collection is arranged so that the papers of James Coutts Crawford and each member of his family are self-contained as far as possible. The outward correspondence to members of the immediate family is collected under the writer while inward correspondence is confined to letters from extended family members and other writers. There is some overlapping of papers especially where the Miramar estate is concerned.
Quantity: 406 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 4 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Provenance: See inventory for details
Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph albums (25 Sep 1984) PA-Group-00149.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 406 folder(s), 3 volume(s), 4 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Account books, Financial records, Publications (Documents), Clippings, Maps, Photographs, Pamphlets, Ephemera, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs, Image quality: Some photocopies in this collection are of poor quality
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J C Crawford - Northern Investment Company of New Zealand Ltd, Edinburgh
Date: 1880-1889
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-384
Description: Correspondence with J Brookman as agent; also papers re Northern Investment Company of NZ Relationship complexity - See also folders 228 and 231
Correspondence - B W Mountfort
Date: Sep 1872
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-097
Description: Letters from B W Mountford re re building in concrete. Also J C Crawford to Wellington Independent on suitability of concrete for building college in Wellington. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary - Visit to Ireland
Date: 1837
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-002
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Sketch book
Date: n d
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-031
Description: Pencil sketches of - France, Greece, Crete, Africa, Chatham Islands, Australia, Wellington Harbour, Samoa, Honolulu, San Francisco, California Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Journal
Date: 1845-1848
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-005
Description: Considerable detail of activities in Australia and New Zealand including account of disturbances in Bay of Islands and Wellington, troop movements, capture of Te Rauparaha, etc. Comment on settlers and settlement, social events, and scandal in the colony as well as Maori way of life. Possibly rewritten from earlier diaries. Ends with biographical notes by C J Crawford Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Papers - Wellington affairs
Date: 1839, 1842, 1848, 1851
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-084
Description: F A Molesworth, 4 Jul 1842 re J C Crawford's Wellington affairs; F D Bell to J C Crawford and Rev Vesey Hine, 1848 re land on Watt's Peninsula. Agreement with Alvah Smith to build a house, Port Nicholson, 1839. Letter, dated 1851, re land on Watt's Peninsula Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence re employment at Roxburgh Station, Glenore
Date: 1890-1898
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-311
Description: Largely letters from Sir Charles Bowen. Includes letters from Bowen family to 1909 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
J C Crawford - Account with Lindsay, Howe and Co, Edinburgh
Date: 1881-1888
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-1001-383
Correspondence - Robert W Park, etc
Date: 1882, 1886
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-099
Description: Letters from Robert Park, 1882 re graving dock at Evans Bay etc; memorandums from Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company Ltd, 1886-1887 re block of land owned by the company Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence re Naughton House, Scotland
Date: 1934, 1937
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-362
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).