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Hunter family : Papers
- Date
- 1857-1957
- By
- Hunter familyHunter, George, 1821-1880; Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930; Bethune and Hunter (Firm); Hunter, George Ernest, 1870-1955; Hunter, David Souter, 1828-1903; Porangahau Station
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0049
- Description
The papers include an almost complete sequence of 450 letters dealing minutely with David Hunter's management of Porangahau Station (1859-1877); business correspondence of the firm of Bethune and Hunter; George Ernest Hunter's letters which formed the basis of his travel book `Round and about'; genealogies, obituaries and much miscellaneous data, some original, on the streets and social and business institutions of Wellington
Other Titles - Round and about
Relationship complexity - See also Robert Henry Hunter. Notebooks recording comments and criticisms of G E Hunter's `Round and about', ca 1939 [MS-1056-1059, Acc 97,810-3]; Robert Henry Hunter. Account book, 1912-1950 [qMS-1027, Acc 97,809]; and Dorothy Hunter. Notes on holdings of stocks and shares [qMS-1026, Acc 97,808]
Quantity: 176 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Finding Aids: Partial piece-level inventory available.
Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Medals, camera, tin of pumonas and a writing-pad transferred to Curios.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 176 folder(s), 1 volume(s), 2 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Business records, Family histories, Clippings, Notes (Documents), Financial records, Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Articles and letters to newspapers
Date: [19--]
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-137
Description: Undated manuscripts articles etc. Includes notes on Willis Street, Tollemaches; notes on Lower Hutt; New Zealand birds; New Zealand Company ships - Oriental, Adelaide, Aurora; Bishop Selwyn; list of directors of the New Zealand Company; Port Nicholson; reminiscences of old Willis Street; opening of Barrett's Hotel; Government Commissioners' decision,; G F Angas on Wellington, 1845; arrival of Samuel C Brees, surveyor-general of NZ Company; account of a sale of cattle at Bethune & Hunter's auction mart, 25 Dec 1841; naming of Hunter Street after Sir George Hunter; naming of Island Bay (Sir George Hunter proprietor of the estate); account of first race in New Zealand held at Te Aro pa; statement discrediting Governor Hobson's low opinion of Port Nicholson; founding of Wellington Chamber of Commerce, 1856 with names of presidents, 1856-1868 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: 14 Jul 1951
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-132
Description: Letter to George Hunter suggesting flogging as a solution for labour and other social problems Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes on various topics
Date: [19--]
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-138
Description: Undated manuscripts notes. Topics include George Hunter's trip to Mount Cook; purchase of the Willis Street section; talk of a revolution in the United Kingdom; early hardships of the Hunters in Wellington; character reference of Margaret Paul, Paisley, 20 May 1824 by James Thomson Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Articles and letters to newspapers
Date: [19--]
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-135
Description: Undated manuscripts articles etc. Includes The bringing of sheep to New Zealand, and success of Wright in farming them on Mana Island; The effect on an Australian on the view from Paekakariki Hill; The clan first - justice nowhere (suggestion that Scotchmen are favoured by the NZ courts); The Hunter brothers and their house and garden in Willis Street; 65th Regiment Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Newspaper clippings re Wellington history
Date: [19--]
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-157
Description: Includes articles members of the Founders' Society; strike in Newtown; Orren Hales and his Oriental Bay home; Mr Semple's speeches; memories of the barque `Weathersfield'; 1907 Mayoral banquet; Sir Charles Fergusson on Wellington; facilities of Wellington Harbour; Poppy Day Fund; Canteen funds, etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous papers
Date: n d
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-148
Description: Plan of Rhodes Estate, Highland Park Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Bethune and Hunter Ltd (Wellington) : Letter book
Date: 10 Apr-20 Nov 1877
From: Hunter family : Papers
By: Bethune and Hunter (Firm)
Reference: MSX-8586
Description: Copies of the outward correspondence of David Hunter, co-manager with his brother William Henry Hunter, of Porangahau Station Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (327 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (28 cm, ½ fawn morocco, maroon cloth) Transfers: Attached to MS-Papers-0049.
Business correspondence
Date: 1915-1923, 1938-1939
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-163
Description: Includes letters re property at Watt Street, Goldies Brae, 1915-1923; copy of agreement between Deputy Housing Superintendent and H E Manning for the construction of workers' dwellings, 1919 (see also folder 162); copies of correspondence referring to lease of rooms in Bethune & Hunter's building to Mr Frank Mumme, 1938-1939; list of stocks in F Mumme's store, 1939 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Newspaper clippings re Wellington history
Date: [19--]
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-158
Description: Includes articles on landslide dispute in Brooklyn; Wellington Harbour; communal riots at Poona; Huia feathers; article by Viscount Bledisloe; berthage available at Wellington wharves (map); etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward business correspondence - D & W Hunter, Porangahau
Date: 1870
From: Hunter family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0049-059
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.