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Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
- Date
- [1960-1990]
- By
- Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000Host, Emily Olga, 1913-1980
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00067
- Description
Contains research material related to Emily Host's publications: `The Enchanted Coast', handbooks for the Abel Tasman National Park, a biography of Thomas Brunner, and for a proposed book on Abel Tasman. Material is created by both Bent and Emily Host and comprises research notes, drafts, printed matter, correspondence, as well as photographic prints, negatives, and transparencies.
Also contains Emily Host's personal diary and photographic portraits of both Bent and Emily Host.
Title supplied by Library.
Emily Host worked as a journalist. She also wrote and edited two national park handbooks, one for the Abel Tasman National Park, the other for the Nelson Lakes National Park. She also published the `The Enchanted Coast' and had prepared a biography of Thomas Brunner.
Quantity: 1 volume(s). 2 colour original transparency/ies strips with 6 images. 3 colour original transparency/ies slides. 4 box(es) (two wax boxes and two folio boxes). 8 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 19 b&w original negative(s) strips. 21 folder(s). 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 1.50 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holograph, manuscript, typescript, photocopies, and photographic prints, negatives, and transparencies.
Processing information: Reference number changed from MS-Group-1227 to ATL-Group-00067 in February 2017. Title changed from "Papers of Bent and Emily Host" to "Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host" in April 2017.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 volume(s), 2 colour original transparency/ies strips with 6 images, 3 colour original transparency/ies slides, 4 box(es) (two wax boxes and two folio boxes), 8 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s), 19 b&w original negative(s) strips, 21 folder(s), 74 b&w original photographic print(s), 1.50 Linear Metres, Drafts (Documents), Film negatives, Manuscripts, Personal correspondence, Photographic prints, Publications (Documents), Research notes, Holograph, manuscript, typescript, photocopies, and photographic prints, negatives, and transparencies.
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Enchanted coast (corrected typescript draft)
Date: [1976]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: 2003-325-17
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Personal diary
Date: 1960, 1965
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: MSX-9531
Description: Emily Host's personal diary for 1960 and parts of 1965. Entries for 1965 cover the period 28 June to 13 August and are written over those dates for 1960. Entries record and discuss Host's work as a journalist (daily schedules, interviews, articles she is writing), her and Bent's social life (friends' news, parties, events, travel), and their domestic life (gardening, sewing, meals). Material related to sewing includes garment sketches and lists of patterns she intends to make. Many entries also discuss matters related to a house they were building (section clearing, construction, decorating). Host also notes details about her health, including sleep patterns, and receiving treatment for cancer. Diary arrived at the Library with annotations inside front cover, possibly created by B Brewster. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Hardback notebook with red linen cover, 22 x 13.5 cm
In search of Brunner (pages 120-198)
Date: [1970s]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: MS-Papers-7190-2
Description: Continues Part II with Stalemate!; then Part III, The first adventure, Notes of an expedition to Kawatiri and Araura (by Heaphy and Brunner), Food for thought, Four men on a raft, Success is not enough, Delicious - served on oilskin cap!, Greenstone country, Prologue, Expedition to explore the interior of the Middle Island (by Brunner), Quarelling females, Rain continuing, spirits failing, propsects fearful, Kai kuri - dog eater and A Barefoot explorer Quantity: 1 folder(s).
In search of Brunner (pages 199-321)
Date: [1970s]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: MS-Papers-7190-3
Description: Part III continues with Waterborne, Bird's eye view, Feasts and fasts, Journal and sketches burnt and The Wairau Road; Part IV, In the doldrums, Interlude, A Ray of hope, VIP's agree and Honoured by France Quantity: 1 folder(s).
In search of Brunner (pages 322-412)
Date: [1970s]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: MS-Papers-7190-4
Description: Part IV, Marriage, Those mischievous letters, The Hoax, Innocence accused, Runholders, Brunner - expert witness, Bizarre and Bazaar, Death and Epilogue. A bibliography and detailed listing and extracts from sources follows. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ben and Emily Host - Research correspondence
Date: [1975-1980]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: 2003-325-02
Description: Correspondence relating to Ben and Emily Host's work on the life of Abel Tasman Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Portraits of Bent and Emily Host
Date: ca 1960s
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: PAColl-10547
Description: Comprises two head and shoulders portraits. Portrait of Bent Host shows him in three-quarter profile, in front of a curtain. He wears a shirt, tie, and glasses. Portrait of Emily Host shows her seated. She wears her hair pinned-up to the side, a button-up blouse with yoke detailing, a necklace, and earrings. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photocopies of illustrative material
Date: [1976-1979]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: fMS-Papers-7876-2
Description: Photocopies of illustrative material relative to Tasman Quantity: 1 box(es) (folio box).
Research material
Date: [1976-1982]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: 2003-325-07
Description: Research material and notes relating to Ben and Emily Host's work on the life of Abel Tasman; includes place names and bibliography, and typescripts of chapters from `The enchanted coast' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Photocopies of research material
Date: 1840-1876, [1966-1968]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: fMS-Papers-7876-3
Description: Photocopies of material including Nelson provincial gazette references relating to research into the life of Thomas Brunner Quantity: 1 box(es) (folio box).