IMAGE
Hay family : Papers
- Date
- 1849-1937
- By
- Hay familyHay, William Edward, 1835-1911; Hay, Mary, 1802-1898; Hay, Mary Ann, active 1864-1871; Hay, Charles William, 1867-1938; Hay, Benjamin, 1862?-; Tindall family
- Reference
- MS-Papers-3779
- Description
Collection consists of the papers of William Edward Hay; his wife, Mary Hay; his mother, also Mary Hay and his second son, Charles William Hay.
Source of title - Supplied title
William Edward and his wife, Mary Hay (nee Tindall) emigrated to Christchurch on the `Mermaid' in 1864. After eighteen months without steady work they moved to Hokitika where William tried his luck at the gold-diggings before taking up a permanent position with the `West Coast Times'. Late in 1871, the family moved to Melbourne but less than a year later they were back in New Zealand living in Dunedin, where William set up in business as a cabinet maker. In 1877, William's mother, Mary and eldest son, Benjamin, a dentist, came out to New Zealand. Shortly afterwards, William shifted to Auckland where he worked on the staff of the `Evening Post'.
Quantity: 21 folder(s). 0.21 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter
Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 21 folder(s), 0.21 Linear Metres, Poetry, Photographs, Business cards, Family histories, Personal correspondence, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss and printed matter
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Letters from William and Mary, Dunedin
Date: 1873-1876
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-1/6
Description: Letter dated 8 July 1873 written on notepaper with lithograph of Okarita [sic] (Westland views) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Memorials, newspaper cuttings and photographs
Date: 1851, 1897, 1930
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-5/1
Description: Newspaper cutting re the death of Ernest Merritt on the `Talune', 17 Apr 1897; cutting re difficulties which the `Talune' had in entering Wellington Harbour, Apr 1897; list of goods and prices, n d; poems, photographs; calling card of Mrs C R Swallow, n d; memorial to William Hay (1781-1851) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from William and Mary Hay, Hokitika, and Charlotte Tindall, Islington
Date: 1869-1871
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-1/4
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letters from William and Mary at sea and from Christchurch
Date: 1864
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-1/1
Description: Letter from William and Mary to William's mother, written at sea and completed Feb 1864; four letters written from Christchurch, 1864. William Edward Hay and his wife Mary immigrated to Canterbury on board the `Mermaid'. William was appointed the ship's schoolmaster Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from William Hay
Date: 1870, 1897
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-3/1
Description: Letter from John Tindall, 1870; letters from William Hay written from Sydney, on board the `Orizaba', and from England, 1897 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from William and Mary Hay, Hokitika
Date: 1866-1868
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-1/3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: 1885-1889
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-2/3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Letters from William and Mary Hay, Hokitika, Melbourne and Dunedin
Date: 1871-1873
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-1/5
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Draft letter to Lady K Sidey
Date: 16 Jun 1937
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-4/5
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 pages).
Correspondence
Date: 1903
From: Hay family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3779-2/6
Description: Letter from J Paterson of Dunedin, 1903; letters from David Wilson of Dunedin, 1903; poem by David Wilson, ca 1903 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.