MANUSCRIPT
Elsdon Best - Inward letters and miscellaneous papers in Maori
- Date
- 1852, 1911-1930
- By
- Balneavis, Henare Te Raumoa Huatahi, 1880-1940; Himiona, Makurata, -1930?; Hinga, Te Here A, active 1910-1920; Kamura, Karaka, active 1920s; Kotua, Te Whare, active 1910-1920; Lawry, Walter (Rev), 1793-1859; Matiu, Hoani Tamahika, 1854-1944; Murupara, active 1830s; Ormsby, Arthur, active 1910-1920; Paerata, Aporo, active 1880s?; Pāhewa, Hakaraia (Rev), 1869?-1948; Paitini Wi Tapeka, 1844?-; Paura, Hopa, active 1880?; Pouwhare, Te Iki-o-te-rangi, -1963; Puketapu, Hurae, active 1904-1907; Rawiri, Heremia, active 1920s; Tarakawa, Takaanui Hohaia, 1852-1919; Tarawhiti, Karaka, active 1917-1918; Te Mokena, active 1865; Te Waharoa, active 1805; Te Wairere, Hone, active 1910-1920; Te Whatahoronui, active 1800s?; Te Wirihana, Pakira, active 1920s; Tikao, Hone Taare, 1850?-1927; Tutakangahau, active 1890-1900; Waititi, Manihera, active 1882-1908; Wharetapu, Toki, active 1920s
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0072-07
- Description
Contains letters to Best from a number of Maori scholars; the letters contain ethnographic information about the history of various iwi (including whakapapa and karakia) and about various Maori traditional tools and practices; the letters also contain some information and commentary about contemporary events and the collection of this type of material; there are individual letters about the Ringatu Church and about the Mormon Church; there is also an account of a meeting between King Tawhiao and John Ballance in the early 1880s
There is also a number of mid 19th century Maori letters that have been collected from a number of sources; these letters cover a wide range of topics including land tenure and disputes with Pakeha
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers / Series 1 - Inwards correspondence
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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