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Taylor family : Papers
- Date
- 1839-1898, 1999
- By
- Taylor, Richard Basil, 1920-2000Taylor, Basil Kirke (Rev), 1831-1876; Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873
- Reference
- MS-Group-0906
- Description
Includes childhood letters written by Basil Kirke Taylor and his wife Edith, 1839-1848; typeset letter from Richard Taylor to his daughter Laura, 1847; letters from Basil Kirke Taylor to his wife, 1874-1876; various other Basil Kirke Taylor correspondence, 1859-1876; genealogical material re Taylor and Fox families; and other miscellaneous items
Diaries and notebooks of Basil Kirke Taylor (including diary fragments), 1847-1876; notebook of Edith Palmer Taylor, 1864-1870; notebook inscribed in the front `Caroline Taylor' which has been used to record recipes, copies of letters (some from Richard Taylor), etc, 1844-1873; notebook used to record the Wanganui Mission accounts, 1854-1872. Some of notebooks and diaries contain a record of Wanganui Mission baptisms, marriages, burials, and those receiving communion, and many include drawings
`Family recollections' by Richard Basil Taylor being the story of his life including a section on his antecedents. Privately printed, 1999
Language - Some entries in diaries and notebooks are in Maori
Source of title - Supplied title
Quantity: 14 folder(s). 15 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, photographs
Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Commonplace book and loose sketches - To Photographic Archive - 7 photographs (including Putiki Maori Choir, Jan 1896).
Some of the diaries and notebooks contain drawings
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 14 folder(s), 15 volume(s), 0.30 Linear Metres, Autobiographies, Diaries, Family histories, Family papers, Manuscripts, Personal correspondence, Mss, printed matter, photographs, Illustration: Some of the diaries and notebooks contain drawings
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Rev Basil Taylor - Notebook
Date: 1861-1864, 1872-1873
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MSX-5576
Description: Diary entries 18 Jan 1862-Sep 1863, followed by sketch of church at Nelson, 25 Apr 1864. The back of the volume has been used to record baptisms, marriages, burials, those receiving the sacrament, temperance pledges, and accounts. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Various additional sketches: Mangawhaiti, Wanganui; bend near Mangahau, Waitara, etc
Rev Richard Taylor - Notebook No 1
Date: [ca 1845]
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MSX-5569
Description: The notes include A Legend of the mountains of Tongariro and Taranaki; notes from Adamson, a man who has visited almost every part of the Middle and S[tewart] Island; Names of the generations from Turi; waiata and legends; `copy of letter I wrote to Major Richmond', 9 Jan 1845, Wanganui; genealogical table of 7 Taupo chiefs; list of persons overwhelmed at Te Rapa, Taupo, etc Language - Some text in Maori Quantity: 1 volume(s). Includes pencil sketch of unidentified house, nd; maps (ink and pencil)
Rev Basil Taylor - Diary
Date: 1876
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MSX-5580
Description: Diary records his trip up the Wanganui River with Richard Woon; also records baptisms, marriages and burials, 14 Feb-10 Aug 1876; and a few additional notes Front pocket contains a pencil sketch of a house `The Close Letwell, Liverpool' Accompanying material - Copy of article from Journal of the Whanganui Historical Society, Vol 5 No 2 Nov 1974 which contains a transcript of the diary entries re the trip up the Wanganui River Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Basil Kirke Taylor - Outward correspondence
Date: 1859-1876, nd
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6817-05
Description: Includes letter to unidentified correspondent written from Huntingdon, 8 Aug 1859; letter to Rev H Venn, 29 Sep 1859; marriage certificate for Basil Kirke Taylor and Edith Palmer Tylee with letter to Mr Venn written on verso, 1863; letter to Mr Venn, 9 May 1863; letter to his mother, 23 Sep 1874; letter to Rev R Burrows, 29 Aug 1876; letter to Major Straith, nd Also letter addressed to `My dear young friends' re visit to a village on the occasion of the death of Te Hemara at Parewanui (undated & incomplete) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous papers
Date: n d
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6817-14
Description: Includes poem entitled `The rights of women'; `A Quarterly Token for juvenile subscribers: a gift from the Church Missionary Society', No 80 Jan 1876; 3 cutouts of butterflies pasted onto cardboard Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fox family - Genealogical information
Date: 1563-1897
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6817-12
Description: Rev Richard Taylor married Mary Caroline Fox Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Rev Basil Kirke Taylor - Diary
Date: 1847-1851
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MSX-5571
Description: Inscribed inside front cover `Basil Kirke Taylor, August 10 1847, from his papa, Wellington' The journal was started when he was 16 years old. At the age of 19 Basil was sent to England to further his education at his father's college, Queen's, at Cambridge. He travelled to England on the `John Wesley' accompanied by Archdeacon William Williams, departing Nov 1850. Includes list of letters written and received, Sep 1847-Apr 1849 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Sketches: Off Cape Horn, 5 Feb 1851; insects; Deigo Ramirey as seen from the John Wesley, 4 Feb 1851; Island of Trinidad at noon, 5 Mar 1851; flying fish, 20 Mar 1851
Rev Basil Taylor - Last sermon preached in the old Wanganui Church
Date: n d
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6817-11
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Basil Kirke Taylor - Letters to his wife Edith
Date: 1874-1876, nd
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6817-04
Description: Includes a riddle addressed to Mrs B K Taylor, dated 1 Apr 1874 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Richard Taylor - Letter to Laura
Date: 26 Mar 1847
From: Taylor family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6817-01
Description: Letter written by Rev Richard Taylor from Wanganui to his daughter Laura on her birthday (typeset) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material