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Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
- Date
- 1879, 1884-1894, [197-]
- By
- Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994Adams, Alfred, active 1908-1909?; Hamill, David, 1856-1938; Hamill, Hugh, 1855-1935
- Reference
- MS-Papers-2347
- Description
Papers include shipboard diaries of David and Hugh Hamill; farm accounts for the period 1884-1894; notes on the Hamill and Adams families by Vernor Hamill; accounts of a religious revival in Maerewhenua during 1908-1909 contributed by Alfred Adams and Aggie Medland; and a description of the settlement of the Catlins district 1884-1918 by W R Adams
Source of title - Supplied title
David and Hugh Hamill emigrated to New Zealand aboard the `Hermione' in 1879 as steerage passengers. They settled and farmed in the Maerewhenua district, Otago. David married Mary Adams in 1897.
Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some photocopies)
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 9 folder(s), 0.09 Linear Metres, Autobiographies, Diaries, Essays, Financial records, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Mss and typescripts (some photocopies)
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The Catlins I remember / William Richard Adams
Date: [19--]
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-09
Description: The Adams' family moved to the Catlins district in 1890 and lived there until 1920. The article describes pioneering farming in this district of Otago between 1884-1920. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
David Hamill - Diary (transcription of MS-Papers-2347-01)
Date: Aug-Dec 1879 [nd]
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-02
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hugh Hamill - Diary (transcription of MS-Papers-2347-3)
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-04
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
David Hamill - Diary (original)
Date: Aug-Dec 1879
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-01
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
The Maerewhenua revival / Aggie Medland
Date: nd
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-08
Description: Describes a religious revival which took place in 1909-1910 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
The Adams Saga / Vernor Hamill
Date: nd
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-07
Description: Draft history of the branch of the Adams family who settled at Maerewhenua Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hugh Hamill - Diary kept on board the Hermione
Date: Aug-Dec 1879
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-03
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Financial accounts relating to Hamill brothers' land at Maerewhenua
Date: 1884-1885
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-05
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
As the crow flies
Date: n d
From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2347-06
Description: An account of the life of Hugh Hamill and David and Mary Hamill and their family Quantity: 1 folder(s).