E Ma Project: Supporting documentation regarding the transcription and translation of the Maori letters to Sir Donald McLean

The collection contains two files of supporting documentation from the E Ma project, which transcribed and translated series 2 of the Donald McLean Papers, MS-Group-1551.

Source of title - Supplied by library

The translation project, \"E Ma: Nga Tuhituhinga ki a Makarini\" (E Ma), transcribed and translated the Maori letters sent to Sir Donald McLean from 1840 to 1877, which comprise series 2 of the Sir Donald McLean Papers held at the Turnbull Library (Reference number MS-Group-1551). The 3000 letters comrpise the largest surviving accumulation of nineteenth-century letters in Maori. The earlier letters are mainly from Maori in those areas where McLean was active as an official.

The transcriptions and translations are working documents created using the microfilm copy of the collection, rather than the original documents. Each letter has been translated and reviewed by two people and every effort was made to achieve accurate translations. The transcriptions of the letters use modern orthography for ease of reading, and current forms of names and places. The transcriptions and translations have been added to the to the descriptive record for each letter, along with the digitised image of the letter, so readers may apply their own analysis and understanding to these materials. The item records for the individual letters, along with scanned copies of the handwritten letters, are available in Series 2: Inward letters (Maori) of the Sir Donald McLean Papers, Reference number MS-Group-1551.

Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s). 0.02 Linear Metres.

Provenance: The E Ma Project is a team of Te Reo scholars comprising team leader, Dr Ngapare Hopa and main translator, Dr Jane McRae.