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Cornwall family: Farming records
- Date
- 1908-1974
- By
- Cornwall, James Caleb, 1879-1964
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00226
- Description
Collection comprises records relating to the management of the Cornwall family farm at Tatuanui (Waikato). Includes day books, registers, account books and some loose documents and invoices. Some items identified as belonging to James Cornwall. One wages book includes New Zealand unemployment relief and social security stamps. Also includes a coachbuilder's accounts book and a ledger of a creamery at Oringi (Manawatu) which was managed by James Cornwall.
Alexander Turnbull Library also holds a collection of photographs taken by James Caleb Cornwall: PA-Group-00938
Material belonged to the family of James Cornwall of Tatuanui.
Quantity: 8 folder(s). 1 volume(s).
Physical Description: Ruled ledgers and accounts books, loose papers, and a bank book.
Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection are indexed.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 8 folder(s), 1 volume(s), Ledgers (Account books), Account books, Ruled ledgers and accounts books, loose papers, and a bank book.
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Coachbuilder and wheelright's client accounts book
Date: 1924-1932
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSX-9558
Description: Coachbuilder and wheelright's itemised accounts for services to horse-drawn vehicles, in particular replacement parts and repairs for carts, gigs, wagons, and coaches. Also some work done on automative transport. Clients were based around the Waikato region, including Piako and Tatuanui. Part of a collection which was created and belonged to the family of James Cornwall. However this item may not have originated from them. Creator unknown Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Oversewn pages, cover and spine lost. 240x160
Bank book
Date: 1933-1938
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSX-9557
Description: Personal bank account book in the name of Mr W. Cornwall with the Morrinsville branch of the National Bank of New Zealand. Credit and debits to the account are itemised. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Cover is red cloth on card. Adhesive paper label to front. 184x120
Accounts book
Date: 1919-1921
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSX-9559
Description: Accounts book covering 02 April 1919-27 June 1921 showing reciepts and payments for the running of the Cornwall family farm at Tatuanui. Income is primarily generated from milk, but also includes meat, hides, horn. Expenditures shown include general equipment purchases including raw materials and machinery, also maintenance, wages, and medical treatment. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Paper cover, long stitched. Commercially produced stationery product with "Farmers simplified accounts book" on cover. "1919 19-" handwritten in red pencil on cover. 192x330.
Day book
Date: 1938-1976
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSY-8294
Description: Day Book containing income and expenditure of the Cornwall family farm at Tatuanui. Written note on the inside cover identifies it as belonging to J W Cornwall, Tatuanui. Loose sheets inserted inside back cover include day book records, a delivery note of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company dated 10 April 1974 for Concrete post staples and floats, and a pamphlet flyer from Urlich A1 Meats advertising butchering services. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled card boards with black cloth spine. Paper label affixed to front cover with "Day book" handwritten. 320x200
Ledger book
Date: 1905-1918
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSY-8299
Description: Ledger showing named accounts, organised by year and name of account holder (perhaps shareholders?). The Ledger is for a creamery at Oringi which J W Cornwall managed from ca 1905, and was still managing at least until 1908. Expenses listed toward the end of the ledger include working, wages, factory improvements, general. The Creamery began making butter around 1908, and accounts also appear for that product for the years 1908/1909-1910/1911. Accounts which appear to be related to the family farm, and not the creamery, include accounts for the house, shares, livestock, plant expenditure and a table of names and yield of a herd of the 1913/1914 season. These accounts appear to be made after Cornwall left the employ of the Crcamery. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Commercially-produced, half-bound in leather with "Ledger" stamped in gold on the spine. Marbled interior boards and endpapers. 333x215.
Accounts book
Date: 1922 - 1939
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSY-8295
Description: Accounts book covering 1922-1939 showing expenditure of the Cornwall family farm at Tatuanui. Expenditures shown include general equipment purchases including raw materials and machinery. Written note on the inside cover identifies it as belonging to J W Cornwall, Tatuanui. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Cloth on card cover Red spine, green cover. "Balance Book B series" on cover in gold. "Out" handwritten on spine and cover. 320x200.
Day book
Date: 1923-1927
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSY-8298
Description: Day Book containing income and expenditure of the Cornwall family farm at Tatuanui. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled card boards with cloth spine. 320x150.
Accounts book
Date: 1922-1939
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSY-8296
Description: Accounts book covering 1922-1939 showing income of the Cornwall family farm at Tatuanui. Income is primarily generated from milk, but also includes meat, hides, horn. Written note on the inside front cover identifies it as belonging to J. W. Cornwall, Green Park, Tatuanui. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Cloth on card cover Red spine, green cover. "Balance Book B series" on cover in gold. "In" handwritten on spine and cover. 320x200
Wages book
Date: 1933-1952
From: Cornwall family: Farming records
Reference: MSY-8297
Description: Wages book containing payment amounts to various staff, including family members, long-term, and casual labour. Includes New Zealand unemployment relief and social security stamps. A stamp on the cover identifies it as belonging to J. W. Cornwall, Green Park, Morrinsville. Employee included are: Percy Cato, Jack Durham, Agnes Durham, Dorothy Cornwall, Delwyn L Hosking, J W E Cornwall, Jim Cornwall, Harvey Cornwall, Mary Harding, Fred (Tom) Cornwall, Edna Currie, Peter Durham, A Pearson. Inside the back cover is an invoice from the International Harvester Company of New Zealand for a tractor and a credit note from the Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering Company for auctioned stock. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled card boards with cloth spine. "W. Cornwall Green park Morrinsville" stamped on front cover. "Wages Book" handwritten on cover. 320x200.