Turner family

Date: 24 Oct 1866-27 Apr 1867

By: Turner, (Mrs), active 1860s

Reference: MS-Papers-7781

Description: Comprises 11 letters from Charles H Turner and Frank C Turner to their mother in England while they were sailing to New Zealand, travelling round New Zealand followed by a visit to Australia. Three of the letters are from Charles and eight are from Frank. They were written on board ship, the `Kent' and the `Tarama', and while they were travelling in New Zealand and Australia. Both sons describe life on board ship, the people they were travelling with, ports visited, activities on board ship and describe in some detail the various places they visited in New Zealand (Papakura, where their brother had a farm, Waikato, Lyttelton, Wellington, Bluff, Dunedin, Nelson, Auckland and Taranaki) and Australia (Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart Town). The letters have been transcribed by Mr Grant. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1836-1849

By: Turner, Nathaniel (Rev), 1793-1864

Reference: qMS-2062-2065

Description: Personal narrative in 2 vol; 1793-1835 & 1836-1846. Autobiography written from memory, and available records. Includes accounts of mission work at Kaeo (Whangaroa) and Mangungu, also lists Turner children & birth dates. Journal, 1836-1846. Letterbook, 27 May 1836-14 Apr 1849 Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (36 cm; green buckram)

Date: 1806-1843, 1901-[ca 1926]

By: Turner, Charles Barker (Sir), 1791-1857

Reference: MS-2187

Description: Detailed reminiscences of service with the 11th Regiment in Spain, 1807-1814; mention of service in Gibraltar 1821-1826, Portugal 1828-1830, British North America, 1831-1843. Also includes newspaper clippings of marriages and deaths in the New Zealand branch of the family, particularly Captain A C Turner Source of title - Supplied Variations in title - Title on front cover: The diary of Col C B Turner K H Quantity: 1 volume(s) (121 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter (26cm, black morocco) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs G B Taylor, Lower Hutt, 1975

Date: 1866-1869 (2005)

By: Leov, Nola Matilda, 1928-

Reference: MS-Papers-8393

Description: Typescript copies of letters from members of the Holdsworth and Toomath families in Nelson. Describe family events, visits to Wanganui, engagements, deaths and life in Nelson. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Located by Mrs Leov while researching the family of William Henry Turner Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs Nola M Leov, 2005

Date: Sep 1998

From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories

Reference: MSX-8198

Description: Family history of the Steere & Dew families - Mary Alice Vizer's maternal line. Section A - The Steere family (of Leatherhead, Surrey who travelled to NZ in 1855 on the `Caroline Agnes' with the Dew family); Section B - Churches associated with the Streere and Faulkner families in London & Surrey); Section C - The ancestors of Temperance Faulkner; Section D - The Dew family. Surnames of the main families have been entered in the Name Field. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.

Date: [1907?]-1919, 1945-1952, [ca 1960]

By: Turner, Shirley Margaret, 1945-

Reference: PA-Group-00849

Description: Photographs of Rarotonga, Fiji and probably Papeete, Tahiti, taken at a range of dates between 1907? and circa 1960 by a range of photographers. Comprises: A box of photographic prints of what appears to be the aftermath of a cyclone taken circa 1907-1919 probably taken in Papeete,Tahiti; Rarotonga taken between 1945-1952; Fiji taken circa 1960s. Also an album of photographs taken on Aitutaki, Cook Islands, circa 1914. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Approximate dates for "Miniature views" of Rarotonga from dates of regular air services provided by Alphons M J Kloosterman in Discovers of the Cook Island and the names they gave. Publication details: Cook Islands Library and Museum, 1976. Accessed August 2013 from http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-KloDisc-t1-body-d13.html Quantity: 14 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (2 are small panoramas). 1 album(s) Album(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 packet that originally held the "Twelve miniature views". Provenance: Donated by Shirley Turner, Auckland, 2013. Items came from the donor's grandparents whose business E Turner was the forerunner to Turners and Growers.

Date: 1948

From: Turner, Oswald Montague, 1918-1961: Papers, diaries and photographs

Reference: MSX-5985

Description: Comprises volume designed by Mr and Mrs Turner, East Molesey, Surrey, for their son, Oswald Montague Turner, on his departure for New Zealand, 26 Feb 1948. Includes the 91st Psalm and John Bunyan's `Life is a pilgrimage'. With hand-drawn and painted decorations and gold-embossed cover. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph with illustrations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs P Turner, per Mr F Turner, Naenae, Lower Hutt, Nov 2001

Date: 1873

By: Turner family

Reference: MS-Papers-1767

Description: Correspondence between C W Turner and his wife to their children on family matters Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1939, 1943-1951

By: Turner, Oswald Montague, 1918-1961

Reference: ATL-Group-00180

Description: Collection comprises Turner's personal diaries, an album presented to him by his family on his departure for New Zealand, and group portraits of members of the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment. Supplied by Library Quantity: 17 volume(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, photographs and printed matter Processing information: In May 2017 manuscript and photographic material received by the Library between 2001-2017, and of the same provenance, was linked under a single, multi-format group reference number.

Date: 1914

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-004011-G

Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [1870-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

By: Thompson & Daley (Firm)

Reference: 1/4-030483-G

Description: Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [between 1856-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/4-003942-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Wanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [1870-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

By: Thompson & Daley (Firm)

Reference: 1/4-008130-G

Description: Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [1870-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

By: Thompson & Daley (Firm)

Reference: 1/4-030164-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1914

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-004010-G

Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches