Vallance, Charles Augustus, 1819?-1882

Date: 1845, n d

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/6

Description: Includes contract between Leonard Dark, master of a whaling boat belonging to C A Vallance of Wairarapa, and R D Wallace, 1845; invoice for freight of oil from Cloudy Bay, 1845; account for oil from James Deblois of Cloudy Bay to Vallance, 1845; anonymous whaling log with `Cooper's shop list', undated (possibly Jul-Sep 1843) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-173-034/035

Description: A Wairarapa farm landscape, seen from the farmhouse window Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 360 mm

Date: 1844-1860

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/2

Description: James Howard Wallace to Vallance, 1844-1847; William Ellerslie Wallace to Vallance, 1844-1847; references to Okiwi, Te Kope and whaling inter alia; William E Wallace to J Howard Wallace, Nov 1844; John Wallace to his son William Ellerslie Wallace, Apr 1846. Papers to Vallance from F Beaven on Kaumingi run, 1854-1860. Includes depasturage agreements between Frederick John Burton of Kauminga [sic] and Charles Robert Bidwill; receipts for rent of Kaumingi run, pastoral licences to Vallance and deeds of sale, Burton to Vallance. Papers relating to Watts Peninsula and town acre No 177. Includes letter from Mrs Caroline Ashbolt (wife of Thomas Ashbolt, livery stable keeper), 1859, and documents re land in Cuba Street leased from Hon F Baring to Samuel George Pope, and later to Thomas Ashbolt, 1852 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1844-1848

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-103-4/06

Description: Contains photocopies of letters to and from Vallance with regard to land tenure and leasing, farming activities and business dealings

Date: 1890

From: Wallace, John Howard 1816-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0108-9

Description: Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, a few pamplets, and notes by Wallace, including some re the 1890 jubilee celebrations and copy of the New Zealand Jubilee Hymn composed by Herbert B Bridge and published by the Evening Press Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1993

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8971-11

Description: Research notes relating to Archibald Gillies, an early Takapau station owner and owner of `Otaraia'. Includes transcripts of letters between Charles Augustus Vallance and Robert Douglas Wallace, 1844-1845. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 41 pages.

Date: 1855-1879

By: Vallance, Charles Augustus, 1819?-1882

Reference: MS-Papers-2637

Description: Most of the papers are letters from Charles's brother, James Thomas Vallance, and business letters and records Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by genealogical material ( in folder 4 ) Charles Augustus Vallance arrived in Wellington on the schooner Governor in 1844. He bought land near Masterton at Kahumingi where he became a successful sheepfarmer. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1992-2001

From: Clarke, Sandra Stelfoxe, 1942-: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12397-01

Description: Research papers relating to McRae, Mowat, and Vallance family history. Comprising family trees, photocopies of articles, correspondence, and handwritten notes, Includes a copy of 1994 edition of 'Altimarlock. The house of Mowat' by Sandra Clarke and a name tag from a 1992 Mowat family reunion which was held at the 'Altimarlock' property in Marlborough Region. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Removed from plastic folder, order of papers within the folder retained. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Removed from plastic clearfile for preservation purposes.

Date: 1855-1861

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/5

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1857-1858

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/12

Description: References to Mary Taylor 4 Apr, 8 May, 25 Jul, 3 & 14 Aug 1857; 3 Apr & 8 Jul 1858 relate to settlement of accounts for goods and payment of rents. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1852-1859]

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/8

Description: Marriage settlement of Charles Vallance and Catherine Drummond (widow of Donald Drummond of Evans Bay), 1852; letter from Catherine's sister, Mary, 1859; papers relating to the management of the Donald Drummond Estate of which Vallance was a trustee. Includes correspondence from George Fyffe, manager of either the run or the flock on Drummond's run at Kaikoura. John Tinline and George McRae re the same. London and Liverpool insurance policy on Ghuznee Street property Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1860-1939

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: Series-2352

Description: This series is dominated by the James McKelvie papers - personal, 1860-1892, and estate, 1892- . These provide much source material for the Rangitikei of the type found in the Series 3 Legal Documents. Although McKelvie obviously did not lend money casually, he was prepared to invest widely throughout the area and his inward correspondence suggests prospective mortgagors and small men `in trouble' had no hestitation in approaching him directly. Other sections include: John Bridges, Wellington Manager for the Bank of New Zealand. These papers contain much Wairarapa material, especially the opening up of the Opaki Plain area, 1864-1875; also Carnarvon in the Manawatu, 1871-1882. James Coutts Crawford - Other Crawford trusts. These contain a handful of papers on whaling along with much useful material on the development of Wellington East. Charles Augustus Vallance, Tawanui Station, South Wairarapa, 1839-1862. A remarkable group of papers in the quality of Vallance's own letters home, 1843-1849, to scraps on whaling at Okiwi and Te Kopi, a single letter from Edward Jerningham Wakefield, and such reflections of his domesticity as invoices from Mary Taylor. Also includes papers relating to the following estates: J T Dalrymple; Donald Drummond; Duncan Cameron and Donald Thomas Cameron (Glendhu Station, Hinakura), 1890-1937; Maggie Graham; Captain Hugh Levin; Major Lionel Levin, Arthur Herbert Macartney, Ceylon. The series covers the period 1860-1939. See Series 10 for papers relating to the W H Levin Estate Quantity: 196 folder(s).

Date: 1843-1849, 1862

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/1

Description: Authority for deposit of Vallance's private papers, also directions for other documents to be held as collateral security, addressed to Edward Pearce, 1862. Letters from Charles to his brother James, 1843-1849; to Charles Bromley, 1843-1845; to Mill Till? Wood, Dec 1843. Robert Douglas Wallace (Vallance's partner) to Vallance, 1844-1849. Includes draft lease of Tawanui Station Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1844-1860

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/10

Description: Attributed to Charles Vallance Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume).

Date: 1854-1861

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/11

Description: References to Mary Taylor 26 Sep 1856; 12 Feb & 25 Jul 1857; 9 Jan, 31 Mar, 1 Apr, 8 Jun & 1 Jul 1858 relate to settlement of accounts for goods and payment of rents. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1875

By: Vallance, Philip Hales, active 1986-1995

Reference: 1/2-144722-F

Description: Assemblage of photographs, showing Brentwood, the Vallance family home at Upper Plains, Masterton, at centre; Charles Augustus Vallance at lower right; and a woman who is probably his wife Catherine. Photograph of Brentwood taken 1875 by an unknown photographer. 1/2-144722 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: [ca 1870s]

From: Vallance, Mr :Family photographs

By: Tait, Alexander, active 1870s

Reference: 1/2-137602-F

Description: Charles Augustus Vallance circa 1880. Photograph taken by Alexander Tait. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).