May Queen (Ship : 1869-1888)

Date: 1877-1878, 1965-1989

From: Wilson, Derek, 1922- : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11608-76

Description: Contains notes on Wilson family genealogy and several draft family trees. Also letters from Jo, Ken, Godfrey Wilson and Bob. Other material includes typescript of shipboard diary of John Lamb Wilson, who travelled from England to New Zealand aboard the May Queen in 1877-1878. Also undated account of working on a farm in the Awakino area, probably written by Clement Wilson and later published under the penname `Station Manager' (see article in MS-Papers-11608-70). Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1872

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Sumner, Lyttelton, Central Otago, Lake Wakatipu, Kawarau Gorge, Oamaru, Dunedin, Clutha River. 1870 to 1873]

Reference: E-016-4-043

Description: Looking out towards Otago Heads, with steam in the sky marking the passage of the steamer May Queen. A lighthouse is visible at Taiaroa Head. Two smaller boats at anchor in the foreground. The view is likely to be from Port Chalmers Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, page size 88 x 153 mm.

Date: 1877, 1924

From: Wilson, Derek, 1922- : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11608-77

Description: Contains 1877 letter (incomplete) written during voyage to New Zealand aboard the May Queen; and ms transcription in Derek Wilson's handwriting. Also copy of chapter on the May Queen from `White Wings'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (photocopy)

Date: 16 Sep 1874

From: Smith, Raeanne, fl 2002 : Family history papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-7615

Description: Issue of `The May Queen weekly news' published on board the vessel on route from London to Otago (16 Sep 1874) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Between 1869 and 1877

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-015152-G

Description: The sailing ship 'May Queen', at Port Chalmers, with the schooner 'Clutha' alongside. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Dated from the Comber Index which indicates the years the 'May Queen' visited Port Chalmers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1872

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1871-1873]

Reference: E-016-1-065

Description: A view in Port Chalmers with the ships May Queen and Edward P Bouverie at anchor, along with the hulk of the ship California. Enclosed in an arched top Dating: the suggested date of 1872 is based on the fact that the Edward P Bouverie visited New Zealand 6 times, the final time being 1872. Other drawings in this sketchbook appear to date between 1871 and 1873. The California was hulked at Port Chalmers in 1864; the May Queen was wrecked at Lyttelton in 1888 The artist has made notes over part of the drawing showing the May Queen Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sketchbook pages, 78 x 202 mm (image size)

Date: ca 1880

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0475-G

Description: The sailing ship "May Queen" in Nelson. Taken by the Tyree Brothers Studio circa 1880. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Barque "May Queen" TYREE. NELSON. N.Z. 1153 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Between 1869 and 1877

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-009838-G

Description: The sailing ship 'May Queen', at Port Chalmers. Copy negative taken by David Alexander De Maus off one of his own prints, set in a decorative frame and published by Mills, Dick & Co., printers and stationers of Dunedin. (For file print of original print see: 387. May Queen. 1/2-15153-F). Date from the Comber Index which indicates the years that the 'May Queen' visited Port Chalmers. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - centre left - May Queen Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: Between 1869 and 1877

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-015153-F

Description: The sailing ship 'May Queen', at Port Chalmers, photographed by David Alexander De Maus. See also the copy negative taken by De Maus from this print, which is set in a decorative frame and published by Mills, Dick & Co., printers and stationers of Dunedin. (For file print of copy see: 387. May Queen. 1/4-009838). Dated from the Comber Index which indicates the years the 'May Queen' visited Port Chalmers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1888 - 1910 - 1919

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: A-156-018

Description: Shows the three-masted barque wrecked on a rocky shore, with a smaller two-masted craft immediately in front of it. Inscriptions: Verso - A. Haylock Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 350 mm.