Bible - Societies, etc.

Date: 1840-1988

By: Wesley Methodist Church (Taranaki Street, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0190

Description: Extensive records of the church, church organisations, circuit, Central Mission and other Wellington Methodist churches Papers of Rev P G Paris Records of Sydney Street Primitive Methodist Church and circuit Source of title - Supplied title Founded 1840 Quantity: 7.36 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available for main collection (MS-Papers-1185); see Back file for details of later accessions Each folder in A96-306 (MS-Papers-5691, f 1-2 and MS-Papers-5691) has a list of contents; list of contents in fMS-Papers-6414 and Back file Also in back file is a copy of `Wesley Church Archive 75 Taranaki Street, Wellington. Revised holdings - May 2002'.

Date: 1821 - 1857

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/55

Description: Consists of: - Letter to the Bible Society from Robert Bourne, Tahiti (10 May 1821) Letter from John Graham to J Lloyd Phillips (12 Nov 1857) Resolution of a meeting of the Sub-Committee of Finance held at the Wesleyan Mission House... London (9 Feb 1853) Extract from the minutes of a meeting of the British & Foreign Bible Society, London (28 May 1855) Letter from the British & Foreign Bible Society to Major H Strait, London (24 Aug 1852) Letter from the British & Foreign Bible Society re the usefulness of the scriptures amongst the New Zealanders (1843) Letter from the New Hebrides Auxiliary Bible Society to the British & Foreign Bible Society Letters from James Watkin to the British and Foreign Bible Society, Wellington (14 Aug 1850 & 30 Aug 1853) J F H Wohlers to the British & Foreign Bible Society, Ruapuke (1 Nov 1852) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1970-1989]

From: Bible Society in New Zealand : Records

Reference: 87-209

Description: Further records of the Society, mainly financial (vouchers, receipts, cashbooks) Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: See preliminary listing. Processing information: Requires additional processing - boxes not described.

Date: 20 May 1891

By: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)

Reference: MS-Papers-3546

Description: Sent by the Secretary of the Society to inform the Archdeacon of the despatch of a shipment of commentaries, in Maori, on St Mark and Galatians Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph on letterheaded paper Provenance: Found with a letter to Archdeacon Williams from Lady Martin in a copy of Hocken's Bibliography formerly in the possession of Dr F S Maclean

Date: 1976

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-135-251

Description: This cartoon features three scenes of the Gideons presenting Bibles to members of parliament. In one an onlooker comments that it is a pity the MP didn't have it in his right hand when he was making his election promises. In the final one Talboys is handing the Gideon man a copy of Rob Muldoon's book, The rise and fall of a young Turk, in exchange Label on recto dated 29/9/76 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 305 x 380 mm

Date: 1917-1970

By: Bible Society in New Zealand

Reference: 80-179

Description: Includes: minute books, 1917-1966; account books, 1943-1970; correspondence files, 1940-1971; Branch correspondence and returns, 1934-1970; Maori bible material, 1922-1964; legacies, 1914-1969; London and overseas, 1949-1965; files of the `Bible translator', 1948-1967; `UBS' Bulletins, 1953-1970 and miscellaneous publications Quantity: 54 box(es). 12 volume(s). 18.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Processing information: 1987 accession yet to be described.

Date: 1983

By: Bible Society in New Zealand

Reference: MS-Group-2040

Description: Three volumes containing the Bible handwritten in many hands. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: These three volumes contain a handwritten Bible. Bible Society supporters created the volume by each writing a verse, and donating 50 cents. The donation went towards the first New Guinea pidgin Bible. The event commemorated the 600th anniversary of the first Bible translated into English

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-123

Description: Photographs relating to religion, arranged alphabetically from A to CH, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Contains images related to the Anglican Chinese Mission Church, and to church and charity fairs. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.