King, Arthur Aris, 1862-1943

Date: 1929

From: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925- :Photographs relating to Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-948

Description: Photographs of places and regions of Samoa visited. There are obvious family group photographs which include (probably) Arthur Aris King. Photographs taken on the way out or returning to New Zealand. The album shows something of the life style of European settlers in Samoa and hints at the relationships that this particular family had with the Samoans. There are also four photographs of Mau political demonstrations in Apia. In 1929 Florence Maud King and her daughter, Alice, spent six months in Samoa. They visited relatives there, toured the country, and witnessed Mau demonstrations in Apia. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [1870-1991], 2000-2016

By: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925-2019

Reference: MS-Group-0874

Description: Comprises papers mostly relating to Arthur Aris King and James Baxter Fleck and life in Samoa. Material relating to Arthur Aris King includes a series of newspaper articles by Custos (Thomas Trood), G E L Westbrook and by Spectator (possibly Trood or King), a collection of clippings about Robert Louis Stevenson, photocopies of school work and personal papers relating to Mary Vakanielato and papers relating to King, Samoa and the Pacific; `James Baxter Fleck, 1867-1939' in which Hunt remembers her father's life (2000) and `Reminiscences, Susana and Kingi' in which Hunt records stories she remembers for their descendants (2003). Other material relating to James Baxter Fleck includes manuscripts and research materials, publications, and a series of Samoan postcards. The publications are titled `Samoa 1917, Dear Mr Best: letters written 1917-19, from Pte James Baxter Fleck, Samoa Relief Force, to Elsdon Best, ethnologist, Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand' assembled by Alice Hunt with additional commentary and a description of the geology of the Islands of Samoa by Dr Clel Wallace. Also two folders of original speech notes by James Baxter Fleck with related information, and transcriptions by Alice Hunt. Also includes the publication `Greetings from Samoa: early twentieth century postcards and a tribute to photographer Alfred Tattersall: Hunt family collection' compiled by Alice Hunt. With loose photographic postcards which correlate to the images of the postcards in this publication. Some of the postcards are blank on the reverse, and some have written correspondence. Many of the images in the postcards were photographed by Alfred Tattersall. Language - Some material is in Tongan; indicated on specific records Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 folder(s). 0.32 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Manuscript, typescripts, postcards, printed matter (including photocopies), and publications. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Brochures for the Oceanic Steamship Company and Island Tours of Samoa - To Photographic Archive - Album of photographs and loose photographs - To Book Collections - Pamphlets relating to Samoa - To Serials Collection - Samoan newspapers.

Date: 1917-1929

From: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925- :Photographs relating to Samoa

Reference: PAColl-6193-1

Description: Arthur Aris King's family in Samoa, their relatives and friends. There are photographs of Apia, and of Mau protests taken in 1929. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: May 2003

From: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925- : Papers relating to Arthur Aris King and James Baxter Fleck

Reference: MS-Papers-7771-2

Description: Reminiscences, Susana and Kingi in Samoa, in which Alice Hunt, their grand-daughter, remembers and records these stories for Susana and Arthur Aris King's many descendants (2003); she recounts her first meeting with her grandparents in 1929 when she visited Samoa and she has collected material from various sources giving earlier history and bringing it up to their deaths in the early 1940s. Also included are extracts from an audio tape of an interview with Florence Fleck and Amelia Parr (1977), King family papers and artifacts donated to institutions and the King family tree. Quantity: 1 folder(s).