Birds - Research

Date: [ca 1893-1985]

By: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand

Reference: ATL-Group-00913

Description: Contain the administrative records of the Society. These include extensive correspondence and subject files arranged alphabetically by correspondent or topic that cover all aspects of the Society's operations. Also included are Executive Committee minute books, financial records, papers relating to membership, papers relating to the Society's local administration, publicity material and scrapbooks of cuttings. In addition there are papers relating to individual members of the Society including a notebook and a diary of tramps by Sydney Berg; `Observations concerning some species of New Zealand birds' by H H Travers; two autobiographical accounts by A H Gibson and papers of Perrine Moncrieff, including correspondence, notes, 1933 accounts of trips to Stephens Island, articles and clippings. Includes recordings of Forest and Bird Society radio talks titled 'San Michele,' 'Forests,' 'Conservation of Wildlife,' 'Insects and Man,' 'Plant Eating Animals,' and 'NZ Native Birds'. Source of title - supplied title. The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society was founded in 1923 through the efforts of Val Sanderson. It was initially called the Native Bird Protection Society. It is now called just Forest and Bird. Quantity: 17 volume(s). 1151 folder(s). 54.08 Linear Metres. 12 10" disc(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available for MS-Papers-0444, preliminary listings available for most of the other accessions.. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Photographs mainly of Stephens Island, wildlife and bird life - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketches of bird life and Stephens Island. Processing information: Restriction information updated in September 2019, following a review of the donation information. In December 2019 the descriptive records of some files from the 84-180 sequence were augmented; these 185 records formerly from boxes 84-180-01 to 84-180-18 now have reference numbers MS-Papers-12464-001 to MS-Papers-12464-185.

Date: 1951-1952, 1954

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-325

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1957

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-346

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947-1949

By: American Philosophical Society

Reference: Micro-MS-0879

Description: Comprises journals of Robert Cushman Murphy and inventory of same Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory in Back file under Murphy.

Date: [ca 1947]

By: Graham, David Henry, 1885-1965

Reference: qMS-0867

Description: Description of a homestead, `Sundrum', outside Woodbury, Canterbury, with a descriptive list of native and introduced birds observed by Graham when he was there in 1947; he has included many quotations of poetry to illustrate his remarks. Not all the birds are native. Willliam S Cole, the owner of `Sundrum', protected birds on his land Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (32 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) with annotations (34 cm, folder in ¼ maroon morocco, red linen case)

Date: n d

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-324

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1837-1889

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2280

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1967, 1978

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-434

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 30 Oct 1990

By: Fleming, Margaret Alison (Lady), 1917-2000

Reference: OHColl-0154/1

Description: Lady Margaret (Peg) Fleming was born in Auckland in 1917. Talks about her early childhood, family holidays in the Wanganui region, A.W.B. Powell, shell collections, fossils and Taranaki marine deposits. Describes the early days of the Geological Survey. Talks about the Fordell-Waverley region, Kai Iwi, coastal erosion, ornithology and R.A. Fowler at the Auckland Museum. Discusses early expeditions to outlying islands with Wilson, Stead and Buddle, the discovery of the Chatham Island robin, causes of its decline, Government rescue, the study of the robin population in New Zealand and the role of Alan Wutherspoon. Describes how interest began in the cicada, how sounds were worked out, recording them, the spread of species and the work of Tom Grant Taylor. Describes expeditions to collect specimens in the South Island, specimens from the Correspondence School, the identification of more species and John Dugdale's work. Talks about the campaign to save Lake Manapouri. Gives reasons for her wide range of interests, her urge to explore and enquiring mind and her shyness and preference for investigating alone. Talks about her musical life and the Wellington recorded music society. Interviewer(s) - Brian Busby Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-5880 agreement form and interviewee details only.

Date: 1974, 1983-1984, 1989, 1994-1995

From: Watt, James Norwood, 1928-2018: Collection

By: Totorore Expedition

Reference: Series-6161

Description: Chiefly colour transparencies taken in the 1980s by James (Jim) Watt during three separate birdwatching and yachting expeditions. Also two reports for voyages made by yacht 'Totorore' to Chile and Auckland and Antipodes islands. Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Slides from reference numbers PA12-11102 to PA12-11106 (the first set of slides, as deposited) have been re-ordered by Library staff to bring sets of transparencies together and to best follow the path of the yacht 'Totorore' (as set out in the publication 'The Totorore voyage' by Gerry Clark). Due to time constraints the remainder of the 'Totorore' sequence is largely in the order in which it was deposited to the Library. Some sets relate to the descriptions of sequences on the boxes in which the collection was deposited, but others do not. Slides from PA12-11158 to PA12-11169 were re-arranged by Library staff according to the path of the yacht 'Matariki' (which travelled anti-clockwise around New Zealand, starting at Whangamata and first coming close to land at "the fiords at the bottom of the South Island" - information provided by donor) with images identified by the donor as being of "Milford Sound" being kept together. Where the location of the image is not known, slides have been ordered by subject (i.e. sunsets at sea, fishing boats, albatrosses, other birdlife). The final set of images of the World Wildlife Fund New Zealand trip to the Chatham Islands, reference numbers PA12-11170 to PA12-11179, arrived with a clear original order. This order was maintained. Quantity: 1890 colour original transparency/ies. 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency slides, mss, typescript, photographic prints

Date: 1906-1912

By: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-2145

Description: Field notes, observations and nesting notes. Four volumes describe a three-month visit to Stewart Island in 1911; one volume of notes and observations made in 1906-1912 in Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay; one volume of notes and observations at Tutira Lake, Sep 1909-Apr 1910; and one volume of nesting notes made while photographing in Hawke's Bay, Sep-Dec 1910. Poverty Bay farmer and ornithologist. Quantity: 4 folder(s) (7 volumes). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (fair copies)

Date: 1965

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-425

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1915-1916

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-377

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1960, 1964

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-438

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1966-1967

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-426

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1860-1870]

By: Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872

Reference: qMS-0874

Description: Comprises notes, lists and some printed selections on the birds of the South Pacific. Fourteen maps of the Pacific, with annotations, are bound at the end of the volume. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter (32 cm, ½ red calf, red linen) Maps of the Pacific area, with annotations, are bound at the back of the volume.

Date: 15 August 1993 - 15 Aug 1993

From: Women in a Mining Town, Waihi 1883-1993, Oral History Project

By: Chorley, Deborah, 1959-

Reference: OHInt-0067/032

Description: Deborah Chorley born Wanganui - mother emigrated from England after the war in the early fifties. Recalls growing up in Palmerston North and Hawkes Bay; leaving school at end of fourth form and working with shearing gangs. Talks about the importance of the environment and vision for New Zealand. Describes the area of Waitekauri Valley. Explains the effect of mining on birds - has done a lot of research and covered environmental law. Recalls being part of the formation of Earthwatch Group and elaborates on its achievements. Is a solo mother with four children and describes difficulties and effects of welfare cuts. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Waihi Interviewer(s) - Rose MacBeth Venue - Waihi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005846A; OHV-0280A Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB-1253.

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-10702-1

Description: Includes E S Bibby's notes about Hawke's Bay Church history and the Waipawa-Waipukurau Methodist circuit (written1967-1968); E S Eibby's notes on pukeko, 1980-1985 (also written as pokoko, pokako); a letter from Dalgety & Company to the Onga Onga Horticultural Society declining to donate a prize (1934); and letters to E S Bibby regarding Ongaonga history, including: From J G Wilson (historian) re Glenny house and builder Fannin of Fairfield, re Hyde who worked at Fairfield, re Newmans connection with Glennys and death of child, 1963 From Dawn Fannin of Auckland re ancestor William Fannin re 1864 map of early settlers, re founding of Fairfield, 1971 From W H Dunseath of Napier re Newman/Glenny connection re diary of Thomas Glenny written in 1885, 1975 Letter from D Barber of Wellington re Tod/Bibby family, mentions known copies of Waipawa Mail in existence and where they are, 1975 Letter from Joy Cragg nee Carr re her family history at Ongaonga, 1989. Also includes a handwritten list of names that appears to be a key to a group photograph. Title supplied by Library. Detailed contents listing taken from donor inventory. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1965

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-439

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: n d

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-416

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).