Nelson-Marlborough Region (N.Z.) - Description and travel

From: Greenwood family : Letters from John Danforth Greenwood, his wife Sarah, and other family members

Reference: qMS-0887

Description: Includes letters describing her voyage to Nelson on the Phoebe, 1842-1843 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (133 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1874-1878

From: Anstice family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5164-02

Description: Inward and outward correspondence relating to the King family's experiences in New Zealand and the Chatham Islands Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: 1932

By: Jefferies, William John, active 1932

Reference: MS-Papers-7461

Description: Draft of `From Massacre to Golden Bay. Outline of its early development'; being a thesis offered for the MA honours examination, Victoria University College, 1932. It is divided into the following chapters: introduction, Native history and tradition to 1840, Purchase by the New Zealand Land Company, Early exploration with reports of the natives as they were, 1840-44, Discovery and development of mineral resources, First settlements and Modern developments Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 24 Feb-26 Apr 1937

From: MacGowan, Mary, fl 1936-1938 : Diary of a trip to New Zealand

Reference: MSX-5914

Description: Diary kept by MacGowan during her time in New Zealand; she writes of her activities with her relatives in Wellington, and all the people she meets through them, of going to the South Island, through Nelson, the West Coast including Franz Joseph Glacier and to Christchurch via Otira, before returning to Wellington where she celebrated her birthday Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1885-1886

By: Paske, Edward Lake, 1857-1886

Reference: qMS-1633

Description: Comprises diary or report of a surveying expedition 27 Oct-21 Dec (nd) which left Nelson for the Marlborough Sounds via the Boulder Bank, Croiselles, Anakiwa, the Rai and Whangamoa in which Paske (presumably the writer) mentions meeting settlers and local Maori, food collected and eaten (including fuschia berries), records the death of Simon (a Maori) and the Maori reaction to it and other details. Letters from Lucy Jervois, possibly Paske's aunt, to her sister and brother re Paske's death (12 Jun 1886), and to her sister-in-law Amelia re same (19 Jun 1886); letter from Mr Jervois probably to Paske (snr). Includes court record re Paske being intestate. Also contains `Report on the surveys of New Zealand 1885-1886', by James McKerrow, referring to the death of Paske on a surveying expedition. Maps of the Clarence-Waiau-Spenser region where Paske died: (1) track on day of snow storm marked red; (2) Map of Canterbury and Westland with inset of survey area; (3) one copied from an original (very fine condition), `Portion of the Rainbow Survey District', copy C P Carrington, Feb 1887 Photographs of the region, portrait of Paske and photographs of the church and cemetery where he was bured and his tombstone Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (34 cm; marbled end papers, ½ brown calf, brown linen)

Date: 22 Sep 1841-7 Mar 1842

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MS-2146

Description: Handwritten transcript of letter and diary on board the Lord Auckland. Includes letter/diary to brother-in-law, 20 Nov 1841-7 Mar 1842; log entries, 7 Oct-3 Dec 1841; copy of diary, 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; list of crew and emigrants Quantity: 1 volume(s) (69 pages). Physical Description: Ms (27 cm; ½ brown morocco)

Date: Aug 1907

By: Cooke, Fred, active 1906; Hoggard, Guy Rolfe, 1887-1983

Reference: MS-Papers-9983

Description: Comprises carbon of account by Cooke of the cruise of the `Muritai' in Queen Charlotte Sound, December 1906 to January 1907; he describes the crew, the yacht, life on board and off ship, the weather, the territory they sailed through and other matters relating to the experience. Cooke makes many personal remarks. Also included are notes by donor from letters received from Guy Hoggard, and two letters from Guy Hoggard; these give background to the Hoggard family, the `Muritai' and its history, the crew and related matters. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (case folder). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) with mss letters and notes Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dr T Hoggard, Paraparaumu, Oct 1976

Date: 1846-1858

By: Hercy family

Reference: MS-Papers-10595

Description: Apart from the last letter, they are all written by Marianne Clifford to her parents Mr & Mrs John Hercy. One letter was completed by her husband Charles Clifford and the last letter was written by her daughter Mary Lucy Clifford to Charles Clifford. Letter [late 1850 or early 1851] includes mention of harp brought to New Zealand ca 1850, p.28. Includes description of voyage to Nelson on the Hope in 1846 Marianne Hercy came to New Zealand on the `Hope' in 1846 to marry Charles Clifford Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 letters, 45 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Finding Aids: Inventory in folder. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Canterbury Museum, Archives Dept

Date: 1998

By: Feeney family

Reference: MS-Papers-6348

Description: Two reminiscences, `Many are called but few are chosen' by Cecil Feeney in which he describes a crossing on a Cook Strait ferry; and `Ollie's last stand' by Peter Feeney, describing his family's preparation to move from Auckland to Wellington Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (two pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: [1924-1987]

From: Hutchinson family : Papers relating to J C Hutchinson and H A Hutchinson

Reference: AI-89-400

Description: Articles by `A Burnelyite' (J C Hutchinson) from the `Burnley express and Clitheroe division advertiser', on Tongariro National Park and a series `New Zealand's wonders, 900 miles by steamer, rail and motor, orchards, forests, gorges, mountains and glaciers', mostly through Nelsona nd the West Coast (1924-1928); letters from J C Hutchinson and J H Astin disagreeing on perceptions of New Zealand, article on J C Hutchinson's rescue from a boating mishap in Australia; and photograph with caption on the Hutchinsons in front of a Tinakori Road shop ca 1910 (Karaori news, 3 Mar 1987) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1958

From: Finnis, Henry John, fl 1885-1971 : Personal travel diary scrapbooks

Reference: MSY-5713

Description: Finnis describes the Finnis family's second tour of the South Island from leaving Wellington 8 to 22 Apr 1958 with diary entries, brochures, clippings, maps etc. They sailed from Wellington to Lyttelton, drove from Chrsitchurch to Waikuku, to Blenheim via Kaikoura, Blenheim and the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson, Waimea Plains, Kaiteriteri, through the Buller Gorge to Reefton and the West Coast, down to Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers, then back through Lewis Pass and across to Lyttelton and then on to the ferry to Wellington. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1841-1888

By: Magarey, Thomas, 1825-1902

Reference: MSY-6851-6852

Description: Journal, 1844-1856, contains list of family birth and death dates, description of Nelson and environs, 1844, life in South Australia, 1845-1855, and visit to Britain in 1856. Typed transcript of journal includes also diary of a voyage to New Zealand, 1841, on the Fifeshire. Memoirs, written in 1888, cover the Nelson period Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies) (38 cm; dark green buckram)

Date: 23 Oct 1931-26 Apr 1932

By: Hunter, David, active 1900-1932

Reference: MS-Group-1191

Description: Journal kept by Hunter while travelling from England to New Zealand on the `Rangitata' and his return to England on the `Makura' to Australia and the Orsova' from Sydney from 23 Oct 1931 to 26 Apr 1932. He travelled with Ena Hunter. He describes their preparations, embarkation at Southampton, the other passengers, food (including menus), sea sickness, entertainments, the comforts and otherwise of the ship, his cabin, their passage through the Panama Canal and Armstice Day. They disembarked at Wellington 24 Nov 1931, and left for Australia on the `Makura' 7 Mar 1932, and for England on the `Orsova' from Sydney, 13 Mar 1932. In New Zealand Hunter spent time in Wellington, visiting the Alexander Turnbull Library, describing the work of the League of Nations Union in Wellington, visits Christchurch, the West Coast and Nelson where he spent some time, Wanganui, the Waitomo Caves, Rotorua and Auckland and back through Taranaki where he climbed Mt Egmont; he visited farms and factories, observed the opening of Parliament (24 Feb 1932) and visited the Gear Freezing and Meat Preservation Company. He attended many church services in various churches including the Congregational, Church of Christ and Presbyterian churches. Folowing his and Ena's departure for Sydney he describes the new Sydney harbour bridge, their visit to Tasmania and the House of Commons in Hobart, visiting to Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Colombo, the Suez Canal, Naples and Gibraltar, and an ANZAC commemoration service he declined to attend. The journal is illustrated and includes a water colour of the `Rangitata', newspaper clippings of portraits of various New Zealanders; and a copy of a letter from the Turnbull to the donor (1986). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and microfilm

Date: 1886-1898

By: Pontifex, (Mr), active 1886-1898

Reference: MSX-8078

Description: Travel journal kept by a Mr Pontifex, apparently a lawyer in Brisbane. Records his travels to the Australian outback, New Zealand, Europe and Britain. Describes travel from Brisbane to St George Qld (1886); Christchurch to Blenheim (Oct-Nov 1889), involving a tour of sheep stations on horseback with a friend, recording names of stations and owners, notes on scenery and state of roads; Christchurch to Hanmer via Kaikoura (Dec 1889) on foot or by coach, with similar descriptions; North Island Jan-Feb 1890, with visits to Maori villages, including Parihaka, where he met Te Whiti. Described in some detail. Other passages record trips to Europe. At the end of the book is a resume of his extensive travels. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Ken Spelman Booksellers, York, UK, 2007

Date: 1850-1852

By: Adams, Martha, 1815-1906

Reference: MS-0005-0006

Description: The diary of Martha Adams gives a daily account of the voyage to New Zealand in the `Eden' accompanied by her husband and two children, with a list of passengers and their destinations. There is a detailed account of domestic and social life in Nelson, with some reference to William Adams' legal activities. The journal covers the period Nov 1850- Feb 1852. The short journal of William Adams is in a pocket at the back of the book and covers the period Nov-Dec 1851. The second volume is a typed transcript Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph and typed transcript

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MSY-6846

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Margaret describing the voyage out on the Sir George Pollock, 1861, to Nelson. Letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Wellington, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Mr Thatcher, Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where Rev Herring was a clergyman until 1870 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (60 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) (brown buckram hinged-lid box)

Date: 24 Oct 1866-27 Apr 1867

By: Turner, (Mrs), active 1860s

Reference: MS-Papers-7781

Description: Comprises 11 letters from Charles H Turner and Frank C Turner to their mother in England while they were sailing to New Zealand, travelling round New Zealand followed by a visit to Australia. Three of the letters are from Charles and eight are from Frank. They were written on board ship, the `Kent' and the `Tarama', and while they were travelling in New Zealand and Australia. Both sons describe life on board ship, the people they were travelling with, ports visited, activities on board ship and describe in some detail the various places they visited in New Zealand (Papakura, where their brother had a farm, Waikato, Lyttelton, Wellington, Bluff, Dunedin, Nelson, Auckland and Taranaki) and Australia (Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart Town). The letters have been transcribed by Mr Grant. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1841-1904

By: Stanton, William Moses, 1829-1905

Reference: Micro-MS-0784

Description: Chronology of events from his arrival in Nelson by the Clifford, 10 May 1842. Comments on people involved in the development of the district; gives details of domestic life, of his part in the Wairau affray, of social activities. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 96 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 16 Apr-1 May, 6-27 Dec 1860

From: King family : Papers

Reference: MSX-4346

Description: Diary recording arrival of further troops and fugitives to New Plymouth and various incidents relating to the war (16 Apr-1 May) and trip to Nelson by King (6-27 Dec) of Quantity: 1 volume(s).