Autobiographies

Date: 2007

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-9137-03

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Leonard Willaim Jury, great-great-grandson of the original owner; history of the Jury family. This history was compiled by Len Jury, ca 1985 and includes a history of the farm as well as information about the William Bryan, the Battle of Waireka, reminiscences related to the family and local history. Copy of article by NZ Historic Places Trust entitled `Archaeological investigations: Jury and Autridge farmsteads, Omata' (2007) The original owner was Elizabeth (nee Hoskin) wife of Jesse (Justinian) Jury. She purchased 46 acres of the Omata Block from the Plymouth Company in 1847. The Jury family arrived in New Plymouth on the `William Bryan' in 1841. In 2007 Leonard William Jury and his wife Heather owned the property at Omata and were awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs (photocopies) Transfers: A digital version of some or all of these papers is available at MSDL-0414.

Date: 1900

By: Kenning, Winifred, 1897-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1857

Description: Reminiscences about life and people in the Hokianga area, 1820 till the present (1973) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (68 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1879-1938

By: Cruickshank, Alexander, 1856-1938

Reference: MSX-4408

Description: A collection of newspaper clippings and other material, relating to the police career of Alexander Cruickshank, both in New Zealand and in Western Samoa; includes handwritten reminiscences, especially relating to early life in Scotland Source of title - Transcribed Cruickshank was born in Scotland, arrived at Bluff in 1878 on the Waitara and joined the Armed Constabulary. He served in the police at Lower Hutt, and in other parts of New Zealand. In 1915 he became inspector and in 1921 superintendent. From 1922-1926 he was appointed commissioner of police in Samoa Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter

Date: 1908-[ca 1927]

By: Evans, Frederick Pryce, 1874-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-4502

Description: Contains two letters and one telegram from Charles Dorman to Evans concerning the role of the `Nimrod' in the Antarctic Expedition and a report written by Evans entitled `Footnote to Polar Travel' which details his command of the `Nimrod' during that time. Also includes some autobiographical notes. Source of title - supplied title Other Evans material at MS-0723 and MS-Papers-3669 Charles Dorman was Lady Shackleton's brother and the London representative of the Antarctic Expedition. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescript (some photocopies) Provenance: Donors are daughters of Evans Donor/Lender/Vendor - Margaret Vernon and Elspeth Clark, Australia, 1992 Transfers: Inscribed Gold Watch, 1909 Royal Geographic Society Silver Medal and copies of the material in this accession have been deposited with the Canterbury Museum.

Date: 1910-1980

From: Bertram, James, 1910-1993 : Papers of James and Jean Bertram

By: Bertram, James Munro, 1910-1993

Reference: MS-Papers-4688-3

Description: Contains an annotated typescript of part three of Bertram's memoir `Between extremities'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1915-1919 (transcribed 1999)

By: Charters, Robert Gordon, 1890-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-7690

Description: Charters, a Southland farmer, left New Zealand with the Otago Mounted Rifles in 1915 and after training in Egypt saw action in the Gallipoli Campaign. After their evacuation from Gallipoli the Otago Mounted Rifles were disbanded and he joined the Pioneer Battalion, arriving in France in May 1916. Charter's underwent officer training in 1917 and in June was posted to the Second Battalion of the Otago Regiment. He was wounded and awarded the Military Cross in October 1918. `And that's that; a personal history : 1915-1919', an account of his war experiences based on his diaries was written while he was recuperating from his wounds in Dunedin Hospital in 1919. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs N Hanna (daughter), Wellington, 2003 Contains photograph of Charters on title page

Date: 1872-[ca 1887]

By: Mortensen, Hans Peter, 1862-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-3595

Description: Reminiscences describe the conditions on the voyage to New Zealand on the `Hovding' and conditions that confronted the Scandinavian settlers and their settlement of the Norsewood area. Source of title - title page Mortensen came from Oslo on the ship 'Hovding' in 1872 and settled in the Norsewood district Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 2008

From: Walker-Taiapa, Ralph: Recordings and papers relating to Pineāmine (Pine) Taiapa

By: Walker-Taiapa, R Peter, active 2008

Reference: MS-Papers-9104

Description: Comprises typescript of reminiscences of Pine Taiapa of his training in oral tradition on the marae at Tikitiki. Also includes details of the life of Pine Taiapa and of his whakapapa and family, compiled by R Peter Walker-Taiapa. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 43 pages. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: ca 1890-1950 (196-?)

By: Playford, Lorna Martin, 1887-1979

Reference: MS-Papers-3869

Description: Unpublished atobiography by L M Monckton; she describes her childhood in the Wairarapa, service with QMA Women's Auxiliary units during World War One, life in Canada in the 1920s and England in the 1930s and 1940s. Annotated in an unknown hand. Publication - Published in; Joblin, Dorothea. The colonial one ; Lorna Monckton of Newstead. Christchurch, 1975 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (107 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations

Date: 1994

From: Khan, Jean Monica, 1931- : Sound recordings

Reference: OHA-9670

Description: Handwritten copy of 'The One Who Cares', an autobiography written by Jean Monica Khan under the pseudonym Cindy K. Meadows. Item is divided into four volumes. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) four volumes. Search dates: 1994

Date: 2001-2002

From: Khan, Jean Monica, 1931- : Sound recordings

Reference: OHA-9669

Description: Work titled 'Empathy', written by Jean Monica Khan under the pseudonym Cindy K. Meadows (Sister Yasmin). Comprises 15 bound volumes. Provides information about the author's life, and the Islam Faith. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 15 articles entitled 'Empathy' bound individually. Search dates: 2001 - 2002

Date: 1994

From: Khan, Jean Monica, 1931- : Sound recordings

Reference: OHA-9671

Description: Typescript copy of 'The One Who Cares', an autobiography written by Jean Monica Khan under the pseudonym Cindy K. Meadows. Item is divided into four volumes. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Search dates: 1994

Date: April 1995

From: Khan, Jean Monica, 1931- : Sound recordings

Reference: OHA-9672

Description: Typescript copy of 'The Challenge of a Lifetime', written by Jean Monica Khan under the pseudonym Cindy K. Meadows. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Search dates: 1995

Date: [ca 1874-1944] (1953)]

By: Major, John Edwin, 1859-1954

Reference: qMS-1232

Description: Accounts of life in Wellington, Manawatu, Gisborne and Taranaki, and many political recollections and comments. There is a chapter on old-time racing, including the days before the book-maker was banned. There are also references to visiting celebrities, among them Mark Twain, Frank Bullen and Paderewski, and memories of many theatrical shows. Included is a summary of the career of the late Henry Hayward, a pioneer in cinema entertainment in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed He was a store-keeper, law clerk and land agent; member of Parliament for Hawera for six years; mayor of Hawera for thirteen years and member of other local bodies in Taranaki. He was a noted runner; played Rugby football for these provinces; and as owner and spectator was keenly interested in horse-riding. He was one of the founders of a number of clubs and societies, including the Philatelic Society and the Polynesian Society. He was also a friend of the Maori and a student of his culture Quantity: 1 volume(s) (273 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; blue linen)

Date: [ca 1956]

By: Gregory, Prudence, 1925-1986

Reference: MS-Papers-0993

Description: Transcript of taped interviews with elderly Otago people for a NZBC programme `Roads to nowhere' dealing with pioneer life in Central Otago. People with names in full are entered under Name but Mrs Ritchie and Mrs MacArthur have not been. Accompanying the collection is a letter from Gregory to Dorothy Neal White re giving her a copy of `The Ogre' by M Cunnington (1885). Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Roads to nowhere Other Titles - The ogre, by M Cunnington (London, 1985) Accompanying material - Letter from Gregory to Dorothy Neal White re `The Ogre' by J Cunnington (Lond, 1885) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations

Date: 1915

By: Bishop, William Gibson Allan, 1893-1979

Reference: MS-Papers-9962

Description: Comprises `The August battle for Chunuk Bair as seen by a subaltern' and `Ten years after; Gallipoli in peace and war' by Bishop Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Processing information: Name of creator corrected and enhanced February 2019.

Date: 1915

By: Cunningham, William Henry, 1883-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-1726

Description: Cunningham writes a partly retrospective account of his service with Wellington Infantry Battalion, his training in New Zealand in 1914, the voyage to Alexandria on board TS `Maunganui', training and manoeuvres there, his departure for Lemnos, and Gallipoli in Apr 1915 Source of title - Supplied Cunningham served at Gallipoli and Chunuk Bair as a Wellington Infantry Battalion officer and rose to the rank of Major-General during the Second World War. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (85 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1910-1980

From: Bertram, James, 1910-1993 : Papers of James and Jean Bertram

By: Bertram, James Munro, 1910-1993

Reference: MS-Papers-4688-1

Description: Contains an annotated typescript of part one of Bertram's memoir `Between extremities'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

By: Brown, Joan, 1914-2006

Reference: MS-Papers-10575

Description: Life story of Joan Sedon written to inform her descendants about her generation of the Sedon family of Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (completed in typescript)

Date: nd

By: Denne, Archibald, Harry, 1900-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-10887

Description: Includes reference to his teaching at Taihape and Oxford, experiences in Maori schools in the Northland and on the East Coast, relations with Sir Apirana Ngata and others, and experiences in Fijian and Chatham Island schools. Includes some sketch maps of the areas mentioned Denne was an inspector of Maori schools 1933-1937, inspector of schools 1938-1947 and senior inspector of schools in Hawke Bay 1947-1948 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (85 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - One cartoon entitled `AHD inspects the sewing'.