Travel writing

Date: 1924-1952

By: Emery, James Inman, 1879-1953

Reference: MS-Group-2350

Description: Comprises autobigraphical accounts of Emery's experiences living in India in the early 20th Century, travel diaries of trips to North and South America and Tahiti, drafts of unpublished adventure novels set in India and annotated copies of his two published novels, `Tiger of Baragunda' and `The luck of Udaipurl'; poetry and non fiction works on the origins and development of the peoples of Asia and Polynesia and on the history of religion Source of title - Supplied by Library Emery was born in India and spent most of his early adult life there. He lived for a period in New Zealand in the 1920s and again after World War Two. He returned to England in 1952 and died in Cheltenham the following year. Quantity: 12 volume(s). 10 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Smith's Bookshop Ltd, Wellington, Sep 2014

Date: 2022

From: Brown, Rachel, active 1990s-2022: Papers

By: Coombs, Sheila, 1924?-2022

Reference: MS-Papers-12772

Description: Photocopy made by Rachel Brown in 2022 of Sheila Coombs' 2002 memoir of her travels in 1956 overland from London to Bombay (Mumbai, India). Sheila Coombs travelled with two other women including her sister Betty. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Spiral bound photocopy of a typescript, 87 pages. Provenance: The photocopies were made by the donor with the permission of Sheila Coombs.

Date: 1913-1932

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: 87-208-038

Description: `Our Lady of the Flowers' Grasse, Riviera, France - a visit to the perfumery works at Grasse (removed from her 1913 travel diary) and `Norwegian cruise, June 1932' (holograph and typewritten versions) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 1968

By: Clune, Frank, 1894-1971

Reference: MSX-10003

Description: An annotated unpublished travel journal written by the Australian travel writer, author, journalist, and businessman Frank Clune. Journal records Clune's journey around the world which includes time spent in New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific. The journal is annotated throughout, presumably by Clune, with corrections, additions, and pagination of chapters. Chapter headings provide a list of subjects covered, which include New Zealand history, colonisation, and race relations; art, both in New Zealand and internationally, particularly Paul Gauguin; Tahiti, and other Pacific Islands; Christopher Columbus, his exploration and colonisation of the Americas; and South Africa. Some of the New Zealand entries relate to conversations between Clune and Sir Henry Kelliher, businessman and art patron. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript volume bound in full leather with raised bands, labels on spine, and gilt border, circa 510 pages, 27.3 x 22.6 cm. Provenance: Vendor indicates that they purchased this volume in the early 2000s in Auckland. This may have coincided with the disbursement of Kelliher's estate and book collection around the same time. The spine of the volume includes the label of Sir Henry Kelliher which may indicate that Kelliher once owned this manuscript -- it was possibly a gift from Clune -- and arranged for its binding.

Date: 1924-1929

By: Grey, Zane, 1872-1939; Grey, Loren Zane, 1915-2007; Grey, Jerilyn Anne, active 2012; Zirilli, Daniel, active 2011-2013

Reference: MS-Group-2241

Description: Collection contains letters from New Zealanders with an interest in fishing to Grey. A press notice in a New Zealand newspaper (Weekly News) had indicated Grey`s intended trip in 1926 to New Zealand. Also includes a typescript draft of a chapter about trout fishing in New Zealand headed up `Tongariro, 1929'. Also includes one further letter to Grey regarding fishing in New Zealand (1924) and two outward letters from Grey to correspondents; an envelope with Zane's camp in Tahiti written on the reverse and some published pages from a book on Grey's visit to New Zealand. Accompanying material - Provenance information regarding previous purchases of these documents is in the collection backfile. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Provenance: Purchased from a dealer who obtained collection from the Loren Grey Estate. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Grey, Zane, 1872-1939: Photographs (PAColl-10123).

Date: 1901

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: MSX-7309

Description: Continues the diary of her European trip (October to December 1901) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1924

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: 87-208-058

Description: Holograph and typed copies of `A two days motor trip from Kandy, Ceylon'. The title of the typed version reads `Ceylon old and new - a two days motor trip' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 1900-1901

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: MSX-7308

Description: The diary begins `Here beginneth the diary of Elizabeth Fleming (commonly known by the name Lissie) of Onehunga, Auckland, NZ who left home March 5th 1900 for a trip to the old country'. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1912

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: MSX-7310

Description: Diary of her visit to Europe, leaving on the `Marama', from March-November 1912 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1912-1913

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: MSX-7311

Description: Continues the diary of her European trip from December 1912 to February 1913 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1913

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: MSX-7312

Description: Continues the diary of her European trip Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1937-1995

By: Graham, Susan, 1912-2007

Reference: MS-Group-1915

Description: Collection comprises eight scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings written by Graham. These include Graham's syndicated weekly column `Susan's week', book reviews and miscellaneous articles. Also includes photographs and ephemra items related to her articles and her trips abroad as a foreign journalist and an international tour leader. There is a small amount of correspondence and a selection of stamps scattered throughout the collection. Source of title - Supplied by Library Graham worked as a journalist, travel author, public speaker and international tour party leader for four decades. Her weekly column `Susan's week' appeared in the New Zealand Herald from the 1960s and was subsequently syndicated throughout the country. These articles also served as research material for Graham's publications on travel writing. Quantity: 8 volume(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material, mss, photographs, stamps and ephemera

Date: 1881 (1883, 2013)

By: Wynn-Williams, Robert B, active 2013

Reference: MSDL-1508

Description: Electronic transcript by Robert Wynn-Williams of Henry Wynn Williams' journal of his world tour commencing in 1881 (in celebration of his 20th wedding anniversary). Includes a table of contents and preface provided by Robert Wynn-Williams. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 2012

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022821

Description: Shows an Italian waiter flirting with a beautiful woman. Context: cartoon drawn to accompany an article called 'Roman holiday - food and flirting' written by Sharon Stephonson in the 'Travel' section of the Sunday Star Times. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0005804

Description: Caricature of Duncan Fallowell, British writer who wrote a travel book about New Zealand called 'Going as far as I can'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).