Kerry-Nicholls, James Henry, -1888

Date: 1882-1885

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1971

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1918-1949

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4760-8

Description: Assorted material in many different hands. Includes proverbs; chants; notes on Maori lore; notes from an inhabitant of Taupo; notes re the old missionaries, views of marriages between Maori and Pakeha; names of planets, stars etc. Extracts from writings of Reverend Richard Taylor and Kerry Nicholls. Obituary of Mrs Celia Kinder and a booklet from King Koroki and his people to the Prime Minister entitled `A statement relating to the King Country pact'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: [ca 1884]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0051-1/2-F

Description: Engraving of Mount Ngauruhoe by moonlight dating from about 1884. Photographed by an unknown photographer ca 1940. Inscriptions: on page in the original publication - text: Tongariro in moonlight From `The King Country' by James Henry Kerry-Nicholls, page 197. This book was published in England in 1884. The photograph of the engraving was used in `Making New Zealand' in issue number 10 of volume one, `The Mountains,' page 14. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1950-1953]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-26

Description: Comprises notes on adze types from Colenso collection (Simcox family); sketch map of King Country and table of altitudes above sea level of camping places and principal stations of observation along route traversed by Kerry-Nicholls Arrangement: Notebook no 25 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 17 Feb 1886

By: Kerry-Nicholls, James Henry, -1888

Reference: MS-Papers-3578

Description: The letter, which is dated 17th Feb 1886 and addressed Pall Mall was sent to Mr Silver by Nicholls with a copy of his work "King Country". It explains why he was so long in sending this complimentary copy to Silver. Pasted to the letter is a small newspaper clipping concerning Mahuta. Also included is a typed transcript of the letter. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typed transcript Processing information: Removed from Nicholls, J H K `The King Country; or explorations in New Zealand' 2nd ed London : Sampson Low, Marston Searle & Rivington, 1884

Date: 1883 - 1884

From: Kerry-Nicholls, James Henry, d. 1888 :The King Country or exploration in New Zealand ... London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1883

By: Kerry-Nicholls, James Henry, -1888; Cooper, James Davis, 1823-1904

Reference: PUBL-0230-197

Description: View of Ngauruhoe, steam rising from its crater, seen by moonlight. Two men with horses are by a stream in the foreground The author describes the illustrations in The King Country as being 'from original sketches by the author' and 'engraved by Mr James Cooper, Arundel Street, The Strand'. Tongariro was the Maori name for the group of three volcanoes south of Lake Taupo. This view, despite the title, shows Ngaurhoe, not Mount Tongariro Other Titles - Ngauruhoe Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) book. Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: 1884

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-433-011

Description: Eight scenes in one engraving showing: 1. Mr J H Kerry Nicholls, the explorer of the King Country 2. Mount Ruapehu, an extinct volcano 3. The Ice Crown, Point Victoria 4. Crossing the Onetapu Desert by moonlight; on the brink of a precipice 5. Whatiwhatihoe, the home of King Tawhiao 6. A slippery descrnt into the valley of the Wanganui-a-te-ao River 7. The extinct volcano, Mount Pihanga, with the Upper Waikato River, flowing into Lake Taupo 8. The ice caves; source of the Wangaehu River Other Titles - Manganui-a-te-ao Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 405 x 293 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

From: Greenwood, William :The upraised hand or the spiritual significance of the Ringatu faith. Wellington, Polynesian Society, Meisenbach & Co (printers or lithographers), 1942.

By: Meisenbach Company; Kerry-Nicholls, James Henry, -1888

Reference: PUBL-0108-front

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Maori man, with beard and moustache, a feather in his hair. Thought to show Te Kooti and very like a drawing of Te Kooti by Richard Laishley in the Library. Originally published in Kerry-Nicholls, J. H. The King Country (London, Sampson Low, Marston, 1884), p.335 'From a sketch by the author' Extended Title - From: Greenwood, William. The upraised hand or the spiritual significance of the Ringatu faith. (Wellington, Polynesian Society, 1942). Frontispiece to supplement - 'Te Kooti and his portraits'. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 57 mm

Date: 1883 - 1885

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain); Weller, Edward (1819-1884)

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-1/4/35/Acc.54721

Description: Topographical map showing the area from Ngaruawahia down to Marton including the coast, and across to Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay. Published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1885, from explorations made by J. H. Kerry-Nicholls in April-May 1883. A key explains that route traversed and stations are indicated with lines and circles. An inset map shows New Zealand with place names added. Includes table of altitudes above sea level and names of rivers, plains and lakes not previously shown on maps. Extended Title - from explorations made by J.H. Kerry-Nicholls, April-May 1883 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on linen-backed paper, scale indeterminable, 50.5 x 65 cm