Dunedin merchant in partnership with John MacFarlane Ritchie. Born in Scotland; came to Otago 1864. Built a property at Glenfalloch on Otago Peninsula above Macandrew Bay, late 1860s. Also owned a property near Timaru "Otipua". On Otago University Council 1886-1905. Returned to UK 1905. (Source: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography / Scholefield, 1940)
Russell, George Gray, 1828-1919
[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :At G G Russells looking towards Burkes [ca 1872]
Date: 1871 - 1873
From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1871-1873]
Reference: E-016-1-035
Description: Rough sketch looking down into Otago harbour, and along Otago Peninsula. Bush and indications of a garden left and centre. Burke's Brewery is only faintly indicated at a distance In the 1860s G G Russell built a property at Glenfalloch, above Macandrew Bay, on the Otago Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sketchbook pages, 78 x 296 mm (double page size)
Russell, George Gray 1828-1919 : Declaration of trust
Date: 26 Feb 1884
By: Russell, George Gray, 1828-1919
Reference: fMS-Papers-3760
Description: Declaration of trust by Messrs George Russell, John MacFarlane Ritchie and John Thomas Wright as to monies secured by certain mortgages. Hagitt Brothers and Brent, Solicitors, Dunedin. Includes a postage stamp for 35 shillings Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pages). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Institute of Jamaica, 12 Dec 1968
Webster album 7
Date: 1890s
From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection
By: Kitch, George B D, active 1880s-1915
Reference: PA1-q-263
Description: Photographs of the ship HMS Ringdove, her crew, and various ports of call in New Zealand, Australia, Chatham Islands, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), and Cook Islands. Some of the people are identified, and include men and women at the ports of call. Views in the Chatham Islands include Mrs Chudleigh and Emma Hodgson at the Chudleigh home, and a house built of ponga logs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album lacking cover; 30.0 x 24.5 cm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[View from G G Russell's farm, Otago Harbour, Apri...
Date: 1885
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]
Reference: E-035-q-1-024
Description: A rough sketch of fenced grassy paddocks, on rolling countryside, trees on a headland, Otago Harbour below. A smaller inserted sketch shows a fenced headland Identification: identified from several earlier drawings, one identified as being 'From Russell's' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 151 x 240 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[G G Russell's paddocks, Otago Harbour, April 1885]
Date: 1885
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]
Reference: E-035-q-1-020
Description: A rough sketch of fenced grassy paddocks, on rolling countryside, trees along the skyline, a road noted in the foreground. A sundial appears in a central position Identification: identified from the drawing of the sundial, which appears in a small sketch two pages later, after a drawing identified as located at G G Russell's, above Macandrew Bay, Otago Harbour Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 151 x 240 mm
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1901
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-246
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letters from Frances, Hall's grand-daughter, writing from Stoneleigh; and from E S Hill, Rockwood, Llandaff Other - See also letterbook MSX-924; family letterbook MSX-935 & MSX-936 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Personal and political correspondence
Date: 1879-1910
From: Fisher family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0103-06
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for piece-level description of contents.
Correspondence
Date: Jun-Dec 1869
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-053
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from [?] Cargill, P Le [?] Querne, letter from John Hall re Muter, a lighthouse keeper who had an alcohol problem and from [?] Nanny Fitz Gerald, Wellington regarding Hall finding a job for C J Berry Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Evening at Glenfalloch. 14 Ap[ri]l 1885
Date: 1885
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]
Reference: E-035-q-1-036/037
Description: A view from Otago Harbour, looking across at Otago Peninsula and Glenfalloch, with the large house and garden of G G Russell on a rise above the water. A yacht is in the harbour in the right foreground. A preliminary sketch with many colour notes and notes indicating 'rocks', 'clear', 'grass' etc Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream paper across two pages in sketchbook, page size 151 x 240 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :A grey morning at Glenfalloch, waiting for the coa...
Date: 1885 - 1895
From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1864, one 1893]
Reference: E-014-q-1-027-1
Description: Two men, one a self-portrait, the other G G Russell, standing at a roadside by the harbour while a coach comes around a nearby corner Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 100 x 205 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Boys and men, G G Russell's farm, Glenfalloch, Ot...
Date: 1885
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]
Reference: E-035-q-1-019
Description: Portrait studies of a small boy with a toy yacht (drawn twice), two other small boys in short pants, an adult male leaning back on the ground, a man sweeping, and the upper half of another man Identification: the same small boys appear in a later sketch in the album, identified as located at Russell's in 1885 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 151 x 240 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :A grey morning at Russells, 15 Ap 1885.
Date: 1885
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]
Reference: E-035-q-1-021/022
Description: An extensive view looking down into Macandrew Bay, Otago Harbour. A large house, possibly that of G G Russell, is on the right, among trees. 'Man droving cattle' is noted at the road close to the water, right of centre. Still water and hills are opposite George Grey Russell built a house above Macandrew Bay, Dunedin, in the 1860s. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil across two sketchbook pages, page size 118 x 195 mm, total size 118 x 390 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[G G Russell's farm, a sundial, tree studies, Otag...
Date: 1885
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]
Reference: E-035-q-1-023
Description: Three sketches on one page. On the left, is a sundial near a fenced paddock, probably in the garden of G G Russell, at Glenfalloch, above Macandrew Bay. Two small boys are playing with toy yachts on the left side. Two studies of large trees note that they are at the end of the verandah Identification: identified from the drawing of the sundial, which appears in a small sketch two pages earlier, before a drawing identified as located at G G Russell's, above Macandrew Bay, Otago Harbour. There are also studies of the small boys with yachts, three pages earlier Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 151 x 240 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Sunset. P. insignis. [House on the shore, Otago Ha...
Date: 1885
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]
Reference: E-035-q-1-027/028
Description: A house with three gables, close to the sea. A curved driveway passes in front of the lawn around the house, with a pine tree noted as 'P. insignis'. May show the house of G G Russell at Macandrew Bay on Otago Peninsula, looking towards the head of Otago harbour. The hills on the opposite site of Otago Harbour are visible across still water Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil partially across two sketchbook pages, 151 x 272 mm
Letters and biographical data for Who's who in New Zealand and the Dictionary of New Ze...
Date: 1887-1958
From: Scholefield, Guy Hardy, 1877-1963 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0212-C/03A
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (33 letters). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts Finding Aids: See inventory for a detailed listing of the letters in this folder.