FitzGerald, James Edward (Hon), 1818-1896

Date: 24 Oct-17 Nov 1881

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-05/3

Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1849-1861 (1940)

By: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862

Reference: MS-2205

Description: Letters mainly concern the foundation and settlement of Canterbury Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (1, 180, xvii pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; ¼ dark green morocco) Finding Aids: Indexed.

Date: 1815-1863

Reference: qMS-0382-0388

Description: The correspondence deals principally with the formation of the Canterbury Association, and the founding, and early years of Canterbury The correspondence to Godley includes letters from C C Bowen, I E Featherston, J E Fitzgerald, W Fox, W E Gladstone, J W Hamilton & H Sewell Letters from Arthur and William Wakefield are included in the volume of E G Wakefield's correspondence Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 7 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcripts (27 cm; ¼ maroon morocco)

Date: 1778-1917

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1653

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1847-1893 (1940)

By: FitzGerald, James Edward (Hon), 1818-1896

Reference: MS-0840

Description: Material covers principally the foundation of Canterbury. Interesting individual letters from Ruskin and Fenton Quantity: 1 volume(s) (182 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; ¼ dark green morocco) Finding Aids: Indexed.

Date: [1860s-1880s?]

Reference: PA1-q-166

Description: Scrap book of miscellaneous photographs, many of which have no captions and have not been identified. At the front of the album is an undated newspaper cutting showing the original building used for the Colonial Museum in 1865, which `has been revealed by the pulling down of the Dominion Museum, at the back of Parliament House. For many years this building has been used for a variety of purposes, museum exhibits being housed in adjacent quarters, but it is about to be demolished'. The first group show interior scenes of the Canterbury Museum, with exhibits of bird skeletons, and mounted birds. Other scenes show mounted animals, possibly not in Canterbury. Scenery includes views of the Franz Josef Glacier; and a number which are identified showing the gold-mining area around Ross and Donoghues, the Totara River and Mikonui River. One page has six photographs of mountainous regions in Switzerland; several show the area near the Wellington caves in Queensland, Australia; and two views show the breaking of the Cook Strait Cable. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, maroon spine and corners, entitled `Photographic scrap book'; 30 x 24 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available. Possibly part of a larger collection.

Date: Aug-Sep 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-046

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from Kawau Island listing non-indigenous birds (African geese, English pheasants, California quail) and animals (kangaroos, silver grey rabbits) and decoy ducks available to Hall; letter from [?] J W McGowan, Melbourne Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Between 1930 and 1934]

By: New Zealand Railways; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Mitchell, Lindsay, active 1930-1942

Reference: PA1-f-058

Description: Album of publicity photographs including designs for advertisements for use in the new Zealand Railway Magazine; designs for posters for use in Railways Ticket Offices and one for a large neon lighting sign "Suggested `Claude Neon' Display for New Zealand Railway Publicity Department, Wellington. `Travel by train'". One photograph is entitled "`Post' corner 1880. Now site of King's Chambers". A number of images show a [Labour Day?] parade of marching people, and floats some of which are advertising NZ Railways holiday destinations, with slogans reading `Come to Rotorua', `Come to Waitomo', `Come to The Chateau Tongariro'. There are designs of title pages for the New Zealand Railways Magazine; a view of a commemorative key with a sheaf of corn on the handle in a presentation box; and designs for a programme of events surround the laying of the foundation stone for the new Government Railway Station, Wellington, N.Z. by HRH the Duke of Gloucester, December 17th 1934. These are followed by photographs taken during the Duke's tour of New Zealand, including crowd scenes in Wellington, Maori celebrations of welcome at Ngaruawahia, and scenes in the Rotorua thermal area. There are a few individual and group portraits of the management and administrative staff of New Zealand Railways, most unidentified. Most of the images relate to the 1930s, but there are a few copies of earlier photographs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, maroon spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C4'; 42 x 59 cm

Date: 861-[1863]

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: MSX-5147

Description: Extensively annotated copy of the pamphlet `Notes on Sir William Martin's pamphlet entitled the Taranaki question', revised copy (1861), compiled by Sir F D Bell, Sir F Whitaker and Sir T Gore Browne; revisions possibly by J E Fitzgerald The pamphlet was originally ascribed to C W Richmond Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See Printed Collections for other copies of the same publication Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with extensive holograph additions

Date: [ca 1898-1940s]

From: Vogel family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10696-2

Description: Black and white photographic print depicting memorial statue on stone plinth, of James Edward FitzGerald, in Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, undated, photographer unknown. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic print, 16.2 x 11.5 cm. Transfers: Originally enclosed with MS-Papers-12406-3..

Date: 1839-1895

By: FitzGerald, James Edward (Hon), 1818-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-0064

Description: Include letters from J R Godley, W E Gladstone, W S Landor and E G Wakefield. Papers relate to Canterbury and a scheme for colonising Vancouver Island, as well as business and political matters Quantity: 21 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 28-29 Mar 1856

By: Brittan, William Guise, 1809-1876

Reference: qMS-0271

Description: Three letters to H J Tancred, President of the Canterbury Executive Council, and J E FitzGerald, Superintendent of the Canterbury Province, dated 28 and 29 Mar 1856, concerning his possible appointment as Chief Commissioner of the provincial Waste Lands Board Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm, blue pam case)

Date: 1907

From: Swan, John Sydney 1874-1936 :[Architectural plans and drawings, Wellington. 1903-1910].

By: Swan, Francis Herbert, 1885-1958

Reference: Plans-96-016-001

Description: Shows plans for bedroom wing, wooden with iron roof, to be added to existing wooden house. Shows plan and amended plan, east, west and north elevations, and section viewed from north. These plans are an addition to the original house which was a residence of James Edward Fitzgerald in the 19th century. The house was later demolished to make way for the brick monastery built in the 1930s. Drawn by F.H.S. (probably Francis Herbert Swan). Scale 8 feet to 1 inch. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - John S. Swan / No. 3412 Date 18.4.07 /Del. F.H.S. / Comnd J.S.S. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, on linen paper 350 x 525 mm. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts & Archives on 18 November 1986. Came to the Library as part of Accession 73-105 (MS Papers 109, re-identified as MS Group 5)..

Date: 1847-1893, 1892-1894, 1890-1897

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2235

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1998

From: Bohan, Edmund, 1935- : Papers

By: Stafford, Edward William (Rt Hon Sir), 1819-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-6593

Description: Stafford left Auckland on 30 Jan 1859 aboard the `Lord Worsley' for Sydney, calling at New Plymouth and Lyttelton on the way. In Sydney he boarded the `Salsette' bound for France. The ship called at Melbourne, Albany, Mauritius, Aden, Suez and Malta on the way. Stafford landed at Marseilles on 6 April and proceeded to Paris by train. He left for London on 8 April where he remained until the 13th when he travelled to Scotland by train. He returned to London on 8 May and left for Ireland on 20th of the month. The diary covers the period 30 Jan-20 May 1859 and contains an account of his trip and records his impressions of the places he visited. Aspects of New Zealand politics are touched on during his visits to Australia, where he met Henry Sewell and England, where he met James Edward FitzGerald and various English politicians. While in Scotland he describes visiting relatives and dealing with business matters. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1860-1873

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2238

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Goodman, S C (Mr), fl 1975 :Photograph albums and loose prints

By: Bothamley, Arthur Thomas, 1846-1938; West & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-092

Description: Photographs taken in New Zealand, except several of yachts in the Solent, England which were taken by West & Son (Gosport, England). Most of the New Zealand scenes were photographed by Arthur Thomas Bothamley. A number of images show Pukearuhe and the Pukearuhe Redoubt, and include two views of a large wooden and thatched roofed house near the Redoubt. It was single-storeyed, with a bay window, and was probably the house occupied by Marion Ellis Rowan and her husband (1873-1877) while the 43rd Regiment was stationed at Pukearuhe, near the Redoubt. Several views of the Marlborough Sounds show a group, including Gerald Fitzgerald (son of James Edward Fitzgerald), alongside several Rob Roy canoes, and one with a canoe named `Geroit Mare'. Album associated with James E Fitzgerald. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black and green leather bound album, with gold trim, 37.3 x 28 cm, with 33 pages

Date: 1866

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-001-031

Description: A mountain landscape See also watercolour by Julius von Haast at A-149-006. Lithograph by Ward & Reeves in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes'. Christchurch, 1867, plate 15. The inscription is apparently not in Haast's hand, but the drawing is consistent with A-001-012/030, [Drawings relating to Edward Dobson's Report... 1865?], q.v. References: Ellis 691 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white ; 178 x 243 mm

Date: 1930-1996

By: Marriott, Geraldine Dorothy, active 1964-2014

Reference: MSX-9379

Description: Collection of press cuttings relating to James Edward FitzGerald and his descendants, especially biographical, commemorative and feature articles, together with assorted other items compiled in a volume entitled, 'The Geraldine Marriott Collection of biographical material (press articles) relating to her great-great grandfather James Edward FitzGerald (1818-1896)'. The volume contains original newspaper articles from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch newspapers including the 'New Zealand Free Lance', 'Sunday Star Times', 'Evening Post', and 'The Press', ranging in date from 1930 to 1996. Also includes two photocopied articles and various pages of typescript and manuscript material. Many of the newspaper articles are illustrated. James Edward FitzGerald was New Zealand Premier, first Superintendent of Canterbury Province, and the original editor of the 'Lyttelton Times' and founder of 'The Press'. His youngest daughter Geraldine FitzGerald, founded Chilton St James School, Lower Hutt; his granddaughter Katherine Featherston Macalister was Mayoress of Wellington. Geraldine Marriott, nee FitzGerald, is the great-great-granddaughter of James Edward FitzGerald. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Printed material, Typescript Transfers: From Photographic Archive - Marriott, Geraldine Dorothy: Photographs of members of the James Edward FitzGerald family (PAColl-10298).

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Vogel family: Collection

By: Kinsey's Studio

Reference: PAColl-10696-7

Description: Black and white photographic portrait of James Edward FitzGerald by Kinsey's Studio, Lambton Quay, Wellington, circa 1890s. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic print, 19 x 15 cm, on mount with studio imprint recto, 30.5 x 25 cm.