Formed on 19 October 1869 as an affiliate of the New Zealand Institute. In 1874 Captain F W Hutton was appointed secretary of the Institute. In 1880 Thomas Jeffrey Parker succeeded Hutton. In 1934 renamed the Otago Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Otago Institute
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Manuscript
Hutton, Frederick Wollaston, 1836-1905 : Illuminated address
Date: 28 Jul 1880
By: Hutton, Frederick Wollaston, 1836-1905
Reference: fMS-Papers-5949
Description: Illuminated letter of farewell from the Otago Institute to Professor Hutton on his departure from Dunedin Hutton was moving from his position as professor of natural history at Otago University to become professor of biology at Canterbury University College Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Illuminated manuscript with mss text, gold address and watercolour paintings Provenance: Unknown; donor had been given it in England `because I was a New Zealander'. Watercolour illustrations of Lawyer's Head, Otago; Milford Sound; Caples Valle;, on the Leith; Shag Rock, Sumner; Kinloch; Coast Scene, near Nelson; and one unidentifiable scene
Manuscript
Printed material
Date: [ca 1891-1900]
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8670-256
Description: Galley proofs of Frederick Revans Chapman's article `Early New Zealand' , and an off-print of the lecture on the working of greenstone by the Maori, read before the Otago Institute, 1891. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Miscellaneous annual reports, etc
Date: 1877-1973
From: Royal Society of New Zealand. Wellington Branch : Records
Reference: 92-223-12
Description: Comprises annual reports of national philosophical societies and institutes as well as meeting schedules and rules Other - Black and white print (with negative) of portrait of Lord Rutherford available Quantity: 1 box(es).
Online
Manuscript
General inward letters
Date: 1866-1881
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8670-119
Description: General inward letters to Henry Samuel Chapman from politicians, business and legal acquaintances. Includes a ms poem by Chapman titled the Tiger and the elephant, and what may be a list of his library, put up for auction after his death. Appears to have been disbound from a guard book. Not all names indexed Quantity: 1 folder(s).