O'Rorke, George Maurice, 1830-1916

Date: Jan-Sep 1880

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-03/1

Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name field. Includes a letter of 20 July 1880 by W Gibbs that records an interview with a girl, ‘E Page’, who was pregnant to her school master ‘Hume’. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Scope and name record updated 26 September 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: Jul-Dec 1879

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-092

Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from William Lees Bell with sketches of changes to his church's interior; conveyance, Buccleugh district, Hall to Messrs Brown and Allen; proposal to form a sugar company; letter from D [?] Inwood, Christchurch; sale notice, Glendore Estate, near Coalgate and Homebush; introduction for [?] M M Page Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]

From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts

Reference: MS-Papers-10077-1

Description: Includes a typescript of ‘Journal of a journey from Nelson to the Port Cooper Plains’ (1850-1851) by Edward James Lee, and a typescript of ‘Wakapapa [sic] of Joseph Robinson with explanatory notes, etc’ (1940). Also included is a brief biography of Dr William Chapman, an early physician in Christchurch and a notice of indenture relating to Edward Corner, draper (1837). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description updated 12 July 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: 1890

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-08/1

Description: Identified correspondents entered in in the Name field. Includes copy of Halswell supplementary electoral roll, 1890. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Mar-Jun 1892

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-09/2

Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1855 - 1885

From: Various artists :Official Bay; From a point; Freeman's Bay, Auckland. [ca 1845. Five keys to early buildings and features from drawings by Edward Ashworth and other artists].

Reference: A-197-045

Description: A view of Official Bay from St Andrews to the Britomart Barracks, similar to a view by P J Hogan, "Auckland from Offical Bay 1850". From left to right, labelled features include St Andrews, Mt Eden, Sir M O'Rorke, Rev H Lawry, Wynyard Pier, Royal George (Cargen), Eden Crescent, Short St, Government House, Masonic Hotel, St Pauls School, Eden Crescent (again), Judge Fenton, St Pauls, Britomart Barracks. George Maurice O'Rorke was knighted in 1880; therefore the labelling must postdate 1880. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white, on sheet 190 x 332 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2002.

Date: Jan-Apr 1901

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-243

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letters from Tasmania relating to references to Karl a von Nida Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1858-1959]

By: Wetere, Koro Tainui (Hon), 1935-2018

Reference: PAColl-D-1230

Description: Panel displaying photographic portraits of the Ministers of Land from 1858 to 1957. Each individual is identified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Ministers of Lands 1858-1957 Quantity: 1 panel comprising 34 black & white photographs. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints mounted on a mat board 57.7 x 87.4 cm Provenance: Donated by Koro Wetere, Wellington, 1987

Date: Dec 1889

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-160

Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Rev Knowles, secretary, writing on behalf of the Christ's College trustees; and Dr De Renzi, writing from Christchurch Hospital. Also a subscription list for Mr W Percy who was leaving for another sphere of labour. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1940-1961

From: Mulgan, Alan Edward, 1881-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0224-02

Description: Also includes letter re permission to publish portrait of Sir Maurice O'Rorke (1958) - 3 letters of Eileen Cowan re James Cowan, F Maning and general personal matters - Archibald Ernest Currie, enclosing a poem `Making of a New Zealander' (1948 and 1949) - Arthur G Davis, Oliver Duff and Eileen Duggan, enclosing reviews and mentions `Making of a New Zealander' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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.

Date: 1835-1886

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2237

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1894

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-10/4

Description: Identified correspondents have been entered in the Name field below Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1903

By: Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; Weekly press (Newspaper); Selig, Phineas, 1856-1941

Reference: B-094-016

Description: Shows O'Rorke as Speaker of House of Representatives, Chairman of Auckland University Board Press portraits no. 63. Published as: supplement to the Weekly Press, April 29, 1903 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 443 x 266 mm

Date: 1853-1891

By: Parkes, Henry (Sir), 1815-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-0783

Description: Letters 1861-1882 from C Ward, F D Bell, D McLean, Sir T Chute to Sir J Young, I E Featherston, W Fox to F D Bell, Sir H Ayers, Sir J Vogel, E W Stafford, Sir J Hall. Letters, 1853-1887, from T Dick, Sir J Hall, Sir W Fox to F D Bell, W B Boyce. Letters, 1860-1891 from Sir J Vogel, Sir D McLean to F D Bell, Sir J Hall, Sir W Fitzherbert, Sir G M O'Rourke, G Fisher Quantity: 1 folder(s) (41 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder.

From: Seddon family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1619-213

Description: Notes on personalaties, also T E Y Seddon's MS notes and typescript Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1890

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-171

Description: Correspondence relating to the 1890 General Election; correspondents entered in the Name field. Also includes letter from Chas [?] Kiver, Christchurch. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: September 1902

From: Otterson, H :Scrapbook relating to Otterson, Turton, Heveningham and Burnett families

Reference: 1/2-168927-F

Description: (From left) Henry Otterson (Clerk of the House), Sir George Maurice O'Rorke (Speaker), and A J Rutherford (Clerk Assistant) in the debating chamber of The House of represenatives in the old Parliament Buildings, Wellington. Photographed by an unknown photographer in September 1902. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative, 12.5 x 10 cm

Date: 1896

By: Hunt, Albert Vyvyan, 1854-1929; Auckland weekly news (Newspaper); Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: C-035-018

Description: Caricatures, with names and nicknames of: "Mr Speaker" (Sir G M O'Rorke), "Mines" (The Hon A J Cadman), "Ironsand" (Mr E M Smith), "Hard to drive" (Mr W Crowther), "The Doctor" (Dr Newman), "The white flower" (Major Steward), "The Patriarch" (Mr A Saunders), "Haere Mai" (Mr Hone Heke). Inscriptions: Signed: Vyvyan Hunt Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured lithograph (mechanical), 452 x 640 mm

Date: 1882

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

By: Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910

Reference: 1/1-018643-F

Description: Photographic copy of a montage of photographic portraits depicting members of the 1882 House of Representatives. All portraits taken by William Henshaw Clarke of Wellington. Copy of montage made by S P Andrew Ltd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative