Great Britain. Colonial Office

Date: 1862-1863

By: Great Britain. Colonial Office

Reference: MS-Papers-1594

Description: Letters from the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand the Superintendant of Taranaki Province, New Zealand Company Land Claim Commissioner to Colonial Office, England re Mrs Dieffenbach's claim to property in Taranaki granted to her husband in 1842 by the NZ Company Quantity: 1 folder(s) (35 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1852-1854

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0053-02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1934-1937

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1261

Description: Letters, mainly to his mother; some original, but most are copies typed for circulation among his family. Describes his voyage to Sydeny and thence to Ocean Island, Tarawa and the Southern Gilbert Islands. Include detailed descriptions of the various islands, transport, accommodation, food, local governments, dances, rivalry between Protestant and Catholic missions, leprosy and British Phosphate Commission labour practices. Source of title - Transcribed Cyril Cartwright, who was with the British Colonial Service, was appointed to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1934. In Jun 1934, he toured the Central Gilberts and in July was made acting District Agent in the Southern Gilberts, based at Beru. In Jun 1935 he became Government Secretary on Ocean Island, remaining on the Island with four other Europeans after most of the other Europeans and some Chinese and Gilbertese were evacuated in Mar 1942. He died during the Japanese occupation, probably in 1943. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2006

Date: 1835-1886

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2234

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 16 Nov 1906

From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir), 1851-1936 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5755-33

Description: From the Secretary of State to the New Zealand governor, regarding the Anglo-French Convention over the New Hebrides, and especially the protest made by Hall-Jones in a letter to the Colonial Office Other - Part of PP16 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1955]

By: Grimble, Arthur Francis (Sir), 1888-1956

Reference: MS-Papers-7204

Description: Drafts of Grimble's two books of his experiences on the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as Resident Commissioner, `A Pattern of islands' and `Return to the islands'. Consist of heavily annotated typescripts. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations

Date: 1789-1902

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2840

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1842-1852

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0053-04

Description: Official memoranda, reports, correspondence and other papers relating to transportation question in Tasmania, and to H S Chapman's dismissal as Colonial Secretary. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1840 - 1871

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Great Britain. Colonial Office

Reference: MapColl-Collection-Colonial_Office

Description: Copies of some of the maps originally held within the records of the British Colonial Office relating to New Zealand and includes both published and unpublished maps. The maps generally relate to exploration and settlement and include some created for the New Zealand Company. Quantity: 14 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Finding Aids: Collection contains a copy of a published map which is catalogued on the National Library Catalogue: 'Map of the province of Otago: compiled from official surveys and explorations' Additions to 1871. Otago Survey Lithographic Press, 1871. Reference - MapColl 834.5a/1871/Acc.46990-3.

Date: 1874-1888

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2641

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1880-1910

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2728

Description: Comprises "war mementoes" and correspondence Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1832-1907

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2061

Description: Comprise selected records of the Adams and Elwes families, the diaries of Dudley Cary Elwes, and the papers of E S Burton from the Daventry collection Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: March 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-43-2

Description: Dudley Alexander coding a Colonial Office despatch at Ruatoki, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross, during the visit of Lord Ranfurly's party. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Major Alexander coding a Colonial Office despatch, "Government House", Ruatoki, 1904 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 88 mm diameter, mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: 1797-1803

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1685

Description: Selected papers, mainly relevant to transportation of convicts to Australia Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1984

Date: 22 May 1906

From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir), 1851-1936 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5755-64

Description: Desptch sent by Colonial Office to the Governor, Lord Plunkett, with copy of a letter to W P Reeves, all concerned with the possible annexation of Tonga Other - Part of PP25-30 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1852-1878

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1969

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1921-1922

From: Bell family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-5210-124

Description: Copies of dispatches from the Secretary of State and other branches of British Government relating to Samoa, provided to Bell by the Colonial Office. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1850-1853

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0053-03

Description: Mainly concerned with the administration of Tasmania and the transportation policy there. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1881

From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0091-238

Description: Open letter re Sir Arthur Gordon's letter to Colonial Office; newspaper cutting re sale of Maungaporau Block (situated between Wanganui and Waitotara Rivers), nd Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 8 Dec 1868

By: Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, 3rd Duke of, 1823-1889

Reference: MS-Papers-10824

Description: Private letter from Sir George Bowen, Government House, Wellington to accompany an official despatch. Discusses Maori activities on East Coast Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 letter. Physical Description: Holograph, mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Brian Groshinski, 2011