Teacher. Known as Adelaide. She was the daughter of Thomas Wylie, a teacher at Te Houhi, and married Elsdon Best in 1903 at her father's home in Galatea, Bay of Plenty. The couple had no family (DNZB Vol 2 Elsdon Best). She was still living in Sept 1931, when Elsdon Best died. She died in 1944 aged 71 years [Source: Historical online BDM]
Best, Mary Adelaide, -1944
Wylie, Mary Adelaide, -1944
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Artist unknown :A C Quarters, Galatea. [Between 1909 and 1913]
Date: 1909 - 1913
By: Waters, H S (Mrs), active 1971
Reference: A-108-022
Description: A single-storied bungalow with a verandah, L-shaped, behind a hedge with garden gate The house, later burnt down, was the home of the Wylie family. Adelaide Wylie married Elsdon Best. The house was moved to the site shown in this view in 1889 by Joseph Wylie (uncle of Adelaide), the 4th schoolteacher at Fort Galatea (1887-1903). There were two matching buildings, shown here on the left, pulled to this site from the 1875 redoubt. The right hand addition was put on by Joseph Wylie. The small lean-tos on the far left were added by the Turnbull family, connected to the Wylie family by marriage and living at Galatea, 1909-1953. Mrs Waters informed the Library on acquisition that the house was burnt down on the eve of the Galatea centennial. Other Titles - Armed Constabulary Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 95 x 150 mm
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Diary / [written by Adelaide Best]
Date: 1911
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-0175
Description: Brief accounts of day to day activities Adelaide Best was Elsdon Best's wife Quantity: 1 volume(s) (Boxed together with MS-0173, 0174, and 0176). Physical Description: Ms
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Elsdon Best and his wife Adelaide - Photograph taken by S P Andrew Ltd
Date: [192-?]
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
By: S P Andrew Ltd
Reference: PAColl-8066-06-14
Description: Elsdon Best and his wife Adelaide, circa 1920s, photographed by S P Andrew Ltd. Source of descriptive information - Mrs Best identified by Library researcher. Dated by cataloguer of PAColl-8066-06. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - SP Andrew Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, 9.7 x 14 cm, on mount
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Elsdon Best and his wife Adelaide at their house in Wadestown, Wellington
Date: [192-?]
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1240-22
Description: Elsdon Best and his wife Adelaide at their house in Wadestown, Wellington. Includes their garden. Photograph taken circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Inscription. Date estimated by cataloguer.on file print. Inscriptions: Recto - [on sticker, attached to print] Best relaxes with Adelaide at their first Wadestown home Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 18.1 x 25.3 cm
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Elsdon Best, and his wife Mary
Date: 16 Mar 1930
From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives
Reference: 1/2-043389-F
Description: Elsdon Best, and his wife Mary, photographed 16 March 1930 by S P Andrew Ltd. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - [unreadable] Best.E BOM 16.3 [unreadable] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Inward correspondence - A-B
Date: 1914-1931
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-01
Description: Contains inwards correspondence from people whose surnames begin with A and B. Also a letter from Edward Harding to Sir Apirana Ngata. A single page letter from Makereti to Elsdon Best, dated July 5 has been removed for display in the National Library Gallery until 15 March 2008. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.