Gordon, Mona Clifton, 1899-1977

Date: 1850-1875

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-12

Description: Papers of William Williams, a merchant and farmer resident in Auckland, whose daughter married J C Firth; includes a deed between Williams and Thomas Douglas for the lease of premises in Queen Street, Auckland, correspondence over Williams' business in Hawaii, and acquisition of Lavin and Dobbel's land at Mohaka Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Collected by Mona Gordon for her biography of J C Firth

Date: 1842

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-5059-15

Description: Three letters written on the same sheet of paper, from William Williams and his partner Hallamore, to business colleagues in Great Britain, describing their arrival in Auckland, business opportunities, and selling butter, cheese and shoes Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Collected by Mona Gordon for her biography of J C Firth

Date: 1861-1870, 1971

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-11

Description: Comprises original documents and letters, including some by Te Kooti, collected by Mona Gordon as research material for her history of Cambridge and biography of J C Firth. A list of the documents is included with the folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1960]

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-07

Description: Draft for an unpublished history of Cambridge Quantity: 1 folder(s) (198 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript

Date: 1839 - 1843

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888; Gordon, Mona Clifton, 1899-1977

Reference: G-484

Description: Fishing boats in the sea to the left, possibly in the Bay of Naples, with people on shore, buildings including castles on hill-tops, high hills to the right This oil is one of three bequeathed to ATL by Mona Clifton Gordon in 1977. ATL was notified that the oils were at Waikato Museum of Art & History and it was decided that the works would remain on long-term loan to Waikato. In 1992 ATL was reminded the works were still at Waikato, and they were recalled. They arrived in April 1993. Other Titles - Untitled sea scene (Waikato Museum of Art & History) Albin Martin first visited Italy in 1839 when he travelled to Rome to join Samuel Palmer and Hannah Linnell, who were honeymooning there. When Albin Martin married Jemima Kempe in 1841, they in turn left for a two year honeymoon in the Bay of Naples. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 337 x 516 mm (sight) Provenance: Estate of Mona Clifton Gordon, Hamilton

Date: 1868-1870, 1971

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-11A

Description: Papers and letters, including those by Te Kooti, collected by Mona Gordon as part of her research on Cambridge and J C Firth. Some letters have been translated into English. A list of the papers is held in Folder 11. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910-1938

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-173

Description: Twenty-two letters from an envelope labelled "Correspondence from Jim's friends, etc" which also includes some undated correspondence, cards, a book token, and an incomplete draft contract for a book co-written with Sir Maui Pomare, probably for 'Legends of the Maori' published 1930-1934. Includes letters from Mona Gordon, 22 December [no year]; Eileen Duggan [undated]; Te Mete (S Percy Smith) 19 July 1910, which discusses the Ngāti Whakaue rangatira, Haerehuka; T E Donne, 17 June 1918, which discusses the placing of Cowan's articles in London newspapers - specifically mentions Kimble Bent and Barnet Burns articles; Whitcombe & Tombs, 6 November 1918 and 12 December 1935; George Sherriff, 14 April 1921, which is relating to the attack on Parihaka in 1881 and sketches that Sherriff made at the time; Walter W Jones, 10 and 27 July 1926; T C Schnackenberg, 18 September and 3 October 1926; Otago Daily Times, 1 October 1927 [Enclosed with clippings about N.Z. Writers' Week 1936, and a letter from Joyce West relating to plagiarism, 1 October 1938]; F O V Acheson, 10 November 1927; Alf Warbrick, 25 June 1928 and 10 October 1931; Rotorua Morning Post, 21 August 1936; and Patricia Moore, 14 September 1936 and 16 October 1936. Also includes a typescript letter from Tumanako Tamariki, written in Māori, relating to the 'Queen Carnival Sick & Wounded Fund' which has part of a letter written on the back [undated] written mostly in English, with some Māori phrases. It seems to relate to the building of an "obelisk" on One Tree Hill in Auckland. Also includes a cartoon of Sir James Carroll which was in an envelope annotated "Low's cartoon of Timi Kara. Sydney Bulletin". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Twenty-two letters, seven envelopes, newspaper clippings, and ephemera Transfers: Other items that were also in this envelope are now held in MS-Papers-11946-174 and MSI-Papers-11946-1.. Processing information: These papers were originally in the envelope "Correspondence from Jim's friends". They have been put in date order, and placed into three folders including this one, MS-Papers-11946-174, and MSI-Papers-11946-1.

Date: [ca 1960]

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-08

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (219 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript

Date: 19--?

By: Saint-Pierre, Jacques Bernardin Henri de, 1737-1814

Reference: qMS-1741

Description: Mona Gordon's translation from the French of Bernadin de Sainte-Pierre's novel Paul et Virginie first published in 1786, with introductory notes on the author, on the Ile de France where the romance is set, and on the governor of the island at the time, Mahe de la Bourdonnais Other Titles - Paul et Virginie Quantity: 1 volume(s) (97 pages). Physical Description: Typescript with ms corrections & additions (27 cm; black buckram)

Date: 1859-1867, n d

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-13

Description: Papers and correspondence of Major Thomas Wilson, whose correspondents included Charles Heaphy; also typescript of notebook of Sergeant Foster, Armed Constabulary, giving details of the burials of soldiers who fell in the Waikato war Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms, typescript Provenance: Collected by Mona Gordon, possibly for her history of Cambridge

Date: 1865-1874

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-16

Description: Letters to and from J C Firth, mainly concerning land purchases; many in Maori. Includes early printed copy of the Treaty of Waitangi Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 items). Physical Description: Holograph, Mss Provenance: Collected by Mona Gordon for her biography of J C Firth

Date: [ca 1890-1900]

By: Gordon, Mona Clifton, 1899-1977

Reference: PAColl-0109

Description: Shows the house `Clifton', residence of Josiah Clifton Firth, near Mt Eden. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1960-1975

By: Gordon, Mona Clifton, 1899-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1961

Description: Typescripts, galley proofs, research notes and miscellaneous material relating to `The early literature of New Zealand' (unpublished); `The golden age of Josiah Clifton Firth' (published 1963); `The mystery of La Perouse' (1961); `Those days, those men' (1975); and `Portrait in Mosaic of Ann Clifton Firth' (1973) Other Titles - The early literature of New Zealand Other Titles - The golden age of Josiah Clifton Firth Other Titles - The mystery of La Perouse Other Titles - Those days those men Other Titles - Portrait in mosaic of Ann Clifton Firth Quantity: 17 folder(s). 0.17 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1938-1939

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-041

Description: Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, 1938. An inscription on the front end papers reads 'Eileen Cowan. Na tona tane, 1939'. Tipped in to the back end papers is a letter to James Cowan from the publisher, dated 1939. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed material

Date: n d

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-03

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (82 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: n d

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-05

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (Photocopy)

Date: [1930-1977]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers

Reference: 77-067-8/23

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter written from United Service Hotel, Christchurch, to Mr Graham (1941), letter from Ruth sent from Edinburgh (possibly Ruth Mackay) (1953) and postcard of books written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge and Kegan Paul. Also includes letter written from University of Queensland re lists writer was returning and mentioning TNZI and Dr Fleming (1957). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

By: Gordon, Mona Clifton, 1899-1977

Reference: PAColl-3702

Description: Photographs collected by Mona Clifton Gordon, possibly to be used for her history of Cambridge and biography of J C Firth Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1963-1977]

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-10

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 items).

Date: 1870 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986; Berry, Reginald George James, 1906-1979; Broekstra, Tom, active 1953; Coleridge, John Duke, active 1910; Donner, Tibor Karl, 1907-1993; Dwyer, Ella Margaret, 1887-1979; Goodwin, Arnold Frederick, 1890-1978; Graham, Jessie Sutherland, 1886-1954; Gross, Richard Oliver, 1882-1964; Harris, Sam, active 1950; Holloway, Ronald, 1909-2003; Lloyd, Constance Alice, 1895-1982; McLintock, Alexander Hare, 1903-1968; Nash, Paul, 1889-1946; Percy, William Stratford, 1872-1946; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Tilsley, Lydia Louise, 1898-1983; Tough, George Bannerman, 1901-1983; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982; Younghusband, Adela Mary, 1878-1969

Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-G

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: V. E. Galway (by A H McLintock, ca 1938) George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, Governor-General of New Zealand Briar Gardner (by Louise Tilsley, ca 1938) R. S. Garnett Collection (of Dumas books in the Auckland Public Library, by Tibor Karl Donner, date 1934) Alexander Geddes (by Hilda Wiseman, 1934) Ethelwyn Geddes (A F[?] Goodwin, no date) General Assembly Library (4 different, ca 1949?) A. W. Gibb (by Percy Watts Rule, 1935) John Gibson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1953) Reginald Gibson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1947) Augusta Carr Glasgow (d. 1822) Earl of Glasgow, David Boyle, Governor General of New Zealand 1892-97) John Glasgow (by Paul Nash, 1908) Denis Glover (by Leo Bensemann) Denis Glover (by unknown Auckland artist, 1933) Auckland Goethe Society Arthur Godley (by John Duke Coleridge, 2 different ca 1910) Betty Goldie (by Hilda Wiseman, 1932) Jack W Goodwin (Unicorn Press, 1935, for Wilson and Horton Journalism prize) Margaret Gordon (by W. S. Percy) Mona Gordon (by Connie Lloyd, 1932) E. K. Goulding (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Jeanne H. Goulding (by a commercial artist, 1940) David H Graham (by Ron Holloway, 1952 - two different) David H Graham (by James Berry, 1952) David H. Graham (by Tom Broekstra, 1953) David H. Graham (by Adele Younghusband, 1954) David H. Graham (by Jessie S Jackson, later Mrs David H Graham, 1951) David H. Graham (by Sam Harris, 1950) David H. Graham (by Ella Dwyer, 1950) David H. Graham (by Hilda Wiseman, 1952) Elsie D. Graham (by Hilda Wiseman, 1944) Rose Grainger Collection (by Ron Holloway, 1936) Ida D. Gray (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Gray's Inn Library (by G. B. Tough, 1948) Greenwood Richard O. Gross (by himself, 1951) W. H. Gummer (by Hilda Wiseman, 1930) Dorothy G. Gwynne (by Hilda Wiseman, 1937) F. J. Gwynne (by Hilda Wiseman, 1936) Quantity: 44 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings