Duncan family

By: Vennell, Margaret Ann, 1934-2015

Reference: PAColl-1865

Description: Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted on card) and. 5 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 19 b&w original photographic print(s) (cabinet cards) and. 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (cartes de visite) and. 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (postcards) and. 2 colour original photographic print(s). 21 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (postcards) and. 25 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 3 photocopy/ies all in three boxes.

Date: [1828-1984]

By: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951

Reference: MS-Group-1565

Description: Three scrapbooks created by Archibald Duncan, comprising printed photographs, newspaper extracts, charts and other printed material relating to Australia and the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The material is dated between 1928 and 1951. A further three scrapbooks were donated in 2009. These were also created by Archibald Duncan and added to after his death by his children. They contain notes on his family and printed material relating to the Duncan and related families, including invitations, examination results, marriage notices, obituaries, etc. Also material relating to World War 1 & 2. Explanatory notes prepared by Gordon Duncan and Margaret Butler accompany these three scrapbooks. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 6 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with ms annotations Provenance: Three scrapbooks were donated by Margaret Butler in 2006 & a further three scrapbooks by Gordon Duncan in 2009. Formerly owned by Archibald Duncan, father of Gordon and grandfather of Margaret. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated, Margaret Butler, 2006 & Gordon Duncan, 2009 Transfers: Transferred from Photographic Archive; the main collection is with the Photographic Archive PH-2006-160 - From Photographic Archive - Three scrapbooks.

Date: 1875-1903

By: Duncan, John, active 1875-1903

Reference: MS-Papers-0406

Description: Includes his cash books, ledger and journal of accounts, with share certificates in one silver and eleven gold mining companies in New Zealand. Also involves financial affairs of other members of the Duncan family. Duncan lived at Upland Road, Wellington Quantity: 19 folder(s). 5 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: [ca 1896-1949]

From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks

By: Duncan family

Reference: MSX-8288

Description: No 1 Scrapbook `Archibald Duncan - Family matters' begins with brief details of his family and his career with the Customs Department, including examinations he passed. Also invitations, examination results, marriage notices, obituaries, letters of condolence, etc relating to the following families - McMurrich, Anderson, Cruickshank, Duncan, Easton, Osborne, Richardson, Telfer, Walker, Corr, Dobbie, Crosbie, Tait, Lawson, Cranstoun. Names and places mentioned have been added to Name & Place fields. Other - Explanatory notes for the scrapbook, compiled by Gordon Duncan (son), are in MS-Papers-9224 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 1919

By: Duncan, E (Mrs), active 1960; Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005

Reference: 1/2-018927-F

Description: View of the living quarters at the Kairuru Quarry, Takaka. The families that were living in the valley at the time were the Jones family (far left), Duncan family (top hut), Packwood family (second right), Bob Clarke (right), Paterson family and Cooper families (around the corner). There is a group of women standing near the fence of one of the huts, and a toddler standing near the edge of what may be the quarry. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1919. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-085

Description: The essay covers the period 1780-1950, and details the Thomson family origins in Scotland; the lives of five of William Thomson's children who emigrated to Australia between 1852-1861, their lives there, especially that of James Cochrane Thomson of Melbourne, his marriage to Eliza Rutherford Duncan and details of the Duncan family. James Thomson purchased Kawau Island from Sir george Grey in 1888 and lived there with his family for several years, moving from there to Rocklands in Epsom, Auckland, and also purchasing land on Waiheke Island Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs of James Cochran Thomson ca 1890s, Eliza Rutherford Thomson ca 1890s, `Hillcrest', Richmond, Nelson

By: Marshall, Joan, active 1990

Reference: PAColl-1702

Description: Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies in one envelope.

Date: 1682-1977

From: Crawford family : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-1001-385

Description: Family trees of the Duncan and Crawford families of Scotland and New Zealand. Includes `Notes for talks to parties of visitors to Naughton House, Fifeshire, Scotland'

Date: 1828-1965

From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks

Reference: MSY-6689

Description: Scrapbook entitled `Archibald Duncan - Family and miscellaneous papers' appears to have been commenced by Archibald Duncan, and added to after his death in 1951 by his son Robert John Duncan. Commences with a 17 page family history of Robert McWilliam Duncan and his wife Jessie (nee Cruickshank) who arrived at Port Chalmers on the `Wellington' in 1878 with two children, and family history of Archibald Cruickshank and his wife Helen (nee Douglas). Helen arrived in NZ, a widow' on the `Marlborough' in 1880 with two of her children and lived with her daughter Jessie Duncan at Wyndham. Compiled by Robert and Harold Duncan in 1960s. Also extract from the Bible of Robert McWilliam Duncan; letters, cards and lists of those who sent wreaths on death of Mary Ann Duncan, 1957; papers relating to John Corr and members of the Corr family; papers re Archibald Duncan's estate; papers relating to Keith Douglas Duncan (1926-1945); letters from the Controller of Customs on occasion of Archibald's retirement in 1935; remedy for lumbago and rheumatism; papers relating to phrenology; certificates from Wyndham School; correspondence with the Public Trust Office and family members about the estates of Robert McWilliam Duncan and James Duncan. Other - Detailed explanatory notes for the scrapbook, compiled by Gordon Duncan (son), are in MS-Papers-9224 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Reference: PAColl-8753

Description: Photographs of the Duncan family Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-068824 to 1/2-068826 Quantity: 3 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [betweeen 1870-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

By: Thompson & Daley (Firm)

Reference: 1/4-006072-G

Description: Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [ca 1949-1984]

From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks

By: Duncan family

Reference: MSX-8289

Description: Scrapbook `Archibald Duncan - Family matters' begun by A Duncan, added to by his family after his death in 1951 up until 1984. Includes his obituary and letters of condolence (pp 14-15). Also invitations, examination results, birth, marriage and death notices, obituaries, letters of condolence, telegrams, etc relating to the following families - McMurrich, Shirley, Anderson, Barry, Cruickshank, Duncan, Easton, Osborne, Richardson, Simon, Nuttall, Telfer, Lawson, Tait, Pudney, McClellan, Sinclair, Patton, Dick. Names have been added to Name field. Other - Explanatory notes for the scrapbook, compiled by Gordon Duncan (son), are in MS-Papers-9224 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 20 Jul 1888

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/4-006110-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: ca 1914

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-013830-G

Description: Two unidentified women, probably members of the Duncan family, standing by a baby in a pram. The women wear hats, jackets, and full length skirts. Location, and photographer, unidentified. This copy negative was made in 1914 by S P Andrew Ltd. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - above image - Duncan, M R [unreadable] 24.2.14 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 25 Jul 1888

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/4-006093-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1919

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: 1/1-017419-G

Description: A view of the Duncan family house and grounds in Durie Hill, Wanganui, taken in 1919 by Frank J Denton of Tesla Studios. Dated from photographer's negative register. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - top left - 2332. Duncan. Dury Hill. The house later became a home for polio victims. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [between 23 Dec 1934 to 21 Jan 1935]

By: Fraser, Malcolm, 1873-1949; Ferguson, Mairi Stewart, active 1960-2014

Reference: PAColl-10247

Description: Photographic prints taken during the the visit of the Duke of Gloucester to New Zealand in 1934-1935. Images taken between 23 December 1934 to 21 January 1935. Dates and locations are noted on most of the prints. Photographer(s) unidentified but images appear to have been taken by an official photographer. The images show the Duke, and others, in places around New Zealand, chiefly in Christchurch on the 20th of January. Other places include Ohinemutu, Cambridge (with Duke on horseback), Tekapo, Huntervill (with Duncan family), Hawera, Masterton and Lyttelton. Malcolm Fraser (who was the Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs and helped organise the Duke's tour) features in some. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints have been put in date order by the archivist Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Donor is the granddaughter of Malcolm Fraser.