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Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
- Date
- [ca 1858-1903]
- By
- Rolleston, William, 1831-1903
- Reference
- 82-355
- Description
Mostly correspondence, telegrams, warrants of appointment to various Executive Council and Canterbury Provincial Council posts, plus notes, papers and Hansard sheets. The bulk of the collection is from the 1860s-1880s
Source of title - Supplied title
Relationship complexity - See other William Rolleston papers at MS-Group-0377, 77-248, and 79-287 (includes 1980 accessions)
Quantity: 10 box(es). 3 Linear Metres.
Provenance: Originally at Parliamentary Library together with what is now 77-248. This collection, however, was sent from the Parliamentary Library to Dunedin for Downie Stewart's use in writing his biography of Rolleston, and was later deposited in the Dunedin Public Library
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 10 box(es), 3 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Maps, Manuscripts
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Correspondence
Date: 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-03/2
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers re Rossall School
Date: 1892-1895
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-02/4
Description: Includes `Memorial of the Jubilee of Rossall School', Jun 1894; `The Rossallian Club, Annual report and list of members', 1895; `Jubilee of Rossall School, 1894 - Supplement to the "Fleetwood Chronicle', June 22nd 1894'; memo from William Haker? re land negotiations with Taupo natives, nd; newspaper cuttings re Frank Rolleston contesting the Timaru seat; letter from William Rolleston to Newman re political matters, Jun 1892; letter from his sister Margaret Rolleston, 1890; newspaper cutting re Rolleston Memorial
Maps
Date: [18--]
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-02/7
Description: Map showing Crown lands north of Auckland, nd; plan of the town of Manaia, surveyed by P E Cheal, March 1879; Plan illustrating Report of Royal Commission 1880 - Waimate Plains Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 maps).
Correspondence
Date: 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-07/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1864-1873
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-09/3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and papers
Date: 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-06/2
Description: Identifiable names entered in name field. Includes signed petition from Avon District electors re railway between Canterbury and the West Coast Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: May-Jun 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-05/2
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Includes letter from W T Pearson re land at Kawhaia and Charlton family Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Nov 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-07/2
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and papers
Date: 1858-1903, nd
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-02/5
Description: Includes Speech by Rt Hon J Chamberlain on Imperial Federation, 1903 (pamphlet); letter of introduction for William Rolleston to William Swainson, 1858 from Isabella Bury, Rotherham, Yorkshire; others from G H Eyre and E Arnold, Windermere, 1858; letter from F D Fenton re native reserves, 1866; letter from Rolleston's private tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1860; letter from Selina J Milton?, 1865; letter from Donald McLean, Oct 1866 re native affairs; letter from Rolleston to Robert Gillies, nd; two letters from Turton?, Auckland, undated Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Mar 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-01/3
Description: Identified correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).