GROUP
29 Various papers
- Date
- [ca 1934-1964]
- Reference
- Series-3144
- Description
This series contains futher papers of G L Adkin donated by Mrs J N K Nicholls of Palmerston in 1978 (78-166). It consists of two files of correspondence with various people on place name, geological and anthropological matters, 1936-1959. One file of notes on botanical names and Maori equivalents; index of Tararua palce names, compiled Oct-Nov 1940, with additions. Also notes on the Rangitane tribe by W Moffat and a talk on Otaki by F S Simcox, and a Fairburn-Simcox-Colenso family tree, 1811-1961. Note book recording data on Horowhenua District including artifact finds and notes for his book `Horowhenua' (1948); sketch maps, graphs, diagrams, etc
Quantity: 12 folder(s).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
- Format
- 12 folder(s), Personal papers
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Correspondence with Selwyn Simcox
Date: 1949-1953
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/09
Description: Correspondence, mostly from Selwyn Simcox, to Adkin about the history, Maori and European, and geology of Kapiti and Horowhenua districts. Includes information about Simcox's desire to write a brief history of Rangiatea Maori church, the Wellington-Manawatu Railway line, and the Hadfield family (with some geneaology). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Extract from Journal of Polynesian Society Vol XXVIII No 2 `The Great Muru'. Palmerston...
Date: 1873, n d
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/03
Description: Typescript paper, in preparation for publication in the Polynesian Society Journal, titled "The Great Muru", as an example of the Maori practice of "Muru". Also includes a typescript paper by the Hon. Mr Moffat, prepared for the Palmerston North Polynesian Discussion Group, about the Rangitaane tribe. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and drafts of correspondence
Date: 1906, 1950s-1960s
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/08
Description: Correspondence with Selwyn Simcox, 1952-1962; W H Secker, 1954; F R Callaghan, 1956; W & J Neill, 1953; E G Hunt, 1956; Susan Davis; Richard Rolston, 1952, 1962; R George?, 1956; Mrs J Kinsey, 1906. Also correspondence and papers re Journal of Polynesian Society, 1956-1959 Includes correspondence about the Korotangi (carved stone bird), the need to correctly pronounce Maori words, aspects of the erection of Rangiatea church, some mention of Maori artefacts (patu paraoa etc), and correspondence about the Polynesian Society. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Old Horowhenua notebook recording data for Adkin's book Horowhenua
Date: 1948
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/05
Description: Includes notes, sketches and some clippings (obituaries) about various Maori personalities, pa sites (fortified villages), kainga (villages), pa-tuna (eel weirs), and details of a multitude of Maori artefacts mainly from the Horowhenua area. Other Titles - Horowhenua Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with various people
Date: 1949-1953
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/10
Description: Including Charles Brasch, 1950; Richard Rolston, 1950; Bernard Freyberg, 1950; and others, 1949-1953 Mentions the gifting of a carved whare whakairo by a Ngai Tahu chief to Hikawera and Mahupuku of the Wairarapa district; and human remains and a whale bone patu (patu paraoa) found near Foxton. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
F S Simcox - A brief talk about Otaki; Fairburn-Colenso-Simcox family tree
Date: 1961, 1964
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/04
Description: Typescript of a speech given by Simcox to the Otaki Old Folks Association on the 29 January 1964. Includes discussion about the genealogy of the Simcox, Colenso and Fairburn families. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Index to Tararua place names
Date: 1940
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/06
Description: Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically in 17 envelopes Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 envelopes).
New Zealand Native Flora Club - Miscellaneous notes and memoranda
Date: 1941-1944
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/11
Description: Notes and memorana concerning meetings and Adkin's role in 1941-1944 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and drafts of correspondence
Date: 1936, 1950s
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/07
Description: Correspondence with Harry Thompson (1959); Maurice Jenner (1958-1959); James B W Robertson (1958); L Angus (1952); Johannes Andersen (1936) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes on tectonic history of Southern Wellington etc
Date: 1923-1924, 1949
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/01
Description: Also notes on Mangahoa Hydro-electric Scheme, 1923-1924; selected bibliography of the anthropology of New Zealand, 1900-1948 by R S Duff and R S Allan, 1949 Quantity: 1 folder(s).