GROUP
Series 4 - Manuscripts
- Date
- 1869-1929
- Reference
- Series-4713
- Description
Comprises research notes, drafts, bulletins, interviews and articles relating to Maori, aspects of Maori culture such as whakapapa, music, religion and education, as well as some personal and official papers, papers and presentations
Quantity: 96 folder(s).
- Part of
- Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
- Format
- 96 folder(s)
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Aperahama, Taonui - Ngapuhi notes in Maori / transcribed by Elsdon Best
Date: 1849
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-40
Description: Best's transcription of Aperahama Taonui 1849 manuscript. Included in the folder is a published article about the manuscript by D R Simmons (1975). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Tuhoe genealogies
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-0072-78
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Discovery and settlement
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-30
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Tuhoe - Part II, Myth and folk-lore The Realm of myth
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-74
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Tuhoe - Chapters 5-8
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-71
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Religion
Date: 1912
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-14
Description: Consists of notes on Io by Te Whatahoro, The names of Io (manuscript), Maori religion, The beliefs of the Maori, The mission field, Maori religion and some moralizing. Also The concept of a supreme being as evolved by a Neolithic Folk (1912). Also includes mss written by Best on the Maori religious cult of Io (ca 1913) with letter from W H Skinner Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Tuhoe - Part II continued, Myth and folk-lore The Realm of myth
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-75
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Tuhoe land and its story - Part I chapters 1-3
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-69
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Table showing descent of the Maori tribes of the Urewera Country and of the Rangitaiki ...
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-0072-77
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.
The Tuhoe or Urewera tribe - A sketch of its origin and history
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-70
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms Finding Aids: Inventory available.