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- Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
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Research papers - Archibald Gillies and descendants
Date: 1993
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-11
Description: Research notes relating to Archibald Gillies, an early Takapau station owner and owner of `Otaraia'. Includes transcripts of letters between Charles Augustus Vallance and Robert Douglas Wallace, 1844-1845. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 41 pages.
Research papers - Margaret Simpson & Charles Sanderson
Date: 1993
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-08
Description: Research notes relating to Margaret Simpson and Charles Sanderson, and their children Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research papers - Benjamin Ling
Date: 1993
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-02
Description: Letter to Wyvern B Gillies; biographical details about Benjamin Ling and his wife Isabella (nee Sutherland) and their descendants. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Summary of documents held at the National Archives relating to the brig `Elizabeth'
Date: 1831-1832 (summarised 2009)
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9391
Description: Comprises a file note and typed transcripts from the National Archives of the United Kingdom relating to the brig `Elizabeth', 1830-1832 (T 1/2830 - Document 7857/32). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inventory of engineering plans for New Zealand lighthouses
Date: 1961
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-11490
Description: Folder contains a photocopy of `Inventory of plans' prepared by his firm [Stevensons] and presented to the National Library of Scotland by D Alan Stevenson in 1958. Includes a covering page which details a brief history of the Stevensons civil engineering firm. Inventory lists plans for lighthouses, manuscript number, location, date and description. These photocopies list New Zealand lighthouses from Akaroa to Tuahine Point, 1862 to 1934. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Papers on Belgian Consul de Witte - National Archives, UK
Date: 1843
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11396-2
Description: Photocopies of documents from the National Archives (UK) with a note from Leask saying "to be added to papers already there [ie at the Turnbull] (given to me some years ago)" Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research papers - Dr Henry Taylor
Date: 1992
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-07
Description: Research notes and correspondence relating to Dr Henry Taylor, and early Wellington settler Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research papers - Leonard Simpson & his brother Francis Simpson
Date: 1993
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-09
Description: Research notes relating to Leonard Simpson and his brother Francis Simpson, sons of Daniel Simpson and Margaret (nee Middleton), and their families Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research papers - James Benjamin Poynter
Date: 1992
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-05
Description: Biographical details of James Benjamin Poynter, his wife Kate and family; transcript of journal of Arthur Kempthorne, 1868 (from original in Hawke's Bay Museum) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research papers - Daniel Simpson and descendants
Date: 1993
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-10
Description: Research notes relating to Daniel Simpson, his wife Margaret Middleton and children - Margaret (1838-1935), Leonard (1840-1914), Richard Middleton (1843-1920), Emma (1848-1911), Arthur (1850-1936), Kate (1855), Herbert (1857-1933), Harriet (1862-1933). Quantity: 1 folder(s).