MANUSCRIPT
Martin family : Papers of William and George Martin
- Date
- [ca 1890-1938]
- By
- Martin familyMartin, William, 1857-1937; Martin, George Ivan, 1899-1979
- Reference
- MS-Papers-5148
- Description
The collection consists of diary kept by William Martin containing notes on measurements and costings associated with his work erecting telegraph poles for the Post and Telegraph Department, lists of the furniture and appliances for various rooms of a house and diary entries dated [ca 1890] of a trip to England. Also contains material collected by George Martin comprising a list of pa on the Whanganui River and an account by T W Downes of the river entitled `The Great River Te Awa-Nui-A-Rua - an easter holiday', written [ca 1938].
Source of title - Supplied title
William Martin is the donor's grandfather; George Martin the donor's father
Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss and typescript (some photocopies)
Provenance: George Martin was donor's father and William Martin her grandfather.
Transfers: To Photographic Archive - One booklet of 12 postcard views of Rotorua.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 2 folder(s), 0.03 Linear Metres, Diaries, Personal narratives, Essays, Manuscripts, Mss and typescript (some photocopies)
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William Martin - Diary
Date: [ca 1890]
From: Martin family : Papers of William and George Martin
Reference: MS-Papers-5148-1
Description: Diary kept by William Martin containing notes on measurements and costings associated with his work erecting telegraph poles for the Post and Telegraph Department, lists of the furniture and appliances for various rooms of a house and diary entries dated [ca 1890] of a trip to England. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
George Martin - Papers relating to Whanganui River
Date: n d, [ca 1938]
From: Martin family : Papers of William and George Martin
Reference: MS-Papers-5148-2
Description: Contains material collected by George Martin consisting of a list of pa on the Whanganui River, undated and in an unknown hand and an account by T W Downes of the river, entitled `The Great River Te Awa-Nui-A-Rua - an easter holiday', which was written [ca 1938] and details a trip down the river by Downes and several others in 1888, noting people the party met and places they visited. Quantity: 1 folder(s).