Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Date: 1929-1933

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-22

Description: Includes letters from his daughter Norma and other people and organisations, relating to personal family matters, Maori language, seminars and talks to be given at places such as Victoria University, travel information from the Tourism Board, travel in Rarotonga, Maori history, mihi, Maori place names and an amendment bill to the Treaty of Waitangi Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations) Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1934-1940

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-60

Description: Includes Native Land Court documents of the Wellington region; newspaper cuttings dealing with major and minor issues of the period including the Report of the Native Affairs Commission and Apirana Ngata; tributes and obituaries, horse racing, comic caption competitions, Maori land settlements of the time, articles on brothels, concerts, Maori history, New Zealand flora and fauna Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1927-1942

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-07

Description: Includes many letters to a variety of people and institutions about the whakapapa of Matene Te Whiwhi, Kahungunu, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa and Waikato - Tainui; also includes letters about Maori place names like Ngaruawahia; letters about Stowell's journey through places like Whakaki, Nuhaka and Lake Waikaremoana; includes letters on Maori language and also includes a condolence letter to the Pomare family on the death of their son, T Pomare; also includes a letter on haka to the Wellington Camera Club Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (with some ms annotations) and printed matter Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1903-1939

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-62

Description: Includes articles, pictures and other material on Maori history, health, and religion as well as geography, language, science and volcanology Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1903-1930s

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: 1926-1942

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-17

Description: Includes material on Maori language, place names, street names, Maori poems, proverbs, karakia, whakapapa and the Treaty of Waitangi; also includes some personal correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations) Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1925-1932

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-09

Description: Includes letters to a variety of people and institutions regarding dreams, Maori propheticism, Maori language, Maori music, New Zealand food, flora and health care; also includes a travel enquiry to the Waikaremoana hostel about travel to Maungapohatu; a letter to Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd and a land claim of Ngati Rahiri Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts (with some ms annotations) and printed matter Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1927-1939

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-12

Description: Contains letters on volcanolgy, astrology, local histories, a new haka for Victoria University, letters from Lindsay Buick about visits and a `Mystery of the Moa' seminar; the Treaty of Waitangi, a Maori born and christened in England by Queen Victoria and a christening plate she gave; also includes an enquiry from the Department of Internal Affairs wishing to find the tribal boundaries of iwi between 1800-1840 for inclusion into a Centennial publication `Historical atlas of New Zealand' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts (some with holograph annotations) and printed matter Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1923, 1924

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-34

Description: Includes `Scenario for New Zealand picture' where the environment has been set up to represent an authentic New Zealand setting; an essay on volcanology entitled `Science and art' and compares Hawaiian and New Zealand volcanoes, eg Mauna Loa and Taupo; includes an essay `Exegesis of a dream' which discusses the dream state Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts (some with ms annotations)

Date: [18-?]-1945

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-38

Description: Contains an extensive amount of material on Maori waiata and poetry, also poems on Pakeha and Maori genre; includes waiata - poroporoaki, putorino, tangi, aroha, tawhiti, mate tane, ngahau; includes themes such as pakanga, pipiwharauroa, Maori astrology; people eg Tangaroa, Toi te Huatahi and Rata Mahuta Potatahu Te Wherowhero; also Maori waiata which have English tunes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts (some with ms annotations) and printed matter