MANUSCRIPT
Mair family : Papers
- Date
- 1839-1940, 1965
- By
- Mair familyDavis family; Davis, James, 1833?-1875; Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Mair, Robert, 1830-1920; Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912; Sissons, Matilda Helen, 1845-1927; Vane, Kathleen Airini, 1891-1965
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0093
- Description
Mostly outward correspondence from William Mair particularly to his brothers, Gilbert and Robert, 1863-1908; covers service in the land wars; terms as Resident Magistrate, especially in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato, and as Judge of the Native Land Court: comments on prominent politicians. Inward correspondence to Gilbert Mair II, and to Matilda Sissons (Mair). Outward correspondence from James Davis, mostly to his wife Jessie Davis (Mair). Accounts, evidence in Rotorua land case. Includes photographs.
Relationship complexity - Duplicate typescript letters written by James Busby to Gilbert Mair, 1840-1843, originally in folder 40, have been transferred to the NZ Founders' Society (MS-Papers-0227-05). The copies were made and supplied by the NZ Founders' Society
Quantity: 46 folder(s). 0.46 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter and photographs
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 46 folder(s), 0.46 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Poetry, Publications (Documents), Manuscripts, Mss, typescript, printed matter and photographs
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Outward correspondence from James Davis
Date: 1859-1874
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-45
Description: Outward correspondence from James (Jim) Davis, 1859-1874. Includes two letters to Gilbert Mair, 1868 and 1873. Most of the letters are to his wife Jessie (nee Mair) when he was in Wellington and she was in Whangarei, Jun-Dec 1874. Includes verse written to `Fair Jessie of Deveron' from [James Davis?], Maungatapere, 12 Oct 1859; letter and verse written to Jessie by James Davis, undated (after 1864) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (52 items).
Printed material
Date: 1883, 1905-1922
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-38
Description: Includes: The House that Jack built; Programme of Grand Maori display in Opera House, annotated on verso by William Mair, 24 Jul 1905; Proclamation - Kooti Whenua Maori, 17 Feb 1920; Dr H Bertram's manifesto on prohibition, Rotorua, 7 Apr 1919; Quick march: New Zealand Returned Soldiers' national paper, 10 Nov 1922; Art Union programme (Mrs Mair to dispose of a number of pictures by an Art Union), undated; Will of Hara Tuhangahanga, deceased, undated (extract from Wellington Maori Land Court Minute Book, No 7 Folio 318); The Prayer of a real Christian publican, undated; Taipograph, Vol 1 No 1 (cyclostyled newsletter), 30 Jun 1883 (Opotiki) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward correspondence
Date: 3 Feb 1880-29 Sep 1881
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-06
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Outward correspondence
Date: 1905
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-24
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: A full list of the contents of this folder is available in the inventory.
Outward correspondence
Date: 1909
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-28
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: A full list of the contents of this folder is available in the inventory.
Outward correspondence - Fragments
Date: [19--]
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-31
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: A full list of the contents of this folder is available in the inventory.
Outward correspondence
Date: Jan-Sep 1893, Jan-Oct 1894
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-14
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Outward correspondence
Date: 1906
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-25
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: A full list of the contents of this folder is available in the inventory.
Official publications
Date: 1856-1857, 1901
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-39
Description: A statement of the public accounts of the province of Auckland, 5 Feb 1856; Auckland Provincial Government gazette, 18 Dec 1856; New Zealand Government gazette, 24 Dec 1856; Supplement to the New Zealand gazette, Jan 1901; The New Zealand gazette extraordinary, 23-24 Jan 1901 (death of Queen Victoria); fragment of an 1857 Auckland Gazette Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward correspondence
Date: 1907
From: Mair family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0093-26
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).