MANUSCRIPT
Miscellaneous letters and papers
- Date
- 1864, [ca 1913-1933]
- By
- Christian, Frederick William, 1869?-1934; Downes, Thomas William, 1868-1938; Graham, George Samuel, 1874-1952; Hammond, Thomas Godfrey (Rev), 1846-1926; Leverd, A, active 1910-1915; Te Wharetoroa, active 1910s?; Tregear, Edward Robert, 1846-1931
- Reference
- 80-115-04A/04A
- Description
Includes A short account of Ngapuhi raids on Ngatiporou under Hongi and Pomare, written by a Ngatiporou man, 1864; A story of Pomare of Ngatikuhungunu written by Te Wharetoroa of Te Arawa, submitted by George Graham; A story of Hine-Kiore of Te Arawa, written by Te Wharetoroa of that tribe; three Maori songs from T W Downes, and photograph and accompanying letter describing a 19th century Maori burial cave at Tawhata, Whanganui River, by Downes, 1916; unfinished article on stone carvings in Taranaki, by T G Hammond; The period of Hiro and Honokura: from Tahitian, Raiatean and Paumotuan accounts, by A Leverd; notes on Rarotongan and Mangaian words; Some Oceanic colour names, Notes on some Chamorro plant names, and Names of Mangaian string puzzles, all by F W Christian; also obituaries for Elsdon Best and Robert McNab, and other notes and correspondence
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Includes photograph of adzed totara coffins and relics, 1916; and photographed sketches of cosmology, and ships
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Polynesian Society: Records / Correspondence files
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts, Illustration: Includes photograph of adzed totara coffins and relics, 1916; and photographed sketches of cosmology, and ships
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