Manawatū-Whanganui Region (N.Z.) - Social life and customs

Date: 1990

By: Brown, Joan, 1914-2006

Reference: MS-Papers-10575

Description: Life story of Joan Sedon written to inform her descendants about her generation of the Sedon family of Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (completed in typescript)

Date: 27 Jun 2003 and 15 Mar 2004 - 27 Jun 2003 - 15 Mar 2004

By: Leversedge, Mavis Jean, 1912-2009; Robertson, Elayne Gladys, 1935-

Reference: OHColl-0883-01

Description: Life history interview with Mavis Leversedge nee Linklater, whose father, Joseph Linklater, was a member of Parliament in the 1920's and 1930s. Her maternal grandfather, Robert Milson, was an early setter in the Manawatu. Interviewer(s) - Elayne Robertson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016576 to OHC-016578 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Rich text file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5964, OHDL-000801. Search dates: 1912 - 2004

Date: 1904, 1999

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-6628

Description: Transcription of MacDonald's reminiscences of life and times in New Zealand from his arrival at Wellington in 1840 on the `Blenheim' until 1904 when he recorded `My story'. He focuses particularly on relations with Maori, Maori-European land dealings, the politics and politicians of the times and related matters. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Another typescript copy at MS-1167 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, spiral bound). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1882-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-2243

Description: Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand Source of title - Supplied Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1870 - 1984 - 1880

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013-a/018-a

Description: Contains 6 images: Wanganui family and possessions, 1870s; Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s; Mrs Morgan and child, Wanganui, 1870s; Staff and premises of the Wanganui Evening Herald, 1868; Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, 1870s; Mother and child, Wanganui, 1870s. Title from illustrated container, also bearing descriptive notes. Container has not been assigned its own location number and is therefore not recorded separately. However, the individual photolithographs have separate entries. Other Titles - Imagers of a new land. Other Titles - Portraits by W. J. Harding. Inscriptions: (On verso of container/ envelope): Portraits by W.J. Harding,/ chosen by Brian Brake and John Sullivan / and published with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited.; Recto - beneath image - (On each photograph): Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs, 259 x 213 mm, and 213 x 259 mm, on sheets 415 x 350 mm, in container 510 x 390 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 1847-1850

By: Ewen, Charles John, 1826-1883

Reference: MSY-6840

Description: Ewen records events in Kororareka, Wellington, Wanganui, Nelson and elsewhere, with particular emphasis on military movements and social life. He mentions earthquakes in the Wellington Region, 1847-1848, and Tamati and Te Rauparaha. Includes synopsis of entries by Colonel C B Brereton, 1952. Source of title - Transcribed Other - Volume 1 of the journal was missing from Nelson at the time the copy was made Ewen was a lieutenant in the 65th regiment; he sailed from New Zealand in Nov 1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (219 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy), (38 cm, green buckram hinged lid box)

Date: 1997

From: Battersby, Dorothy, fl 1940-1997 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5953

Description: Comprises biographical pieces on Joseph Pierce Punch, Gladys May Goldfinch and Rose Eliza Punch, the latter written by Sara Green with photographic portraits of each subject Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 5 Mar 1894, ca 1970s

By: Wilson, William Muir, 1868-1930

Reference: MS-Papers-9961

Description: Comprises telegram to W M Wilson, Wellington, offering him a job with Woolf and Dempsey, Eketahuna (1894); notes by Miss M Wilson re origins of her family; and accompanying letter from donor re collection sent to library Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1904

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to dance parties, social dances, discoes]

By: Church of England (Mangaweka); Mangaweka settler (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-Social-1904-01

Description: A pink dance ticket, of various typefaces, with patterned border. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on pink card, 62 x 93 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2004.

Date: 1884-1889

By: Francois, Bridget Madge Isabel, 1902-1992

Reference: MS-Papers-10490

Description: Includes index to names and places mentioned provided by Marsha Donaldson. Original has been attributed to Hannah Seymour; diary transcribed and edited by B Ristori describes voyage on Zealandia, 1884, and life in Wanganui to 1889. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1892-1910

By: Du Pontet, Eleanor Dorothy, 1892-

Reference: Micro-MS-0493

Description: Autobiography, chiefly to 1910; in Petone to 1895, Feilding to 1898, South Taranaki to 1902, then Opotiki Other Titles - The long years of youth Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 183 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1989-1995

By: Blanchard, Dorothy Alice, 1915-2013

Reference: MS-Group-0439

Description: Blanchard tells the story of her life, her childhood, school years, training as a teacher and subsequent life living on a farm at Tokirima. Although largely chronological she makes many connections with the past. The autobiography resulted from an oral history interview (prior to deposit in 1989; tapes with Oral History Section) which indicated Mrs Blanchard had a much longer story to tell than could be told on tape. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - My road to Tokirima Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: 1870 - 1984 - 1880

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013/018

Description: Contains 6 images: Wanganui family and possessions, 1870s; Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s; Mrs Morgan and child, Wanganui, 1870s; Staff and premises of the Wanganui Evening Herald, 1868; Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, 1870s; Mother and child, Wanganui, 1870s. Title from illustrated container, also bearing descriptive notes. Container has not been assigned its own location number and is therefore not recorded separately. However, the individual photolithographs have separate entries. Other Titles - Imagers of a new land. Other Titles - Portraits by W. J. Harding. Inscriptions: (On verso of container/ envelope): Portraits by W.J. Harding,/ chosen by Brian Brake and John Sullivan / and published with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited.; Recto - beneath image - (On each photograph): Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs, 259 x 213 mm, and 213 x 259 mm, on sheets 415 x 350 mm, in container 510 x 390 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-048

Description: The essay is divided into two parts: Part 1 : History of name and family in England in early 1800s and voyage to New Zealand in 1839-1840 on the `Adelaide'. Details of land purchased in Hutt and Wellington and settlement in Sandon area in 1870s Part 2 : Biographies of those who came to New Zealand and of the first generation born here and two in the following generation. Each part contains a personal account of New Zealand in that period. Part 2 includes comment on the social and family roles of women in New Zealand in the 1880s; appendices on early New Zealand electoral rolls and voting requirements; and details about the Annual Sheep Returns 1880-1930 Includes family trees Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available.

Date: 1939-1965

From: Johnston, Royden Hugh, 1915-2005 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6215-2

Description: Comprises copies of letters between Johnston and Will Cryer and Tony Batley re Taihape history, notes on Taihape history by Johnston, and itinerary for tour of Taihape re Maori history of the area Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1801, 1935, 1940

From: Scholefield, Guy Hardy, 1877-1963 : Papers relating to New Zealand history

Reference: MS-Papers-1801-2

Description: Extract from the log of the `Royal Admiral' commanded by William Wilson, while in New Zealand waters during 1801; `Reminiscences of the Moawhango and Taihape district', by F J Ellis, ca 1935 and `A history of Macfarlanes of Letter in the port of Menteith', by Katherine Agnes Macfarlane, ca 1940 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [19--]

By: Tweeddale, Stuart John, 1916-

Reference: MSY-6657

Description: Contains an account of Tweeddale's life up until the end of World War Two. He describes growing up in Kiritaki, 1916-1919, Tiritea, 1919-1923, Wanganui, 1923-1927, Waimatua, Southland, 1927-1930, Manawatu, 1930-1939 and his experiences during World War Two. During the War he served with 27th Battalion in North Africa and Greece and was captured by German forces in July 1942 and was shipped to Germany as a prisoner of war. The account ends with his marriage to Thelma Murray in July 1945 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs T Tweeddale, RD Taihape, 2008

Date: 1842-1984

By: East, Alice, active 1984

Reference: MS-Papers-2855

Description: Memories of the tales of Mrs East's grandmother, Sophia Thomas, who arrived in NZ in 1842 aboard the `London'; tales relate to her experiences living with her family in Wellington, Wanganui and Napier. Edited by C E Fordham. Source of title - Transcribed from item Other - Photocopy of a holograph transcript of this diary is located at qMS-0641. The two copies are not identical. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by C E Fordham, 1984

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Harding, William James 1826-1899 :W. J. Harding. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited, 1984. (Imagers of a new land, series 3).

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013

Description: Shows man in pin-stripe waistcoat and trousers seated in centre, and standing wife holding small child in dress at right. At left is table on which are a sewing machine and a bird in a cage. On the wall behind are toetoe plumes arranged decoratively, and on floor is decorative patterned carpet or cloth.. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 259 x 213 mm, on sheet 415 x 350 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 1988-2000

By: Boyden, Ian Hamilton William, 1915-2001

Reference: MS-Group-0995

Description: Three histories of the Boyden family compiled by Boyden, and Boyden's reminiscences, `Rua Roa; one man's memories' in which he describes the pioneering settlement of Ruaroa and its development from the time his father, William Boyden, settled there in 1908 up till 2000 when the memoirs were completed. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts