Rangitikei District

Date: 1811-1879 [1868-1879]

Reference: Micro-MS-0064

Description: Comprise extracts from transcripts made by William John Swainson of family letters. Include notes on the Swainson and Strickland families, an autobiography, notes on the voyage of the `Jane' to New Zealand, correspondence from his father in law, John Parkes, and with his brothers, notes and other papers on the Hutt Valley and Horokiwi wars; letters, testimonials and other papers relating relating to his father William Swainson, diary and journal extractsong with W J Swainson's own linking and explanatory notes. Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1931 - 1932

From: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988

Reference: 1/2-174423-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1900s

Reference: PAColl-7558

Description: A woman driving a phaeton fording a stream; a man and two women standing on the verandah of a house with a ladder leading to an external attic; and a man driving a team of five horses harrowing a field with haystacks in the field behind ca 1900s. The negatives have "Main Trunk" or "Rangitikei" scratched on them. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005784, 005785, and 005789 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass half plate negatives

Date: 1931 - 1932

From: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988

Reference: 1/2-174429-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1903-1905, 1915

By: Wotton, Percy, active 1903-1915

Reference: MS-Papers-1860

Description: Diary, 1905; inwards letters, 1903-1904, 1915; accounts, insurance policy, newsclippings Quantity: 2 folder(s) (ca 40 pieces). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter Processing information: Not described to folder level.

By: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: A-227-116/117-1

Description: 116 - Ruahine ranges ; 116-1 - Interior St John's Church Feilding ; 117 - The Tidy's home High St Marton ; 117-1 - Nga Tawa school Marton Quantity: 4 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours 195 x 285 mm to 383 x 285 mm Provenance: Donation; Estate of the artist, 1976

Date: 1895

Reference: MapColl-832.41cba/[ca.1895]/Acc.2864-5;9064-5

Description: Topographic map of the area from Mataroa, Hokio, Kaitapa, Kahikawaka, Cedar Ranges to Makokomiko Creek, bordered by the Rangitikei River. Motukawa No.2 and Awarua No.2 are prominently written and refer to the districts. Some of the terrain is described. Settlements, rivers, creeks, streams are named. Waterholes, horse tracks, the best line for a road, woolsheds, sheepyards, a racecourse and the site of an iron house are marked. Includes Kirimara Old Pa. Names include: Mitchell. Paurini's, Keri Kow's, Tawhi Paranihi's, Te Aruhe's, Birch's Stn., Chase's, Waikari's, Sutherland's. Title assigned by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 sheets. Physical Description: 2 positive and 2 negative photostatic copies, linen backed, scale [1:31 680], 79.3 x 108 cm., sheets 45.7 x 63.5 cm. and smaller

Date: 1894-1901

By: Rowe, Nicholas, 1861-1924

Reference: MS-Papers-4429

Description: The diaries give brief daily details of family and work activities. Source of title - supplied title Nicholas Rowe was born in Wanganui in 1861. His father arrived in New Plymouth on board the `Essex' in 1843 and began flaxmilling in the Lower Rangitikei area in 1870 until 1874 when he set up a sawmill on Rowes Line (just south of Sanson). It appears that Nicholas Rowe was also involved with this milling operation and later became a farmer in the area. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Catherine Birch, Upper Hutt, 1992

Date: 1874 - 1990 - 1999

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-1231/1233

Description: Includes floor plans and a part elevation of the front elevation, including the arched entrance. Some figures of dimensions and measurements are shown. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying

Date: nd

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-15B

Description: Contains letters from Maori with regard to land tenure (offers to sell land, and attempts to repudiate sales by others); the letters also contain requests for various items; Includes two sheets in Samoan Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1931 - 1932

From: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988

Reference: 1/2-174433-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1882-1887

From: Anderson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10737-1

Description: These are a series of letters from New Zealand by William Forster Mills and Helen Mills (nee Anderson) covering the period 1882-1887 and dealing mainly with the setting up and farming of a block of land in Rangitikei near Marton named Sudbury station by Helen and William Mills Accompanying material - Notes, `The Mills letters - 1991', by donor, accompany the folder Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1933

From: New Zealand Educational Institute : Collection

Reference: MSZ-0668

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1959

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: J-047-001/004

Description: Cartoons on various social and political issues covering topics; safety in school play grounds, the morning after ANZAC Day celebrations, stock diversification among farmers, television attempts to get a closer view of rugby games. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 photocopies Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1931 - 1932

From: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988

Reference: 1/2-174409-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1931 - 1932

From: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988

Reference: 1/2-174435-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-180-012

Description: Looking south along a line of steep rocky cliffs above the sea, possibly north of Castlecliff, Whanganui Other Titles - Castlecliff Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 230 x 355 mm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0806-F

Description: Panoramic view of Taihape taken by Robert Percy Moore in 1923 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - Panorama of Taihape 1 copy for stock; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - No. 352. Taihape N.Z. 1923 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 23.9 x 118.2 cm Negative has been cut by hand

Date: 1874

By: Tringham, Charles, 1841-1916

Reference: C-154-003

Description: Shows front and side elevations and ground floor plan of Westoe, William Fox's home near Marton, Rangitikei, built 1872. A key indicates the function of most rooms, apart from those on the right. A small sketch in the centre shows a couple, possibly intended for William and Sarah Fox, standing alongside a tall measuring device, perhaps to indicate the height of the house, relative to human height. Another figure stands alongside, holding a spear and gesturing in the direction of the house. The script and virtually indecipherable name of Tringham's draughtsman appear on this drawing, and on the nearly identical drawing at Plans-80-2280. The same hand appears on another drawing by Tringham at Plans-80-0466 Other Titles - Austin Neeson Dawson Dowson Westoe Newton Doughton Doulton Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H? Newton? Neeson? Dawson? Dowson? del Feb 13 1874 Similar but not identical to plan at Plans-80-2280 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 320 x 500 mm.

Date: 1884-1885 (1934)

From: Anderson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10737-3

Description: An account of a visit to New Zealand in 1884-1885 written by Georgina Gertrude Anderson. Anderson describes the experiences of herself and her mother, sailing on the `Doric', arriving in Wellington, going to Wanganui by land, the wedding of Anderson's sister at Wanganui and then travelling to the South Island via Palmerston North, Masterton and Wellington, sailing to Christchurch, back to Wanganui, the Pink and White Terraces, Cambridge, Rotorua, the Blue and Green Lakes, Taupo, Tarawera, and their voyage back to England on the `Rimukaka'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).