Yorkshire

Date: 1946-1955

By: Scott, Anne, active 1946-1955

Reference: MSX-10244

Description: Travel diary belonging to Mrs Anne Scott of Lower Hutt, containing entries from two overseas trips to the United Kingdom in 1946-1949 and 1955. The diary includes signatures from people Scott met, dates and ship information, and records of places she visited and films she saw. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Diary with brown cover, red marbled endpapers, and embossed title 'My Trip Book' on the front cover, 20 x 13 cm Provenance: Diary was sent to the Library by Carla Perry who found it in a box of books and has no personal connection to Anne Scott.

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850?-1936? :[Sketchbook; English and New Zealand scenes, with Tristan da Cunha, 1870s]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-044-q-1-002

Description: A lake or river, with trees in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour in album, page size 228 x 296 mm

Date: [n d]

From: Great Britain Public Record Office : Unpublished State papers of the English Civil War and Interregnum

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-14-067

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available.

Date: [n d]

From: Great Britain Public Record Office : Unpublished State papers of the English Civil War and Interregnum

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-14-048

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available.

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850?-1936? :[Sketchbook; English and New Zealand scenes, with Tristan da Cunha, 1870s]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-044-q-1-005

Description: Shows large farm house Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Carlsmore farm house, Yorkshire Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour in album, page size 228 x 296 mm

Date: 1933

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-018

Description: A stylised coat of arms based on the Yorkshire coat, featuring 'A flea, a fly and a flitch of bacon', but also featuring a fantail instead of a magpie. The banner above reads 'Yorkshire Society of N.Z.', with the Tudor rose below, and a banner along the bottom that reads 'Comitatui semper fidelis' ('Loyal and faithful to ourselves') Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Yorkshireman's Coat of Arms / F V Ellis 1933 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching on paper, 147 x 103 mm (plate mark)

Date: 1920

From: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :[Prints of scenes relating to New Zealand, and to war ruins in France, World War I. 1915-1945]

Reference: B-189-020

Description: A view from the west of Green Bridge over the River Swale, in Richmond, Yorkshire. The silhouette of Richmond Castle is seen in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Bridge / F V Ellis 1920 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint on paper, 167 x 215 mm (plate mark)

Date: 10 02 00 - 10 Feb 2000

From: YWCA of Wellington and Hutt Valley oral history project

By: Reynolds, Audrey, 1921-

Reference: OHInt-0590-2

Description: Audrey Reynolds was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire in 1921. Talks about her family background, social conditions of the 1920s, schooling, marriage, teaching, having children and running a Mother Club in Luton. Talks about decision to emigrate to Nelson New Zealand. Describes involvement in Kindergarten Association in Nelson and Rotorua, joining YWCA, helping build a new hostel on Maori land, moving to Wellington, and becoming a YWCA board member. Mentions various projects, work with Maori and Pacific Island women and fundraising. Talks about running teenage dances, offering career programmes, activities at Scots College, and Executive Director Major Peter Young. Talks about a 'nearly new' shop, mobile creche, drop-in centre, and after-school programme. Mentions Catholic nuns's involvement, Sister Pauline O'Regan's Aranui community house in Christchurch, new initiatives, and government involvement. Mentions United Women's Convention 1975, the impact of feminism on YWCA, life memberships. Describes Elizabeth Sewell 'dragging the Y into the new century' with the Rape and Sexual Violence Conference 1983, a self defence initiative, and employing Sue Lytollis. Mentions various positions in YWCA including Wellington President, and new initiatives in the 1980s. Talks about benefactor Jack Ilott, and controversy when the Police wanted to use the Vivian St Wellington YWCA during the Springbok Tour in 1981. Talks about Gail Powell's influence in bringing feminism to the Wellington branch, impact of feminism on herself and on modernising the organisation. Talks about it being one of the few organsations run by women, and how it trained women in leadership roles. Talks about YWCA's future role, and pays tribute to Marion Wood. Reflects on 38 years of work with YWCA, and her husband supporting her voluntary work. Interviewer(s) - Jill Abigail Accompanying material - Interviewee information form, project release form Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-9076-9078 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2877. 1 b&w headshot Audrey Phillips, President YWCA Wellington, 1986 Search dates: 1960 - 2000

Date: 14 Oct 1992

From: Interviews for Romance Writers Book Project

By: Swift, Rachelle, active 1950-1997

Reference: OHInt-0339-14

Description: Rachelle Swift talks about the choice of her pen name, her family and childhood in Yorkshire, World War II, work as a shorthand typist and early attempts at romance writing. Backgrounds her life in Yorkshire and decision to emigrate to New Zealand aged twenty six. Describes the trip in detail. Talks about writing, published works in the New Zealand Women's Weekly and interactions with Mills & Boon and Robert Hale publishers. Recounts her publishing successes and failures. Admires fellow romance novelists Daphne Clair and Robyn Donald. Discusses writing stories for radio. Recounts decision to attend university as a mature student. Mentions obstacles faced writing in New Zealand. Interviewer(s) - Rachel McAlpine Accompanying material - abstract contains list of interviewee's published works Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012773, OHC-012774 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4421.

Date: 7 March 1995 - 07 Mar 1995

From: British assisted immigrants oral history project

By: McNaught, Alan Andrew, 1931-

Reference: OHInt-0817-07

Description: Oral history interview with Alan McNaught, born 18th May 1931, in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire. Talks about family background. Details schooling - mentions Riley High School. Mentions the 1944 Butler Education Act. Recalls childhood in Hull. Talks about the declaration of World War II - mentions the air raids on Hull. Discusses attitude towards war as a child. Talks about finishing school and getting a job in economic investigation at the fish docks - details his role. Mentions taking a position with British Railways - discusses attending the railway training school near Scarborough. Recalls his posting to Petterington Station. Mentions his conscription for military service. Details holidays taken in various places in Europe. Gives reasons for considering immigration - recalls how he learnt about the New Zealand immigration scheme. Details the immigration process. Talks about his early perceptions of New Zealand. Talks about leaving from Glasgow on the TSS 'Captain Cook' - mentions accomodation, entertainment and facilities aboard the ship. Recalls his first sighting of New Zealand. Talks about arriving in Wellington and staying at the transit camp in Trentham. Discusses working at the Department of Social Serivces - mentions Cecil Win and Wi Tako 'Tom' Hall. Compares work practices in England and New Zealand. Talks about flatting - discusses the accomodation situation in Wellington. Mentions moving to Australia after completing his two-year bond. Details his job at Civil Aviation Administration upon retuning to New Zealand in 1956 - mentions Raoul and Campbell Islands. Talks about meeting his wife. Mentions W B Sutch. Talks about completing his degree in Political Science. Mentions being offered the position of committee clerk at Victorial University of Wellington - details his role. Talks about birth of his children. Discusses New Zealanders' attitudes towards immigrants - discusses adjusting to life in New Zealand. Comments on the changes within New Zealand society over the years. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Project questionnaire; Interview questions and topics. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014985, OHC-014986, OHC-014987 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 interview(s). 2.46 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5436, OHDL-001169. Search dates: 1931 - 1995

Date: 1997-2021

By: Baldwin, Alan J, active 2020; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; New Zealand Forest Service

Reference: ATL-Group-00586

Description: Collection includes two typed memoirs of Matthew Grainger: "Personal memories and musings from my 88 years" (1997) and "The nub of the 1942 air-disaster in Yorkshire" (2000). Collection also contains further biographical notes relating to Grainger (2021) and a photocopy of a letter from Grainger to Alan and Helen Baldwin, dated 4 April 2008. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 2 folder(s). Provenance: The donor, Alan J Baldwin, is Matthew Grainger's nephew.

Date: 1835-1854 - [ca 1980s]

From: Ellott, Gerald James, 1926- : Papers relating to John Hewgill Bumby

Reference: MS-Papers-12712-5

Description: Comprises papers relating to John Bumby, Mary Smales ( nee Bumby), and Gideon Smales. Some material has been annotated, possibly by Gerald Ellott after purchased the collection in the 1980s, or other owners. Papers include: - Eight letters written to Mary Smales ( nee Bumby) including four from John Bumby, 1835-1854. - A clipping of an illustration showing the Mangungu Mission House in 1845, pasted on to paper. - Notes and essays written by Gideon Smales. Includes a sermon (15 pages) and a piece titled "Memoir of the Rev John Hugill Bumby, late missionary to New Zealand". - Copies and drafts of Letters to the Editor forwarded to the New Zealand Herald. Includes a letter titled 'Moa and the Moa hunters'. - Three pieces of prose. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ink on wove paper and laid papers, and clipping.

Date: 1802-1835

From: Ellott, Gerald James, 1926- : Papers relating to John Hewgill Bumby

Reference: MS-Papers-12712-4

Description: Comprises 24 letters relating to John Bumby and the Bumby family, including: - Letter from Thomas Coates to Mary Hewgill, 1802. - 17 letters from John Bumby to members of his family, 1829-1835. - Two letters from Mary Bumby to John Bumby, 1830. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Handwritten letters, ink on wove and laid papers.

Date: 1836-1840 - 1965

From: Ellott, Gerald James, 1926- : Papers relating to John Hewgill Bumby

Reference: MS-Papers-12712-3

Description: Comprises papers relating to John Bumby and the Bumby family. Includes: - Booklet titled "The voyage of the Triton" by Nora Buttle. Published by the Wesley Historical Society, 1965. - Letter of condolence and printed transcription written to Mary Bumby regarding John Bumby's death, 1840. - Two letters from Eliza Hardcastle to Polly [Mary] Bumby, 1836-1837. - Offer of marriage from Richard King to Mary Bumby, 1836. - Eight letters from John Bumby to his family, 1836-1837. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed booklet and transcription, ink on wove and laid papers.

Date: [1760s-1809?]

From: Ellott, Gerald James, 1926- : Papers relating to John Hewgill Bumby

Reference: MS-Papers-12712-2

Description: Comprises three letters. Two relate to John Bumby's mother Mary, and one to John William Fletcher: - Letter from Thos. [Thomas] Clarkson to Mary Hewgill, 2 August 1799. - Letter from Thomas Coates to Mary Hewgall [Hewgill] of Yorkshire, written between 1801 and 1809. - Letter from J Fletcher to J H Briggs of London, 7 January, circa 1760. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Handwritten letters, ink on wove paper.

Date: 1970, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11635

Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand and other countries, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. Two slides have no identifying information written on them. Most slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in an upright slide container with two rows of slide drawers, comprising 10 slide drawers in total. Slides were arranged in the container largely alphabetically either by bridge or river name, or location name, and possibly also by type of bridge. Slides were physically arranged from top to bottom and across both rows. The container was labelled as follows: "Suspension 1 - part 4 timber truss | part 5-6 | timber truss 7 | miscellaneous 8 | steel iron 8 misc steel/iron some timber truss | 9 Scotland England USA | 10 Wales Australia". Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1816 - 1820

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Richard Taylor, the gift of his Father. 1816-1824, 1832, 1849.

Reference: E-383-066

Description: A scene in Horbury, Yorkshire, England showing dwellings with hills in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in hand of artist Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on page 168 x 203 mm

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-023

Description: The story of Edwin Bold, born at Batley Carr, Yorkshire, who immigrated to New Zealand on the `Pleiades' in 1885 for health reasons. He was skilled in the woollen mill trade and worked as a wool classer on sheep stations near Timaru. Later he moved to Wellington, joined the Public Works Department and was appointed Land Purchase Officer some years later. He held that position for 23 years, the longest period it had been held by one person. He was musical, playing church organs and the piano, a keen horticulturist and photographer. Edwin married married Minnie Avison of Batley, Yorkshire just prior to immigrating. The essay includes information on their 6 children Includes extracts from Edwin's shipboard diary (held by Canterbury Museum Archives in the Edwin Bold papers) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photograph of `Pleiades', Bold family, Edwin Bold, house at Berhamphore

Date: 1650-1943, 1969

By: Spencer, Deborah, active 1969?

Reference: MSI-Papers-2353

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photocopy

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Forbes, Josephine Knyvett, 1917-2005

Reference: E-044-q-1

Description: Views of Yorkshire, Tristan da Cunha, Banks Peninsula, Governor's Bay, Lyttelton, Wellington, Patea, Hawera, Mt Egmont, Mt Eden, Auckland Harbour, New Plymouth, Queen Street (Auckland), Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti, Tauranga and Mt Maunganui, Ohinemutu, the White Terraces, Taupo, Napier and Mokoia Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 50 pages, ¼ leather, blue buckram boards, page size 225 x 290 mm