Ross, Ruth Miriam, 1920-1982

Date: 1848-1986

By: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MS-Group-1901

Description: Comprises three boxes relating to NZ Historic Places Trust; library survey (1959) with correspondence; papers re NZLA; papers re National Library; files re Bagnall's position as librarian, National Library Centre (box 5) and including correspondence, visit to Australia, National Bibliography file, manuscript in Taranaki Museum, Judy Hornabrook; Carnegie Corporation, library group papers; and a box of papers re the NZLA (box 6). Includes manuscripts of, and research material on, William Colenso; correspondence and notes on his history of the Wairarapa and files on the National Library. Further personal papers including correspondence, reports, research notes, literary drafts and printed material related to his local historical work, professional life as a librarian, bibliographer and author. Includes extensive newspaper cuttings collated for Bagnall's research into local histories of the Eastern Bays of Wellington and the Wairarapa. Source of title - Supplied by Library Librarian, bibliographer, author and local historian. Bagnall was Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library from 1966 to 1973. One of his most significant achievements was his 35 year involvement compiling and editing the New Zealand national bibliography. Quantity: 25 box(es). 4 folder(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, ephemera, photographs and printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Book Collections - 5 boxes of book catalogues and published material - To Ephemera Collection - 2 boxes of booklets and printed material - To Photographic Archive - 38 Black & white photographs, 10 colour photographs, and negatives (PA-Group-00656).

Date: 2001

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11865-3

Description: Correspondence between Binney and Malcolm Ross and Duncan Ross, the two sons of historian Ruth Ross. Written while Binney was editing 'The shaping of history: essays from the New Zealand journal of history'. Correspondence mainly relates to the reprint of Ross' 1972 article 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi: texts and translations' within this collection of essays Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Ca 1950-1988]

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

Reference: 90-094-3

Description: Mostly personal correspondence, research notes on a variety of topics. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory in staff manuscripts backfile..

Date: 1845 - 1943 - 1896

By: Wilson, C N (Mr), active 1943

Reference: MapColl-832.1196ac/[1845-1896]1943/Acc.6043

Description: Map of Okiato, Bay of Islands, Sheet No. 2 which includes the location of the stockades, positions of two stockade trenches, the location of buildings both within and without of the stockade and a track. Reference is made to Mrs. Clendon's rose bushes. Includes examples of calligraphy which are unrelated to the map, and the typeface to be used in printing this page in the publication. Redrawn by C.N. Wilson in 1963 for inclusion in the publication 'New Zealand's first capital'/ by Ruth M. Ross. Wellington, N.Z., Department of Internal Affairs, 1946. 'Government House foundations' 'All traces of old camp shown on O.L.C. plan are obliterated by Frost's house and garden' 'Evidence of camp or small buildings on top of high promontory overlooking the emigrants camp' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 28 x 29 cm.

Date: [ca 1953-1955]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-3/03

Description: Miscellaneous papers including published maps, a copy of Early Traders by R M Ross (1955), a menu from Biddy's in Suva (that is autographed on the front page by various people) and an article about Te Kooti. Fowler's Free Mason's certificate was removed from this folder but is now located at MSI-Papers-11554. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Fowler's membership certificate of the Free Masons has been removed from this folder due to conservation flattening which meant it required a larger folder. It is now located at MSI-Papers-11554..

Date: 1838-1955 (1973)

By: Clendon family

Reference: qMS-0475

Description: Manuscript contents of Clendon House, under the care of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, were listed by Trust employee Ruth Ross, prior to most being removed for safe storage at the Auckland Public Library. Those items still at Clendon House are indicated. Lists documents covering the period 1838-1955. Quantity: 1 volume(s) 71 pages. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (34 cm; blue buckram)

Date: 1845 - 1943 - 1896

By: Lee, John R, active 1943; Wilson, C N (Mr), active 1943

Reference: MapColl-832.1196ac/[1845-1896]1943/Acc.6045

Description: Map of Okiato, Bay of Islands showing the traces of old Russell visible in 1943, an enlarged version of Pipiroa Bay old camp. Includes the location of the stockades, positions of two stockade trenches, buildings, both within and without the stockade, and a track. The foundations of Govt. House and the Gaol are indicated. Archaeological sites are drawn and the finds at each spot are listed. Reference is made to Mrs. Clendon's rose bushes, Clendon's store and Clendon's Road. Includes historical evidence of past events and a note records L.E. Schmidt's sighting of sills of the jetty. Survey by John R. Lee and redrawn by C.N. Wilson in 1963 for inclusion in the publication 'New Zealand's first capital'/ by Ruth M. Ross. Wellington, N.Z. : Department of Internal Affairs, 1946 'All traces of old camp shown on O.L.C. plan are obliterated by Frost's house and garden' 'Govt. House foundations' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on card, linen backed, scale [1:2 376], 56.6 x 35 cm.

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: Vennell, Charles William, 1900-1996 : Research papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5922-1

Description: Correspondence between Vennell, Ross and other people connected with Maning research, and notes from various sources. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter (photocopies) Provenance: These papers were gathered by C W Vennell in association with Ruth Ross, when both were considering a joint biographical project on Maning.

Date: [ca 1970-1983]

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

By: Ross, Ruth Miriam, 1920-1982; Smithyman, William Kendrick, 1922-1995

Reference: PAColl-9920

Description: Items originally in a box Binney labelled 'Prophet photos' Chiefly photographs of Maori grave markers in the Far North district (but also some in Otaki, Onehunga, Matata and Whangara) taken in 1971, 1972, 1975 and 1983 by Kendrick Smithyman. Many show the symbols of the heart, diamond, club and spade and some, or all, of these, may be the work of carver Nutana Mapi. Also a few Pakeha graves. Also includes photographs of other subjects taken by Smithyman: a drawing by Eric Lee-Johnson of a carved wooden grave marker at Rangiahua; a clock tower at Rangiahua; a clock tower at Otago University; a carved wooden altar piece in a church at Motukaraka. Also includes a photograph of Penetana Papahurihia's grave marker taken by historian Ruth Miriam Ross in 1972, and an accompanying letter from Ross to Judith, dated about 1976, noting the inscription on the stone and further details. Also a photograph of a grave marker labelled "ex R S Oppenheim A 'House of the Lord', late (1950s) in a Ratana context, Matauri Bay" Also includes a photograph of the exterior of the Ratana Church at Mangamuka, Far North, taken by Binney in circa 1970s. The Smithyman photographs comprise grave markers at: -Omanaia including 'the soldiers grave', [Harawa? Haramia?], Penetana Papahurihia -Utakura Valley -Opononi including markers for Rangitira Moetara, George Nimmo, Wirimu Waka, Rawiri -Te Ahuahu -Whirinaki -Waimate including markers for John Ingate, William Stewart and Mat Hodgkins -Whangara -Whangaroa -Herekino -Rangiahua comprising markers for William Shelford and Makoare Taonui -Onehunga including markers for Charles B Haslewood, Griffiths and Perry -Panguru including markers for Raiha Tipene and Ruera Tipene -Mangamuka including a marker for Makene Moka -Otaki including a marker for Ropata Teao -Motukaraka -Rahiri -Ahipara -Matata including a mausoleum -Waima Valley Accompanying information - Letter accompanying Ruth Ross's photograph Source of descriptive information - Information about Nutana Mapi was provided by a Library user who alerted us to this site, accessed August 2015: http://wrhpc.org.nz/library/20130301nzhpt.htm Quantity: 149 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and dye coupler prints

Date: 1940-1942

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-007

Description: Various papers, much of which are copied from the Old Land Claims series - National Archives. The evidence relates to whaling and sealing operations throughout New Zealand giving details of whalers, their stations, and the Maori communities they interacted with. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: [ca 1968-1970]

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11115-006

Description: Correspondence with historian Ruth Ross, Jean Irvine, Ormond Wilson and others, mainly relating to Binney's visits to Northland for research into Frederick Maning and other Northland subjects. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950-1957

From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers of and relating to David Blackwood Paul

Reference: MS-Papers-5523-16

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some carbon copies)

Date: 1969-1977

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11115-139

Description: Research notes, includes some correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1964-1965

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11115-066

Description: Correspondence with historian Ruth Ross, a long-time scholar of early northern New Zealand, and an important contact for Binney's own northern research. The letters are extensive and detailed on many aspects of Tai Tokerau history. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1944-1971, 1998

From: Beaglehole, Timothy Holmes, 1933-2015: Papers of John Cawte Beaglehole and his family

Reference: MS-Papers-11535-186

Description: Contains correspondence between Ruth Ross and J C Beaglehole; also letter from Pat Hattaway to Beaglehole, a 1959 typescript by Ross (`The Treaty of Waitangi - problems attending re-issue of the facsimiles'), and letters from Auckland War Memorial Museum to Tim Beaglehole, including inventory of holdings relating to his father. Quantity: 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1921-1961

From: Mulgan, Alan Edward, 1881-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0224-10

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1965-1987

From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5292-053

Description: Includes drafts of outward letters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1964

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

By: Harrington, Hilary James (Dr), 1924-2015

Reference: MS-Papers-8179-74

Description: Inward and outward correspondence and papers relating to mountains; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letter to Mrs Dobbs. Other Titles - Canterbury Mountaineering Club newsletter (May 1964) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Jul 1961-Nov 1961

From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0166-13

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1976-1976

By: Burnett, Robert Ian McKenzie, 1915-2002

Reference: PAColl-4903

Description: Members of committee shown in photographs are R I M Burnett, Rowe, Ruth Ross, Thornton, Elizabeth Hanson, John Stacpoole. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).