Taine, James John, 1817-1914

Date: 1890s

From: MacArthur & Co Ltd :Photographs relating to the Monrad, and Taine families

By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915

Reference: PAColl-5602-17

Description: Cabinet card showing James and Leocadia Taine, their son Arthur and three women, Nina, Dora, and Olive Russell Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Taine, James John, 1817-1914

Reference: qMS-1974-1976

Description: The reminiscences cover the period 1839 to 1914 and most are based on Taine's own experience although they contain also an outline of the early history of the colony from other sources. He came to New Zealand aged 22 on the `Adelaide' and lived in Wellington till 1862 when he moved to Dunedin. After 1879 Taine lived in Auckland. At the end of volume 3 there is a section on early Wellington street names. Also (volume 3 p 515) there is a note on the history of Waiwera which Taine frequently visited. Variations in title - Spine title: Reminiscences Taine married Leocadia de Oliveira, ward of Edward Gibbon Wakefield Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (33 cm; ¼ blue morocco) Includes illustrations

Date: ca 1890s

From: MacArthur & Co Ltd :Photographs relating to the Monrad, and Taine families

Reference: PAColl-5602-18

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

Date: 1839 (ca 1920)

By: Taine, James John, 1817-1914

Reference: Micro-MS-0218

Description: Relationship complexity - Photocopy of lost original at qMS Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 620 pages).

Date: 1840-1874

Reference: qMS-2136

Description: Extract from reminiscences of J J Taine concerning Wellington debentures in 1845; includes samples of unissued Bank of Otago notes and Maori banknote for one pound: Ko te Peeke o Aotearoa, kotahi pauna, issued by King Tawhiao, possibly in the 1880s. Language - Some items Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 leaves, 25 items in pocket). Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (35 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1852-1914

From: McArthur & Company Ltd: Smoke and water damaged manuscripts and printed items

Reference: 84-251-2/01

Description: Miscellaneous letters, accounts and other papers of the Taine family, particularly James John Taine. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1826-1932

By: Taine family

Reference: MS-Papers-0587

Description: Family and business correspondence mainly related to affairs in Wellington district. Transactions with Bethune and Hunter and other business associates. Includes photograph, genealogical and miscellaneous material Quantity: 12 folder(s). 0.12 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 21 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: [1841-1859]

From: Bishop, John J, fl 1971-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9865

Description: Letters, apparently transcribed from originals by unknown hand (see Name entries below) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: between 1869-1907

By: Longuet, Lenore Liocadia, 1916-2010

Reference: PAColl-7104

Description: Photographs of James John Taine and descendants, taken between 1869 and 1907. Photographers unknown. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-041424 to 41430 Quantity: 7 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [Between 1869 and 1920]

By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Clifford & Morris (Firm); London Portrait Rooms (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA1-o-171

Description: Cartes de visite, chiefly of the Fildes and Taine families. Many are identified only by their Christian names. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album is a portrait of Percy Fildes, and two views of a large placard on the Bank of New Zealand building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Streets, Wellington, taken on 15 March 1918. The placard reads `Help our boys' and has a target of 25,000 pounds to be raised. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Red cover, heavily embossed with gold and black decoration, metal clasp; 16 x 23 cm

Date: 1831-1837

By: McArthur & Company

Reference: MS-Papers-5806

Description: Photocopies of 19 items from McArthur's auction: Letters to Charles Hursthouse Snr, to William Rolleston, Mrs Brown, Rev A N Brown, John Harding, A de B Brandon, John Taine, William Colenso, Mrs Kinder, Frederick Whitaker & Whitaker family members. Writers include Charles & John Hursthouse, W B D Mantell, G A Mantell, Robert Heward, George Coles, Whitaker family members. Includes auction catalogue. All the photocopied items were listed in the postal history section. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (photocopies) and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary list inside folder.

Date: 1850-1852

From: New Zealand Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0121-03

Description: Mostly includes nominations for membership; also includes list of property received from Walter Mantell, draft letters re establishment of branches at Nelson and Otago, and correspondence relating to general matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1868 (1918)

Reference: MS-1069

Description: Contents: [1] Copy of memorial volume for Effingham Wilson, London publisher with interest in radical politics, d 1868 (biographical sketch, obituaries, notices 1844 and 1868) [2] Copy in same hand of press notice, 1919, concerning H O Serpell of Chobham, Surrey [3] Photo of cartoon - Also Wilson-Taine family tree (on front end-papers); portrait of E Wilson (inside back cover) Inscribed on t.p. `Chas f Taine, 1918'. Inscribed below title: `Uncle to James J Taine' (early Wellington settler) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (78, 2, [1] pages). Physical Description: Mss (21 cm; blue cloth in grey phase-box)

Date: 27 October 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-466-011

Description: Shows two men fishing on the banks of the Hutt River. The river winds to the left of the scene, with the hills of the gorge rising either side. Two tall trees, with straight trunks, tower over the fishing men. 'Taine's section' refers to the land owned by James John Taine (1817-1914), who resided in the Hutt until about 1847, when this scene was drawn Swainson drew several different views of the Hutt Valley gorges Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Entrance to the second valley. Taine's section [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - W Swainson / 27 Oct 1847 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 195 x 235 mm (sight) Provenance: Provenance prior to purchase unknown

Date: 1850

From: [Miscellaneous ephemera related to selling and advertising of merchandise in retail outlets. 1800s]

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1850-01

Description: Lists 31 retail storekeepers (mainly operating in Lambton Quay) who agreed to this closing time.: D.P M`Euen (linen draper), W. Hornbrook (general store), James M`Beth (grocer), R.J. Duncan (merchant), Richard Davis (grocer), Geo. P. Wallace (grocer), E. Stafford (tailor), J.E. Watkin (ironmonger), George Mace (linen draper), H. Read (tinman), John Cook (tailor), John Fraser (linen draper and haircutter), Thomas Mills (ironmonger), J. Burne (linen draper), J. Masters (straw bonnet maker), Geo. Waters (general store), William Lyon (bookseller), James Blyth (general store), Langdon & Spinks (grocer), S. Robinson (linen draper), D. Anderson (general store), E. Cording (general store), George Levy (general store), W. Rowlands (general store), T. Warburton (fancy goods), Johnson & Moore (general store), James Taine (grocer), J. Curtis (linen draper), Samuel & Joseph (merchants), J. Harding (ironmonger), J. M`Beth (grocer). Exhibited in 'To market, to market: advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibited at the National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Many of the listed retailers operated in Lambton Quay in 1850-51. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - (Handwritten in ink after each signatory's name): [type of shop]. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Woodblock, 327 x 220 mm.

Date: [ca 1906]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14

Reference: PAColl-6585-81-a

Description: James John Taine aged 89, circa 1906. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy of image, silver gelatin contact print, 3.6 x 2.4 cm