MANUSCRIPT
Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
- Date
- 1808-1908
- By
- Newman, William, 1820?-1909New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company; New Zealand Insurance Company Ltd.; Bank of New Zealand; Buttle, George (Rev), 1810-1874; Buttle, James, 1852-1928; Buttle, Jane, 1816-1857; Fairburn, William Thomas, 1797-1859; Fairburn, Elizabeth, 1811-1847; Atkin, Joseph (Rev), 1844-1871; Atkin, Mary, 1843-1938; Atkin, William, -1901; Newman, Joseph, 1815-1892; Ewen family; Warren, Mehetabel, 1822?-1908; Atkin, Ann, 1811?-1891
- Reference
- MS-Papers-2507
- Description
The collection consists primarily of letters to William and his wife Sarah from friends and relations in New Zealand. However there are also a number of letters of a business nature, and personal and legal papers relating to William's life in England.
Source of title - Supplied title
Transcriptions and some translations relating to parts of this collection can be found at MS-Papers-12400.
Joseph, Elizabeth, Ann, Jane, and Mehetabel Newman emigrated to New Zealand in the 1840s. William, their brother, never settled, but made several visits to the colony where he had business interests. Through marriage William became related to the Rev Thomas Fairburn, the Rev George Buttle, William Atkin (father of the Rev Joseph Atkin), and the Ewen family
Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.70 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, and printed matter
Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available; includes 4 generation family tree.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0207
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 56 folder(s), 0.70 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, and printed matter
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Copyright
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Correspondence
Date: 1875-1877
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-33
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory.
Miscellaneous papers
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-56
Description: Miscellaneous newsclippings from English papers, and one clipping from the `NZ Herald', 7 Oct 1880 re sale of Te Aroha to the Lincolnshire farmers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1846-1855, 1893
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-29
Description: Includes letter from Mehetabel Newman to her mother, 6 Nov 1846, written on board the `Elora' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory.
Correspondence
Date: 1863-1866
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-30
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Business papers
Date: 1869-1880s
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-49
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pieces). Finding Aids: Full description of contents listed in inventory.
Correspondence
Date: 1877-1880
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-34
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: 1855-1871
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-02
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: 1875-1882
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-03
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: 1867-1869
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-31
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: 1880-1883, nd
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-35
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.