NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

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NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1974 The following list updates the Note in the Record for May 1975. It is in two main categories. The first group comprises original manuscripts which have been donated or purchased. The second group comprises copied material lent for copying by individuals or purchased by the Library. Included are important collections on microfilm bought from holding institutions but excluding material copied by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau or as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.

A. ORIGINAL MATERIAL ANNABELL, Joseph, 1815-1893. Journal, 1852. Donation: Mr Ross Annabell, Greytown. The writer, following the gold rush, describes shipboard life on the Chalmers from England to Melbourne. A portrait painter, he later moved to New Zealand and settled near Havelock North. BARRETT, Richard, 1807-1847. Letter to his brother, 6 November 1841. 4 p. Purchase. Describes his family and early life in New Zealand while living at Mount Egmont and whaling in Queen Charlotte Sound. Mentions his hotel in Wellington and whaling in New Plymouth.

BARRY, William Jackson, 1819-1907. Scrapbook, 1879, 1885-1899. 126 p. Purchase. Primarily handbills and newspaper clippings covering Captain Barry’s lecture tours re his Australasian experiences from 1837, in United Kingdom, 1879, in Australia 1888-1890, and New Zealand, 1885-1899. Letters re prospecting rights and analysis of minerals, photographs. Some clippings on Tichborne case, on New Zealand politics in the nineties and reviews of Past and present and men of the times published in 1897.

BAXTER, James Keir, 1926-1973. Papers, 1964-1965. 12 items. Donation: Mr Kevin Ireland, London. Letters and poems. Restricted access BEAUCHAMP Family Papers, 1897-1938. 6 inches. Donation: Estate of Mrs Vera MacKintosh Bell, Canada. Includes thirteen letters written by Katherine Mansfield to her family 1908-1922, family letters re Katherine Mansfield and family matters. Three scrapbooks kept by the Beauchamp family with clippings about business, members of the family, trips and miscellaneous items. Incidents in the childhood of Katherine Mansfield by Marion Rudwick.

BENNETT, Hemi. Papers, 1950. 2 items. Donation: Mr Hemi Bennett, Gisborne. Biographical sketch, Frederick Augustus Bennett —First Bishop of Aotearoa and ALS from Sir Peter Buck on learning of the fatal illness of Bishop Bennett.

BEST, Elsdon, 1856-1931. Letters, 1896-1899. 6 items. Donation: Mr Elsdon Craig, Auckland. Written to Mrs A. M. Georgetti from the Urewera re his findings there. BIDWILL Family. Papers, 1845-1968. 3 inches. Donation: Mrs J. H. C. Bidwill, Wellington. Business papers relating to Pihautea including accounts, gold-mining share certificates, leases, division of Pihautea, 1895, outlet from Lake Wairarapa, 1892. Also family correspondence, memoirs of J. C. Bidwill and account by William Swainson of journeys to the area in the 1840 s, maps and newspaper clippings.

BRIDGE, Lawrence Drake, 1911-1973. Papers, 1924-1973. 15 ft. Donation: Mrs L. D. Bridge, Wellington. Diaries, correspondence and official files relating to mountaineering, search and rescue organisation and civil defence, including police work in these fields. Also material on Bridge’s many trips to the Antarctic, and the United States and Australia. Restricted access

BROWNE, Theodore Percy, 1873?Papers, 1889-1948. 3 ft. Donation: Mr M. Browne, Hastings. Includes letters to his wife, 1906-1912, diaries kept while serving on various ships in the merchant marine, 1886-1948, some diaries containing comments or entries by his wife Martha. Also six volumes of notes kept while travelling about Great Britain in 1918 and other material.

BUZACOTT, Rev. Aaron, 1800-1864. Letter, 20 December, 1854. Purchase. Written to Rev. Mr Berne and describing the distribution of Bibles in return for arrowroot from the Rarotongans; list of books translated and printed at the Mission Press by the London Missionary Society.

CAMERON, John James. Journals, 1914-1920; 1929-1930; 1940. 2 v. Donation: Mrs Dorothy Freed, Wellington. Personal logs kept by master of HM Transport Hororata in convoy between England and Australia, 1914-1916, and of RMS Remuera running between England and New Zealand via Panama, 1919; a

London journal, June-September 1940 records the bombing of Britain and living conditions during the blitz. Second volume is a holiday diary describing travels in England and Scotland, 1929-1930. COLLIER, Ernest. Diary, 26 December 1902-7 January 1903. 68 p. Donation: Miss M. Ritchie, Palmerston North. Diary kept on a tramping trip in the Greenstone area, Western Otago.

CRAVEN, H. Records, 1907-1945. 27 v. Donation: Mr H. L. Craven, Ohura. Farm diaries, 1908-1937 kept by Mr H. Craven, Ohura, Taranaki; ledger book, 1907-1912; account book listing cost of building materials, ca. 1910; Ohura District Coalminers Industrial Union of Workers, Dues and Account book, 1938-1945. CROMARTY, R. W. Stephen Watkins and his brother William Montague Nevin Watkins . . . 1974. 7 1. Donation: Mr R. W. Cromarty, Sussex. Notes on the life and work of artists who settled in Akaroa, 1860.

DINGAN, James, 1850-1929. Letters, 1872-1873. 2 items. Donation: Mrs H. Wilson, Nelson. Letter to Dingan from Sir William Fox, October 1873 re presenting certain papers in Court; another from Robert Parris, October 1872, giving his opinion of Te Whiti Orongomai.

DUFFY, Alex Edward. Te Haahi o Te Ruuri Tuawhitu o Ihowa, 1973. 2 inches. Donation: Rev. A. E. Duffy, Masterton. The Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah. Research paper written in Maori covering the history of Maori church established in the Wairarapa about 1895. Inactive after 1926. Includes English translation.

FAIRBURN, Arthur Rex Dugard, 1904-1957. Letters, 1945-1953. 11 items. Donation: Mr Harold Innes, Auckland, and Mrs Margaret Post, Wellington. Five ALS to Dr Guy Chapman, 1946-1947, and six (photocopied) to Mrs Margaret Post, 1945-1953. Restricted access.

FANNING, (J.) and Co., Ltd. Records, 1900-1953. 11 v. Donation: F. A. Fanning, Wellington. Records of land and estate agents and valuers listing property sales during the period.

FLEMING, Charles Alexander, 1916Papers re Sir Ernest Marsden. 1 inch. Donation: Dr C. A. Fleming, Wellington. Research material and correspondence for a biographical memoir of Sir Ernest Marsden. Includes a proof copy of the memoir.

FUZIER Family. Papers, 1809-1897. 35 items. Donation: Mrs Irwin, Featherston. Documents and correspondence relating mainly to Pierre Constant Fuzier, his service under the Paris Commune, 1871 and his subsequent trial and deportation to New Caledonia. Includes family deeds of sale, etc.

GIBB, Rev. James, 1857-1935. Papers, 1870-1890, 1914-1917. 6 inches. Donation: Mrs S. P. Gibb, Melbourne, and Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, Wellington. Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings recording Dr Gibb’s life in Aberdeen and his career as Presbyterian minister in Melbourne and Dunedin. He later served at St. John’s Church, Wellington, and bulk of collection comprises letters from servicemen, 1914-1917.

HAZELWOOD, Ethel Beauchamp. Life at Anakiwa. The first hundred years, 1864-1964. 19 1. Donation: Mrs E. B. Hazelwood, Nelson. Reminiscences of a family’s life at Anakiwa.

HODDER, Emma. Diary, 30 June-28 September 1869. 12 p. Donation: Mr C. J. Griffiths, Dunedin. Account of voyage from London to Lyttelton on board the Hydaspes.

HOGG, Alexander Wilson, 1845-1920. Scrapbook. Donation: Miss Fay Hogg, New Plymouth. Newspaper clippings covering his Parliamentary career, 1890-1911, especially as Minister of Labour and Customs, but including a series of clippings comprising reminiscences; letters from Sir George Grey and R. J. Seddon.

HUTCHINSON, Frank E. A forest survey of Canterbury, 1926. 167 p. Donation: Mr H. B. Latter, York Bay. First part of a survey compiled by a lecturer in Forest Utilisation, School of Forestry, Canterbury University. HUTT County. Records, 1872-1965. ca. 100 ft. Donation: Hutt County Council. Comprises minute books of Wellington Road Board 1872-1885, Hutt

County Council, 1891-1949, of the Administrative and Finance Committee, 1917-1955, and miscellaneous minute books, 1872-1953; ledgers, 1930-1950, cash books, 1929-1950, letter books, 1885-1917; comprehensive correspondence files arranged by subject, 1914-1965; records of the Paraparaumu Domain Board and Paraparaumu Beach Domain Board, 1908-1955; miscellaneous material.

ISDALE, Alistair M. The River Thames. 1 ft. Indefinite loan: Mr A. M. Isdale, Thames. Extensive notes on the history of Thames area.

JENNINGS, Rev. Edward, ca. 1860An expedition to the Table Land, 1880. 1 v. Donation: Mrs J. G. Fisher, Nelson. Journal of a trip to the Table Land and Mount Arthur with Bishop Andrew Suter, Mrs Suter, friends from Nelson and other students from Bishopdale. Describes in detail their daily activities and the problems of feeding and moving a party of 22 people through the bush and hills.

KEITH, J. B. Records, 1894-1934. 7 v. Indefinite loan: Mr A. S. Keith, Lower Hutt. List of properties, valuations, auction records and journal of Masterton estate agent.

KIRK, Harry Borrer, 1859-1948. Bob de Cartaret. A tale of a bygone war, 1946. 5 items. Donation: Estate of Mrs Gyneth Hall, Carterton. Fictitious account of war in the Bay of Islands, 1845-1846; condolences on death of Professor Kirk, 1948, photograph.

LEATHAM, W. N. Diary, 20 April-6 July 18 —. 76 p. Donation: Mr W. C. Leatham, Wellington. Diary of a voyage from New Plymouth to London on the SS Rotorua and SS Potosi.

LIGHT, William. Papers, 1867-1876. 1 folder. Donation: Estate of Mrs C. B. Read, Auckland. Miscellaneous papers re Panama Hotel, Wellington and William Light, the proprietor. Includes menus, legal and financial documents, newspaper clippings.

THE LINTON Coal Company Ltd. Papers, 1944-1949. 4 items. Donation: Mr L. Bunting, New Plymouth. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings re the Linton Coal Company Ltd.,

Ohai, Southland and related matters; sketch of the mine, etc; letter, 20 April 1940 from soldiers about to embark for overseas service.

LOWES and lorns Ltd. Minute book, 1901-1907. 1 v. Indefinite loan: Mr A. S. Keith, Lower Hutt. Minutes of an auction and estate company located in Masterton providing information on the sale of animals and prices realised.

McDONALD, John Duncan, 1905Short stories. 2 items. Donation: Mrs J. Caudwell, Wellington. Two short stories entitled Cat and Traveller’s tale.

McKENZIE Family. Papers, ca. 1876-1951. 6 inches. Donation: Mr J. Morris, Auckland. Largely papers of Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, 1827-1911, who came to Wellington on the Adelaide, 1840. A founder of the Wellington Independent he was active in Wellington community affairs. Papers comprise reminiscences etc., notes on John Plimmer, extract from the log of Adelaide, scrapbook of newspaper clippings re early Wellington, ca. 1876-1951. A daughter married H. A. Morris of Petone and papers include Morris family genealogical material, correspondence and plans and specifications for a house, 1916.

MAIN, Colleen P. Otago Pioneers. The John Dewe Family of Tokomairiro (Milton). 42 1. Donation: Mrs Colleen P. Main, Auckland. Rev. John Dewe, a bookseller from Leamington, came to Port Chalmers on the Blundell, 1848. He settled at Tokomairiro in 1850, became Resident Magistrate there and was active in establishment of the Anglican Church in the district. Ordained in 1874 he was Vicar of Clyde and elsewhere in Otago until his death. Includes information on his descendants.

MANDERSON, Harry B. Letters, 1951-1953. 6 items. Purchase. Three letters from Manderson to Miss Ella Dwyer re his bookplate, with bookplate.

MAORI LANGUAGE. Maori-French vocabulary and waiata. 9 p. Purchase. Compiler unknown. MAUNDER, Nicholas Thomas, 1848-1929. Papers, 1866-1880. 20 p. Donation: Mr G. S. Maunder, Gisborne. Diary edited by G. S. Maunder describing his travels in the Auckland

and Waikato area, his settlement at Mauku and his family. Copy of land order, 1866. Typescript.

MILLAR, Nola, 1915-1974. Papers, 1954-1974. 6 ins. Donation: Mrs H. Waring, Seatoun. Newspaper clippings re theatrical performances, 1907-1909, correspondence, and notes towards a history of theatre in New Zealand, 1954-1956, programmes, etc.

MILNER, Thomas. Letter, 16 February 1861. Donation: Mrs C. Browntridge, Yorkshire. Letter from Christchurch describes farming conditions there, his neighbours and relations with the Maoris.

NEW ZEALAND Amateur Athletic Association. Papers, 1887-1974. 19 ft. Donation: New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, Wellington. Includes annual reports, correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, programmes, record books, rulebooks and associated miscellaneous material some relating to overseas associations.

NEW ZEALAND Broadcasting Corporation. Scripts for Radio Programmes, 1961-1964. 5 ft and 378 tapes. Donation: New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. Scripts and tapes for Open Country edited by Jim Henderson, 19611974; Spectrum Documentary Unit script All the King's Men by J. Perkins on the battle at Gate Pa, 28-29 April, 1864; transcripts of interviews with those who knew Arawata Bill. (William O’Leary, ca. 18651947), prepared by Mr A. P. Owen.

NEW ZEALAND Christian Pacifist Society. Papers, 1965-1972. 3 ft. Donation: Mr S. A. Nicholl, Christchurch. Includes correspondence, memoranda, minutes and cyclostyled material. Additional to 1972 donation. Access subject to sorting and restriction

NEW ZEALAND Farmers Union. Records, 1904-1953. 70 v. Donation: Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Minutes of annual meetings, 1909-1939, executive meetings, 1904-1944, and other committees. Branch minutes from Hawkes Bay, Makara-Hutt Valley, Palmerston North and Wellington. Also minutes of the Amalgamated Farmers and Dairy Farmers Union, 1935, the NZ Council of Agriculture, 1917-1924, and the New Zealand Sheepowners and Farmers Federation, 1910-1932.

NEW ZEALAND Institute of Management. Records, 1946-1962. ca. 2£ ft. Donation: Mr R. D. Greenwood, Wellington. Includes correspondence, minutes and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting

NEW ZEALAND Institute of Public Administration. Papers, 1934-1973. 10 ft. Donation: Institute of Public Administration, Wellington. Correspondence, minutes and other records kept by the Institute from its inception, including branch records and papers relating to the Institute’s generating body, the NZ Public Administration Society (Wellington). Restricted access

NEW ZEALAND Shipping Company. Papers, 1873-1950. 5 ft. Donation: P and O (NZ) Ltd., Wellington. Balance sheets etc., minute book, letter book, newspaper clippings, statistical reports and miscellaneous printed reports of the company. Includes diaries kept by John Campbell on the British King, 1883, R. A. Bayliffe on the Piako, 1878-1879, and Donald D. Walker on Rakaia, 1899. Also diary kept by C. M. Turrell describing activities in Wellington, 1904. Restricted access

NEW ZEALAND Student Christian Movement. Records, 1922-1970. ca. 50 ft. Donation: New Zealand Student Christian Movement, Wellington. Includes minute books, correspondence, financial records, photographs, cyclostyled and published material. Access subject to sorting

N.Z. TRUTH. Files of the financial editor, 1922-1973. 25 ft. Donation: Chief Editor, NZ Truth, Wellington. Annual reports and miscellaneous materials relating mainly to NZ companies. Includes the editor’s working figures and published articles.

NIUE ISLAND. History, 1774-1910. 22 p. Donation: Mrs B. Neas, Niue Island. Missionary history of Niue compiled from letters and reports, by an incoming Secretary of the London Missionary Society in London about 1910. Typescript.

NOISE Abatement Society. Records, 1962-1973. 1 ft. Donation: Mr B. Henderson, President, Action for Environment, Wellington. Includes minutes, correspondence, financial records and newspaper clippings. Access subject to sorting

NORMANDALE Progressive Association Papers, 1911-1971. 2 ft. Donation: Normandale Progressive Association. Correspondence files, 1939-1971 and minute books, 1938-1965. Also examination register of the Normandale School, 1911-1919.

PERRY, Charles Stuart, 1908Mid century. Some aspects of New Zealand writing. 1 v. Donation: Mr C. Stuart Perry, Wellington. Talks given to the P.E.N.

[PRIDEAUX (?), T. S. ] Maori songs and poetry. 1 v. Purchase. Scrapbook containing article by W. B. Bailey on Maori popular poetry extracted from Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, n.s. vl, 1861, MS copies of Maori laments, clippings, etc.

QUARTERMAIN, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973. Papers, ca. 1915-1973. 6 inches. Donation: Mrs L. B. Quartermain. Correspondence and personal papers re Wellington College, Presbyterian Church, Returned Servicemen’s Association, Boys Brigade, etc. Access subject to sorting

RANGIUIA, Pahura, fl. 1918. Records, ca. 1910-1918. 1 v. Donation: Miss J. S. Jack, Napier. A collection of East Coast Maori genealogies, history, etc. Notes on lore of the Whare wananga, Maori language, etc., owners of specific blocks of Maori land in the area, record of interpreting fees, 1910-1918. Interspersed with properties for sale in the Tauranga district and miscellaneous material re land transactions possibly in connection with Northern Counties Building Society.

ROBERTSON, Keith Edward Donald. Tsuyaku San (Mr Interpreter). 37 1. Lent for copying by Mr K. E. D. Robertson, Mount Maunganui. Experiences related by Camp Interpreter, Japanese Prisoner of War Camp, Featherston, 1942-1945, including a section on the riot of 1943, and account of journey to Japan, 1945.

ROBERTSON (J.) and Rushton. Account books, 1922-1928. 2 v. Donation: Mr G. Rushton, Stokes Valley. Journal and ledger of Oamaru seed merchants.

RONALDSON, Rev. William, 1823-1917. Papers, ca. 1902-1960. 3 inches. Donation: Estate of Miss Annie J. E. Oates, Greytown. Letters from Rev. W. Ronaldson to Mrs Joseph Oates and her daughter Annie, 1902-1913, also others relating to Ronaldson’s work in the Wairarapa, 1949-1952. Photographs, notes and newspaper clippings.

ROSS, John O’Connell. The European discovery and naming of Port Nicholson Harbour. 111. Donation: Rear Admiral J. O’C. Ross, Lower Hutt. An account of early visitors to Port Nicholson.

ROYAL Forest and Bird Protection Society. Records, 1919-1969. ca. 60 ft. Donation: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, Wellington. Subject files, comprising correspondence, cyclostyled material, newspaper clippings, covering the multifarious activities and interests of the Society as a promoter of the enjoyment of our environment and as a pressure group. Also files re administration of the Society; minute books and financial records.

ST. PETER’S CHURCH, Wellington. Parish records, 1856-1971. 9 ft. Donation: Rev. G. Wilson and the vestry of St. Peter’s Church, Wellington. Marriage registers, 1856-1971, registers of burial, 1910-1959, register of baptisms, 1857-1949, vestry minute books, etc., 1874-1961, annual reports, 1858-1959 and other papers.

SARGISON, Nellie. Letters, 1893, 1925-1926, 1933-1935. 11 items. Donation: Mrs Stephenson, Lower Hutt. Inwards letters including those of her husband, a miner in the Nelson district, 1933-1936.

SAVAGE, Michael Joseph, 1872-1940. Papers 1872-1974. 3 inches. Donation: Mrs E. M. Brown, Wahgunaah, Victoria. Mainly comprises Salute to Michael Joseph Savage, a biography written by his niece, Mrs Brown, but includes thirteen letters from M. J. Savage to members of his family, 1926-1938, letters of P. Fraser, and P. G. Webb, family photographs and associated material.

SCHOW, Lars Andersen, 1835-1920? Papers, 1875-1905. 1 folder. Purchase. Papers of Danish settler in Mauriceville whose MS reminiscences describe arrival in Wellington, 22 October, 1875, journey to the Wairarapa and activities there; manuscript and published poems, photographs and papers including specifications and contract for road construction in Mauriceville district; also tenders for bushfelling, etc.

SIMPSON, Anthony Jon, 1945Interviews, ca. 1974. 3 ins. Donation: Mr A. J. Simpson, Wellington. Taped interviews with various persons resulting in The sugar bag years, published in 1974.

SMITH, William Mein, 1798-1869. Journal, 1834-1836. 1 v. Donation. Mr H. H. Trapp, Wellington, on behalf of the late Miss P. B. Trapp. Describes military life with the British Army at Gibraltar.

SMITH Family. Correspondence, 1857-1871. 18 items. Donation: Miss N. Smith, Frank ton. Largely personal but some letters of Isaac Smith from Camp Opotiki deal with the search for the murderers of Rev. Carl Sylvius Volkner.

SOLDIER’S Diary, 1915-1917. Diary, 14 October 1915-24 November 1917. 198 1. Purchase. Anonymous diary of a New Zealand officer who sailed on troopship Tahiti and served in Egypt and France. Mainly describes training and leave in England and Ireland. He was wounded in France, 1917.

SPENCER-BOWER, Olivia. Papers, 1946-1948. 14 items. Donation: Miss Olivia Spencer-Bower, Christchurch. Fragment of diary kept at Dr G. M. Smith’s hospital at Rawene; letters from her brother farming near Rangiora. Restricted access

TAYLOR, Bertha Emily, 1878-1962. Letters and journal, 1916-1919. 52 p. Donation. Miss Matilda C. McCarty, Whangarei. Journal of NZ Army nursing sister compiled from her correspondence, 1916-1919, describing three voyages between Auckland and England on a hospital ship, her work at an army hospital at Codford, Wiltshire, and in action in France. Soldier’s letters.

TRIMBLE, Robert, 1824-1899. Papers, 1824-1942. 2 v. Donation: Estate of Mrs Dorothy Heywood Stewart, via Mrs E. W. Smith, Roxburgh. Memorial volume published in Liverpool, 1901, covering the life and career of Colonel Robert Trimble, including his life in New Zealand from 1875, his involvement in Taranaki affairs and as Member of the House of Representatives in the 1880 s. Letters, newspaper clippings, cards, etc., tipped in. Also Illuminated Address presented by members of the late Hope Street Mutual Improvement Society, Liverpool.

TURNER, Donald L. Chemist’s recipe book, 1869. 1 v. Donation: Miss W. I. Turner, Wellington. Turner opened a chemist shop at the corner of Willis and Manners Streets, Wellington, 12 February 1898. Related newspaper clippings, etc., tipped into recipe book.

WAINUIOMATA Primary School Committee. Records, 1875-1945. 4 v. Donation: Wainuiomata Primary School Committee. Includes minute books, 1878-1940 with miscellaneous accounts and correspondence, 1914-1921. Account book, 1891-1919 and School Admissions Register, 1875-1945.

WATERLOW, Sir Sydney Philip, 1878-1944. Letters, 1921-1928. 67 items. Purchase. Collection includes seven letters from Katherine Mansfield, 1921-1922 and seventeen from J. Middleton Murry, 1921-1926; also letters from her friends of the ‘Thursday Club’, S. S. Koteliansky, W. N. Sullivan and Mark Gertler. Numerous references to D. H. Lawrence.

WELLINGTON Junior Chamber of Commerce. Papers, 1938-1972. 30 ft. Donation: Wellington Chamber of Commerce. Correspondence, minute books, Board and Advisory Council material, 1952-1953, President’s files, community projects papers, awards, financial papers, bylaws and standing orders, scrapbooks. Restricted access

WELLINGTON Orchestral Society. Minute book, 1890-1895. 1 v. Donation: New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. Record of musical activities with programmes tipped in. WESLEY Methodist Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington. Records, 1847-1959. ca. 15 ft. Indefinite loan: Board of Trustees, Wesley Methodist Church, Wellington.

Baptismal Registers, 1847-1944, Marriage Registers, 1851-1951, Annual reports, accounts books and cash books, Church and Sunday School rolls, records of various Church organisations, minutes of Methodist Church conferences, 1913, correspondence and papers of Rev. Percy Paris, etc.

WHITT A, S. V. Dramatic Advertisements, 1914-1918. 1 v. Donation: Professor P. A. Smithells, Dunedin. Newspaper clippings advertising productions and reviews of performances in Christchurch, with MS annotations, compiled by S. V. Whitta.

WILKINSON, Alexander Stanley, 1881 P-1962. Diaries, 1923-1956 and notebook, 1930-1953. 12 v. Donation: Wilkinson family via Mr R. Stidolph, Masterton. Diaries of caretaker on Kapiti Island for the Lands and Survey Dept, with observations on birdlife and flora and fauna. Brief historical note on Pirongia.

WOOD, Henry A., 1873-1956. The life of a pioneer farmer, New Plymouth, 1953. 1 v. Donation: Mrs C. C. Burton, Wellington. This autobiography deals mainly with dairying and work on the land especially drainage of the Ngaere Swamp area; includes history of the Rawhitiroa district and the New Plymouth settlement. Section on the waterfront strike of 1913.

B. COPIED MATERIAL ADAMS, Roger. Papers, 1960. 36 1. Purchase. Letters written by Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois commenting on Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and the Chemistry departments of the universities there, July-August, 1960. Report on symposium on The Chemistry of Natural Products held in Australia. Photocopy from originals held by University of Illinois, archives, Urbana, Illinois, USA.

AITCHESON, Muriel M. We in our small corner, 1968. 52 1. Lent for copying by Mrs M. M Aitcheson, Dunedin.

A brief history of the Lewis-McKain-Torr family. Provides an account of Captain William Lewis’ whaling activities at Kapiii, Waikokopu and Cape Kidnappers; Douglas Mary McKain’s account of life on board Olympus, 1841, and early days in Wellington. Also reminiscences of early settlement in Napier and Wairoa. Photocopy.

Te ATAHIKOIA, Mohi. Ko Panei Korero no Hawaiki Ranoa 61 1. Lent for copying by Mr J. M. McEwen, Wellington. A history of Waimarama, Hawkes Bay, written in Maori. Photocopy.

ATKINSON, Frederick Melville. Milling style down under, 1960. 118 1. Purchase. Report on flourmilling practices and conditions in NZ and Australia with day to day account of visit. Photocopied from originals held by Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.

BOULTBEE, John B. Journal of a rambler . . . 1817-1834. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Rev. James Boultbee, Bridport, Dorset, via New Zealand High Commission, London. Journal of a Rambler with a sketch of his life, 1817-1834 with a narrative of three years residence in New Zealand. Boultbee was in the Marlborough Sounds area and tells of his experiences there and his impression of the Maoris. Negative microfilm.

BURNETT, Jane. Diary, 3 May-12 June 1884. Iv. Lent for copying by Mrs F. Melhuish, Napier. Journal of a trip from Lyttelton to England on the SS Tongariro. Photocopy.

COFFEE, Frank. Letter, Sydney, 27 July 1907. 10 1. Donation: Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Illinois, USA. Letter to Joseph G. Cannon, Danville, Illinois, enclosing a printed appeal urging that the American government subsidise steamers carrying mail between American and Australasia. Photocopy.

COURTNEY, William, 18247Diary, 1842-1856. 155 p. Donation: Mr B. A. Carter, Grays, Essex. A grenadier’s diary, describing service in India with HM 32nd Regiment providing excellent detail of engagements fought and life in the ranks. Photocopy of typescript.

DARLING, George, 1814?Diary, May-October, 1841. 14 1. Lent for copying by Mrs O. Finch, Eastbourne. Kept on board the Arab during voyage from London to Wellington with descriptions of storms, deaths and fights with the crew. Some description of Wellington, particularly conditions of employment, prices, and Maoris. Photocopy.

DOUGLAS Family. It is nought, but the thought of yesteryears, 1970. 265 p. Lent for copying by Mrs D. Eades, Tauranga. Genealogical material collected for reunion of descendants of Edward Douglas, 1838-1916, and his wife Te Korowhiti of Ngati Tangata tribe. Centennial celebrations were held at Okauia, Matamata County, Easter 1970. Written in Maori and English. Photocopy.

GILFILLAN, John Gordon, -1875? Journal, 22 February-14 May 1875. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs H. B. Cave, Wanganui. Account of a journey from Wanganui via Taupo and Tauranga to Rotorua district, describing natural features on his route, the bush, events and people he met. Description of Pink and White Terraces, etc., the death and funeral of a Maori girl and a list of sketches made on the journey. Negative microfilm.

HALL, Mr. Reminiscences, 1869-1870. 22 1. Donation: NZ High Commission, London. New Zealand section of an account of a voyage to Tasmania and New Zealand. Detailed impressions of travelling by coach on the West Coast. He also visited Canterbury, Wellington and the Wairarapa. Photocopy.

HURSTHOUSE Family. Papers, 1788-1852. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Miss E. Crompton-Smith, Khandallah. Correspondence of three generations of the Hursthouse Family with comment on political and social life in England and conditions in Natal. John and Charles Flinders Hursthouse write from New Plymouth, 1843-1854 describing conditions, land purchase problems etc., in the settlement; the latter’s An account of the settlement of New Plymouth . . . published in London in 1849 and his subsequent lecture tours advocating emigration to New Zealand on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Negative microfilm.

IRONSIDE, Samuel, 1814-1897. Diary, 1839-1843. 1 reel. Purchase. Describes Wesleyan Mission stations in New Zealand and the Wairau Massacre. Positive microfilm copied from originals held by National Library of Australia, Canberra.

LLOYD, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903. Papers, 1889-1935. 15 reels. Purchase. Correspondence, notebooks and newspaper clippings re labour and socialist movements. Correspondents include R. J. Seddon and W.

Pember Reeves and notebooks from Lloyd’s New Zealand visit; also A country without strikes, manuscript of a study of the compulsory arbitration system in NZ, published in 1902. Positive microfilm, copied from originals held by State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

MAXFIELD, Louis. Letters, 9-14 August, 1908. 5 items. Purchase. Written while serving with the US Navy on its round the world cruise, 1907-1909, describing visit to Auckland and Rotorua. Photocopy from originals held by Minnesota Flistorical Society, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.

MEKEEL, Stephen E. Letters, 1943-1944. 13 items. Purchase. Letters from American soldiers serving in the Pacific area during World War 11, to the editor, Ovid Gazette, Ovid, New York. Photocopied from originals held by Cornell University, Ithica, New York, USA.

MEREDITH, George Richard, 1834Memoirs, 1910-1913. 53 1. Lent for copying by Mr W. Meredith, Wellington. Describes life on clipper ships before deserting to follow the goldrush in Victoria. He came to Otago in 1855, then settled in the Temuka district where he farmed and was involved with sawmilling, road building, lime burning and related activities. Photocopy.

MURPHY, Robert Cushman, 1887Journals, 1947-1948, 1949. 1 reel. Purchase. Dr Murphy, ornithologist, came to New Zealand to collect specimens for an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Later journal records visit to New Zealand to attend the 7th Pacific Science Congress, 1949. Positive microfilm. Also inventory of papers held by American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, USA. Photocopy from originals held by American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, USA.

O’CONNOR, Michael James. Diary, 25 January 1915-28 March 1917. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs A. O’Connor, Wellington. Describes garrison life in Egypt and the Gallipoli campaign. After being wounded he was sent to a hospital in Malta. He later served on the Western Front. Negative microfilm.

PICKERING, Charles, 1805-1878. Extract from diary, 1840. 82 1. Purchase. New Zealand section of diary kept by naturalist to the First United

States or Wilkes Exploring Expedition around the world, 1838-1842. The expedition visited Hokianga, 24 February-6 April, 1840. Brief daily entries with expanded section on Maoris and natural history of the area. Photocopy from originals held by Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, USA. PUCKEY, Archibald Edward, 1900-1960. The story of William Gilbert Puckey, 1932. 16 1. Copy donated by Miss Mima Kitchen, Torbay. Episodes in the life of William Gilbert Puckey, 1805-1878, who came to the Bay of Islands in 1819. Compiled by his grandson. Photocopy.

RE VANS, Samuel, 1808-1888. Letters, 1858-1870. ca. 70 items. Lent for copying by Mr Russell W. Smith, Master ton. Written to his nephew Samuel S. Revans, engaged in banking in the South Island. The letters comment on personalities and events and on his farming and timber milling activities in the Wairarapa. Photocopy. Restricted access

ROSE, Henry, 1833Memoirs, 1833-1898, 1911. 26 p. Lent for copying by Mrs H. C. Rose, Motueka. Describes life at sea including voyages to Australia and service on convict ships, to Crimea during wartime, to India and eventual transfer to New Zealand route; early days with New Zealand Shipping Co. before becoming first manager of the Wellington branch, 1876-1898. Comment on building of the Christchurch-Lyttelton tunnel. Photocopy.