NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JULY TO DECEMBER 1975

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 9, Issue 2, 1 October 1976, Page 28

NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JULY TO DECEMBER 1975

The following list updates the Note in The Record for May 1976. It is in two main categories. The first group comprises original manuscripts which have been donated to or purchased by the Library. The second group is made up of copied material lent by individuals or purchased. 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 ANGUS, Llenrietta Catherine, 1908-1970. Papers, 1842, 1937-1970. 2 ft. Deposit: Trustees of estate of H. C. Angus via Mr K. W. Angus, Lower Flutt. Includes correspondence and lists of paintings, notebooks and diaries relating to visit to England, 1958-1959, and a large number of notebooks with notes from books on art history and painting techniques. Restricted access.

BASSETT, Michael Edward Rainton. Papers, 1972-1975. 27 ft. Donation: Dr Michael Bassett, Auckland. Correspondence, subject files, submissions to committees and miscellaneous papers re Dr Bassett’s term as Member of the House of Representatives, 1972-1975. Restricted access. BEAGLEHOLE, John Cawte, 1901-1971. Papers, ca. 1947-1971, ca. 3 ft. Donation: Dr T. H. Beaglehole, Wellington. Further addition to collection of Professor Beaglehole’s correspondence, texts of articles, annotated proofs of his works, research notes, photographs and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

BEGG, Aubrey W. Papers. 1972-1975. 1 ft. Donation: Mr A. W. Begg, Invercargill. Correspondence and miscellaneous material re setting up a container port at Bluff collected during his term as Member of the House of Representatives, 1972-1975. Restricted access. BENNETT, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960. Lowry Bay papers, 1906, 1926-1960. 6 ins. Donation: Lowry Bay Association, Wellington.

Lowry Bay Estate Company Ltd. correspondence etc. 1931-1948, and other papers relating to Dr Bennett’s property Honda including photographs and water colours; Lowry Bay Association letters and circulars, 1936-1960; historical notes, also correspondence and papers re Housewives of Lowry Bay activities in World War 11.

BORTHWICK, Basil Charles. Short stories, 1975. 3 items. Donation: Mr B. C. Borthwick, Christchurch. Based on the writer’s experiences in World War 11. Heinz Schutz—paratrooper, (a visitor’s impressions of Christchurch), The Schonner (life in prisoner of war camp) and Capture of the island of Zante (lonian Islands, 1941). Typescript.

BROAD, John Mapourika Evelyn, 1912-1969. Papers, 1942-1945. 19 items. Donation: Mrs J. E. Broad, Wellington. Diaries kept from the time of his capture in the Western Desert in 1942 until his escape from Italy in January 1944 having been held in prisoner of war camps in North Africa and Italy. These form the substance of Poor people, poor us published in 1945. Collection includes 5 water colours by Allen Broad and map illustrating the work. Also typescript MS and Italian language notebooks.

BURKE, Thomas Kerry. Papers, 1972-1975. 15 ft. Donation: Mr T. K. Burke, Rangiora. Correspondence, subject files and miscellaneous material re term as Member of the House of Representatives, 1972-1975. Restricted access.

BURNETT Family. Records, 1846-1953, ca. 6 ft. Donation: Mr Ward Burnett, Fordell, Wanganui. Joseph Augustus Burnett brought his family to New Zealand on the Hastings in 1856 and settled in Wanganui where he had a baker’s and confectioner’s shop before taking up land at Fordell in 1859. The family home Oneida was built in 1870. Collection includes correspondence and farm diaries, 1919-1921, 1932-1934. Access subject to sorting.

BURT, William Beverland. Chatham Islands papers, 1863-1974. 12 items. Donation: Mr W. B. Burt, Chatham Islands. Additional papers comprising official letterbook, 1883-1902, kept by Major J. G. Gascoyne, President Magistrate, and R. Stone Florance, Postmaster and Stipendiary Magistrate, and Major Gascoyne’s official correspondence, 1889-1897. Scrapbook, 1863-1974, containing letters

and papers of Shand and McClurg families, E. B. Chudleigh and other residents, also World War II servicemen, Dr Agnes Bennett and others, 1877-1970, newspaper clippings and photographs; land deeds, 1900-1904 and printed material.

BUSBY, James, 1800-1871. Papers, , 1857-1866. 10 items. Deposit: Mrs E. A. Williams, Tokomaru Bay. MS. The Colonial Question by Colonus Septuaginarius addressed to W. E. Gladstone, proofs and newspaper clippings on the topic, 1866.

(BWAIDOGAN Grammar), ca. 1900. 90 1. Purchase. Grammar and vocabulary of the Bwaidogan language, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea. Typescript with MS annotations from the library of Dr Arthur Capell.

CHAPMAN Family. Papers, 1879-1914. 7 items. Donation: Mr J. J. Chapman, Wellington. Indenture between John Eli Chapman as bookbinder and J. R. Blair, 1880, bookbinders’ notes with prices etc. and career details 1879-1908. Diary of F. L. Chapman, 4 August-31 December 1914 describing mobilisation and service with Samoan Advance Party, sapper’s notes, maps of France.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND in New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington. Papers, 1840-1855, 1934. 8 items. Donation: Miss B. Plant, Curator, Old St. Paul’s, Wellington. MS copy made by Rev. Robert Cole of registers recording marriages, baptisms and burials in Wellington, 1840-1846. List of births, deaths, marriages, burials and baptisms in the parish of Kapiti compiled by Rev. Octavius Hadfield for a census of Ngatiawa tribe; Maori confirmations at Pipitea, Wainui and elsewhere, 1855. Canticle for Toe H service at St. Paul’s pro-Cathedral, 25 April 1934, by Robert Parker, MS music.

CHURCHES, Thomas, fl. 1845. Letters, 1845. 2 items. Donation: Mrs E. O. Rice, Glastonbury, England. Farmer’s letters to his family with impressions of Auckland, abundance of food and thriving crops as compared with conditions for rural poor in England; Maori customs especially cooking methods, brief account of confrontation with Hone Heke at Kororareka, news of friends.

CLAPHAM, lan. Clapham Family Tree, 1972-1975. 1 v. Donation: Mr I Clapham, Feilding.

Family details of Joseph Charles Clapham, warehouseman, 1794-1857, and his wife Sarah Susannah Clapham (Tomlinson), 1794-1865, who arrived at Port Nicholson with their family on the Birman, 1 March 1842.

COHEN, Myra, b. 1892? Westland metal, (ca. 1955) 58p. Donation: Mrs A. H. Salmon, Lower Hutt. Subtitled Experiences of earlier days on the West Coast. Life in Reefton and Greymouth at the turn of the century, work as dental assistant at Reefton Hospital, Grey River flood 1914, visit of Prince of Wales 1920, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s first Trans-Tasman flight 1928, etc.

COMMONS, Daphne Rowena. Papers, ca. 191- ca. 1935. 3 ft. Donation: Mrs G. Lawrie, Auckland. Diaries, lecture notes, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, clippings etc. of a nursing sister. Lecture notes cover training at Auckland Hospital and later, 1912-1918 and diaries, ca. 1912-1927. Sister Commons served with the N.Z. Army Nursing Service in Egypt and elsewhere during World War I and letters to her family are in the collection. Also Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F., 1916-1918, N.Z. Trained Nurses Association papers and later personal correspondence. Access subject to sorting.

CORSO. Records, 1944-1970. ca.so ft. Donation: New Zealand Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas, Wellington. Correspondence files, minutes of executive meetings, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous material. Also nine magnetic recording tapes, 1958-1962, re CORSO appeals and other broadcasts dealing with the organisation. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

CRESS WELL, Walter D’Arcy, 1896-1960. Letters, 1955, 1958. 5 items. Donation: Dr Baykov, London. Two letters to Mrs Baykov including poem Golden Wedding, “which I should be happy to have put into Ukrainian should you care to do so”. MS notes in Ukrainian. Restricted access.

CROOK, Gordon. Major Project in Printmaking, 1975. 3 items. Donation: Mr G. Crook, Wellington. Subtitled Handmade papers and paper casts —a personal philosophy. Forms an interim report to Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand. Samples of paper and paper cast. Typescript.

DOUGLAS, Roger Owen, 1937Papers, 1969-1975. 50 ft. Donation: Mr R. O. Douglas, Manurewa. Parliamentary papers of R. O. Douglas including material relating to his Cabinet portfolios of Broadcasting and Housing. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

DOWNES, Thomas William, 1868-1938. Diaries, 1921-1926. 6 v. Donation: Wanganui River Scenic Board, Wellington. Daily records of Supervisor, Wanganui River Trust Board, covering state of the river, maintenance, expenses, personalities living in the area etc. Manuscripts relating to Maori history, some letters and newspaper clippings re the Wanganui River tipped in. Access subject to conservation and restriction.

FENTON, Francis Dart, 1821-1898. Land deeds, 1864. 2 items. Donation: Mr T. B. Clarkson. Wellington. Grant of Mayne Islands, Hauraki Gulf, to F. D. Fenton under the Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1858, and conveyance to Sir George Grey, February-March 1864.

FRANKLAND, Frederick W., 1854-1916. Papers, 1865-1945. 6 ins. Donation: Mormon Genealogical Library, Wellington. Diaries, 1865-1872, describe education in England, travels in Europe including notes on philosophy, Christianity and mathematics. Also diaries, 1876-1886 (brief entries) kept in New Zealand, wills and legal documents. Notebooks and diaries of his son H. Frankland, 1921-1928, of Foxton. Sketches.

HARRIS, Alexander Rowan, 1899History of Wireless in New Zealand before the Broadcast Age, 1902-1923, 1975. 1 v. Donation: Mr A. R. Harris, Mosgiel. Scrapbook compiled by the Secretary of the Old Timers’ Club of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters from letters and diaries of Leslie Harvey Steele, 1888-1975, T. R. Clarkson’s notes etc. and A. R. Harris’ contributions to Break In. Correspondence, notes, photographs and clippings.

HARSANT, Florence Marie. Reminiscences, 1905, 1913-1914. 183 p. Donation: Mrs F. M. Harsant. MS account of experiences of travelling organiser for Maori women on behalf of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union recording travels round Maori communities in the Bay of Islands, 1913-1914, with recollections of personalities and the way of life at the time; similar journey to Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay area to Rotorua, March-May

1914. Also account of journey from Taranaki to Lake Taupo where her father opened the Waitahanui School, 14 July 1905.

HAYES, Dawn Muriel, 1928Papers, 1955-1967. 15 items. Donation: Mrs D. M. Hayes, Whangarei. Correspondence, typescript manuscripts of poems and short stories; related newspaper clippings and periodicals.

HOGGARD, Noel Farr, 1913-1975. Papers, 1933-1975. 10 ft. Donation: Mrs N. F. Hoggard, Wellington. Correspondence with authors, financial records, published and unpublished manuscripts re Arena and other magazines printed and published by Hoggard. Access subject to sorting.

HOLCROFT, Montague Harry, 1902Papers, 1968-1974. ea.2 ft. Donation: Mr M. H. Holcroft, Sanson. Further papers comprising correspondence and drafts of essays, short stories and articles, 1968-1974. Access subject to sorting.

HOLLEY, Catherine Frances, 1885A skeleton plan for a government of New Zealand. 1923. 5 p. Donation: Mrs C. F. Holley, Wanganui. Article written for Sir Thomas Wilford and forwarded to M. J. Savage as basis for reform in government.

HOOPER, George Leonard. Papers, 1834- ca. 1855. 6 p. Donation: Mr F. L. Jones, Petone. Reminiscences covering childhood in Canada and journey to New Zealand via Australia in 1854 and work in Nelson and Collingwood diggings.

HOWARD, Earl. Howard pioneers of Tasmania, 1975. 1 v. Donation: Mr E. G. Howard, Clayton, Victoria. Detailed account of the descendants of four Howard brothers, farm labourers, who emigrated from Norfolk to Tasmania in 1857 covering their careers etc. The only New Zealand association is William Edward Sessions, 1842-1917, who settled in Dunedin in 1863 and became clerk to the Otago Provincial Council and later with the Crown Lands Department. Duplicated typescript.

ISIS (ship), H.M.S. Evacuation from Kalamata, 26-27 April 1941. 5 items. Donation: New Zealand High Commission, London.

Accounts of the evacuation of New Zealand troops from Kalamata, Greece, 26-27 April 1941, written by Lieutenants E. H. Simpson, 22 Battalion, J. Rose and others, 27 Machine Gun Battalion, 2 N.Z.E.F. and Sub. Lieutenant D. Williams, H.M.S. Isis. Includes despatch from H.M.S. Isis. Typescript.

LAMMAS, William George, 1877Letter, ca. 1901. 2 items. Donation: Mrs R. Beddow, Waikanae. Trooper’s account of daily activities in carrying out scorched earth operations against the Boers during the South African War. Photograph.

LIARDET Family. Papers, 1799-1939. 3 ins. Donation: Mrs J. E. Broad, Wellington. Letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, family tree and notes re Liardet, Macdonald and Venables families, particularly with reference to William Frederick Evelyn Liardet, 1799-1878, who emigrated to Melbourne in 1836 including photographs of his watercolours. Also St. Clare Evelyn Liardet’s letter with impressions of New Zealand in 1892.

LIGHTBAND, George William Wales, 1834-1909. Diary, 26 November 1863-12 July 1864. 1 v. Donation: Mr G. A. P. Lightband, Lower Hutt. Mr Lightband, whose family were early settlers in Nelson, accompanied William Jenkins and a party of Maori chiefs who visited England, 1863-1864. Diary covers the visit and the homeward voyage. Related clippings tipped in.

LONDON Missionary Society. Letters, 1876. 1 v. Donation: The Library, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby. Reports by S. Macfarlane and W. G. Lawes of the L.M.S. in Papua New Guinea of voyages in s.s. Ellengowan. Includes exploration up the Fly River and a voyage from Port Moresby to China Straits. Besides news of the mission records impressions of peoples encountered, their way of life and customs as well as description of country passed through. Typescript.

LYTTELTON Ships’ Tally Clerks’ Industrial Union of Workers. Papers, 1928-1974. ca. 6 ft. Donation: Lyttelton Ships’ Tally Clerks’ Industrial Union of Workers, Lyttelton. Records include correspondence, industrial awards, financial records and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

MAIR Family. Correspondence, ca. 1860-1936. 3 ins. Donation: Mr I. D. Johnstone, Hamilton. . Letters between members of the family of Gilbert Mair (1797-1857) mainly to Mrs Matilda Sissons. Writers include Captain Gilbert Mair and William Gilbert Mair and members of the Buller family particularly Lady Charlotte Buller; correspondence between James Davis, clerk in Audit Office of New Zealand and his wife Mrs Jessie Eliza Davis and members of Davis family. Photographs.

MAORI Legends. 4 items. Donation: Yvonne P. Johansson, Auckland. Translations of Maori legends transcribed from manuscripts (ca. 1850) in the Library of the Puckey family. Typescript.

MARSHALL, Sir John Ross, 1912Papers, 1946-1975. ca. 400 ft. Donation: Sir John Marshall, Wellington. Legislative papers of Sir John Marshall including cabinet papers, briefs, reports, files and miscellaneous material. Also Campaign Committee papers and accounts, 1946-1972. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

MARTIN, James Allworthy Lee, 1910-1968. Papers, 1942-1945. 6 ins. Donation: Miss J. I. Lee Martin, Hamilton. Letters to his family describing his training and flying career in Canada and England, accounts of places visited while on leave and comments on conditions in England. Flying Log and Training Course notebooks.

MAY, Claude 8., d. 1917. Papers, 1915-1920. 3 items. Donation: Miss M. Hutchinson, Wellington. Captain May served with 6th Border Regiment, South African forces, and was killed in France. Mostly concerned with location of his grave with a long letter from A. Dunstan Adams describing service with Capt. May; sketch map of Gallipoli.

MAYSON, Charles Richard. Papers, 1972-1975. 4 ft. Donation: Mr C. R. Mayson, Hastings. Correspondence during his term as Member of the House of Repre sentatives, for Hastings, 1972-1975. Restricted access.

MEARS, E. W. Letter, 27 March 1840. 1 item. Purchase. Letter to William Swainson, 1789-1855, written from Australian and New Zealand Agency, London re land in New Zealand, with Swainson’s note on verso ‘Prices of Shares’. He arrived in Wellington on the Jane in June 1841.

NAIRN and Sons Ltd. Ledger, April 1898-November 1899. 1 v. Purchase. Financial transactions of Christchurch seed merchants including newspaper clippings on gardening.

NEAL, Pearl E. Letters, 1941-1944. 27 items. Donation: Mrs P. E. Neal, Nelson. Letters mostly from Canada and the Middle East to families who provided hospitality to servicemen while in camp in the Nelson district during World War 11.

NEW ZEALAND Academy of Fine Arts. Records, 1911-1962. 17 ft. Donation: New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington. Includes correspondence, financial records and members’ registers. There is a large section on exhibitions and material on other activities including relations with other art societies and the Association of New Zealand Art Societies. Also Minute books, 1882-1970 recording executive meetings of the Academy covering activities and policies and listing officers of the Academy. Microfilm.

NEW ZEALAND Bank Officers’ Guild. Minute Books, 1919-1955. 7 v. Donation: New Zealand Bank Officers’ Guild, Wellington. Minutes of the New Zealand Bank Officers’ Guild and the New Zealand Bank Officers’ Industrial Union of Workers. Includes circulars, reports, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

NEW ZEALAND Football Association. Records, 1973-1974. 5 bundles. Donation: N.Z. Football Association, Wellington. Official teams and score cards for New Zealand Football Association National League games, 1973-1974.

NEW ZEALAND Labour Party. Auckland Women’s Branch. Minutes, 1917-1975. 6 v. Donation: New Zealand Labour Party. Auckland Women’s Branch, Auckland. Also includes minutes of the Women’s International Political League, 1917-1925.

NEW ZEALAND Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Minute books, 1881-1882, 1936-1939. 2 v. Donation: Dalgety New Zealand Ltd., Wellington. Local Board Minute Book No. 5, April 1881-August 1882 and No. 18,

December 1936-October 1939. Restricted access.

NEW ZEALAND Maori Women’s Welfare League. Records, 1951-1970. 9 ft. Donation: N.Z. Maori Women’s Welfare League, Wellington. Activities of individual branches and League organisation reflecting various aspects of Maori life including housing, arts and crafts and social work. Conference papers, 1951-1969, Newsletters, 1962-1970, Dominion Executive correspondence, 1963-1967, Submissions and Resolutions, Annual Reports, 1953-1968, Te Puea Trophy, 1951-1970, Maori Council papers, 1964-1970, and miscellaneous papers.

NEW ZEALAND Polo Association. Records, 1899-1969. ca. 3 ft. Donation: Mr J. G. Wilson, Taupo. Collection includes Rules, 1899-1954, programmes, 1909-1969, letterbooks, 1900-1909, ledger, 1901-1925, minutes, 1901-1947, Journal, 1901-1947 and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting.

NEW ZEALAND Press Association. Records, 1880-1960. ca. 120 ft. Donation: New Zealand Press Association, Wellington. Minutes, letterbooks, correspondence, contracts and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

PARIS, Rev. Percy Reginald, 1883-1942. Papers, 1902-1954. 3 ins. Donation: Mrs H. Armstrong, Wellington. Inwards letters, photographs, newspaper clippings etc. of Minister of Wesley Church, Wellington, 1935-1942, and President of Methodist Church, 1938, including letters from Queen Salote Tubou of Tonga and M. J. Savage; material re Percy Paris Memorial Library at Trinity Methodist College, Auckland, 1952-1954, bookplates and block.

PARKER, Robert, 1847-1937. Papers, 1869-1928. 2 ins. Donation: Miss J. Moriarty, Wellington. Family letters from his departure for New Zealand, 1869-1888, miscellaneous letters on musical matters, letters of appreciation and congratulation especially on the celebration of fifty years’ service to music in Wellington, 1928. Parker’s notes On some essentials to a good vocal training, musical compositions, programmes for musical festivals held in Wellington under his direction, 1894-1903, photographs, newspaper clippings.

POLYNESIAN Society. Correspondence of Secretary-Treasurer, 1950-56. 9 ins. Donation: Mr C. R. H. Taylor, Tawa. Minutes and agenda of Council meetings. Donation: Mr P. L. Barton. Cyclostyled.

PRENDEVILLE, J. S. Diary, 25 June-24 October 1872. Donation: Mr D. M. Prendeville, Wellington. Kept on board the ship Bebington during a voyage from Ireland via England to New Zealand. Particular details of religious observances and trials of voyage.

Te PUNI, Henare. Leases, 1881. 4 items. Donation: Mr G. France, Upper Hutt. Deeds between Henare Te Puni and Archibald Paisley Stuart for lease of land bordering the Korokoro Stream, Petone.

REED, Alexander Wyclif, 1908Papers, 1974, ca. 3 ft. Donation: Mr A. W. Reed, Wellington. Correspondence and notes compiled while writing Place Names of New Zealand published in 1975. REEFTON Electrical Transmission of Power and Lighting Company. Records, 1888-1895. 12 1. Donation: Mr M. Smyth, Oamaru. Leaves from letter book mainly re ordering of equipment.

RICHARDS, Rhys Morgan. An historical Geography of Chatham Island, 1962. 1 v. Deposit: Mr R. Richards, Wellington. Volume I of Master of Arts thesis in Geography presented to the University of Canterbury, 1962. Illustrated typescript.

RIDLEY, John W. Papers, 1972-1975. 15 ft. Donation: Mr J. W. Ridley, Tokoroa. Correspondence and subject files kept during his term as Member of the House of Representatives for Taupo, 1972-1975. Restricted access.

RIGG, Sir Theodore, 1888-1972. Memoirs, 1914-1918. 3 items. Donation: Mrs E. M. Penhale, Upper Hutt. Experiences as volunteer relief worker with the Society of Friends. Training in England, reconstruction work in the Marne Valley, 19141915, followed by relief work in the Balkans; maps, photographs and correspondence. Diary of his wife, then Miss E. M. White, and letters form basis of account of relief work with orphans in Russia, 1918.

ROBBIE, George Alexander, 1875-1917. Diary, 1915-1917. 3 items. Donation: Mrs M. R. Ward, Christchurch. Training in New Zealand, voyage to Egypt and military life there and in France. Detailed accounts of leave and training in England and trench warfare in France, June 1917.

ROBERTS, Robert H., 1901Papers, ca. 1915-1925. ca.l ft. Donation: Mr T. Wilsted, Wellington. Personal correspondence, MS drafts of stories and poetry, school reports etc., of a clerk with Levin and Co. Ltd. Access subject to sorting.

ROGERS, Anthony Trevelyan. Papers, 1972-1975. 8 ft. Donation: Dr A. T. Rogers, Hamilton. Correspondence and subjcet files re Dr Rogers’ term as Member of the House of Representatives for Hamilton West, 1972-1975. Restricted access.

ROSS, John O’Connell. Papers, 1975. 2 v. Donation: Rear-Admiral J. O’C. Ross, Lower Hutt. Two unpublished manuscripts. John Rodolphus Kent —Master Mariner, an account of the trading activities and exploration of the New Zealand coast by Captain J. R. Kent, d. 1837. McDonnell of Hokianga. A biographical account of the life and times of Lieutenant Thomas McDonnell, Royal Navy —‘naval officer, mariner, trader, land dealer and sometime . . . Additional British Resident at Hokianga’ who purchased land at Te Horeke in 1831, together with the Sir George Murray built there. Typescript.

RULE, Percy Watts, 1889-1953. Correspondence, 1928-1952. 2 ins. Donation: Mr W. Hart-Smith, Perth, Western Australia. Primarily letters from Denis Glover and Leo Bensemann, 1941-1951, re publications of the Caxton Press; correspondence with Willi Fels, 1942-1944, re coin collection together with Willi Fels, C.M.G. 1858-1946, published by Otago Museum, 1946, photographs and obituary; correspondence with Mrs Nettie Palmer, 1928, and Noel Coward, 1941.

RUNCIMAN, William M. Diary, 26 May-20 August 1881. 42 1. Donation: Mrs J. Runciman, Taumaranui. Kept on voyage from London to Auckland by Hermione. The writer, a chemist from Dunbar, Scotland, was going with his family to settle at Drury. He provides a detailed description of life as a third class passenger and mentions many fellow passengers. The account commences with prices for goods and services in London at the time. Typescript.

RYALL Family. Papers, 1867-1926. 12 items. Donation: Mr D. J. Rvall, Rangiora. Denis Ryall, d. ca. 1907, an early settler in Barrytown, served as member of Grey County Council and other local bodies. Besides leases, miscellaneous letters, notes and photographs, collection comprises Barrytown Public School Register, 1867-1926, copies of petition to Minister for Mines re road construction and related papers, 1882, account of public meeting, 1894, Barrytown Miners’ Association notes, 1895, etc.

SARGESON, Frank, 1903Papers, 1972-1975. 4 items. Purchase. Corrected typescript manuscripts of works published by Martin Brian and O’Keefe, London. Once is enough (two versions), 1973, its sequel More than enough, 1975, and A game of hide and seek in Man of England now, 1972.

SMITH, Murray Robert. Papers, 1972-1975. 32 ft. Donation: Mr M. R. Smith, Whangarei. Correspondence, subject files and submissions to committees during term as Member of the House of Representatives, 1972-1975. Restricted access.

SMITH, Ralph, 1887Retrospection, 1975. 63 p. Donation: Mrs J. F. Boyd, Wellington. Reminiscences from childhood in Napier and district including memories of Te Kooti and W. Colenso; work on Poporangi Station, as storekeeper at Makuri, in the King Country and Taranaki recalling incidents and personalities; World War I service with N.Z. Rifle Brigade in Middle East, France and hospitalisation in England, 1914-1918. Verses and family details.

SOUTH AFRICAN War Veterans’ Association. Records, 1941-1968. 1 ft. Donation: South African War Veterans’ Association, Hamilton. Northland branch records, 1941-1968, including minute books, correspondence, annual reports, cash books, newspaper clippings etc., mainly relating to conferences and reunions. Auckland branch records in two minute books, 1950-1974, describing the general activities of the branch until its dissolution in 1974. Waikato branch records, 1945-1973, including minutes of meetings, annual reports and balance sheets, 1952-1967, cash book and roll of members.

STEVENSON, Gilbert Buchanan, 1884?-1953. History of Otekaieke Station. 2 items. Donation: Granville Books, Dunedin. The writer worked on the Station near Oamaru in his youth and traces

its history concluding with reminiscences of life there. Typescript. Also clipping from The Oamaru Mail, 4 May 1957.

TEMPLETON, Hugh Campbell, 1929Papers, ca. 1950-1975. 50 ft. Donation: Mr H. C. Templeton, Wellington. Correspondence, papers, notes, photographs and printed material relating to his studies at Oxford University, and his career with the Department of External Affairs in Western Samoa, and with the United Nations, as Member of the House of Representatives for Awarua, 19691972, together with research and policy papers re the National Party, 1972-1975. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

THOMSON, Bruce. Papers, 1914-1974. ca. 6 ins. Donation: Mr B. Thomson, Wellington. Material relating to service with New Zealand Ambulance Service in World War I and II including diary kept in France, July-August 1917, and unpublished history of 13th Field Ambulance in World War II by J. E. Page and B. Thomson, photographs, reunion material etc. Theatre programmes.

THOMSON, John Bell, 1836-1896. Papers, 1848-1896. 2 ins. Donation: Mrs M. C. B. Horner, New Plymouth. Letters, newspaper clippings, accounts etc. of Police Inspector who came with a police force from Victoria as a result of the goldrush in Otago in 1863. He served in Southland, Auckland, Wellington and Taranaki. Letters primarily concerned with family matters but some comment on police affairs and places visited. Information on Thomson and McCrostie families.

TIFFEN, Frederick John, 1828-1911. Papers, 1807-1914. 2 ft. Donation: Mrs P. Feickert, Havelock North. Journals, records of farming activities in the Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay after his arrival in Wellington in 1845, especially land transactions in Hawke’s Bay and records of Elmshill Station purchased in 1859. Also Frederick John Tiffen compiled by A. M. Andersen to mark the centennial of Elmshill, 1959; genealogical material re Tiffen and Monteith families.

TYLDEN, Charles Ryland, 1842-1913? Reminiscences, 1842-1912. 22 p. Donation: Mrs M. C. McCarty, Whangarei. The writer came to New Zealand with the 70th Regiment in 1862 and provides full account of skirmishes in the Waikato, Wanganui and New Plymouth districts. After discharge from the Army he returned to

New Zealand to farm in Pukekohe area, 1868-1881 before practising law in Auckland until 1912.

WATKINS, Rees, 1864 P-1926. Letters, 1890-1899. 38 items. Donation: Mrs E. O. Scelly, Auckland. Letters to his family in Wales from Hawke’s Bay where he worked for the Railways Department before taking up land at Ashley Clinton. Details of pioneer farming.

WELLINGTON land deeds, 1888-1898. 10 items. Donation: Mr R. L. Horsham, Wellington. Deeds regarding land in Tory Street area owned by Joseph Pudney, carter, and George Greenfield, bricklayer. Mortgages and agreement with Wellington City Council for drainage works, 1897-1898; Plan of part of Town Section 261.

WELLINGTON Regional Planning Authority. Papers, 1945-1969. ca.3o ft. Donation: Wellington Regional Planning Authority, Wellington. Correspondence, working files, traffic censuses and other records. Access subject to sorting.

WILLIAMS, Brian Leslie. Papers, 5 items. Donation: Mr B. L. Williams, Otane, Hawke’s Bay. The Treaty of Waitangi, 1967. Photocopy of typescript. Also H. and W. Williams Memorial Trust Incorporated—accounts for St. Lawrence Homestead Farm, 1901-1938, maps.

WRIGHT Family. Papers, 1874-1950. 6 ins. Donation: Mr J. Wright, New Plymouth. Correspondence of John Wright detailing experiences on the Western Front and in the Middle East, 1915-1919, together with wartime letters of Thomas Pollock. Miscellaneous letters and papers of Edward Wright re financial matters, 1874-1875.

YOUNG, Venn Spearman, 1929Papers, 1972-1975. 5 ft. Donation: Mr V. S. Young, Hawera. Correspondence and subject files kept during his term as Member of the House of Representatives for Egmont, 1972-1975, including Homosexual Law Reform Bill. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

B. COPIED MATERIAL ANDERSEN, Aileen Mary. A Story of Dr Thomas Hitchings, 1816-1894, 1957. 20 1. Lent for copying by Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier.

Account based on reminiscences and newspaper reports of life of Napier’s first doctor written for his grand-daughter, Miss Maxine Edgar. Describes his arrival in Napier in 1856, service as Native and Provincial Surgeon etc., practice of medicine and as member of Hawke’s Bay Provincial Council, 1858-1867, community activity and family details.

BAKER, Raymond Danvers. Four months at Anzac, April-August 1915. 68 1. Lent for copying by Dr and Mrs M. J. Taylor, Auckland. Reminiscences of private who served with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli before being wounded and evacuated. The account ends with his return to Wellington, 25 December 1915. Photocopy of typescript.

CARKEEK, Wakahuia, 1931-1967. Inwards letters, 1967. 5 items. Lent for copying by Mrs H. Carkeek, Wellington. Comment on The Kapiti coast by various writers including Norman Elder and P. Simcox with reference to Maori place names, genealogies etc. Photocopy.

CHRISTIE, J. H. Research papers, 1972-1975. 5 items. Donation: Ministry of Works and Development, Wellington. Letters and papers resulting from Mr Christie’s research into career of Morgan Carkeek, 1846-1927, as surveyor in government service; account of fatality at Makohine Tip, Rangitikei County, November 1893; history 7 of building specific roads including copy of unsigned report re Wakatipu-Milford Sound Road, 1890. Photocopy.

COOPER, Thornhill, 1840-1940. Both sides and between, 1929. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr C. T. Laugeson, Wellington. Reminiscences, 1860-1869, written for his grandson describing voyage to and from England and Melbourne, 1860-1861, his arrival at Port Chalmers as sailor aboard Lady Young, 1863, and experiences as bank clerk and gold buyer on Otago goldfields, impressions of New Zealand towns at the time. Thornhill Cooper returned to England by Ruahine, 1868, and describes places visited in England and Europe. Newspaper clippings. Microfilm.

CROCOMBE, Marjorie Tuainekore. Maretu’s Narrative of Cook Islands history, 1974. 1 v. Donation: Mrs M. T. Crocombe, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. Mrs Crocombe’s draft of her translation of Cook Islands history written about 1870 by Maretu, (ca. 1802-1880), an early convert to Christianity and London Missionary Society missionary from 1833 with biographical

notes, annotation and analysis of the work, the original of which is in the papers of the Polynesian Society. Photocopy of illustrated typescript.

DALRYMPLE, John Taylor, 1839-1904. Letters, 1871-1881. 11 items. Lent for copying by Mrs H. Tobin, Wellington. Letters to his father in Dunedin while farming in Palmerston NorthBulls district with comment on progress of railway construction and service as Member for Manawatu in the Wellington Provincial Council; associated family material. Photocopy.

ENGST, Johannes Gottfried, 1819-1910. Notebook, c.a.1906. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr B. S. Cox, Christchurch. Engst and four other Evangelical missionaries from the Gossner Mission of Berlin arrived at the Chathams in 1843. Notes in English and German include sermon jottings, material on land titles, Maori leases and European settlement in general; outline of original aims of the Mission and Engst’s personal friction with particular settlers. Microfilm.

FARRELL, Edward Alphonsus. History of Huntly, ca. 1965. 51 1. Donation: Mr E. A. Farrell, Huntly. ‘A detailed record of events’ from the commencement of commercial mining about 1868 partially based on reminiscences of writer’s father who settled in Huntly in 1889. Describes conditions for miners, disasters, industrial troubles, floods etc. as well as community activities and personalities. Photocopy of MS.

GRANT, Isabella, fl. 1870. Diary, 21 September-15 December 1870. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Dr C. S. Withers, Wellington. Account of voyage from Gravesend to Dunedin on s.s. Otago written by a young girl travelling with her parents to settle in New' Zealand. Microfilm.

HASTINGS Central School. Log books, 1886-1971. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr W. E. Langford. Hastings. Kept by the Headmaster the logs record daily activities at the school and any unusual events. Microfilm.

HILL, Leslie Holland. Diary, 1915-1919. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs P. Hill, Blenheim. Records training at Trentham, embarkation in November 1915 and experiences in Egypt prior to his service in France which continued through to the Armistice. Notes on the air war as viewed from the ground including the use of balloons and parachutists. Microfilm.

HOUSE, William Norman. The history of the Collingwood district, Nelson Province, 1840-1940. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr W. T. Davis, Pakawau. Thesis presented for M.A. in History, 1940, under the pseudonym ‘Amour’. Covers the area in general terms with particular emphasis on exploration and mining in the Provincial Government period; maps and photographs. Microfilm.

KIMBELL, Alfred Charles, 1840-1913. Papers, 1840-1913. 11 items. Lent for copying by Mrs J. A. P. Hutchison, Petone.

Journals of voyages London to Melbourne by Blue Jacket, 1862-1863, and Melbourne to Invercargill by Spy, 1863. Birth, marriage and death certificates, photographs, notes on Kimbell family etc. Photocopy.

LATOUR, George de, d. 1890. Diary, 1 May 1887-28 February 1888. 1 reel. Purchase. Diary of a planter and trader on Aore Island in the New Hebrides, 1885-1890. His influence over the local chief gave him access to land and an ample supply of labour but involvement in local politics resulted in his murder in 1890. Original in the Fiji Museum, Suva, Fiji. Microfilm.

LIVERPOOL, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl, 1846-1907. Logs, 1862-1867. 4 reels. Purchase. Logs kept by G. G. Foljambe, naval cadet and midshipman, while serving on a number of vessels of the Royal Navy. These logs, illustrated with maps and sketches, complement the recent purchase of letters which form the basis of his work Three years on the Australian station published in 1868. Originals in the possession of the National Library of Australia. Microfilm.

LYALL, Alfred C., 1924Diary, 18 September 1951-27 May 1953. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr A. G. Lyall, Opotiki. Record of service with 16th Field Regiment during the Korean War. Describes journey to Japan and activities before joining his unit in Korea, action near Imjin River, furloughs spent in Seoul and Japan. Microfilm.

McKAIN, Douglas Mary Diary and commonplace book. 2 reels. Lent for copying by Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier. The McKain and Villiers families who intermarried settled at the Spit, Napier, in 1850. Entries for important events, recipes, copies of letters etc. and continued by other hands, particulars of family births, deaths and marriages. Microfilm.

MARCHAND, Etienne, 1738-1810. Voyage autour du monde . . ~ 1790-1792. 1 reel. Purchase. Account of voyage of Le Solide under the command of Captain Etienne Marchand and sponsored by the House of Baux, merchants of Marseilles, 1790-1792. Includes visit to the Society Islands, the north west coast of America particularly Nootka Sound, to the coast of China and return to Marseilles. The illustrated journal provides comment on people and their way of life, observations on flora and fauna etc. Original in the possession of Bibliotheque Municipale de Marseilles, France.

MARTIN, Hannah, b. 1830. Reminiscences, 1830-1863. 2 items. Lent for copying by Mr W. H. F. Phillips, Stokes Valley. Reminiscences by Hannah, sister of John White, 1826-1891, describing wreck of the Fortune, Norfolk Island, 17 May 1835, and life there and at Hokianga. Information on the White family. Photocopy.

MATTHEWS Family. Records, 1856-1912. 2 reels. Lent for copying by Messrs. E. N. and I. Matthews via Kaitaia Public Library. Account book for Rev. Joseph Matthews (1808-1895) who came to Kaitaia in 1835, and Matthews Brothers, 1856-1863, 1870; diaries of his son Richard Henry Matthews (1835-1912) farmer, builder, naturalist and lay reader, 1863-1912, recording daily activities, local events and personalities, botanical notes, church affairs, accounts, prices etc. Also diaries of his sons, Ernest Crowther Matthews, 1894, and Walter Lambly Matthews, 1898-1900. Typescript. Microfilm.

MEAD, Arthur David, 1888Papers, 1953-1963. 8 items. Donation: Mr A. D. Mead, Linden. Abandoned farm settlements on Wanganui River tributaries, Mr Mead’s notes written in 1963 and letters, 1953-1955, from W. Stewart and H. Thompson, surveyors who carried out subdivisional surveys in the area. Photocopy.

NATUSCH, Sheila Ellen, 1926Papers, 1975. 2 reels. Lent for copying by Mrs S. Natusch, Wellington. The cruise of the Acheron, 1848-1851 . Manuscript account of the voyage based mainly on a narrative kept by G. A. Hansard and held at the Hocken Library and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich; includes coastal survey of the South Island in the Acheron under the command of Captain John Lort Stokes. Also The Chatham Bible story —most of this text deals with the settlement of the island by the Gossner Mission of Berlin with particular reference to Revs. J. G. Engst and Johann H. C. Baucke. Microfilm.

NEW ZEALAND. Ministry of Defence. Honours and awards citation registers, 1914-1919, 1939-1940. 2 reels. Lent for copying by Ministry of Defence, Wellington. Register of the honours conferred, decorations and medals awarded to New Zealanders serving in the New Zealand Army during World War I; a similar record for those New Zealanders serving with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War 11. Microfilm.

ORMOND Family. Papers, 1730-1847, 1974. 3 v. Donation: Mrs C. A. D. Wierzbicki, Sanson. Photocopies of correspondence and accounts made from Ormond family records held at Wantage and Haverfordwest. John Davies Ormond, 1832-1917, came to New Zealand with the LieutenantGovernor E. J. Eyre, in 1847 and settled in Hawke’s Bay.

PAREMATA Mill. Account book, 1852-1857. 1 reel. Lent for copying by the Historic Places Trust, Wellington. List of cash accounts and amounts of wheat milled. The mill was started by John Bedggood at Waimate and many prominent persons of the area are listed. Microfilm.

PORTER Family. Papers, ca. 1830-1877. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs L. Vondruska, Wellington. Letters to Mrs Anne Maria Porter (Powell) from her family and friends in England, India and New Zealand. She came to Wanganui with her father, Thomas Powell, in 1853 after the death of her mother in Calcutta. She married in 1856 David Porter, surveyor, whose letters describe life in Wanganui and Wellington and incidents while surveying. Notes, clippings etc. Microfilm.

SHAND Family. Records, 1837-1882, 1975. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr A. C. Shand, Culverden. Farm account books and ledgers kept by John Shand and his son Thomas J. W. who came to Canterbury in 1851. Records of John Shand and Sons re their properties including Avon Lodge, Riccarton, Rawcliffe run and Springston reflect interests in farming, horse breeding and racing and financial activities. Mr A. G. Shand’s notes on the family with some analysis of the records. Microfilm.

SUTTON, Raynor George. A history of Magnus Motors, 1907-1968, (1968). 4 reels. Lent for copying by Mr J. R. Greenfield, Taupo.

Typescript and photographic history of firm of motor dealers founded by Godfrey W. Magnus. Information on vehicles sold and branches in New Zealand cities illustrated with sales brochures etc. A section describes activities of Austin Motor Corporation, the British Motor Corporation and the Austin Distributors’ Federation. Microfilm.

TAMIHANA, Rewi. Records, 1883-1962. 1 reel. Purchase. Includes registers of Maori births, deaths and marriages in the Wairoa district, Hawke’s Bay, also an account book, 1899-1906, recording Maori landholdings there; Ngati Porou whakapapa compiled by Mr J. Kauraria. Microfilm made by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, U.S.A.

THURSTON, Sir John Bates, 1836-1897. Journal, 23 June-7 August 1893. 1 reel. Purchase. Kept by the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific during his cruise to inaugurate the British Protectorate over the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Original held by National Archives, Fiji. Microfilm.