NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1 May 1977, Page 50

NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, 1976

PART A The following list updates the Note for October 1976. It comprises original manuscripts which have been donated to or purchased by the Library. The second group which is made up of copied material lent by individuals or purchased will be printed in the next issue of the Record. A. H. and A. W. REED. Records, 1949-68, ca. 25 ft. Donation: A. H. and A. W. Reed, Wellington. Correspondence between A. H. and A. W. Reed and with New Zealand and Australian authors and publishers, A. W. Reed’s correspondence files and miscellaneous papers. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

AKITIO Station. Records, 1857-1911. 7 v. Donation: Mr M. Knight, Akitio Station, Wairarapa. Account books, 1857-71, recording expenses, wages and station store accounts, shearing books, 1866-72 and stock book, 1863-71. Also letterbook, 1909-11, of Akitio Sawmilling Company. ALLEN, Sir Stephen Shepherd, 1882-1964. Notes on Samoa. 13lp. Donation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington. Typescript notes on administration, political and social structure of Samoa compiled while serving as Administrator, 1928-31. ANDERSON, Capt. Andrew. Regimental Orderbook, 1914. 1 v. Donation: Mr R. A. L. Anderson, Auckland. Orderbook kept at Trentham Military Camp and on board troopship, by member of 10th Nelson Regiment, October-November 1914; lecture notes.

ARCULUS, Arthur W., 1913-42. Deviations from a pilot’s log book, 1975. 1 v. Donation: Mr A. W. Arculus, Auckland. Wartime biography of Squadron Leader V. A. Pedersen, tracing in detail his career and those of some companions from departure from New Zealand for training in the Royal Air Force (1938), service with 22 Squadron, Coastal Command, Dunkirk (1940-41), Trans-Atlantic ferry pool (1941-42), to death on patrol on Norwegian coast. BARBER Family. Papers, ca. 1894-1936. 1 ft. Donation: Mr H. O. Barber, Himatangi. Deeds, correspondence and miscellaneous papers re tenants etc. of land owned and leased in Himatangi Blocks, Manawatu. BARR, John M. Interviews, 1968-73. 11 items. Donation: Mr J. M. Barr, Auckland. Interviews with family members, friends and associates of Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, 1878-1943. Phono cassettes with typed transcripts. Restricted access.

BAYNE, James, d. 1915? Diary, 1914-15. 55p. Donation: Mrs P. M. Thomas, Titahi Bay. Kept while serving as private in the Ruahine Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion. Describes Mediterranean living conditions and military operations, including the landing at Gallipoli. Newspaper report of memorial service held at Manukau for Bayne; photograph. BELL, Dr Gerda Elizabeth. Papers, 1832-1976. 1 ft. Donation: Dr G. E. Bell, Wellington. Drafts of Dr Bell’s biography of Ernest Dieffenbach. Rebel and Humanist published by the Dunmore Press, 1976. Dr Bell’s correspondence and research notes with copies of Dieffenbach’s writings, correspondence and related material. BID WILL, John Carne, 1815-53. Letter copying book, 1849. 1 v. Donation: Mrs A. E. Woodhouse, Timaru. Bidwill was Magistrate and Commissioner of Crown Lands at Maryborough, Queensland. His letters describe the primitive settlement there, the need for assistance, requests for supplies to build his house, farm implements, plants and seeds.

BOLLINGER, George. Diary, 1915-16. 88p. Donation: Mrs C. M. Pharazyn, Havelock North. Kept while serving as sergeant with the Hawkes Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion. Describes military operations against the Turks in the Mediterranean including Gallipoli. BOLTON Street Cemetery. Transcriptions from memorials at Bolton Street and Mount Street cemeteries. 4 v. Donation: Mrs M. H. Alington, Wellington. Transcriptions of memorials removed from graves at Bolton Street Cemetery, 1968-69 and 1971. Also transcriptions of memorials still standing in the Jewish, Anglican and public sections of the cemetery and from the Roman Catholic cemetery at Mount Street. Compiled by members of New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Wellington Branch, and others and collated by Mrs M. H. Alington. BOOT, Leonard Murray, 1921Papers, 1939-44. 13 items. Donation: Mr L. M. Boot, Waikanae. Army paybook, 1939-42, before transfer to RNZAF, diary, maps, logbook of training as Air Bomber, Observer and Navigator in Canada, 1944, and Northern Ireland, 1944-45; service career details.

The BOYS’ BRIGADE in New Zealand. Records, 1928-58. 15 ft. Donation: The Boys’ Brigade in New Zealand, Wellington. Includes Minutes of Life Boy Committee, Dominion Council, New Zealand Executive and Management Committee, annual reports, financial and stock records, The Council Table (New Zealand newsletter), manuals and handbooks. Also Ist Southland (Winton) and Southland Batttalion scrapbooks, 1928-31, and personal reminiscences of some pioneers in the movement. Access subject to sorting. BRADEY, Frederick, 1833-1911. Papers, 1863-97. 6 ins. Donation: Mr C. Mexted, Paremata. Papers reflecting Bradey’s landowning interests throughout the Wellington city and provincial areas, with particular emphasis on the development of Pauatahanui and his extensive involvement in local community activities.

BRICKELL, Dennis. Reminiscences, 1941-45. 2 items. Donation: Mr D. Brickell, Dunedin. Detailed record of fighting at Kalamata Bay, Greece, and of life as prisoner of war at Corinth and at Oflag VB and VIB, Germany. MS and typescript. BURDON, Randal Mathews, 1896-1965. Papers, 1945-65. 16 items. Donation: Mrs J. V. Hobbs, Wellington. MS of John Grigg, notes and related material. Letters, miscellaneous papers. BUTLER, Hugh Henry, d. 1941. Papers, 1940-42. 43 items. Donation: Mrs A. N. Laracy, Lower Hutt. Evidently killed at Tobruk, December 1941, his letters provide impressions of life at Maadi Camp, visits to Sydney, Perth, Cairo and Jerusalem; friends recruited from Petone area.

CARRUTHERS, Walter G., 1894-1918. Letters and associated papers, 1914-18. 175 items. Donation: Miss J. Carruthers, Eastbourne. Initially served in Medical Corps in Egypt, later transferred to the infantry and commissioned in France where he was killed in 1918. Details of hospital conditions and procedures in the desert and at the front, some from Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. CARTER Family. Letters, 1857-71. 6 items. Donation: Mrs D. Phillips, Wellington. Letters from Joseph and Annie Carter, Wellington, to their son Richard in India, Dublin and England. Comment on effect of Maori wars.

CHURCH of England in New Zealand. Parochial District of Ruapehu. Records, 1906-73. ca.s£ ft. Donation: The Parochial District of Ruapehu via Rev. R. L. Peck, Raetihi.

Records of St. Mary’s Church, Raetihi, 1906-73, comprising baptismal records (1906-37), Marriage Register (1919-73), Burial Register (1918-39), Register of Services (1933-70), vestry minutes (1918-69), St. Mary’s Mothers Union minutes (1943-72), parish correspondence and accounts, documents and papers of parish organisations. St. James’s Church, Rangataua, records, 1906-73, vestry minutes (1910-56), accounts and ledger (1910-43), register of services (1910-40). St. John’s Church, Ohakune, parish records including baptisms (1907-72), vestry minutes (1938-70), Marriage Register (1913-67), parish accounts (1938-66), correspondence, parochial returns, printed material and photographs.

CLIFTON, Fanny. Letters, 1872-84. 2 ins. Donation: Mrs H. Bernstone, Lower Hutt. Letters from her family in England. Mrs Clifton was a music-hall entertainer in Australia and New Zealand performing particularly in Invercargill. Letters refer to her job prospects and family’s concern for her well-being. Newspaper clippings. COLBRAN, Benjamin Clyde. Diaries, 1914-18. 9 items. Donation: Mr B. C. Colbran, Invercargill. Service with 7th Otago Mounted Rifles in Egypt, at Gallipoli and from 1916 at Camp Bailleul in France. CONSOLIDATED Goldfields of New Zealand Ltd. Records, 1896-1957. 30 ft. Donation: Avery and Roselli, Westport. Correspondence, reports, leases and miscellaneous records of company founded by David Ziman in Reefton, 1896. Later material includes Blackwater Mine

correspondence and reports, 1935-57, labour relations file, 1936-51, and general correspondence files, 1917-47. Access subject to sorting. COOPER, F. S. Papers, 1914-19. 2 v. Donation: Mrs T. W. Young, Christchurch. Typescript diary, 1914-16, and reminiscences of service with New Zealand Field Artillery describing voyage to Egypt, Gallipoli campaign prior to evacuation to England, May 1915, hospitalisation there and return to New Zealand, 1916; experiences on the Western Front at Messines, training and administrative staff in England till 1919. Material relating to ANZAC disposition on the Western Front, MS maps of battle sites, photos etc.

COOTE, Rhoda Carleton (Homes), 1822-92. Papers, 1853-67. 3 items. Donation: Mrs S. Parkinson, Masterton. Mrs Coote came to New Zealand with her husband, Henry Joseph Coote, Brigade Major to troops serving in Wellington 1853-58. They returned to New Zealand in 1861 to farm first at Canterbury then, after some months in Wellington in 1865, at Matahiwihi (Wairarapa) until Major Coote’s death in 1867. Typescript narrative of first impressions of Wellington and Canterbury, an account of social life, military, civil and political personalities and problems of establishing farms. Diary, July 1865 to December 1867. Carlton-Holmes family tree. CORPUS, Mrs L. The histoiy of New Zealand House, 1839-91, 1955. 47 1. Donation: Mrs L. Corpus, Tunbridge Wells, England.

DALGETY New Zealand Ltd. Records, 1860-1940. 243 ft. Donation: Dalgety New Zealand Ltd., Wellington, via Mr FI. Redpath. Includes records of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Ltd. and comprises Head Office and branch records from Christchurch and Gore; letter books, minutes, correspondence, managers’ reports etc. Access subject to sorting and restriction. DANE, Eric Surrey. Papers, 1917-18. 21 items. Donation: Mr E. Guy, Stokes Valley. Letters, cards and photographs sent to Capt. Arthur Fox Guy serving in the Royal Artillery in Essex, from prisoner-of-war camp in Germany.

DANIEL, Theophilus A. J. 8., 1815 ?-93. Reminiscences. 7 1. Donation: Mrs S. Natusch, Wellington. MS notes on his whaling activities in the Foveaux Strait area in the 1930 s together with account of life and list of early settlers on Codfish Island. DENNAN, Trooper. Journal, 1914-1917. 1 item. Donation: Mrs H. D. Matson, Hunterville. Wartime experiences of trooper serving with New Zealand Cavalry describing journey to the Middle East, experiences at Gallipoli and later in France. DIXON, Marmaduke, 1828-95. Papers, 1876-85. 9 items. Donation: Mr K. Hince, Prahran, Victoria. Notes and correspondence of Canterbury run-holder re meteorology especially in New Zealand and Canada.

D’URVILLE Island. Documents, 1883-93. 2 ins. Donation: Buddie, Anderson, Kent and Co., Wellington via Mr J. D. Pottinger. Certificate of title to D’Urville Island listing Maori owners and signed by W. G. Mair, Judge of the Native Land Court, 20 November 1883. Agreement between J. F. Ross and others with R. Woodman re lease of D’Urville Island (1893) including accounts for leasing, provisioning and sailing the vessel Rowena to secure the lease. EDWARDS, Stanley H. Papers, 1939-45. 1 in. Donation: Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum. Correspondence, clippings and photographs relating to article on James Nairn published in Art in New Zealand, June 1940. Material relating to Pumpkin Cottage, Silverstream (used by Nairn and the Wellington Art Club), and to Wellington Technical College.

FEDERATED Mountain Clubs of New Zealand. Records, 1931-70. 9 ft. Donation: Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, Wellington. Restricted access. FELKIN, William. Correspondence, 1865-82. 6 items. Purchase. Written to his brother Harry in Australia describing life as a settler in Auckland, the fauna, trade and Maori way of life. Two letters from correspondents in Australia.

FIRTH Family. Papers, 1861-1947. 6 ins. Donation: Mr G. M. Firth, Hamilton. Correspondence relating to J. C. Firth’s meeting with Te Kooti, January 1870. Papers relating to Firth’s leasehold near Matamata and native affairs; family correspondence, photographs; clippings and writings of E. T. Firth, business ventures and mining in Australia. The FRIENDS of the Turnbull Library. Records, 1939-61. ca. 3 ins. Donation: The Friends of the Turnbull Library, Wellington. GARDNER, Kennett Hurst, 1902-74. Papers, 1943-47. 2 ins. Donation: Mrs A. E. Gardner, Wellington. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers with New Zealand and Indian Army authorities and others re release of Capt. Gardner, a New Zealander serving in Indian Transportation Stores Group; notebooks, a paybook, driver’s licence, accounts and photograph.

GEDDES, David, d. ca. 1870. Papers, 1851-69. 2 items. Purchase. Letters to John H. Challis, Dr Andrew Sinclair and Walter Grahame-Geddes relating to D. Geddes’s property in New Zealand containing instructions re financial, legal and personal affairs; comment on Maori matters. GEORGESON, Peter Currie McE., 1864-1949. Specimens of writing, printing and mapping. 19 1. Donation: Mr E. T. Smith, Lower Hutt. Author worked for over 50 years for The Evening Post, Wellington, and was widely known for his expertise in calligraphy. Volume contains samples of various styles, many illuminated and some incredibly miniscule.

GILLESPIE, Oliver Arthur, 1895-1960. Correspondence, 1946-60. 7 items. Donation: Mrs A. E. Gillespie, Lowry Bay. Letters home from Japan describing experiences with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-7; letters from Ward Price, 1950, and H. Bolitho, 1959-60, concerning personal matters, mutual friends and their writings. GOODBEHERE Family. Papers, 1878-1936. 4£ ft. Donation: Mr E. B. Goodbehere, Feilding. Business records of Edmund Goodbehere, 1854-1936, who came with his family to Feilding in 1880. He was involved with local organisations and community affairs, serving for periods as Mayor, 1888-1913. Papers comprise letterbooks, 1887-1914, 1920-36, records of Feilding Building Society, 1908-22, insurance records, 1918-31, private and business accounts, 1896-1925, and miscellaneous material, plans of properties and maps of surrounding districts.

HALDANE, Frederick A., 1899-1974. Biographical notes, ca. 1913-69. 8 items. Donation: Hon. M. A. Connelly, Christchurch. Brief reminiscences of experiences in the Royal Marines and later in the Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal New Zealand Air Force. He was attached at different times to H.M.N.Z.S. Philomel and Dunedin and latterly to Wigram. He transferred to the Air Training Corps on retirement in 1950. Typescript. HALL, Roger Leighton. Glide Time, 1976. 3 items. Donation: Mr R. L. Hall, Karori. Two typescript drafts with emendations of Glide Time, first performed at Circa Theatre, Wellington, 11 August 1976; autographed programme.

HANKINS, Clarence Albany, d. 1952. Diary, 1915-16. 178 p. Donation: Mr R. A. Kelly, Wellington. Journey from Wellington to Egypt; stationed near Cairo before transfer to Western Front, April 1916. He served as signaller, N.Z. Field Artillery. HARDCASTLE, Ruth. Papers, 1914-19, 1943-46, 1964. ca.loo items. Donation: Mrs R. Hardcastle, Dunedin. Mostly brief V-mail correspondence from soldiers overseas. HARNEY, Vita. Letter, 6 July 1929. sp. Donation: Mrs A. Salmon, Lower Hutt. Vivid description of the Murchison earthquake, 17 June 1929, as experienced at Oparara near Karamea, where Miss Harney was teaching.

HARPER Family. War diaries, letters and associated items, 1914-50. 6 ins. Donation: Mrs B. Harper, Lower Hutt. Letters and diaries sent to their parents by Capt. R. P. Harper, Lt. G. Harper and C. Harper, sons of Sir George Harper, Christchurch. Written mainly from Zeitoun Camp, Egypt, and Gallipoli, while serving with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. HARRISON, John Richard, 1921Papers, 1969-75. 12 ft. Donation: Mr J. R. Harrison, Hawkes Bay. Parliamentary, electorate and personal correspondence and files of Members of the House of Representatives for Hawkes Bay. Restricted access.

HARRIS, Sarah. Letters, 1841-43. 5 items. Donation: Estate of Miss M. G. Pullen via Mrs B. M. Fabling. Describes voyage from England to New Plymouth; letters touch on living conditions, prospects for settlers, family news and shipping arrivals. Genealogy of the Steddy family, Typescript. HAYMAN, Patrick Phillip, 1915Papers, 1958-74. 17 items. Donation: Mr P. P. Hayman, London. Letters from artists and others including Leo Bensemann to expatriate New Zealand artist, editor and publisher of The Painter and Sculptor, London. HENDERSON, James Herbert, 1918Papers. ca. 6 ft. Donation: Mr J. H. Henderson, Auckland. Correspondence, reminiscences, articles, scrapbooks, etc., especially related to his column ‘Unofficial History’ which appears in RSA Review, also material used on Radio New Zealand. Addition to established collection.

HENRY Family. Papers, 1902-17. ca.4o items. Donation: Mr P. C. Henry, Huntly. Letters and papers of Clarence Henry, 1902-17, while goldmining in Papua New Guinea, his Commission as Lieutenant in 2nd Light Horse serving in Egypt, accounts and school records. Also letters of his brother H. M. Henry, 3 915-16, and others serving in the Middle East. HICKS, Edwin Stephen. The history of a soldier’s life in the Army from 1941 . . . (1945). 1 v. Donation: Mr E. S. Hicks, Napier. Describes training in New Zealand, 1941, voyage to Egypt, service there as truck and staff driver, 1941-44, followed by period in Italy, 1944-45.

HILL, Herbert Gladstone, 1880Papers, 1880-1968. 2 items. Donation: Mr H. Gladstone Hill, Wellington. Down Memory Lane, 1968, autobiography, from family’s arrival in New Zealand in 1885, childhood in Northland, commencement of musical career with Salvation Army in Auckland, tours to Australia; his career in the dairy industry with increasing involvement in band movement, overseas tours, music in schools and educational films in the twenties, broadcasting and Director of Music. Also presentation album commemorating Methodist Children’s Festival of Music, Christchurch, 1918.

HILLIKER, Albert Stanley. Playing out, 1903-24. 1 v. Purchase. Scrapbook compiled by sometime employee of Post and Telegraph Department in Dunedin, 1903-06, and Wellington (from 1908) recording his engagements as pianist and accompanist at various entertainments. He later became a cellist and played as soloist and with Wellington orchestras at concerts and gatherings, cinemas, musical comedies etc. Correspondence, programmes, menus, clippings etc. HODGKINS, Frances Mary, 1869-1949. Letters, 1935-1941. 27 items. Donation: National Art Gallery Council, Wellington. Letters of Frances Hodgkins to Mrs E. Gorer and Geoffrey Gorer, mainly from Dorset and Spain; postcards and photographs.

HOGG, Alexander Wilson, 1845-1920. Notebooks, 1895, n.d. 6 v. Donation: Miss F. M. Hogg, New Plymouth. Records of Member of House of Representatives for Masterton, 1890-1911, comprising diary, 21 June-18 October 1895, political notes, electioneering in the Wairarapa etc.; short stories and anecdotes.

HOLLAND, Eric Sidney Fostyn, 1921Papers, 1967-75. 8 ft. Donation: Hon. E. S. F. Holland, Christchurch. Correspondence, subject files, committee submissions and miscellaneous papers relating to Mr Holland’s service as Member of the House of Representatives for Fendalton, 1967-75. Restricted access. HOLLAND, Sir Sidney George, 1893-1961. Papers, 1943-61. 21 ft. Donation: Hon. E. S. F. Holland and estate of Lady Florence Holland, Wellington. Parliamentary and Prime Ministerial papers of Sir Sidney Holland including correspondence, subject files, speeches, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous material. Also personal papers, certificates etc.; some personal correspondence and scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

HOLMES, A. C. Papers, 1916-24. 1 in. Donation: Mrs R. Falloon, Masterton. Collected by members of the Levin-Foxton-Marton Railway League, the papers concern the proposed railway line from Levin to Marton via Foxton. HOLMES, Alan, 1892-1974. Papers, 1915-19. 11 items. Donation: Mrs J. Holmes, Taumarunui. Diaries, 1915-17, written in New Zealand, on voyage, in Egypt and in England; paybooks, 1915-19, photographs and Tahitian Tatler, shipboard newspaper.

HOLMES, David Livingston. Chatham Islands records, ca. 1976. 4 items. Donation: Mr D. L. Holmes, Waitangi, Chatham Islands. Articles on way of life, shipping, agriculture, flora and fauna, tidal waves, etc., written by longtime resident farming on Chatham Island. Typescript. HOLYOAKE, Sir Keith Jacka, 1904Papers, 1950-74. ca. 250 ft. Donation: Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Holyoake, Wellington. Parliamentary and Prime Ministerial papers of Sir Keith Holyoake including correspondence, subject files, speeches, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

HOOPER, Kate Challis Excelsa. Letters, 1921-46. 6 items. Donation: Miss Challis Hooper, Wellington. Mainly from Sir Frederic Truby King regarding activities of the Plunket Society and describing a process to make baby milk formula. HOWDEN, Peter, 1884-1917. Papers, 1915-21. 6 ins. Donation: Mr P. J. Howden, Masterton. Letters to his wife from Trentham Camp, on board ship and from France and Belgium, 1915-17, letters of condolence, photographs, some personal papers and clippings.

HUNT, Jonathan Lucas. Papers, 1966-74. 20 ft. Donation: Mr Jonathan Hunt, Auckland. Correspondence, subject files and miscellaneous papers collected during his term as Member of the House of Representatives. Access subject to sorting and restriction. [HUNT, William Duffus] b. 1867. Report, 1931. 24 1. Transferred from General Assembly Library, Wellington. Paper on the state of the economy in New Zealand, 17 December 1931, setting down possible solutions to the problem of Depression. Probably written by W. D. Hunt, Managing Director of Wright Stephenson and Co., Wellington. Typescript.

INDUSTRIES Development Commission. Book Production Inquiry. Papers, 1976. 4 ins. Donation: Mr H. Price, Wellington. Submission to the Book Production Inquiry by interested parties together with reports from the Department of Trade and Industry. Cyclostyled material. JACOBS, Florentine and Maloney. Records, 1909-40. 24 ft. Donation: Jacobs, Florentine and Maloney, Palmerston North. Barristers’ and Solicitors’ estate files, 1909-40. Restricted access.

JOHNSON, John. Journal, 1847-57. 1 v. Donation: Mr M. K. Huggard, Johnsonville. Day-by-day account of life in New Plymouth kept by settler serving in the police force, farming, market gardening and acting as a horsebreaker and horse doctor; shipping arrivals and departures, personalities and events in the settlement recorded. KAITANGATA Relief Fund. Minutes of the Trustees, 1882-92. 68p. Donation: Mr R. Smith, Masterton. Discribes financial investments particularly in Dunedin and disbursements of the fund set up to care for survivors of coalmining disaster in Kaitangata, 1879.

KENNEDY, John W. A. Papers, 1941-45. 5 ins. Donation: Mr J. W. A. Kennedy, Hamilton. Diary and correspondence cover camp life at Papakura, the voyage to Egypt, his experience as a gunner in Egypt, Syria and Tunisia and later in Italy. Gives detailed information on food, living conditions, fighting, recreation. Restricted access. KENT Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington. Records, 1885-1974. 6 ft. Donation: Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington. Includes Session minutes (1886-1963), Deacon’s minutes (1886-1951), marriage registers (1886-1967), communal rolls, financial records. Also miscellaneous church records including property and annual reports (1887-1951), business of Wellington Presbytery, Khandallah Presbyterian Church (1940 s); records of church groups.

KILBIRNIE School. Records, 1884-1905. 2 v. Donation: Kilbirnie School Committee via Mr J. C. Phillipps, Hataitai. Logbook kept by head teachers recording development and important events at the school, 1884-89; admission, progress and withdrawal register, 1884-1905.

LANCASTER, Millicent (Robinson), 1920War records, 1939-47. 8 items. Donation: Mr A. O. Lancaster, Napier. Letters to her family, war reminiscences, service record and discharge papers of telephonist and Aircrafthand serving in Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in England. LAWLOR, Patrick Anthony, 1893Correspondence, 1946-58. ca. 250 items. Donation: Mr P. A. Lawlor, Wellington. Letters from J. C. Andersen and Will Lawson. Also galley proofs of More Wellington days. Access subject to sorting.

LAWRENCE, Harry. Diary, 1916-17. 1 v. Donation: Mrs E. M. Lawrence, Auckland. Journey from New Zealand to England, training at Sling Camp, Salisbury, before posting to France. Diary mainly concerned with further training and recording of events at the Front. LILLY, Barbara Mildred. Papers, 1915-18. 40 items. Donation: Miss N. J. Blake, Auckland. Correspondence of Staff Sister on hospital ship Marama, 1915-16, sailing between England and France or Egypt; photographs.

LONGWILL, Kiwi Flora, 1909Account book, 1935-40. 1 v. Donation: Mrs K. Longwill, Porirua. Detailed household accounts kept at Palmerston North, 1935, Ruatoki, 1936, Pukekohe, 1937-39. LUTHERAN Church of New Zealand. Records, 1895-1974. 15 ft. Deposited by the Lutheran Church of New Zealand via Rev. L. G. Steicke, Palmerston North. Correspondence and minutes of Pastors’ conferences (1929-69), minutes of Executive Board (1947-73), and Conference Trust Board (1916-59), Missions and Finance Committee minutes (1955-71), reports of New Zealand Lutheran Church conferences (1952-62). Also correspondence, reports, circulars and documents of local churches together with correspondence and files ranging through church activities; papers, sermons, etc., of individual pastors; publications. Access subject to sorting and restrictions.

McDONALD, Sir Thomas Lachlan, 1898Scrapbooks, 1952-57. 3 v. Donation: Sir Thomas McDonald, Waikanae. Newspaper clippings, photographs, programmes, visiting cards and some typescripts collected as Minister of Defence and External Affairs. MACFARLANE, Walter Angus. Letters, 1916-19. 2 ins. Donation: Mr W. A. Macfarlane, Christchurch. Letters to his Mother from Featherston and Papawai military camps, 1916, and from the Middle East, 1916-19, describing fighting, training at Zeitoun, hospitalisation; photographs. McHARDIE, David, b. 1826. Notebooks, 1851-79. 3 v. Deposited on indefinite loan by Mrs M. L. Gibbs, Levin. Diary of preaching engagements in Wellington Province, 1851-79; Commonplace Books contain quotations, cuttings and reflections of religious, didactic nature.

MASON, Henry Greathead Rex, 1885-1975. Papers, ca. 1930-70. 12 ft. Donation: Miss Ruth Mason, Christchurch. Correspondence and miscellaneous parliamentary papers covering service as Member of the House of Representatives and Cabinet Minister; some personal papers. Access subject to sorting and restriction. MASTERTON Licensing Committee. Minute Book, 1894-1908. 1 v. Donation: Mr C. J. Carle, Pahiatua. MASTERTON-MANGAHAO Special Settlement Association. Minute Book, 1884-88. 1 v. Donation: Mr R. H. Maxwell, Masterton. Minutes of ad hoc body founded to effect changes in Government regulations concerning Small Farm Settlements, and to form a special settlement at Ballance, Mangahao Block, Forty Mile Bush.

MAWHINNEY Family. Papers, 1916-18. 2 ins. Donation: Mrs L. Law’, Dannevirke. Diary, letters, postcards and photographs of Allen Mawhinney written from training camps at Featherston, Trentham and Burford, England, and from Belgium where he was killed at Passendale; letters of Kiel Mawhinney from France and Germany, 1916-18. MEADOWS, Robert Wyatt, b. 1832. A short history of my life. 24 1. Donation: Mr R. G. Meadows, Wainuiomata. Surgeon Major-General Meadows’s account of service in the British Army at Crimea 1854-55, Canada 1856-64, Ceylon 1866-68, India 1869-80 with comment on health of troops and engagements, including Afghan Wars.

MILLAR, John Andrew, 1855-1915. Papers, 1906-12. 15 ft. Transferred from General Assembly Library, Wellington. Letter books, correspondence, telegrams and newspaper clippings kept during his service in the Ward Ministry as Minister of Customs, Labour, Marine and Railways. MONRO, Sir David, 1813-77. Papers, 1850-83. 6 ins. Donation: Buddie, Anderson, Kent and Co., Wellington, via Mr J. D. Pottinger. Papers relate to farming Sir David Monro’s property in the Nelson area and include depasturing licences, 1850-54, and accounts relating to sale of wool, 1875-77. Also copy of his will with letters and documents relating to his estate.

NANCARROW and Company. Records, 1871-97. 46 items. Donation: Nancarrow and Co., Greymouth. Mortgages, leases, customs declarations, ships’ manifests and miscellaneous legal documents of auctioneers, shipping and commission agents established in Greymouth as Nancarrow Henderson in 1867. NATIONAL Organisation of Women (Wellington). Records. 1972-75. 1 ft. Donation: National Organisation of Women, Wellington. Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, interviews with Members of Parliament on sexual discrimination and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction. NEW ZEALAND Express Company. Records, ca. 1893-1968. ca.2o ft. Donation: Allied Freightways Ltd., Wellington. Records includes minute books, financial records, correspondence and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting.

NEW ZEALAND Federation of University Women. Records, 1923-74. 15 ft. Donation: New Zealand Federation of University Women, Dunedin. Minutes, correspondence, questionnaire responses and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction. NEW ZEALAND Free Kindergarten Union. Records, 1949-1972. 15 ft. Donation: New Zealand Free Kindergarten Union, Wellington. Access subject to sorting.

NEW ZEALAND Labour Party Research Unit. Papers, 1967-69, 1973. 22 items. Donation: N.Z. Labour Party Research Unit, Wellington. Research papers prepared by the Labour Party on various issues while in Opposition, 1967-69. Includes Government White Paper on amendments to the Maori Affairs Act, 1973. Restricted access. NEW ZEALAND Railway Tradesmen’s Association. Records, 1915-71. 2 ft. Donation: New Zealand Railway Tradesmen’s Association, via S. Grant. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

NEW ZEALAND Shipping Company. Logs of S.S. Waimate, 1922-25. 5 v. Transferred from General Assembly Library. Waimate's voyages between London, Australia and New Zealand and return. NEW ZEALAND Table Tennis Association. Records, 1934-75. 25 ft. Donation: New Zealand Table Tennis Association, via Mr K. C. Wilkinson, Lower Hutt. Includes correspondence and files of overseas tours, New Zealand championships and provincial associations, annual reports, periodicals and miscellaneous printed material. Access subject to sorting.

NOTT, Rev. T. Journal, 25 January-31 May 1836. 1 v. Purchase. Entries from 14 March-20 April record conversations with Barnet Burns who spent some time in New Zealand in 1829; comment on Maori life and customs, their reaction to missionaries, as well as flora, fauna and natural features of the country. O’REGAN, Patrick Joseph, 1869-1947. Diaries, 1921-46. 13 v. Donation: Mr R. O’Regan, Wellington. Kept by Wellington lawyer and Judge of the Arbitration Court from 1937, the diaries provide a detailed day-to-day account of the writer’s activities with comment on issues of the day, local and civic affairs, politics and politicians and world affairs. Family, friends and personalities appear together with a record of the weather. Typescript.

OWEN, Alwyn P., Comp. The wreck of the Dundonald, 1976. 2 items. Donation: Radio New Zealand, Wellington. ‘Spectrum’ documentary The wreck of the Dundonald as told by the sole survivor Albert Roberts (b. ca. 1891). Tape and typed transcript.

RENOUF, Francis Henry. Papers, 1941-45. ca.so items. Donation: Mr F. H. Renouf, Wellington. Captain Renouf was captured by German parachutists in Greece 26 April 1941 and spent the next four years in German prisoner of war camps. Letters, business papers, wartime log, photographs and sketches together with programmes of plays, musical entertainments and material reflecting ways in which prisoners occupied their time. Includes copy of Touchstone, magazine produced at Oflag VI 18, Germany.

RHODES, Arthur E. T. Papers, 1916-17. 2 items. Donation: Mrs A. E. Woodhouse, Timaru. Diary kept by Captain Rhodes, A.D.C. to Brigadier-General Chayter while campaigning in the Sinai desert, 23 April-12 July 1916. Also General Chayter’s report on operations of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, 8-10 January 1917. Typescript. ROBERTS, Sir Alexander Fowler, 1882-1961. Report of the Exhibition Commissioner to the British Empire Exhibition, 1926. 22 1. Donation: Mr J. Roberts, Wellington. Report to the Minister of Internal Affairs on British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley, 1924-25; photographs.

ROSS, Hugh, 1878Diary, 1899-1900. 5 Items. Donation: Mr W. Burnett Ross, Wellington Sailed to South Africa with Ist New Zealand Mounted Rifles. Detailed entries describing the voyage on the S.S. Waiwera and fighting in South Africa; miscellaneous documents, photographs. ROSS, William Paul Monro. Panpsychophysics, 1974. 1 v. Donation: Dr W. P. M. Ross, Christchurch. A collection of research papers in psychology including a study of rote verbal learning. Typescript.

ROUT, William 1830-1909. Autobiography . . . 1893. 35 lp. Donation, Mrs M. V. McCormick, Lower Hutt. Rout arrived in New Zealand in 1853, farmed and built a flaxmill at Takaka, served as member of Nelson Provincial Council, 1873-76; records visits to Greymouth and Waiwera thermal springs, world trip, 1889-90, followed by account of life in Cambridge, 1894-1909, with mention of musical societies there; family history. Work reflects interest in phrenology and Theosophy. RUSSELL Family. Papers, 1916-18. ca.2o items. Donation: Mrs T. I. Davis, Wanganui. Letters, postcards, photographs and miscellaneous papers of Corporal J. L. Russell killed in Flanders 1917 and Captain G. V. Russell from France.

ST. MARK’S Church, Wellington. Records, 1880-1968. 3 ft. Donation: St. Mark’s Church, via Mr C. A. M. Burns, Wellington. Vestry and Annual General Meetings, 1894-1968; Wellington Diocesan Sunday School Committee, 1925-37; Executive Wellington Central Church Primary School, 1925-36; Parish Trust Board, 1904-67. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbook of clippings, etc.

SARGESON, Frank, 1903Correspondence, 1970-74. 43 items. Donation: Mr F. Sargeson, Auckland. Letters between Sargeson and William Plomer, 1903-73, and correspondence with Charles Erdmann and Sir Rupert Hart-Davis, 1973-74. Restricted access. SCHADICK, Julius, 1845-1924. Papers, 1898-1924. 4 items. Purchase. Schadick, mining and civil engineer, settled in Hokitika ca. 1864, and explored the Hokitika River. He became Borough Engineer at Westport in 1898 and designed public buildings, waterworks and harbour improvements. His diary for 1898 includes sinking of shafts at Deadman’s Creek and roadbuilding at Denniston. In 1921 he was surveying and concerned with engineering at Waimangaroa and the Fairdown project. Family letters, notes and obituaries.

SENN, Frederick Victor, 1896-1973. Gallipoli recollections, ca. 1973. 10 1. Donation: Mrs S. N. Taine, Auckland. Reminiscences of signaller who landed at Anzac Cove, 15 April 1915. Typescript. SIMPSON, Edward Cyril. Papers, 1968-1976. 1 in. Donation: Mr E. C. Simpson, Trentham. Some notes towards a life of Petrus Van der Velden, Dutch artist, 1836-1913, who came to New Zealand in 1890. Notes, correspondence, printed articles and photocopied letters, etc.

SIMPSON, Harry Wyndham. The beginnings of the Christchurch Liedertafel, 1975. 7 1. Donation: Mr H. W. Simpson, Christchurch. Typescript subtitled The Singers not the songs, written for the centenary of the Christchurch Liedertafel recalling early members. SMITH, Robert Joseph George. Letters, 1940-45. 19 items. Donation: Mr R. J. G. Smith, Wellington. Warrant-Officer Smith served with 22nd Infantry Battalion N.Z.E.F. His letters describe leave in England, service in the Middle East and as prisoner of war in Egypt, Italy and Germany. Comment on peoples, flora and fauna, home news.

SPENCER, F. Montgomery, 1893Papers, 1914-19. 14 items. Donation: Mrs Montgomery Spencer, Wellington. Letters and diaries kept while serving with the New Zealand Army Medical Corps. Letters from troopship and Zeitoun Camp, Egypt, fighting there and at Gallipoli, 1914-16, including treatement of casualties; diary, 1918-19, covers campaigns in France with leave in England. SQUIRES, Dr A. M. Diary, 1944-45. 60p. Donation: Rev. T. A. Squires, Granity. Life on board hospital ship from New Zealand to Egypt and Italy and return.

STANFORD, Guy D. Diary, 1902. 83p. Purchase. Record of a world trip kept by son of Sir Charles Stanford, including visit to New Zealand, April-May 1902 with comment on many places visited; earthquakes in Wellington. Watercolour sketches.

TAYLOR, Thomas Edward, 1862-1911. Papers, 1899-1969. 2 ft. Donation: Mrs F. E. Page, Christchurch. Includes typescripts, newspaper clippings of court proceedings in SeddonTaylor case, 1904-05, and on his political career; private and business papers and information on the Prohibition movement. TENTH BRITISH Commonwealth Games. Records, 1970-74. 4£ ft. Donation: N.Z. Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association, Wellington.

TERRACE School Old Pupils. Records, 1955-56. 2 v. Donation: Mr G. H. MacMorran, Wellington. Minute book, 14 November 1955-12 March 1956, and list of persons and fees paid for attending Terrace School Old Pupils Reunion, 13 March 1956. TUKE Family. Letters, 1915-18. 13 items. Donation: Mrs B. J. Gordon, Gisborne. Letters from Robert Tuke while serving in Cairo, England and Malta, and from Athol Tuke from England.

TWISLETON, Francis M., d. 1917. Letters, 1915-17. 33 I. Donation: Miss N. G. Twisleton, Levin. Detailed account of experiences of officer in Otago Mounted Rifles serving at Gallipoli, May-July 1915, in the trenches in France, April-June 1917, and with Auckland Mounted Rifles in Egypt, October-November 1917, where he died of wounds. Typescript.

UNITED Women’s Convention. Records, 1974-75. ca.l ft. Donation: United Women’s Convention, via Ms J. Aitken, Wellington. United Women’s Convention held in Wellington, 13-15 June 1975, under the auspices of the Committee on Women. Convention Steering Committee minutes and correspondence covering programme and organisation; correspondence with workshop convenors includes considerable material related to women’s activities. Registration forms and correspondence, brochures, papers and newsletters.

VALUES Party. Papers, 1972-75. 1 ft. Donation: The Values Party, Wellington. Records including files of National Executive and administration, general correspondence and contact with other groups. Subject files on publicity, conferences and the 1975 election; correspondence between national body and regional branches. Restricted access.

VICTORIA University Maori Club. Records, 1957-64. 1 in. Donation: Mr P. Gordon, Wellington. Correspondence, financial records and miscellaneous papers including Resolutions passed by Third Annual Conference of Maori Students, 1957. WARD, W. H. Going to New Zealand, 1950. 46 1. Donation: Mr W. H. Ward, Wellington. Detailed account of voyage to New Zealand on board Rangitata, 1950, written as a guide to immigrants. Typescript.

WAY, W. H. Papers, 1929-50. 3 ft. Donation: Mr W. H. Way, Gisborne. Correspondence between Mr Way and his wife during his employment by Jardine, Matheson and Co. in China. Letters comment on events in China and on the social life of European community in China and Japan at the time. Photographs, printed material and miscellaneous items. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

WEDERELL, Denis. Papers, 1969-70. 1£ ft. Donation: Mr D. Wederell, Wellington. Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings compiled while researching a biography of Rt. Hon. R. D. Muldoon. Restricted access. WELLINGTON Archery Club Inc. Records, 1950-76. ca. 3 ft. Donation: Wellington Archery Club. Access subject to sorting.

WESTBROOK, John Egerton Jury, 19157-41. Papers, 1939-41. 142 items. Donation: Mrs R. A. Davies, Whangaparaoa. Letters to his family after enlistment in 18th Rifle Battalion describing training at Ngaruawahia and Papakura. Journey on troopship Orion, 1940, fighting in Egypt, Greece and Crete, April-June 1941. Telegrams, photographs, troop newsheet, typescript description of embarkation.

WHITE, Edmund Norman. Diary, 1940-72. 100 1. Donation: Mr E. N. White, Hamilton. Service with 4th Reserve Mechanical Transport Company in Egypt. Describes voyage on Orion, fighting at Mersa Matruh, camp life in Maadi; letters, photos, cards and related clippings tipped in. WILKINSON, Iris Guiver, 1906-39. Letter and poem, 1937. 2 items. Donation: Mr D. Stewart, St Ives, New South Wales, Australia.

WILLIAMS, John Henry, d. 1975. Papers, 1969-1975. 10 ft. Donation: Mrs J. H. Williams, Masterton. Parliamentary papers, correspondence and subject files, etc., kept during his term as Member of the House of Representatives, 1969-75. Access subject to sorting.

WILSON, Brian Allen. Papers, 1955-70. ca.l£ ft. Donation: Dr J. E. Weir, Christchurch. Research notes and draft chapters of proposed history of the British Army in New Zealand, 1840-70, with emphasis on the 65th Regiment. Papers comprise correspondence, material copied from published and unpublished sources including soldiers’ diaries, much biographical information on servicemen; photographs; details of officers serving with Corps of Royal Engineers, 1840-70. Short stories, articles and some personal papers. Access subject to sorting.

WILSON, William Henry. Papers, 1860-85. 3 items. Donation: Mr A. D. Thompson, Lower Hutt. Diary covers voyage from London on Rob Roy, 1860; copies of testimonials re his service as a teacher at Riccarton School, 1866-79.

WILSON Family. Papers, 1827-63. 13 items. Donation: Mr J. F. Simkin, Blackburn, England. Letters from Joseph Foord Wilson (d. 1868?) to members of his family before and after emigrating to Nelson in 1842 where he became Acting Colonial Surgeon. Discusses financial difficulties of the colony, Maori unrest, Wairau massacre, land transactions, with criticism of the Government and New Zealand Company, family matters and social life in Nelson. Includes plan of Wilson’s house, silhouette.

WOMEN and Employment. Papers, 1955, 1964-67. 1 ft. Donation: Miss C. Hooper and Mrs M. Vospurgh, Wellington. Material relating to seminar Women’s contribution in a changing Society held at Victoria University in 1964 which resulted in Report of a Joint Committee on Women and Employment 1965. Papers include correspondence, published and cyclostyled material, papers by Dr W. B. Sutch and others, Miss Hooper’s notes, clippings, etc., together with Submission to Committee of Enquiry into Vocational Training in New Zealand, 1967. Access subject to sorting.

WOMEN Today. Papers, 1939, 1976. 9 items. Donation: Mrs E. Locke, Christchurch. Correspondence, papers, circulars and newspaper clippings regarding the closing down of the magazine Women Today in 1939. WRIGHT, George Frederick, 1899-ca.1952. Papers, 1916-19. 12 items. Donation: Mrs L. Johnstone, Dargaville. Diaries, notebooks, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings and notes on signalling while serving with 15th Mounted Rifles in Egypt, camp life at Zeitoun.

WRIGHT, Olive, 1886-1976. Papers, 1952-62. ca. 9 ins. Donation: Miss J. Wright and Mr J. R. Campion, Wellington. Notes, drafts and typescript copies of Olive Wright’s translations from Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage au Pole Sud et dans I’Oceanie . . ~ 1837-40, and le Vicomte Fleuriot de Langle’s Le tragique expedition de Laperouse et Langle, 1954; also research notes, drafts, etc., for Sketch of the life of Octavius Hadfeld. Some correspondence and photographs.

YALDWYN, John Bradley, 1900-75. Papers, 1843-1968. 3| ft. Donation: Dr J. C. Yaldwyn, Wellington. Papers of Chairman of the Local Government Commission, 1961-67, including notebooks and minutebooks, 1962-67; proposed alterations to local boundaries and establishment of Regional Authorities, appeals to Local Government Appeal Authority; reports, submissions, speeches, clippings, published and financial material. Some personal papers. Also newspaper clippings, 1840s-70s, scripts of University revues, 19205, short stories, addresses and reminiscences, etc., of Major-General B. Semenow-Merlin re his career in Russia prior to Revolution of 1917.

YOUNG, Guy Le Fanu, 1919-57. Papers, 1932-71. 1£ ft. Donation: Mrs S. G. Young, Christchurch. Letters to his family and friends, 1932-57, correspondence with publishers and others. Typescripts of short stories, plays, poems, axticles and reviews, much

contributed to New Zealand Listener, clippings. Also A country like home, essays published in 1965, and Time on my shoulder; correspondence and typescripts. Miscellaneous papers and photographs, tape. Access subject to sorting. YOUNG Women’s Christian Association. Papers, 1912-69. 15 ft. Donation: Young Women’s Christian Association of New Zealand. Largely administrative material for national and local bodies. Includes section on co-operating bodies, overseas YWCAs; conferences and conventions.