Notes on Manuscript Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume XII, Issue 1, 1 May 1979, Page 54

Notes on Manuscript Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY TO JUNE 1978

Acquisitions of manuscripts are listed selectively in the Turnbull Library Record to alert scholars to newly acquired materials judged to be of research value. For items marked ‘Access subject to sorting’ or ‘Restricted access’ the Library would welcome notification that access will be sought, preferably with an indication of a likely date. This will assist staff in establishing priorities for sorting collections. The following list updates the Notes in the Record for October 1978. Material produced by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and the Australian Joint Copying Project is not listed. Further collections transferred from General Assembly Library which have been processed are included in this list. The papers of Sir Julius Vogel, Hon. W. Rolleston, Hon. M. Moohan and Mr J.J. Maher together with Richmond-Atkin-son family papers are not yet available to researchers.

AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. Records, 1875-1933. lm. DONATION. Wellington branch minute books, 1875-1919, secretary’s reports, 1929-1933, Procession Committee, 1897-1901; South Wellington minute books, 1909-1917; Central branch —contributions, Management committee minutes, 1911-1913. New Zealand Labour Party minute book, 1910-1913. Access subject to sorting. ANTHONY, FRANK SHELDON, 1891-1927. Papers, 1905—1940. ca. lm. LONGTERM LOAN: MrB.W. Ewing, New Plymouth. Literary papers, 1899—1925, manuscripts and typescripts, reviews, 1936-1937, correspondence file, 1936-1940, farm records, 1919-1923. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

BEALE, BERNARD CHARLES. Petition, 29 July 1876 . 4 1. PURCHASE. Petition to Minister of Justice alleging prejudiced judgement by W.N. Searancke, Resident Magistrate, Waikato. BEAUCHAMP FAMILY. Papers, 1906-1918, 1935 . 48 Items, donation: Mrs J. Renshaw, Cirencester, and Professor I.A. Gordon, Wellington. Letters of Leslie H. Beauchamp, 1906—1915, mostly written while serving with British Army, 1914-1915, family letters written after his death, letters and telegrams of condolence; includes letters of and relating to Katherine Mansfield. BBC script This great Jamily. Christmas day, 1935.

BETT DUNCAN gallery. Records, 1968-1977. 2m. DONATION: Mrs E. Bett, Wellington. Includes catalogues, account books, mailing lists, correspondence and clippings. BOMFORD, G. FREDERICK. Inwards letters, 1860-1864, 1944 . 6 items. DONATION: Miss N. Crease, Solihull, England. Three letters of Walter Sisam, schoolmaster, later market gardener in Auckland district, member of Volunteer Reserve, reflect settlers’ attitude to Grey and Selwyn, opinion of Maoris and their fighting methods, Baptist Church activities, growth of Auckland, 1863-1864.

BURDON, CLAUDE OSWALD. Account book, 1923-1966. Iv. Lent for copying by Ms S. Carlyle, Wainuiomata. Farm accounts for Willowbank, Wainuiomata, including production figures, 1938-1965. Photocopy. CHARLTON, GEORGE, 1801-1863. Papers, 1840 . 3 Items. DONATION: Mr S. E. Egan, Rotorua. Deeds of purchase of land by Charlton, coastal trader at Kawhia from Te Rua Uke of Ngatihikaira; letter from J. Cowell concerning earlier purchase; plan of land at Kawhia purchased by C. H. Strauss.

COLENSO, WILLIAM, 1811-1899. Notebook, 1838. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr Kenneth Hince, Melbourne. Rough daily notes made on journey with Rev. W. Williams, R. Matthews, andj. Stack from Paihia to Hicks Bay and overland to Tauranga and return. Description of Maori settlements, customs and response to missionary teaching, comment on nature of terrain, flora and fauna. Also sketches, vocabulary with Maori names for flora and fauna, population figures, miscellaneous notes. Microfilm. CROSSWELL FAMILY. Records, 1863-1968. 6 items. DONATION: Mr M. G. Choat, Upper Hutt. MrsM. A. Ensor’s reminiscences of childhood farming in Gisborne district, 1890 s, and carving out bush farm in Waioeka Gorge, Bay of Plenty, 1905-1909; Crosswell genealogical material including Trooper C. Crosswell’s part in Opepe Massacre, 6June 1869. A. L. Stott’s manuscript on the establishment of the Waipu settlement.

DAMPIER, ROBERT, 1800-1874. Voyage to Sandwich Islands on H.M.S. Blonde, 18 December 1824-14 June 1825. 152 p. Lent for copying by Miss M. W. Bloxam, Palmerston North. Dampier served as artist and draftsman on Blonde returning remains of King Kamameha to Hawaii. Voyage down coast of S. America to Valparaiso, with journey into interior of Chile, Calleo, Peru, skirmish between Spanish and Bolivar’s forces—comment on way of life, flora and fauna; bird and animal life, Galapagos Islands impressions of Hawaiian ruling chiefs and personalities, power struggles, funeral ceremonies, impact of European culture; local account of death of Cook. Photocopy. Original in possession of Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.

DOMINION FEDERATION OF TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILDS OF NEW ZEALAND. Records, 1938-1967. 4v. DONATION. Includes Committee minute books, 1938-1943, 1946-1967, and Council minute book, 1938-1955. EISE, IDA, 1894?—1978. Papers, 1915-1978. scm. DONATION. Personal letters to Ida Eise, History of the Auckland Society of Arts, photographs of her paintings, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers.

ELDER, NORMAN LASCELLES, b. 1896. Field reports, 1954-1966. 10cm. DONATION: New Zealand Forest Service, Wellington. Unpublished field reports on Ruahine Range assembled from N.Z. Forest Service files. Photocopies. ENGST, JOHANNES GOTTFRIED, 1819-1910. A picture of really [sic] life on Chatham Island. 4 1. PURCHASE. Annotated verse of missionary of Gossner Mission of extreme evangelical protestant inclination. Typescript.

ENNOR, HARROLD. 1888-1974. Diaries, 1906-1920. 14v. DONATION: Mr D. Ennor, Pakuranga. Kept as clerk in Stamps Department in Napier, Gisborne and Auckland where he studied for law degree, entries comment on events and issues of the period while reflecting involvement with Congregational Church, YMCA and civilian activity in wartime; includes letters, certificates, cards, clippings etc. EVANS, ROBERT JOSEPH. Diaries, 1939-1954. 16v. DONATION. Daily records relating to farming in South Canterbury and North Otago.

FLEMING, LINDSAY. Inwards letters, 1954. 3 items. PURCHASE. Replies to enquiries regarding Charles Austenjacques, author of Sylvae, a collection of poems on several occasions by a young gentleman of Chichester. (Guildford, 1776). FLORANCE, DAVID CHARLES HAMILTON, 1884-1975. Letters, 1968-1975. 9 items. DONATION: Mr R. L. N. Greenaway, Dunedin. Five letters from Professor Florance to Mr Greenaway re family history, schooldays atßurwood, Christchurch, James Speight, headmaster, and other local identities. Mr Greenaway’s notes on Augustus Florance, 1812—ca. 1892 and his son. Photocopy.

GARD, JOSEPH ROWE. Diary, s June 1856-25 February 1858. lv. DONATION: Estate of Mr A. G. Mowat, Palmerston North. Entries cover period breaking in farm at Mahurangi, near Auckland, with comment on weather, animal and crop husbandry, visits of local settlers, community affairs; undated obituary. GEAR MEAT COMPANY. Records, 1880-1940. 3.3 m. donation. Letterbooks, wages and stock books, ledgers, posters, documents, plans, maps and other material. Access subject to sorting.

HAMMICK, WILLIAM, b. 1848. Reminiscences, ca. 1914. lv. DONATION: R. Longmore, Petworth, England. Writer came to New Zealand in 1866 and worked on J. D. Tetley’s run, Kierangu, Marlborough, prior to removal to Lake Taupo area where he broke in land and served with volunteers in campaign against Te Kooti. Photocopy. HARRISON, PETER ADRIAN. Papers, ca. 1974. 30cm. DONATION: MrJ. A. Harrison, Auckland. Comprehensive research notes towards MA thesis, The motion picture industry in New Zealand, 1896-1930 (1974). Includes copies of official papers, committee reports, legal material, interviews, newspaper clippings.

HOLLAND, Henry Edmund, 1868-1933. Papers, ca. 1916-1933. 15cm. Transferred from General Assembly Library. Personal papers, largely correspondence but including material relating to Labour Party, pamphlets, leaflets, newspaper clippings, also research and speech notes and material as editor Maoriland Worker. HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM. Papers, 1927-1962. 50cm. DONATION: Professor J. R. McCreary, Wellington. Primarily correspondence files of F. A. de la Mare, 1927-1940, but including correspondence and papers including minutes of reformed Wellington branch, 1948-1949, 1954-1962, clippings and printed material. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

HUNTER, HON. WILLIAM JOHN, 1879-1966. Papers, ca. 1955. 16cm. DONATION: Mrs B. H. Hunter, Wellington. Life and letters ofaNeiv Zealand judge (H. S. Chapman), fames Edward Fitz Gerald, First Premier of New Zealand, and New Zealand legal portraits, unpublished manuscripts; research notes, transcripts of Chapman and Fitz Gerald letters, verses. HUTCHIN, JOHN JOSEPH KNIGHT, 1858-1912. Diaries, 1883-1891. 2v. Lent for copying by Mrs T. E. Pethick, Brentwood, England. Kept by principal of London Missionary Society Training College for Native Teachers in Rarotonga. Comments on college affairs, Rarotongan society, land problems, commerce, language and lore. Photocopies. JACK, HON. SIR ROY EMILE, 1914—1977. Papers, 1968-1972. donation: Lady Jack, Wanganui. Correspondence and files of MP for Waimarino and Rangitikei, Speaker of the House of Representatives, newspaper clippings. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

keen, DAVID. History in secondary schools, 1976, a year’s survey. 2 items. DONATION: N.Z. Council for Educational Research, Wellington. Written as result of term as Visiting Teaching Fellow in History at University of Waikato, 1976. KING, MICHAEL. Interviews, 1978. 8 items. PURCHASE. Interviews with Sir Alister Mclntosh, C. G. Scrimgeour and A. Vogt relating to Rt. Hon. P. Fraser. Typed transcripts. Restricted access.

LAWRENCE, HAROLD GEORGE. Papers, 1941-1969. 12 items. DONATION. Correspondence and notes by H. G. Lawrence relating to the setting of the store at Eastbourne in Katherine Mansfield’s story At the Bay, clippings and annotated copy of the Turnbull Library Record, November 1968. LEE, JOHN R., Compiler. Register of ships ... 94 1. DONATION: Mr I. Thwaites, Auckland Institute and Museum. Register of ships visiting New Zealand prior to the annexation of the country by Hobson. List of sources. Photocopy. LLOYD, JOHN FREDERICK, 1810-1875. Correspondence, 1849-1890. 93 items. PURCHASE. Letters relating to service at St.John’s College and St. Paul’s Auckland, 1849-1870; detailed accounts of journeys through New Zealand with incisive comment on conditions, customs, war situation, 1860 s and people—Maoris, officials and settlers. Writers include BishopsJ. C. Patteson, G. A. Selwyn, C. J. Abraham, W. G. Cowie, also C. M. Yonge.

McINDOE, MR., b. 1890. Te Aroha goldfields. 7 1. DONATION. Reminiscences of life in Te Aroha and further north, mining and farming with comment on local personalities and recording grandfather’s memories of opening up South Auckland-Waikato area about 1870 s. MANSFIELD, KATHERINE, 1888-1923. Letters, 1917-1923. 29 items. PURCHASE. Written to her friend, Anne Estelle Drey (Rice), American painter. MARKHAM, WILLIAM, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, 1719-1807. Correspondence, 17671845. 55 items. DONATION: University of Canterbury Library, Christchurch. Primarily letters (1767-1806) between Markham, Chaplain to King George 111, and George, Prince of Wales, and Frederick, Duke of York, to whom he acted as preceptor. Mention of meeting with Omai, some family letters. Photocopy.

MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM, 1807-1880. Maori grammar. 46 1. PURCHASE. MS compiled by Chief Justice, 1841-1874; includes brief vocabulary. MASON, RONALD ALISON KELLS, 1905-1971. Papers. 2 items. DONATION: Mr J. E. Traue, Wellington. Refugee, a play produced by Margaret Barr for New Theatre Group, Auckland; Poet’s Tongue-R. A. K. Mason, radio programme arranged by Anton Vogt. Cyclostyled material.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION. Records, 1927-1968. 4m. DONATION. NZDA minute books, Council, Executive and Committee on Illegal Practices minutes and files. Correspondence of Committees on Dental Health, Education and Research, re biennial conferences and with associated bodies overseas, general; membership registers. Access subject to sorting and restriction. NEW ZEALAND FEDERATED ENGINEDRIVERS UNION, Records, ca. 1902-1936. 1.5 m. DONATION. Minute books, 1902-1917, correspondence, 1906-1936, rulebooks, circulars, reports, financial records. Access subject to sorting.

NEW ZEALAND LIQUOR COUNCIL. The Industry in retrospect. 3 items. DONATION. Audio-visual presentation of slides and tape recording written and narrated by P. A. Lawlor. THE NEW ZEALAND MERCURY. Correspondence, 1933-1934. 6cm. DONATION: Estate of Miss V. F. Foote, Wellington. Letters between Helen Longford, editor, Violette Foote, secretary, founders of literary magazine, and contributors, including C. R. Allen, G. Lincoln Lee, N. M. Scanlan, V. M. Cottrell; some letters relate to extending circulation.

NGATU, ISHMAEL, ca. 1885-1955. Diaries, 1927-1954. 40cm. donation: Rev. G. G. Carter, Paekakariki. T ranslations made under the editorship of Mr Carter of diaries of a leading man in Marovo Lagoon, Western Solomon Islands; brief daily entries. Typescript. PARKER, H. Extract from Journal, 1833 . 9 1. donation. Impressions of visit to Chatham Islands contrasting customs, way of life and language of inhabitants with those elsewhere in New Zealand; detailed description of construction of mokihi, flax canoes. Photocopy of original in Auckland Public Library.

PARSONS, JOHN, 1813-1903. Letters, 1862-1903. 37 items. Lent for copying by Mr P. Parsons, Napier. Written from his farm near Napier, 1862-1882, Patea, 1882—, with comment on stock and crop prices, economic fluctuations affecting farmers, military situation, Imperial troops, politics and politicians, family news and details. Typescript. RAWLINSON, GLORIAJASMINE, b. 1918. Papers, 1936-ca. 1950. 3 items. DONATION: Mrs S. Carlyle, Wainuiomata, and PURCHASE. Letter to Mrs Wallis, 1936, commenting on poems by children, photograph; Black Hawk, White Dog: The story of Kiwi Tamaki, a narrative drama set in Auckland about 1720.

REID, DOROTHY B. H., compiler. Passenger lists of ships bringing Albertlanders to New Zealand, 1862-65. 72 1. DONATION. Lists of settlers in Kaipara Harbour area compiled from newspapers. Photocopies of clippings and typescript.

ST. MARY'S CHURCH, KARORI. Records, 1867-1970. 3.5 m. DONATION. Includes Vestry minutes, 1867-1969, baptismal, marriage and burial registers, 1868-1966, records relating to land and buildings, 1880-1967, Churchwarden and confirmation register, 1897—1963, Preacher’s books, 1872—1959, financial records relating to Church canvasses, 1959-1974, subscriptions, 1905-1938, papers of Church organisations, some records of St Philip’s, 1942—1961 and St Mathias, Makara, 1940-1954.

SEIDLER, DAVID WILLIAM. Records, 1965-1971. 15cm. DONATION. Reports, preliminary drafts, party and related material, including press releases, Na Tovata, gathered by Alliance Party’s representative during negotiations leading to Fiji’s Constitution, 1965-1971; programme and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara’s speech at installation as Tui Nayau, July 1969; photographs. SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, 1809-1878. Papers, 1840-1861. 15 items. DONATION: Estate of Bishop G. M. McKenzie, Wellington. Primarily papers and letters relating to Church affairs in Wanganui and the Industrial School with emphasis on Rev. C. H. S. Nicholls’ service. Writers include Rev. R. Taylor, Archdeacon Hadfield, Col. McCleverty, Mr H. C. Field, Major D. S. Durie; Church Constitution material, 1853, also copy of Register of Baptisms, Port Nicholson, 1840-1843 and B. W. Mountfort’s letter re font for Christchurch Cathedral, 1881.

SKINNER, WILLIAM HENRY, 1857-1956. Papers, 1894-1927. 10 items. PURCHASE. Correspondence with Elsdon Best and others re waiatas, Maori matters and Polynesian Society, notes on artefacts, research notes; Best’s MS Maori religion; the cult of 10, notes on artefacts. smith, dr CHARLES EDWARD, 1838-1879. Papers, 1866-1879. 3cm. DONATION: Mrs M. Keys, Wellington. Letters, will, photographs of Dr Smith who practised medicine at Otepapa, Otago, in 1870 s, some family letters, photo of S.S. Diana, whaler in the Arctic, 1866, obituary which provides details of this disastrous expedition; family trees and genealogical material.

SUWARROW ISLAND. Papers, 1900-1960. lv. PURCHASE. Scrapbook compiled by G. Neville, Resident Commissioner, Cook Islands, including material relating to Lever’s Pacific Plantations Ltd, labour relations, maps, correspondence, clippings, trade in pearl and tortoise shell and information on Tom Neale, ‘Hermit of Suwarrow.’ TANNER, JAMES. Diary, 11-15 June 1886. 4 1. DONATION. Entries describe experiences during Tarawera eruption. Typescript. TEMPLETON, HON. HUGH CAMPBELL, b. 1929. Papers, 1975-77. ca. 22m. DONATION. Files of MP for Karori relating to his roles as Minister of Broadcasting, Associate Finance Minister and Postmaster General, electorate and correspondence files. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

TRAILL FAMILY, Papers, 1861-1889, 1959, 1978. scm. Lent for copying by Mrs S. Natusch, Wellington. Charles Traill’s notes on native plants in cultivation on his property at Ulva, Stewart Island, 1870, annotated copy of Handbook to the Ferns of New Zealand.. . 1861 and letters from T. Kirk, F. W. Hutton and Sir James Hector on botanical matters relating to Stewart Island, obituary. R. H. Traill’s comments on plant life on the Island, 1978. Photocopy.

TREADWELL FAMILY. Papers, 1839-1872. 10cm. Transferred from General Assembly Library. Collection of deeds and papers appointing agents for absentee New Zealand Company landholders including deeds signed by Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata prior to European settlement, 1839. TURNBULL, ALEXANDER HORSBURGH, 1868-1918. Letters 1907-1911. 19 items. DONATION: University of Auckland Library. Written to George Fowlds, letters discuss books, R. McNab’s research, Christchurch Exhibition medals and topical matters. Photocopy. Originals in University of Auckland Library.

WALL, SUSAN. Letter, 1842. 4 1. Transferred from General Assembly Library, Wellington. To her sisters describing life on farm near Wellington, including crops, relations with Maoris. Typescript. WARING, MARILYN J. Papers, 1976- 2m. DONATION. Correspondence and subject files of MP for Raglan and Waipa, including National Party Information sheets. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

WARD FAMILY. Papers, ca. 1892-ca. 1935. 50cm. donation: Mr D. A. S. Ward, Wellington. Letters of C. K. K. Ward (1896-1917) describing life in bush camp, Takaputahi, Bay of Plenty, opening up land, war letters, 1914-1917. Also correspondence and papers of Louis E. Ward relating to musical life in Rangitikei and elsewhere, and to Early Wellington-, sketches, photographs, maps and plans. WEBSTER, WILLIAM, 1815-1897. Note, tt.d. 1 1. DONATION. Relates to land claims and litigation arising therefrom of American trader and landholder in New Zealand, 1835-1837.

WELLINGTON SINGLES ASSOCIATION. Records, 1975-1978. 50cm. DONATION. Includes minutes, correspondence and financial records of pressure group. Access subject to sorting. WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Fijian Records, 1835-1860. 4 reels. PURCHASE. Fiji letters, 1835-1860, Fiji district Minutes and Reports, 1835-1852. Originals held by Mitchell Library, Sydney. Positive microfilm. WESTPORT SCHOOL OF mines. Minute book, 1912-1943. lv. DONATION: Mr I. D. McLellan, Westport. Minutes of Council, Special and Annual meeting of subscribers, related news clippings.

WHANGAIMOANA STATION. Papers, 1855-1864, 1934-1935, 1951-1958. 4cm. DONATION: Mr P. D. Mclntosh, Mosgiel. Farm records on Whangaimoana owned by Russell family. Letterbook of S. A. Hanlon of Moanatahi Station, Palliser Bay. Personal papers of W. P. Karaitiana, Pirinoa. WILSON, JOSEPH VINCENT, 1894-1977. Papers, 1929-1965. 58cm. DONATION. Correspondence and notes re proposed publication of M.A. thesis Origins and inceptions of Canterbury , 1929; papers as Assistant Director of Research, Chatham House, London, 1940-1944, Conference notes, 1947-1961, political diary,

1947-1948, much related to his membership of New Zealand delegation at San Francisco Conference, 1945. Miscellaneous papers, notes and clippings relating to his service as Ambassador to France 1956—1965, international affairs and New Zealand’s foreign relations. Contribution to L’Histoire de XXi'eme siecle: New Zealand, drafts, correspondence and notes. WOODS, SYBIL. Marianne Williams 58 1. DONATION. Subtitle Study of a life in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 1823—1879. Typescript.