Notes on Manuscript Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume XIII, Issue 2, 1 October 1980, Page 116

Notes on Manuscript Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JULY TO DECEMBER 1979

Acquisitions of manuscripts are listed selectively in the Turnbull Library Record to alert scholars to newly acquired material 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 ofa likely date. This will help the staff in establishing priorities for sorting collections. The following list updates the Notes in the Record for May 1980. Material produced by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and the Australian Joint Copying Project is not listed except for items copied under the latter’s Miscellaneous series. The papers of Hon. Michael Moohan and Sir Julius Vogel, transferred from the General Assembly Library, have now been sorted and are available to researchers.

AIREY, ELISABETH. Renwick: The story of a pioneer family, 1979. 93 1. DONATION. Draft of a book of same title published 1979 covers period 1842-1937, from arrival of Dr T. Renwick in Nelson aboard Thomas Harrison to death of his second wife. Includes family tree and bibliography. Photocopy of typescript. ALINGTON, MARGARET HILDA. Papers, 1961-1918. 26cm. DONATION. Research notes, 1967-1978, papers and maps gathered while researching Unquiet earth, a history of the Bolton Street Cemetery published 1978.

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES CARL, 1873-1962. Additional Papers, n.d. 185 p. PURCHASE. Notes, photographs and maps on the place names of the early Auckland isthmus. Contains details of 19th century history and Maori mythology. ANDREWS, COLIN JOHN. The Paekakariki water supply, 1922. 1922-1939. 12 1. DONATION. Notes on the Paekakariki water supply and a proposed coastal highway as an alternative to the Paekakariki hill road.

AUCKLAND PEACE ASSOCIATION. Minutes, 1899-1906. lv. DONATION: Mr A. Barrington, Riverside Community. Minutes of committee meetings of the Auckland Peace Association, 1899-1906, and of the New Zealand Freedom League, 1913-1919, with papers and annual report. BARRER, NINA AGATHA ROSAMOND (GREENSILL), 1879-1965. Additional papers, 1904-1953. 3cm. DONATION. Newspaper clippings relating to Greensill family and correspondence.

BETHUNE, KENNETH, 1825-1855. Papers, 1852-1862. 4 items. PURCHASE. Marriage contract between Bethune and Martha Harriett Goldie, their will and schedule of deeds delivered to trustees for Mrs M. H. Bethune and George Hunter. BOLLAND FAMILY. Papers, 1836-1959. 27 items. DONATION: New Plymouth Public Library. Includes letters from Bishop Selwyn and John Morgan.

CALLANAN, JACK, b. 1889. Additional Papers, 1933-1961. 5 items. DONATION. Newspaper cuttings and notes connected with the New Zealand Labour Party and Workers' Accident Reports. CRABB, HELEN, 1891-1972. Additional papers, 1952-1969. 9 items. DONATION: David Farquhar. Letters from Helen Crabb (Bare) in Australia, 1968, to David and Raydia Farquhar on personal matters and purchase of painting by Bare.

CROSSWELL FAMILY. Records, 1863-1968. 6 items. DONATION: Mr M. G. Choat, Lower Hutt. Mrs M. A. Ensor's reminiscences of childhood farming in Gisborne district, 1890's, and carving out bush farm in Waiweka Gorge, Bay of Plenty, 1905-1909, Crosswcll genealogical material, including Trooper C. Crosswell's part in the Opepe Massacre, 6 June 1869. Manuscript by A. L. Stott on the establishment of the Waipu settlement. CURRIE, JAMES, f 1.1955. Papers, 1911-1955. 16 items. PURCHASE. Botanical sketches and notes from published works compiled by James Currie relating to specimens to be found in Stewart Island, Nelson, Marlborough and North Auckland.

CURTIS, ELIZABETH JANE. Letters, 1861-1863. 3 items. DONATION: Mr E. L. Taylor, Feilding. Letters from Collingwood, Nelson, to her sister, Mrs Younker describing life in New Zealand. DE CAUX, LEN, b. 1899. Letters, 1979. 2 items. DONATION: Mr B. Turner, Australia. Letters from Len De Caux, labour radical, containing autobiographical information, and information on the activities of International Workers of the World.

DOMETT, ALFRED, 1811-1887. Letter, 26 November 1872. 14 1. DONATION: Mrs S. M. Brockett, Kaikoura. Written from London to A. S. Atkinson, Nelson, and primarily concerned with reception of his Ranolj and Amohia; details of meetings with Robert Browning, Tennyson and Michael Hutton, editor of Spectator. Typed transcript. DOWNSTAGE THEATRE COMPANY. Additional records, 1964-1978. 1.4 m. DONATION. Correspondence, publicity material, production and touring files, notes on auditions, staff applications and appointments, royalties, booking records, material re opening of the Hannah Playhouse, prompt books, minute books and reports.

EMBREY, P. G. List, 1975. 2 1. DONATION. List of letters and other papers of John Hawkins (1761-1841) held in the Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History). EMIGRANT AND COLONISTS' AID CORPORATION LIMITED. Power of Attorney, 14 September 1874. Bp. PURCHASE. Document empowering Colonel W. H. A. Feilding to purchase land in Australia and New Zealand suitable for the settlement of colonists. His visit resulted in the purchase of the Manchester Block, Rangitikei. ENTRICAN, ALEXANDER ROBERT, 1898-1951. Additional literary papers, 1925-1935. lv. DONATION: N.Z. Forest Service.

The Murupara Story, incomplete article, covering the beginnings of the pulp and paper industry in New Zealand. Photocopy. FILDES, HORACE MANNERS EDWARD, 1875-1937. Papers, ca. 1949. 9 1. PURCHASE. Newspaper articles by Fildes: The Maori wars; Major General Robley; Soldier and artist, with Fildes's rafter patterns and heitiki. Watercolour after Robley and letter to Robley from Robley D. Evans, USS lowa, 6 August 1898. FILMER, ARTHUR, 1856-1920. Diary, 1876. 341. DONATION: Dr Phillip G. Weaver, California. Describes Arthur Filmer and his wife's journey from Napier in the Australia via Fiji and Honolulu to San Francisco from 3-28 June 1876, across U.S.A. by rail, and thence to Liverpool in the Idaho.

FINNERTY, ANGELA M. Literary Papers, 1979. lv. DONATION. Biography of William Frederick Howlett, ca. 1850-1935. Schoolteacher, botanist and Alpine Club pioneer in the Ruahine Ranges. Typescript. FOWLER, LEO, b. 1902. Papers, 1853-1968. ca. 25 items. DONATION: Athol Fowler, Auckland. Tapes on Maori themes, draft of chapter of unfinished novel on Te Kooti, Williams family letters.

FOX, SIR WILLIAM, 1812-1893. 2 letters, 1875 and 1881. 5 1. DONATION: Mr C. K. Fox, Wellington. One comments on the state of native affairs in the country, particularly on Parihaka. FURNISS, JOHN, b. 1852. Papers, 1921. 1 item. DONATION: Mrs G. Boshier, Warkworth. Letter to George Pearson in Britain, re farm and family matters in Huntly. GAUNTLETT, GERTRUDE MARY. Ramblings round Ruapehu, New Year, 1913-1914. 32 1. DONATION: Mrs I. Coulter, Linden. Diary of a trip with a group of Aucklanders to Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe. Photocopy of typescript.

GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART, 1809-1898. Letter, 11 March 1846. 2 1. A private letter to Sir George Grey, re a despatch on the 'condition of New Zealand', and gaining help from the Bishop of New Zealand. GOLDIE, GEORGE NIELSON TREGILGAS. Papers, 1934-50. 6cm. DONATION: Mr G. N.J. Goldie, Levin. Technical papers, reports and correspondence re town planning of the Wellington region, including 'Town planning scheme for City of Wellington'. Report on zoning, 1934, and material on town planning of Petone Borough, Porirua Basin and Eastbourne in the 19505, car parking, recreation, school safety patrols 1940, traffic engineering, traffic law enforcement and safety education.

GORDON, MONA CLIFTON, 1899-1977. Literary Papers, ca. 1960-1975. 48cm. DONATION. Collection consists of research notes, correspondence, drafts, galleys and other materials relating to Mona Gordon's books and work on her grandfather Josiah Clifton Firth, New Zealand literature and La Perouse.

GRAINGER, JAN. Papers, 197-. scm. DONATION. Notes on early shipping in the Pacific and New Zealand waters, especially whaling near Campbell Island. Includes also chronological lists of ships in New Zealand waters, 1803-1824 and 1895-1931, list of Egmont, 1855, and Auckland Provincial Council salary warrants, for surveying and police departments, 1859-1861.

GRANT, WILLIAM. Diary oj William Grant oj his voyage to New Zealand on the Otago, 1879. 24 1. DONATION: Mr P. Grant, Dunedin. Diary giving details of the voyage from Scotland to Dunedin, where Grant established himself as a gardener. GUTHRIE-SMITH, WILLIAM HERBERT, 1861-1940. Literary Papers, 1921-1936. 23 items. DONATION: Mrs B. M. Absolom, Hawkes Bay. MS drafts of parts of two of Guthrie-Smith's books: Tutira-the story of a New Zealand sheep station (1921), and Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist (1936).

HAAS, ANTHONY ROGER b. 1944. Papers, ca. 1963-1973. 19.5 m. DONATION. Reflect Haas's involvement in Victoria University of Wellington student politics and journalism of the mid-1960'5, his work as a journalist on the Auckland Star, in international journalism and politics, his part in monitoring the Pacific Islands' independence movements and the beginnings of his work in the Asia Pacific Research Unit. Restricted access. HARRISON FAMILY. Notes, 1889-1919, 1979. 101. DONATION: Mr J. M. Harrison, Essex. Family and biographical material compiled by James Michael Harrison (1979) on his career as an early wireless telegraph operator on ships operating from New Zealand, his family's history and activities in Australia and New Zealand.

HOW-MARTYN, EDITH. Papers, 1940-1952. scm. PURCHASE. Notes, minutes of meetings, correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the English Suffragette who toured New Zealand addressing women's groups, 1940-1941, and maintained links with some of her New Zealand contacts. Photocopy. Original held in Fawcett Library, London. JACKSON, JEAN. Papers, 1979. 1 1. DONATION. Sketchmap of Waipori Goldfield with historical and anecdotal comments. Photocopy.

KIDMAN, FIONA JUDITH, b. 1940. Papers, 1977-1979. 48 items DONATION: Radio New Zealand, Wellington. Programme Writing dealing with the news, views and work of New Zealand writers. Tapes and transcripts. MCCAHON, COLIN, b. 1919. Interview with Gordon Brown, 1979. 57 1. and 3 tapes (60 mins.) PURCHASE. Interview with New Zealand artist Colin McCahon at McCahon's home, covering his childhood, art school in Dunedin, early ventures in theatre production, influences on his work and general reminiscences. Restricted access.

MCCORMICK, ERIC HALL, b. 1906. Additional literary papers, 1940-1976. DONATION. Includes correspondence relating to published works of E. H. McCormick, reviews and newspaper clippings. MCDONALD, KENNETH CORNWELL, 1901-1977. Few Can Now Remember, 197-? lv. DONATION: Mrs A. McDonald, Oamaru. Detailed description of life in rural Eastern Southland, 1903-1910. MCNEILL, BRIAN, b. 1939? The Naval Officer: a play on Captain James Cook, 1979. 109 1. DONATION. Text of play first performed at Mercury Theatre, Auckland.

mair, GILBERT, 1799-1857. New Zealand, 1839. 11 1. PURCHASE. Shipmaster's record of winds and currents between Sydney and New Zealand and observations on northern New Zealand harbour and settler life. MALONY, MOTHER CLARE, 1844-1931. Diary of the Voyage from New Plymouth to Hokitika, 1878. 8 1. DONATION: Committee of the Hokitika Centennial of the Sisters of Mercy. Diary kept by founders of Sisters of Mercy Convent in Hokitika on board Garonne.

MANING, FREDERICK EDWARD, 1811-1883. Letter, 1864. 2 items. DONATION: Peter Lusk, Westport. Letter from Hokianga to Hugh Lusk, Auckland, regarding Maori wars. Photocopy and transcript. MARTIN, CHARLES ANDREW, 1895-1960. Papers, 1931-1979. 20 items. DONATION: Miss L. Martin, Dunedin. Letters from London and Germany from Martin, a New Zealand organist, Orders of Service for St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington and newspaper article on Martin.

METTERS (N.Z.) LTD. Records, 1925-1974. 70cm. DONATION: Brierley Investments, Wellington. Financial and business records. MILLER, FREDERICK WALTER GASCOYNE, b. 1904. Papers, 1948. 31. DONATION: Mr J. Harte, Wellington. Relates life ofjohn Chubbin (b. 1826) as adventurer and explorer in Wakatipu area, 1855-1856, and earlier in California, and as settler in Mataura Plains and Hawera. Typescript. MOOHAN, MICHAEL, 1899-1967. Papers, 1949-1966. 36cm. Transferred from General Assembly Library. Include papers and personal files reflecting Moohan's political career.

NEW ZEALAND FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN. Additional papers, 1929-1977. 2 boxes. DONATION: Mrs J. Fish. Financial and business records. NORTON, JOHN, f 1.18605. Papers, 1907-1926. 11 items. DONATION: Mr N. Judd, Mt Ruapehu. Diaries of sheepfarming and whaling on Campbell Island, 1907-1926; agreement between the 'Whaling Syndicate' and Hon. W. H. Tucker, invoices and letters. PEARCE, EDNA BERTHA, b. 1906. Letter to Mrs Shirley Miller, 25.11.1976. 13 1. DONATION. From a member of the first intake of women into the New Zealand Police Force, describing her experiences during training and later career.

PHILLIPS, BRYONY. Papers, 1978-1979. 8 items. DONATION. Letter, score and press articles re Bryony Phillips's production of Birds of Enlightenment; scores of Delusive Trance, First Love song cycle, and Divine Meditations John Donne; programmes for Birds Enlightenment and Release from Hell. POWLES, SIR GUY RICHARDSON, b. 1905. The citizen's rights against the modern state, and its responsibilities to him, 1963. 20 1. DONATION. Paper presented to Conference of the Australian Regional Group of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, Canberra, 1963. Photocopy of Typescript.

RADIO NEW ZEALAND. 'Spectrum' documentaries, ca. 1918-1919. 20 tapes. DONATION: Mr A. T. Owen, Wellington. A series of memories of living New Zealanders, covering current issues, life styles and past events. REED, A. H. & A. W. LTD. Records, 1903-1918. 21m. DONATION. Include journals of transactions of the business, 1903-1908, 1951-1962, and more recent records (1968-1978) of this publishing house.

REVANS FAMILY. Papers, 1831-1941. 40 items. DONATION: Mrs F. Waghorn, Te Kuiti. Chiefly letters from Samuel Revans, Wairarapa, to nephew, Samuel Stebbing Revans, who emigrated from Canada to New Zealand, 1862; family letters and papers and details of wills. RHODES, WILLIAM BARNARD, 1807-1878. Papers, 1810-1891. 9 items. DONATION: Mr B. Groshinski, Wellington. Will and legal deeds.

RIDGWAY, HICKSON AND COMPANY. Papers, 1843-1849. 3 items. PURCHASE. Articles of partnership and business correspondence. ROLLESTON FAMILY. Additional papers, 1813-1921. 30cm. DONATION: Mrs R. Wilson, Wellington. Correspondents include ProfessorJ. B. Condliffe, Sir Francis Bell, Sirjames Parr, J. D. Ormond, Harold Kemp and E. J. Watts.

ROSE, WILLIAM ERLE. Papers, 1919. 27p. DONATION. Literary papers comprising the unpublished second edition of Sunlight from Attica, first edition of which was published by the Handcraft Press, Wellington, in 1943. The second edition contains eight additional poems. Typescript. ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. Additional records, 1941-1910. 20cm. DONATION. Minute book, 1960-1970, papers on beech forests (1973) and ephemera. Restricted access.

RULE, PERCY WATTS, 1889-1953. Catalogue of the rare and valuable library of books collected by the late Benjamin Hibbard, Esq., 1916. 47 1. DONATION: Mr L. A Hibbard, Lower Hutt. Catalogue compiled by P. Watts Rule. Photocopy. SARGESON, FRANK, b. 1903. Papers, 1938-1940. 3 items. DONATION: Mrs J. Bertram, Lower Hutt. Two letters to Jean Bertram (nee Stevenson), 1938 and 1940, re working on a farm and work prospects; short story, Sketch of a Life, by Sargeson. Restricted access.

SCHOLEFIELD, GUY HARDY, 1877-1963. Additional papers, ca. 1924-1960. 10 items. DONATION: Dr G. L. M. Scholefield, Lower Hutt. Letters, newspaper clippings, unpublished novel, The fire in the fernery and typescripts, including typescript of the Richmond-Atkinson papers (vol. 1). SHERWOOD, MAUD WINIFRED (KIMBELL), 1880-1956. Papers, 1912-1960. 3cm. DONATION: Mrs W. J. Hutchison, Petone. Diary kept in France and Holland, 1912-1913, correspondence, receipts, newspaper cuttings of art reviews. Restricted access.

SIMCOX, WILLIAM HENRY, 1841-1923. Diary, 1815. lv. DONATION: Miss B. Swabey, Otaki. Diary of daily activities at Paihia. Simcox, a cousin of Sir William Martin, married Frances Mary Colenso. SINGLETON, ARTHUR DICK. Papers, 1952-1961. 14 items. DONATION. Newspaper clippings, photos and printed material, concerning French Maid coffee bar, Lambton Quay, 1940-1951. SMITH, MAY, b. 1906. Papers, 1945-1919. 3cm. DONATION. Papers of May Smith, artist. Chiefly exhibition catalogues, newspaper clippings and a few letters.

SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN. Additional papers, 1914-1916. 50cm. DONATION: Mrs E. M. Penhale, Upper Hutt. Questionnaires, minutes and correspondence 1974-1976, on careers, marriage and family survey carried out and published by the Wellington Branch. SPENCER-BOWER, CATHERINE OLIVIA O. Additional papers, 1932-1911. 5 items. DONATION. Chronology of life of Canterbury artist, Olivia Spencer-Bower, notes on 'The Group', newspaper cuttings of reviews. Restricted access.

TANNER, THOMAS, 1830-1918. Journal, 20 January-April 1857, 1858. lv. DONATION: Mr V. D. Hill, Hastings. Record of journey from Waipawa, Hawkes Bay overland via Lake Taupo. TAYLOR, RUPERT ALISTER HALLS, b. 1943. Papers, ca. 1972. 6cm. DONATION. Manuscripts connected with publishing, including an autobiography of Dean Wickliffe, papers on the Wickliffe case and penal reform, and manuscript of The Black Hand, or Te Ringa Manu by Nathan Dun Mihaka. Restricted access.

THOMAS, WILLIAM HEARN, 1870-1973. Personal Papers, 1906-1950. 42 items. DONATION: Mr R. W. Thomas, Taumarunui. Miscellaneous papers: ration cards, letters, Coroner's Reports on the deaths of John Richard Grylls and Jean Lucy Rosoman, Taumarunui, 1933. VOGEL, SIR JULIUS, 1835-1899. Papers, 1852-1899. 2m. Transferred from General Assembly Library. The collection consists of correspondence mostly dealing with Vogel's business and political affairs, some scrapbooks and press cuttings, and material relating to his sons Henry and Julius.

WAINUIOMATA UNION PARISH TRUST. Records, 1900-1912. 3v. DONATION. Minutes of the Methodist Trustees, 1900-1966, and of the Union Parish, 1966-1972, and receipt book for burial and sexton's fees, 1907-1965. WAKEFIELD, EDWARD GIBBON, 1796-1862. Letters, 1840, 1861. 2 items. PURCHASE. Letters to his ward Mary (Leicadia d'Oliveira) re her marriage to J. J. Taine, from London, 27 November 1840, and Wilhelm Schmidt, Wakefield's servant, re rent collection, 25 November 1861. C. F. Taine's annotations.

WARD, LOUIS ERNEST, 1866-1938. Additional papers, ca. 1920-1940. ca. 200 items. DONATION: Wellington Public Library. Newspaper clippings on early history of Petone, Lower Hutt and Plimmerton.

WATERS FAMILY. Papers, 1811-1845. 35 1. DONATION: Mrs I. Lyon, Marton. Thomas Waters set up a store in Wellington with James Smith and was active in New Zealand business circles for many years. WELLINGTON RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Minutebook, 1812-1891, 1951-1952. 152 p. DONATION. Minutes from inception to 1891, with later newspaper clippings, reunion notices and photos. WESTBROOK, JOHN EGERTON LEIGH, 1860-1939. Additional papers, ca. 1889-1937. ca.lOcm. DONATION: Mr D. Munro, Sydney. Papers of trader and critic of the New Zealand administration in Samoa comprising letters, notes, papers and photographs concerning issues and personalities. Duplicates. Restricted access.

WILLIAMS, MINNIE. A voyage to New Zealand, 1881. 20 1. DONATION: Mr A. Dornan, Wellington. Journal, probably by Minnie Williams, kept on board the Zealandia. Typescript. WILLIS, LIZZIE IDA GRACE, 1881-1968. Papers, 1881-1968. 18 items. donation: Sister E. A. Porteous. Wellington. Newspaper clippings, photographs and documents relating to Lizzie Willis's nursing career, war service and period as Director of the Army Nursing Service, 1933-1946.

WORSER BAY PILOT STATION. Papers, 1865-1894. lv. DONATION: Mrs A. Moffat. Wellington. Letters, records, photographs, maps and drawings relating to the history of Worser Bay Pilot House, Wellington, including notes on the pilots of the station. Photocopy. WRIGHT, ALFRED. Letter, 20.7.1884. 1 item. DONATION: Mrs J. M. Wright, Macclesfield, England. Letter from Alfred Wright to his sister-in-law, Mary Bonnet, describing life and impressions of New Zealand. Photocopy.

Corrigenda In Dr Binney's article 'Nukutawhiti: Thomas Kendall's drawing' in the last issue of the Record the following changes should be made on p. 34: 1.6: delete superscript 7 following '. . . See Nuku Tawhiti'. 1.12-14 should read: '. . . One commentator has seen this shape between the fingers as manaia-like. 7 In Kendall's drawing of Nukutawhiti there are other elements relating to creation, and these can be described. 8