Notes on Manuscript Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 15, Issue 2, 1 October 1982, Page 115

Notes on Manuscript Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JULY TO DECEMBER 1981

Acquisitions of manuscripts are listed selectively in the Turnbull Library Record to alert scholars to newly acquired material judged to be of research value. Lor items marked ‘Access subject to sorting’ or ‘Restricted’ the Library would welcome notification that access will be sought, preferably with an indication of a likely date. This will help the staff in establishing priorities for sorting collections. The following list updates the Notes in the Record for May 1982. 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. ADAMS, GEORGE, 1903-1981. Papers, 1903-1977. 25 cm. DONATION. Papers of left-wing trade unionist expelled from New Zealand Seamen’s Union, ca. 1940, who became secretary of Wellington Painters and Decorators’ Union, 1940-1968; mainly correspondence and printed material. Restricted.

ALEX LINDSAY STRING ORCHESTRA. Concert, 1960. 1 tape. DONATION: A.P.R.A. Ltd, Wellington. Tape recording of concert, Wellington, 25 May 1960. Compositions by Lilburn and Pruden. Restricted. ALLISON, H. DOUGLAS. Inwards letters, 1922-1943. 8 items. DONATION: Miss J. Ward, Hamilton. Letters to Waikato farmer from Dr David Miller and other entomologists at the Cawthron Institute regarding the control of ragwort and gorse, and from Alexander Allison, Wanganui, regarding the propagation of avocadoes and other plants.

ASPEY, VINCENT, b. 1909. Papers, 1927-1974. 7cm. DONATION and LOAN. Papers of violinist and former leader of the N.Z.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, include scrapbooks of newscuttings and programmes, 1927-19405; letters, 1940-1960; photographs; photocopies of documents relating to his M.8.E., 1958, and honorary Doctorate of Music, 1974. Atiawa Peace Treaty, ca. 1856. 11. PURCHASE. Treaty of Peace prepared for acceptance by the factions of Ihaia and Katatore: Katatore and Wiremu Kingi to yield up claims to land south of Waitara River, and to cease opposing land sales.

BAILEY-JARMAN, CHRISTOPHER JOHN, b. 1945. Music scores, 1949-1970. 13 cm. LONG TERM LOAN. Compositions by Christopher Bailey-Jarman. BALNEAVIS, HENRY COLIN, 1818-1876. Correspondence relative to Colours of the 58th Regiment, 1860-1869. 271. DONATION. Deals with placing of old Colours in the Supreme Court House, Auckland, after Bishop Selwyn’s refusal to place them in St Paul’s Church, Auckland. Includes history of Colours and related material. Typescript.

BARNETT, JOHN MAUGHAN, 1876-1938. Papers, 1884-1938. 2 folders. DONATION: Miss M. Barnett, Auckland. Papers of organist Maughan Barnett include testimonials, 1884-1893; scrapbook of newscuttings and programmes, 1885-1938. BARRETT, GLYNN RICHARD V., b. 1944. The Russians in Tana, 1809, 1980. 601. PURCHASE. Translation with textual introduction and annotations, from the Russian account of visit to Port Resolution, Tana, New Hebrides, by Lieutenant V. M. Golovnin, sloop Diana, published in 1819.

BEAVERBROOK, WILLIAM MAXWELL AITKEN, BARON, 1879-1964. Papers, 19121964 . 4 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Correspondence discusses Empire Free Trade, tariffs, export of Australian and New Zealand produce, political and economic conditions there, World War 11, ANZUS treaty, Commonwealth relations, air services in the 1940 s in Pacific Basin, European Common Market. CHARLES BEGG & CO. Records, ca. 1895-1970. 16cm. DONATION: Mrs Nola Hambleton, Dunedin. Reports, financial records, contracts and brochures of New Zealand music firm, 1900-1968; photographs, ca. 1895, 19505-1970.

BISLEY, ELIZABETH MAGGIE. Notes on Life of William Baucke, ca. 1928. lip. DONATION. Removed from a copy of his book Where the White Man Treads, 2nd ed., 1928. BISSETT, BRUCE. Burgess the Murderer, 1980. 2161. DONATION. Film script and outline based on the life of Richard Burgess, 1829-1866, and the Maungatapu murders; screen play by Bruce Bissett from an idea by Johnny Morris. BLEDISLOE, CHARLES BATHURST, VISCOUNT, 1867-1958. Papers, 1934. 5 items. DONATION: Miss P. N. Kennedy, Wellington. Includes two lectures: ‘The Glories and Peculiarities of New Zealand Forest Vegetation’, and ‘New Zealand’s Timber—a Great National Asset’.

BODY, JACK (JOHN STANLEY), b. 1944. Letters, 1976-1978. 3cm. DONATION. Letters to S. F. Body and family concerning activities while working in Indonesia. BOULTON, JOSEPH EDWARD, b. 1912. Family History, 1801-1981, 1981. 211. DONATION. Thomas and Grace Boulton arrived in Australia in 1801. Their son Edward, 1818-1897, came to New Zealand in 1837 as a whaler and later publican and farmer at Pauatahanui, Wellington. BUCHNER, MAX JOSEPH AUGUST HEINRICH MARKUS, 1846-1921. Reise durch den Stillen Ozean, translated 1974. ca. 1501. DONATION: Miss M. Walton, Wellington. Translation by Margery Walton of chapters from work published in Breslau, 1878, relating surgeon’s experiences on Terpsichore in New Zealand and Pacific waters with descriptions of North Island, Maori life, natural history. BURBRIDGE, PERCY WILLIAM, b. 1891. Papers, ca. 1950-1969. 12cm. DONATION. Memoirs of early physics in New Zealand, 1909-1950, draft chapters of a history of science in New Zealand during World War 11, and notes towards a history of Auckland University. Photocopy.

BURCH, ROBERT w., b. 1929. Music score, 1966. 1 item. DONATION. Music score ‘Capriccio’, for four saxophones. Photocopy of holograph score. CACHEMAILLE, ERNEST CAREY, 1874-1960. Papers, 1923-1929. 9cm. DONATION: Pharmaceutical Society of N.Z., Wellington. Correspondence relative to Lilias Mackinnon’s Musical Memory Course for which E. C. Cachemaille was the Australasian representative. CAMPAIGN AGAINST RISING PRICES. Additional records, ca. 1964-1980. 90 cm. DONATION. Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, and subject files. CIMINO, DONALD, b. 1914. New Zealand Shipwrecks, 1788-1941. 1 microfilm reel. DONATION. Notes, newspaper clippings, and charts, indexed, covering New Zealand and associated islands; general chart of wrecks, 1 July 1871-30 June 1872.

CLARK, WILLIAM HAMILTON, 1860-1918. Diary, 26 fuly-2 November 1882. lv. DONATION: MrJ. K. H. Clark, Wellington. Voyage from Glasgow to Port Chalmers aboard fessie Readman described by youngest member of immigrant family of five nominated from Otago. COLENSO, WILLIAM, 1811-1899 Journals, 1833-1835. 2v. DONATION: Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum. Reflections, largely religious, on Colenso’s last days in London and Cornwall, voyage to Sydney on Prince Regent, arrival at Paihia in 1834, and work to set up first printing press there. Photocopy.

COLENSO, WILLIAM, 1811-1899. Memoranda of the Arrival of Lieut. Govr Hobson in New Zealand; and of the Subsequent Assembling of the Native Chiefs at Waitangi, the Residence ofJames Busby, Esq., on Wednesday, Feby 5,1840 for the Purpose of Meeting His Excellency. 38p. PURCHASE. Preliminary draft of account prepared for the Church Missionary Society written prior to 25 March 1840. Forms the basis of The Authentic and Genuine History of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi . . ~ published 1890. COMPOSERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND. Additional records, 1976-1981. 5 cm. DONATION. Additional records include correspondence and programmes. CRUMP, H. Papers, 1962. 2 items. DONATION: MissJ. White, Wellington. Music score ‘Variations on a Theme by Mr Temple White’; letter to H. Temple White concerning this work.

DAVERNE, GARY M., b. 1939. Additional music scores, 1954-1980. 20 items. DONATION AND LONG TERM LOAN. Compositions by Gary Daverne. DAVIES, DOROTHY, b. 1899. Tapes, n.d., 1981. 3 tapes. DONATION: Mrs Dorothy (Davies) Lochore, Whangaparaoa. Cassette tape of Dorothy Davies’ Master Class in Brisbane; 2 tapes of Colleen Rae-Gerrard interviewing Dorothy Davies on her career, reminiscences, etc., 1981. DAVY, ALBERT ERNEST, 1887-1959. Papers, 1939. 7 items. PURCHASE. Letters to organiser and manager ofHawkes Bay Daily Mail (addressed as ‘H. A. C. Davy’) from Rt Hon. M. J. Savage regarding investment in New Zealand, Territorial Force, country’s economic stability under Labour Government; telegrams, circular.

DENNE, ARCHIBALD HARRY, 1900-1972. Reminiscences. 851. DONATION: Mrs R. N. Shepherd, Wellington. Teacher, Inspector of Maori Schools, 1933-1937, Inspector of Schools, 1938-1947, and Senior Inspector of Schools, Hawkes Bay, 1947-1948, relates experiences at Oxford, Canterbury, in Maori schools, in Fiji and Chatham Islands, his relations with Sir Apirana Ngata and others. DOWNSIDE ABBEY. Records, 1819-1869. 5 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Material associated with New Zealand in papers of John Bede Poulding, d. 1877, chosen as Australia’s first Roman Catholic Bishop in 1834, who comments on life in the colonies, developments on Norfolk Island, and in New Zealand, attitudes of government and press to Catholics.

ELLIS, ROBERT HENRY, 1905-1978. Papers, 1938-1975. I.6cm. DONATION: Mrs V. Ellis, Lower Hutt. Includes minute book, correspendence and papers of Lower Hutt Group of the Christian Pacifist Society, 1938-1944, case histories, reports of tribunals and hearings of conscientious objectors, 1941, and printed matter. Also papers of Hutt Valley Consumers Co-operative Society, 1946-1966, Manawatu Co-operative Society, and N.Z. Federation of Co-operatives. Restricted. FOX, GEORGE. Account books, 1875, 1898-1904 . 3v. DONATION. Expenses and yearly summary of New Zealand assets of George Fox, who owned property in Taranaki and was associated with early attempts to drill for oil in New Plymouth, ca. 1909-1914. Accounts and scattered diary entries, 1875, of Mrs Fox of Littleham, England.

GEAR MEAT COMPANY LTD. Additional records, 1883-1977. 15m. DONATION. Financial, share, killing records; some letterbooks and correspondence; records of associated companies and clippings from 1907; plans, ephemera, and photographs. Restricted until sorted. GENEALOGICAL OFFICE (OFFICE OF ARMS), DUBLIN. Grants and Confirmations of Arms to Australians and New Zealanders, 1854-1940. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. With registered pedigrees of Australians and New Zealanders compiled 1842-1955. GILFILLAN FAMILY. Correspondence, 1802-1856. 15 items, 1 microfilm reel. DONATION: Mr T. Cave, Wanganui. Correspondence, chiefly domestic, prior to family’s emigration to New Zealand in Mandarin, 1841, also concerning building and land problems around Wanganui.

GLOVER, DENIS JAMES MATTHEWS, 1912-1980. Papers, ca. 1939-1979. 12cm. DONATIONS: Estate of Denis Glover, and others. Includes diaries kept during naval service in Europe, 1940-1945, correspondence with Robert Gormack concerning Nag’s Head Press and reflecting his wide interests, letters to Professor I. Milner and others. Restricted. GRAYLAND, EUGENE CHARLES, 1916-1976. An Account of the Earthquake in the Wairarapa District of New Zealand, August 1942. 141 p. PURCHASE. Includes diagrams and photographs. Typescript. GREAT BRITAIN. WAR OFFICE. Letters to Sir Trevor Chute, 1867, 1869. 31. PURCHASE. To Commander of Imperial forces in Australia and New Zealand regarding reduction of troops there and endorsing Chute’s decision to retain 18th Regiment in New Zealand.

HALSEY, SIR LIONEL, 1872-1949. Papers, 1905-1923. 1 microfdm reel. PURCHASE. Letters to family as Flag Captain on H.M.S. Powerful, Australasian Station, 1905-1908, commenting on disturbances at Norfolk Island, Australian Federation; impressions of Australia, New Zealand and Suva on H.M.S. New Zealand, 1915, and other battleships, 1920, 1922. Originals in Hertfordshire County Record Office. HARLAND, WILLIAM JAMES, 1858-1932. Scrapbook, 1888-1892; 1928-1931. lv. DONATION: Miss J. M. Atkinson, Palmerston North. Scrapbook includes programmes and newscuttings of various Wellington musical organisations especially the Wellington Orchestral Society of which organist W. J. Harland was a founder.

HARRIS, JOAN, compiler. Flight family papers, 1801-1910, 1980. 1131. PURCHASE. Josiah Flight emigrated with his family to New Plymouth aboard Timandra, 1841. His wife Anne’s diary, 14 October 1841-25 October 1842, describes voyage and first days in New Plymouth; alsojosiah Flight’s accounts, 1840 s, 1853-1854, Sarah Flight’s diary, 1862-1863, family letters of Flight, Kelly and Devenish families. Photocopies of originals in Taranaki Museum. HARRIS, ROSS T., b. 1945. Music score, 1975. 1 item. DONATION: Professor David Farquhar, Wellington. Holograph score ‘On Hearing the First Spring in Cuckoo’; piano duet. HARROP, ANGUS JOHN, 1900-1963. Additional papers, ca. 1929-1958. 2cm. DONATION: Mrs H. M. Harrop, Norwich, England. Manuscript notes, typescripts, articles and clippings dealing mainly with international and Commonwealth affairs from a New Zealand point of view.

HERTFORDSHIRE RECORD OFFICE. Records, 1811-1922. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Quarter Session records, 1838-1841, parish records for Digswell, 1918-1921, Nonconformist records, 1846-1858, family papers and solicitor’s records with Australasian associations, 1811-1922. HOBSON, WILLIAM, 1811-1842. Papers, 24-30 December 1840. 3 items. PURCHASE. Lieutenant Governor’s letter accepting W. Colenso’s offer to print government notices at Church Missionary Society’s press; official notification that all government communications printed in the Gazette Extraordinary, New Zealand be deemed official; a copy of this gazette. HODGSON FAMILY. Correspondence, 1843-1863. 1 microfilm reel. DONATION. Topics include: arrangements foremigration of family to Nelson aboard Himalaya, 1843-1844, state of Nelson settlement, land problems and difficulties of establishing farm there. Includes collection in Nelson Provincial Museum.

HOYLE, FRETWELL W., 1817-1887. Fragment of a journal Saved from Shipwreck, 1868. lv. PURCHASE. Annotated copy of published account of visit to friends in Otago, Canterbury, Nelson and Wellington; shipwreck aboard Lord Worsley in Namu Bay, Taranaki, 1 September 1862, experiences with Maori rescuers and sojourn in New Plymouth. HUNT FAMILY. Papers, 1863, 1918-1979. 20cm. DONATION: Mr F. A. Hunt, Te Kuiti. William Francis Hunt emigrated with his family to Mangonui district, 1863, and family members later settled in the Waikato. Includes diary of Nicholas Hunt, 1849-1909, kept aboard Cairngorm , family letters recalling pioneering experiences, clippings and photographs.

HUTCHISON, SIR JAMES DOUGLAS, 1894—1981. Report of Commission to Enquire into and Report upon Matters Relating to the Practices and Procedures for the High Court of the Cook Islands, 1967. 191. DONATION. Includes warrant, 21 December 1966. Typescript. JENNER, ERNEST ALFRED FREDERICK, 1892-1971. Musical Meaning and the Pianist, ca. 1970. 1271. DONATION: Miss Nancy Martin, Wellington. Final draft of unpublished work on creative interpretation. Annotated typescript. JENSEN,OWEN, b. 1907. Tape, 1980. 1 cassette. DONATION:B.C.N.Z., Wellington. Music critic and journalist, Owen Jensen, speaking about Robert Petre’s edition of Purcell’s The Harpsichord Master. Restricted.

KNIGHT, RICHARD C., 1831-1866. Reminiscences, 1840-1856. 78p. DONATION: Mrs E. D. Stewart, Wellington. Account by nephew of Jane Austen of schooling and years in the Royal Navy, 1843-1846; an essay on the benefits of tobacco, family and events to 1856. He and his brother Arthur owned Steventon Run in Canterbury. LAW, ANDREW BONAR, 1858-1923. Papers, 1905-1923. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Includes letters from Dominion and British politicians discussing trade and tariffs, the role of Dominions in defence, Australian and New Zealand views on Home Rule, shipping, Paris Economic Conference 1916, Dardanelles campaign, 1915.

LESLIE, WILLIAM. Diary, 15 July-20 September 1879. lv. DONATION: Mrs G. M. Welsford, Auckland. Kept by third engineer on the maiden voyage of the steamship Rotomahana to Hobson Bay, Auckland. LILBURN, DOUGLAS GORDON, b. 1915. Additional music scores, papers, 1840-1981. 28crn. LONGTERM LOAN. Music scores, 1942-1968; correspondence, reports, articles, photographs, programmes, newsclippings, 1932-1981; diary of Jessie Campbell written on voyage to New Zealand, 1840, typescript. LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, EARL, 1863-1945. Papers, 1903-1944 . 2 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Material relating to Imperial trade, Dardanelles campaign, Pacific Islands, Dominion participation in 1919 Peace Conference, and other wartime and post-war issues, with comment on political figures. Originals in House of Lords Record Office.

LOCH, SIR HENRY, 1827-1900. Papers, 1884-1900. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Papers of Governor of Victoria, 1884-1889, include copy of part of biography written in 1890 s and covering years 1848-1853 with visit to Australia and New Zealand, 1852-1853. LOCKWOOD, ANNA, b. 1940. Music score, 1964. 2cm. DONATION: Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, Wellington. ‘Aspekte einer Parabel’; holograph score and parts. LONG, WALTER HUME, VISCOUNT, 1854-1924. Papers, 1913-1924. 6 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Correspondence with Australian and New Zealand politicians and governors during World War I; other topics include: coal strike in New Zealand, Labour Party, conscription referendums, trade, Irish in Australasia, Pacific Islands, land settlement, 1917 Imperial War Conference.

LUPTON, CICELY. What brought the Early Settlers to New Zealand, 1980. 101. DONATION. Notes on life of Roger Lupton, 1861-1926, who settled in Northland in 1891, engaged in gum digging and fruit growing before teaching at Whangarei High School. MACKAY, ANGUS, b. 1847. Diary, 17 April-2 August 1873. 151. DONATION. An emigrant family’s experiences aboard the James Nichol Fleming which arrived at Port Chalmers, 1 July 1873.

MACKY, WILLOW (KATHARINE FAITH). Music scores, 1957-1977. 17 items. DONATION. New Zealand songs and ballads by Willow Macky; photocopies of holograph scores. MALOLU, TUBOU. Letter, 7 November 1884. 4p. PURCHASE. Sir William McArthur, who had business connections in Tonga, is asked on behalf of King George of Tonga to bring the conduct of the British Vice Consul there to the attention of the House of Commons.

MARSDEN FAMILY. Papers, 1802-1894, 1934 . 6cm. DONATION AND PURCHASE. Correspondence of Rev. Samuel Marsden regarding service in New South Wales, establishment of Church Missionary Society mission in New Zealand, comment on Boyd massacre, Elizabeth affair, Baron de Thierry; includes letters to Hongi Hika and family letters. (Integration of all papers including new acquisitions.) martin, MARY ANN, d. 1884. He Pukapuka Whaka-ako ki tc Reo Pakeha, 1855. lv. DONATION. Contains extensive notes by W. L. Williams in preparation for revised edition to be published in two parts by the Government in 1873 and 1875. This textbook for teaching the English language to Maori speakers was compiled by Sir William Martin with Williams’ assistance based on Lady Martin’s original work.

midland HOTEL. Records, 1924-1951. 19v. DONATION. Records of Wellington hotel opened in 1920 comprise Visitors’ book, 1924-1926, 1947-1950, Bedroom registers, 1933-1950, Wage books, 1936-1950, Ledgers, 1945-1951. MORTIMER-JONES, CLIVE, 1880-1965. Reminiscences, ca. 1965. 191. DONATION: MissJ. Ward, Hamilton. Account of Canon Mortimer-Jones’ service as Home mission Priest in the Bay of Islands, 1909-1912; includes ‘The Little Coastal Steamers of New Zealand’, describing shipping in Northland at the time.

MULLON, MATTHEW JOHN. Specification for Letters Patent, 1891. 21. DONATION: Miss M. Million, Wellington. Specification for non-conducting cover for land, marine and stationary steam boilers and pipes. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. WELLINGTON BRANCH. Records, 1947-1967. 11cm. DONATION. Minutes including Student Chaplaincy Advisory Board and reports of Chaplains in Wellington area; minutes, reports, correspondence concerning establishment of chapel at Porirua Hospital, 1959-1966, and of Marriage Guidance Council, Wellington, 1959-1961.

NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. Records, 1970-1980. 8 cm. DONATION. Minutes, financial records, correspondence, newsletters, 1973-1978, printed matter relating to growing and exhibiting of roses. NEW ZEALAND STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT. Additional records, 1968-1970. 1 cm. DONATION: Mr W. Campbell, Omarama. Correspondence, reports, bulletin and clippings of Political Commissioner for the Movement relating to Civil War in Nigeria, 1968-1970, and proposed New Zealand rugby tour of South Africa, 1970. Restricted.

OAKES, FRANCIS JOSEPH, 1869-1949. Scrapbooks, 1908-1910. 2v. DONATION. Compiled by the founder of the Wellington Professional Orchestra, these scrapbooks contain programmes and newsclippings mainly concerning the orchestra and music in Wellington. ORMOND, HANNAH, 1833-1929. Diaries, 1858-1859, 1864-1872. 2v. DONATION: Lady Ormond, Waipukurau. First volume covers voyage to New Zealand aboard Evening Star and her first year at Napier; the second describes daily life at Wallingford, Hawkes Bay.

PARKINSON, THOMAS, 1824-1889. Journal, 25 July 1842-8 February 1843. 511. DONATION: Mrs H. Welsh, Southmolten, England. Account of voyage to New Zealand by Bombay with first impressions of Nelson and Wellington. Photocopy of typescript. PENNANT, THOMAS, 1726-1798. Of my Literary Life, 1793? 21. PURCHASE. Comments on J. R. Forster, Daines Barrington, Lord Sandwich and others; contemporary lampoon. Original in National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. PERKINS, JAMES SHEPHERD. Life and Work on the Kaingaroa Plains, 1920-1955, 1981. 2 tape reels. DONATION. Recordings made for Spectrum Documentary on social life and working conditions in forestry settlements, including interviews by Catherine Chapman and reminiscences by H. A. Collins.

PLUMMER, ALBERT, 1840-1926. My Experience through Waikato War, 1863-1868. 141. DONATION. Served with Colonial Forces in Waikato, 1863, Hawkes Bay, 1864, with party accompanying Te Kooti and his followers to Chatham Islands, 1866, and was present when they seized the Rifleman and escaped back to Poverty Bay in 1868. Typescript. POHIO FAMILY. Papers, 1860s-1980. I.lm. DONATION: T. Kara, Lower Hutt. Mainly concerned with claims for title to land in the Maori Land Court by members ofPohio and Rickus families of the South Island; workings of Ngai Tahu Trust and personal family matters. Restricted.

PONY BREEDERS SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. Records, 1952-1980. 2v. DONATION. Minutes of Council and annual meetings, presidential reports. PORTER, WILLIAM FIELD, b. 1827. How Captain Porter Came to New Zealand, 1907. 521. DONATION: Mrs E. Graydon, Tauranga. Emigration of Porter family from Liverpool to South Australia, 1838, to Auckland, 1841; writer then went to Nelson for education with Rev. C. L. Reay, 1843-1845. Photocopy of typescript.

RADIO NEW ZEALAND. Looking Back, 1979-1980. 20 cassette tapes. PURCHASE. Interviews with New Zealand artists, writers, politicians, and public figures; programme sheets. RAWSON, WILLIAM HENRY. Papers, 1842-1861. 4.5 cm. DONATION: Mrs V. Harrison, Palmerston North. Correspondence of absentee owner of land in New Zealand Company settlement, Nelson, with Fell and Seymour his agents. Seymour’s letters contain information on property market there, also financial records and circulars. Photocopies.

RIMMER, JOHN FRANCIS, b. 1939. Music scores, 1964-1977; Letters, 1972. 12cm. DONATION. Music scores of compositions by John Rimmer (photocopies); correspondence with Douglas Lilburn. RUTLAND, FRANCIS HUBERT, 1874-1955. Reminiscences, 1951. 841. DONATION. Describes farming at Pelorus, Wairau Plain and Marathon Flat from 1853; family activities, early settlers and events in the district. Typescript. SELL, DAVID F., b. 1930. Music scores, 1952-1966. 5 items. DONATION. Scores of choral works (copies).

SINTON, WALTER JAMES, 1911-1980. Music scores, papers, tape, 1952-1980. 2cm., 1 cassette. DONATION: Mr J. Roy Sinton, Christchurch. Music scores of drum test solos, 1952-1977, photocopies; newspaper articles; interviews and xylophone solos on 50th anniversary in broadcasting. Access partially restricted. Sir Robert Stout’s Visit to the Cook Islands: papers, 1911. 341. PURCHASE. Account of visit to investigate the administration there, 15 June 1911; trial of William John Wigmore for murder (fragment); ‘Te Pouanga O Nukuhuni’ (poem).

SMITH, EDWARD greaves, 1843-1908. Papers, 1868-1872. Icm. PURCHASE. Papers of Wellington importer, tuner and repairer of musical instruments; genealogy of Smith and Greaves families from ca. 1700. Photocopies. SWAINSON, WILLIAM, 1789-1855. Descriptions of Plants belonging to the Family of Irideae included in the first 42 volumes of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine with Additional Observations by William Swainson, ca. 1833. lv. With interleaved sketches and notes.

TAIAPA, PINE, 1900 P-1972. Raukawa Meeting House, 193-? 101. DONATION. An identification of the carvings and explanations of tukutuku patterns used in the principal meeting house of Ngati Raukawa people of Horowhenua, rebuilt in 19305. TARLTON, KELVIN EWART. Barque Martha Whaler, 1981. 361. DONATION. Report with diagrams and photographs of wreck Martha, whaling barque built in Massachusetts, 1805, converted to hulk in 1883 and subsequently sunk at Tauranga. TAYLOR, CHARLES WILLIAM, b. 1891. Tales of Early Kilbirnie. 601. DONATION. Describes childhood and student days at Technical School studying electrical engineering, with comment on relatives, friends, neighbours and schoolfriends, activities and memories of Wellington, ca. 1904.

TAYLOR,JOYE WILHELMINA, 1899-1979. Papers, 1911-1977. 37 cm. DONATION: Mr C. Taylor, Wellington. Papers of Wellington teacher, author and composer, include music scores, 1911—19705, plays, correspondence, scrapbooks and photographs. THOMSON, ROBERT. Papers, 1851-1954. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Includes account of voyage to New Zealand aboard Simlah, 1851, and impressions of Auckland and Wellington before settling at Owhiro, Otago, where he describes church, social and farming activities. He left New Zealand in 1853. TREMAIN, RONALD, b. 1923. Music scores, 1959, 1964. 2 scores. DONATION: Professor D. Lilburn, Wellington. Nine studies for violin and viola; Prelude, aria and variations (for piano). Photocopies of autograph scores.

TYLEE, MARION, 1900-1981. Papers, 1953-1971. 2cm. DONATION: Mrs P. Fry, Wellington. Inwards letters of Palmerston North artist who played major role in developing Manawatu Art Gallery; clippings. Wages and Salary Cuts, 1935. 91. DONATION. Extracts from newspapers and Board and Council, the official organ of the Municipal Association of New Zealand, relating to restoration of cuts, 1933-1935. Typescript. WATTIE, NELSON. Bibliography of Printed Works on Katherine Mansfield, 1970-1980. 281. DONATION. Photocopy of typescript. WELLINGTON HARMONIC SOCIETY. Cash books, 1947-1969. 2v. DONATION.

WELLS, JOHN, b. 1948. Music score, 1976. 381. DONATION. Music score ‘Diferencias, for piano solo, sets I—lV’, by organist and composerjohn Wells. Photocopy of holograph. WHITE, HAROLD TEMPLE, 1881-1972. Music scores, papers. 26 cm. DONATION: Miss J. White, Wellington. Music scores of compositions by H. Temple White; papers relating to his award of the 0.8. E., 1953. WHITEHEAD, GILLIAN, b. 1941. Tapes, 1976, 1978. 2 tapes, 2 videotapes. DONATION: Mr Peter Crowe, Auckland. Peter Crowe talks with various people at farewell party for Gillian Whitehead, 1976 (tape). Tristan and Iseult, opera by Gillian Whitehead, Auckland production, 1978 (videotapes); producer, Roslyn Clark, talks to Peter Crowe (cassette). Restricted.

WILLIS, AGNES ANNA, 1840-1913. Diaries, 1859-1862. 7v. DONATION: Mrs E. D. Stewart, Wellington. Includes voyage to England on Regina, 1859, William Miles to Lyttelton, 1860-1861, residence in Canterbury, 1861-1862. WING, EDWARD THOMAS, 1842-1929. Papers, 1863-1929. 3 items. DONATION: Mr C. Winstone, Auckland. Letter to Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 7 November 1913, regarding his role as Signalmaster at Manakau Heads when H.M.S. Orpheus was wrecked there, 7 February 1863; his Will, 1919; Court record of inquest on John Pascoe, crew member aboard Orpheus, 23 February 1863.

WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. PALMERSTON NORTH BRANCH. Records, 1908-1961. 30cm. DONATION. Minute books, 1908-1961, and Tea Room Committee minute book, 1912-1918. Restricted.