Notes on Manuscript Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume XVI, Issue 1, 1 May 1983, Page 64

Notes on Manuscript Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY TO JUNE 1982

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’ 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 October 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. New accessions for the Archive of New Zealand Music are listed in Crescendo, the bulletin of the International Association of Music Libraries (New Zealand Branch).

ABERDEEN, COLIN, d. 1975. The Early History of Round Hill’s Chinese Settlement, 1937. lip. DONATION: Mr S. Krause, Auckland. History of Chinese goldmining and settlement at Round Hill, Wallace County, Southland as told in 1937 by J. Glade and Dr Y. Wong to Colin Aberdeen; edited by Bhikshu Ham Wol, 1982. ALINGTON, MARGARET, b. 1920. Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers, 1966-1982. I.lm. DONATION. Headstone transcripts, notes and papers relating to Wellington cemeteries: Bolton Street, Sydney Street, and Mount Street Cemeteries, and the Jewish Cemetery; compiled by M. Alington and others. BANKS, SIR JOSEPH, 1743-1820. Papers, 1768-1820. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Inward letters including the period in which Banks was naturalist on Cook’s first

voyage and President of the Royal Society, 1778—1820. Banks bequeathed his correspondence to the British Museum. BATCHELOR, MARY DOROTHY, b. 1930. Additional papers, 1971-1981. lm. DONATION. Parliamentary and constituency papers of Member for Avon, subject files and correspondence, some New Zealand Labour Party papers. Restricted.

BLAMIRES, EDGAR PERCY, 1878-1967. The Story of the Movement for Methodist Church Extension, 1907-1909, 1958. 61. DONATION: Rev. D. C. Clark, Wellington. Prominent Methodist minister describes his pioneer work on new Wellington Suburban circuit. BRANDON, WARD, MCANDREW AND CO. Additional records, ca. 1840-1972. 15m. DONATION. Letterbooks, Costs and Statements books continuing previous accession; deeds and papers of A. de Bathe Brandon, J. C. Crawford, J. Plimmer and other Wellington citizens. Subject to sorting and restriction.

brasch, CHARLES ORWELL, 1909-1973. Letters to lan Milner, 1954-1963. 30 items. DONATION. Discusses reviews and articles written for Landfall, the literary scene and personalities in Australasia, Great Britain and Europe. BRETHREN CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT. Records, 1899-1981. 2.1 m. DONATION. Papers on mission work in Africa and the Belgian Congo, periodicals, pamphlets and ephemera related to Brethren in New Zealand. Restricted.

BROWN, ROBERT, 1773-1854. Papers, 1800-1854. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Letters concerning botanical and ornithological matters predominantly in Australia where Brown had been naturalist on the Investigator. Originals in the British Library. CABOT, CHARLES HENRY, 1890-1978. Papers, 1912-1975. 30cm. DONATION. Correspondence, 1928-1975, itineraries for circuses and shows, 1912-1975, covering career as theatrical agent touring with circuses and as stage door keeper at Wellington Opera House; autograph books.

CHARLES HILL AND SONS? Business records, 1896-191 7. 30cm. PURCHASE. Inward letters, 1897-1913, orders, 1896-1917, of Wellington Hat and Cap Manufacturers. CRANE, ERNEST ARTHUR. Interviews, 21 May 1982. 3 cassette tapes. DONATION. With R. Howell, J. Murdoch, John A. Lee and others regarding Rev. O. E. Burton. DOMETT, ALFRED, 1811-1887. Flotsam and Jetsam, 1877. lv. PURCHASE. With minor emendation and letter by Domett, note on Charles Kingsley and letter from Sir Alister Mclntosh; formerly owned by W. T. Harden, John Drinkwater and L. J. Griffin. EDMOND, LAURIS DOROTHY, b. 1924 . Papers, 1926-1980. 10cm. DONATION. Papers collected for The Letters of A. R. D. Fairburn (1981) including correspondence of Glover, Fairburn and others. Restricted.

EISE, IDA, 1894—1978. Additional letters, 1961, 1965. 81. DONATION: Miss D. E. Morton, Auckland. Letters and postcards to Dorothy Morton describing her work, her travels in Europe and Great Britain. Photocopies. FAIRBURN, WILLIAM THOMAS, 1797-1859. Letter, 31 December 1845. 4p. DONATION. Written to his brother-in-law, Joseph Newman, mentions shipment of kauri gum by Louisa Campbell and includes order for threshing machine, farm and domestic goods. fleck, HENRY BAXTER, 1905-1971. Garden diary, 1952-1970; library catalogue, n.d. 2v. DONATION. Garden diary lists names of plants noting date of planting and treatments given. Library catalogue is an indexed notebook with entries under author or title.

GRAYLAND, EUGENE CHARLES, d. 1976 . Papers, 1935, 1937, 1943. 6v. PURCHASE. Style manuals and handbooks, some typescript, prepared for newspaper staff of the Star (Hastings), and the Times of New Zealand and the New Zealand Herald, and a proposal for the establishment of a weekly newsaper, 1943. GREAT BRITAIN. HOUSE OF LORDS RECORD OFFICE. Records, 1790-1912. 2 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Matters relating to Australasia from Main Papers, Orders in Council and House of Lords Committee Books and reports of the House of Commons on Public Petitions.

GREEN, JOHN LAWRENCE. Journal of a Voyage to New Zealand, 1889-1890. 142 p. PURCHASE. Rev. J. L. Green travelled by S.S. Rimutaka to Port Chalmers via Cape Town; travel by land and sea to Auckland and back including thermal regions, Napier and Wairarapa; log of return to England by Coptic. HANKIN, ). Journal of the Brigantine Borealis, 3rd Voyage from Levuka, Fiji, to the New Hebrides, Solomon Islands etc. for Polynesian Immigrants, 1 September-12 October 1880. 37p. PURCHASE. Special logbook kept by Government agent appointed by Queensland Government to oversee recruitment of Polynesian labourers; includes seizure of vessels by Solomon Islanders, massacre of crew and retaliatory action. HARRISON, JOHN RICHARD, b. 1921. Additional papers, 1979. 1.3 m. DONATION. Correspondence relating to Hawkes Bay electorate, caucus papers and subject files. Restricted.

HIGGS, DAVID GEORGE. History of Milking Machines in New Zealand, 1851-1977, 1977. 15cm. DONATION. Draft history including development of milk delivery systems and companies up to 1977 with related correspndence. HILTON, ARTHUR, 1909-1982. Papers, ca. 1946-1982. 1.75 m. DONATION: Mrs E. Hilton, Wellington. Papers include correspondence, minutes, speeches, press cuttings, ephemera and photographs relating mainly to the Wellington Chamber Music Society, the Music Federation of New Zealand, the QE II Arts Council and the New Zealand Football Association. Access subject to sorting.

HOLLAND, ERIC SIDNEY FOSTYN, b. 1921. Additional papers, 1976-1981. 3m. DONATION. Parliamentary papers relating to activities as M.P. for Fendalton, Christchurch. Restricted. HOLYOAKE, SIR KEITH JACKA, b. 1904. Additional Parliamentary papers, ca. 19741977. 14.3 cm. DONATION. Parliamentary and Prime Ministerial papers including general, constituent, and subject correspondence files. Restricted.

HO WITT, WILLIAM KING, 1869-1956. Patea in the Early Days as I knew it, 21 September 1931. 131. DONATION: Mrs K. R. Rowe, Wellington. Letter enclosing notes on Patea in the 1880 s and 1890 s. HUNTER-BROWN family. Scrapbook, 1845, ca. 1899-1918. lv. PURCHASE. Correspondence, press cuttings and reports collected by the Hunter-Brown family of Nelson including references to Bishop Selwyn’s and Bishop Abraham’s families. INGLIS, ALEXANDER ST CLAIR. Bubbles from the Boiling Springs of Taupo, 7 March-1 April 1860. 601. DONATION: Mr W. H. Inglis, Hawkes Bay. Diary of a journey from Napier to Taupo, Rotomahana and back; sketches. Photocopies.

KIMPTON, THOMAS, 1813-1889. Letter, 11 April 1841. lOp. PURCHASE. First impressions of Wellington written by an agricultural labourer describing building his first house and the prospects for farm workers and mechanics: “a happy place for a poor man if industrious and sober”. McCORMICK, ERIC HALL, b. 1906. Talk on Omai, 1977. 1 tape. DONATION: Mr Peter Crowe, Auckland. Talk given at Auckland, 16 November 1977. METHODIST SCANDINAVIAN MISSION. Baptismal register, 1874-1892. lv. DONATION: Methodist Connexional Office, Christchurch. Register of baptisms including Palmerston North, Napier, Dannevirke, Masterton, Wellington, Halcombe, Foxton, Norsewood, Makeretu and Ormondville. Photocopy.

MORRIS, MARIA, Recollections, ca. 1860-1868. 42p. DONATION: Mr S. H. Baker, Wellington. Recollections of the Poverty Bay Massacre and period as a prisoner of Te Kooti. Photocopy. NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN LAND COMPANY. Records of Hakataramea Station, 1868-1951. 30cm. DONATION: MrJ. H. Ford, Alexandra. Deeds, correspondence and leases of the station including monthly time sheets, 1895-1943, and stock, wool and shearing returns, 1896-1926.

NEW ZEALAND INTERCHURCH COUNCIL ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Minutes, 1950-1978. 3v. DONATION: Lt. Col. V. E. Blincoe, Upper Hutt. Minutes of Dominion Council covering moral, social and ecclesiastical affairs. NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. Records, 1906-1978. 54m. DONATION. Records relating to Public Service Association including legislation, union activities, administrative and social matters. Restricted.

NEWCASTLE, HENRY PELHAM FIENNES PELHAM CLINTON, DUKE OF, 1811-1864. Letter, 13 October 1863. 4p. PURCHASE. Letter to Mayor of Bristol from Secretary of State for the Colonies, concerning responsibility for Maori chieftains brought to England by William Jenkins for a lecture tour. O’CONNOR, CHARLES YELVERTON, 1843-1902. Papers, 1880-1901. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Notes as Under-Secretary for Public Works with details of railways, bridges, roads and marine engineering undertaken, 1884—1886; papers relating to career as engineer, 1880-1901.

ORR, ALLAN, b. 1853. Scrapbook, 1880-1904. lv. DONATION: Mrs L. Cameron, Wellington. Correspondence including letters from R. J. Seddon, papers and clippings of President and Secretary of trade unions in Wellington from 1890; some personal papers. OSTLER, SIR HENRY HUBERT, 1876-1944. The Years Behind, 1939. 3701. DONATION: Mrs J. Williams, Australia. Autobiography describes legal career (appointed King’s Counsel 1924, and involved with many legal bodies) and interests including hunting in Southern Africa about which he wrote for overseas journals.

PENNANT, THOMAS, 1726-1798. Papers, ca. 1760-1802. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Letters to Pennant and his son, and zoological, botanical and ornithological notes made by Pennant. Originals at the National Library of Wales. PRICE MILBURN & CO. Records, 1967-1978. 25cm. DONATION: Mr H. Price, Wellington. Correspondence with Methuens concerning publication of readers including a Welsh edition and marketing reports on the readers.

PSYCHIC RESEARCH SOCIETY OF WELLINGTON. Records, 1939-1954. 2v. DONATION. Minute books and notes covering the life-span of the Society originally known as the Wellington Psychic Research Group. PUNGAREHU SCHOOL. Pungarehu Parihaka, ca. 1891-1938. lv. DONATION: Mr K. Wharehoka, Wainuiomata. History of Pungarehu School and the area, created as a school project ca. 1939. Includes photographs, photocopies.

REID FAMILY. Papers, 1858-1950. 4v. DONATION: Hutchison Hall & Co., Wellington. Business and family papers relating to W. & G. Turnbull Ltd, later Reid & Reid, General Merchants, 1900, including order books and correspondence, 1877-1878, 1882-1885, Walter Reid’s letterbook, 1912-1932, and newspaper cuttings on the death of his wife, Mrs Macarthy Reid.

RETURNED SERVICES ASSOCIATION. WOMEN’S SECTION. NORTHLAND (WELLINGTON) BRANCH. Minute books, 1942-1977. 3v. DONATION: Mr G. D. Mouat, Wellington. Minute books cover life span of the branch and record activities including concerts and Poppy Day collections in addition to financial records.

RIDLEY, JOHN WALLACE, b. 1919. Additional papers, 1978-1981. 2.1 m. DONATION. Parliamentary and constituency papers and correspondence relating mainly to committees on which he served as a private member. Restricted. RINGER, JAMES BRUCE, b. 1952. Katherine Mansfield in Italian Translation and Criticism, 1981. 31. DONATION. “An outline bibliography” produced as a result of research done on Italian attitudes to Katherine Mansfield. Typescript.

ROTH, HERBERT, b. 1917. Research notes, 1883-1978. 4cm. DONATION. Notes and correspondence for articles published on New Zealand flags (published 1958-1959), early motoring in New Zealand and municipal coats of arms. ST JOSEPH’S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Records of the Maori Mission, 1882-1972. 2 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Correspondence between bishops and fathers at Matata, Hokianga, Rotorua, Lake Taupo, Whangarei, 1882-1905, typescript histories and a list of members from St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, London.

SARGESON, FRANK, 1903-1982. Papers, 1927-1982. 2.7 m. PURCHASE. Frank Sargeson’s papers including drafts of novels, playscripts, correspondence with copies of outward letters, photographs and press cuttings. Restricted. SARGESON, FRANK, 1903-1982. Papers, 1935-1980. 30cm. DONATION. Individual letters and collections of letters from Frank Sargeson to friends, encouraging new writers, and negotiating with publishers. Some photocopies. Restricted.

SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. Papers, 1970-1972, 1974. 2cm. PURCHASE. Correspondence, leaflets and press cuttings concerning associations throughout New Zealand and the formation of a national association in 1971. SCHNACKENBERG, CORT HENRY, 1812-1880. Papers, 1846-1880. 20 V. PURCHASE. Letters from Wesleyan missionaries, D. McLean, Sir George Grey and members of his wife’s family giving an account of mission progress and local Maori politics. Originals in St John’s College, Auckland. Typescript photocopies.

squires, JOHN WESTBROOKE. The Waitangi Times: a Weekly Record of Facts and Fancies, January-March 1883. 1471. DONATION: Mr & Mrs B. Squires, Auckland. Shipboard newspaper compiled on board the Waitangi from London to Port Chalmers providing humorous and journalistic items in ten issues. Photocopy of transcript. STILLER, JOHN, b. 1945. Documentation of Historic Pipe Organs in New Zealand, 1981-1982. 35v. DONATION. Documentation includes information on organ builders. Typescripts with photographs.

TEMPLETON, HUGH CAMPBELL, b. 1929. Additional papers, 1969, 1976-1980. 13m. DONATION. Parliamentary papers including election campaign of 1969 and committee and subject files. Restricted. THOMPSON, SYDNEY LOUGH, 1877-1973. Press cuttings,. 1896-1978. 631. DONATION: Miss A. Thompson, Tregunc, France.

S. L. Thompson studied art in Christchurch, 1895—1899, before going to Paris in 1901. He spent the next 30 years in France. The press cuttings are predominantly from New Zealand publications dealing with his career as an artist. THOMSON, JOHN BELL, b. 1897. Words of Passage: a Journalist Looks Back, ca. 1977. 651. DONATION. Covers childhood in Central Otago, war service in France, and career as journalist in Christchurch from 1924 and Dunedin, 1927-1963, with a period as editor of the Gisborne Herald, 1943—1949. Photocopy of typescript.

values PARTY. Treasurers’ records, 1974-1981. 2.3 m. DONATION. Financial records, files and 1976 Conference papers. Restricted. Voyage To New Zealand, 1864. 521. DONATION: Mr S. Locker-Lampson, Wellington. Anonymous shipboard diary on board the Amoor from London to Lyttelton, April 4 1864-July 1 1864. Photocopy.

WALLACE PHARMACY. Records, 1925-1978. 3m. DONATION: Mr G. Wallace, Australia. Records, mostly prescriptions, of the pharmacy and its predecessor, Grand Pharmacy, of Willis Street, Wellington. WARING, MARILYN JOY, b. 1952. Additional papers, 1980-1981. 2.6 m. DONATION. Correspondence files and papers of M.P. for Waipa. Restricted.

WEEKLY BUDGET, LONDON. Letters, 1910. 41. DONATION: Mrs Baker, Wanganui. Letters to the Weekly Budget relating to Dr Crippen’s trial for murder; one from Arthur Newton, his solicitor, and one claiming an encounter with Crippen’s murdered wife. WELLINGTON REPERTORY COMPANY. Playscripts, 1951-1955. 60cm. DONATION. Playscripts with instructions on direction and prompt copies.

WILD, FRANK, d. 1939. Letter, 26 February 1903. 41. DONATION: Mr A. Kirk, Wanganui. Letter written from Winter Harbour, McMurdo Sound describes British Antarctic Expedition including the land treks of Scott and others and the arrival of the relief vessel. WILSON, GEORGE. Journal and remark book, 1873-1875. lv. PURCHASE. Service on H.M.S. Rosario on patrol from Sydney to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands returning labourers, investigating settler complaints, wreck of Lavinia and encounter with Bully Hayes.

YEATES, GEORGE HENRY. Papers, 1888-1899. 491. DONATION: Mr D. W. Sinclair, Linden. Diary of voyage to Wellington on Ruapehu in 1888 with comments on the city; description of boat trip in Canada A Trip to Dawson in 1899\ and a letter, 20 February 1898 from Karioi, Waimarino County describing life in New Zealand to his brother commenting particularly on the local interest in music. Photocopies. ZOOLOGICAL society OF LONDON. Records, 1821-1903. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Inward letters concerning zoological matters in Australia and New Zealand including a report recommending Little Barrier Island as a bird sanctuary.