Notes on Manuscript Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 May 1984, Page 48

Notes on Manuscript Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY TO JUNE 1983

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 th c Record for October 1983. 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).

ABRAHAM, CAROLINE HARRIET, 1809-1877. Outward letters, 1841-1877. sv. PURCHASE. Chiefly from England, but includes letters from New Zealand, 1850-1867 (St John’s College, Auckland and Bishop’s House, Wellington). Also six letters of Bp J. C. Patteson, 1862-1867, and a report on Te Aute Native Industrial School by H. R. Russell.

ALLARDICE FAMILY. Papers, 1890-1930. lm. DONATION: Mr and Mrs Gabrielle Taylor, Dannevirke. Private and business papers relating to the Allardice family including papers relating to a famous divorce case in 1909-1910. Restricted. ASSOCIATION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE A.M.P. SOCIETY. Minutes and reports, 1921-1963. 3v. DONATION. Minutes and conference reports of annual general meetings from 1921 when the Society was founded, with related correspondence and circulars. Restricted.

BARKAS, FREDERICK. Scrapbooks, 1854-1932. 67v. DONATION: Mr and Mrs T. P. Southern, Auckland. Typescript scrapbooks including his early diaries, letters from his wife Amy, and travel notes and letters from his daughter Mary, a pioneer woman psychologist. Access subject to sorting. BAXTER, JAMES KEIR, 1926-1972. Outward letters, 1948-1950, 1967. 6 items. DONATION: Miss Helen Shaw, Auckland. Letters to Hella Hofmann (Miss Helen Shaw) concerning Baxter’s contribution to The Puritan and the Waif, a symposium of critical essays on the work of Frank Sargeson.

BILLING, GRAHAM, b. 1936. Papers, 1951-1982. 30cm. PURCHASE. Literary papers including drafts of poems and fiction, correspondence, photographs and copies of reviews and published work. Restricted. BOLLINGER, GEORGE WALLACE, d. 1917. Diary and letters, 1914-1917. 4 items. DONATION: Ministry of Defence, Wellington. Bollinger sailed with the Wellington Infantry Battalion. He spent time in Egypt, saw action at Gallipoli and was killed in action in France, 1917. Photocopies.

BRETHREN MOVEMENT. Records, 1899-1949. 30cm. PERMANENT LOAN: Assemblies Archives Council, Palmerston North. Marriage registers of H. L. Thatcher, 1915-1944, minutes of the Trustees of the Bible Carriage (Auckland), 1899-1909, Young Believers Paper, 1932, 1944-1949, printed books, gospel tracts and photographs. BRITISH library. Papers, 1566-1828. 28 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Collections of Australian and New Zealand interest. Material includes: Lord Liverpool papers, 1785-1826; Martin Family Papers, 1793-1860, and journals of Pacific voyages including Hernando Gallego’s Account of the Discovery of Solomon Islands, 1566 and Cook’s logs on the Endeavour and Resolution.

BROCKETT, CHARLES FREDERICK, d. 1913. Papers, 1908-1919. scm. DONATION: Mrs P. A. Simpson, Auckland. Diary and notebook, 1908-1909, relating to position as overseer in the Public Works Department including specifications for Government House in Auckland; correspondence, 1908-1914, including scenic postcards of New Zealand and letters from Samoa by A. G. Brockett, serving with the Samoan Advance Party. BROOME, SIR FREDERICK NAPIER, 1842-1896. The Music of the Spheres. 2p. PURCHASE. Broome migrated to Canterbury in 1857 and married Lady Mary Anne Barker. They returned to England in 1868 where they both took up writing as a career, often with New Zealand settings. Poem.

CAMPBELL, DANIEL. Letter, ca. Dec. 1852. Bp. PURCHASE. Campbell describes the family’s voyage to New Zealand (arriving in Auckland June 1851) and travel to Dunedin where he worked as printer (later publisher) for the Otago Daily Times. CAMPBELL, MRS DOROTHY. Letter, 5 March 1931. 16p. DONATION: Mrs A. Newman, Hastings. Letter to aunt in England containing first-hand account of the Hawke’s Bay earthquake.

CHICHESTER, SIR FRANCIS, 1901-1972. Papers, 1930-1936 . 38cm. DONATION: Dr M. Tweed, Wellington. Letterbooks, 1931, - navigational notes and drafts of some, published and unpublished accounts of his flights. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Records, 1848-1931. 6 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Letterbooks of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1872-1929, and of the United Presbyterian Church; letters from the Free Church of Scotland.

CLAYTON, JOHN, d. 1872 .Journal of a Voyage to Australia, 1853. 32p. DONATION:Mr E. N. Clayton, Wellington. The voyage from Gravesend to Melbourne is described, and Clayton’s work on the Adelaide waterfront. CLENDON, JAMES REDDY, 1801-1872. Clendon’s Census of the Far North, 1846. 141. DONATION: R. andj. Springer, Bulls. Typescript copy (1982) of survey of European settlers, with an index to surnames prepared by Randal and June Springer. Photocopy. CRESSWELL, WALTER D’ARCY, 1896-1960. Milton & the Modem World, ca. 1938. 1 cassette tape. DONATION: Mr W. Mitchell, Tauranga. Copy of a radio talk recorded in Wellington in about 1938. There are also tributes recorded by Ormond Wilson and R. M. Chapman.

DARLEY, KATHELINE, 1904-1948. Papers, 1923-1948. 35 items. DONATION: Mrs J. M. Pritchard, N.S.W., Australia. Papers relating to career as an endurance swimmer under the name Katerina Nehua, including Australian newspaper clippings and photographs. DOLLIMORE, EDWARD STEWART, 1904-1973. Papers, 1949-1972. 7.3 m. DONATION: MrJ. Dollimore, Wellington. Chiefly research notes and correspondence relating to his reference works the New Zealand Guide compiled 1952-1967, An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand compiled 1960-1966, and indexes to place names. Restricted.

DONNE, THOMAS EDWARD, 1859-1945. Scrapbooks on Maori Life, ca. 1900-1945. 3v. PURCHASE. Scrapbooks compiled from photographs and newspaper cuttings with annotations. DURHAM COUNTY RECORD OFFICE. Miscellaneous collections, 1842-1921. 1 microfilm reel. PURCHASE. Papers relating to Australia and New Zealand in four groups: Hodgkin Papers, Londonderry Papers, National Coal Board, and Miscellanea. EQUITABLE AND BUILDING INVESTMENT SOCIETY OF WELLINGTON. Records, 1874-1977 . 30v. DONATION: Mr W. J. H. Baillie, Wellington.

Records of one of Wellington’s earliest building societies including Minute books of the Board of Directors, 1874-1966, and investors’ and shareholders’ ledgers, 1887-1904. EWING, BARBARA. Leaving Home, 1981. 351. DONATION. Play compiled for the Te Wahapu Company for performances in New Zealand House, London, and Edinburgh. The play is about New Zealanders away from ‘Home’ and includes over fifty items by well-known New Zealanders in the twentieth century. GOFF, PHILIP BRUCE. The Maori, 1980-1982. 13 items. DONATION. Memos on the production of the film made in 1980 by the National Film Unit and correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to the controversy surrounding the release of a revised version in 1982. Restricted.

GODLEY, ERIC, b. 1919. Inward letters, 1952-1977. 10 items. DONATION. Letters to Godley from Maurice Duggan, 1952-1953, Frank Sargeson, 1952-1977 and Antony Alpers, 1963. GORDON, JOHN, b. 1898. Reminiscences, 1983. 1 cassette. PURCHASE. Broadcaster and actor John Gordon interviewed by Farquhar Wilkinson concerning his career, music and theatre in New Zealand, visiting artists and the recording industry. Restricted. HARPER, GEORGE S. Diary, 1864-1866, 1876. lv. DONATION: Mr A. T. Freeman, Wellington. Rev. George Harper arrived in Canterbury from England in March 1865, and ministered on West Coast to newly arrived gold-diggers. Diary describes daily life, including organisation of pioneer church.

HENDERSON, HUBERT, 1891-1963. Papers, 1900-1963. lm. DONATION: Mrs L. Henderson, Auckland. Papers relating to career in the Education Department including diaries and reports as education advisor for UNESCO in the Middle East, 1956-1958, unpublished autobiography, and correspondence including letters from his wife, Louise Henderson. Restricted. HERITAGE. Files, ca. 1950-1979. 1.2 m. DONATION. Heritage is a charitable organisation for children of deceased servicemen. The files relate to families it has helped. Restricted.

HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON, 1785-1865. Letter, 5 Dec. 1850. 2p. PURCHASE. Letter from the Director of Kew Gardens (1841-1865) concerning the supply of botanical paper. HOPKINS, KENNETH. The Reginald Hunter Collection at the Alexander Turnbull Library, 1920-1960 (1981). 151. DONATION. Biographical and literary article on the poet Reginald Hunter, based on Hopkins’s study of the Hunter papers in the Library. HORSFALL, LESLIE. The Diary of a Wanderer: being his wanderings in many countries and around the world . . . between the years 1910-1911. lv. PURCHASE. Includes account of travel in New Zealand, arriving in Auckland, visiting thermal regions, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and tramping in Fiordland.

INANGAHUA GOLD AND COAL MINERS UNION. Papers, 1907-1945. 7v. DONATION: Mr H. Roth, Auckland. Minute books, 1907-1945; gold section minute book, 1934-1937; cash book, 1920-1934 and ledger book, 1934-1944. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS. WELLINGTON GROUP. Records, 1981. 30cm. DONATION. Minutes, photographs and ephemera. KING, MARIE men ARY. Letter, 1962. 31. DONATION: Quilters Bookshop, Wellington. Information about her history of Russell entitled Port of the North, which accompanied a copy sent to a collector.

LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY. Miscellaneous collections, 1722-1880. 18 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Material relating to New Zealand and Australia held at the Library of the Archbishops of Canterbury. LANGFORD, HARRIET, 1818-1898. Our Early Days in New Zealand, 1890. 51. DONATION: Mr G. D. Thompson, Tasmania. Typescript of memoir covering the Langfords’ arrival in Petone on the Aurora in 1840 and their removal to Auckland in 1841. Photocopy. LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. Records, 1790-1870. 2 reels. PURCHASE. Papers and correspondence relating to Australia and New Zealand at the Linnean Society archives in London. The papers include correspondence of William Swainson including letters from Joseph Banks.

MACKAY, lAN KEITH, b. 1910. Papers, 1932-1982. 2.3 m. DONATION. Papers relating to Mackay’s career in broadcasting in New Zealand, Australia, Nigeria and New Guinea, including correspondence, scrapbooks and reports. Mate (periodical). Editorial papers, 1966-1912. 9v. DONATION: Mr T. H. McWilliams, Auckland. Eight volumes of correspondence concerning contributions and subscriptions to Mate. There are outward letters from editors R. Dudding and T. McWilliams and an address book of subscribers. MATTHEWS FAMILY. Correspondence, 1842, 1845. 2 items. PURCHASE. Letter from Dr Peter Wilson, Wanganui, 9 April 1842, to Richard Matthews, Kaitaia, regarding progress of settlement, missionary attitude to settlers. Also Joseph Matthews’s letter to his mother with comments on Hone Heke Pokai’s raids on the flagstaff at Kororareka.

MONI PEEKE O RUA HEPETIPA, MAUNGAPOHATU. Record book, 1907-1929. lv. DONATION: Mr Dick Scott, Auckland. Ledger book of the Maungapohatu community bank and shop set up by Rua Hepetipa, recording some council decisions and financial records. NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HOME AND FAMILY. WELLINGTON BRANCH. Minutes, 1912-1981. lv. DONATION. The Wellington branch was established in 1897 and ceased operations in 1981. Minutes for the period 1897-1957 are also held by the Library. NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS. Isolated Lighthouse Graves, 1819-1980 (1981, 1982). 241. DONATION: Mrs J. Springer, Bulls. Survey of isolated graves near lighthouses throughout New Zealand detailing headstones adjacent to twenty-one lighthouses.

NEWCASTLE, HENRY PELHAM FIENNES PELHAM CLINTON, DUKE OF, 1811-1864. Papers, 1841-1865. 3 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Chiefly letterbooks relating to New Zealand and Australia kept in his capacity as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Dec. 1852-June 1854, and as Secretary for the Colonies, June 1859-April 1864. OLSSON, ARTHUR LESLIE, b. 1923. Papers relating to the New Zealand Library Association, 1955-1981. 30 cm. DONATION. Papers concerning activities as officer of the N.Z.L.A. including records of the Publications Committee, 1955-1981, Council and Executive, 1974-1980, Library Resources Committee, 1970-1975, and the Statistics Committee, 1962-1963. Restricted.

OROMETUA, TSAIA PAPEHIA. Registers, 1861-1907. 1211. DONATION: Mrs H. Mananuaroa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. London Missionary Society registers of baptisms, marriages and burials kept by the Rev. Isaia Orometua at the Aorangi district on Rarotonga. REES, GORONWY. Dalgety: the History of a Merchant House, 1844-1975 (1976). 249 p. DONATION: Dalgety N.Z. Ltd, Wellington. History of the stock and station and pastoral finance company established by Frederick G. Dalgety.

ROSS, JOHN O’CONNELL, 1916-1983. Papers, 1983. 2.1 m. DONATION: Mrs M. Ross, Lower Hutt. Chieflly articles in typescript by Rear Admiral Ross on pre-colonial New Zealand coastal exploration and related source material including copies of charts and photographs. SAMSON, A. P. Diary, 1875 . 2011. DONATION: Mr I. L. Russell, Wellington. Shipboard diary by Captain Samson on the Countess of Kintore, 8 March-11 June 1875. Photocopy. SHAW, CHARLES REGINALD, 1829-1906. Diary, 1866-1812. 2.5 cm. DONATION: Mr K. J. Kay, Te Marua. Brief daily entries concerned with surveying in Timaru and with social and domestic duties. Photocopy.

SMITH, SIR DAVID STANLEY, 1888-1982. Papers, 1934-1982. 4.2 m. DONATION: Miss S. Smith, Wellington. Papers relating to Sir David’s career including the Committee on Maori affairs, 1934, the proceedings of the Royal Commission on Licensing, 1943-1944, and files relating to his office as Chancellor of the University of New Zealand, 1945-1961. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MORAL DELINQUENCY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. Records, 1954 . 20cm. DONATION: Mr F. N. Stace, Wellington. Records of the Special Committee set up ‘to inquire into and report on conditions which tend to undermine moral standards’.

STANLEY, THOMAS LITCHFIELD, 1841-1897 . Letters, Jan. 1896-Feb. 1891. 23 items. PURCHASE. Letters to his son serving in the Royal Navy with comments on conditions in New Zealand including the 1896 General Election. STEVENS, JOHN F. The Biography of Thomas Grenier, 1962. lv. DONATION: Br Brian Thomas Grenier, Queensland. Thomas Grenier moved to Wellington from Sydney in 1840 and travelled to Kororareka where he set up a general store. Typescript biography edited and updated by Br Grenier in 1982.

THOMSON, GEORGE MALCOLM, 1848-1933. Introductory Class-book of Botany for Use in New Zealand Schools, 1891. lv. PURCHASE. Annotated in unidentified hand, including newspaper cuttings on a trip to the Sub-Antarctic Islands, 1891, and Thomson’s column ‘A Naturalist’s Calendar’ in the Dunedin press. THORSEN, DOUGLAS MARTIN, b. 1913. Only on Pitcairn, 1982. 2461. PURCHASE. Typescript of unpublished book describing visit to Pitcairn Island, 1890, a brief history and geography, and day-to-day activity on the island.

TIZARD, WILLIAM HENRY, 1796-1860. Scrapbook, 1843-1860. lv. DONATION: Miss Helen Tizard. Scrapbook of transcripts of documents relating to New Zealand’s prospects as a colony, the establishment of government in South Australia, 1834-1836 and the Falkland Islands, 1842 and other matters kept by the sometime Senior Examiner, Audit Officer, Somerset House, who emigrated to Auckland ca. 1856. TOMBS FAMILY. Papers, 1902-1906. 20 items. DONATION: Mrs W. Lynch, Wellington. Family papers of the publisher Harry Hugo Tombs, 1874-1966, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, and papers relating to his wife Beatrice Atkinson’s musical training.

TURNBULL, THOMAS, 1825-1907. Specifications for Erection of a Residence for Archibald Hall, 1899. 181. DONATION: Mr Bruce Petry, Wellington. Specifications and photographs of plans prepared by Turnbull. VONDRUSKA, LYNETTE. Declaration, 1951, 1983. 131. DONATION. Typescript Declaration in English with notes on the conditions on board the ship Goya from Naples to Wellington, 1951, with photocopies of the originals in Czechoslovakian, Polish, German and Hungarian and nine pages of signatures. WARWICK COUNTY RECORD OFFICE. Papers, 1871-1926. 12 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Material relating to Australia and New Zealand, including General William Feilding’s papers concerning inter alia the establishment of the town of Feilding.

WEIR, GILLIAN CONSTANCE, b. 1941. Speech, 15 Sept. 1983. 3 items. DONATION. Acceptance speech at the conferment of an Honorary Doctorate of Music on organist Gillian Weir by Victoria University, with related papers. WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE. Miscellaneous collections, 1815-1840. 2 microfilm reels. PURCHASE. Material relating to Australia and New Zealand including papers of Walter S. Davidson, the Hack and Watson families, John Abel Smith, and H. Denny, and from the Goodwood Archives (papers of the sth Duke of Richmond).

WILSON, ALEXANDER, b. 1891. My Hand Written Manuscript of My Life, 1891-1981 (1982). 691. DONATION. Memoirs outlining his early life in North Otago, his work as a builder and undertaker and his association with the 1.0.0. F. Restricted. WYNNE, CHRISTINE. The Wynhome Story, 1982. 341. DONATION. Account of the author’s attempts after World War II to obtain funds and build a home for women in Auckland as a sharehold company. Photocopy of typescript.