Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 21, Issue 2, 1 October 1988, Page 105

Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, DECEMBER 1987 TO MARCH 1988

Acquisitions of manuscripts and archives 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 May 1988. 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).

ballantyne, david watt, 1924-1986. Papers, ca. 1939-1985. 4.3 m. donation: Mrs V. Ballantyne, Auckland. Ballantyne was a journalist, author and playwright. Papers include manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories and plays, correspondence, diaries, notebooks and newspaper clippings. Restricted. barrington, Archibald Charles, 1906-1986. Further papers, ca. 1929-1983. 5.3 m. donation: Mrs J. Barrington, Upper Moutere. Diaries, letterbooks, scrapbooks, annotated printed monographs and newspaper clippings of a noted pacifist, Methodist layman and member of the Riverside Community. Restricted.

baughan, blanche edith, 1870-1958. Commonplace book, n.d. 1 folder, donation: J. A. Burns, Masterton. Contains notes of prose pieces and parts of poems to which Baughan wished to refer. Brooklyn scout group. Records, 1909-1985. 60 cm. donation. Includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, published histories, pamphlets and badges of one of Wellington’s earliest established scouting groups. carruthers family. Extractsfrom letters, 1914-1918. 1 folder, donation: MrN. Boyack, Wellington. Walter Carruthers served in Egypt, Gallipoli and France during the 1914-1918 war. Comprises letters in the form of a diary sent home to his family. It also includes a letter announcing his award of the Military Medal and Bar and a letter describing the circumstances of his death in September 1918. Photocopies of transcripts.

carter, mita. Essays on Wairarapa Maori Leaders, n.d. 1 folder, donation. Essays on several prominent Wairarapa leaders including Tamahau Mahupuku, Karaitiana Te Korou, Te Whatahoro Jury, Marihaa Rangi-ta-kai-waho, Hiko Piata, Piripi Te Maari. Photocopies of transcripts. church of England. Wellington diocese. Further records, ca. 1870-1987. 18 m. DONATION. Diocesan records include ledgers, journals, printed Synod proceedings, returns of marriages, clergy files, building funds, confirmations and committee minutes. The records of St Barnabas’ Church, Roseneath, are also among the collection. DISTRIBUTION WORKERS FEDERATION OF NEW ZEALAND. Records, Ca. 1950-1970. 2.6 m. DONATION. Includes committee minutes, correspondence, subject files and group award files. Restricted.

Fleming, sir Charles, 1916-1987. Papers, ca. 1930-1980. 17.3 m. donation: Lady Fleming, Wellington. Correspondence, diaries and notebooks, drafts of articles, papers, monographs, subject files, photographs and family papers of noted scientist. gilbert, gweneth. Unpublished works, n.d. 30 cm. donation: Mr G. Kingswell, Geraldine. Typescripts of unpublished works including ‘My Brother’s Shadow’, ‘Basic Social Studies’, a play ‘Sons and Delinquents’, and a social studies text. graham, john Reginald. Diary, 1914-1915. 1 folder, donation: Mr A. Coombs, Auckland. Graham served with the Samoa (N.Z.) Expeditionary Force which captured and occupied Samoa in September 1914.

hall, rev. percy, b. 1875. Papers relating to missionary teaching on Rarotonga, ca. 1890-1920. 1.3 m. donation: Miss D. Hall, Wanganui. Hall was stationed on Rarotonga. Material includes records of Tereora School, diaries, essays, sermons, and pupils’journals; also correspondence between Hall and his pupils and records of the journal Te Karere. mcdonald, geoff. Papers, n.d. 1.7 m. donation. Author’s research for Shadows Over New Zealand and The Kiwis Fight Back and on other defence and related issues. mcneur, ruth. Letters from father on active service, 1918. 1 folder, donation. Alec McNeur served in Palestine with the Canterbury Mounted Rifle Regiment. His letters, collected by his daughter Ruth, describe aspects of military life and places of biblical interest visited by her father. Photocopies.

national council of churches. Records, ca. 19205-1987. 37.6 m. donation. Ecumenical body formed in 1941 and wound up in 1987. Records include a large sequence of numerical subject files, executive and AGM minute books, committee minutes, scrapbooks, photographs and publications. Also records of several predecessor groups. Restricted. new Zealand council for educational research. Educational Reminiscences, 1983. 30 cm. DONATION. Responses to an appeal by NZCER for reminiscences of educators. Includes typed and photocopied reminiscences of forty-three teachers.

NEW ZEALAND PLAY CENTRE FEDERATION. Records, Ca. 1948-1965. 1.3 m. DONATION. Comprises records from the national body of the Federation as well as those from the Wellington and Palmerston North groups. Records were formerly deposited at National Archives. Restricted. nobbs, kenneth james. Earliest Ship Building in New Zealand and the Beginning of the Timber Trade 1792-1825, ca. 198-. 1 folder, donation. Unpublished at time of deposit, paper includes chapters on canoe building, shipbuilding in Dusky Sound and timber exports. Photocopy of typescript. nurse, lizzie. Diary on the British King, 1883. 1 folder, donation: Mrs J. Waldron, Whangarei. Diary of her journey from London to Wellington on the S. S. British King including a description of her subsequent voyage to Auckland on the Manapouri. Photocopy.

paetz, Alfred ross. Diary of a Trip, Gloucester, New Jersey to Wellington, New Zealand, 1907. 1 folder, donation: Mrs E. Schenk, Queensland, Australia. Holograph diary of a trip from America to New Zealand via the United Kingdom. The family remained in New Zealand, mainly residing in Wanganui until 1927. Photocopy. quinlan, john courtney, 1909-1978. Diaries, 1942-1943. 3v. donation: Mrs E. Pilkington. The diaries cover the period of Quinlan’s war service in Crete and his subsequent capture and internment as a prisoner of war. radcliff, james, 1801-1856. Report on the Aborigines of New Zealand, 1842. 1 folder. donation: Mrs C. Milne, Tasmania, Australia. Radcliff was a landowner in Tasmania. His letter on his opinion of the condition of aborigines in New Zealand was written at the request of the Aborigines’ Protection Society, London. Photocopy.

schaffter, rev. albert. Letter from Frederick Thompson, 1853. 1 folder, donation: Mr R. Simonds, New York, U.S.A. Schaffter was a pastor in Livorno, Italy. A visitor of his, Thompson, returned to New Zealand and wrote to him passing on information about the Canterbury settlement. Photocopy. scott, walterj. 1902-1985. Papers, 1938-1983. 1.7 m. donation: Mrs W. J. Scott, Wellington. Papers relating to Scott’s work as a prominent educationalist and civil libertarian. scrimgeour, rev. colin graham, 1903-1987. Papers, ca. 1928-1987. 3.3 m. donation: Mrs P. Scrimgeour, Auckland. Comprises correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings and photographs of ‘Uncle Scrim’, prominent minister and broadcaster. Restricted.

smith, ron. Papers, ca. 1938-1978. 60 cm. donation. Comprises files on New Zealand general and municipal elections during which Smith stood as a candidate for the New Zealand Communist Party. swainson, william john, 1824-1887. Swainson family letters, ca. 1819-1879. 50 cm. donation: Mrs N. Swainson, Levin. Comprises transcripts of family letters, compiled by and some written by the naturalist William John Swainson. Some original letters, clippings, maps and photographs are included. Collection was microfilmed whilst on loan to the Library in 1958.