Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 October 1990, Page 170

Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY 1990 TO JUNE 1990 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 staff in establishing priorities for sorting collections. The following list updates the Notes in the Record for May 1990. 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).

berryman, john. Emigranting for Napier. 1 folder, donation: Mr R. and Mrs K. Hawkey, Cornwall, England. Shipboard diary for the City of Auckland’s passage from Plymouth to Napier, 1878. Photocopy. brigham young university. Archives of the Mormon Experience. 50 cm. 6 reels. 4 fiche. PURCHASE.

Archival manuscript diaries of Mormon missionaries in New Zealand, 1882-1923, providing day-to-day accounts of life in New Zealand and missionary work. Includes theses. chilton historical trust. Chilton House Magazine, 1908-1924. 13v. donation. The magazine is handmade —holograph, original illustrations, maps, etc., for internal circulation by and for the students. Constance, john edward. Diary, 20 August 1914-15 August 1915. 1 folder, donation: Peter J. Ireland, Wellington. Constance was in the Ist Canterbury Company Infantry, 2nd Platoon.

dunlop family. Diaries, 1889-1890. 2v. donation: Mrs M. Bowater, Auckland. The Dunlop family lived at Makaraka, near Gisborne, and dealt in horses. The diaries describe life on a farm and within the family. Authorship of the diaries is uncertain. edey, Arthur g., 1899-1975. Coast watching, weather watching, & some bird watching on the Chatham Islands, 1942-1944. 1 folder, donation: Mr J. A. Dangerfield, Dunedin. Extracts from the diaries kept by 2/9/405 Driver A. G. Edey 2/ASC 2NZEF when he was stationed on the Chathams.

edmond, lauris. Letters used for Hot October. 4 folders, donation. Lauris Edmond wrote these letters to her parents, Fanny and Lewis Scott in the Hawke’s Bay while she was at teachers’ training college in Wellington and Christchurch, 1942-1943. Restricted. estuary school. Records, 1969-1985. 60 chi. donation: Ms L. Belt, Eastbourne. Estuary School was an alternative school based on Rudolf Steiner principles, and situated in Lower Hutt and the eastern bays. The records relate to the school’s founding, philosophy, parental involvement, history, and day-to-day records of school life. Includes photographs and film. Restricted.

eyley, claudia pond. Papers relating to her work as a painter. 2 folders; 2 cassette tapes. DONATION. Interview transcripts, reviews, correspondence, etc; the papers also cover her interest in feminism. grattan, f. j. h. Papers relating to his service in Samoa. 3m. donation: Mrs P. J. Gluyas, Kumara. Grattan had 24 years government service in Samoa; this collection includes government files and reports, and notes, research material and printed matter relating to his interest in Samoan history and language.

jackson, allan a. Diaries, 12 May 1940-17 August 1943. 4v. donation. Jackson served with the sth N.Z. Field Regiment, 2NZEF, sailing from Wellington 2 May 1940 for England on the Acquitania ; in December he went to North Africa. kauraka, kauraka. Papers relating to his studies in the Cook Islands. 3 folders, donation. The papers include reports, essays, research papers etc., on language, history, genealogy, songs, sociology, bibliography and correspondence.

muldoon, john wesley. World War I diaries, 1914-1917. 1 folder, donation: Sir Robert Muldoon, Wellington. The diaries cover Muldoon’s war service on the Western Front. narbey, Francois. Notebook, 1854-1856. lv. donation: MrJ. F. McDonald, Gisborne. Narbey arrived in Akaroa in 1849; the notebook is a journal and accounts book, and has verses and other notations scattered throughout. The Library also has a translation.

NEW ZEALAND BUILDING TRADES UNION. CENTRAL BRANCH. Records, 1908-1985. Bm. DONATION. Includes accounts, correspondence, minutes, reports for this and predecessor unions. Wanganui Gasworkers, Wanganui Painters, Wellington Plumbers, Wellington Watersiders, Ships Carpenters and Wellington Milk Roundsmen’s unions also included. NEW ZEALAND CLERICAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION. Records, 1937-1989. 18m. DONATION. Includes minutes, memos, conference reports, awards and disputes, accounts, membership records, correspondence; also records for affiliated associations. Restricted.

new Zealand seafarers union. Records of the Cooks and Stewards Union, 19705-1986. 5.6 m. DONATION. Includes correspondence, plans, minute books, settlements etc. This union is now part of the NZ Seafarers Union. Restricted. peters, james. Account of his work with the Auckland Gay Task Force, 1984-1986. 1 folder. DONATION. An unpublished manuscript describing Peters’ involvement during the period preceding the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, 1986.

REGISTERED LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS AUTHORITY. Records, 1983-1989. 60 Cm. DONATION: Mr A. Richards, Wellington. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports and accounts. watkins, robert. Letterbook, 1851-1883. lv. purchase. The book consists of letters written by Augustus B. Abraham, 1851-1883, relating to the New Plymouth Land Company and New Zealand settlement. Wellington boys and girls institute. Records, ca. 1891-1973. 1.3 m. DONATION. The records include minute books, clippings, notes, annual reports, finance and photographs.

Wellington tenants union. Records, 1973-1986. lm. donation: Mr D. O. Moore, Wellington. The records include minute books, cashbooks, day and message books, correspondence, newsletters, case histories, submissions and outlines of specific protests. wilson, ormond (george hamish ormond), 1907-1988. Research notes relating to his published works, lm. donation: Mrs C. Johnson, Pukerua Bay.

The papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, unpublished manuscripts (The Noble People, 4v. typescript) and Hawke’s Bay newspapers, especially pertaining to Te Kooti.